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

 

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Common Stocks          
           
Aerospace & Defense — 0.5%          
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd.(a)   502,592   $21,276,603 
           
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.5%          
Hyundai Glovis Co. Ltd.   121,933    20,805,868 
           
Airlines — 0.7%          
Korean Air Lines Co. Ltd.(b)   1,144,031    26,837,073 
           
Auto Components — 3.0%          
Hankook Tire & Technology Co. Ltd.   498,610    14,304,622 
Hanon Systems(a)   1,313,955    12,099,402 
Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd.   338,290    59,423,034 
LG Energy Solution(a)(b)   87,908    31,540,717 
         117,367,775 
Automobiles — 5.0%          
Hyundai Motor Co.(a)   679,055    103,474,356 
Kia Corp.   1,313,067    90,583,339 
         194,057,695 
Banks — 7.8%          
Hana Financial Group Inc.   1,536,569    61,452,458 
Industrial Bank of Korea   1,686,617    15,337,229 
KakaoBank Corp.(a)(b)   364,040    11,899,606 
KB Financial Group Inc.   1,959,887    95,786,481 
Shinhan Financial Group Co. Ltd.   2,275,689    79,219,402 
Woori Financial Group Inc.   2,995,945    36,083,697 
         299,778,873 
Biotechnology — 2.6%          
Alteogen Inc.(a)(b)   137,164    6,360,795 
Celltrion Inc.(a)   488,351    63,145,586 
Green Cross Corp.   21,835    3,379,548 
Seegene Inc.(a)   180,620    6,477,980 
SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. Ltd.(a)(b)   135,400    9,463,257 
SK Bioscience Co. Ltd.(a)(b)   89,972    9,818,414 
         98,645,580 
Capital Markets — 2.0%          
Korea Investment Holdings Co. Ltd.   265,163    15,284,217 
Meritz Securities Co. Ltd.   3,094,607    15,164,256 
Mirae Asset Securities Co. Ltd.(a)   2,544,616    16,703,359 
NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd.   1,168,824    10,172,153 
Samsung Securities Co. Ltd.   429,872    13,721,533 
SK Square Co. Ltd.(a)(b)   160,357    6,085,363 
         77,130,881 
Chemicals — 5.0%          
Hanwha Solutions Corp.(b)   859,824    26,993,746 
Kumho Petrochemical Co. Ltd.   159,451    20,549,723 
LG Chem Ltd.   221,762    104,234,668 
Lotte Chemical Corp.(a)   103,157    16,986,857 
SK Chemicals Co. Ltd.   56,592    5,875,363 
SK IE Technology Co. Ltd.(a)(b)(c)   63,673    6,464,908 
SKC Co. Ltd.(a)   79,095    10,218,356 
         191,323,621 
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.2%          
S-1 Corp.(a)   136,431    7,907,636 
           
Construction & Engineering — 1.3%          
GS Engineering & Construction Corp.(a)   450,661    14,439,525 
Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd.   489,262    17,053,516 
Security  Shares   Value 
         
Construction & Engineering (continued)          
Samsung Engineering Co. Ltd.(a)(b)   1,037,493   $20,511,950 
         52,004,991 
Construction Materials — 0.6%          
POSCO Chemical Co. Ltd.(a)   204,804    21,493,245 
           
Diversified Financial Services — 0.1%          
Meritz Financial Group Inc.(a)   123,388    3,253,379 
           
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.4%          
LG Uplus Corp.   1,332,672    14,898,872 
           
Electric Utilities — 0.7%          
Korea Electric Power Corp.(b)   1,374,746    25,903,468 
           
