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

 

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Common Stocks          
           
Air Freight & Logistics — 1.0%          
InPost SA(a)   182,198   $1,971,012 
PostNL NV   477,989    742,206 
         2,713,218 
Banks — 7.9%          
ABN AMRO Bank NV, CVA(b)   218,865    3,197,550 
ING Groep NV(a)   1,543,504    19,017,650 
         22,215,200 
Beverages — 7.3%          
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLC   91,232    5,691,964 
Heineken Holding NV   49,974    4,253,050 
Heineken NV   103,219    10,443,538 
         20,388,552 
Biotechnology — 0.4%          
Pharming Group NV(a)   810,618    988,089 
           
Capital Markets — 1.3%          
Allfunds Group PLC   217,414    1,492,063 
Flow Trades Ltd., NVS   42,564    983,638 
Van Lanschot Kempen NV   40,275    1,104,336 
         3,580,037 
Chemicals — 5.9%          
Akzo Nobel NV   79,333    5,979,978 
Corbion NV   44,237    1,216,758 
DSM-Firmenich AG(a)   71,768    7,981,203 
OCI NV   63,784    1,415,733 
         16,593,672 
Construction & Engineering — 0.7%          
Fugro NV(a)   89,777    1,291,902 
Koninklijke BAM Groep NV   398,779    811,677 
         2,103,579 
Distributors — 0.1%          
B&S Group Sarl(b)   44,680    176,706 
           
Financial Services — 6.3%          
Adyen NV(a)(b)   8,182    13,400,815 
EXOR NV, NVS(a)   49,620    4,120,713 
SNS Real NV(c)(d)   63,320    1 
         17,521,529 
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.8%          
Koninklijke KPN NV   1,478,877    5,087,702 
           
Electrical Equipment — 1.6%          
Alfen Beheer BV(a)(b)(d)   16,414    1,174,713 
Signify NV(b)   70,340    1,794,976 
TKH Group NV   32,613    1,621,938 
         4,591,627 
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.5%          
SBM Offshore NV   96,975    1,318,515 
           
Entertainment — 2.4%          
Universal Music Group NV   338,091    6,706,726 
           
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 4.6%          
Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV   387,212    12,275,528 
Sligro Food Group NV   33,622    564,236 
         12,839,764 
Food Products — 0.7%          
JDE Peet’s NV   67,696    1,966,752 
Security  Shares   Value 
         
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.7%          
Koninklijke Philips NV   400,755   $7,571,302 
           
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.2%          
Basic-Fit NV(a)(b)(d)   45,273    1,734,046 
Just Eat Takeaway.com NV(a)(b)   111,385    1,684,608 
         3,418,654 
Insurance — 3.9%          
Aegon NV   812,086    3,568,447 
ASR Nederland NV   70,125    2,988,500 
NN Group NV   121,335    4,377,427 
         10,934,374 
Retail REITs — 0.7%          
Eurocommercial Properties NV   45,044    1,029,558 
Vastned Retail NV   17,228    361,223 
Wereldhave NV   48,492    711,221 
         2,102,002 
IT Services — 0.3%          
Ordina NV   122,196    739,283 
           
Machinery — 0.9%          
Aalberts NV   54,447    2,304,478 
Ebusco Holding NV(a)(d)   22,939    188,174 
         2,492,652 
Metals & Mining — 0.5%          
AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group NV   33,145    1,496,814 
           
Broadline Retail — 7.7%          
Prosus NV   327,168    21,561,872 
           
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.7%          
Koninklijke Vopak NV   54,454    1,913,947 
           
Professional Services — 6.1%          
Arcadis NV   45,694    1,858,013 
Brunel International NV   30,687    379,126 
Randstad NV   58,121    2,851,166 
Wolters Kluwer NV   105,441    12,043,913 
         17,132,218 
Office REITs — 0.2%          
NSI NV   30,182    643,940 
           
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 28.6%          
ASM International NV   20,302    8,833,262 
ASML Holding NV   92,500    66,907,686 
BE Semiconductor Industries NV   39,672    4,386,553 
         80,127,501 
Software — 0.3%          
TomTom NV(a)   105,981    811,180 
           
Specialty Retail — 0.1%          
Fastned BV(a)(d)   10,054    306,148 
           
Trading Companies & Distributors — 3.1%          
AerCap Holdings NV(a)   79,780    4,553,842 
IMCD NV   26,555    4,002,839 
         8,556,681 
           
Total Long-Term Investments — 99.5%          
(Cost: $331,354,238)       278,600,236 


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May 31, 2023 (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

  

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Short-Term Securities          
           
Money Market Funds — 1.2%          
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 5.29%(e)(f)(g)   3,279,106   $3,279,762 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 5.07%(e)(f)   170,000    170,000 
           
Total Short-Term Securities — 1.2%          
(Cost: $3,450,016)        3,449,762 
           
Total Investments — 100.7%          
(Cost: $334,804,254)        282,049,998 
           
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.7)%        (2,013,452)
           
Net Assets — 100.0%       $280,036,546 

 

 

 

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

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

(e)Affiliate of the Fund.

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

(g)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  $3,283,583   $   $(17,542)(a)  $15,704   $(1,983)  $3,279,762    3,279,106   $190,506(b)  $ 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares   20,000    150,000(a)               170,000    170,000    5,105     
                  $15,704   $(1,983)  $3,449,762        $195,611   $ 

 

(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                    
Euro STOXX 50 Index   30    06/16/23   $1,357   $(21,588)

 

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

  

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Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End (continued)

 

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  $23,301,564   $255,298,671   $1   $278,600,236 
Short-Term Securities                    
Money Market Funds   3,449,762            3,449,762 
   $26,751,326   $255,298,671   $1   $282,049,998 
Derivative Financial Instruments(a)                    
Liabilities                    
Equity Contracts  $   $(21,588)  $   $(21,588)

 

(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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