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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) iShares® MSCI Belgium ETF
May 31, 2023 (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Common Stocks          
           
Industrial REITs — 3.9%          
Intervest Offices & Warehouses NV   4,699   $77,853 
Montea NV   1,879    152,757 
Warehouses De Pauw CVA   19,085    536,918 
         767,528 
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.4%          
bpost SA   18,268    76,639 
           
Banks — 10.5%          
KBC Ancora   4,605    220,579 
KBC Group NV   28,099    1,846,080 
         2,066,659 
Beverages — 21.2%          
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV   77,927    4,157,013 
           
Biotechnology — 13.6%          
Argenx SE(a)   6,218    2,421,918 
Galapagos NV(a)   5,798    240,184 
         2,662,102 
Chemicals — 8.9%          
Recticel SA   6,980    92,318 
Solvay SA   8,204    858,343 
Tessenderlo Group SA   3,861    117,532 
Umicore SA   24,098    669,922 
         1,738,115 
Construction & Engineering — 3.1%          
Ackermans & van Haaren NV   2,800    459,486 
Deme Group NV(a)   1,136    145,113 
         604,599 
Distributors — 2.5%          
D’ieteren Group   2,871    496,698 
           
Financial Services — 6.3%          
Groupe Bruxelles Lambert NV   11,119    857,998 
Sofina SA   1,843    381,410 
         1,239,408 
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.8% 
Proximus SADP   20,659    160,350 
           
Electric Utilities — 2.4%          
Elia Group SA/NV   3,890    470,779 
           
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.2% 
Barco NV   8,983    233,223 
           
Entertainment — 0.5%          
Kinepolis Group NV(b)   2,166    96,504 
           
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 1.3% 
Etablissements Franz Colruyt NV   7,586    251,326 
           
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.3%          
Ion Beam Applications   4,124    66,122 
           
Health Care Providers & Services — 0.9%          
Fagron   9,595    172,651 
           
Health Care Technology — 0.3%          
AGFA-Gevaert NV(a)   24,580    64,583 
           
Health Care REITs — 3.2%          
Aedifica SA   4,820    323,823 
Security  Shares   Value 
         
Health Care REITs (continued)          
Cofinimmo SA   3,997   $310,591 
         634,414 
Insurance — 3.8%          
Ageas SA/NV   18,531    741,355 
           
Retail REITs — 0.6%          
Retail Estates NV   1,603    110,057 
           
IT Services — 0.0%          
Econocom Group SA/NV   1,728    5,054 
           
Media — 0.7%          
Telenet Group Holding NV   6,534    139,472 
           
Metals & Mining — 1.1%          
Bekaert SA   4,808    206,022 
           
Residential REITs — 0.6%          
Xior Student Housing NV   4,064    121,503 
           
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 2.1%          
Euronav NV   21,677    343,665 
Exmar NV   6,378    73,074 
         416,739 
Personal Care Products — 0.5%          
Ontex Group NV(a)(b)   11,375    86,821 
           
Pharmaceuticals — 4.3%          
UCB SA   9,683    845,633 
           
Real Estate Management & Development — 2.0% 
Immobel SA(b)   1,195    50,661 
Shurgard Self Storage Ltd.   3,574    163,545 
VGP NV   1,814    180,164 
         394,370 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.2% 
Melexis NV   2,571    234,885 
           
Total Long-Term Investments — 98.2% 
(Cost: $26,866,388)        19,260,624 

 

Short-Term Securities

 

Money Market Funds — 1.1%        
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 5.29%(c)(d)(e)   208,279    208,321 
           
Total Short-Term Securities — 1.1%          
(Cost: $208,352)        208,321 
           
Total Investments — 99.3%          
(Cost: $27,074,740)        19,468,945 
           
Other Assets Less Liabilities — 0.7%        139,448 
           
Net Assets — 100.0%       $19,608,393 

 

(a)Non-income producing security.

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

(c)Affiliate of the Fund.

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

(e)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 Belgium ETF
May 31, 2023  

 

Affiliates

 

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the period ended May 31, 2023 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
05/31/23
   Shares
Held at
05/31/23
   Income   Capital
Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds
 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares  $26,013   $182,361(a)  $   $(8)  $(45)  $208,321    208,279   $2,410(b)  $ 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares(c)       0(a)                       76     
                  $(8)  $(45)  $208,321        $2,486   $ 

 

(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.

(c)As of period end, the entity is no longer held.

 

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   7   06/16/23  $317   $(545)

 

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 
Assets                    
Investments                    
Long-Term Investments                    
Common Stocks  $307,520   $18,953,104   $   $19,260,624 
Short-Term Securities                    
Money Market Funds   208,321            208,321 
   $515,841   $18,953,104   $   $19,468,945 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) iShares® MSCI Belgium ETF
May 31, 2023  

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End (continued)

 

   Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total 
Derivative Financial Instruments(a)                    
Liabilities                    
Equity Contracts  $   $(545)  $   $(545)

 

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

 

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