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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) iShares® MSCI South Korea ETF
May 31, 2024 (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Common Stocks          
           
Aerospace & Defense — 1.2%          
Hanwha Aerospace Co. Ltd.   245,003   $36,540,654 
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd.   703,207    26,379,085 
         62,919,739 
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.5%          
Hyundai Glovis Co. Ltd.   183,028    23,822,016 
           
Automobile Components — 1.8%          
Hankook Tire & Technology Co. Ltd.   741,844    23,506,668 
Hanon Systems   664,106    2,406,488 
Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd.   440,061    68,612,056 
         94,525,212 
Automobiles — 6.1%          
Hyundai Motor Co.   919,878    168,801,111 
Kia Corp.   1,762,614    150,450,102 
         319,251,213 
Banks — 8.4%          
Hana Financial Group Inc.   2,088,233    93,251,287 
Industrial Bank of Korea   2,527,070    25,152,368 
KakaoBank Corp.   1,171,984    18,951,677 
KB Financial Group Inc.   2,617,671    150,490,668 
Shinhan Financial Group Co. Ltd.   3,064,627    105,136,910 
Woori Financial Group Inc.   4,787,116    49,102,970 
         442,085,880 
Biotechnology — 3.3%          
Alteogen Inc.(a)   261,725    35,141,149 
Celltrion Inc.   1,024,407    130,766,954 
SK Bioscience Co. Ltd.(a)(b)   222,428    8,326,578 
         174,234,681 
Broadline Retail — 0.0%          
Lotte Shopping Co. Ltd.   1    48 
           
Capital Markets — 1.2%          
Korea Investment Holdings Co. Ltd.   396,160    18,685,259 
Mirae Asset Securities Co. Ltd.(b)   3,231,427    16,891,599 
NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd.   1,744,566    15,494,213 
Samsung Securities Co. Ltd.   382,500    10,011,961 
         61,083,032 
Chemicals — 3.6%          
Enchem Co. Ltd.(a)   65,038    13,786,900 
Hanwha Solutions Corp.   920,378    21,130,383 
Kum Yang Co. Ltd.(a)   268,244    16,329,975 
Kumho Petrochemical Co. Ltd.   194,284    20,756,539 
LG Chem Ltd.   330,821    84,550,606 
Lotte Chemical Corp.   185,304    15,187,279 
SKC Co. Ltd.(a)(b)   150,932    15,286,219 
         187,027,901 
Construction & Engineering — 0.8%          
Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd.   732,870    17,585,708 
Samsung E&A Co. Ltd.(a)   1,361,101    23,052,944 
         40,638,652 
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.5%          
KT Corp.   496,236    13,249,284 
LG Uplus Corp.   1,985,974    13,869,265 
         27,118,549 
Electric Utilities — 0.5%          
Korea Electric Power Corp.(a)   2,050,895    28,853,580 
           
Electrical Equipment — 5.8%          
Doosan Enerbility Co. Ltd.(a)   2,979,923    44,935,594 
Security  Shares   Value 
         
Electrical Equipment (continued)          
Ecopro BM Co. Ltd.(a)(b)   320,151   $44,708,391 
Ecopro Co. Ltd.(a)(b)   647,783    44,493,720 
Ecopro Materials Co. Ltd.(a)   121,541    7,023,260 
HD Hyundai Electric Co. Ltd.   102,820    22,352,981 
L&F Co. Ltd.(a)   177,738    20,205,476 
LG Energy Solution Ltd.(a)(b)   296,568    71,435,719 
POSCO Future M Co. Ltd.(b)   224,476    41,031,604 
SK IE Technology Co. Ltd.(a)(b)(c)   241,348    7,567,377 
         303,754,122 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 3.7%          
LG Display Co. Ltd.(a)(b)   2,751,300    19,816,220 
LG Innotek Co. Ltd.   129,967    23,316,345 
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd.   443,775    49,843,941 
Samsung SDI Co. Ltd.   364,821    99,674,372 
         192,650,878 
Entertainment — 1.6%          
HYBE Co. Ltd.(b)   145,568    21,122,211 
Krafton Inc.(a)   194,540    35,154,406 
NCSoft Corp.   135,401    18,697,058 
Netmarble Corp.(a)(c)   256,362    11,201,808 
         86,175,483 
Financial Services — 0.9%          
Kakaopay Corp.(a)   112,151    2,526,498 
Meritz Financial Group Inc.   832,523    46,131,431 
         48,657,929 
Food Products — 0.7%          
CJ CheilJedang Corp.   84,395    21,371,478 
Orion Corp./Republic of Korea   233,579    15,454,013 
         36,825,491 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.8%          
HLB Inc.(a)(b)   929,518    41,241,286 
           
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.1%          
Kangwon Land Inc.   402,265    4,338,976 
           
Household Durables — 1.5%          
Coway Co. Ltd.   456,562    18,697,187 
LG Electronics Inc.   799,013    60,775,973 
         79,473,160 
Industrial Conglomerates — 3.6%          
GS Holdings Corp.   517,335    16,333,039 
LG Corp.   686,093    40,369,464 
Samsung C&T Corp.   612,402    59,935,156 
SK Inc.   296,512    37,872,011 
SK Square Co. Ltd.(a)   667,946    37,469,524 
         191,979,194 
Insurance — 2.5%          
DB Insurance Co. Ltd.   439,694    32,953,940 
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd.   241,131    60,874,704 
Samsung Life Insurance Co. Ltd.   593,442    36,260,523 
         130,089,167 
Interactive Media & Services — 3.3%          
Kakao Corp.   2,026,198    63,842,970 
NAVER Corp.   865,245    107,116,442 
         170,959,412 
IT Services — 0.8%          
Posco DX Co. Ltd.(b)   411,640    10,591,009 
Samsung SDS Co. Ltd.   281,373    31,214,840 
         41,805,849 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) iShares® MSCI South Korea ETF
May 31, 2024 (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

