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

 

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Common Stocks          
           
Aerospace & Defense — 0.7%          
MTU Aero Engines AG   88,441   $16,464,688 
           
Air Freight & Logistics — 4.0%          
Deutsche Post AG, Registered   1,645,980    97,214,113 
           
Airlines — 0.3%          
Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Registered(a)   995,412    6,039,884 
           
Auto Components — 0.8%          
Continental AG(a)   182,286    19,496,284 
           
Automobiles — 8.2%          
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG   549,794    52,699,632 
Daimler AG, Registered   1,421,185    133,098,259 
Volkswagen AG(b)   53,740    14,973,999 
         200,771,890 
Banks — 0.5%          
Commerzbank AG(a)   1,655,543    11,627,717 
           
Capital Markets — 3.7%          
Deutsche Bank AG, Registered(a)   3,424,822    41,104,122 
Deutsche Boerse AG   315,498    49,540,450 
         90,644,572 
Chemicals — 6.8%          
BASF SE   1,525,149    99,891,185 
Covestro AG(c)   320,151    18,056,665 
Evonik Industries AG   349,216    10,499,992 
LANXESS AG   137,632    7,970,522 
Symrise AG   213,195    29,990,531 
         166,408,895 
Construction Materials — 0.7%          
HeidelbergCement AG   246,431    16,395,414 
           
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 4.4%          
Deutsche Telekom AG, Registered   5,534,539    97,478,088 
Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG   1,731,178    4,617,277 
United Internet AG, Registered   160,932    6,030,608 
         108,125,973 
Electrical Equipment — 0.7%          
Siemens Energy AG(a)   661,869    17,631,323 
           
Food & Staples Retailing — 1.1%          
HelloFresh SE(a)   273,706    27,759,158 
           
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.9%          
Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, Bearer   66,551    13,333,479 
Siemens Healthineers AG(c)   467,299    33,941,054 
         47,274,533 
Health Care Providers & Services — 1.9%          
Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA   339,742    20,256,236 
Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA   695,488    26,323,603 
         46,579,839 
Household Products — 0.5%          
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA   173,056    12,852,336 
           
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.3%      
Uniper SE   152,613    6,625,823 
           
Industrial Conglomerates — 8.3%          
Siemens AG, Registered   1,270,293    202,504,559 
Security  Shares   Value 
         
Insurance — 9.4%          
Allianz SE, Registered   684,619   $148,580,940 
Hannover Rueck SE   99,870    17,455,389 
Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen, Registered   232,633    62,551,418 
         228,587,747 
Interactive Media & Services — 0.4%          
Scout24 SE(c)   145,711    9,670,418 
           
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 2.8%          
Delivery Hero SE(a)(c)   268,450    35,626,242 
Zalando SE(a)(c)   369,151    33,571,899 
         69,198,141 
IT Services — 0.4%          
Bechtle AG   135,676    9,780,820 
           
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.9%          
QIAGEN NV(a)   378,492    20,912,653 
           
Machinery — 1.9%          
GEA Group AG   253,985    12,853,581 
KION Group AG   119,297    12,826,712 
Knorr-Bremse AG   120,800    12,016,438 
Rational AG(b)   8,481    7,812,423 
         45,509,154 
Multi-Utilities — 3.6%          
E.ON SE   3,720,360    45,895,652 
RWE AG   1,064,528    40,994,948 
         86,890,600 
Personal Products — 0.7%          
Beiersdorf AG   166,903    16,600,516 
           
Pharmaceuticals — 5.5%          
Bayer AG, Registered   1,631,330    82,280,201 
Merck KGaA   214,609    53,041,708 
         135,321,909 
Real Estate Management & Development — 3.2%          
Aroundtown SA   1,654,202    9,911,735 
LEG Immobilien SE   120,869    16,912,070 
Vonovia SE   910,068    50,505,151 
         77,328,956 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 4.0%          
Infineon Technologies AG   2,168,502    98,045,455 
           
Software — 9.6%          
Nemetschek SE   95,426    12,060,191 
SAP SE   1,733,962    222,209,369 
         234,269,560 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 4.6%          
adidas AG   316,154    91,437,346 
Puma SE   174,953    21,138,047 
         112,575,393 
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.9%          
Brenntag SE   256,020    21,928,225 
           
Total Common Stocks — 92.7%          
(Cost: $2,622,609,132)       2,261,036,548 


 

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

 

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Preferred Stocks          
           
Automobiles — 3.5%          
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, Preference Shares, NVS   95,292   $7,472,050 
Porsche Automobil Holding SE, Preference Shares, NVS   253,742    21,287,805 
Volkswagen AG, Preference Shares, NVS   308,166    56,300,443 
         85,060,298 
Chemicals — 0.2%          
Fuchs Petrolub SE, Preference Shares, NVS   114,379    5,136,805 
           
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.2%          
Sartorius AG, Preference Shares, NVS   43,586    29,984,158 
           
Household Products — 1.0%          
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Preference Shares, NVS   295,234    23,294,109 
           
Total Preferred Stocks — 5.9%          
(Cost: $167,877,193)       143,475,370 
           
Rights          
           
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.1%          
Vonovia SE, (Expires 12/07/21)(a)   920,691    3,247,326 
           
Total Rights — 0.1%          
(Cost: $0)       3,247,326 
Security  Shares   Value 
         
Short-Term Investments          
           
Money Market Funds — 0.7%          
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 0.06%(d)(e)(f)   16,515,246   $16,521,852 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 0.00%(d)(e)   1,470,000    1,470,000 
         17,991,852 
Total Short-Term Investments — 0.7%          
(Cost: $17,991,896)        17,991,852 
           
Total Investments in Securities — 99.4%          
(Cost: $2,808,478,221)        2,425,751,096 
           
Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.6%        14,134,871 
           
Net Assets — 100.0%       $2,439,885,967 

 

(a)Non-income producing security.

(b)All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c)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.

(d)Affiliate of the Fund.

(e)Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(f)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  $5,585,515   $10,936,390(a)  $   $(9)  $(44)  $16,521,852    16,515,246   $73,535(b)  $ 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares   1,620,000        (150,000)(a)           1,470,000    1,470,000    16     
                  $(9)  $(44)  $17,991,852        $73,551   $ 

 

(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                    
DAX Index   39    12/17/21   $16,689   $(614,011)

 

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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  $   $2,261,036,548   $   $2,261,036,548 
Preferred Stocks   5,136,805    138,338,565        143,475,370 
Rights   3,247,326            3,247,326 
Money Market Funds   17,991,852            17,991,852 
   $26,375,983   $2,399,375,113   $   $2,425,751,096 
Derivative financial instruments(a)                    
Liabilities                    
Futures Contracts  $   $(614,011)  $   $(614,011)

 

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

 

Portfolio Abbreviations - Equity

 

NVS Non-Voting Shares

 

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