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

 

Security  Shares   Value 
           
Common Stocks          
           
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.4%          
bpost SA   13,551   $84,725 
           
Banks — 8.2%          
KBC Group NV   25,721    1,607,789 
           
Beverages — 22.7%          
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV   78,903    4,447,808 
           
Biotechnology — 8.9%          
Argenx SE(a)   4,707    1,458,369 
Galapagos NV(a)   5,219    286,573 
         1,744,942 
Capital Markets — 0.8%          
Gimv NV   2,507    146,737 
           
Chemicals — 9.3%          
Recticel SA   5,844    114,920 
Solvay SA   7,542    736,820 
Tessenderlo Group SA(a)   2,521    85,993 
Umicore SA   19,851    881,288 
         1,819,021 
Construction & Engineering — 0.6%          
Cie d’Entreprises CFE.(a)   1,051    117,097 
           
Distributors — 2.0%          
D’ieteren Group   2,536    396,230 
           
Diversified Financial Services — 9.6%          
Ackermans & van Haaren NV   2,580    435,403 
Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA   9,321    859,579 
KBC Ancora   4,318    195,190 
Sofina SA   1,689    397,582 
         1,887,754 
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.5%          
Proximus SADP.   17,307    298,478 
           
Electric Utilities — 2.8%          
Elia Group SA/NV   3,347    550,629 
           
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.0%      
Barco NV   8,393    196,731 
           
Entertainment — 0.5%          
Kinepolis Group NV(a)   1,972    103,891 
           
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 10.3%          
Aedifica SA   3,729    432,391 
Befimmo SA   2,945    148,662 
Cofinimmo SA   2,986    390,037 
Intervest Offices & Warehouses NV   3,184    91,436 
Montea NV   1,310    140,726 
Retail Estates NV   1,402    110,730 
Warehouses De Pauw CVA   15,371    566,436 
Xior Student Housing NV   2,749    141,883 
         2,022,301 
Food & Staples Retailing — 1.0%          
Etablissements Franz Colruyt NV   6,323    205,237 
           
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.3%          
Ion Beam Applications   3,712    61,210 

 

Security  Shares   Value 
           
Health Care Providers & Services — 0.7%          
Fagron   7,847   $138,282 
           
Health Care Technology — 0.4%          
AGFA-Gevaert NV(a)   20,588    86,180 
           
Insurance — 4.4%          
Ageas SA/NV   17,273    869,329 
           
IT Services — 0.4%          
Econocom Group SA/NV   17,899    70,049 
           
Media — 0.8%          
Telenet Group Holding NV   5,592    148,796 
           
Metals & Mining — 0.9%          
Bekaert SA   4,457    180,020 
           
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.3%          
Euronav NV   20,534    262,718 
           
Personal Products — 0.4%          
Ontex Group NV(a)   9,606    79,271 
           
Pharmaceuticals — 6.0%          
Mithra Pharmaceuticals SA(a)(b)   3,238    26,118 
UCB SA   12,978    1,145,012 
         1,171,130 
Real Estate Management & Development — 1.8%          
Immobel SA   756    52,101 
Shurgard Self Storage SA   2,414    126,119 
VGP NV   897    174,037 
         352,257 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.1%          
Melexis NV   2,411    209,185 
           
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.3%          
Van de Velde NV   1,378    54,365 
           
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.3%          
Orange Belgium SA(a)   2,817    57,183 
           
Total Common Stocks — 98.7%          
(Cost: $26,734,150)   .    19,369,345 
           
Short-Term Securities          
           
Money Market Funds — 0.2%          
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 0.87%(c)(d)(e)   28,247    28,247 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 0.72%(c)(d)   10,000    10,000 
         38,247 
Total Short-Term Securities — 0.2%          
(Cost: $38,245)        38,247 
           
Total Investments in Securities — 98.9%          
(Cost: $26,772,395)        19,407,592 
           
Other Assets Less Liabilities — 1.1%        219,357 
           
Net Assets — 100.0%       $19,626,949 

 

(a)Non-income producing security.

(b)All or a portion of this security is on loan.
(c)Affiliate of the Fund.


 

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May 31, 2022  

 

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

(e)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  $125,177   $   $(96,880)(a)  $(13)  $(37)  $28,247    28,247   $7,370(b)  $ 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares   10,000        0(a)           10,000    10,000    3     
                  $(13)  $(37)  $38,247        $7,373   $ 

 

(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   6   06/17/22  $244   $16,225 

 

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.

 

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May 31, 2022  

 

Fair Value Measurements (continued)

 

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  $152,646   $19,216,699   $   $19,369,345 
Money Market Funds   38,247            38,247 
   $190,893   $19,216,699   $   $19,407,592 
Derivative financial instruments(a)                    
Assets                    
Futures Contracts  $   $16,225   $   $16,225 

 

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

 

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