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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) iShares® MSCI South Korea ETF
November 30, 2022 (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Common Stocks          
           
Aerospace & Defense — 0.5%          
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd.   471,209   $17,499,455 
           
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.5%          
CJ Logistics Corp.(a)   10,851    736,206 
Hyundai Glovis Co. Ltd.   122,585    16,629,753 
         17,365,959 
Airlines — 0.6%          
Korean Air Lines Co. Ltd.(a)   1,085,928    21,304,769 
           
Auto Components — 2.1%          
Hankook Tire & Technology Co. Ltd.   522,225    13,638,940 
Hanon Systems(b)   1,322,792    8,852,636 
Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd.   308,834    50,549,490 
         73,041,066 
Automobiles — 4.5%          
Hyundai Motor Co.   652,849    85,053,663 
Kia Corp.   1,263,854    66,559,481 
         151,613,144 
Banks — 7.2%          
Hana Financial Group Inc.   1,516,719    51,874,889 
Industrial Bank of Korea   1,694,849    14,507,329 
KakaoBank Corp.(a)(b)   526,699    10,218,433 
KB Financial Group Inc.   1,882,654    74,755,917 
Shinhan Financial Group Co. Ltd.   2,259,648    65,507,461 
Woori Financial Group Inc.   3,002,886    29,998,639 
         246,862,668 
Biotechnology — 2.1%          
Alteogen Inc.(a)   8,561    243,476 
Celltrion Inc.(b)   473,659    64,211,474 
Seegene Inc.   56,255    1,316,796 
SK Bioscience Co. Ltd.(a)(b)   97,439    6,232,438 
         72,004,184 
Capital Markets — 1.7%          
Korea Investment Holdings Co. Ltd.   265,848    11,817,427 
Meritz Securities Co. Ltd.(b)   2,887,179    12,987,036 
Mirae Asset Securities Co. Ltd.   2,493,164    12,724,428 
NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd.   1,174,521    8,668,561 
Samsung Securities Co. Ltd.   430,924    11,661,759 
         57,859,211 
Chemicals — 5.8%          
Hanwha Solutions Corp.(a)   685,256    27,123,832 
Kumho Petrochemical Co. Ltd.   144,814    16,657,730 
LG Chem Ltd.   222,168    126,820,509 
Lotte Chemical Corp.(b)   103,467    14,606,637 
SK Chemicals Co. Ltd.   825    56,326 
SK IE Technology Co. Ltd.(a)(b)(c)   104,434    5,345,808 
SKC Co. Ltd.(b)   88,283    7,657,433 
         198,268,275 
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.2%          
S-1 Corp.   137,044    6,703,102 
           
Construction & Engineering — 1.0%          
GS Engineering & Construction Corp.   8,306    150,223 
Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd.(b)   490,848    15,515,412 
Samsung Engineering Co. Ltd.(a)   1,040,534    19,672,456 
         35,338,091 
Construction Materials — 0.9%          
POSCO Chemical Co. Ltd.   172,880    29,200,835 
Security  Shares   Value 
         
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.4%      
LG Uplus Corp.   1,336,564  $12,355,543 
           
Electric Utilities — 0.6%          
Korea Electric Power Corp.(a)   1,381,065    21,897,205 
           
Electrical Equipment — 2.9%          
Doosan Enerbility Co. Ltd.(a)(b)   1,791,124    23,208,904 
Ecopro BM Co. Ltd.(b)   210,599    18,661,009 
LG Energy Solution(a)(b)   128,768    58,250,421 
         100,120,334 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 6.9% 
Iljin Materials Co. Ltd.   96,354    4,620,937 
L&F Co. Ltd.(a)(b)   100,530    17,334,941 
LG Display Co. Ltd.   1,398,408    15,606,187 
LG Innotek Co. Ltd.   87,336    21,056,499 
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd.   302,936    33,161,734 
Samsung SDI Co. Ltd.   254,616    143,737,851 
         235,518,149 
Entertainment — 2.4%          
CJ ENM Co. Ltd.   6,872    443,670 
HYBE Co. Ltd.(a)(b)   79,134    8,774,919 
Kakao Games Corp.(a)   148,234    5,023,370 
Krafton Inc.(a)   118,972    20,939,983 
NCSoft Corp.   90,942    32,944,311 
Netmarble Corp.(b)(c)   172,304    6,479,543 
Pearl Abyss Corp.(a)(b)   241,355    8,128,993 
         82,734,789 
Food & Staples Retailing — 0.6%          
BGF retail Co. Ltd.   66,049    10,365,560 
E-MART Inc.   142,664    10,091,495 
         20,457,055 
Food Products — 0.9%          
CJ CheilJedang Corp.(b)   56,784    17,127,204 
Orion Corp./Republic of Korea(b)   156,560    14,058,710 
         31,185,914 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.6%          
HLB Inc.(a)(b)   609,459    15,345,819 
SD Biosensor Inc.   149,840    3,790,920 
         19,136,739 
Health Care Providers & Services — 0.6%          
Celltrion Healthcare Co. Ltd.(b)   375,080    18,827,001 
           
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.4%          
Kangwon Land Inc.(a)   736,460    14,152,634 
           
Household Durables — 1.6%          
Coway Co. Ltd.   305,845    13,465,370 
LG Electronics Inc.   550,029    41,504,967 
         54,970,337 
Industrial Conglomerates — 3.7%          
CJ Corp.   121,133    7,118,584 
GS Holdings Corp.   346,215    12,868,467 
LG Corp.   460,703    29,710,959 
Samsung C&T Corp.   439,177    41,198,212 
SK Inc.   199,109    33,606,615 
         124,502,837 
Insurance — 2.0%          
DB Insurance Co. Ltd.   335,021    15,924,111 
Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd.(b)   145,286    5,134,879 
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd.   166,795    26,180,303 


