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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) iShares® MSCI Australia ETF
November 30, 2023 (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Common Stocks          
           
Banks — 24.4%          
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.   5,451,793   $87,698,954 
Commonwealth Bank of Australia   3,040,684    210,054,498 
National Australia Bank Ltd.   5,676,125    106,317,540 
Westpac Banking Corp.   6,365,702    89,779,615 
         493,850,607 
Beverages — 0.5%          
Treasury Wine Estates Ltd.   1,442,933    10,204,579 
           
Biotechnology — 7.5%          
CSL Ltd.   876,312    152,045,988 
           
Broadline Retail — 3.5%          
Wesfarmers Ltd.   2,058,086    71,591,733 
           
Capital Markets — 4.3%          
ASX Ltd.   350,596    13,444,101 
Macquarie Group Ltd.   666,040    74,194,228 
         87,638,329 
Chemicals — 0.4%          
Orica Ltd.   829,930    8,541,660 
           
Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.1% 
Brambles Ltd.   2,520,857    22,215,271 
           
Construction Materials — 1.3%          
James Hardie Industries PLC(a)   798,411    25,496,796 
           
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 4.2% 
Coles Group Ltd.   2,427,933    24,570,994 
Endeavour Group Ltd.   2,610,610    8,493,533 
Woolworths Group Ltd.   2,216,036    51,080,194 
         84,144,721 
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.4% 
IDP Education Ltd.   479,675    7,176,096 
           
Diversified REITs — 1.5%          
GPT Group (The)   3,490,287    9,488,203 
Mirvac Group   7,127,948    9,681,714 
Stockland   4,319,205    11,770,529 
         30,940,446 
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.9% 
Telstra Corp. Ltd.   7,336,179    18,537,431 
           
Electric Utilities — 0.8%          
Origin Energy Ltd.   3,124,723    17,046,979 
           
Financial Services — 0.5%          
Washington H Soul Pattinson & Co. Ltd.   427,510    9,441,807 
           
Gas Utilities — 0.6%          
APA Group   2,327,372    13,098,386 
           
Ground Transportation — 0.4%          
Aurizon Holdings Ltd.   3,323,750    7,753,145 
           
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.1% 
Cochlear Ltd.   118,882    21,441,161 
           
Health Care Providers & Services — 1.3% 
Ramsay Health Care Ltd.   334,053    10,847,414 
Sonic Healthcare Ltd.   814,945    15,770,013 
         26,617,427 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.0% 
Aristocrat Leisure Ltd.   1,058,879    28,337,337 
Security  Shares   Value 
         
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (continued)          
Lottery Corp. Ltd. (The)   4,028,126   $12,227,563 
         40,564,900 
Industrial REITs — 2.3%          
Goodman Group   3,100,720    46,586,343 
           
Insurance — 3.8%          
Insurance Australia Group Ltd.   4,420,169    17,356,828 
Medibank Pvt Ltd.   4,983,366    11,393,478 
QBE Insurance Group Ltd.   2,710,063    27,574,783 
Suncorp Group Ltd.   2,307,710    21,305,173 
         77,630,262 
Interactive Media & Services — 1.6%          
carsales.com Ltd.   649,591    11,923,653 
REA Group Ltd.   96,292    9,875,162 
SEEK Ltd.   644,025    10,149,169 
         31,947,984 
Metals & Mining — 22.8%          
BHP Group Ltd.   9,195,036    279,919,120 
BlueScope Steel Ltd.   819,476    11,241,040 
Fortescue Metals Group Ltd.   3,071,998    50,444,951 
IGO Ltd.   1,241,805    6,987,303 
Mineral Resources Ltd.   318,919    12,801,406 
Northern Star Resources Ltd.   2,084,765    17,420,925 
Pilbara Minerals Ltd.(b)   5,186,400    12,401,402 
Rio Tinto Ltd.   673,411    55,290,651 
South32 Ltd.   8,227,483    16,536,891 
         463,043,689 
Office REITs — 0.4%          
Dexus   1,959,738    9,108,369 
           
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 5.2%          
Ampol Ltd.   430,633    9,704,180 
Santos Ltd.   5,891,679    26,645,994 
Woodside Energy Group Ltd.   3,444,460    69,982,307 
         106,332,481 
Passenger Airlines — 0.3%          
Qantas Airways Ltd.(a)   1,520,848    5,323,765 
           
Professional Services — 0.8%          
Computershare Ltd.   985,685    15,374,172 
           
Retail REITs — 1.2%          
Scentre Group   9,409,606    16,454,792 
Vicinity Ltd.   7,050,314    8,823,794 
         25,278,586 
Software — 1.5%          
WiseTech Global Ltd.   302,332    13,314,239 
Xero Ltd.(a)   260,818    17,782,363 
         31,096,602 
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.3% 
Reece Ltd.   412,154    5,257,706 
           
Transportation Infrastructure — 2.4%          
Transurban Group   5,601,461    47,858,783 
           
Total Long-Term Investments — 99.3%          
(Cost: $2,387,065,657)        2,013,186,204 
           
Short-Term Securities          
           
Money Market Funds — 0.7%          
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 5.54%(c)(d)(e)   12,309,049    12,315,203 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) iShares® MSCI Australia ETF
November 30, 2023 (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Money Market Funds (continued)          
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 5.34%(c)(d)   770,000   $770,000 
           
Total Short-Term Securities — 0.7%          
(Cost: $13,084,596)        13,085,203 
           
Total Investments — 100.0%          
(Cost: $2,400,150,253)        2,026,271,407 
           
Other Assets Less Liabilities — 0.0%        1,009,033 
           
Net Assets — 100.0%       $2,027,280,440 

 

(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.

 

Affiliates

 

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the period ended November 30, 2023 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer  Value at
08/31/23
   Purchases
at Cost
   Proceeds
from Sale
   Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
   Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
   Value at
11/30/23
   Shares
Held at
11/30/23
   Income   Capital
Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds
 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares  $   $12,314,535(a)  $   $61   $607   $12,315,203    12,309,049   $12,200(b)  $ 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares   1,220,000        (450,000)(a)           770,000    770,000    7,912     
                  $61   $607   $13,085,203        $20,112   $ 

 

(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                  
SPI 200 Index   114   12/21/23  $13,329   $50,561 

 

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

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) iShares® MSCI Australia ETF
November 30, 2023

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End (continued)

 

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  $   $2,013,186,204   $   $2,013,186,204 
Short-Term Securities                    
Money Market Funds   13,085,203            13,085,203 
   $13,085,203   $2,013,186,204   $   $2,026,271,407 
Derivative Financial Instruments(a)                    
Assets                    
Equity Contracts  $   $50,561   $   $50,561 

 

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

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