N-Q 1 d334012dnq.htm FORM N-Q Form N-Q

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-Q

 

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number 811-09729

 

 

iShares Trust

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

c/o: State Street Bank and Trust Company

1 Iron Street, Boston, MA 02210

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

 

The Corporation Trust Company

1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, DE 19801

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (415) 670-2000

Date of fiscal year end: August 31, 2017

Date of reporting period: November 30, 2016

 

 

 


Item 1. Schedules of Investments.


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

iSHARES® ADAPTIVE CURRENCY HEDGED MSCI EUROZONE ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

INVESTMENT COMPANIES — 99.97%

  

EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS — 99.97%

  

 

iShares MSCI Eurozone ETFa

    68,944      $ 2,259,984   
   

 

 

 
      2,259,984   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENT COMPANIES

  

 

(Cost: $2,353,558)

  

    2,259,984   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.05%

  

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.05%

  

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

   

 

0.30%b,c

    1,189        1,189   
   

 

 

 
      1,189   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

  

 

(Cost: $1,189)

  

    1,189   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES — 100.02%

   

 

(Cost: $2,354,747)d

  

    2,261,173   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (0.02)%

  

    (475
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

    $ 2,260,698   
   

 

 

 

 

a  Affiliated issuer. See Schedule 1.
b  Affiliated money market fund.
c  The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.
d  The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $2,355,785. Net unrealized depreciation was $94,612, of which $ — represented gross unrealized appreciation on securities and $94,612 represented gross unrealized depreciation on securities.
 

 

Schedule 1 — Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliates of the Fund (excluding affiliated money market funds) during the three months ended November 30, 2016, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act, were as follows:

 

Affiliated issuer    Shares
held at
beginning
of period
     Shares
purchased
     Shares sold     Shares
held at end
of period
     Value at end
of period
     Dividend
income
     Net realized
gain (loss)
 

iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF

     67,434         1,678         (168     68,944       $ 2,259,984               $ (20
             

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                                               

 

 

     1   


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® ADAPTIVE CURRENCY HEDGED MSCI EUROZONE ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Schedule 2 — Forward Currency Contracts

Forward currency contracts outstanding as of November 30, 2016 were as follows:

 

Currency purchased      Currency sold      Counterparty    Settlement date     

Unrealized

appreciation

(depreciation)

 
  EUR        1,059,000         USD        1,122,122       BNP      12/05/2016       $ 368   
  USD        1,161,767         EUR        1,059,000       BNP      12/05/2016         39,277   
               

 

 

 
           39,645   
               

 

 

 
  USD        1,127,331         EUR        1,062,000       BNP      01/05/2017         (407
               

 

 

 
           (407
               

 

 

 
         Net unrealized appreciation       $ 39,238   
               

 

 

 
                                                     

Counterparties:

BNP — BNP Paribas SA

Currency abbreviations:

EUR — Euro

USD — United States Dollar

Schedule 3 — Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at www.iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 2016. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the schedule of investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2     Level 3      Total  

Investments:

          

Assets:

          

Investment companies

   $ 2,259,984       $      $       $ 2,259,984   

Money market funds

     1,189                        1,189   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 2,261,173       $      $       $ 2,261,173   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative financial instrumentsa:

          

Assets:

          

Forward currency contracts

   $       $ 39,645      $       $ 39,645   

Liabilities:

          

Forward currency contracts

             (407             (407
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $       $ 39,238      $       $ 39,238   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                    

 

  a    Shown at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the contracts.

 

2   


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

iSHARES® ADAPTIVE CURRENCY HEDGED MSCI JAPAN ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

INVESTMENT COMPANIES — 99.71%

  

EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS — 99.71%

  

 

iShares MSCI Japan ETFa

    74,771      $ 3,730,325   
   

 

 

 
      3,730,325   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENT COMPANIES

  

 

(Cost: $3,603,630)

  

    3,730,325   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.05%

  

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.05%

  

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

   

 

0.30%b,c

    1,857        1,857   
   

 

 

 
      1,857   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

  

 

(Cost: $1,857)

  

    1,857   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES — 99.76%

   

 

(Cost: $3,605,487)d

  

    3,732,182   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.24%

  

    8,988   
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

    $ 3,741,170   
   

 

 

 

 

a  Affiliated issuer. See Schedule 1.
b  Affiliated money market fund.
c  The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.
d  The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $3,616,472. Net unrealized appreciation was $115,710, of which $126,695 represented gross unrealized appreciation on securities and $10,985 represented gross unrealized depreciation on securities.
 

 

Schedule 1 — Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliates of the Fund (excluding affiliated money market funds) during the three months ended November 30, 2016, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act, were as follows:

 

Affiliated issuer    Shares
held at
beginning
of period
     Shares
purchased
     Shares sold     Shares
held at end
of period
     Value at end
of period
     Dividend
income
     Net realized
gain (loss)
 

iShares MSCI Japan ETF

     286,366         80,255a         (291,850     74,771       $ 3,730,325       $       $ 1,569   
             

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                                               

 

  a    Includes 71,938 shares received from a one-for-four reverse stock split.

 

     3   


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® ADAPTIVE CURRENCY HEDGED MSCI JAPAN ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Schedule 2 — Forward Currency Contracts

Forward currency contracts outstanding as of November 30, 2016 were as follows:

 

Currency purchased      Currency sold      Counterparty    Settlement date     

Unrealized

appreciation

(depreciation)

 
  USD        1,819,819         JPY        191,170,000       BNP      12/05/2016       $ 148,679   
  USD        2,773,509         JPY        315,621,000       BNP      01/06/2017         8,782   
               

 

 

 
           157,461   
               

 

 

 
  JPY        191,170,000         USD        1,678,259       BNP      12/05/2016         (7,118
               

 

 

 
           (7,118
               

 

 

 
         Net unrealized appreciation       $ 150,343   
               

 

 

 
                                                     

Counterparties:

BNP — BNP Paribas SA

Currency abbreviations:

JPY — Japanese Yen

USD — United States Dollar

Schedule 3 — Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at www.iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 2016. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the schedule of investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2     Level 3      Total  

Investments:

          

Assets:

          

Investment companies

   $ 3,730,325       $      $       $ 3,730,325   

Money market funds

     1,857                        1,857   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 3,732,182       $      $       $ 3,732,182   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative financial instrumentsa:

          

Assets:

          

Forward currency contracts

   $       $ 157,461      $       $ 157,461   

Liabilities:

          

Forward currency contracts

             (7,118             (7,118
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $       $ 150,343      $       $ 150,343   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                    

 

  a    Shown at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the contracts.

 

4   


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

iSHARES® CURRENCY HEDGED MSCI AUSTRALIA ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

INVESTMENT COMPANIES — 99.14%

  

 

EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS — 99.14%

  

 

iShares MSCI Australia ETFa,b

    493,054      $ 10,078,024   
   

 

 

 
      10,078,024   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENT COMPANIES
(Cost: $9,261,353)

   

    10,078,024   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 47.66%

  

 

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 47.66%

  

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.72%c,d,e

    4,838,548        4,840,000   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.30%c,d

    5,325        5,325   
   

 

 

 
      4,845,325   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost: $4,845,325)

   

    4,845,325   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES — 146.80%
(Cost: $14,106,678)f

    

    14,923,349   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (46.80)%

  

    (4,757,592 ) 
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

    $ 10,165,757   
   

 

 

 

 

a  All or a portion of this security represents a security on loan.
b  Affiliated issuer. See Schedule 1.
c  Affiliated money market fund.
d The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.
e  All or a portion of this security represents an investment of securities lending collateral.
f  The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $14,198,660. Net unrealized appreciation was $724,689, of which $816,671 represented gross unrealized appreciation on securities and $91,982 represented gross unrealized depreciation on securities.
 

 

Schedule 1 — Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliates of the Fund (excluding affiliated money market funds) during the three months ended November 30, 2016, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act, were as follows:

 

Affiliated issuer    Shares
held at
beginning
of period
     Shares
purchased
     Shares sold     Shares
held at end
of period
     Value at end
of period
     Dividend
income
     Net realized
gain (loss)
 

iShares MSCI Australia ETF

     488,097         12,985         (8,028     493,054       $ 10,078,024       $       $ (49
             

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                                               

 

     5   


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® CURRENCY HEDGED MSCI AUSTRALIA ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Schedule 2 — Forward Currency Contracts

Forward currency contracts outstanding as of November 30, 2016 were as follows:

 

Currency purchased      Currency sold      Counterparty    Settlement date     

Unrealized

appreciation

(depreciation)

 
  USD        9,831,260         AUD        12,994,000       BNP      12/05/2016       $ 236,734   
  USD        10,214,168         AUD        13,735,000       BNP      01/05/2017         80,267   
               

 

 

 
                  317,001   
               

 

 

 
  AUD        12,994,000         USD        9,676,422       BNP      12/05/2016         (81,896
               

 

 

 
                  (81,896
               

 

 

 
          Net unrealized appreciation       $ 235,105   
               

 

 

 
                                                     

Counterparties:

BNP — BNP Paribas SA

Currency abbreviations:

AUD — Australian Dollar

USD — United States Dollar

Schedule 3 — Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at www.iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 2016. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the schedule of investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2     Level 3      Total  

Investments:

          

Assets:

          

Investment companies

   $ 10,078,024       $      $       $ 10,078,024   

Money market funds

     4,845,325                        4,845,325   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 14,923,349       $      $       $ 14,923,349   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative financial instrumentsa:

          

Assets:

          

Forward currency contracts

   $       $ 317,001      $       $ 317,001   

Liabilities:

          

Forward currency contracts

             (81,896             (81,896
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $       $ 235,105      $       $ 235,105   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                    

 

  a    Shown at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the contracts.

 

6   


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

iSHARES® CURRENCY HEDGED MSCI CANADA ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

INVESTMENT COMPANIES — 100.14%

  

 

EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS — 100.14%

  

 

iShares MSCI Canada ETFa

    429,233      $ 11,164,350   
   

 

 

 
      11,164,350   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENT COMPANIES

   

(Cost: $9,860,181)

      11,164,350   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.06%

  

 

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.06%

   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.30%b,c

    6,879        6,879   
   

 

 

 
      6,879   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

   

(Cost: $6,879)

      6,879   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES — 100.20%

   

(Cost: $9,867,060)d

      11,171,229   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (0.20)%

  

    (22,676
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

    $ 11,148,553   
   

 

 

 

 

a  Affiliated issuer. See Schedule 1.
b  Affiliated money market fund.
c  The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.
d  The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $9,986,426. Net unrealized appreciation was $1,184,803, of which $1,304,169 represented gross unrealized appreciation on securities and $119,366 represented gross unrealized depreciation on securities.
 

 

Schedule 1 — Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliates of the Fund (excluding affiliated money market funds) during the three months ended November 30, 2016, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act, were as follows:

 

Affiliated issuer   

Shares

held at

beginning

of period

    

Shares

purchased

     Shares sold     Shares
held at end
of period
     Value at end
of period
     Dividend
income
     Net realized
gain (loss)
 

iShares MSCI Canada ETF

     416,192         13,049         (8     429,233       $ 11,164,350       $       $ (10
             

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                                               

 

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® CURRENCY HEDGED MSCI CANADA ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Schedule 2 — Forward Currency Contracts

Forward currency contracts outstanding as of November 30, 2016 were as follows:

 

Currency purchased      Currency sold      Counterparty    Settlement date     

Unrealized

appreciation

(depreciation)

 
  CAD        14,518,000         USD        10,787,331       BNP      12/05/2016       $ 20,611   
  USD        10,889,678         CAD        14,572,000       BNP      12/05/2016         41,535   
               

 

 

 
                  62,146   
               

 

 

 
  CAD        54,000         USD        40,257       BNP      12/05/2016         (57
  USD        11,086,601         CAD        14,915,000       BNP      01/05/2017         (21,071
               

 

 

 
                  (21,128
               

 

 

 
          Net unrealized appreciation       $ 41,018   
               

 

 

 
                                                     

Counterparties:

BNP — BNP Paribas SA

Currency abbreviations:

CAD — Canadian Dollar

USD — United States Dollar

Schedule 3 — Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at www.iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 2016. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the schedule of investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2     Level 3      Total  

Investments:

          

Assets:

          

Investment companies

   $ 11,164,350       $      $       $ 11,164,350   

Money market funds

     6,879                        6,879   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 11,171,229       $      $       $ 11,171,229   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative financial instrumentsa:

          

Assets:

          

Forward currency contracts

   $       $ 62,146      $       $ 62,146   

Liabilities:

          

Forward currency contracts

             (21,128             (21,128
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $       $ 41,018      $       $ 41,018   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                    

 

  a    Shown at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the contracts.

 

8   


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

iSHARES® CURRENCY HEDGED MSCI EUROZONE ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

INVESTMENT COMPANIES — 100.00%

   

 

EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS — 100.00%

  

 

iShares MSCI Eurozone ETFa

    33,265,049      $ 1,090,428,306   
   

 

 

 
      1,090,428,306   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENT COMPANIES

  

 

(Cost: $1,281,320,848)

      1,090,428,306   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.05%

  

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.05%

  

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

   

0.30%b,c

    582,262        582,262   
   

 

 

 
      582,262   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

  

 

(Cost: $582,262)

      582,262   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES — 100.05%

   

 

(Cost: $1,281,903,110)d

      1,091,010,568   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (0.05)%

  

    (537,227
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

    $ 1,090,473,341   
   

 

 

 

 

a  Affiliated issuer. See Schedule 1.
b  The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.
c  Affiliated money market fund.
d  The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $1,294,641,442. Net unrealized depreciation was $203,630,874, of which $ — represented gross unrealized appreciation on securities and $203,630,874 represented gross unrealized depreciation on securities.
 

 

Schedule 1 — Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliates of the Fund (excluding affiliated money market funds) during the three months ended November 30, 2016, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act, were as follows:

 

Affiliated issuer   

Shares

held at

beginning

of period

    

Shares

purchased

     Shares sold    

Shares

held at end
of period

    

Value at end

of period

     Dividend
income
     Net realized
gain (loss)
 

iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF

     39,282,725         3,594,359         (9,612,035     33,265,049       $ 1,090,428,306       $       $ (22,246,579
             

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                                               

 

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® CURRENCY HEDGED MSCI EUROZONE ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Schedule 2 — Forward Currency Contracts

Forward currency contracts outstanding as of November 30, 2016 were as follows:

 

Currency purchased      Currency sold      Counterparty    Settlement date     

Unrealized

appreciation

(depreciation)

 
  EUR        357,505,345         USD        378,437,283       CITI      12/05/2016       $ 501,422   
  USD        407,953,384         EUR        373,105,345       CITI      12/05/2016         12,479,420   
  USD        757,539,821         EUR        692,731,000       BNP      12/05/2016         23,277,826   
  USD        693,123,364         EUR        652,222,000       BNP      01/05/2017         528,661   
               

 

 

 
                  36,787,329   
               

 

 

 
  EUR        692,963,000         USD        736,067,940       BNP      12/05/2016         (1,560,036
  EUR        15,600,000         USD        17,159,906       CITI      12/05/2016         (624,646
  USD        245,773         EUR        232,000       BNP      12/05/2016         (136
  EUR        3,395,000         USD        3,622,112       BNP      01/05/2017         (16,961
  USD        8,206,188         EUR        7,729,000       BNP      01/05/2017         (1,239
  USD        379,157,656         EUR        357,505,345       CITI      01/05/2017         (477,358
               

 

 

 
                  (2,680,376
               

 

 

 
          Net unrealized appreciation       $ 34,106,953   
               

 

 

 
                                                     

Counterparties:

BNP — BNP Paribas SA

CITI — Citibank N.A. London

Currency abbreviations:

EUR — Euro

USD — United States Dollar

Schedule 3 — Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at www.iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 2016. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the schedule of investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2     Level 3      Total  

Investments:

          

Assets:

          

Investment companies

   $ 1,090,428,306       $      $       $ 1,090,428,306   

Money market funds

     582,262                        582,262   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 1,091,010,568       $      $       $ 1,091,010,568   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative financial instrumentsa:

          

Assets:

          

Forward currency contracts

   $       $ 36,787,329      $       $ 36,787,329   

Liabilities:

          

Forward currency contracts

             (2,680,376             (2,680,376
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $       $ 34,106,953      $       $ 34,106,953   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                    

 

  a    Shown at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the contracts.

 

10   


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

iSHARES® CURRENCY HEDGED MSCI GERMANY ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

INVESTMENT COMPANIES — 99.97%

  

 

EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS — 99.97%

  

iShares MSCI Germany ETFa,b

    16,744,412      $ 415,763,750   
   

 

 

 
      415,763,750   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENT COMPANIES

  

 

(Cost: $499,289,891)

      415,763,750   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 4.34%

  

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 4.34%

  

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.72%c,d,e

    17,617,346        17,622,631   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.30%c,d

    440,075        440,075   
   

 

 

 
      18,062,706   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

  

 

(Cost: $18,057,463)

      18,062,706   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES — 104.31%

   

 

(Cost: $517,347,354)f

      433,826,456   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (4.31)%

  

    (17,912,378
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

    $ 415,914,078   
   

 

 

 

 

a  Affiliated issuer. See Schedule 1.
b  All or a portion of this security represents a security on loan.
c  Affiliated money market fund.
d  The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.
e  All or a portion of this security represents an investment of securities lending collateral.
f  The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $520,892,320. Net unrealized depreciation was $87,065,864, of which $5,244 represented gross unrealized appreciation on securities and $87,071,108 represented gross unrealized depreciation on securities.
 

