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

 

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Common Stocks          
           
Bahrain — 6.2%          
Ahli United Bank BSC.   22,162,050   $19,762,078 
Aluminium Bahrain BSC   473,305    1,566,803 
Bahrain Telecommunications Co. BSC   1,356,557    1,827,933 
GFH Financial Group BSC   4,758,244    1,472,372 
Ithmaar Holding BSC(a)(b)   7,341,331    518,353 
         25,147,539 
Bangladesh — 5.9%          
Bangladesh Export Import Co. Ltd.   2,033,162    3,064,101 
Beacon Pharmaceuticals Ltd./Bangladesh   535,694    1,730,835 
Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd.   1,036,804    1,926,067 
BRAC Bank Ltd.   2,687,180    1,240,446 
British American Tobacco Bangladesh Co. Ltd.   358,302    2,215,097 
City Bank Ltd. (The)   2,754,543    733,225 
Eastern Bank Ltd.   2,538,635    952,327 
GrameenPhone Ltd.   361,191    1,245,822 
International Finance Investment & Commerce          
Bank Ltd.(b)   3,832,792    546,711 
Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd.   2,605,659    945,985 
LafargeHolcim Bangladesh Ltd.   1,565,775    1,271,472 
National Bank Ltd.(b)   7,458,651    628,291 
Olympic Industries Ltd.   438,944    611,322 
Renata Ltd.   88,568    1,328,097 
Square Pharmaceuticals Ltd.   2,068,323    5,020,100 
Summit Power Ltd.   1,404,593    594,071 
         24,053,969 
Colombia — 4.1%          
Bancolombia SA   347,093    4,172,481 
Cementos Argos SA   654,324    954,584 
Corp. Financiera Colombiana SA(b)   128,875    875,119 
Ecopetrol SA   6,732,593    5,571,801 
Grupo Argos SA   432,175    1,552,162 
Interconexion Electrica SA ESP   610,946    3,853,660 
         16,979,807 
Croatia — 0.2%          
Valamar Riviera DD(b)   155,292    716,337 
           
Egypt — 4.7%          
Commercial International Bank Egypt SAE   7,462,880    16,555,159 
Eastern Co. SAE   4,516,840    2,570,572 
         19,125,731 
Estonia — 0.9%          
Enefit Green AS, NVS(b)   221,061    973,284 
LHV Group AS   45,034    1,776,769 
Tallink Grupp AS(b)   1,107,828    652,144 
Tallinna Sadam AS(c)   256,804    417,947 
         3,820,144 
Jordan — 1.8%          
Arab Bank PLC   338,346    2,293,955 
Capital Bank of Jordan   200,754    829,632 
Jordan Islamic Bank   165,576    835,235 
Jordan Petroleum Refinery Co.   233,546    1,663,480 
Jordan Phosphate Mines Co.   30,380    1,654,832 
         7,277,134 
Kazakhstan — 4.4%          
Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan JSC, GDR(b)   339,778    3,228,151 
Kaspi.KZ JSC   164,912    8,702,056 
Security  Shares   Value 
         
Kazakhstan (continued)          
NAC Kazatomprom JSC, GDR   214,081   $6,010,878 
         17,941,085 
Kenya — 3.7%          
East African Breweries Ltd.   144,403    174,322 
Equity Group Holdings PLC/Kenya   9,414,166    3,667,333 
KCB Group PLC   7,932,516    2,587,576 
Safaricom PLC   39,672,405    8,840,521 
         15,269,752 
Lithuania — 0.5%          
AB Ignitis Grupe   73,283    1,439,437 
Siauliu Bankas AB   1,165,400    762,620 
         2,202,057 
Malta — 0.5%          
MAS Real Estate Inc.   1,433,831    1,903,892 
           
Morocco — 5.9%          
Attijariwafa Bank   142,369    6,303,411 
Banque Centrale Populaire   64,521    1,603,405 
Ciments du Maroc SA   11,782    2,028,041 
Co.Sucrerie Marocaine et de Raffinage   92,407    2,127,682 
Hightech Payment Systems SA   1,256    797,191 
Itissalat Al-Maghrib   584,657    7,389,161 
Label Vie   3,745    1,785,359 
Societe d’Exploitation des Ports   71,879    1,895,620 
         23,929,870 
Nigeria — 7.2%          
Access Bank PLC   98,285,949    1,985,575 
Afriland Properties PLC(b)   8,020    32 
Dangote Cement PLC   13,249,572    7,414,407 
FBN Holdings PLC   90,997,401    2,187,614 
Guaranty Trust Holding Co. PLC   70,582,922    3,215,444 
MTN Nigeria Communications PLC   12,232,696    5,683,879 
Nestle Nigeria PLC   1,380,061    3,903,203 
United Bank for Africa PLC   86,479,350    1,353,970 
Zenith Bank PLC   75,603,390    3,581,615 
         29,325,739 
Oman — 1.4%          
Bank Muscat SAOG   3,241,020    4,444,250 
National Bank of Oman SAOG   1,346,176    702,718 
Omani Qatari Telecommunications Co. SAOG   827,628    687,809 
         5,834,777 
Pakistan — 3.4%          
Engro Corp. Ltd./Pakistan   958,786    1,295,684 
Engro Fertilizers Ltd.   2,027,125    886,059 
Fauji Fertilizer Co.Ltd.   1,633,526    948,249 
Habib Bank Ltd.   1,937,083    1,009,676 
Hub Power Co. Ltd. (The)   3,464,702    1,170,882 
Lucky Cement Ltd.(b)   400,433    953,248 
Mari Petroleum Co.Ltd.   91,360    743,697 
MCB Bank Ltd.   1,364,296    920,328 
Millat Tractors Ltd.   94,450    426,816 
Oil & Gas Development Co. Ltd.   1,795,781    733,973 
Pakistan Oilfields Ltd.   427,389    862,879 
Pakistan Petroleum Ltd.   1,856,724    643,196 
Pakistan State Oil Co. Ltd.   819,311    680,147 
Systems Ltd.   547,300    939,521 
TRG Pakistan   1,356,500    555,452 

