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

 

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Common Stocks          
           
Banks — 16.9%          
Absa Group Ltd.   1,352,993   $16,224,037 
Capitec Bank Holdings Ltd.   139,093    16,513,824 
Nedbank Group Ltd.   734,711    9,714,129 
Standard Bank Group Ltd.   2,144,036    22,563,796 
         65,015,786 
Capital Markets — 1.0%          
Reinet Investments SCA   218,966    3,865,545 
           
Chemicals — 4.1%          
Sasol Ltd.   904,685    15,728,819 
           
Diversified Financial Services — 10.0%          
FirstRand Ltd.   8,061,281    31,329,955 
Remgro Ltd.   844,621    6,964,193 
         38,294,148 
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 1.2%          
Growthpoint Properties Ltd.   5,475,481    4,500,335 
           
Food & Staples Retailing — 8.1%          
Bid Corp. Ltd.   535,297    10,336,370 
Clicks Group Ltd.   389,368    6,647,488 
Shoprite Holdings Ltd.   803,251    11,823,515 
SPAR Group Ltd. (The)   308,400    2,377,141 
         31,184,514 
Industrial Conglomerates — 1.6%          
Bidvest Group Ltd. (The)   461,608    6,204,505 
           
Insurance — 5.2%          
Discovery Ltd.(a)   796,914    5,864,397 
Old Mutual Ltd.   7,514,778    4,827,295 
Sanlam Ltd.   2,843,370    9,336,331 
         20,028,023 
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 13.9%          
Naspers Ltd., Class N   347,701    53,290,084 
           
Media — 1.1%          
MultiChoice Group   600,305    4,131,312 
           
Metals & Mining — 21.0%          
African Rainbow Minerals Ltd.   179,418    3,011,606 
Anglo American Platinum Ltd.   84,676    8,558,593 
AngloGold Ashanti Ltd.   667,685    12,187,075 
Gold Fields Ltd.   1,424,012    15,812,117 
Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd.   885,567    3,206,320 
Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd.   1,358,358    16,508,915 
Kumba Iron Ore Ltd.   103,123    2,913,347 
Security  Shares   Value 
         
Metals & Mining (continued)          
Northam Platinum Holdings Ltd.(a)   538,042   $6,110,738 
Sibanye Stillwater Ltd.   4,522,192    12,582,625 
         80,891,336 
Multiline Retail — 1.5%          
Woolworths Holdings Ltd.   1,554,335    5,918,815 
           
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.3%          
Exxaro Resources Ltd.   390,235    5,101,973 
           
Pharmaceuticals — 1.3%          
Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd.   605,670    5,026,109 
           
Real Estate Management & Development — 1.1%          
NEPI Rockcastle NV   728,958    4,311,652 
           
Specialty Retail — 2.8%          
Foschini Group Ltd. (The)   528,313    3,220,833 
Mr. Price Group Ltd.   409,912    4,006,393 
Pepkor Holdings Ltd.(b)   2,642,879    3,368,440 
         10,595,666 
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 7.7%          
MTN Group Ltd.   2,708,463    22,194,910 
Vodacom Group Ltd.   1,025,501    7,464,114 
         29,659,024 
           
Total Long-Term Investments — 99.8%          
(Cost: $474,931,302)        383,747,646 
           
Short-Term Securities          
           
Money Market Funds — 0.0%          
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 3.64%(c)(d)   200,000    200,000 
           
Total Short-Term Securities — 0.0%          
(Cost: $200,000)        200,000 
           
Total Investments — 99.8%          
(Cost: $475,131,302)        383,947,646 
           
Other Assets Less Liabilities — 0.2%        653,423 
           
Net Assets — 100.0%       $384,601,069 

 

(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)Affiliate of the Fund.

(d)Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.


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: Treasury, SL Agency Shares  $180,000   $20,000(a)  $   $   $   $200,000    200,000   $747   $ 

 

(a)Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 

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

 

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                  
FTSE/JSE Top 40 Index   16   12/15/22  $642   $91,546 

 

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.

 

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  $72,833,696   $310,913,950   $   $383,747,646 
Money Market Funds   200,000            200,000 
   $73,033,696   $310,913,950   $   $383,947,646 
Derivative financial instruments(a)                    
Assets                    
Futures Contracts  $   $91,546   $   $91,546 

 

(a)Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

 

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