 

Schedule 1 — Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliates of the Fund (excluding affiliated money market funds) during the three months ended November 30, 2016, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act, were as follows:

 

Affiliated issuer   

Shares

held at

beginning

of period

    

Shares

purchased

     Shares sold    

Shares

held at end
of period

     Value at end
of period
     Dividend
income
     Net realized
gain (loss)
 

iShares MSCI Germany ETF

     18,777,370         1,623,240         (3,656,198     16,744,412       $ 415,763,750       $       $ (10,221,340
             

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                                               

 

     11   


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® CURRENCY HEDGED MSCI GERMANY ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Schedule 2 — Forward Currency Contracts

Forward currency contracts outstanding as of November 30, 2016 were as follows:

 

Currency purchased      Currency sold      Counterparty    Settlement date     

Unrealized

appreciation

(depreciation)

 
  EUR        130,000         USD        137,718       BNP      12/05/2016       $ 76   
  EUR        147,428,000         USD        156,059,909       CITI      12/05/2016         206,776   
  USD        299,236,797         EUR        273,466,000       BNP      12/05/2016         9,375,811   
  USD        165,919,076         EUR        151,746,000       CITI      12/05/2016         5,075,516   
  USD        258,067,929         EUR        242,839,000       BNP      01/05/2017         197,135   
               

 

 

 
                  14,855,314   
               

 

 

 
  EUR        280,221,000         USD        298,207,112       BNP      12/05/2016         (1,186,146
  EUR        4,318,000         USD        4,749,774       CITI      12/05/2016         (172,899
  USD        7,291,178         EUR        6,885,000       BNP      12/05/2016         (6,595
  USD        1,858,045         EUR        1,750,000       BNP      01/05/2017         (281
  USD        156,356,977         EUR        147,428,000       CITI      01/05/2017         (196,853
               

 

 

 
                  (1,562,774
               

 

 

 
          Net unrealized appreciation       $ 13,292,540   
               

 

 

 
                                                     

Counterparties:

BNP — BNP Paribas SA

CITI — Citibank N.A. London

Currency abbreviations:

EUR — Euro

USD — United States Dollar

Schedule 3 — Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at www.iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 2016. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the schedule of investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2     Level 3      Total  

Investments:

          

Assets:

          

Investment companies

   $ 415,763,750       $      $       $ 415,763,750   

Money market funds

     18,062,706                        18,062,706   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 433,826,456       $      $       $ 433,826,456   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative financial instrumentsa:

          

Assets:

          

Forward currency contracts

   $       $ 14,855,314      $       $ 14,855,314   

Liabilities:

          

Forward currency contracts

             (1,562,774             (1,562,774
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $       $ 13,292,540      $       $ 13,292,540   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                    

 

  a   Shown at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the contracts.

 

12   


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

iSHARES® CURRENCY HEDGED MSCI ITALY ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

INVESTMENT COMPANIES — 99.98%

  

 

EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS — 99.98%

  

 

iShares MSCI Italy Capped ETFa,b

    164,309      $ 3,573,710   
   

 

 

 
      3,573,710   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENT COMPANIES

  

 

(Cost: $4,870,138)

      3,573,710   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 14.16%

  

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 14.16%

   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.72%c,d,e

    503,683        503,834   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.30%c,d

    2,161        2,161   
   

 

 

 
      505,995   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

  

 

(Cost: $505,886)

      505,995   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES — 114.14%

   

(Cost: $5,376,024)f

      4,079,705   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (14.14)%

  

    (505,412
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

    $ 3,574,293   
   

 

 

 

 

a  All or a portion of this security represents a security on loan.
b  Affiliated issuer. See Schedule 1.
c  Affiliated money market fund.
d  The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.
e  All or a portion of this security represents an investment of securities lending collateral.
f  The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $5,400,664. Net unrealized depreciation was $1,320,959, of which $28,499 represented gross unrealized appreciation on securities and $1,349,458 represented gross unrealized depreciation on securities.
 

 

Schedule 1 — Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliates of the Fund (excluding affiliated money market funds) during the three months ended November 30, 2016, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act, were as follows:

 

Affiliated issuer   

Shares

held at

beginning

of period

    

Shares

purchased

     Shares sold     Shares
held at end
of period
     Value at end
of period
     Dividend
income
     Net realized
gain (loss)
 

iShares MSCI Italy Capped ETF

     621,544         577,619a         (1,034,854     164,309       $ 3,573,710       $       $ (1,088,864
             

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                                               

 

  a   Includes 159,368 shares received from a one-for-four reverse stock split.

 

     13   


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® CURRENCY HEDGED MSCI ITALY ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Schedule 2 — Forward Currency Contracts

Forward currency contracts outstanding as of November 30, 2016 were as follows:

 

Currency purchased      Currency sold      Counterparty    Settlement date     

Unrealized

appreciation

(depreciation)

 
  USD        4,517,921         EUR        4,128,000       BNP      12/05/2016       $ 142,436   
  USD        3,516,507         EUR        3,309,000       BNP      01/05/2017         2,680   
               

 

 

 
                  145,116   
               

 

 

 
  EUR        4,128,000         USD        4,416,120       BNP      12/05/2016         (40,636
  EUR        78,000         USD        82,904       BNP      01/05/2017         (76
  USD        72,198         EUR        68,000       BNP      01/05/2017         (11
               

 

 

 
                  (40,723
               

 

 

 
          Net unrealized appreciation       $ 104,393   
               

 

 

 
                                                     

Counterparties:

BNP — BNP Paribas SA

Currency abbreviations:

EUR — Euro

USD — United States Dollar

Schedule 3 — Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at www.iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 2016. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the schedule of investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2     Level 3      Total  

Investments:

          

Assets:

          

Investment companies

   $ 3,573,710       $      $       $ 3,573,710   

Money market funds

     505,995                        505,995   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 4,079,705       $      $       $ 4,079,705   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative financial instrumentsa:

          

Assets:

          

Forward currency contracts

   $       $ 145,116      $       $ 145,116   

Liabilities:

          

Forward currency contracts

             (40,723             (40,723
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $       $ 104,393      $       $ 104,393   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                    

 

  a    Shown at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the contracts.

 

14   


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

iSHARES® CURRENCY HEDGED MSCI JAPAN ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

INVESTMENT COMPANIES — 99.22%

  

 

EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS — 99.22%

  

 

iShares MSCI Japan ETFa

    13,530,514      $ 675,037,343   
   

 

 

 
      675,037,343   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENT COMPANIES

  

 

(Cost: $688,517,461)

      675,037,343   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.35%

  

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.35%

  

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.30%b,c

    2,352,819        2,352,819   
   

 

 

 
      2,352,819   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

  

 

(Cost: $2,352,819)

      2,352,819   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES — 99.57%

   

 

(Cost: $690,870,280)d

      677,390,162   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.43%

  

    2,917,061   
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

    $ 680,307,223   
   

 

 

 

 

a  Affiliated issuer. See Schedule 1.
b  Affiliated money market fund.
c  The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.
d  The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $695,658,660. Net unrealized depreciation was $18,268,498, of which $ — represented gross unrealized appreciation on securities and $18,268,498 represented gross unrealized depreciation on securities.
 

 

Schedule 1 — Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliates of the Fund (excluding affiliated money market funds) during the three months ended November 30, 2016, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act, were as follows:

 

Affiliated issuer   

Shares

held at

beginning

of period

    

Shares

purchased

     Shares sold     Shares
held at end
of period
     Value at end
of period
     Dividend
income
     Net realized
gain (loss)
 

iShares MSCI Japan ETF

     38,311,015         18,452,546a         (43,233,047     13,530,514       $ 675,037,343       $       $ 2,893,581   
             

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                                               

 

  a   Includes 8,673,524 shares received from a one-for-four reverse stock split.

 

     15   


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® CURRENCY HEDGED MSCI JAPAN ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Schedule 2 — Forward Currency Contracts

Forward currency contracts outstanding as of November 30, 2016 were as follows:

 

Currency purchased      Currency sold      Counterparty    Settlement date     

Unrealized

appreciation

(depreciation)

 
  USD        542,420,326         JPY        58,268,143,000       BNP      12/05/2016       $ 33,060,735   
  USD        140,697,790         JPY        14,806,543,000       CITI      12/05/2016         11,264,205   
  USD        584,721,218         JPY        66,112,364,000       BNP      01/05/2017         5,627,990   
  USD        122,828,838         JPY        13,880,887,000       CITI      01/05/2017         1,242,993   
               

 

 

 
                  51,195,923   
               

 

 

 
  JPY        58,268,143,000         USD        515,025,171       BNP      12/05/2016         (5,665,581
  JPY        14,806,543,000         USD        131,570,608       CITI      12/05/2016         (2,137,023
  JPY        3,801,770,000         USD        33,302,470       BNP      01/05/2017         (1,902
               

 

 

 
                  (7,804,506
               

 

 

 
          Net unrealized appreciation       $ 43,391,417   
               

 

 

 
                                                     

Counterparties:

BNP — BNP Paribas SA

CITI — Citibank N.A. London

Currency abbreviations:

JPY — Japanese Yen

USD — United States Dollar

Schedule 3 — Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at www.iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 2016. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the schedule of investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2     Level 3      Total  

Investments:

          

Assets:

          

Investment companies

   $ 675,037,343       $      $       $ 675,037,343   

Money market funds

     2,352,819                        2,352,819   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 677,390,162       $      $       $ 677,390,162   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative financial instrumentsa:

          

Assets:

          

Forward currency contracts

   $       $ 51,195,923      $       $ 51,195,923   

Liabilities:

          

Forward currency contracts

             (7,804,506             (7,804,506
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $       $ 43,391,417      $       $ 43,391,417   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                    

 

  a   Shown at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the contracts.

 

16   


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

iSHARES® CURRENCY HEDGED MSCI MEXICO ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

INVESTMENT COMPANIES — 100.41%

  

 

EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS — 100.41%

  

 

iShares MSCI Mexico Capped ETFa,b

    25,524      $ 1,126,119   
   

 

 

 
      1,126,119   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENT COMPANIES

   

(Cost: $1,410,443)

      1,126,119   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 35.81%

  

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 35.81%

   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.72%c,d,e

    400,706        400,826   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.30%c,d

    778        778   
   

 

 

 
      401,604   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

  

 

(Cost: $401,486)

      401,604   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES — 136.22%

   

 

(Cost: $1,811,929)f

      1,527,723   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (36.22)%

  

    (406,173
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

    $ 1,121,550   
   

 

 

 

 

a  Affiliated issuer. See Schedule 1.
b  All or a portion of this security represents a security on loan.
c  Affiliated money market fund.
d  The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.
e  All or a portion of this security represents an investment of securities lending collateral.
f  The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $1,819,740. Net unrealized depreciation was $292,017, of which $118 represented gross unrealized appreciation on securities and $292,135 represented gross unrealized depreciation on securities.
 

 

Schedule 1 — Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliates of the Fund (excluding affiliated money market funds) during the three months ended November 30, 2016, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act, were as follows:

 

Affiliated issuer  

Shares

held at

beginning

of period

   

Shares

purchased

    Shares sold     Shares
held at end
of period
    Value at end
of period
    Dividend
income
    Net realized
gain (loss)
 

iShares MSCI Mexico Capped ETF

    23,115        3,228        (819     25,524      $ 1,126,119      $      $ (4,995
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                         

 

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® CURRENCY HEDGED MSCI MEXICO ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Schedule 2 — Forward Currency Contracts

Forward currency contracts outstanding as of November 30, 2016 were as follows:

 

Currency purchased

    

Currency sold

     Counterparty    Settlement date     

Unrealized

appreciation

(depreciation)

 
  MXN        22,107,000         USD        1,068,866       BNP      12/05/2016       $ 5,135   
  USD        1,203,814         MXN        22,748,000       BNP      12/05/2016         98,672   
  USD        58,646         MXN        1,206,000       BNP      01/05/2017         269   
               

 

 

 
                  104,076   
               

 

 

 
  MXN        641,000         USD        33,879       BNP      12/05/2016         (2,738
  USD        1,064,818         MXN        22,107,000       BNP      01/05/2017         (5,295
               

 

 

 
                  (8,033
               

 

 

 
          Net unrealized appreciation       $ 96,043   
               

 

 

 
                                                     

Counterparties:

BNP — BNP Paribas SA

Currency abbreviations:

MXN — Mexican Peso

USD — United States Dollar

Schedule 3 — Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at www.iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 2016. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the schedule of investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2     Level 3      Total  

Investments:

          

Assets:

          

Investment companies

   $ 1,126,119       $      $       $ 1,126,119   

Money market funds

     401,604                        401,604   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 1,527,723       $      $       $ 1,527,723   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative financial instrumentsa:

          

Assets:

          

Forward currency contracts

   $       $ 104,076      $       $ 104,076   

Liabilities:

          

Forward currency contracts

             (8,033             (8,033
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $       $ 96,043      $       $ 96,043   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                    

 

  a    Shown at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the contracts.

 

18   


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

iSHARES® CURRENCY HEDGED MSCI SOUTH KOREA ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

INVESTMENT COMPANIES — 99.47%

  

 

EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS — 99.47%

  

 

iShares MSCI South Korea Capped ETFa

    160,964      $ 8,572,942   
   

 

 

 
      8,572,942   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENT COMPANIES

   

(Cost: $8,576,098)

      8,572,942   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.07%

  

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.07%

   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.30%b,c

    5,810        5,810   
   

 

 

 
      5,810   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

   

(Cost: $5,810)

      5,810   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES — 99.54%

   

 

(Cost: $8,581,908)d

      8,578,752   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.46%

  

    39,664   
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

    $ 8,618,416   
   

 

 

 

 

a Affiliated issuer. See Schedule 1.
b Affiliated money market fund.
c The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.
d The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $8,600,851. Net unrealized depreciation was $22,099, of which $ — represented gross unrealized appreciation on securities and $22,099 represented gross unrealized depreciation on securities.
 

 

Schedule 1 — Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliates of the Fund (excluding affiliated money market funds) during the three months ended November 30, 2016, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act, were as follows:

 

Affiliated issuer  

Shares

held at

beginning

of period

   

Shares

purchased

    Shares sold    

Shares

held at end

of period

    Value at end
of period
    Dividend
income
    Net realized
gain (loss)
 

iShares MSCI South Korea Capped ETF

    219,077        34,593        (92,706     160,964      $ 8,572,942      $      $ 316,590   
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                                                         

 

     19   


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® CURRENCY HEDGED MSCI SOUTH KOREA ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Schedule 2 — Forward Currency Contracts

Forward currency contracts outstanding as of November 30, 2016 were as follows:

 

Currency purchased      Currency sold      Counterparty    Settlement date     

Unrealized

appreciation

(depreciation)

 
  USD        11,942,550         KRW        13,688,551,000       JPM      12/05/2016       $ 268,605   
  USD        7,204         KRW        8,249,000       MS      12/05/2016         169   
  USD        490,221         KRW        562,284,000       SOC      12/05/2016         10,691   
  USD        428         KRW        503,000       HSBC      01/05/2017         1   
  USD        8,545,124         KRW        10,013,176,000       SCB      01/05/2017         42,111   
               

 

 

 
                  321,577   
               

 

 

 
  KRW        4,244,212,000         USD        3,703,501       NSI      12/05/2016         (83,929
  KRW        10,013,176,000         USD        8,547,312       SCB      12/05/2016         (7,820
  KRW        1,696,000         USD        1,482       SSB      12/05/2016         (35
  USD        37,126         KRW        43,748,000       HSBC      01/05/2017         (25
               

 

 

 
                  (91,809
               

 

 

 
          Net unrealized appreciation       $ 229,768   
               

 

 

 
                                                     

Counterparties:

HSBC — HSBC Bank PLC

JPM — JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

MS — Morgan Stanley and Co. International PLC

NSI — Nomura Securities International Inc.

SOC — Societe Generale

SCB — Standard Chartered Bank

SSB — State Street Bank London

Currency abbreviations:

KRW — South Korean Won

USD — United States Dollar

Schedule 3 — Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at www.iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 2016. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the schedule of investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2     Level 3      Total  

Investments:

          

Assets:

          

Investment companies

   $ 8,572,942       $      $       $ 8,572,942   

Money market funds

     5,810                        5,810   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 8,578,752       $      $       $ 8,578,752   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative financial instrumentsa:

          

Assets:

          

Forward currency contracts

   $       $ 321,577      $       $ 321,577   

Liabilities:

          

Forward currency contracts

             (91,809             (91,809
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $       $ 229,768      $       $ 229,768   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                    

 

  a    Shown at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the contracts.

