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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) iShares® Frontier and Select EM ETF
November 30, 2023 (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Common Stocks          
           
Bahrain — 0.9%          
Aluminium Bahrain BSC   1,857,144   $5,320,200 
           
Bangladesh — 3.7%          
Bangladesh Export Import Co. Ltd.   2,820,442    2,957,307 
Beacon Pharmaceuticals Ltd./Bangladesh   686,541    1,525,647 
Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd.   1,561,396    2,070,531 
Blue Owl Technology Finance Corp.   2,870,284    5,463,432 
BRAC Bank Ltd.   2,581,004    838,095 
British American Tobacco Bangladesh Co. Ltd.   314,507    1,479,680 
City Bank Ltd. (The)   3,231,479    627,244 
GrameenPhone Ltd.   321,524    835,817 
International Finance Investment & Commerce Bank Ltd.   6,894,741    700,418 
LafargeHolcim Bangladesh Ltd.   2,655,963    1,650,190 
National Bank Ltd.(a)    6,888,003    518,553 
Olympic Industries Ltd.   600,255    779,651 
Renata Ltd.   85,181    940,970 
Robi Axiata Ltd., NVS   5,148,805    1,401,035 
Summit Power Ltd.   1,314,517    405,384 
         22,193,954 
Colombia — 2.0%          
Bancolombia SA   734,492    5,801,533 
Interconexion Electrica SA ESP   1,680,870    6,345,354 
         12,146,887 
Egypt — 4.8%          
Abou Kir Fertilizers & Chemical Industries   2,419,215    3,855,854 
Commercial International Bank Egypt SAE   12,255,325    18,998,537 
Eastern Co. SAE   7,548,289    3,925,677 
Egyptian Financial Group-Hermes Holding Co.(a)    6,937,716    2,571,665 
         29,351,733 
Estonia — 1.2%          
Enefit Green AS, NVS   685,489    2,596,620 
LHV Group AS, NVS   571,532    2,149,400 
Tallink Grupp AS(a)    2,236,888    1,655,192 
Tallinna Kaubamaja Grupp AS   62,722    675,902 
         7,077,114 
Jordan — 2.2%          
Arab Bank PLC   485,856    3,040,238 
Capital Bank of Jordan   148,161    415,532 
Jordan Ahli Bank, NVS   167,820    255,437 
Jordan Islamic Bank   124,719    729,454 
Jordan Petroleum Refinery Co.   725,578    4,804,803 
Jordan Phosphate Mines Co.   210,988    3,211,430 
Jordanian Electric Power Co.   375,638    1,027,042 
         13,483,936 
Kazakhstan — 10.8%          
Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan JSC, GDR(b)    445,539    6,460,316 
Kaspi.KZ JSC(b)    392,621    40,047,342 
NAC Kazatomprom JSC, GDR(b)    493,610    19,028,665 
         65,536,323 
Kenya — 1.0%          
Equity Group Holdings PLC/Kenya   8,677,066    1,933,770 
KCB Group PLC   7,276,516    837,479 
Safaricom PLC   36,957,905    3,170,464 
         5,941,713 
Lithuania — 0.8%          
AB Ignitis Grupe   172,215    3,602,907 
Siauliu Bankas AB   1,210,577    938,199 
         4,541,106 
Security  Shares   Value 
         
