Schedule of Investments (unaudited) | iShares® MSCI Netherlands ETF |
November 30, 2022 | (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Common Stocks | ||||||||
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.9% | ||||||||
InPost SA(a) | 203,094 | $ | 1,503,521 | |||||
PostNL NV | 553,371 | 1,030,554 | ||||||
2,534,075 | ||||||||
Banks — 8.3% | ||||||||
ABN AMRO Bank NV, CVA(b) | 244,062 | 3,147,404 | ||||||
ING Groep NV(a) | 1,741,446 | 21,118,193 | ||||||
24,265,597 | ||||||||
Beverages — 6.3% | ||||||||
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLC | 101,604 | 5,394,156 | ||||||
Heineken Holding NV | 39,781 | 3,011,742 | ||||||
Heineken NV | 106,982 | 9,908,008 | ||||||
18,313,906 | ||||||||
Biotechnology — 0.4% | ||||||||
Pharming Group NV(a) | 907,484 | 1,175,766 | ||||||
Capital Markets — 1.2% | ||||||||
Allfunds Group PLC | 196,606 | 1,471,594 | ||||||
Flow Traders(b) | 47,237 | 1,089,271 | ||||||
Van Lanschot Kempen NV | 44,674 | 1,072,597 | ||||||
3,633,462 | ||||||||
Chemicals — 7.2% | ||||||||
Akzo Nobel NV | 88,361 | 6,357,537 | ||||||
Corbion NV | 49,524 | 1,526,566 | ||||||
Koninklijke DSM NV | 80,074 | 10,385,861 | ||||||
OCI NV | 64,656 | 2,737,147 | ||||||
21,007,111 | ||||||||
Construction & Engineering — 1.6% | ||||||||
Arcadis NV | 50,839 | 2,075,213 | ||||||
Fugro NV(a) | 100,623 | 1,592,541 | ||||||
Koninklijke BAM Groep NV(a) | 446,421 | 1,048,432 | ||||||
4,716,186 | ||||||||
Distributors — 0.1% | ||||||||
B&S Group Sarl(b) | 50,012 | 267,498 | ||||||
Diversified Financial Services — 1.5% | ||||||||
EXOR NV, NVS(a) | 55,422 | 4,350,626 | ||||||
SNS Real NV(c)(d) | 63,320 | 1 | ||||||
4,350,627 | ||||||||
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.7% | ||||||||
Koninklijke KPN NV | 1,648,365 | 5,070,858 | ||||||
Electric Utilities — 0.1% | ||||||||
Fastned BV(a)(d) | 7,618 | 274,777 | ||||||
Electrical Equipment — 2.0% | ||||||||
Alfen Beheer BV(a)(b) | 17,090 | 1,673,167 | ||||||
Signify NV(b) | 77,632 | 2,651,491 | ||||||
TKH Group NV | 36,241 | 1,426,892 | ||||||
5,751,550 | ||||||||
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.6% | ||||||||
SBM Offshore NV | 106,216 | 1,701,885 | ||||||
Entertainment — 2.8% | ||||||||
Universal Music Group NV | 345,467 | 8,215,470 | ||||||
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 1.1% | ||||||||
Eurocommercial Properties NV | 50,384 | 1,215,360 | ||||||
NSI NV | 33,784 | 841,432 | ||||||
Vastned Retail NV | 18,189 | 397,477 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (continued) | ||||||||
Wereldhave NV | 54,274 | $ | 757,188 | |||||
3,211,457 | ||||||||
Food & Staples Retailing — 4.7% | ||||||||
Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV | 444,139 | 12,943,141 | ||||||
Sligro Food Group NV(d) | 37,616 | 654,474 | ||||||
13,597,615 | ||||||||
Food Products — 0.7% | ||||||||
JDE Peet’s NV | 67,879 | 2,102,696 | ||||||
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.2% | ||||||||
Koninklijke Philips NV | 427,035 | 6,398,952 | ||||||
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.5% | ||||||||
Basic-Fit NV(a)(b)(d) | 50,425 | 1,371,462 | ||||||
Insurance — 4.7% | ||||||||
Aegon NV | 905,929 | 4,441,285 | ||||||
ASR Nederland NV | 74,144 | 3,393,475 | ||||||
NN Group NV | 135,032 | 5,770,790 | ||||||
13,605,550 | ||||||||
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 9.1% | ||||||||
Just Eat Takeaway.com NV(a)(b) | 111,296 | 2,578,526 | ||||||
Prosus NV | 367,401 | 24,042,251 | ||||||
26,620,777 | ||||||||
IT Services — 5.2% | ||||||||
Adyen NV(a)(b) | 9,605 | 15,130,937 | ||||||
Machinery — 1.0% | ||||||||
Aalberts NV | 60,907 | 2,433,560 | ||||||
Ebusco Holding NV(a)(d) | 25,223 | 430,043 | ||||||
2,863,603 | ||||||||
Metals & Mining — 0.5% | ||||||||
AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group NV | 37,093 | 1,490,832 | ||||||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.6% | ||||||||
Koninklijke Vopak NV | 60,669 | 1,800,698 | ||||||
Professional Services — 5.9% | ||||||||
Brunel International NV | 34,341 | 346,989 | ||||||
Randstad NV | 64,845 | 3,756,043 | ||||||
Wolters Kluwer NV | 117,608 | 12,961,623 | ||||||
17,064,655 | ||||||||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 25.6% | ||||||||
ASM International NV | 22,620 | 6,272,315 | ||||||
ASML Holding NV | 107,245 | 65,475,181 | ||||||
BE Semiconductor Industries NV | 44,263 | 2,883,184 | ||||||
74,630,680 | ||||||||
Software — 0.4% | ||||||||
CM.Com NV(a)(d) | 22,001 | 313,366 | ||||||
TomTom NV(a) | 118,633 | 968,051 | ||||||
1,281,417 | ||||||||
Trading Companies & Distributors — 3.0% | ||||||||
AerCap Holdings NV(a) | 72,537 | 4,453,772 | ||||||
IMCD NV | 29,541 | 4,369,238 | ||||||
8,823,010 | ||||||||
Total Long-Term Investments — 99.9% | ||||||||
(Cost: $355,353,662) | 291,273,109 |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) | iShares® MSCI Netherlands ETF |
November 30, 2022 | (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Short-Term Securities | ||||||||
Money Market Funds — 0.6% | ||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 4.06%(e)(f)(g) | 1,735,673 | $ | 1,735,846 | |||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 3.64%(e)(f) | 110,000 | 110,000 | ||||||
Total Short-Term Securities — 0.6% | ||||||||
(Cost: $1,846,041) | 1,845,846 | |||||||
Total Investments — 100.5% | ||||||||
(Cost: $357,199,703) | 293,118,955 | |||||||
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.5)% | (1,397,113 | ) | ||||||
Net Assets — 100.0% | $ | 291,721,842 |
(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) | Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs and is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy. |
(d) | All or a portion of this security is on loan. |
(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 November 30, 2022 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:
Affiliated Issuer | Value at 08/31/22 | Purchases at Cost | Proceeds from Sale | Net Realized Gain (Loss) | Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | Value at 11/30/22 | Shares Held at 11/30/22 | Income | Capital Gain Distributions from Underlying Funds | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares | $ | 3,283,583 | $ | — | $ | (1,546,308 | )(a) | $ | 494 | $ | (1,923 | ) | $ | 1,735,846 | 1,735,673 | $ | 57,538 | (b) | $ | — | ||||||||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares | 20,000 | 90,000 | (a) | — | — | — | 110,000 | 110,000 | 556 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
$ | 494 | $ | (1,923 | ) | $ | 1,845,846 | $ | 58,094 | $ | — |
(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 | 9 | 12/16/22 | $ | 376 | $ | 31,173 |
Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End
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 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 Netherlands ETF |
November 30, 2022 |
Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End (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 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 | $ | 12,603,637 | $ | 278,669,471 | $ | 1 | $ | 291,273,109 | ||||||||
Money Market Funds | 1,845,846 | — | — | 1,845,846 | ||||||||||||
$ | 14,449,483 | $ | 278,669,471 | $ | 1 | $ | 293,118,955 | |||||||||
Derivative financial instruments(a) | ||||||||||||||||
Assets | ||||||||||||||||
Futures Contracts | $ | — | $ | 31,173 | $ | — | $ | 31,173 |
(a) | Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument. |
Portfolio Abbreviation
NVS | Non-Voting Shares |
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