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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)   iShares® MSCI Global Metals & Mining Producers ETF
May 31, 2023   (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

  

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Common Stocks          
           
Australia — 26.8%          
29Metals Ltd.(a)   344,035   $157,844 
Allkem Ltd.(b)   794,886    7,679,478 
Alumina Ltd.   3,202,619    3,020,529 
Arafura Rare Earths Ltd.(a)(b)   2,442,667    586,850 
Argosy Minerals Ltd.(b)   1,470,444    453,747 
AVZ Minerals Ltd.(a)(b)(c)   3,302,250    1,223,901 
BHP Group Ltd.   6,639,853    181,686,945 
BlueScope Steel Ltd.   604,561    7,291,090 
Chalice Mining Ltd.(b)   444,530    2,028,139 
Champion Iron Ltd.   507,750    1,984,075 
Core Lithium Ltd.(a)(b)   2,196,188    1,497,758 
Coronado Global Resources Inc.(d)   960,663    823,910 
Deterra Royalties Ltd.   578,835    1,690,155 
Fortescue Metals Group Ltd.   2,221,237    27,813,142 
Goulamina Holdings Pty Ltd.(b)   1,338,052    774,710 
Grange Resources Ltd.(a)   660,075    225,446 
IGO Ltd.   897,702    8,337,127 
Iluka Resources Ltd.   558,525    4,084,144 
Imdex Ltd.   635,338    762,656 
ionner Ltd.(a)(b)   1,901,750    420,099 
Lake Resources NL(a)(b)   1,793,206    617,461 
Liontown Resources Ltd.(b)   2,020,335    3,623,189 
Lynas Rare Earths Ltd.(b)   1,226,724    5,987,545 
Mincor Resources NL(b)   293,484    267,540 
Mineral Resources Ltd.   227,472    10,478,126 
Mount Gibson Iron Ltd.(a)(b)   767,718    189,875 
Nickel Mines Ltd.   2,363,766    1,376,165 
Perenti Global Ltd.(b)   792,428    606,081 
Pilbara Minerals Ltd.   3,538,679    10,144,515 
Rio Tinto Ltd.   487,440    33,966,790 
Sandfire Resources Ltd.(b)   603,351    2,262,640 
Sayona Mining Ltd.(a)(b)   9,379,289    1,096,331 
Sims Ltd.   216,514    1,999,394 
South32 Ltd.   5,981,827    15,292,839 
Stanmore Resources Ltd.(b)   344,593    582,765 
Syrah Resources Ltd.(b)   814,847    452,842 
Vulcan Energy Resources Ltd.(a)(b)   150,737    358,570 
Vulcan Steel Ltd.   89,192    450,046 
         342,294,459 
Austria — 0.4%          
voestalpine AG(a)   151,648    4,708,796 
           
Belgium — 0.2%          
Bekaert SA   45,359    1,943,624 
           
Brazil — 4.6%          
Bradespar SA   44,545    175,693 
Cia. Brasileira de Aluminio   269,446    276,175 
Cia. Siderurgica Nacional SA   873,330    2,091,530 
Vale SA   4,463,461    56,139,682 
         58,683,080 
Canada — 5.3%          
Algoma Steel Group Inc.(a)   113,163    774,427 
Altius Minerals Corp.   54,248    870,765 
Capstone Mining Corp.(b)   543,631    2,146,491 
ERO Copper Corp.(a)(b)   108,997    1,804,171 
Filo Mining Corp.(a)(b)   113,059    1,757,307 
First Quantum Minerals Ltd.   771,780    16,169,004 
Global Atomic Corp.(a)(b)   228,388    459,300 
Security  Shares   Value 
           
Canada (continued)          
Hudbay Minerals Inc.   325,368   $1,392,551 
Ivanhoe Mines Ltd., Class A(b)   798,970    5,850,285 
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corp.   79,908    1,778,873 
Largo Inc.(a)(b)   50,775    190,383 
Lithium Americas Corp.(a)(b)   129,373    2,613,192 
Lundin Mining Corp.   853,119    5,963,977 
Major Drilling Group International Inc.(b)   96,134    646,559 
Solaris Resources Inc.(b)   82,594    338,286 
Stelco Holdings Inc.   47,681    1,492,073 
Taseko Mines Ltd.(b)   379,849    458,897 
Teck Resources Ltd., Class B   597,080    23,307,012 
         68,013,553 
Chile — 0.1%          
CAP SA   85,979    605,034 
           