Electrical Equipment — 1.1%          
Doosan Enerbility Co. Ltd.(a)(b)   1,535,925    25,619,154 
Ecopro BM Co. Ltd.(a)   42,800    17,406,275 
         43,025,429 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 6.0%          
Iljin Materials Co. Ltd.(a)   83,232    6,036,522 
L&F Co. Ltd.(b)   80,297    16,814,244 
LG Display Co. Ltd.(a)   1,348,307    18,861,701 
LG Innotek Co. Ltd.(a)   101,723    31,435,208 
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd.   302,382    37,572,246 
Samsung SDI Co. Ltd.   261,888    121,107,483 
         231,827,404 
Entertainment — 1.8%          
HYBE Co. Ltd.(b)   65,210    12,124,908 
NCSoft Corp.   90,775    33,233,156 
Netmarble Corp.(a)(c)   171,857    11,526,455 
Pearl Abyss Corp.(a)(b)   240,918    12,256,867 
         69,141,386 
Food & Staples Retailing — 0.6%          
BGF retail Co. Ltd.   65,705    9,707,679 
E-MART Inc.   142,311    13,284,117 
         22,991,796 
Food Products — 0.8%          
CJ CheilJedang Corp.   56,899    18,025,890 
Orion Corp./Republic of Korea   155,831    12,225,430 
         30,251,320 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.1%          
SD Biosensor Inc.   130,793    5,270,941 
Health Care Providers & Services — 0.5%          
Celltrion Healthcare Co. Ltd.   352,260    17,538,396 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.4%          
Kangwon Land Inc.(a)(b)   734,142    16,639,657 
Household Durables — 1.7%          
Coway Co. Ltd.(a)   304,868    17,542,031 
LG Electronics Inc.(a)   563,768    47,551,534 
         65,093,565 
Industrial Conglomerates — 3.2%          
CJ Corp.   118,225    8,129,050 
LG Corp.   459,721    29,651,260 
Samsung C&T Corp.   443,926    43,224,418 
SK Inc.   217,784    43,453,776 
         124,458,504 


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

 

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Insurance — 1.8%          
DB Insurance Co. Ltd.(a)   345,618   $18,075,601 
Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd.(a)   99,606    3,105,392 
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd.(a)   161,963    25,946,184 
Samsung Life Insurance Co. Ltd.(a)   397,189    21,799,876 
         68,927,053 
Interactive Media & Services — 5.9%          
Kakao Corp.   1,358,021    92,751,846 
NAVER Corp.(a)   579,945    134,285,967 
         227,037,813 
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.2%          
CJ ENM Co. Ltd.   82,814    7,927,893 
           
IT Services — 0.6%          
Samsung SDS Co. Ltd.   185,309    22,158,774 
           
Leisure Products — 0.6%          
HLB Inc.(a)(b)   626,142    22,901,962 
           
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.7%          
Samsung Biologics Co. Ltd.(a)(b)(c)   94,121    64,234,467 
           
Machinery — 1.7%          
Doosan Bobcat Inc.   398,272    12,172,571 
HD Hyundai Co. Ltd.   310,553    15,639,100 
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd.(b)   32,975    3,171,698 
Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. Ltd.(b)   222,868    16,412,316 
Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd.(a)(b)   3,709,642    17,727,914 
         65,123,599 
Marine — 1.1%          
HMM Co. Ltd.(a)   1,070,948    27,997,453 
Pan Ocean Co. Ltd.   2,503,002    15,312,813 
         43,310,266 
Media — 0.3%          
Cheil Worldwide Inc.   547,454    11,472,444 
           
Metals & Mining — 3.4%          
Hyundai Steel Co.(a)   543,580    18,037,458 
Korea Zinc Co. Ltd.   50,629    24,242,988 
POSCO Holdings Inc.   378,967    88,086,877 
         130,367,323 
Multiline Retail — 0.1%          
Lotte Shopping Co. Ltd.   43,178    3,531,413 
           