 

20   


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

iSHARES® CURRENCY HEDGED MSCI SPAIN ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

INVESTMENT COMPANIES — 100.06%

  

 

EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS — 100.06%

  

 

iShares MSCI Spain Capped ETFa,b

    600,039      $ 15,102,981   
   

 

 

 
      15,102,981   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENT COMPANIES

   

(Cost: $18,505,834)

      15,102,981   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 36.98%

  

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 36.98%

  

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.72%c,d,e

    5,573,348        5,575,020   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.30%c,d

    6,547        6,547   
   

 

 

 
      5,581,567   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

  

 

(Cost: $5,580,851)

      5,581,567   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES — 137.04%

   

 

(Cost: $24,086,685)f

      20,684,548   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (37.04)%

  

    (5,590,733
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

    $ 15,093,815   
   

 

 

 

 

a  All or a portion of this security represents a security on loan.
b  Affiliated issuer. See Schedule 1.
c  Affiliated money market fund.
d  The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.
e  All or a portion of this security represents an investment of securities lending collateral.
f  The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $24,096,298. Net unrealized depreciation was $3,411,750, of which $715 represented gross unrealized appreciation on securities and $3,412,465 represented gross unrealized depreciation on securities.
 

 

Schedule 1 — Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliates of the Fund (excluding affiliated money market funds) during the three months ended November 30, 2016, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act, were as follows:

 

Affiliated issuer   

Shares

held at

beginning

of period

    

Shares

purchased

     Shares sold    

Shares

held at end
of period

     Value at end
of period
     Dividend
income
     Net realized
gain (loss)
 

iShares MSCI Spain Capped ETF

     602,289         290,315         (292,565     600,039       $ 15,102,981       $       $ (860,093
             

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                                               

 

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® CURRENCY HEDGED MSCI SPAIN ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Schedule 2 — Forward Currency Contracts

Forward currency contracts outstanding as of November 30, 2016 were as follows:

 

Currency purchased      Currency sold      Counterparty    Settlement date     

Unrealized

appreciation

(depreciation)

 
  EUR        11,764,000         USD        12,452,782       CITI      12/05/2016       $ 16,500   
  USD        4,968,378         EUR        4,493,000       BNP      12/05/2016         206,011   
  USD        12,862,758         EUR        11,764,000       CITI      12/05/2016         393,476   
  USD        2,837,436         EUR        2,670,000       BNP      01/05/2017         2,162   
               

 

 

 
                  618,149   
               

 

 

 
  EUR        4,493,000         USD        4,807,712       BNP      12/05/2016         (45,345
  EUR        313,000         USD        332,678       BNP      01/05/2017         (303
  USD        77,507         EUR        73,000       BNP      01/05/2017         (12
  USD        12,476,487         EUR        11,764,000       CITI      01/05/2017         (15,708
               

 

 

 
                  (61,368
               

 

 

 
          Net unrealized appreciation       $ 556,781   
               

 

 

 
                                                     

Counterparties:

BNP — BNP Paribas SA

CITI — Citibank N.A. London

Currency abbreviations:

EUR — Euro

USD — United States Dollar

Schedule 3 — Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at www.iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 2016. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the schedule of investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2     Level 3      Total  

Investments:

          

Assets:

          

Investment companies

   $ 15,102,981       $      $       $ 15,102,981   

Money market funds

     5,581,567                        5,581,567   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 20,684,548       $      $       $ 20,684,548   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative financial instrumentsa:

          

Assets:

          

Forward currency contracts

   $       $ 618,149      $       $ 618,149   

Liabilities:

          

Forward currency contracts

             (61,368             (61,368
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $       $ 556,781      $       $ 556,781   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                    

 

  a    Shown at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the contracts.

 

22   


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

iSHARES® CURRENCY HEDGED MSCI SWITZERLAND ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

INVESTMENT COMPANIES — 99.98%

  

 

EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS — 99.98%

  

 

iShares MSCI Switzerland Capped ETFa

    120,804      $ 3,424,793   
   

 

 

 
      3,424,793   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENT COMPANIES

   

(Cost: $3,829,401)

      3,424,793   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.06%

  

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.06%

   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.30%b,c

    1,874        1,874   
   

 

 

 
      1,874   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

   

(Cost: $1,874)

      1,874   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES — 100.04%

   

(Cost: $3,831,275)d

      3,426,667   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (0.04)%

  

    (1,255
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

    $ 3,425,412   
   

 

 

 

 

a  Affiliated issuer. See Schedule 1.
b Affiliated money market fund.
c  The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.
d The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $3,849,830. Net unrealized depreciation was $423,163, of which $ — represented gross unrealized appreciation on securities and $423,163 represented gross unrealized depreciation on securities.
 

 

Schedule 1 — Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliates of the Fund (excluding affiliated money market funds) during the three months ended November 30, 2016, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act, were as follows:

 

Affiliated issuer   

Shares

held at

beginning

of period

    

Shares

purchased

     Shares sold     Shares
held at end
of period
     Value at end
of period
     Dividend
income
     Net realized
gain (loss)
 

iShares MSCI Switzerland Capped ETF

     154,512         6,873         (40,581     120,804       $ 3,424,793       $       $ (26,252
             

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                                               

 

     23   


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® CURRENCY HEDGED MSCI SWITZERLAND ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Schedule 2 — Forward Currency Contracts

Forward currency contracts outstanding as of November 30, 2016 were as follows:

 

Currency purchased      Currency sold      Counterparty    Settlement date     

Unrealized

appreciation

(depreciation)

 
  CHF        3,445,000         USD        3,388,413       BNP      12/05/2016       $ 457   
  USD        4,588,623         CHF        4,553,000       BNP      12/05/2016         109,804   
  USD        16,768         CHF        17,000       BNP      01/05/2017         3   
               

 

 

 
                  110,264   
               

 

 

 
  CHF        1,108,000         USD        1,137,361       BNP      12/05/2016         (47,413
  USD        3,406,380         CHF        3,455,000       BNP      01/05/2017         (817
               

 

 

 
                  (48,230
               

 

 

 
          Net unrealized appreciation       $ 62,034   
               

 

 

 
                                                     

Counterparties:

BNP — BNP Paribas SA

Currency abbreviations:

CHF — Swiss Franc

USD — United States Dollar

Schedule 3 — Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at www.iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 2016. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the schedule of investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2     Level 3      Total  

Investments:

          

Assets:

          

Investment companies

   $ 3,424,793       $      $       $ 3,424,793   

Money market funds

     1,874                        1,874   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 3,426,667       $      $       $ 3,426,667   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative financial instrumentsa:

          

Assets:

          

Forward currency contracts

   $       $ 110,264      $       $ 110,264   

Liabilities:

          

Forward currency contracts

             (48,230             (48,230
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $       $ 62,034      $       $ 62,034   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                    

 

  a    Shown at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the contracts.

 

24   


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

iSHARES® CURRENCY HEDGED MSCI UNITED KINGDOM ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

INVESTMENT COMPANIES — 99.84%

  

 

EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS — 99.84%

  

 

iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETFa

    2,644,344      $ 79,488,980   
   

 

 

 
      79,488,980   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENT COMPANIES

   

(Cost: $83,303,148)

      79,488,980   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.07%

  

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.07%

   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.30%b,c

    55,782        55,782   
   

 

 

 
      55,782   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

   

(Cost: $55,782)

      55,782   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES — 99.91%

   

(Cost: $83,358,930)d

      79,544,762   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.09%

  

    70,766   
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

    $ 79,615,528   
   

 

 

 

 

a  Affiliated issuer. See Schedule 1.
b  Affiliated money market fund.
c  The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.
d  The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $83,385,945. Net unrealized depreciation was $3,841,183, of which $ — represented gross unrealized appreciation on securities and $3,841,183 represented gross unrealized depreciation on securities.
 

 

Schedule 1 — Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliates of the Fund (excluding affiliated money market funds) during the three months ended November 30, 2016, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act, were as follows:

 

Affiliated issuer    Shares
held at
beginning
of period
     Shares
purchased
     Shares sold     Shares
held at end
of period
     Value at end
of period
     Dividend
income
     Net realized
gain (loss)
 

iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF

     7,259,436         5,080,451a         (9,695,543     2,644,344       $ 79,488,980       $       $ (1,132,175
             

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                                               

 

  a    Includes 3,792,372 shares received from a one-for-four reverse stock split.

 

     25   


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® CURRENCY HEDGED MSCI UNITED KINGDOM ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Schedule 2 — Forward Currency Contracts

Forward currency contracts outstanding as of November 30, 2016 were as follows:

 

Currency purchased      Currency sold      Counterparty    Settlement date     

Unrealized

appreciation

(depreciation)

 
  GBP        95,707,000         USD        119,633,566       BNP      12/05/2016       $ 119,505   
  GBP        32,740,000         USD        40,958,510       BNP      01/05/2017         51,992   
               

 

 

 
                  171,497   
               

 

 

 
  USD        116,385,341         GBP        95,707,000       BNP      12/05/2016         (3,367,730
  USD        120,376,430         GBP        96,194,000       BNP      01/05/2017         (117,286
               

 

 

 
                  (3,485,016
               

 

 

 
          Net unrealized depreciation       $ (3,313,519
               

 

 

 
                                                     

Counterparties:

BNP — BNP Paribas SA

Currency abbreviations:

GBP — British Pound

USD — United States Dollar

Schedule 3 — Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at www.iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 2016. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the schedule of investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2     Level 3      Total  

Investments:

          

Assets:

          

Investment companies

   $ 79,488,980       $      $       $ 79,488,980   

Money market funds

     55,782                        55,782   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 79,544,762       $      $       $ 79,544,762   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative financial instrumentsa:

          

Assets:

          

Forward currency contracts

   $       $ 171,497      $       $ 171,497   

Liabilities:

          

Forward currency contracts

             (3,485,016             (3,485,016
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $       $ (3,313,519   $       $ (3,313,519
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                    

 

  a    Shown at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the contracts.

 

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

iSHARES® EDGE MSCI MIN VOL GLOBAL CURRENCY HEDGED ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

INVESTMENT COMPANIES — 99.81%

  

 

EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS — 99.81%

  

 

iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol Global ETFa

    35,322      $ 2,562,258   
   

 

 

 
      2,562,258   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENT COMPANIES

   

(Cost: $2,602,333)

      2,562,258   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.04%

  

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.04%

   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.30%b,c

    1,148        1,148   
   

 

 

 
      1,148   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

   

(Cost: $1,148)

      1,148   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES — 99.85%

   

(Cost: $2,603,481)d

      2,563,406   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.15%

  

    3,841   
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

    $ 2,567,247   
   

 

 

 

 

a  Affiliated issuer. See Schedule 1.
b  Affiliated money market fund.
c  The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.
d  The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $2,603,715. Net unrealized depreciation was $40,309, of which $ — represented gross unrealized appreciation on securities and $40,309 represented gross unrealized depreciation on securities.
 

 

Schedule 1 — Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliates of the Fund (excluding affiliated money market funds) during the three months ended November 30, 2016, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act, were as follows:

 

Affiliated issuer   

Shares

held at

beginning

of period

    

Shares

purchased

     Shares sold     Shares
held at end
of period
     Value at end
of period
     Dividend
income
     Net realized
gain (loss)
 

iShares Edge MSCI Min Vol Global ETF

     17,315         18,091         (84     35,322       $ 2,562,258       $       $ (17
             

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                                               

 

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® EDGE MSCI MIN VOL GLOBAL CURRENCY HEDGED ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Schedule 2 — Forward Currency Contracts

Forward currency contracts outstanding as of November 30, 2016 were as follows:

 

Currency purchased      Currency sold      Counterparty    Settlement date     

Unrealized

appreciation

(depreciation)

 
  CAD        142,000         USD        105,510       BNP      12/05/2016       $ 202   
  CHF        103,000         USD        101,308       BNP      12/05/2016         14   
  DKK        20,704         USD        2,944       BNP      12/05/2016         5   
  GBP        54,000         USD        67,415       BNP      12/05/2016         152   
  ILS        75,000         USD        19,529       BNP      12/05/2016         48   
  INR        620,408         USD        9,026       BNP      12/05/2016         28   
  KRW        71,800,000         USD        61,190       BNP      12/05/2016         43   
  USD        111,353         CAD        149,000       BNP      12/05/2016         429   
  USD        106,815         CHF        106,000       BNP      12/05/2016         2,542   
  USD        14,018         CLP        9,139,000       BNP      12/05/2016         502   
  USD        3,191         DKK        21,704       BNP      12/05/2016         99   
  USD        19,684         EUR        18,000       BNP      12/05/2016         605   
  USD        176,697         HKD        1,370,000       BNP      12/05/2016         68   
  USD        9,303         INR        624,408       BNP      12/05/2016         190   
  USD        340,155         JPY        35,795,000       BNP      12/05/2016         27,248   
  USD        62,975         KRW        72,118,000       BNP      12/05/2016         1,471   
  USD        27,269         SGD        38,000       BNP      12/05/2016         758   
  USD        141,983         TWD        4,495,000       BNP      12/05/2016         1,063   
  CAD        7,000         USD        5,208       BNP      01/05/2017         5   
  CHF        3,000         USD        2,953       BNP      01/05/2017         5   
  GBP        3,000         USD        3,753       BNP      01/05/2017         5   
  ILS        22,000         USD        5,744       BNP      01/05/2017         3   
  USD        745         CAD        1,000       BNP      01/05/2017           
  USD        33         CLP        22,000       BNP      01/05/2017           
  USD        19,129         EUR        18,000       BNP      01/05/2017         14   
  USD        173,188         HKD        1,343,000       BNP      01/05/2017         6   
  USD        326,822         JPY        36,934,000       BNP      01/05/2017         3,309   
  USD        61,179         KRW        71,800,000       BNP      01/05/2017         208   
  USD        27,270         SGD        39,000       BNP      01/05/2017         59   
  USD        140,760         TWD        4,486,000       BNP      01/05/2017         330   
               

 

 

 
                  39,411   
               

 

 

 
  CAD        7,000         USD        5,224       BNP      12/05/2016         (13
  CHF        3,000         USD        3,039       BNP      12/05/2016         (88
  CLP        9,139,000         USD        13,517       BNP      12/05/2016         (1
  DKK        1,000         USD        148       BNP      12/05/2016         (5
  EUR        18,000         USD        19,093       BNP      12/05/2016         (14
  HKD        1,370,000         USD        176,648       BNP      12/05/2016         (19
  INR        4,000         USD        60       BNP      12/05/2016         (1
  JPY        35,795,000         USD        316,131       BNP      12/05/2016         (3,224
  KRW        318,000         USD        278       BNP      12/05/2016         (7
  SGD        38,000         USD        26,568       BNP      12/05/2016         (57
  TWD        4,495,000         USD        141,081       BNP      12/05/2016         (161
  USD        65,605         GBP        54,000       BNP      12/05/2016         (1,963
  USD        19,467         ILS        75,000       BNP      12/05/2016         (110
  CLP        132,000         USD        196       BNP      01/05/2017         (1
  DKK        2,000         USD        286       BNP      01/05/2017           
  HKD        3,000         USD        387       BNP      01/05/2017           
  INR        17,000         USD        247       BNP      01/05/2017           
  KRW        3,699,000         USD        3,151       BNP      01/05/2017         (10
  SGD        2,000         USD        1,397       BNP      01/05/2017         (1
  TWD        92,000         USD        2,887       BNP      01/05/2017         (7
  USD        105,549         CAD        142,000       BNP      01/05/2017         (203
  USD        101,551         CHF        103,000       BNP      01/05/2017         (24

 

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® EDGE MSCI MIN VOL GLOBAL CURRENCY HEDGED ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Currency purchased      Currency sold      Counterparty    Settlement date     

Unrealized

appreciation

(depreciation)

 
  USD        13,480         CLP        9,139,000       BNP      01/05/2017       $ (6
  USD        2,950         DKK        20,704       BNP      01/05/2017         (5
  USD        63,821         GBP        51,000       BNP      01/05/2017         (62
  USD        774         HKD        6,000       BNP      01/05/2017           
  USD        19,542         ILS        75,000       BNP      01/05/2017         (50
  USD        9,021         INR        622,408       BNP      01/05/2017         (22
  USD        65         KRW        77,000       BNP      01/05/2017           
  USD        31         TWD        1,000       BNP      01/05/2017           
               

 

 

 
                  (6,054
               

 

 

 
          Net unrealized appreciation       $ 33,357   
               

 

 

 
                                                     

Counterparties:

BNP — BNP Paribas SA

Currency abbreviations:

CAD — Canadian Dollar

CHF — Swiss Franc

CLP — Chilean Peso

DKK — Danish Krone

EUR — Euro

GBP — British Pound

HKD — Hong Kong Dollar

ILS — Israeli Shekel

INR — Indian Rupee

JPY — Japanese Yen

KRW — South Korean Won

SGD — Singapore Dollar

TWD — Taiwan New Dollar

USD — United States Dollar

Schedule 3 — Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at www.iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 2016. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the schedule of investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2     Level 3      Total  

Investments:

          

Assets:

          

Investment companies

   $ 2,562,258       $      $       $ 2,562,258   

Money market funds

     1,148                        1,148   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 2,563,406       $      $       $ 2,563,406   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative financial instrumentsa:

          

Assets:

          

Forward currency contracts

   $       $ 39,411      $       $ 39,411   

Liabilities:

          

Forward currency contracts

             (6,054             (6,054
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $       $ 33,357      $       $ 33,357   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                    

 

  a    Shown at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the contracts.

 

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

iSHARES® EDGE MSCI MULTIFACTOR CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — 99.73%

   

AUTO COMPONENTS — 5.26%

   

Autoliv Inc.