China — 2.2%          
Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd., Class A   880,165    669,023 
Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd., Class H   5,416,000    2,396,782 
Anhui Honglu Steel Construction Group Co. Ltd., Class A   72,150    285,148 
Baoshan Iron & Steel Co. Ltd., Class A   1,760,293    1,453,891 
China Hongqiao Group Ltd.   3,046,500    2,162,053 
China Metal Recycling Holdings Ltd.(c)   132,000     
China Minmetals Rare Earth Co. Ltd., Class A(b)   67,700    296,905 
China Nonferrous Mining Corp Ltd.   2,031,000    975,294 
China Northern Rare Earth Group High-Tech Co. Ltd., Class A   270,870    908,086 
China Oriental Group Co. Ltd.   2,534,000    343,361 
CMOC Group Ltd., Class A   1,760,200    1,297,113 
CMOC Group Ltd., Class H   4,392,000    2,296,708 
GEM Co. Ltd., Class A   470,917    441,764 
Guangdong HEC Technology Holding Co. Ltd., Class A   204,000    206,692 
Henan Shenhuo Coal & Power Co. Ltd., Class A   203,100    365,416 
Hesteel Co. Ltd., Class A   807,200    259,905 
Huaibei Mining Holdings Co. Ltd.   203,100    373,644 
Hunan Valin Steel Co. Ltd., Class A   541,600    370,016 
Inner Mongolia BaoTou Steel Union Co. Ltd., Class A   3,520,421    905,468 
Jiangxi Copper Co. Ltd., Class A   137,525    357,625 
Jiangxi Copper Co. Ltd., Class H   1,484,000    2,235,954 
Jinchuan Group International Resources Co. Ltd.   4,062,000    215,261 
Jinduicheng Molybdenum Co. Ltd., Class A   270,800    414,347 
MMG Ltd.(a)(b)   3,742,000    1,124,020 
Pangang Group Vanadium Titanium & Resources Co. Ltd., Class A(b)   677,000    378,730 
Shandong Nanshan Aluminum Co. Ltd., Class A   941,030    397,993 
Shanxi Meijin Energy Co. Ltd., Class A   341,128    343,588 
Shanxi Taigang Stainless Steel Co. Ltd., Class A   473,900    265,191 
Shenghe Resources Holding Co. Ltd., Class A   135,400    243,084 
Shougang Fushan Resources Group Ltd.   2,708,000    830,266 
Sinomine Resource Group Co. Ltd., Class A   53,060    400,097 
Tiangong International Co. Ltd.(a)   1,354,000    365,957 
Tianshan Aluminum Group Co. Ltd., Class A   397,500    351,724 
Tibet Summit Resources Co. Ltd., Class-A(b)   67,700    168,452 
Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co. Ltd., Class A   879,200    358,729 
Western Mining Co. Ltd., Class A   203,100    292,945 
Western Superconducting Technologies Co. Ltd., Class A   35,850    390,489 
Xiamen Tungsten Co. Ltd., Class A   135,499    343,953 
Yintai Gold Co. Ltd., Class A   262,140    476,934 
YongXing Special Materials Technology Co. Ltd., Class A   27,430    243,946 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)   iShares® MSCI Global Metals & Mining Producers ETF
May 31, 2023   (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

  

Security  Shares   Value 
           
China (continued)          
Yunnan Aluminium Co. Ltd., Class A   270,800   $460,652 
Yunnan Tin Co. Ltd., Class A   135,400    270,538 
Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co. Ltd., Class A   113,950    740,606 
         27,678,350 
Egypt — 0.0%          
Ezz Steel Co. SAE   261,720    331,936 
           
Finland — 0.2%          
Outokumpu OYJ   482,112    2,639,093 
           
France — 1.5%          
APERAM SA   66,346    2,180,535 
ArcelorMittal SA   634,349    15,823,014 
Eramet SA   11,531    1,003,361 
         19,006,910 
Germany — 0.7%          
Aurubis AG   41,319    3,169,964 
Salzgitter AG   31,819    1,036,528 
thyssenkrupp AG   652,628    4,503,574 
         8,710,066 
Hong Kong — 0.0%          
China Zhongwang Holdings Ltd.   1,552,000    2 
           
