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

 

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Common Stocks          
           
Banks — 17.0%          
Absa Group Ltd.   1,141,617   $13,411,307 
Capitec Bank Holdings Ltd.   123,438    17,759,814 
Nedbank Group Ltd.   649,200    9,840,868 
Standard Bank Group Ltd.   1,902,851    21,740,440 
         62,752,429 
Capital Markets — 1.1%          
Reinet Investments SCA   194,425    3,945,732 
           
Chemicals — 5.7%          
Sasol Ltd.(a)   802,614    20,991,263 
           
Diversified Financial Services — 10.9%          
FirstRand Ltd.   7,156,400    33,132,609 
Remgro Ltd.   750,175    7,218,943 
         40,351,552 
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 1.2%          
Growthpoint Properties Ltd.   4,863,206    4,476,559 
           
Food & Staples Retailing — 7.9%          
Bid Corp. Ltd.   475,442    10,184,298 
Clicks Group Ltd.   345,832    6,730,833 
Shoprite Holdings Ltd.   712,498    9,807,945 
SPAR Group Ltd. (The)   273,017    2,675,589 
         29,398,665 
Industrial Conglomerates — 1.5%          
Bidvest Group Ltd. (The)   409,994    5,717,312 
           
Insurance — 6.2%          
Discovery Ltd.(a)   711,201    6,613,425 
Old Mutual Ltd.   6,674,464    5,450,732 
Sanlam Ltd.   2,525,423    10,894,915 
         22,959,072 
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 9.1%          
Naspers Ltd., Class N   308,673    33,624,043 
           
Media — 1.2%          
MultiChoice Group   533,180    4,559,914 
           
Metals & Mining — 20.1%          
African Rainbow Minerals Ltd.   159,087    2,650,035 
Anglo American Platinum Ltd.   75,211    8,231,179 
AngloGold Ashanti Ltd.   592,114    10,200,084 
Gold Fields Ltd.   1,263,355    12,097,630 
Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd.   786,543    2,650,267 
Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd.   1,201,895    16,386,472 
Kumba Iron Ore Ltd.   91,313    3,438,623 
Security  Shares   Value 
         
Metals & Mining (continued)          
Northam Platinum Holdings Ltd.(a)   477,879   $5,742,949 
Sibanye Stillwater Ltd.   3,980,969    12,891,559 
         74,288,798 
Multiline Retail — 1.4%          
Woolworths Holdings Ltd.   1,416,520    5,040,842 
           
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.3%          
Exxaro Resources Ltd.   346,603    4,915,774 
           
Pharmaceuticals — 1.5%          
Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd.   549,974    5,672,945 
           
Real Estate Management & Development — 1.1%          
NEPI Rockcastle S.A.   647,446    4,064,605 
           
Specialty Retail — 3.3%          
Foschini Group Ltd. (The)   469,237    4,249,416 
Mr. Price Group Ltd.   364,078    4,820,743 
Pepkor Holdings Ltd.(b)   2,364,816    3,302,995 
         12,373,154 
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 9.3%          
MTN Group Ltd.   2,403,889    25,911,643 
Vodacom Group Ltd.   910,831    8,553,093 
         34,464,736 
Total Common Stocks — 99.8%          
(Cost: $440,321,134)        369,597,395 
           
Short-Term Securities          
           
Money Market Funds — 0.1%          
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 0.72%(c)(d)   220,000    220,000 
           
Total Short-Term Securities — 0.1%          
(Cost: $220,000)        220,000 
           
Total Investments in Securities — 99.9%          
(Cost: $440,541,134)        369,817,395 
           
Other Assets Less Liabilities — 0.1%        405,573 
           
Net Assets — 100.0%       $370,222,968 

 

(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
May 31, 2022  

 

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: Treasury, SL Agency Shares  $310,000   $   $(90,000)(a)  $   $   $220,000    220,000   $213   $ 

 

(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   17   06/15/22  $710   $(899)

 

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  $70,560,022   $299,037,373   $   $369,597,395 
Money Market Funds   220,000            220,000 
   $70,780,022   $299,037,373   $   $369,817,395 
Derivative financial instruments(a)                    
Liabilities                    
Futures Contracts  $   $(899)  $   $(899)

 

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

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