    142      $ 14,691   

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The)

    2,012        61,748   

Lear Corp.

    487        63,072   
   

 

 

 
      139,511   

AUTOMOBILES — 3.95%

   

General Motors Co.

    3,033        104,729   
   

 

 

 
      104,729   

DISTRIBUTORS — 4.98%

   

Genuine Parts Co.

    709        68,227   

LKQ Corp.a

    1,944        63,822   
   

 

 

 
      132,049   

HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE — 8.29%

  

 

Carnival Corp.

    1,389        71,409   

Darden Restaurants Inc.

    848        62,158   

McDonald’s Corp.

    444        52,956   

Starbucks Corp.

    573        33,217   
   

 

 

 
      219,740   

HOUSEHOLD DURABLES — 8.68%

   

Garmin Ltd.

    1,132        59,045   

Leggett & Platt Inc.

    1,212        58,249   

Mohawk Industries Inc.a

    327        64,563   

Whirlpool Corp.

    296        48,082   
   

 

 

 
      229,939   

INTERNET & DIRECT MARKETING RETAIL — 10.73%

  

Amazon.com Inc.a

    347        260,448   

Priceline Group Inc. (The)a

    16        24,059   
   

 

 

 
      284,507   

LEISURE PRODUCTS — 2.38%

   

Hasbro Inc.

    739        63,103   
   

 

 

 
      63,103   

MEDIA — 18.30%

   

Charter Communications Inc. Class Aa

    24        6,607   

Comcast Corp. Class A

    1,713        119,071   

Interpublic Group of Companies Inc. (The)

    2,636        63,449   

Liberty Broadband Corp. Class Ca

    659        46,993   

News Corp. Class A

    3,929        45,419   

Omnicom Group Inc.

    863        75,029   

Scripps Networks Interactive Inc. Class A

    61        4,225   

Time Warner Inc.

    229        21,027   

Walt Disney Co. (The)

    1,042        103,283   
   

 

 

 
      485,103   
Security   Shares     Value  

MULTILINE RETAIL — 4.50%

   

Kohl’s Corp.

    1,151      $ 61,958   

Nordstrom Inc.

    1,025        57,318   
   

 

 

 
      119,276   

SPECIALTY RETAIL — 26.05%

   

AutoNation Inc.a

    738        32,959   

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.

    1,341        60,090   

Best Buy Co. Inc.

    1,471        67,225   

Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc.

    909        53,695   

Foot Locker Inc.

    871        62,425   

Home Depot Inc. (The)

    867        112,190   

Lowe’s Companies Inc.

    153        10,794   

O’Reilly Automotive Inc.a

    295        80,977   

Ross Stores Inc.

    1,184        80,026   

Staples Inc.

    6,137        59,345   

TJX Companies Inc. (The)

    3        235   

Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance Inc.a

    271        70,324   
   

 

 

 
      690,285   

TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS — 6.61%

   

 

lululemon athletica Inc.a,b

    635        36,189   

Michael Kors Holdings Ltd.a

    1,278        59,414   

NIKE Inc. Class B

    366        18,326   

PVH Corp.

    577        61,127   
   

 

 

 
      175,056   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

   

(Cost: $2,518,008)

      2,643,298   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.60%

  

 

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.60%

   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.72%c,d,e

    10,004        10,007   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.30%c,d

    5,828        5,828   
   

 

 

 
    15,835   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

   

(Cost: $15,833)

      15,835   
   

 

 

 
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® EDGE MSCI MULTIFACTOR CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY ETF

November 30, 2016

 

            Value  

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES — 100.33%

   

 

(Cost: $2,533,841)f

    $ 2,659,133   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (0.33)%

  

    (8,744
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

  

  $ 2,650,389   
   

 

 

 

 

a  Non-income earning security.
b  All or a portion of this security represents a security on loan.
c  Affiliated money market fund.
d  The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.
e  All or a portion of this security represents an investment of securities lending collateral.
f  The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $2,538,974. Net unrealized appreciation was $120,159, of which $165,510 represented gross unrealized appreciation on securities and $45,351 represented gross unrealized depreciation on securities.
 

 

Schedule 1 — Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at www.iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 2016. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the schedule of investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments:

           

Assets:

           

Common stocks

   $ 2,643,298       $       $       $ 2,643,298   

Money market funds

     15,835                         15,835   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 2,659,133       $       $       $ 2,659,133   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                     

 

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

iSHARES® EDGE MSCI MULTIFACTOR CONSUMER STAPLES ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — 99.74%

  

BEVERAGES — 19.13%

  

 

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

    4,201      $ 169,510   

Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc.

    810        70,260   

Molson Coors Brewing Co. Class B

    736        72,150   

PepsiCo Inc.

    1,413        141,441   
   

 

 

 
      453,361   

FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING — 20.44%

  

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    257        38,578   

CVS Health Corp.

    753        57,898   

Kroger Co. (The)

    2,594        83,786   

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

    2,713        191,077   

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.

    633        53,634   

Whole Foods Market Inc.

    1,948        59,200   
   

 

 

 
      484,173   

FOOD PRODUCTS — 26.52%

  

 

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

    1,851        80,019   

Bunge Ltd.

    886        60,496   

Campbell Soup Co.

    1,136        64,627   

General Mills Inc.

    10        609   

Hormel Foods Corp.

    1,713        58,653   

Ingredion Inc.

    487        57,164   

JM Smucker Co. (The)

    532        67,005   

Kraft Heinz Co. (The)

    221        18,045   

McCormick & Co. Inc./MD

    670        61,104   

Mondelez International Inc. Class A

    929        38,312   

Tyson Foods Inc. Class A

    1,093        62,093   

WhiteWave Foods Co. (The)a

    1,095        60,324   
   

 

 

 
      628,451   

HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS — 20.44%

  

 

Church & Dwight Co. Inc.

    1,394        61,043   

Clorox Co. (The)

    582        67,256   

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    387        25,244   
Security   Shares     Value  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    889      $ 102,777   

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

    2,764        227,920   
   

 

 

 
      484,240   

PERSONAL PRODUCTS — 2.22%

  

 

Edgewell Personal Care Co.a

    664        52,549   
   

 

 

 
      52,549   

TOBACCO — 10.99%

  

 

Altria Group Inc.

    1,799        115,010   

Philip Morris International Inc.

    1,499        132,332   

Reynolds American Inc.

    239        12,930   
   

 

 

 
      260,272   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

  

 

(Cost: $2,501,703)

      2,363,046   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.04%

  

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.04%

  

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.30%b,c

    1,046        1,046   
   

 

 

 
      1,046   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

   

(Cost: $1,046)

      1,046   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES — 99.78%

   

(Cost: $2,502,749)d

      2,364,092   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.22%

      5,226   
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

    $ 2,369,318   
   

 

 

 

 

a  Non-income earning security.
b  The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.
c  Affiliated money market fund.
d  The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $2,505,306. Net unrealized depreciation was $141,214, of which $13,572 represented gross unrealized appreciation on securities and $154,786 represented gross unrealized depreciation on securities.
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® EDGE MSCI MULTIFACTOR CONSUMER STAPLES ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Schedule 1 — Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at www.iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 2016. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the schedule of investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments:

           

Assets:

           

Common stocks

   $ 2,363,046       $       $       $ 2,363,046   

Money market funds

     1,046                         1,046   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 2,364,092       $       $       $ 2,364,092   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                     

 

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

iSHARES® EDGE MSCI MULTIFACTOR ENERGY ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — 100.85%

  

ENERGY EQUIPMENT & SERVICES — 15.15%

  

FMC Technologies Inc.a

    1,974      $ 67,629   

Halliburton Co.

    541        28,723   

Helmerich & Payne Inc.

    981        74,213   

National Oilwell Varco Inc.

    2,218        82,864   

Schlumberger Ltd.

    1,949        163,813   
   

 

 

 
      417,242   

OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS — 85.70%

  

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

    177        12,240   

Chevron Corp.

    3,483        388,563   

Cimarex Energy Co.

    601        82,866   

Concho Resources Inc.a

    673        96,252   

ConocoPhillips

    1,140        55,313   

Continental Resources Inc./OKa,b

    1,216        70,540   

Diamondback Energy Inc.a

    133        14,344   

EOG Resources Inc.

    513        52,593   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    7,168        625,766   

HollyFrontier Corp.

    2,257        64,934   

Kinder Morgan Inc./DE

    1,114        24,731   

Marathon Oil Corp.

    4,993        90,174   

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

    2,220        104,384   

Murphy Oil Corp.

    2,036        69,041   

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

    657        46,883   

ONEOK Inc.

    1,449        79,594   

Parsley Energy Inc. Class Aa

    1,815        69,242   

Phillips 66

    1,519        126,198   

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

    21        4,012   

Spectra Energy Corp.

    2,608        106,798   

Tesoro Corp.

    862        70,124   
Security   Shares     Value  

Valero Energy Corp.

    1,705      $ 104,960   
   

 

 

 
      2,359,552   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

   

(Cost: $2,568,356)

      2,776,794   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.47%

  

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.47%

  

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.72%c,d,e

    10,670        10,673   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.30%c,d

    2,205        2,205   
   

 

 

 
      12,878   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

  

 

(Cost: $12,875)

      12,878   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES — 101.32%

   

(Cost: $2,581,231)f

      2,789,672   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (1.32)%

  

    (36,300
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

    $ 2,753,372   
   

 

 

 

 

a  Non-income earning security.
b  All or a portion of this security represents a security on loan.
c  Affiliated money market fund.
d  The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.
e  All or a portion of this security represents an investment of securities lending collateral.
f  The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $2,585,665. Net unrealized appreciation was $204,007, of which $230,348 represented gross unrealized appreciation on securities and $26,341 represented gross unrealized depreciation on securities.
 

 

Schedule 1- Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at www.iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 2016. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the schedule of investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments:

           

Assets:

           

Common stocks

   $ 2,776,794       $       $       $ 2,776,794   

Money market funds

     12,878                         12,878   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 2,789,672       $       $       $ 2,789,672   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                     

 

34   


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

iSHARES® EDGE MSCI MULTIFACTOR FINANCIALS ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — 100.13%

  

BANKS — 37.40%

  

 

Bank of America Corp.

    7,585      $ 160,194   

Citigroup Inc.

    1,939        109,340   

Citizens Financial Group Inc.

    2,340        78,414   

Comerica Inc.

    1,130        72,038   

Fifth Third Bancorp.

    3,049        79,335   

Huntington Bancshares Inc./OH

    5,592        69,676   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    2,962        237,464   

People’s United Financial Inc.

    2,813        52,659   

U.S. Bancorp.

    582        28,879   

Wells Fargo & Co.

    3,824        202,366   
   

 

 

 
      1,090,365   

CAPITAL MARKETS — 15.48%

  

 

Ameriprise Financial Inc.

    679        77,548   

E*TRADE Financial Corp.a

    1,316        45,415   

Eaton Vance Corp. NVS

    1,156        46,749   

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (The)

    99        21,710   

Morgan Stanley

    41        1,696   

MSCI Inc.

    817        64,380   

Nasdaq Inc.

    996        63,834   

Raymond James Financial Inc.

    919        66,113   

SEI Investments Co.

    1,353        63,834   
   

 

 

 
      451,279   

CONSUMER FINANCE — 1.92%

  

 

Navient Corp.

    3,252        56,032   
   

 

 

 
      56,032   

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES — 7.11%

  

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class Ba

    884        139,177   

Voya Financial Inc.

    1,752        68,100   
   

 

 

 
      207,277   

INSURANCE — 38.22%

  

 

Aflac Inc.

    1,217        86,870   

Alleghany Corp.a

    111        63,042   

American International Group Inc.

    194        12,286   

Aon PLC

    744        84,890   
Security   Shares     Value  

Arch Capital Group Ltd.a

    840      $ 69,485   

Assurant Inc.

    617        53,272   

Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.

    930        56,739   

Chubb Ltd.

    19        2,432   

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

    938        71,982   

FNF Group

    1,862        59,472   

Lincoln National Corp.

    1,167        74,805   

Principal Financial Group Inc.

    1,297        74,824   

Reinsurance Group of America Inc.

    544        66,395   

Torchmark Corp.

    942        66,025   

Travelers Companies Inc. (The)

    749        84,899   

Unum Group

    1,599        67,590   

WR Berkley Corp.

    887        54,808   

XL Group Ltd.

    1,788        64,600   
   

 

 

 
      1,114,416   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

  

 

(Cost: $2,597,142)

      2,919,369   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.16%

  

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.16%

  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,

    SL Agency Shares

   

0.30%b,c

    4,729        4,729   
   

 

 

 
      4,729   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

  

 

(Cost: $4,729)

      4,729   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES — 100.29%

   

(Cost: $2,601,871)d

      2,924,098   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (0.29)%

  

    (8,559
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

    $ 2,915,539   
   

 

 

 

NVS — Non-Voting Shares

 

a  Non-income earning security.
b  Affiliated money market fund.
c  The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.
d  The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $2,602,439. Net unrealized appreciation was $321,659, of which $330,210 represented gross unrealized appreciation on securities and $8,551 represented gross unrealized depreciation on securities.
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® EDGE MSCI MULTIFACTOR FINANCIALS ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Schedule 1 — Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at www.iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 2016. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the schedule of investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments:

           

Assets:

           

Common stocks

   $ 2,919,369       $       $       $ 2,919,369   

Money market funds

     4,729                         4,729   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 2,924,098       $       $       $ 2,924,098   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                     

 

36   


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

iSHARES® EDGE MSCI MULTIFACTOR HEALTHCARE ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — 99.64%

  

BIOTECHNOLOGY — 8.87%

  

AbbVie Inc.

    652      $ 39,641   

Amgen Inc.

    331        47,687   

Biogen Inc.a

    40        11,763   

Celgene Corp.a

    290        34,368   

Gilead Sciences Inc.

    521        38,398   

United Therapeutics Corp.a

    393        49,365   
   

 

 

 
      221,222   

HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES — 24.39%

  

Abbott Laboratories

    70        2,665   

Align Technology Inc.a

    594        55,272   

Cooper Companies Inc. (The)

    336        55,269   

DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.

    1,051        61,147   

Edwards Lifesciences Corp.a

    756        62,635   

IDEXX Laboratories Inc.a

    513        60,355   

Intuitive Surgical Inc.a

    111        71,455   

Medtronic PLC

    640        46,726   

ResMed Inc.

    984        60,496   

Teleflex Inc.

    372        55,030   

Varian Medical Systems Inc.a

    653        58,659   

Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc.

    183        18,640   
   

 

 

 
      608,349   

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES — 35.57%

  

Aetna Inc.

    719        94,074   

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

    806        62,860   

Anthem Inc.

    609        86,801   

Cardinal Health Inc.

    997        70,797   

Cigna Corp.

    594        80,036   

Henry Schein Inc.a

    394        58,690   

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdingsa

    491        61,792   

McKesson Corp.

    562        80,821   

MEDNAX Inc.a

    849        55,584   

Patterson Companies Inc.

    762        29,520   

Quest Diagnostics Inc.

    712        62,271   

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

    526        83,276   

Universal Health Services Inc. Class B

    491        60,403   
   

 

 

 
      886,925   

LIFE SCIENCES TOOLS & SERVICES — 7.34%

  

Agilent Technologies Inc.

    1,408        61,924   

Mettler-Toledo International Inc.a

    145        59,743   
Security   Shares     Value  

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.

    12      $ 1,681   

Waters Corp.a

    444        59,749   
   

 

 

 
      183,097   

PHARMACEUTICALS — 23.47%

  

Allergan PLCa

    96        18,653   

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    627        35,388   

Eli Lilly & Co.

    247        16,578   

Johnson & Johnson

    2,109        234,732   

Mallinckrodt PLCa

    974        51,330   

Merck & Co. Inc.

    1,690        103,411   

Pfizer Inc.

    3,892        125,089   
   

 

 

 
      585,181   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

   

(Cost: $2,520,929)

      2,484,774   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.06%

  

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.06%

  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.30%b,c

    1,496        1,496   
   

 

 

 
      1,496   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

  

 

(Cost: $1,496)

      1,496   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES — 99.70%

   

 

(Cost: $2,522,425)d

      2,486,270   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.30%

  

    7,514   
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

    $ 2,493,784   
   

 

 

 

 

a  Non-income earning security.
b  Affiliated money market fund.
c  The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.
d  The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $2,522,838. Net unrealized depreciation was $36,568, of which $73,788 represented gross unrealized appreciation on securities and $110,356 represented gross unrealized depreciation on securities.
 

 

     37   


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® EDGE MSCI MULTIFACTOR HEALTHCARE ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Schedule 1 — Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at www.iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 2016. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the schedule of investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments:

           

Assets:

           

Common stocks

   $ 2,484,774       $       $       $ 2,484,774   

Money market funds

     1,496                         1,496   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 2,486,270       $       $       $ 2,486,270   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                     

 

38   


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

iSHARES® EDGE MSCI MULTIFACTOR INDUSTRIALS ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — 99.77%

  

AEROSPACE & DEFENSE — 18.84%

  

Boeing Co. (The)

    1,211      $ 182,328   

General Dynamics Corp.

    38        6,663   

Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.

    377        67,392   

L-3 Communications Holdings Inc.