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 2.3%          
GS Holdings Corp.   340,888    12,460,773 
SK Innovation Co. Ltd.(b)   290,678    50,358,398 
S-Oil Corp.   271,630    25,069,431 
         87,888,602 
Personal Products — 1.5%          
Amorepacific Corp.(a)   175,412    23,108,453 
AMOREPACIFIC Group   203,210    7,541,857 
LG Household & Health Care Ltd.(a)   47,619    28,121,920 
         58,772,230 
Pharmaceuticals — 0.9%          
Celltrion Pharm Inc.(a)(b)   84,202    5,543,676 
Hanmi Pharm Co. Ltd.(a)   49,596    12,365,417 
Yuhan Corp.(a)   364,586    17,747,690 
         35,656,783 
Road & Rail — 0.2%          
CJ Logistics Corp.(b)   77,845    8,126,041 
Security  Shares   Value 
         
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 5.6%          
SK Hynix Inc.(a)   2,493,605   $216,128,799 
           
Software — 0.6%          
Kakao Games Corp.(a)(b)   105,676    5,301,107 
Krafton Inc.(a)(b)   89,888    18,701,794 
         24,002,901 
Specialty Retail — 0.3%          
Hotel Shilla Co. Ltd.(a)   199,408    12,510,620 
           
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 21.6%          
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.   15,313,948    832,740,958 
           
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.2%          
F&F Co. Ltd./New   65,336    7,661,407 
           
Tobacco — 1.1%          
KT&G Corp.(a)   595,365    40,851,440 
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.3%          
SK Telecom Co. Ltd.   266,511    12,271,652 
           
Total Common Stocks — 98.6%          
(Cost: $1,611,946,119)        3,802,528,398 
           
Preferred Stocks          
           
Automobiles — 0.7%          
Hyundai Motor Co.          
Preference Shares, NVS   147,333    11,060,183 
Series 2, Preference Shares, NVS   210,836    15,623,445 
         26,683,628 
Chemicals — 0.3%          
LG Chem Ltd., Preference Shares, NVS   55,721    13,086,915 
           
Personal Products — 0.1%          
LG Household & Health Care Ltd., Preference Shares, NVS   13,667    4,450,857 
           
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.1%          
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Preference Shares, NVS   61,949    3,038,677 
           
Total Preferred Stocks — 1.2%          
(Cost: $23,776,289)        47,260,077 
           
Rights          
           
Electrical Equipment — 0.0%          
Ecopro BM Co. Ltd., (Expires 06/17/22)(a)(b)   2,411    301,083 
           
Total Rights — 0.0%          
(Cost: $0)        301,083 
           
Short-Term Securities          
           
Money Market Funds — 6.2%          
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 0.87%(d)(e)(f)   238,678,225    238,678,225 


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

 

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Money Market Funds (continued)          
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 0.72%(d)(e)   1,660,000   $1,660,000 
         240,338,225 
Total Short-Term Securities — 6.2%          
(Cost: $240,310,567)        240,338,225 
           
Total Investments in Securities — 106.0%          
(Cost: $1,876,032,975)        4,090,427,783 
           
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (6.0)%        (231,284,264)
           
Net Assets — 100.0%       $3,859,143,519 

 

 

(a)All or a portion of this security is on loan.
(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  $122,734,315   $115,997,750(a)  $   $(21,418)  $(32,422)  $238,678,225    238,678,225   $3,035,716(b)  $ 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares   1,140,000    520,000(a)               1,660,000    1,660,000    2,486     
                  $(21,418)  $(32,422)  $240,338,225        $3,038,202   $ 

 

(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                  
KOSPI2 Index   156   06/09/22  $11,123   $(353,617)

 

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

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

 

Fair Value Measurements (continued)

 

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  $3,171,698   $3,799,356,700   $   $3,802,528,398 
Preferred Stocks       47,260,077        47,260,077 
Rights   301,083            301,083 
Money Market Funds   240,338,225            240,338,225 
   $243,811,006   $3,846,616,777   $   $4,090,427,783 
Derivative financial instruments(a)                    
Liabilities                    
Futures Contracts  $   $(353,617)  $   $(353,617)

 

(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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