  

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.3%          
Samsung Biologics Co. Ltd.(a)(c)   128,041   $67,547,459 
           
Machinery — 2.3%          
Doosan Bobcat Inc.   592,470    24,774,483 
Hanwha Ocean Co. Ltd.(a)(b)   638,550    13,738,500 
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd.(a)(b)   165,639    15,460,246 
HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering          
Co. Ltd.(a)   333,001    31,462,791 
Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd.(a)   5,542,591    36,939,851 
         122,375,871 
Marine Transportation — 0.4%          
HMM Co. Ltd.   1,758,039    22,977,955 
           
Metals & Mining — 3.3%          
Hyundai Steel Co.   812,613    17,452,910 
Korea Zinc Co. Ltd.   82,601    31,525,766 
POSCO Holdings Inc.   471,299    126,387,512 
         175,366,188 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.4%          
HD Hyundai Co. Ltd.   464,660    23,156,678 
SK Innovation Co. Ltd.(a)   447,649    32,539,625 
S-Oil Corp.   405,802    20,089,631 
         75,785,934 
Passenger Airlines — 0.6%          
Hanjin Kal Corp.   141,995    6,554,909 
Korean Air Lines Co. Ltd.   1,619,918    24,443,572 
         30,998,481 
Personal Care Products — 1.1%          
Amorepacific Corp.(b)   262,111    36,818,451 
LG H&H Co. Ltd.   71,280    21,562,029 
         58,380,480 
Pharmaceuticals — 1.3%          
Celltrion Pharm Inc.(a)(b)   155,447    10,059,630 
Hanmi Pharm Co. Ltd.   76,897    15,770,959 
SK Biopharmaceuticals Co. Ltd.(a)   231,415    14,324,566 
Yuhan Corp.(b)   544,013    27,178,249 
         67,333,404 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 9.9%          
Hanmi Semiconductor Co. Ltd.   322,716    37,985,795 
SK Hynix Inc.   3,509,518    483,570,318 
         521,556,113 
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 21.9%          
CosmoAM&T Co. Ltd.(a)   171,900    19,433,214 
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.   21,356,655    1,131,535,392 
         1,150,968,606 
Tobacco — 0.9%          
KT&G Corp.   797,113    48,115,109 
           
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.2%          
Posco International Corp.(b)   394,644    12,362,811 
Security  Shares   Value 
         
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.3%          
SK Telecom Co. Ltd.   400,253   $14,770,049 
           
Total Common Stocks — 98.1%          
(Cost: $3,434,414,937)        5,158,049,910 

 

Preferred Stocks

 

Automobiles — 1.2%        
Hyundai Motor Co.          
Preference Shares, NVS   239,207    26,598,829 
Series 2, Preference Shares, NVS   318,551    35,441,159 
         62,039,988 
Chemicals — 0.3%          
LG Chem Ltd., Preference Shares, NVS   88,617    15,284,368 
           
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.1%          
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Preference          
Shares, NVS   108,657    4,740,820 
           
Total Preferred Stocks — 1.6%          
(Cost: $46,139,599)        82,065,176 
Total Long-Term Investments — 99.7%          
(Cost: $3,480,554,536)        5,240,115,086 

 

Short-Term Securities

 

Money Market Funds — 2.5%        
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency        
Shares, 5.49%(d)(e)(f)   130,065,921    130,104,940 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency          
Shares, 5.28%(d)(e)   2,530,000    2,530,000 
           
Total Short-Term Securities — 2.5%          
(Cost: $132,631,730)        132,634,940 
           
Total Investments — 102.2%          
(Cost: $3,613,186,266)        5,372,750,026 
           
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (2.2)%        (114,352,488)
           
Net Assets — 100.0%       $5,258,397,538 

 

(a)Non-income producing security.

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

(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.

(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.

 

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May 31, 2024  

 

Affiliates

 

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the period ended May 31, 2024 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 Sales
   Net Realized Gain (Loss)   Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)   Value at
05/31/24
   Shares
Held at
05/31/24
   Income   Capital
Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds
 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares  $208,037,093   $   $(77,941,611)(a)  $14,078   $(4,620)  $130,104,940    130,065,921   $2,183,035(b)   $      — 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares   3,110,000        (580,000)(a)           2,530,000    2,530,000    129,077     
                  $14,078   $(4,620)  $132,634,940        $2,312,112   $ 

 

(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

 

               Value/ 
           Notional   Unrealized 
   Number of   Expiration   Amount   Appreciation 
Description   Contracts    Date    (000)    (Depreciation) 
Long Contracts                    
KOSPI 200 Index   348    06/13/24   $22,700   $(852,789)

 

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  $   $5,158,049,910   $   $5,158,049,910 
Preferred Stocks       82,065,176        82,065,176 

 

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May 31, 2024  

 

Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End (continued)  

                 
   Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total 
Short-Term Securities                    
Money Market Funds  $132,634,940   $   $   $132,634,940 
   $132,634,940   $5,240,115,086   $   $5,372,750,026 
Derivative Financial Instruments(a)                    
Liabilities                    
Equity Contracts  $   $(852,789)  $   $(852,789)

 

(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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