    467        73,679   

Lockheed Martin Corp.

    165        43,766   

Northrop Grumman Corp.

    17        4,244   

Raytheon Co.

    42        6,281   

Textron Inc.

    1,618        74,477   

United Technologies Corp.

    610        65,709   
   

 

 

 
      524,539   

AIR FREIGHT & LOGISTICS — 7.52%

  

CH Robinson Worldwide Inc.

    937        70,135   

Expeditors International of Washington Inc.

    1,318        69,511   

FedEx Corp.

    64        12,267   

United Parcel Service Inc. Class B

    496        57,496   
   

 

 

 
      209,409   

AIRLINES — 6.86%

  

 

American Airlines Group Inc.

    1,370        63,623   

Southwest Airlines Co.

    1,382        64,415   

United Continental Holdings Inc.a

    915        63,089   
   

 

 

 
      191,127   

BUILDING PRODUCTS — 2.55%

  

AO Smith Corp.

    1,372        66,720   

Johnson Controls International PLC

    95        4,273   
   

 

 

 
      70,993   

COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES — 7.18%

  

Cintas Corp.

    608        69,677   

Republic Services Inc.

    1,341        74,412   

Waste Connections Inc.

    731        55,877   
   

 

 

 
      199,966   

CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING — 4.91%

  

Fluor Corp.

    1,263        67,583   

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.a

    1,113        69,017   
   

 

 

 
      136,600   

ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT — 7.29%

  

Acuity Brands Inc.

    282        70,898   

Eaton Corp. PLC

    1,495        99,432   
Security   Shares     Value  

Rockwell Automation Inc.

    244      $ 32,625   
   

 

 

 
      202,955   

INDUSTRIAL CONGLOMERATES — 17.50%

  

3M Co.

    537        92,225   

General Electric Co.

    10,870        334,361   

Honeywell International Inc.

    532        60,616   
   

 

 

 
      487,202   

MACHINERY — 12.75%

   

AGCO Corp.

    916        51,113   

Caterpillar Inc.

    232        22,170   

Cummins Inc.

    632        89,605   

Illinois Tool Works Inc.

    10        1,252   

Snap-on Inc.

    277        46,314   

Stanley Black & Decker Inc.

    663        78,652   

Xylem Inc./NY

    1,280        66,022   
   

 

 

 
      355,128   

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES — 4.80%

  

Equifax Inc.

    619        70,845   

ManpowerGroup Inc.

    737        62,947   
   

 

 

 
      133,792   

ROAD & RAIL — 9.57%

  

AMERCO

    97        33,122   

JB Hunt Transport Services Inc.

    726        69,239   

Norfolk Southern Corp.

    944        100,498   

Union Pacific Corp.

    628        63,635   
   

 

 

 
      266,494   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

   

(Cost: $2,573,976)

      2,778,205   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.23%

  

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.23%

  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

   

 

0.30%b,c

    6,369        6,369   
   

 

 

 
      6,369   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

  

 

(Cost: $6,369)

      6,369   
   

 

 

 
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® EDGE MSCI MULTIFACTOR INDUSTRIALS ETF

November 30, 2016

 

            Value  

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES — 100.00%

   

 

(Cost: $2,580,345)d

  

  $ 2,784,574   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.00%

  

    59   
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

    $ 2,784,633   
   

 

 

 

 

a  Non-income earning security.
b  Affiliated money market fund.
c  The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.
d  The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $2,581,795. Net unrealized appreciation was $202,779, of which $214,295 represented gross unrealized appreciation on securities and $11,516 represented gross unrealized depreciation on securities.
 

 

Schedule 1 — Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at www.iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 2016. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the schedule of investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments:

           

Assets:

           

Common stocks

   $ 2,778,205       $       $       $ 2,778,205   

Money market funds

     6,369                         6,369   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 2,784,574       $       $       $ 2,784,574   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                     

 

40   


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

iSHARES® EDGE MSCI MULTIFACTOR MATERIALS ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — 99.46%

  

CHEMICALS — 65.43%

  

Air Products & Chemicals Inc.

    567      $ 81,909   

Albemarle Corp.

    1,167        102,439   

Celanese Corp. Series A

    1,353        107,320   

Dow Chemical Co. (The)

    4,208        234,470   

Eastman Chemical Co.

    1,404        105,469   

Ecolab Inc.

    743        86,730   

EI du Pont de Nemours & Co.

    3,259        239,895   

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.

    819        99,140   

LyondellBasell Industries NV Class A

    2,276        205,568   

Monsanto Co.

    1,497        153,757   

Mosaic Co. (The)

    2,116        60,095   

PPG Industries Inc.

    667        63,985   

Praxair Inc.

    861        103,578   

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)

    566        152,067   

Valspar Corp. (The)

    170        17,355   
   

 

 

 
      1,813,777   

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS — 4.14%

  

Martin Marietta Materials Inc.

    409        89,755   

Vulcan Materials Co.

    198        24,879   
   

 

 

 
      114,634   

CONTAINERS & PACKAGING — 18.94%

  

Avery Dennison Corp.

    1,170        84,310   

Ball Corp.

    74        5,554   

Crown Holdings Inc.a

    1,663        90,451   

International Paper Co.

    2,919        142,214   

Packaging Corp. of America

    1,046        88,659   

WestRock Co.

    2,225        113,920   
   

 

 

 
      525,108   
Security   Shares     Value  

METALS & MINING — 10.95%

  

Freeport-McMoRan Inc.

    1,929      $ 29,610   

Newmont Mining Corp.

    3,857        125,121   

Nucor Corp.

    2,392        148,758   
   

 

 

 
      303,489   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

  

 

(Cost: $2,533,092)

      2,757,008   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.11%

  

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.11%

  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

   

 

0.30%b,c

    3,033        3,033   
   

 

 

 
    3,033   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

(Cost: $3,033)

  

  

    3,033   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES — 99.57%

   

 

(Cost: $2,536,125)d

      2,760,041   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.43%

  

    11,946   
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

  

  $ 2,771,987   
   

 

 

 

 

a  Non-income earning security.
b  Affiliated money market fund.
c  The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.
d  The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $2,537,518. Net unrealized appreciation was $222,523, of which $252,531 represented gross unrealized appreciation on securities and $30,008 represented gross unrealized depreciation on securities.
 

 

Schedule 1 — Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at www.iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 2016. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the schedule of investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments:

           

Assets:

           

Common stocks

   $ 2,757,008       $       $       $ 2,757,008   

Money market funds

     3,033                         3,033   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 2,760,041       $       $       $ 2,760,041   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                     

 

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

iSHARES® EDGE MSCI MULTIFACTOR TECHNOLOGY ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — 99.83%

  

COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT — 3.78%

  

Cisco Systems Inc.

    1,605      $ 47,861   

F5 Networks Inc.a

    470        66,153   
   

 

 

 
      114,014   

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, INSTRUMENTS &
COMPONENTS — 9.94%

   

Arrow Electronics Inc.a

    652        44,512   

Avnet Inc.

    910        41,760   

Corning Inc.

    3,261        78,362   

Flex Ltd.a

    3,905        55,607   

FLIR Systems Inc.

    981        35,228   

TE Connectivity Ltd.

    151        10,214   

Trimble Inc.a

    1,212        34,166   
   

 

 

 
      299,849   

INTERNET SOFTWARE & SERVICES — 11.49%

  

Alphabet Inc. Class Aa

    133        103,192   

Alphabet Inc. Class Ca

    142        107,641   

Facebook Inc. Class Aa

    1,147        135,828   
   

 

 

 
      346,661   

IT SERVICES — 17.78%

  

Accenture PLC Class A

    952        113,697   

Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc.

    845        54,705   

Computer Sciences Corp.

    1,004        60,873   

International Business Machines Corp.

    275        44,610   

MasterCard Inc. Class A

    120        12,264   

Paychex Inc.

    1,306        76,989   

Visa Inc. Class A

    605        46,779   

Western Union Co. (The)

    3,281        68,999   

Xerox Corp.

    6,156        57,559   
   

 

 

 
      536,475   

SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR
EQUIPMENT — 15.52%

   

Intel Corp.

    1,657        57,498   

Lam Research Corp.

    688        72,942   

Linear Technology Corp.

    1,156        72,284   

Marvell Technology Group Ltd.

    3,106        44,540   

Maxim Integrated Products Inc.

    1,701        66,798   

NVIDIA Corp.

    1,026        94,597   

Qorvo Inc.a

    914        48,817   

QUALCOMM Inc.

    161        10,969   
   

 

 

 
      468,445   
Security   Shares     Value  

SOFTWARE — 24.03%

  

Activision Blizzard Inc.

    531      $ 19,440   

ANSYS Inc.a

    623        58,581   

CA Inc.

    2,161        69,065   

Cadence Design Systems Inc.a

    2,090        54,925   

Citrix Systems Inc.a

    633        54,900   

Microsoft Corp.

    4,296        258,877   

Oracle Corp.

    703        28,254   

Symantec Corp.

    2,969        72,414   

Synopsys Inc.a

    1,082        65,439   

VMware Inc. Class Aa

    534        43,329   
   

 

 

 
      725,224   

TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE, STORAGE &
PERIPHERALS — 17.29%

   

Apple Inc.

    3,306        365,379   

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

    3,764        89,583   

NetApp Inc.

    1,822        66,613   
   

 

 

 
      521,575   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

   

(Cost: $2,634,226)

      3,012,243   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.23%

  

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.23%

  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.30%b,c

    6,985        6,985   
   

 

 

 
      6,985   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

   

(Cost: $6,985)

      6,985   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES — 100.06%

   

 

(Cost: $2,641,211)d

      3,019,228   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (0.06)%

  

    (1,861
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

    $ 3,017,367   
   

 

 

 

 

a  Non-income earning security.
b  The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.
c  Affiliated money market fund.
d  The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $2,641,221. Net unrealized appreciation was $378,007, of which $382,929 represented gross unrealized appreciation on securities and $4,922 represented gross unrealized depreciation on securities.
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® EDGE MSCI MULTIFACTOR TECHNOLOGY ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Schedule 1 — Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at www.iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 2016. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the schedule of investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments:

           

Assets:

           

Common stocks

   $ 3,012,243       $       $       $ 3,012,243   

Money market funds

     6,985                         6,985   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 3,019,228       $       $       $ 3,019,228   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                     

 

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

iSHARES® EDGE MSCI MULTIFACTOR UTILITIES ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — 99.66%

  

ELECTRIC UTILITIES — 62.72%

  

Alliant Energy Corp.

    2,231      $ 80,138   

American Electric Power Co. Inc.

    1,149        67,848   

Duke Energy Corp.

    2,063        152,188   

Edison International

    1,971        135,546   

Entergy Corp.

    1,407        96,703   

Eversource Energy

    336        17,344   

Exelon Corp.

    5,132        166,841   

FirstEnergy Corp.

    3,178        99,440   

NextEra Energy Inc.

    1,400        159,922   

OGE Energy Corp.

    2,330        73,745   

PG&E Corp.

    1,166        68,561   

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

    1,092        80,732   

PPL Corp.

    1,216        40,687   

Southern Co. (The)

    2,838        132,875   

Westar Energy Inc.

    1,393        79,345   

Xcel Energy Inc.

    1,644        64,132   
   

 

 

 
      1,516,047   

GAS UTILITIES — 6.42%

  

Atmos Energy Corp.

    1,075        76,454   

UGI Corp.

    1,758        78,758   
   

 

 

 
      155,212   

MULTI-UTILITIES — 30.41%

  

Ameren Corp.

    1,941        95,342   

Consolidated Edison Inc.

    1,883        131,377   

Dominion Resources Inc./VA

    1,800        131,922   

DTE Energy Co.

    183        17,035   

NiSource Inc.

    3,463        75,978   
Security   Shares     Value  

Public Service Enterprise Group Inc.

    3,171      $ 130,994   

SCANA Corp.

    1,218        85,906   

Sempra Energy

    456        45,509   

WEC Energy Group Inc.

    378        21,172   
   

 

 

 
      735,235   

WATER UTILITIES — 0.11%

   

American Water Works Co. Inc.

    36        2,609   
   

 

 

 
      2,609   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

   

(Cost: $2,515,254)

      2,409,103   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.04%

  

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.04%

  

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.30%a,b

    969        969   
   

 

 

 
      969   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

  

 

(Cost: $969)

      969   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES — 99.70%

   

 

(Cost: $2,516,223)c

      2,410,072   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.30%

  

    7,296   
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

    $ 2,417,368   
   

 

 

 

 

a  Affiliated money market fund.
b  The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.
c  The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $2,516,655. Net unrealized depreciation was $106,583, of which $11,798 represented gross unrealized appreciation on securities and $118,381 represented gross unrealized depreciation on securities.
 

 

Schedule 1 — Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at www.iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 2016. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the schedule of investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments:

           

Assets:

           

Common stocks

   $ 2,409,103       $       $       $ 2,409,103   

Money market funds

     969                         969   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 2,410,072       $       $       $ 2,410,072   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                     

 

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iSHARES® MSCI ALL PERU CAPPED ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — 98.96%

  

BANKS — 30.08%

  

 

BBVA Banco Continental SA

    4,584,088      $ 5,309,236   

Credicorp Ltd.

    308,705        48,370,986   

Intercorp Financial Services Inc.

    302,341        9,553,976   

Scotiabank

    14,572        126,856   
   

 

 

 
      63,361,054   

CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING — 3.17%

  

Grana y Montero SAA

    5,238,825        6,681,979   
   

 

 

 
      6,681,979   

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS — 5.51%

  

Cementos Pacasmayo SAA

    3,311,457        6,117,044   

Union Andina de Cementos SAA

    7,181,913        5,496,201   
   

 

 

 
      11,613,245   

ELECTRIC UTILITIES — 3.33%

  

Enel Distribucion Peru SAA

    1,487,012        2,354,454   

Luz del Sur SAA

    1,343,957        4,653,902   
   

 

 

 
      7,008,356   

FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING — 3.31%

  

InRetail Peru Corp.a,b

    366,074        6,962,727   
   

 

 

 
      6,962,727   

FOOD PRODUCTS — 5.61%

  

 

Alicorp SAA

    4,427,768        9,529,341   

Casa Grande SAA

    1,085,802        2,295,450   
   

 

 

 
      11,824,791   

INDEPENDENT POWER AND RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY PRODUCERS — 1.54%

   

Enel Generacion Peru SAA

    4,957,275        3,241,379   
   

 

 

 
      3,241,379   

METALS & MINING — 40.34%

  

Cia. de Minas Buenaventura SAA ADR

    1,671,985        18,676,072   

Cia. Minera Milpo SAA

    7,303,353        6,852,582   

Hochschild Mining PLC

    2,493,836        6,801,790   

Minsur SAb

    11,481,080        4,847,604   

Pan American Silver Corp.

    269,515        4,536,014   

Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde SAAb

    239,324        4,846,311   

Southern Copper Corp.

    749,772        24,615,015   

Tahoe Resources Inc.

