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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) iShares®  MSCI Netherlands ETF
November 30, 2021 (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

  

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Common Stocks          
           
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.9%        
InPost SA(a)   125,056   $1,394,942 
PostNL NV   421,461    1,800,166 
         3,195,108 
Banks — 7.4%          
ABN AMRO Bank NV, CVA(b)   244,672    3,492,194 
ING Groep NV   1,639,479    22,646,861 
         26,139,055 
Beverages — 5.6%          
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLC   101,693    5,020,583 
Heineken Holding NV   49,921    4,157,561 
Heineken NV   107,694    10,719,122 
         19,897,266 
Biotechnology — 0.2%          
Pharming Group NV(a)(c)   982,237    784,884 
           
Capital Markets — 0.6%          
Flow Traders(b)   33,451    1,170,846 
Van Lanschot Kempen NV   44,163    1,046,783 
         2,217,629 
Chemicals — 8.5%          
Akzo Nobel NV   93,415    9,829,719 
Corbion NV   39,318    1,816,428 
Koninklijke DSM NV   75,441    16,237,655 
OCI NV(a)   77,853    2,131,788 
         30,015,590 
Construction & Engineering — 1.8%          
Arcadis NV   52,726    2,344,563 
Boskalis Westminster   57,994    1,571,071 
Fugro NV(a)   136,436    1,003,479 
Koninklijke BAM Groep NV(a)   414,517    1,237,874 
         6,156,987 
Distributors — 0.1%          
B&S Group Sarl(b)   46,001    363,600 
           
Diversified Financial Services — 0.0%          
SNS REAAL NV(a)(c)(d)   63,320    1 
           
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.4%          
Koninklijke KPN NV   1,700,333    5,008,637 
           
Electric Utilities — 0.1%          
Fastned BV(a)(c)   6,525    386,809 
           
Electrical Equipment — 2.0%          
Alfen Beheer BV(a)(b)   16,435    1,602,297 
SIF Holding NV   19,886    275,778 
Signify NV(b)   70,284    3,208,659 
TKH Group NV   31,776    1,776,851 
         6,863,585 
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.4%          
SBM Offshore NV   109,751    1,547,783 
           
Entertainment — 2.3%          
Universal Music Group NV   282,285    8,102,733 
           
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 1.0%          
Eurocommercial Properties NV   60,357    1,186,528 
NSI NV   27,570    1,089,660 
Vastned Retail NV   17,821    455,307 
Security  Shares   Value 
           
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (continued)          
Wereldhave NV   53,453   $722,510 
         3,454,005 
Food & Staples Retailing — 4.8%          
Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV   480,783    16,178,230 
Sligro Food Group NV(a)   37,993    829,011 
         17,007,241 
Food Products — 0.5%          
ForFarmers NV   54,436    213,915 
JDE Peet's NV   53,958    1,470,603 
         1,684,518 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 3.7%          
Koninklijke Philips NV   368,375    12,981,668 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.5%          
Basic-Fit NV(a)(b)   42,819    1,858,419 
Household Durables — 0.3%          
TomTom NV(a)(c)   103,343    888,029 
Insurance — 4.0%          
Aegon NV   903,456    3,987,698 
ASR Nederland NV   76,899    3,283,996 
NN Group NV   139,745    6,943,854 
         14,215,548 
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 10.5%          
Just Eat Takeaway.com NV(a)(b)   89,369    5,596,320 
Prosus NV   392,977    31,580,752 
         37,177,072 
IT Services — 6.5%          
Adyen NV(a)(b)   8,262    22,884,377 
           
Leisure Products — 0.4%          
Accell Group NV(a)   28,298    1,242,515 
           
Machinery — 1.0%          
Aalberts NV   56,403    3,468,516 
           
Metals & Mining — 0.3%          
AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group NV   40,178    1,119,582 
           
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.5%          
Koninklijke Vopak NV   47,899    1,824,445 
           
Professional Services — 5.6%          
Brunel International NV   31,585    375,039 
Intertrust NV(a)(b)   87,360    2,021,130 
Randstad NV   60,880    3,841,583 
Wolters Kluwer NV   119,368    13,424,226 
         19,661,978 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 25.8%          
ASM International NV   22,993    10,335,175 
ASML Holding NV   97,681    76,667,903 
BE Semiconductor Industries NV   42,067    4,000,143 
         91,003,221 
Software — 0.2%          
CM.Com(a)   17,960    584,707 
           
Trading Companies & Distributors — 3.0%          
AerCap Holdings NV(a)   71,325    3,997,053 


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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) iShares®  MSCI Netherlands ETF
November 30, 2021 (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  Shares   Value 
           
Trading Companies & Distributors (continued)          
IMCD NV   29,502   $6,552,991 
         10,550,044 
Total Common Stocks — 99.9%          
(Cost: $312,239,759)        352,285,552 
           

Short-Term Investments

 

Money Market Funds — 0.6%        
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares,        
0.06%(e)(f)(g)   2,044,742    2,045,560 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares,          
0.00%(e)(f)   160,000    160,000 
         2,205,560 
Total Short-Term Investments — 0.6%          
(Cost: $2,205,233)       2,205,560 
           
Total Investments in Securities — 100.5%          
(Cost: $314,444,992)       354,491,112 
           
Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (0.5)%       (1,629,455)
           
Net Assets—100.0%      $352,861,657 

 

 

 

(a)Non-income producing security.
(b)Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors.
(c)All or a portion of this security is on loan.
(d)Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs and is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.
(e)Affiliate of the Fund.
(f)Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.
(g)All or a portion of this security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities.


Affiliates

 

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the period ended November 30, 2021 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer   Value at
08/31/21
  Purchases
at Cost
  Proceeds
from Sales
  Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
  Change in
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
  Value at
11/30/21
  Shares
Held at
11/30/21
  Income  

Capital
Gain
Distributions

from
Underlying
Funds 

 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares   $ 3,087,917   $   $ (1,041,997) (a)  $ (285)   $ (75)   $ 2,045,560     2,044,742   $ 17,005 (b)  $  
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares     120,000     40,000 (a)                160,000     160,000     1      
                      $ (285)   $ (75)   $ 2,205,560         17,006   $  

 

(a) Represents net amount purchased (sold).
(b) All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

 

Futures Contracts

 

               Value/ 
           Notional   Unrealized 
   Number of   Expiration   Amount   Appreciation 
Description  Contracts   Date   (000)   (Depreciation) 
Long Contracts                
Euro STOXX 50 Index   10    12/17/21   $461   $(5,446)

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) iShares®  MSCI Netherlands ETF
November 30, 2021

 

Fair Value Measurements

 

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

Level 1 – Unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that each Fund has the ability to access;
Level 2 – Other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs); and
Level 3 – Unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the BlackRock Global Valuation Methodologies Committee’s (the “Global Valuation Committee’s”) assumptions used in determining the fair value of financial instruments).

 

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Investments classified within Level 3 have significant unobservable inputs used by the Global Valuation Committee in determining the price for Fair Valued Investments. Level 3 investments include equity or debt issued by privately held companies or funds. There may not be a secondary market, and/or there are a limited number of investors. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. For information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to its most recent financial statements.

 

The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

   Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total 
Investments                    
Assets                    
Common Stocks  $23,507,396   $328,778,155   $1   $352,285,552 
Money Market Funds   2,205,560            2,205,560 
   $25,712,956   $328,778,155   $1   $354,491,112 
Derivative financial instruments(a)                    
Liabilities                    
Futures Contracts  $   $(5,446)  $   $(5,446)

 

(a) Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

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