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

  

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Common Stocks          
           
Australia — 63.2%          
Ampol Ltd.   269,543   $5,506,296 
APA Group   1,337,138    8,728,589 
Aristocrat Leisure Ltd.   669,591    16,171,504 
ASX Ltd.   218,812    9,591,303 
Aurizon Holdings Ltd.   2,096,705    4,853,182 
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.   3,396,837    50,526,467 
BHP Group Ltd.   5,749,890    157,334,801 
BlueScope Steel Ltd.   527,500    6,361,724 
Brambles Ltd.   1,573,884    14,052,292 
Cochlear Ltd.   74,773    11,833,743 
Coles Group Ltd.   1,516,757    17,723,854 
Commonwealth Bank of Australia   1,915,579    120,418,548 
Computershare Ltd.   650,709    9,447,098 
CSL Ltd.   547,620    109,061,962 
Dexus   1,221,827    6,523,587 
Endeavour Group Ltd./Australia   1,624,379    6,512,355 
Fortescue Metals Group Ltd.   1,919,108    24,030,044 
Goodman Group   1,924,432    24,552,651 
GPT Group (The)   2,170,226    5,911,668 
IDP Education Ltd.   284,206    4,029,324 
IGO Ltd.   774,111    7,189,314 
Insurance Australia Group Ltd.   2,793,613    9,421,159 
James Hardie Industries PLC(a)   501,532    12,342,302 
Lendlease Corp. Ltd.   784,351    4,025,949 
Lottery Corp. Ltd. (The)   2,518,709    8,150,531 
Macquarie Group Ltd.   416,943    46,245,985 
Medibank Pvt Ltd.   3,123,073    7,248,613 
Mineral Resources Ltd.   194,215    8,946,196 
Mirvac Group   4,480,066    6,700,311 
National Australia Bank Ltd.   3,560,950    59,976,472 
Newcrest Mining Ltd.   1,012,810    17,085,168 
Northern Star Resources Ltd.   1,304,663    11,033,270 
Orica Ltd.   510,801    5,075,889 
Origin Energy Ltd.   1,960,705    10,624,948 
Pilbara Minerals Ltd.   3,061,238    8,775,810 
Qantas Airways Ltd.(a)   1,010,038    4,361,668 
QBE Insurance Group Ltd.   1,682,721    15,958,925 
Ramsay Health Care Ltd.   207,509    7,743,527 
REA Group Ltd.   59,942    5,354,721 
Reece Ltd.   258,390    3,047,539 
Rio Tinto Ltd.   421,795    29,392,381 
Santos Ltd.   3,745,685    17,731,041 
Scentre Group   5,906,357    10,408,117 
SEEK Ltd.   381,518    5,830,689 
Sonic Healthcare Ltd.   506,171    11,576,732 
South32 Ltd.   5,210,798    13,321,665 
Stockland   2,705,668    7,493,553 
Suncorp Group Ltd.   1,435,541    12,376,497 
Telstra Corp. Ltd.   4,582,983    12,996,634 
Transurban Group   3,493,102    33,694,459 
Treasury Wine Estates Ltd.   818,538    6,184,446 
Vicinity Ltd.   4,399,919    5,306,810 
Washington H Soul Pattinson & Co. Ltd.   266,197    5,558,339 
Wesfarmers Ltd.   1,288,351    39,888,759 
Westpac Banking Corp.   3,975,872    53,370,667 
WiseTech Global Ltd.   188,253    9,149,412 
Woodside Energy Group Ltd.   2,156,219    47,710,708 
Woolworths Group Ltd.   1,381,800    33,707,751 
Security  Shares   Value 
         