    334,271        3,209,459   
Security   Shares     Value  

Trevali Mining Corp.b

    4,473,857      $ 4,525,097   

Volcan Cia. Minera SAA Class B

    30,510,136        6,083,241   
   

 

 

 
      84,993,185   

MULTILINE RETAIL — 2.21%

  

SACI Falabella

    590,221        4,664,592   
   

 

 

 
      4,664,592   

OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS — 1.03%

  

Refineria La Pampilla SAA Relapasab

    30,826,919        2,169,318   
   

 

 

 
      2,169,318   

TRADING COMPANIES & DISTRIBUTORS — 2.83%

  

Ferreycorp SAA

    11,889,089        5,961,103   
   

 

 

 
      5,961,103   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

  

 

(Cost: $268,223,439)

      208,481,729   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.03%

  

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.03%

  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.30%c,d

    69,049        69,049   
   

 

 

 
      69,049   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

  

 

(Cost: $69,049)

      69,049   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES — 98.99%

   

 

(Cost: $268,292,488)e

      208,550,778   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 1.01%

  

    2,129,776   
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

  

  $ 210,680,554   
   

 

 

 

ADR  —  American Depositary Receipts

 

a  This security may be resold to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.
b  Non-income earning security.
c  Affiliated money market fund.
d  The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.
e  The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $279,453,969. Net unrealized depreciation was $70,903,191, of which $6,028,315 represented gross unrealized appreciation on securities and $76,931,506 represented gross unrealized depreciation on securities.
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® MSCI ALL PERU CAPPED ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Schedule 1 — Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at www.iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 2016. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the schedule of investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments:

           

Assets:

           

Common stocks

   $ 208,481,729       $       $       $ 208,481,729   

Money market funds

     69,049                         69,049   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 208,550,778       $       $       $ 208,550,778   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                     

 

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iSHARES® MSCI BRAZIL SMALL-CAP ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — 73.86%

  

 

AUTO COMPONENTS — 1.72%

  

Mahle-Metal Leve SA

    69,300      $ 421,639   

Tupy SA

    92,400        316,878   
   

 

 

 
      738,517   

COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES — 2.04%

  

Valid Solucoes e Servicos de Seguranca em Meios de Pagamento e Identificacao SA

    115,510        873,881   
   

 

 

 
      873,881   

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS — 0.86%

  

Magnesita Refratarios SAa

    53,920        366,800   
   

 

 

 
      366,800   

DIVERSIFIED CONSUMER SERVICES — 7.09%

  

Estacio Participacoes SA

    477,400        2,368,299   

GAEC Educacao SA

    66,000        264,390   

Ser Educacional SAb

    67,500        405,100   
   

 

 

 
      3,037,789   

ELECTRIC UTILITIES — 3.26%

  

Alupar Investimento SA Units

    154,072        747,927   

Light SA

    146,300        647,915   
   

 

 

 
      1,395,842   

FOOD PRODUCTS — 7.97%

  

Marfrig Global Foods SAa

    469,700        903,990   

Minerva SAa

    192,500        697,154   

Sao Martinho SA

    90,200        1,436,267   

SLC Agricola SA

    87,500        378,197   
   

 

 

 
      3,415,608   

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES — 3.38%

  

Fleury SA

    125,600        1,450,388   
   

 

 

 
      1,450,388   

HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE — 1.39%

  

CVC Brasil Operadora e Agencia de
Viagens SA

    84,700        595,717   
   

 

 

 
      595,717   

HOUSEHOLD DURABLES — 10.02%

  

Cyrela Brazil Realty SA Empreendimentos
e Participacoes

    462,100        1,274,617   

Even Construtora e Incorporadora SA

    377,300        443,948   

EZ TEC Empreendimentos e Participacoes SA

    100,153        436,735   

Gafisa SA

    605,300        374,007   

MRV Engenharia e Participacoes SA

    515,900        1,763,135   
   

 

 

 
      4,292,442   
Security   Shares     Value  

INSURANCE — 0.92%

  

FPC Par Corretora de Seguros SA

    100,100      $ 395,073   
   

 

 

 
      395,073   

INTERNET & DIRECT MARKETING RETAIL — 2.13%

  

B2W Cia. Digitala

    272,500        912,764   
   

 

 

 
      912,764   

MACHINERY — 0.98%

  

Iochpe Maxion SA

    107,800        421,320   
   

 

 

 
      421,320   

MEDIA — 5.69%

   

Multiplus SA

    86,500        893,002   

Smiles SA

    109,300        1,546,195   
   

 

 

 
      2,439,197   

MULTILINE RETAIL — 1.30%

  

Magazine Luiza SAa

    11,700        359,734   

Marisa Lojas SAa

    107,800        197,594   
   

 

 

 
      557,328   

OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS — 0.56%

  

QGEP Participacoes SA

    146,300        238,751   
   

 

 

 
      238,751   

REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT — 5.37%

  

Aliansce Shopping Centers SA

    177,100        774,370   

BR Properties SA

    130,394        304,542   

Iguatemi Empresa de Shopping Centers SA

    125,600        1,013,712   

Sonae Sierra Brasil SA

    38,700        210,519   
   

 

 

 
      2,303,143   

ROAD & RAIL — 1.37%

   

Cosan Logistica SAa

    190,087        277,614   

JSL SA

    107,800        309,138   
   

 

 

 
      586,752   

SOFTWARE — 5.06%

   

Linx SA

    161,800        844,278   

TOTVS SA

    207,900        1,322,078   
   

 

 

 
      2,166,356   

SPECIALTY RETAIL — 4.47%

  

Cia. Hering

    257,300        1,277,182   

Via Varejo SA

    223,300        636,397   
   

 

 

 
      1,913,579   

TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS — 2.08%

  

Arezzo Industria e Comercio SA

    78,600        639,024   
 

 

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iSHARES® MSCI BRAZIL SMALL-CAP ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Guararapes Confeccoes SA

    13,800      $ 252,868   
   

 

 

 
      891,892   

TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE — 3.59%

  

EcoRodovias Infraestrutura e Logistica SA

    392,700        917,171   

Prumo Logistica SAa

    128,041        290,340   

Santos Brasil Participacoes SA

    415,800        333,131   
   

 

 

 
      1,540,642   

WATER UTILITIES — 2.61%

   

Cia. de Saneamento de Minas
Gerais-COPASA

    110,800        1,116,681   
   

 

 

 
      1,116,681   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost: $26,454,529)

      31,650,462   

PREFERRED STOCKS — 25.02%

  

AIRLINES — 0.68%

   

GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA

    182,400        292,272   
   

 

 

 
      292,272   

BANKS — 3.61%

   

Banco ABC Brasil SA

    115,509        471,256   

Banco do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul SA Class B

    323,400        1,076,566   
   

 

 

 
      1,547,822   

ELECTRIC UTILITIES — 1.67%

  

Cia. Energetica do Ceara Class A

    20,000        266,076   

Eletropaulo Metropolitana Eletricidade de Sao Paulo SA

    173,800        450,107   
   

 

 

 
      716,183   

INDEPENDENT POWER AND RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY PRODUCERS — 3.08%

   

Cia. Energetica de Sao Paulo Class B

    340,500        1,317,707   
   

 

 

 
      1,317,707   

MACHINERY — 2.29%

   

Marcopolo SA

    854,500        666,927   

Randon SA Implemetos e Participacoes

    300,350        315,223   
   

 

 

 
      982,150   

METALS & MINING — 10.69%

  

Bradespar SA

    400,400        1,769,691   

Metalurgica Gerdau SA

    1,074,300        1,854,815   
Security   Shares     Value  

Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais SA Class A

    777,700      $ 954,163   
   

 

 

 
      4,578,669   

TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS — 1.87%

  

Alpargatas SA

    264,800        802,424   
   

 

 

 
      802,424   

 

WATER UTILITIES — 1.13%

  

Cia de Saneamento do Parana

    146,096      $ 483,746   
   

 

 

 
      483,746   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
(Cost: $7,418,428)

      10,720,973   

RIGHTS — 0.00%

   

MACHINERY — 0.00%

   

Marcopolo SAa

    37,259        110   
   

 

 

 
      110   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL RIGHTS
(Cost: $0)

      110   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.03%

  

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.03%

  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.30%c,d

    11,553        11,553   
   

 

 

 
      11,553   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost: $11,553)

      11,553   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES — 98.91%
(Cost: $33,884,510)e

    

    42,383,098   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 1.09%

  

    468,977   
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

    $ 42,852,075   
   

 

 

 

 

a  Non-income earning security.
b  This security may be resold to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.
c  Affiliated money market fund.
d  The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.
e  The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $43,927,601. Net unrealized depreciation was $1,544,503, of which $9,356,174 represented gross unrealized appreciation on securities and $10,900,677 represented gross unrealized depreciation on securities.
 

 

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iSHARES® MSCI BRAZIL SMALL-CAP ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Schedule 1 — Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at www.iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 2016. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the schedule of investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments:

  

Assets:

  

Common stocks

   $ 31,650,462       $       $       $ 31,650,462   

Preferred stocks

     10,720,973                         10,720,973   

Rights

     110                         110   

Money market funds

     11,553                         11,553   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 42,383,098       $       $       $ 42,383,098   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                     

 

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November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — 99.69%

  

AEROSPACE & DEFENSE — 0.13%

  

AviChina Industry & Technology Co. Ltd. Class H

    4,430,000      $ 3,066,930   
   

 

 

 
      3,066,930   

AIR FREIGHT & LOGISTICS — 0.09%

  

Sinotrans Ltd. Class H

    4,216,000        2,108,910   
   

 

 

 
      2,108,910   

AIRLINES — 0.22%

   

Air China Ltd. Class H

    3,940,000        2,702,301   

China Southern Airlines Co. Ltd. Class H

    3,940,000        2,260,383   
   

 

 

 
      4,962,684   

AUTO COMPONENTS — 0.13%

  

Fuyao Glass Industry Group Co. Ltd.a

    992,000        3,018,210   
   

 

 

 
      3,018,210   

AUTOMOBILES — 2.11%

  

Brilliance China Automotive
Holdings Ltd.

    6,400,000        8,960,569   

Byd Co. Ltd. Class Hb

    1,354,000        8,151,947   

Chongqing Changan Automobile Co. Ltd. Class B

    1,785,684        2,693,495   

Dongfeng Motor Group Co. Ltd. Class H

    5,456,000        5,549,798   

Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd.b

    11,160,000        11,538,899   

Great Wall Motor Co. Ltd. Class H

    6,448,000        6,068,393   

Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. Ltd. Class H

    4,432,000        5,805,228   
   

 

 

 
      48,768,329   

BANKS — 17.01%

   

Agricultural Bank of China Ltd. Class H

    51,584,000        21,613,454   

Bank of China Ltd. Class H

    167,400,000        76,182,630   

Bank of Communications Co. Ltd.
Class H

    18,352,200        14,101,334   

China CITIC Bank Corp. Ltd. Class H

    18,600,800        12,134,111   

China Construction Bank Corp. Class H

    177,816,000        132,502,624   

China Everbright Bank Co. Ltd. Class H

    6,448,000        3,059,135   

China Merchants Bank Co. Ltd. Class H

    8,184,150        20,215,984   
Security   Shares     Value  

China Minsheng Banking Corp. Ltd. Class H

    12,276,300      $ 13,864,283   

Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank Co. Ltd. Class H

    5,208,000        3,249,692   

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. Class H

    155,744,000        95,374,163   
   

 

 

 
      392,297,410   

BEVERAGES — 0.40%

  

China Resources Beer Holdings
Co. Ltd.b,c

    3,472,000        7,349,853   

Tsingtao Brewery Co. Ltd. Class H

    496,000        1,956,721   
   

 

 

 
      9,306,574   

BIOTECHNOLOGY — 0.10%

  

3SBio Inc.a,b,c

    2,092,000        2,225,058   
   

 

 

 
      2,225,058   

CAPITAL MARKETS — 2.50%

  

China Cinda Asset Management Co. Ltd. Class H

    18,104,000        6,535,192   

China Everbright Ltd.

    1,984,000        4,005,523   

China Galaxy Securities Co. Ltd.
Class H

    6,200,000        6,154,719   

China Huarong Asset Management
Co. Ltd.a,c

    9,672,000        3,890,422   

CITIC Securities Co. Ltd. Class H

    4,588,000        10,741,503   

GF Securities Co. Ltd. Class H

    2,903,200        6,797,021   

Haitong Securities Co. Ltd. Class H

    6,448,000        12,436,049   

Huatai Securities Co. Ltd. Class Ha

    3,075,200        7,064,914   
   

 

 

 
      57,625,343   

CHEMICALS — 0.17%

  

Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co. Ltd. Class H

    7,384,000        3,883,986   
   

 

 

 
      3,883,986   

COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES — 0.27%

  

China Everbright International Ltd.b

    5,168,000        6,262,910   
   

 

 

 
      6,262,910   

COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT — 0.11%

  

ZTE Corp. Class H

    1,587,240        2,578,333   
   

 

 

 
      2,578,333   
 

 

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November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING — 1.45%

  

China Communications Construction Co. Ltd. Class H

    9,350,000      $ 11,210,381   

China Railway Construction Corp. Ltd. Class H

    4,183,000        5,942,857   

China Railway Group Ltd. Class H

    8,432,000        7,609,471   

China State Construction International Holdings Ltd.

    3,940,000        6,369,708   

Sinopec Engineering Group Co. Ltd.
Class H

    2,604,000        2,249,270   
   

 

 

 
      33,381,687   

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS — 0.45%

  

Anhui Conch Cement Co. Ltd. Class H

    2,584,000        7,478,847   

China National Building Material Co. Ltd. Class Hb

    5,908,000        2,985,743   
   

 

 

 
      10,464,590   

DIVERSIFIED CONSUMER SERVICES — 0.91%

  

New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc. ADRc

    281,976        14,146,736   

TAL Education Group Class A ADRb,c

    90,520        6,927,495   
   

 

 

 
      21,074,231   

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES — 0.16%

  

Far East Horizon Ltd.

    4,184,000        3,781,251   
   

 

 

 
      3,781,251   

DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES — 1.42%

  

China Communications Services Corp. Ltd. Class H

    4,924,800        2,901,554   

China Telecom Corp. Ltd. Class H

    29,524,000        14,273,559   

China Unicom Hong Kong Ltd.

    12,796,000        15,539,997   
   

 

 

 
      32,715,110   

ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT — 0.39%

  

Shanghai Electric Group Co. Ltd.
Class Hb,c

    5,908,000        2,848,642   

Zhuzhou CRRC Times Electric Co. Ltd. Class H

    1,116,000        6,057,203   
   

 

 

 
      8,905,845   

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, INSTRUMENTS &
COMPONENTS — 0.95%

   

AAC Technologies Holdings Inc.

    1,600,000        14,480,478   

Sunny Optical Technology Group Co. Ltd.

    1,488,000        7,491,172   
   

 

 

 
      21,971,650   
Security   Shares     Value  

ENERGY EQUIPMENT & SERVICES — 0.16%

  

China Oilfield Services Ltd. Class H

    3,940,000      $ 3,733,442   
   

 

 

 
      3,733,442   

FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING — 0.19%

  

Sun Art Retail Group Ltd.b

    5,044,000        4,278,847   
   

 

 

 
      4,278,847   

FOOD PRODUCTS — 1.19%

   

China Huishan Dairy Holdings Co. Ltd.b

    8,432,000        3,152,495   

China Mengniu Dairy Co. Ltd.

    5,906,000        12,106,438   

Tingyi Cayman Islands Holding Corp.b

    3,940,000        4,683,310   

Want Want China Holdings Ltd.b

    11,904,000        7,596,682   
   

 

 

 
      27,538,925   

GAS UTILITIES — 0.75%

   

China Gas Holdings Ltd.b

    3,448,000        4,560,794   

China Resources Gas Group Ltd.

    1,984,000        5,882,952   

ENN Energy Holdings Ltd.

    1,488,000        6,848,523   
   

 

 

 
      17,292,269   

HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES — 0.12%

  

Shandong Weigao Group Medical Polymer Co. Ltd. Class H

    3,964,000        2,739,203   
   

 

 

 
      2,739,203   

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES — 0.68%

  

Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co. Ltd. Class H

    1,476,200        3,692,094   

Sinopharm Group Co. Ltd. Class H

    2,559,200        11,943,692   
   

 

 

 
      15,635,786   

HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGY — 0.17%

  

Alibaba Health Information
Technology Ltd.c

    6,892,000        3,856,211   
   

 

 

 
      3,856,211   

HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE — 1.05%

  

Yum China Holdings Inc.c

    860,560        24,198,947   
   

 

 

 
      24,198,947   

HOUSEHOLD DURABLES — 0.20%

  

Haier Electronics Group Co. Ltd.

    2,708,000        4,517,610   
   

 

 

 
      4,517,610   
 

 

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November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

INDEPENDENT POWER AND RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY PRODUCERS — 1.26%

   

CGN Power Co. Ltd. Class Ha

    22,320,000      $ 6,704,647   

China Longyuan Power Group Corp. Ltd.

    6,696,000        5,239,984   

China Power International
Development Ltd.

    6,944,000        2,569,315   

China Resources Power Holdings Co. Ltd.

    3,940,000        6,481,458   

Huaneng Power International Inc. Class H

    8,928,000        5,593,920   

Huaneng Renewables Corp. Ltd. Class H

    7,936,000        2,557,805   
   

 

 

 
      29,147,129   

INDUSTRIAL CONGLOMERATES — 1.32%

  

Beijing Enterprises Holdings Ltd.

    1,108,000        5,113,857   

CITIC Ltd.

    9,350,000        14,392,683   

Fosun International Ltd.

    5,536,000        8,207,667   

Shanghai Industrial Holdings Ltd.

    992,000        2,794,402   
   

 

 

 
      30,508,609   

INSURANCE — 7.22%

   

China Life Insurance Co. Ltd. Class H

    15,624,000        45,421,825   

China Pacific Insurance Group Co. Ltd. Class H

    5,555,200        21,592,992   

China Taiping Insurance Holdings
Co. Ltd.b,c

    3,323,324        7,609,243   

New China Life Insurance Co. Ltd.
Class H

    1,612,000        8,157,001   

People’s Insurance Co. Group of China Ltd. (The) Class H

    14,632,000        6,168,467   

PICC Property & Casualty Co. Ltd.
Class H

    9,844,308        16,498,875   

Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China Ltd. Class H

    11,036,000        61,037,226   
   

 

 

 
      166,485,629   

INTERNET & DIRECT MARKETING RETAIL — 3.70%

  

Ctrip.com International Ltd.b,c

    788,144        35,647,753   

JD.com Inc. ADRb,c

    1,413,104        37,970,105   

Qunar Cayman Islands Ltd. ADRb,c

    75,144        2,256,574   

Vipshop Holdings Ltd. ADRb,c

    854,112        9,583,137   
   

 

 

 
      85,457,569   
Security   Shares     Value  

INTERNET SOFTWARE & SERVICES — 29.33%

  

58.com Inc. ADRb,c

    171,120      $ 5,487,818   

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. ADRb,c

    2,372,120        223,026,722   

Baidu Inc.c

    573,624        95,766,527   

Netease Inc.

    166,656        37,347,610   

Sina Corp.c

    118,544        9,135,001   

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

    12,003,200        299,745,359   

Weibo Corp. ADRc

    66,712        3,422,993   

YY Inc. ADRc

    61,752        2,672,009   
   

 

 

 
      676,604,039   

IT SERVICES — 0.18%

   

TravelSky Technology Ltd. Class H

    1,970,000        4,129,644   
   

 

 

 
      4,129,644   

MACHINERY — 0.87%

   

China Conch Venture Holdings Ltd.