Malta — 0.6%          
MAS P.L.C.   4,292,717   $3,871,985 
           
Morocco — 5.9%          
Akdital Holding, NVS   35,073    1,711,573 
Attijariwafa Bank   232,890    10,568,969 
Banque Centrale Populaire   88,463    2,331,630 
Douja Promotion Groupe Addoha SA   953,180    1,558,386 
Hightech Payment Systems SA, NVS   20,000    1,222,733 
Itissalat Al-Maghrib   1,429,651    13,160,187 
Societe d’Exploitation des Ports   204,331    5,515,154 
         36,068,632 
Nigeria — 2.5%          
Access Bank PLC   87,072,126    1,322,983 
Afriland Properties PLC(a)    8,020    13 
Dangote Cement PLC   11,938,113    3,224,692 
FBN Holdings PLC   84,216,832    1,567,509 
Guaranty Trust Holding Co. PLC   63,861,123    2,102,344 
MTN Nigeria Communications PLC   11,008,838    2,211,674 
Nestle Nigeria PLC   1,310,924    1,272,559 
United Bank for Africa PLC   79,997,106    1,441,700 
Zenith Bank PLC   69,373,073    1,990,281 
         15,133,755 
Oman — 3.5%          
Abraj Energy Services SAOG, NVS   1,497,094    1,185,856 
Bank Muscat SAOG   7,780,453    5,497,722 
Bank Nizwa SAOG   2,108,869    547,687 
National Bank of Oman SAOG   1,066,114    789,099 
Oman Telecommunications Co. SAOG   3,793,160    10,624,650 
Omani Qatari Telecommunications Co. SAOG   2,232,774    1,971,544 
Renaissance Services SAOG   819,778    851,607 
         21,468,165 
Pakistan — 3.9%          
Engro Corp. Ltd./Pakistan   1,582,155    1,616,760 
Engro Fertilizers Ltd.   3,337,479    1,178,717 
Fauji Fertilizer Co. Ltd.   2,558,395    1,006,139 
Habib Bank Ltd.   1,249,574    488,329 
Hub Power Co. Ltd. (The)   8,645,636    3,699,697 
Lucky Cement Ltd.   2,183,177    6,012,657 
Mari Petroleum Co. Ltd.   166,931    997,631 
MCB Bank Ltd.   1,082,771    635,642 
Millat Tractors Ltd.   974,328    1,998,099 
Oil & Gas Development Co. Ltd.   4,358,738    1,659,600 
Pakistan Oilfields Ltd.   888,224    1,351,717 
Pakistan Petroleum Ltd.   3,453,223    1,109,019 
Systems Ltd.   1,023,427    1,650,090 
United Bank Ltd./Pakistan   303,936    193,083 
         23,597,180 
Peru — 4.6%          
Cia. de Minas Buenaventura SAA, ADR   437,920    4,177,757 
Credicorp Ltd.   91,046    11,429,004 
Southern Copper Corp.   168,994    12,155,739 
         27,762,500 
Philippines — 5.5%          
Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc.   1,991,940    1,684,488 
Alliance Global Group Inc.   3,655,400    645,574 
AREIT Inc.   1,648,200    886,624 
Ayala Corp.   209,950    2,512,807 
Ayala Land Inc.   4,580,700    2,576,766 
Bank of the Philippine Islands   529,508    986,417 
BDO Unibank Inc.   769,728    1,853,066 
Bloomberry Resorts Corp.(a)    4,502,000    782,921 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) iShares® Frontier and Select EM ETF
November 30, 2023 (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Philippines (continued)          
Century Pacific Food Inc.   2,389,400   $1,309,024 
Converge Information and Communications Technology Solutions Inc.(a)    3,266,200    483,631 
GT Capital Holdings Inc.   150,060    1,467,158 
International Container Terminal Services Inc.   608,180    2,366,953 
JG Summit Holdings Inc.   966,810    670,791 
Jollibee Foods Corp.   277,300    1,132,553 
LT Group Inc.   1,432,700    228,468 
Manila Electric Co.   229,290    1,486,192 
Megaworld Corp.   29,543,000    1,096,513 
Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co.   144,440    130,020 
PLDT Inc.   145,160    3,353,758 
Puregold Price Club Inc.   1,308,200    641,251 
Robinsons Land Corp.   622,800    162,952 
Security Bank Corp.   59,720    75,874 
SM Prime Holdings Inc.   7,816,900    4,550,115 
Universal Robina Corp.   703,040    1,426,898 
Wilcon Depot Inc.   2,965,600    1,130,338 
         33,641,152 
Romania — 10.8%          
Banca Transilvania SA   3,095,529    15,581,385 
BRD-Groupe Societe Generale SA(a)    838,133    3,039,880 
MED Life SA(a)    1,764,565    1,580,819 
OMV Petrom SA   116,198,008    13,745,236 
One United Properties SA   3,991,636    821,864 
Societatea De Producere A Energiei Electrice in Hidrocentrale Hidroelectrica SA(a)    561,750    15,835,902 
Societatea Energetica Electrica SA   1,014,819    2,173,945 
Societatea Nationala de Gaze Naturale ROMGAZ SA   715,149    7,513,070 
Societatea Nationala Nuclearelectrica SA   342,643    3,568,729 
Teraplast SA(a)    3,432,630    352,255 
TTS Transport Trade Services SA, NVS   262,280    1,430,493 
         65,643,578 
Sri Lanka — 0.8%          
Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC(a)    1,321,376    350,356 
John Keells Holdings PLC   6,874,288    4,012,617 
Sampath Bank PLC   2,492,590    515,970 
         4,878,943 
Vietnam — 31.2%          
Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam JSC(a)    2,450,210    8,555,475 
Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam JSC(a)    1,379,803    2,210,204 
Binh Dinh Pharmaceutical & Medical Equipment JSC, NVS   340,500    826,688 
CEO Group JSC   1,731,100    1,540,294 
DABACO Vietnam Group JSC, NVS   1,045,300    1,064,258 
Dat Xanh Group JSC(a)    1,840,680    1,522,074 
Development Investment Construction(a)    2,110,354    2,155,073 
Digiworld Corp., NVS   541,400    1,128,633 
Duc Giang Chemicals JSC   1,188,394    4,631,397 
EVN Finance JSC, NVS   2,198,400    1,540,511 
FPT Digital Retail JSC   519,645    2,194,046 
Gelex Group JSC(a)    3,853,984    3,415,410 
Ha Do Group JSC(a)    944,085    1,075,687 
HAGL JSC(a)    2,802,300    1,287,949 
Hoa Phat Group JSC(a)    18,065,103    19,785,347 
Hoa Sen Group(a)    2,356,740    2,087,028 
Hoang Huy Investment Financial Services JSC   1,704,900    874,938 
IDICO Corp. JSC   1,000,650    2,021,099 
Khang Dien House Trading and Investment JSC(a)    2,398,396    3,087,535 
Security  Shares   Value 
         