India — 3.4%          
APL Apollo Tubes Ltd.   216,640    2,972,186 
Godawari Power and Ispat Ltd.   53,483    232,247 
Hindalco Industries Ltd.   1,617,802    7,921,130 
Hindustan Copper Ltd.   295,849    404,467 
Jindal Saw Ltd.   155,284    455,789 
Jindal Stainless Ltd.   484,168    1,716,576 
Jindal Steel & Power Ltd.   469,035    2,930,069 
JSW Steel Ltd.   799,537    6,723,545 
Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Ltd.   64,519    341,765 
Maharashtra Seamless Ltd.   38,589    209,266 
National Aluminium Co. Ltd.   1,126,528    1,139,223 
Nmdc Steel Limited, NVS(b)   819,497    432,868 
Rajratan Global Wire Ltd.   17,000    157,201 
Ramkrishna Forgings Ltd.   77,962    365,486 
Ratnamani Metals & Tubes Ltd.   36,666    1,024,421 
Sarda Energy & Minerals Ltd.   12,887    181,837 
Tata Steel Ltd.   8,626,717    11,023,783 
Tata Steel Ltd., GDR(e)   96,495    1,186,889 
Usha Martin Ltd.   176,697    486,179 
Vedanta Ltd.   965,456    3,242,892 
Welspun Corp. Ltd.   109,674    334,337 
         43,482,156 
Indonesia — 0.4%          
Bumi Resources Minerals Tbk PT(b)   54,566,200    422,024 
Merdeka Copper Gold Tbk PT(b)   15,774,186    3,154,602 
Timah Tbk PT   3,186,300    197,567 
Vale Indonesia Tbk PT   3,181,900    1,335,748 
         5,109,941 
Japan — 4.6%          
Daido Steel Co. Ltd.   36,900    1,371,848 
Daiki Aluminium Industry Co. Ltd.   59,000    538,588 
Dowa Holdings Co. Ltd.   67,700    1,961,810 
JFE Holdings Inc.   661,000    8,166,476 
Kobe Steel Ltd.   473,900    3,745,973 
Kyoei Steel Ltd.   18,400    242,695 
Maruichi Steel Tube Ltd.   69,800    1,533,033 
Security  Shares   Value 
           
Japan (continued)          
Mitsubishi Materials Corp.   142,800   $2,375,788 
Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co. Ltd.   70,500    1,543,574 
Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co. Ltd.   72,340    693,553 
Nippon Steel Corp.   1,051,005    20,462,364 
Nittetsu Mining Co.Ltd.   16,600    434,551 
OSAKA Titanium Technologies Co. Ltd.(a)   47,300    1,000,357 
Pacific Metals Co. Ltd.(b)   22,600    257,648 
Sanyo Special Steel Co. Ltd.   25,900    466,109 
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd.   323,800    9,816,805 
Toho Titanium Co. Ltd.(a)   40,100    546,033 
Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co. Ltd.   67,700    662,931 
UACJ Corp.   45,238    827,741 
Yamato Kogyo Co. Ltd.   52,300    2,046,899 
Yodogawa Steel Works Ltd.   19,600    411,730 
         59,106,506 
Malaysia — 0.4%          
PMB Technology Bhd(a)(b)   338,500    271,954 
Press Metal Aluminium Holdings Bhd   4,874,400    4,862,899 
         5,134,853 
Mexico — 1.4%          
Grupo Mexico SAB de CV, Series B   4,062,000    18,028,584 
           
Netherlands — 0.1%          
AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group NV   40,620    1,834,382 
           
Norway — 0.8%          
Norsk Hydro ASA   1,758,169    10,641,012 
           
Peru — 0.6%          
Southern Copper Corp.   111,727    7,460,012 
           
Poland — 0.4%          
Jastrzebska Spolka Weglowa SA(b)   67,700    615,356 
KGHM Polska Miedz SA   185,498    4,599,117 
         5,214,473 
Qatar — 0.1%          
Qatar Aluminum Manufacturing Co.   3,666,632    1,538,463 
           
Russia — 0.0%          
Alrosa PJSC(b)(c)   2,886,002    354 
MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC(c)   71,400    9 
Novolipetsk Steel PJSC(b)(c)   1,668,000    204 
Severstal PAO(b)(c)   233,400    29 
United Co. RUSAL International PJSC(b)(c)   3,450,000    423 
         1,019 
Saudi Arabia — 1.5%          
Al Masane Al Kobra Mining Co.   33,232    689,871 
Saudi Arabian Mining Co.(b)   1,130,062    18,707,721 
         19,397,592 
Singapore — 0.0%          
Straits Trading Co. Ltd.(a)   244,162    357,284 
           