Australia (continued)          
Xero Ltd.(a)   162,821   $11,624,287 
         1,239,802,236 
Hong Kong — 21.9%          
AIA Group Ltd.   13,212,014    127,009,693 
BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.   4,206,000    12,481,943 
Budweiser Brewing Co. APAC Ltd.(b)   1,953,800    4,916,227 
CK Asset Holdings Ltd.   2,248,232    12,118,332 
CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd.   3,056,732    18,428,063 
CK Infrastructure Holdings Ltd.   718,708    3,974,812 
CLP Holdings Ltd.   1,868,500    13,613,365 
ESR Group Ltd.(b)   2,284,400    3,373,579 
Futu Holdings Ltd., ADR(a)(c)   62,414    2,300,581 
Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd.(a)   2,478,000    15,374,861 
Hang Lung Properties Ltd.   2,041,736    3,233,674 
Hang Seng Bank Ltd.   869,100    11,635,668 
Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd.   1,652,442    5,242,953 
HKT Trust & HKT Ltd., Class SS   4,305,338    5,501,609 
Hong Kong & China Gas Co. Ltd.   12,742,253    11,497,024 
Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd.   1,368,100    50,102,619 
Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd.(c)   1,269,100    5,439,767 
Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd.   180,500    8,655,163 
Link REIT   2,870,363    16,691,149 
MTR Corp. Ltd.(c)   1,759,786    8,100,486 
New World Development Co. Ltd.   1,725,480    4,122,257 
Power Assets Holdings Ltd.(c)   1,573,500    8,473,012 
Sands China Ltd.(a)   2,746,000    8,904,713 
Sino Land Co. Ltd.   4,172,800    5,427,709 
SITC International Holdings Co. Ltd.   1,502,000    2,609,285 
Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.   1,644,500    20,951,932 
Swire Pacific Ltd., Class A   491,000    3,278,333 
Swire Properties Ltd.   1,334,600    3,181,481 
Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd.   1,563,707    14,481,211 
WH Group Ltd.(b)   9,483,500    4,957,903 
Wharf Real Estate Investment Co. Ltd.   1,896,600    9,357,138 
Xinyi Glass Holdings Ltd.(c)   1,872,000    2,769,821 
         428,206,363 
New Zealand — 1.8%          
Auckland International Airport Ltd.(a)   1,418,734    7,582,870 
EBOS Group Ltd.(c)   173,896    4,400,817 
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corp. Ltd.   653,869    9,131,469 
Mercury NZ Ltd.   778,378    3,074,351 
Meridian Energy Ltd.   1,461,027    4,664,989 
Spark New Zealand Ltd.   2,122,534    6,587,927 
         35,442,423 
Singapore — 12.4%          
CapitaLand Ascendas REIT   3,808,880    7,601,914 
CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust   6,058,038    8,960,341 
Capitaland Investment Ltd/Singapore   2,946,200    7,210,421 
City Developments Ltd.   567,400    2,831,229 
DBS Group Holdings Ltd.   2,057,000    46,056,376 
Genting Singapore Ltd.   6,853,300    5,116,572 
Grab Holdings Ltd., Class A(a)(c)   2,119,327    6,315,594 
Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd.   112,700    2,693,857 
Keppel Corp. Ltd.   1,651,000    7,698,879 
Mapletree Logistics Trust   3,815,484    4,680,199 
Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust   2,701,800    3,296,706 
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd.   3,837,824    34,790,123 
Sea Ltd., ADR(a)(c)   413,951    23,764,927 
Seatrium Ltd.(a)   46,450,796    4,220,554 


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

 

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Singapore (continued)          
Singapore Airlines Ltd.   1,517,950   $7,192,394 
Singapore Exchange Ltd.   986,100    6,762,204 
Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd.   1,769,700    4,789,486 
Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.   9,401,828    17,294,566 
United Overseas Bank Ltd.   1,434,500    29,638,009 
UOL Group Ltd.   530,900    2,493,480 
Venture Corp. Ltd.   316,100    3,546,312 
Wilmar International Ltd.   2,179,300    6,302,731 
         243,256,874 
Total Long-Term Investments — 99.3%          
(Cost: $2,182,616,401)       1,946,707,896 
           

Short-Term Securities 

          
           
Money Market Funds — 0.3%          
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 5.29%(d)(e)(f)   5,742,401    5,743,549 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 5.07%(d)(e)   710,000    710,000 
           
Total Short-Term Securities — 0.3%          
(Cost: $6,450,989)        6,453,549 
           
Total Investments — 99.6%          
(Cost: $2,189,067,390)        1,953,161,445 
           
Other Assets Less Liabilities — 0.4%        7,856,301 
           
Net Assets — 100.0%       $1,961,017,746 

 

 

 

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

(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.


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  $34,033,387   $   $(28,299,115)(a)  $20,102   $(10,825)  $5,743,549    5,742,401   $48,786(b)  $ 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares   910,000        (200,000)(a)           710,000    710,000    35,187     
                  $20,102   $(10,825)  $6,453,549        $83,973   $ 

 

(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

  

               Value/ 
           Notional   Unrealized 
   Number of   Expiration   Amount   Appreciation 
Description   Contracts    Date    (000)   (Depreciation) 
Long Contracts                    
SPI 200 Index   87    06/15/23   $10,038   $(242,709)

 

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May 31, 2023

 

Futures Contracts (continued)

 

                   Value/ 
              Notional    Unrealized 
    Number of    Expiration    Amount    Appreciation 
Description   Contracts    Date    (000)   (Depreciation) 
MSCI Singapore Index   193    06/28/23   $4,056   $(96,953)
                  $(339,662)

 

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  $32,381,102   $1,914,326,794   $   $1,946,707,896 
Short-Term Securities                    
Money Market Funds   6,453,549            6,453,549 
   $38,834,651   $1,914,326,794   $   $1,953,161,445 
Derivative Financial Instruments(a)                    
Liabilities                    
Equity Contracts  $   $(339,662)  $   $(339,662)

 

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

 

Portfolio Abbreviation

 

ADR American Depositary Receipt 
REIT Real Estate Investment Trust

  

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