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

 

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Common Stocks          
           
Banks — 12.8%          
Absa Group Ltd.   919,843   $7,723,389 
Capitec Bank Holdings Ltd.   103,322    11,842,565 
Nedbank Group Ltd.   584,625    6,071,572 
Standard Bank Group Ltd.   1,654,305    13,437,265 
         39,074,791 
           
Capital Markets — 1.0%          
Reinet Investments SCA   175,089    2,900,169 
           
Chemicals — 3.9%          
Sasol Ltd.(a)   721,530    11,860,043 
           
Diversified Financial Services — 9.1%          
FirstRand Ltd.   6,444,545    22,537,258 
Remgro Ltd.   675,557    5,331,400 
         27,868,658 
           
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 1.2%          
Growthpoint Properties Ltd.   4,379,459    3,675,937 
           
Food & Staples Retailing — 7.9%          
Bid Corp. Ltd.   428,150    8,209,820 
Clicks Group Ltd.   313,461    5,587,312 
Shoprite Holdings Ltd.   641,628    7,953,686 
SPAR Group Ltd. (The)   245,863    2,513,506 
         24,264,324 
           
Food Products — 0.8%          
Tiger Brands Ltd.   218,076    2,457,451 
           
Industrial Conglomerates — 1.4%          
Bidvest Group Ltd. (The)   369,214    4,197,038 
           
Insurance — 6.6%          
Discovery Ltd.(a)   552,415    4,629,102 
Old Mutual Ltd.   6,010,546    4,591,521 
Rand Merchant Investment Holdings Ltd.   977,693    2,572,553 
Sanlam Ltd.   2,416,356    8,416,606 
         20,209,782 
           
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 14.0%          
Naspers Ltd., Class N   277,972    42,962,709 
           
Media — 1.2%          
MultiChoice Group   480,148    3,713,487 
           
Metals & Mining — 22.6%          
African Rainbow Minerals Ltd.   143,263    1,855,618 
Anglo American Platinum Ltd.   67,730    7,184,306 
AngloGold Ashanti Ltd.   532,780    11,388,861 
Gold Fields Ltd.   1,133,188    13,042,982 
Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd.   707,762    3,030,578 
Security   Shares    Value 
           
Metals & Mining (continued)          
Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd.   1,043,256   $13,066,132 
Kumba Iron Ore Ltd.   82,231    2,328,035 
Northam Platinum Holdings Ltd.(a)   455,525    6,363,316 
Sibanye Stillwater Ltd.   3,526,718    10,997,305 
         69,257,133 
           
Multiline Retail — 1.3%          
Woolworths Holdings Ltd.   1,273,302    4,115,543 
           
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.0%          
Exxaro Resources Ltd.   315,096    3,007,527 
           
Pharmaceuticals — 2.4%          
Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd.   495,269    7,408,320 
           
Real Estate Management & Development — 1.1%          
NEPI Rockcastle PLC   544,177    3,375,232 
           
Specialty Retail — 2.1%          
Mr. Price Group Ltd.   327,352    4,095,759 
Pepkor Holdings Ltd.(a)(b)   1,651,870    2,277,618 
         6,373,377 
           
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 9.4%          
MTN Group Ltd.(a)   2,164,775    21,836,493 
Vodacom Group Ltd.   820,230    6,885,188 
         28,721,681 
           
Total Common Stocks — 99.8%          
(Cost: $381,077,658)        305,443,202 
           
Short-Term Investments          
           
Money Market Funds — 0.1%          
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 0.00%(c)(d)   220,000    220,000 
           
Total Short-Term Investments — 0.1%          
(Cost: $220,000)        220,000 
           
Total Investments in Securities — 99.9%          
(Cost: $381,297,658)        305,663,202 
           
Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.1%        241,334 
           
Net Assets — 100.0%       $305,904,536 

 

(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)Affiliate of the Fund.

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


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

 

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: Treasury, SL Agency Shares  $310,000   $   $(90,000)(a)  $   $   $220,000    220,000   $2   $ 

 

(a)Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

 

Futures Contracts

 

Description  Number of
Contracts
   Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
(000)
   Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Long Contracts                  
FTSE/JSE Top 40 Index   10   12/15/21  $400   $23,699 

 

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  $155,486,692   $149,956,510   $   $305,443,202 
Money Market Funds   220,000            220,000 
   $155,706,692   $149,956,510   $   $305,663,202 
Derivative financial instruments(a)                    
Assets                    
Futures Contracts  $   $23,699   $   $23,699 

 

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

 

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