South Africa — 2.2%          
African Rainbow Minerals Ltd.   147,432    1,542,078 
Anglo American Platinum Ltd.   86,656    4,985,012 
Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd.   1,121,112    9,001,428 
Kumba Iron Ore Ltd.   85,272    1,874,849 
Northam Platinum Holdings Ltd.(b)   467,130    3,845,302 
Royal Bafokeng Platinum Ltd.   102,227    705,058 
Sibanye Stillwater Ltd.   3,694,184    6,527,158 
         28,480,885 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)   iShares® MSCI Global Metals & Mining Producers ETF
May 31, 2023   (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

  

Security  Shares   Value 
           
South Korea — 2.8%          
Dongkuk Steel Mill Co. Ltd.   78,532   $673,593 
Hyundai Steel Co.   113,059    2,775,913 
KG Dongbu Steel Co. Ltd.(a)   39,893    266,718 
Korea Zinc Co. Ltd.   10,155    3,675,694 
Poongsan Corp.(a)   22,341    659,573 
POSCO Holdings Inc.   94,107    25,499,977 
Posco M-Tech Co.Ltd.   7,686    142,167 
Sam-A Aluminum Co. Ltd.   6,093    378,732 
Seah Besteel Holdings Corp.   17,602    319,352 
SeAH Steel Holdings Corp.   2,008    251,324 
TCC Steel   9,345    244,671 
Young Poong Corp.   677    268,169 
         35,155,883 
Spain — 0.2%          
Acerinox SA   241,012    2,466,044 
           
Sweden — 1.6%          
Alleima AB, NVS   267,050    1,096,030 
Boliden AB   359,616    10,986,898 
Granges AB   142,214    1,283,414 
SSAB AB, Class A   289,079    1,853,850 
SSAB AB, Class B   864,529    5,361,545 
         20,581,737 
Taiwan — 1.9%          
Century Iron & Steel Industrial Co. Ltd.   194,000    687,317 
China Metal Products   208,011    235,930 
China Steel Corp.   15,294,612    14,422,783 
Chun Yuan Steel Industry Co. Ltd.   475,000    252,164 
Chung Hung Steel Corp.   1,154,000    866,047 
EVERGREEN Steel Corp.   199,000    400,909 
Feng Hsin Steel Co. Ltd.   677,000    1,496,485 
Gloria Material Technology Corp.(b)   484,000    875,242 
Hsin Kuang Steel Co. Ltd.   200,000    311,174 
TA Chen Stainless Pipe   1,963,365    2,878,198 
Tung Ho Steel Enterprise Corp.   677,700    1,232,143 
YC INOX Co. Ltd.   370,263    347,657 
Yieh Phui Enterprise Co. Ltd.   1,423,776    714,066 
         24,720,115 
Turkey — 0.4%          
Borusan Mannesmann Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret AS(b)   35,881    313,182 
Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari TAS(b)   1,842,870    2,937,490 
Kardemir Karabuk Demir Celik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS, Class D   1,025,655    869,959 
Koza Anadolu Metal Madencilik Isletmeleri AS(b)   249,432    543,800 
         4,664,431 
United Kingdom — 17.0%          
Anglo American PLC   1,666,097    45,898,108 
Antofagasta PLC   516,551    8,594,965 
Atalaya Mining PLC(a)   138,785    528,283 
Central Asia Metals PLC   226,366    522,627 
Ferrexpo PLC   381,151    437,552 
Glencore PLC   13,981,404    71,503,012 
Hill & Smith PLC   106,966    1,938,319 
Rio Tinto PLC   1,473,829    87,090,801 
SolGold PLC(a)(b)   1,946,541    405,882 
         216,919,549 
United States — 16.5%          
Alcoa Corp.   234,242    7,430,156 
Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc.   17,614    2,377,362 
Security  Shares   Value 
           