Vietnam (continued)          
KIDO Group Corp.(a)    1,165,772   $2,878,390 
Kinh Bac City Development Share Holding Corp.(a)    2,477,360    3,177,953 
Kosy JSC, NVS   790,600    1,261,180 
Masan Group Corp.(a)    3,878,356    9,678,400 
Nam Kim Steel JSC(a)    1,490,900    1,413,467 
Novaland Investment Group Corp.(a)    5,956,533    4,365,658 
PC1 Group JSC, NVS(a)    1,686,015    1,858,432 
PetroVietNam Ca Mau Fertilizer JSC   821,200    1,083,199 
PetroVietnam Drilling & Well Services JSC(a)    1,690,034    1,948,381 
PetroVietnam Fertilizer & Chemicals JSC   971,400    1,319,486 
PetroVietnam Gas JSC   331,640    1,045,995 
PetroVietnam Power Corp.(a)    5,394,540    2,501,878 
PetroVietnam Technical Services Corp.   1,453,098    2,312,019 
Petrovietnam Transportation Corp.   981,800    1,060,312 
Phat Dat Real Estate Development Corp.(a)    2,028,336    2,280,548 
Saigon - Hanoi Commercial Joint Stock Bank(a)    5,741,303    2,557,188 
Saigon Beer Alcohol Beverage Corp.   1,058,960    2,832,609 
Saigon-Hanoi Securities(a)    2,466,350    1,844,011 
Song da Urban & Industrial Zone Investment & Development JSC, NVS   331,700    988,537 
SSI Securities Corp.   6,271,441    8,091,316 
Tasco JSC(a)    1,184,600    971,704 
Thaiholdings JSC(a)    96,740    138,770 
Thanh Thanh Cong - Bien Hoa JSC(a)    2,652,397    1,441,891 
Van Phu - Invest Investment JSC   747,080    1,696,789 
Viet Capital Securities JSC   1,834,970    3,139,798 
Vietjet Aviation JSC(a)    1,023,390    4,302,527 
Vietnam Construction and Import-Export JSC(a)    2,473,388    2,317,752 
Vietnam Dairy Products JSC   4,906,974    13,618,689 
Vietnam Export Import Commercial JSB, NVS   3,252,434    2,440,035 
Viettel Construction Joint Stock Corp., NVS   250,700    950,717 
Vincom Retail JSC(a)    5,635,080    5,134,169 
Vingroup JSC(a)    7,395,834    12,727,785 
Vinh Hoan Corp.   529,800    1,442,699 
Vinhomes JSC(a)(c)    9,397,388    15,999,354 
VIX Securities JSC(a)    4,864,700    3,287,234 
Vndirect Securities Corp.(a)    5,357,240    4,627,527 
         189,740,045 
           
Total Common Stocks — 96.7%      
(Cost: $554,803,030)        587,398,901 
         
Preferred Stocks          
           
Colombia — 1.4%          
Bancolombia SA, Preference Shares, NVS   1,224,762    8,478,500 
           
Total Preferred Stocks — 1.4%      
(Cost: $7,972,164)        8,478,500 
           
Total Investments — 98.1%          
(Cost: $562,775,194)        595,877,401 
           
Other Assets Less Liabilities — 1.9%    11,517,399 
           
Net Assets — 100.0%       $607,394,800 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) This security may be resold to qualified foreign investors and foreign institutional buyers under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933.
(c) 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.

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) iShares® Frontier and Select EM ETF
November 30, 2023  

 

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: Treasury, SL Agency Shares(a)    $   $   $0(b)   $   $   $      $49,551   $ 
                                             

 

(a)  As of period end, the entity is no longer held.
(b)  Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 

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                  
MSCI Emerging Markets Index   304   12/15/23  $15,004   $360,461 

 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

 

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  $299,352,940   $288,045,961   $   $587,398,901 
Preferred Stocks   8,478,500            8,478,500 
   $307,831,440   $288,045,961   $   $595,877,401 
Derivative Financial Instruments(a)                     
Assets                    
Equity Contracts  $360,461   $   $   $360,461 

 

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

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) iShares® Frontier and Select EM ETF
November 30, 2023  

 

Portfolio Abbreviation

 

ADR American Depositary Receipt
GDR Global Depositary Receipt
JSC Joint Stock Company
NVS Non-Voting Shares

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