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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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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

 

NVSNon-Voting Shares

 

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