    2,830,000        5,217,330   

CRRC Corp. Ltd. Class H

    8,858,650        8,748,269   

Haitian International Holdings Ltd.

    1,488,000        2,973,448   

Weichai Power Co. Ltd. Class H

    1,970,000        3,174,695   
   

 

 

 
      20,113,742   

MEDIA — 0.21%

  

Alibaba Pictures Group Ltd.c

    24,800,000        4,763,912   
   

 

 

 
      4,763,912   

METALS & MINING — 0.52%

  

Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd. Class Hb,c

    8,368,000        3,732,704   

Jiangxi Copper Co. Ltd. Class H

    2,708,000        4,140,561   

Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd. Class H

    12,304,000        4,124,255   
   

 

 

 
      11,997,520   

OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS — 6.09%

  

China Coal Energy Co. Ltd. Class Hc

    4,216,000        2,125,216   

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp.
Class H

    54,065,000        37,778,203   

China Shenhua Energy Co. Ltd. Class H

    7,192,000        14,890,903   

CNOOC Ltd.

    37,696,000        47,529,137   

Kunlun Energy Co. Ltd.b

    6,892,000        5,037,953   

PetroChina Co. Ltd. Class H

    44,640,000        30,329,176   

Yanzhou Coal Mining Co. Ltd. Class Hb

    3,940,000        2,753,096   
   

 

 

 
      140,443,684   

PAPER & FOREST PRODUCTS — 0.13%

  

Nine Dragons Paper (Holdings) Ltd.

    3,446,000        3,025,437   
   

 

 

 
      3,025,437   
 

 

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November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

PERSONAL PRODUCTS — 0.55%

  

Hengan International Group Co. Ltd.b

    1,600,000        12,593,065   
   

 

 

 
      12,593,065   

PHARMACEUTICALS — 1.01%

   

China Medical System Holdings Ltd.

    2,708,000        4,517,610   

CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Ltd.

    8,860,000        9,514,906   

Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. Class H

    862,000        2,711,583   

Sino Biopharmaceutical Ltd.

    9,424,000        6,463,574   
   

 

 

 
      23,207,673   

REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT — 3.83%

  

China Evergrande Groupb

    8,432,000        5,761,456   

China Jinmao Holdings Group Ltd.

    7,876,000        2,112,005   

China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd.

    7,936,000        22,917,935   

China Resources Land Ltd.

    5,952,665        14,458,330   

China Vanke Co. Ltd. Class H

    2,752,831        8,446,607   

Country Garden Holdings Co. Ltd.b

    11,656,727        6,522,171   

Fullshare Holdings Ltd.

    13,335,000        7,100,172   

Guangzhou R&F Properties Co. Ltd.
Class H

    1,984,000        2,521,996   

Longfor Properties Co. Ltd.

    3,100,000        3,984,581   

Shanghai Lujiazui Finance & Trade Zone Development Co. Ltd. Class B

    1,984,052        3,085,201   

Shimao Property Holdings Ltd.

    2,584,000        3,377,974   

Sino-Ocean Group Holding Ltd.

    6,324,000        2,698,644   

SOHO China Ltd.

    4,340,000        2,299,627   

Sunac China Holdings Ltd.

    3,938,000        2,990,314   
   

 

 

 
      88,277,013   

SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT — 0.50%

   

GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Ltd.b

    27,280,000        3,657,662   

Semiconductor Manufacturing
International Corp.b,c

    57,784,000        7,822,088   
   

 

 

 
      11,479,750   

SOFTWARE — 0.17%

   

Kingsoft Corp. Ltd.b

    1,724,000        3,871,785   
   

 

 

 
      3,871,785   
Security   Shares     Value  

SPECIALTY RETAIL — 0.14%

   

GOME Electrical Appliances
Holding Ltd.b

    25,296,000        3,293,814   
   

 

 

 
      3,293,814   

TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE, STORAGE &
PERIPHERALS — 0.41%

   

Lenovo Group Ltd.b

    15,256,000        9,460,445   
   

 

 

 
      9,460,445   

TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS — 1.11%

  

ANTA Sports Products Ltd.b

    2,216,000        6,499,455   

Belle International Holdings Ltd.

    13,144,000        7,540,730   

HengTen Networks Group Ltd.c

    44,508,000        3,901,870   

Shenzhou International Group Holdings Ltd.

    1,240,000        7,625,457   
   

 

 

 
      25,567,512   

TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE — 0.85%

  

Beijing Capital International Airport Co. Ltd. Class H

    3,448,000        3,400,592   

China Merchants Port Holdings
Co. Ltd.b

    2,480,000        6,228,256   

COSCO SHIPPING Ports Ltd.

    3,448,000        3,609,517   

Jiangsu Expressway Co. Ltd. Class H

    2,480,000        3,305,963   

Zhejiang Expressway Co. Ltd. Class H

    2,976,000        3,180,631   
   

 

 

 
      19,724,959   

WATER UTILITIES — 0.65%

  

Beijing Enterprises Water Group Ltd.b

    9,352,000        6,763,837   

Guangdong Investment Ltd.

    5,908,000        8,271,726   
   

 

 

 
      15,035,563   

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES — 6.16%

  

China Mobile Ltd.

    13,020,000        142,090,077   
   

 

 

 
      142,090,077   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost: $2,310,533,394)

      2,299,468,851   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 9.64%

  

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 9.64%

  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

   

0.72%d,e,f

    221,469,329        221,535,770   
 

 

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iSHARES® MSCI CHINA ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.30%d,e

    801,726        801,726   
   

 

 

 
      222,337,496   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost: $222,278,916)

   

    222,337,496   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES — 109.33%
(Cost: $2,532,812,310)g

    

    2,521,806,347   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (9.33)%

  

    (215,167,230
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

    $ 2,306,639,117   
   

 

 

 

ADR — American Depositary Receipts

 

a  This security may be resold to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.
b  All or a portion of this security represents a security on loan.
c  Non-income earning security.
d  Affiliated money market fund.
e  The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.
f All or a portion of this security represents an investment of securities lending collateral.
g  The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $2,621,840,621. Net unrealized depreciation was $100,034,274, of which $206,575,142 represented gross unrealized appreciation on securities and $306,609,416 represented gross unrealized depreciation on securities.

 

 

 

Schedule 1 — Futures Contracts

Futures contracts outstanding as of November 30, 2016 were as follows:

 

Issue    Number of
long (short)
contracts
     Expiration
date
             Exchange      Initial notional
value
     Current notional
value
     Unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
 

H-Shares Index

     60         Dec. 2016            Hong Kong Futures       $ 3,721,495       $ 3,825,492       $ 103,997   
                    

 

 

 
                                                                

Schedule 2 — Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at www.iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 2016. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the schedule of investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments:

  

Assets:

  

Common stocks

   $ 2,296,383,650       $ 3,085,201       $       $ 2,299,468,851   

Money market funds

     222,337,496                         222,337,496   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 2,518,721,146       $ 3,085,201       $       $ 2,521,806,347   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative financial instrumentsa:

           

Assets:

  

Futures contracts

   $ 103,997       $       $       $ 103,997   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 103,997       $       $       $ 103,997   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                     

 

  a    Shown at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the contracts.

 

 

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Security   Shares     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — 99.56%

  

AEROSPACE & DEFENSE — 0.16%

  

AVIC International Holding HK Ltd.a,b

    468,000      $ 31,374   
   

 

 

 
      31,374   

AIR FREIGHT & LOGISTICS — 0.08%

  

Guangdong Yueyen Transportation Co. Ltd. Class H

    27,000        15,142   
   

 

 

 
      15,142   

AIRLINES — 0.20%

  

Shandong Airlines Co. Ltd. Class B

    18,000        40,332   
   

 

 

 
      40,332   

AUTO COMPONENTS — 4.20%

  

Chaowei Power Holdings Ltd.

    81,000        74,143   

China First Capital Group Ltd.a

    72,000        112,874   

Hunan Tyen Machinery Co. Ltd. Class Ba

    37,800        21,546   

Launch Tech Co. Ltd.a

    22,500        24,192   

Minth Group Ltd.b

    90,000        294,715   

Nexteer Automotive Group Ltd.

    117,000        146,615   

Tianneng Power International Ltd.b

    90,000        80,292   

Xinchen China Power Holdings Ltd.a,b

    72,000        11,974   

Xingda International Holdings Ltd.b

    99,000        40,204   

Zhejiang Shibao Co. Ltd. Class H

    18,000        25,248   
   

 

 

 
      831,803   

AUTOMOBILES — 0.56%

  

Hybrid Kinetic Group Ltd.a

    2,394,000        54,629   

Qingling Motors Co. Ltd. Class H

    90,000        27,383   

Yadea Group Holdings Ltd.

    126,000        28,265   
   

 

 

 
      110,277   

BANKS — 0.28%

  

Bank of Chongqing Co. Ltd. Class H

    67,500        56,303   
   

 

 

 
      56,303   
Security   Shares     Value  

BEVERAGES — 0.93%

  

Anhui Gujing Distillery Co. Ltd. Class B

    16,200      $ 61,152   

Dynasty Fine Wines Group Ltd.a,b

    128,000        5,941   

New Silkroad Culturaltainment Ltd.a

    180,000        34,577   

Tibet Water Resources Ltd.

    207,000        82,729   
   

 

 

 
      184,399   

BIOTECHNOLOGY — 0.44%

  

China Regenerative Medicine
International Ltd.a,b

    1,620,000        56,390   

Shanghai Haohai Biological Technology
Co. Ltd.c

    6,300        30,864   
   

 

 

 
      87,254   

BUILDING PRODUCTS — 0.94%

  

China Fangda Group Co. Ltd. Class B

    39,600        36,299   

China Lesso Group Holdings Ltd.b

    153,000        110,657   

Far East Global Group Ltd.

    72,000        11,232   

Luoyang Glass Co. Ltd. Class Ha,b

    36,000        25,990   

Yuanda China Holdings Ltd.a

    126,000        2,924   
   

 

 

 
      187,102   

CAPITAL MARKETS — 1.07%

  

Central China Securities Co. Ltd. Class H

    153,000        90,340   

Guolian Securities Co. Ltd.

    62,000        35,250   

Noah Holdings Ltd. ADRa,b

    3,483        85,647   
   

 

 

 
      211,237   

CHEMICALS — 2.55%

  

Century Sunshine Group Holdings Ltd.

    56,250        2,139   

China BlueChemical Ltd. Class H

    234,000        53,698   

China Lumena New Materials Corp.a,b

    868,000        8,147   

China XLX Fertiliser Ltd.

    63,000        19,737   

Dahua Group Dalian Chemical Industry Co.a

    10,800        12,226   

Danhua Chemical Technology Co. Ltd.
Class Ba

    21,600        12,809   
 

 

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November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Dongyue Group Ltd.a

    200,000      $ 30,026   

Fufeng Group Ltd.

    144,600        66,179   

Huabao International Holdings Ltd.a

    279,000        117,979   

Hubei Sanonda Co. Ltd. Class B

    23,400        20,574   

Shanghai Chlor-Alkali Chemical Co. Ltd. Class Ba

    58,500        45,922   

Sinofert Holdings Ltd.b

    270,000        37,245   

Tianjin TEDA Biomedical Engineering Co. Ltd.a

    25,000        2,417   

Yingde Gases Group Co. Ltd.

    153,000        60,359   

Yip’s Chemical Holdings Ltd.b

    36,000        15,780   
   

 

 

 
      505,237   

COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES — 1.10%

  

Beijing Enterprises Environment Group Ltd.a

    81,000        15,560   

Capital Environment Holdings Ltd.a

    612,000        24,459   

China Greenland Broad Greenstate Group
Co Ltd.b

    108,000        17,404   

Dongjiang Environmental Co. Ltd. Class Hb

    28,900        51,715   

Dynagreen Environmental Protection Group Co. Ltd. Class H

    54,000        24,018   

Greentown Service Group Co. Ltd.

    72,000        25,248   

Shanghai Zhongyida Co. Ltd.a

    54,000        28,890   

Tianjin Capital Environmental Protection Group Co. Ltd. Class H

    54,000        30,701   
   

 

 

 
      217,995   

COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT — 1.75%

  

BYD Electronic International Co. Ltd.

    99,000        88,066   

China All Access Holdings Ltd.b

    162,000        52,631   

China Fiber Optic Network System Group Ltd.a

    181,600        16,389   

Comba Telecom Systems Holdings Ltd.

    192,060        35,160   

Eastern Communications Co. Ltd. Class B

    45,900        33,920   
Security   Shares     Value  

Nanjing Panda Electronics Co. Ltd. Class Hb

    18,000      $ 16,964   

O-Net Technologies Group Ltd.a

    36,000        18,890   

Shanghai Potevio Co. Ltd. Class Ba

    17,100        24,846   

Trigiant Group Ltd.b

    108,000        16,012   

Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable Joint Stock Ltd. Co.c

    22,500        43,395   
   

 

 

 
      346,273   

CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING — 0.58%

  

Baoye Group Co. Ltd. Class H

    36,000        25,898   

Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group Co. Ltd.c

    27,000        16,882   

China Singyes Solar Technologies
Holdings Ltd.

    72,400        34,816   

Concord New Energy Group Ltd.

    720,000        37,593   
   

 

 

 
      115,189   

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS — 0.83%

  

Asia Cement China Holdings Corp.

    76,500        18,542   

China National Materials Co. Ltd. Class H

    144,000        34,716   

China Shanshui Cement Group Ltd.a,b

    480,000        30,941   

Huaxin Cement Co. Ltd. Class B

    31,500        22,554   

Shanghai Yaohua Pilkington Glass Group Co. Ltd. Class Ba

    21,600        14,947   

Tongfang Kontafarma Holdings Ltd.a,b

    162,000        15,246   

West China Cement Ltd.a

    270,000        27,499   
   

 

 

 
      164,445   

CONSUMER FINANCE — 0.87%

  

Credit China FinTech Holdings Ltd.a,b

    1,440,000        155,944   

Differ Group Holding Co.Ltd.a,b

    216,000        16,708   
   

 

 

 
      172,652   

CONTAINERS & PACKAGING — 0.90%

  

AMVIG Holdings Ltd.b

    72,000        25,155   

CPMC Holdings Ltd.

    63,000        30,458   
 

 

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November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Foshan Huaxin Packaging Co. Ltd.

    39,100      $ 33,566   

Greatview Aseptic Packaging Co. Ltd.

    144,000        76,487   

Sheen Tai Holdings Group Co. Ltd.

    118,000        12,322   
   

 

 

 
      177,988   

DISTRIBUTORS — 0.76%

  

China Animation Characters Co. Ltd.b

    54,000        22,069   

China Beidahuang Industry Group
Holdings Ltd.a

    360,000        21,117   

Dah Chong Hong Holdings Ltd.

    108,000        43,163   

Xinhua Winshare Publishing and Media Co. Ltd. Class Ha

    63,000        64,083   
   

 

 

 
      150,432   

DIVERSIFIED CONSUMER SERVICES — 1.08%

  

China Maple Leaf Educational Systems Ltd.b

    90,000        57,086   

Fu Shou Yuan International Group Ltd.b

    117,000        73,911   

Tarena International Inc. ADR

    4,977        83,564   
   

 

 

 
      214,561   

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES — 0.33%

  

China Merchants China Direct Investments Ltd.

    18,075        26,471   

Kong Sun Holdings Ltd.a

    500,000        21,369   

Min Xin Holdings Ltd.

    18,000        18,031   
   

 

 

 
      65,871   

DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES — 0.14%

  

APT Satellite Holdings Ltd.

    49,500        26,867   
   

 

 

 
      26,867   

ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT — 1.39%

  

Boer Power Holdings Ltd.b

    36,000        15,780   

China Energine International Holdings Ltd.a

    252,000        20,467   

FDG Electric Vehicles Ltd.a,b

    1,755,000        85,978   

Foshan Electrical and Lighting Co. Ltd. Class B

    39,640        31,736   

Hangzhou Steam Turbine Co. Ltd. Class Ba

    39,524        43,617   

Harbin Electric Co. Ltd. Class H

    90,000        42,699   
Security   Shares     Value  

Trony Solar Holdings Co. Ltd.a,b

    216,000      $ 6,909   

Welling Holding Ltd.

    145,600        28,532   
   

 

 

 
      275,718   

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, INSTRUMENTS &
COMPONENTS — 4.83%

   

Anxin-China Holdings Ltd.a

    672,000        18,653   

AVIC International Holdings Ltd. Class H

    37,184        20,614   

China Aerospace International Holdings Ltd.

    252,000        32,813   

China Innovationpay Group Ltd.a,b

    468,000        38,011   

Digital China Holdings Ltd.

    135,000        107,211   

INESA Intelligent Tech Inc. Class B

    41,400        33,368   

Ju Teng International Holdings Ltd.

    108,000        36,758   

Kingboard Chemical Holdings Ltd.

    94,500        264,982   

Kingboard Laminates Holdings Ltd.

    121,500        107,612   

Nanjing Sample Technology Co. Ltd.