United States (continued)          
Arconic Corp.(a)(b)   130,737   $3,779,607 
ATI Inc.(b)   168,433    5,824,413 
Carpenter Technology Corp.   64,285    2,932,039 
Century Aluminum Co.(a)(b)   72,387    567,514 
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.(a)(b)   675,035    9,369,486 
Commercial Metals Co.   153,681    6,569,863 
Compass Minerals International Inc.   45,359    1,439,241 
Freeport-McMoRan Inc.   1,875,967    64,420,707 
Haynes International Inc.   16,946    735,795 
Ivanhoe Electric Inc. / U.S.(b)   59,752    746,303 
Kaiser Aluminum Corp.   20,310    1,226,724 
Materion Corp.   27,080    2,717,207 
MP Materials Corp.(a)(b)   140,139    2,903,680 
Nucor Corp.   330,376    43,629,455 
Olympic Steel Inc.   12,863    537,931 
Piedmont Lithium Inc.(a)(b)   24,438    1,338,469 
Ramaco Resources Inc.   34,527    255,845 
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.   77,190    18,114,949 
Ryerson Holding Corp.   29,758    1,011,474 
Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc., Class A   33,173    912,589 
Steel Dynamics Inc.   213,938    19,660,902 
SunCoke Energy Inc.   102,227    694,121 
TimkenSteel Corp.(a)(b)   50,775    864,698 
U.S. Steel Corp.   297,880    6,231,650 
Warrior Met Coal Inc.   67,744    2,220,648 
Worthington Industries Inc.   42,651    2,394,001 
         210,906,829 
Total Common Stocks — 98.3%          
(Cost: $1,475,168,968)        1,255,816,653 
         
Preferred Stocks          
           
Brazil — 0.9%          
Bradespar SA, Preference Shares, NVS   336,623    1,412,632 
Cia Ferro Ligas da Bahia - FERBASA, Preference Shares, NVS   46,036    430,751 
Gerdau SA, Preference Shares, NVS   1,510,975    7,138,957 
Metalurgica Gerdau SA, Preference Shares, NVS   871,366    1,925,376 
Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais SA Usiminas, Class A, Preference Shares, NVS   596,219    824,997 
         11,732,713 
Russia — 0.0%          
Mechel PJSC, Preference Shares, NVS(b)(c)   96,000    12 
           
Total Preferred Stocks — 0.9%          
(Cost: $10,437,774)        11,732,725 
           
Total Long-Term Investments — 99.2%          
(Cost: $1,485,606,742)        1,267,549,378 
         
Short-Term Securities          
           
Money Market Funds — 2.1%          
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 5.29%(f)(g)(h)   27,090,196    27,095,614 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)   iShares® MSCI Global Metals & Mining Producers ETF
May 31, 2023   (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  Shares   Value 
           
Money Market Funds (continued)          
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 5.07%(f)(g)   390,000   $390,000 
           
Total Short-Term Securities — 2.1%          
(Cost: $27,480,783)        27,485,614 
           
Total Investments — 101.3%          
(Cost: $1,513,087,525)        1,295,034,992 
           
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (1.3)%        (16,753,655)
           
Net Assets — 100.0%       $1,278,281,337 

 

(a)All or a portion of this security is on loan.
(b)Non-income producing security.

(c)Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs and is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

 

 

(d)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.

(e)This security may be resold to qualified foreign investors and foreign institutional buyers under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933.

(f)Affiliate of the Fund.
(g)Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.

(h)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 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  $20,087,722   $7,004,626(a)  $   $6,222   $(2,956)  $27,095,614    27,090,196   $392,851(b)  $ 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares   1,990,000        (1,600,000)(a)           390,000    390,000    70,355    2 
                  $6,222   $(2,956)  $27,485,614        $463,206   $2 

 

(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                  
E-Mini Energy Select Sector Index   45   06/16/23  $3,607   $(208,902)
MSCI Emerging Markets Index   129   06/16/23   6,171    (282,364)
                $(491,266)

 

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).

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)   iShares® MSCI Global Metals & Mining Producers ETF
May 31, 2023    

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End (continued)

 

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  $376,031,061   $878,560,672   $1,224,920   $1,255,816,653 
Preferred Stocks   11,732,713        12    11,732,725 
Short-Term Securities                    
Money Market Funds   27,485,614            27,485,614 
   $415,249,388   $878,560,672   $1,224,932   $1,295,034,992 
Derivative Financial Instruments(a)                    
Liabilities                    
Equity Contracts  $(491,266)  $   $   $(491,266)

 

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

  

Portfolio Abbreviation

 

GDRGlobal Depositary Receipt
NVSNon-Voting Shares
PJSCPublic Joint Stock Company

 

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