 

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

 

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Pakistan (continued)          
United Bank Ltd./Pakistan   1,611,425   $1,065,023 
         13,834,830 
Panama — 0.3%          
Intercorp Financial Services Inc.   39,474    1,077,246 
           
Peru — 4.9%          
Cia. de Minas Buenaventura SAA, ADR.   250,214    2,136,827 
Credicorp Ltd.   82,923    11,640,731 
Southern Copper Corp.   98,533    6,087,369 
         19,864,927 
Philippines — 4.8%          
Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc.   605,340    612,417 
AC Energy Corp.   3,015,470    410,799 
Alliance Global Group Inc.   1,055,800    215,478 
Ayala Corp.   90,240    1,199,154 
Ayala Land Inc.   2,609,200    1,471,904 
Bank of the Philippine Islands   627,120    1,183,313 
BDO Unibank Inc.   683,470    1,738,753 
Century Pacific Food Inc.   444,400    186,625 
Converge Information and Communications Technology Solutions Inc.(b)   774,200    391,626 
DMCI Holdings Inc.   1,228,200    211,000 
Globe Telecom Inc.   9,340    431,923 
GT Capital Holdings Inc.   28,270    270,700 
International Container Terminal Services Inc.   367,430    1,520,855 
JG Summit Holdings Inc.   1,039,430    1,078,384 
Jollibee Foods Corp.   151,850    606,749 
Manila Electric Co.   76,530    545,037 
Megaworld Corp.   3,456,000    181,891 
Metro Pacific Investments Corp.   3,930,000    275,792 
Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co.   601,000    629,724 
Monde Nissin Corp.(b)(c)   2,139,200    604,346 
PLDT Inc.   29,795    1,080,611 
Puregold Price Club Inc.   326,200    205,297 
RL Commercial REIT Inc.   1,244,100    158,162 
Robinsons Land Corp.   659,500    243,998 
Robinsons Retail Holdings Inc.   162,610    165,132 
Security Bank Corp.   147,680    259,964 
SM Prime Holdings Inc.   4,039,700    2,841,855 
Universal Robina Corp.   308,960    636,063 
Wilcon Depot Inc.   479,600    242,604 
         19,600,156 
Romania — 5.5%          
Banca Transilvania SA   15,674,853    8,598,225 
BRD-Groupe Societe Generale SA   694,908    2,075,414 
MED Life SA(b)   263,570    1,150,777 
OMV Petrom SA   46,703,545    4,707,452 
Societatea Energetica Electrica SA   463,410    863,609 
Societatea Nationala de Gaze Naturale ROMGAZ SA   386,094    3,768,921 
Teraplast SA.   3,742,386    617,418 
Transgaz SA Medias   16,204    841,172 
         22,622,988 
Slovenia — 0.2%          
Pozavarovalnica Sava dd   24,075    713,869 
           
Sri Lanka — 0.5%          
Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC   1,482,825    222,012 
Expolanka Holdings PLC   992,043    597,978 
John Keells Holdings PLC   2,732,474    938,323 
Security  Shares   Value 
         
