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

 

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Common Stocks          
           
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.5%          
bpost SA   15,761   $79,089 
           
Banks — 8.1%          
KBC Ancora   3,948    155,827 
KBC Group NV   21,860    1,253,180 
         1,409,007 
Beverages — 22.8%          
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV   62,926    3,960,119 
           
Biotechnology — 14.7%          
Argenx SE(a)   5,320    2,372,943 
Galapagos NV(a)(b)   4,987    186,398 
         2,559,341 
Chemicals — 8.7%          
Recticel SA(b)   6,232    68,678 
Solvay SA   6,814    789,334 
Tessenderlo Group SA   3,300    99,146 
Umicore SA   20,652    551,893 
         1,509,051 
Construction & Engineering — 2.9%          
Ackermans & van Haaren NV   2,396    395,703 
Deme Group NV   974    103,253 
         498,956 
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 1.6%          
Etablissements Franz Colruyt NV   6,515    281,244 
           
Distributors — 2.4%          
D’ieteren Group   2,461    420,535 
           
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.0%          
Proximus SADP   18,051    173,242 
Electric Utilities — 2.1%          
Elia Group SA/NV   3,344    362,423 
           
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.8%          
Barco NV   8,064    135,537 
           
Entertainment — 0.5%          
Kinepolis Group NV   1,867    92,469 
           
Financial Services — 6.4%          
Groupe Bruxelles Lambert NV   9,535    756,725 
Sofina SA   1,577    351,468 
         1,108,193 
Food Products — 2.0%          
Lotus Bakeries   41    356,136 
           
Health Care Providers & Services — 0.9%          
Fagron   8,215    155,662 
           
Health Care REITs — 3.3%          
Aedifica SA   4,876    305,297 
Cofinimmo SA   3,792    266,377 
         571,674 
Security  Shares   Value 
         
Industrial REITs — 4.0%          
Intervest Offices & Warehouses NV   4,323   $96,935 
Montea NV   1,645    142,488 
Warehouses De Pauw CVA   16,452    462,324 
         701,747 
Insurance — 3.9%          
Ageas SA/NV   15,893    684,474 
           
Metals & Mining — 1.1%          
Bekaert SA   4,109    190,733 
           
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.9%          
Euronav NV   16,915    301,956 
Exmar NV   4,390    36,556 
         338,512 
Personal Care Products — 0.4%          
Ontex Group NV(a)   9,732    74,332 
           
Pharmaceuticals — 4.4%          
UCB SA   10,399    769,107 
           
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.9%          
VGP NV   1,553    159,878 
           
Residential REITs — 0.7%          
Xior Student Housing NV   3,644    121,591 
           
Retail REITs — 0.6%          
Retail Estates NV   1,452    97,753 
           
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.2%          
Melexis NV   2,200    202,514 
           
Specialized REITs — 0.8%          
Shurgard Self Storage Ltd.   3,154    136,732 
           
Total Long-Term Investments — 98.6%          
(Cost: $23,058,498)        17,150,051 
           
Short-Term Securities          
           
Money Market Funds — 0.5%          
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 5.54%(c)(d)(e)   85,648    85,691 
           
Total Short-Term Securities — 0.5%          
(Cost: $85,676)        85,691 
           
Total Investments — 99.1%          
(Cost: $23,144,174)        17,235,742 
           
Other Assets Less Liabilities — 0.9%        160,605 
           
Net Assets — 100.0%       $17,396,347 

 

(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.

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) iShares® MSCI Belgium 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: Institutional, SL Agency Shares  $137,291   $   $(51,380)(a)  $(237)  $17   $85,691    85,648   $139(b)  $ 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares(c)    10,000        (10,000)(a)                   20     
                  $(237)  $17   $85,691        $159   $ 

 

(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.

(c) As of period end, the entity is no longer held.

 

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                  
Euro STOXX 50 Index   5   12/15/23  $240   $8,411 

 

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  $870,672   $16,279,379   $   $17,150,051 
Short-Term Securities                    
Money Market Funds   85,691            85,691 
   $956,363   $16,279,379   $   $17,235,742 

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

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End (continued)

 

   Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total 
Derivative Financial Instruments(a)                    
Assets                    
Equity Contracts  $   $8,411   $   $8,411 

 

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

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