 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) iShares® MSCI South Korea ETF
November 30, 2022 (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Insurance (continued)          
Samsung Life Insurance Co. Ltd.   398,476   $22,369,675 
         69,608,968 
Interactive Media & Services — 4.2%          
Kakao Corp.(b)   1,360,514    59,694,467 
NAVER Corp.(b)   581,008    84,457,410 
         144,151,877 
IT Services — 0.5%          
Samsung SDS Co. Ltd.   186,272    18,201,041 
           
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.8%          
Samsung Biologics Co. Ltd.(a)(b)(c)   87,712    59,656,267 
           
Machinery — 1.6%          
Doosan Bobcat Inc.   399,266    10,928,700 
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd.(a)(b)   75,109    6,880,096 
Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. Ltd.(a)   101,514    6,658,043 
Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. Ltd.(a)   223,471    13,453,873 
Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd.(a)(b)   3,721,661    14,889,426 
         52,810,138 
Marine — 0.9%          
HMM Co. Ltd.(b)   1,158,660    19,968,456 
Pan Ocean Co. Ltd.   2,508,928    10,437,100 
         30,405,556 
Media — 0.3%          
Cheil Worldwide Inc.   549,736    10,196,367 
           
Metals & Mining — 3.7%          
Hyundai Steel Co.   545,341    14,268,755 
Korea Zinc Co. Ltd.   53,563    25,894,972 
POSCO Holdings Inc.   376,933    86,280,008 
         126,443,735 
Multiline Retail — 0.2%          
Lotte Shopping Co. Ltd.   96,961    6,301,893 
           
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 2.1%          
HD Hyundai Co. Ltd.   311,512    15,402,694 
SK Innovation Co. Ltd.(a)   284,541    39,369,190 
S-Oil Corp.   272,912    18,068,957 
         72,840,841 
Personal Products — 1.3%          
Amorepacific Corp.(b)   175,973    17,715,652 
AMOREPACIFIC Group   44,005    1,069,660 
LG H&H Co. Ltd.   47,773    24,108,131 
         42,893,443 
Pharmaceuticals — 1.1%          
Celltrion Pharm Inc.(a)   84,739    4,348,557 
Hanmi Pharm Co. Ltd.   49,687    9,934,290 
SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. Ltd.(a)(b)   136,291    7,703,389 
Yuhan Corp.   365,767    16,349,587 
         38,335,823 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 5.2% 
SK Hynix Inc.(b)   2,472,258    163,168,991 
SK Square Co. Ltd.(a)   424,547    12,300,237 
         175,469,228 
Specialty Retail — 0.3%          
Hotel Shilla Co. Ltd.(b)   199,824    11,229,303 
           
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 22.1%          
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.   15,683,997    753,599,615 
Security  Shares   Value 
         
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.3%          
F&F Co. Ltd./New(b)   73,425   $8,571,926 
           
Tobacco — 1.3%          
KT&G Corp.   585,250    44,408,232 
           
Total Common Stocks — 97.6%          
(Cost: $1,661,969,513)        3,328,043,549 
           
Preferred Stocks          
           
Automobiles — 0.7%          
Hyundai Motor Co.          
Preference Shares, NVS   174,265    11,184,880 
Series 2, Preference Shares, NVS   228,711    14,416,142 
         25,601,022 
Chemicals — 0.5%          
LG Chem Ltd., Preference Shares, NVS   60,321    15,535,815 
           
Personal Products — 0.0%          
LG H&H Co. Ltd., Preference Shares, NVS   3,057    653,813 
           
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.1% 
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Preference          
Shares, NVS   75,441    3,244,088 
           
Total Preferred Stocks — 1.3%          
(Cost: $23,141,540)        45,034,738 
           
Rights          
           
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.0%          
HLB Inc., (Expires 12/09/22, Strike Price KRW 25,200.00)(a)   48,760    271,741 
           
Total Rights — 0.0%          
(Cost: $0)        271,741 
           
Total Long-Term Investments — 98.9%          
(Cost: $1,685,111,053)        3,373,350,028 
           
Short-Term Securities          
           
Money Market Funds — 4.6%          
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 4.06%(d)(e)(f)   153,346,260    153,361,595 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 3.64%(d)(e)   2,580,000    2,580,000 
           
Total Short-Term Securities — 4.6%          
(Cost: $155,948,946)        155,941,595 
           
Total Investments — 103.5%          
(Cost: $1,841,059,999)        3,529,291,623 
           
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (3.5)%        (118,210,046)
           
Net Assets — 100.0%       $3,411,081,577 

 

(a)Non-income producing security.

(b)All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(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.


 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) iShares® MSCI South Korea ETF
November 30, 2022  

 

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  $132,934,661   $20,450,762(a)  $   $28,795   $(52,623)  $153,361,595    153,346,260   $538,788(b)  $ 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares   1,750,000    830,000(a)               2,580,000    2,580,000    7,009     
                  $28,795   $(52,623)  $155,941,595        $545,797   $ 

 

(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   479   12/08/22  $29,489   $1,250,647 

 

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 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.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) iShares® MSCI South Korea ETF
November 30, 2022  

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End (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  $   $3,328,043,549   $   $3,328,043,549 
Preferred Stocks       45,034,738        45,034,738 
Rights       271,741        271,741 
Money Market Funds   155,941,595            155,941,595 
   $155,941,595   $3,373,350,028   $   $3,529,291,623 
Derivative financial instruments(a)                    
Assets                    
Futures Contracts  $   $1,250,647   $   $1,250,647 

 

(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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