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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) iShares® MSCI Netherlands ETF
May 31, 2022 (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Common Stocks          
           
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.5%          
PostNL NV   500,523   $1,703,142 
           
Banks — 7.9%          
ABN AMRO Bank NV, CVA(a)   289,774    3,383,497 
ING Groep NV   2,097,767    23,720,823 
Van Lanschot Kempen NV   55,482    1,457,387 
         28,561,707 
Beverages — 6.6%          
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLC   124,892    6,635,512 
Heineken Holding NV   54,036    4,274,566 
Heineken NV   130,160    13,087,987 
         23,998,065 
Biotechnology — 0.3%          
Pharming Group NV(b)(c)   1,255,077    1,032,627 
           
Capital Markets — 0.4%          
Flow Traders(a)   42,674    1,339,083 
           
Chemicals — 8.4%          
Akzo Nobel NV   107,018    9,315,065 
Corbion NV   50,216    1,813,074 
Koninklijke DSM NV   96,837    16,307,461 
OCI NV(b)   84,121    2,953,779 
         30,389,379 
Construction & Engineering — 1.9%          
Arcadis NV   60,522    2,397,462 
Boskalis Westminster   73,746    2,568,800 
Ebusco Holding NV, NVS(b)   30,754    781,818 
Koninklijke BAM Groep NV(b)   407,959    1,168,994 
         6,917,074 
Distributors — 0.1%          
B&S Group Sarl(a)   62,407    376,437 
           
Diversified Financial Services — 0.0%          
SNS Real NV, NVS(c)(d)   63,320    1 
           
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 2.1%          
Koninklijke KPN NV   2,039,687    7,424,404 
           
Electric Utilities — 0.1%          
Fastned BV(b)(c)   9,004    291,248 
           
Electrical Equipment — 2.1%          
Alfen Beheer BV(a)(b)   21,171    2,281,735 
Signify NV(a)   85,617    3,413,837 
TKH Group NV   38,285    1,861,795 
         7,557,367 
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.6%          
SBM Offshore NV   140,070    2,269,943 
           
Entertainment — 2.5%          
Universal Music Group NV   412,264    9,216,646 
           
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 1.3%          
Eurocommercial Properties NV   60,558    1,551,798 
NSI NV   35,210    1,444,352 
Vastned Retail NV   22,741    586,491 
Wereldhave NV   68,177    1,141,391 
         4,724,032 
Security  Shares   Value 
         
Food & Staples Retailing — 4.7%          
Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV   574,408   $15,839,484 
Sligro Food Group NV(b)   46,940    1,002,533 
         16,842,017 
Food Products — 0.6%          
JDE Peet's NV   73,782    2,159,114 
           
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 3.5%          
Koninklijke Philips NV   492,879    12,704,764 
           
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.5%          
Basic-Fit NV(a)(b)(c)   47,088    1,974,110 
           
Household Durables — 0.3%          
TomTom NV(b)(c)   132,023    1,089,070 
           
Insurance — 5.1%          
Aegon NV   1,112,785    5,924,517 
ASR Nederland NV   92,989    4,234,028 
NN Group NV   164,018    8,128,991 
         18,287,536 
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 7.4%          
Just Eat Takeaway.com NV(a)(b)   125,670    2,796,730 
Prosus NV(b)   465,667    24,074,702 
         26,871,432 
IT Services — 4.6%          
Adyen NV(a)(b)   10,808    16,737,974 
           
Leisure Products — 0.4%          
Accell Group NV(b)   28,817    1,600,044 
           
Machinery — 0.9%          
Aalberts NV   68,176    3,377,976 
           
Metals & Mining — 0.4%          
AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group NV   41,403    1,519,745 
           
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.2%          
Fugro NV(b)   170,972    2,554,403 
Koninklijke Vopak NV   61,228    1,753,634 
         4,308,037 
Professional Services — 5.9%          
Brunel International NV   42,851    500,565 
Intertrust NV(a)(b)   93,196    1,936,979 
Randstad NV   76,137    4,283,773 
Wolters Kluwer NV   146,942    14,498,985 
         21,220,302 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 25.9%          
ASM International NV   27,497    8,525,766 
ASML Holding NV   143,330    82,479,967 
BE Semiconductor Industries NV   48,367    2,957,495 
         93,963,228 
Software — 0.1%          
CM.Com NV(b)(c)   27,440    454,184 
           
Trading Companies & Distributors — 2.7%          
AerCap Holdings NV(b)(c)   85,482    4,226,230 
IMCD NV   35,889    5,367,266 
         9,593,496 


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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) iShares® MSCI Netherlands ETF
May 31, 2022 (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Transportation Infrastructure — 0.4%          
InPost SA(b)   211,592   $1,444,196 
           
Total Common Stocks — 99.4%          
(Cost: $418,763,244)        359,948,380 
           
Short-Term Securities          
           
Money Market Funds — 1.2%          
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 0.87%(e)(f)(g)   4,016,273    4,016,273 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 0.72%(e)(f)   270,000    270,000 
         4,286,273 
Total Short-Term Securities — 1.2%          
(Cost: $4,285,657)        4,286,273 
           
Total Investments in Securities — 100.6%          
(Cost: $423,048,901)        364,234,653 
           
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.6)%        (2,083,185)
           
Net Assets — 100.0%       $362,151,468 

 

 

(a)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.
(b)Non-income producing security.
(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 May 31, 2022 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 Sale
   Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
   Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
   Value at
05/31/22
   Shares
Held at
05/31/22
   Income   Capital
Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds
 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares  $3,087,917   $931,349(a)  $   $(3,207)  $214   $4,016,273    4,016,273   $71,430(b)  $ 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares   120,000    150,000(a)               270,000    270,000    207     
                  $(3,207)  $214   $4,286,273        $71,637   $ 

 

(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

 

Description  Number of
Contracts
   Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
(000)
   Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Long Contracts                  
Euro STOXX 50 Index   52   06/17/22  $2,116   $84,719 

 

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;

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) iShares® MSCI Netherlands ETF
May 31, 2022

  

Fair Value Measurements (continued)

 

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  $13,580,539   $346,367,840   $1   $359,948,380 
Money Market Funds   4,286,273            4,286,273 
   $17,866,812   $346,367,840   $1   $364,234,653 
Derivative financial instruments(a)                    
Assets                    
Futures Contracts  $   $84,719   $   $84,719 

 

(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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