Sri Lanka (continued)          
Sampath Bank PLC   2,891,749   $293,995 
         2,052,308 
Vietnam — 27.9%          
Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam JSC   1,562,795    5,313,032 
Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam JSC   647,424    984,578 
Bao Viet Holdings   321,210    727,386 
CEO Group JSC(b)   418,600    797,849 
Dat Xanh Group JSC(b)   1,004,280    1,195,239 
Development Investment Construction(b)   745,300    1,935,889 
Digiworld Corp., NVS   143,200    790,410 
Duc Giang Chemicals JSC   278,200    2,677,962 
Gelex Group JSC(b)   1,389,884    1,410,353 
Ha Do JSC   331,340    734,393 
Hoa Phat Group JSC(b)   7,272,703    10,865,660 
Hoa Sen Group(b)   792,759    776,521 
Hoang Huy Investment Financial Services JSC(b)   1,140,800    670,855 
IDICO Corp. JSC   493,400    1,157,437 
Khang Dien House Trading and Investment JSC(b)   1,058,670    1,918,832 
KIDO Group Corp.   414,072    1,114,221 
Kinh Bac City Development Share Holding Corp.(b)   664,420    1,272,301 
Masan Group Corp.   1,883,256    9,120,026 
Nam Long Investment Corp., NVS   576,600    1,187,264 
National Citizen Commercial JSC, NVS(b)   62,900    100,358 
No Va Land Investment Group Corp.(b)   2,242,533    7,540,614 
PetroVietnam Drilling & Well Services JSC(b)   826,340    807,965 
PetroVietnam Fertilizer & Chemicals JSC   458,700    1,177,361 
PetroVietnam Gas JSC   192,300    976,123 
PetroVietnam Power Corp.   1,918,940    1,119,889 
PetroVietnam Technical Services Corp.   789,598    1,041,484 
Phat Dat Real Estate Development Corp.(b)   887,336    2,096,133 
Saigon - Hanoi Commercial Joint Stock Bank(b)   894,644    570,967 
Saigon Beer Alcohol Beverage Corp.   212,480    1,406,455 
Saigon Thuong Tin Commercial JSB(b)   1,865,880    1,793,605 
Saigon-Hanoi Securities   1,076,800    845,095 
SSI Securities Corp.   2,313,694    2,951,279 
Tan Tao Investment & Industry JSC(b)   1,386,100    738,177 
Thaiholdings JSC(b)   573,600    1,100,699 
Thanh Thanh Cong - Bien Hoa JSC(b)   967,490    729,346 
Van Phu - Invest Investment JSC(b)   299,600    794,541 
Viet Capital Securities JSC   770,500    1,292,407 
Vietjet Aviation JSC(b)   533,090    3,009,120 
Vietnam Construction and Import-Export JSC   579,710    678,990 
Vietnam Dairy Products JSC   2,428,874    7,509,691 
Vincom Retail JSC(b)   3,087,080    4,014,153 
Vingroup JSC(b)   3,163,334    10,738,580 
Vinh Hoan Corp.   311,400    1,377,605 
Vinhomes JSC(c)   3,611,888    10,829,312 
VIX Securities JSC(b)   1,258,900    711,151 
Vndirect Securities Corp.   3,036,240    3,303,044 
         113,904,352 
Total Common Stocks — 94.9%          
(Cost: $350,672,469)        387,198,509 

 

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

 

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Preferred Stocks          
           
Colombia — 1.7%          
Bancolombia SA, Preference Shares, NVS   612,517   $6,872,538 
           
Total Preferred Stocks — 1.7%          
(Cost: $4,889,459)        6,872,538 
           
Short-Term Securities          
           
Money Market Funds — 0.0%          
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 0.87%(d)(e)(f)   241,139    241,139 
           
Total Short-Term Securities — 0.0%          
(Cost: $241,139)        241,139 
           
Total Investments in Securities — 96.6%          
(Cost: $355,803,067)        394,312,186 
           
Other Assets Less Liabilities — 3.4%        13,716,712 
           
Net Assets — 100.0%       $408,028,898 

 

 

(a)Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs and is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

(b)Non-income producing security.

(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 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  $24,659   $216,492(a) $   $(9)  $(3)  $241,139    241,139   $89(b) $ 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares(c)           0(a)                  281     
                  $(9)  $(3)  $241,139        $370   $ 

 

(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.

(c)As of period end, the entity is no longer held.

 

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                  
MSCI Emerging Markets Index   336   06/17/22  $17,863   $45,895 

 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

 

Currency Purchased  Currency Sold  Counterparty   Settlement Date  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
USD   271,489   NGN   117,256,000   CITI   10/28/22  $7,764 
                          

 

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Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts (continued)

 

Currency Purchased  Currency Sold  Counterparty   Settlement Date  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
USD   1,535,191   NGN   670,000,000   MS   10/28/22  $28,271 
                        36,035 
USD   10,143,295   NGN   4,798,285,718   CITI   10/28/22   (648,697)
    Net unrealized depreciation  $(612,662)

 

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  $127,580,621   $259,099,535   $518,353   $387,198,509 
Preferred Stocks   6,872,538            6,872,538 
Money Market Funds   241,139            241,139 
   $134,694,298   $259,099,535   $518,353   $394,312,186 
Derivative financial instruments(a)                    
Assets                    
Futures Contracts  $45,895   $   $   $45,895 
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts       36,035        36,035 
Liabilities                    
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts       (648,697)       (648,697)
   $45,895   $(612,662)  $   $(566,767)

 

(a)Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts and forward foreign currency exchange contracts. Futures contracts and forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

 

Portfolio Abbreviations - Equity   Counterparty Abbreviations
         
ADR American Depositary Receipt   CITI Citibank N.A.
GDR Global Depositary Receipt   MS Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC
JSC Joint Stock Company      
NVS Non-Voting Shares      
REIT Real Estate Investment Trust      

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) iShares® MSCI Frontier and Select EM ETF
May 31, 2022

 

Currency Abbreviations
 
NGN Nigerian Naira
USD United States Dollar

 

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