    9,000        17,265   

PAX Global Technology Ltd.b

    108,000        72,402   

Technovator International Ltd.b

    72,000        29,518   

Tongda Group Holdings Ltd.b

    450,000        132,274   

Wasion Group Holdings Ltd.b

    72,000        45,391   
   

 

 

 
      956,872   

ENERGY EQUIPMENT & SERVICES — 0.59%

  

Anton Oilfield Services Group/Hong Konga,b

    162,000        21,721   

Hilong Holding Ltd.b

    117,000        31,525   

Honghua Group Ltd.a

    252,000        25,341   

Shandong Molong Petroleum Machinery Co. Ltd. Class Ha

    43,200        19,047   

Wison Engineering Services Co. Ltd.a

    153,000        19,331   
   

 

 

 
      116,965   

EQUITY REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS (REITS) — 0.64%

   

Spring REIT

    99,000        41,991   

Yuexiu REIT

    153,000        85,607   
   

 

 

 
      127,598   
 

 

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November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING — 0.15%

  

Lianhua Supermarket Holdings Co. Ltd. Class Ha

    63,000      $ 29,646   
   

 

 

 
      29,646   

FOOD PRODUCTS — 3.67%

  

Biostime International Holdings Ltd.a,b

    27,000        88,240   

China Agri-Industries Holdings Ltd.a

    297,000        119,464   

China Foods Ltd.

    126,000        54,905   

China Huiyuan Juice Group Ltd.a

    67,500        25,933   

China Modern Dairy Holdings Ltd.a,b

    342,000        90,828   

China Shengmu Organic Milk Ltd.a,b,c

    225,000        66,427   

China Yurun Food Group Ltd.a

    180,000        28,311   

Honworld Group Ltd.c

    27,000        15,734   

Leyou Technologies Holdings Ltd.a,b

    360,000        71,474   

Qinqin Foodstuffs Group Cayman Co. Ltd.a

    14,000        4,476   

Shandong Zhonglu Oceanic Fisheries Co. Ltd.a

    17,100        13,315   

Shanghai Greencourt Investment Group Co. Ltd. Class Ba

    52,200        33,773   

Shenguan Holdings Group Ltd.

    144,000        12,253   

Tenwow International Holdings Ltd.

    90,000        28,079   

Yashili International Holdings Ltd.b

    117,000        24,436   

Yihai International Holding Ltd.a

    45,000        19,435   

YuanShengTai Dairy Farm Ltd.a,b

    342,000        30,864   
      727,947   
   

 

 

 

GAS UTILITIES — 0.59%

  

China Oil and Gas Group Ltd.a

    556,000        43,008   

Towngas China Co. Ltd.

    144,000        74,630   
   

 

 

 
      117,638   

HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES — 0.50%

  

Lifetech Scientific Corp.a,b

    270,000        69,270   

PW Medtech Group Ltd.a

    90,000        29,007   
   

 

 

 
      98,277   
Security   Shares     Value  

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES — 2.36%

  

China NT Pharma Group Co.Ltd.b

    117,000      $ 26,698   

China Pioneer Pharma Holdings Ltd.b

    54,000        19,284   

Golden Meditech Holdings Ltd.a

    216,000        27,847   

Harmonicare Medical Holdings Ltd.b,c

    45,017        31,746   

Huayi Tencent Entertainment Co. Ltd.a,b

    720,000        48,268   

iKang Healthcare Group Inc. ADRa,b

    6,831        104,788   

Phoenix Healthcare Group Co. Ltd.

    81,000        126,983   

Universal Medical Financial & Technical Advisory Services Co. Ltd.c

    72,000        69,339   

Wenzhou Kangning Hospital Co. Ltd.c

    2,700        12,201   
   

 

 

 
      467,154   

HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE — 2.27%

  

500.com Ltd. ADRa,b

    3,159        43,910   

Ajisen (China) Holdings Ltd.

    90,000        37,710   

China LotSynergy Holdings Ltd.a,b

    900,000        33,068   

China Nuclear Energy Technology Corp. Ltd.a

    72,000        13,088   

China Travel International Investment Hong
Kong Ltd.b

    342,000        100,087   

China Vanguard Group Ltd.a

    20,000        735   

Haichang Ocean Park Holdings Ltd.a,c

    162,000        39,682   

Huangshan Tourism Development Co. Ltd.
Class B

    32,400        45,684   

Shanghai Jin Jiang International Hotels Group Co. Ltd. Class H

    162,000        45,112   

Shanghai Jinjiang International Travel Co. Ltd. Class B

    9,000        33,039   

Tuniu Corp. ADRa,b

    4,752        43,148   

Zhuhai Holdings Investment Group Ltd.

    90,000        14,156   
   

 

 

 
      449,419   

HOUSEHOLD DURABLES — 2.26%

  

Hefei Meiling Co. Ltd. Class B

    18,936        11,352   

Hisense Kelon Electrical Holdings Co. Ltd.
Class H

    63,000        54,986   
 

 

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November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

HongDa Financial Holding Ltd.a

    270,000      $ 11,487   

Konka Group Co. Ltd. Class Ba

    94,500        35,453   

Lisi Group Holdings Ltd.

    270,000        28,543   

Ozner Water International Holding Ltd.a,b,c

    54,000        12,322   

Q Technology Group Co. Ltd.a

    45,000        23,844   

Skyworth Digital Holdings Ltd.b

    270,000        169,519   

TCL Multimedia Technology Holdings Ltd.a,b

    72,000        35,273   

Wuxi Little Swan Co. Ltd. Class B

    11,700        39,294   

Yuxing InfoTech Investment Holdings Ltd.a,b

    108,000        25,619   
   

 

 

 
      447,692   

HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS — 0.36%

  

NVC Lighting Holdings Ltd.

    153,000        20,712   

Vinda International Holdings Ltd.

    27,000        51,308   
   

 

 

 
      72,020   

INDEPENDENT POWER AND RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY PRODUCERS — 1.58%

   

Canvest Environment Protection Group Co. Ltd.b

    81,000        37,176   

CGN Meiya Power Holdings Co. Ltd.a,b,c

    198,000        31,142   

China Datang Corp. Renewable Power Co. Ltd. Class Ha

    315,000        29,645   

China Power New Energy Development Co.
Ltd. New

    61,500        36,393   

Huadian Energy Co. Ltd. Class Ba

    65,700        33,441   

Huadian Fuxin Energy Corp. Ltd. Class H

    360,000        81,221   

Shanghai Lingyun Industries Development Co. Ltd. Class Ba

    26,100        29,101   

United Photovoltaics Group Ltd.a

    414,000        35,227   
   

 

 

 
      313,346   

INDUSTRIAL CONGLOMERATES — 0.07%

  

Chongqing Machinery & Electric Co. Ltd. Class H

    108,000        13,088   
   

 

 

 
      13,088   

INTERNET & DIRECT MARKETING RETAIL — 0.82%

  

Cogobuy Groupa,b,c

    81,000        123,223   

Jumei International Holding Ltd. ADRa

    8,523        39,803   
   

 

 

 
      163,026   
Security   Shares     Value  

INTERNET SOFTWARE & SERVICES — 3.24%

  

21Vianet Group Inc. ADRa,b

    9,252      $ 72,628   

Baozun Inc. ADRa,b

    2,907        43,867   

Bitauto Holdings Ltd. ADRa,b

    3,771        85,036   

Fang Holdings Ltd. ADRa

    36,792        107,801   

HC International Inc.a,b

    72,000        52,445   

Pacific Online Ltd.

    72,900        20,394   

Phoenix New Media Ltd. ADRa

    4,419        17,057   

Renren Inc.a

    11,520        22,118   

Sino-I Technology Ltd.a

    1,080,000        17,683   

Sohu.com Inc.a

    4,275        148,043   

Tian Ge Interactive Holdings Ltd.b,c

    54,000        40,866   

Xunlei Ltd. ADRa

    3,249        14,621   
   

 

 

 
      642,559   

IT SERVICES — 1.21%

  

AGTech Holdings Ltd.a,b

    360,000        69,618   

Chinasoft International Ltd.a,b

    252,000        125,730   

Hi Sun Technology (China) Ltd.a,b

    270,000        43,163   

Peace Map Holding Ltd.a

    60,000        1,245   
   

 

 

 
      239,756   

LEISURE PRODUCTS — 0.35%

  

Shanghai Phoenix Enterprise Group Co. Ltd. Class Ba

    22,500        23,400   

Shenzhen China Bicycle Co. Holdings Ltd.a

    36,000        23,159   

Zhonglu Co. Ltd. Class B

    10,860        22,068   
   

 

 

 
      68,627   

LIFE SCIENCES TOOLS & SERVICES — 0.14%

  

Genscript Biotech Corp.

    54,000        27,917   
   

 

 

 
      27,917   

MACHINERY — 2.85%

  

Changchai Co. Ltd. Class B

    19,800        12,457   

China Ocean Industry Group Ltd.a

    1,515,000        46,485   

China Yuchai International Ltd.

    2,124        26,529   

CIMC Enric Holdings Ltd.

    72,000        32,024   

CRCC High-Tech Equipment Corp. Ltd.

    72,000        29,889   

Dalian Refrigeration Co. Ltd. Class B

    13,500        10,425   

First Tractor Co. Ltd. Class H

    54,000        31,537   

Huangshi Dongbei Electrical Appliance Co. Ltd. Class Ba

    18,000        33,138   
 

 

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November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Kama Co. Ltd.a

    29,715      $ 33,014   

Lonking Holdings Ltd.

    252,000        50,032   

Sany Heavy Equipment International Holdings Co. Ltd.a,b

    108,000        18,797   

Shang Gong Group Co. Ltd. Class Ba

    39,000        44,070   

Shanghai Diesel Engine Co. Ltd. Class B

    44,145        36,905   

Shanghai Highly Group Co. Ltd. Class B

    39,600        32,155   

Shanghai Lingang Holdings Corp. Ltd. Class Ba

    17,200        25,800   

Shanghai Prime Machinery Co. Ltd. Class H

    108,000        20,607   

Sinotruk Hong Kong Ltd.

    97,000        67,404   

Zhengzhou Coal Mining Machinery Group Co. Ltd. Class H

    25,200        12,768   
   

 

 

 
      564,036   

MARINE — 0.58%

  

Chu Kong Shipping Enterprises Group Co. Ltd.

    54,000        14,829   

Seaspan Corp.

    6,705        60,144   

Sinotrans Shipping Ltd.a,b

    189,000        40,935   
   

 

 

 
      115,908   

MEDIA — 1.93%

  

Huanxi Media Group Ltd.

    90,000        33,533   

IMAX China Holding Inc.a,b,c

    15,300        74,067   

Nan Hai Corp. Ltd.a

    1,800,000        66,137   

Phoenix Satellite Television Holdings Ltd.

    198,000        38,800   

Poly Culture Group Corp. Ltd. Class H

    11,700        29,383   

SMI Holdings Group Ltd.b

    756,000        72,124   

Viva China Holdings Ltd.a,b

    365,600        33,465   

Wisdom Sports Groupa

    99,000        34,206   
   

 

 

 
      381,715   

METALS & MINING — 2.69%

  

Bengang Steel Plates Co. Ltd. Class Ba

    56,700        20,248   

Chiho-Tiande Group Ltd.a,b

    54,000        39,682   

China Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.a

    864,000        16,597   

China Metal Recycling Holdings Ltd.a

    184,800          
Security   Shares     Value  

China Silver Group Ltd.b

    90,000      $ 15,316   

Chongqing Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. Class Ha

    72,000        22,927   

Da Ming International Holdings Ltd.a

    36,000        13,692   

Huili Resources Group Ltd.a

    90,000        19,029   

Inner Mongolia Eerduosi Resourses Co. Ltd. Class B

    38,700        40,442   

MMG Ltd.a,b

    216,000        60,707   

Munsun Capital Group Ltd.a

    990,000        29,738   

North Mining Shares Co. Ltd.a

    1,530,000        32,941   

Real Gold Mining Ltd.a

    126,000        84   

Shougang Concord International Enterprises Co. Ltd.a

    684,000        24,250   

Shougang Fushan Resources Group Ltd.

    342,000        73,632   

Xinjiang Xinxin Mining Industry Co. Ltd.
Class Ha

    108,000        16,430   

Zhaojin Mining Industry Co. Ltd. Class H

    117,000        106,492   
   

 

 

 
      532,207   

MULTI-UTILITIES — 0.14%

  

Tianjin Development Holdings Ltd.

    54,000        28,613   
   

 

 

 
      28,613   

MULTILINE RETAIL — 1.74%

  

Golden Eagle Retail Group Ltd.

    54,000        77,554   

Intime Retail Group Co. Ltd.b

    229,500        188,768   

Lifestyle China Group Ltd.a

    112,500        29,443   

Maoye International Holdings Ltd.a

    162,000        15,037   

New World Department Store China Ltd.a

    117,000        16,291   

Parkson Retail Group Ltd.b

    177,000        18,255   
   

 

 

 
      345,348   

OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS — 1.58%

  

China Suntien Green Energy Corp. Ltd. Class H

    216,000        28,961   

Inner Mongolia Yitai Coal Co. Ltd. Class B

    148,500        141,372   

MIE Holdings Corp.a

    144,000        14,109   
 

 

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November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Shanxi Guoxin Energy Corp. Ltd.

    17,120      $ 20,527   

Sino Oil And Gas Holdings Ltd.a

    1,215,000        29,291   

Sinopec Kantons Holdings Ltd.

    126,000        56,367   

Yanchang Petroleum International Ltd.a

    810,000        23,183   
   

 

 

 
      313,810   

PAPER & FOREST PRODUCTS — 2.02%

  

Chengde Nanjiang Co. Ltd. Class Ba

    121,800        45,381   

China Forestry Holdings Co. Ltd.a

    306,000          

China Wood Optimization Holding Ltd.a

    36,000        12,206   

KuangChi Science Ltd.a

    216,000        78,529   

Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Ltd.

    216,000        165,969   

Qunxing Paper Holdings Co. Ltd.a

    148,000        1,717   

Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Ltd.
Class B

    67,523        65,463   

Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Ltd.
Class H

    31,500        31,270   

Superb Summit International Group Ltd.a,b

    59,500        558   
   

 

 

 
      401,093   

PERSONAL PRODUCTS — 0.11%

  

CKH Food & Health Ltd.a

    7,560        12,481   

Golden Throat Holdings Group Co. Ltd.c

    22,500        10,211   
   

 

 

 
      22,692   

PHARMACEUTICALS — 5.91%

  

Beijing Tong Ren Tang Chinese Medicine
Co. Ltd.

    36,000        49,754   

China Animal Healthcare Ltd.a,b

    140,000        5,602   

China Shineway Pharmaceutical Group Ltd.

    45,000        48,152   

China Traditional Chinese Medicine Holdings Co. Ltd.b

    270,000        135,058   

Consun Pharmaceutical Group Ltd.b

    54,000        29,866   

Dawnrays Pharmaceutical Holdings Ltd.

    36,000        21,999   

Hua Han Health Industry Holdings Ltd. Class Hb

    651,960        44,547   

Hutchison China Meditech Ltd.a

    2,322        63,752   
Security   Shares     Value  

Lee’s Pharmaceutical Holdings Ltd.b

    36,000      $ 31,792   

Livzon Pharmaceutical Group Inc. Class H

    10,820        69,677   

Luye Pharma Group Ltd.

    166,500        111,620   

Shandong Luoxin Pharmaceutical Group Stock Co. Ltd. Class H

    18,000        24,273   

Shandong Xinhua Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. Class H

    22,000        16,167   

Shanghai Dingli Technology Development Group Co. Ltd. Class B

    32,000        26,784   

Shanghai Fudan-Zhangjiang
Bio-Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.
Class H

    36,000        28,636   

Shanghai Kai Kai Industrial Co. Ltd.

    11,700        16,825   

Shanghai Shenqi Pharmaceutical Investment Management Co. Ltd.

    7,200        12,226   

Sihuan Pharmaceutical Holdings Group Ltd.

    639,007        173,002   

SSY Group Ltd.

    252,255        84,880   

Tianjin ZhongXin Pharmaceutical Group
Corp. Ltd.

    26,100        21,794   

Tong Ren Tang Technologies Co. Ltd. Class H

    81,000        154,342   
   

 

 

 
      1,170,748   

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES — 0.64%

  

51job Inc. ADRa

    2,898        102,502   

Zhaopin Ltd. ADRa

    1,647        24,788   
   

 

 

 
      127,290   

REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT — 14.07%

   

Agile Property Holdings Ltd.

    216,000        120,856   

Beijing Capital Land Ltd. Class H

    144,000        56,251   

Beijing Enterprises Medical & Health
Group Ltd.a

    594,000        31,780   

Beijing North Star Co. Ltd. Class H

    90,000        29,704   

Beijing Properties Holdings Ltd.a,b

    288,000        14,480   

C C Land Holdings Ltd.

    171,000        47,839   

Carnival Group International Holdings Ltd.a,b

    630,077        76,357   
 

 

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November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Central China Real Estate Ltd.

    99,038      $ 23,366   

China Aoyuan Property Group Ltd.b

    153,000        35,308   

China Electronics Optics Valley Union Holding
Co Ltd.b

    360,000        37,129   

China Logistics Property Holdings Co. Ltd.a

    198,000        93,427   

China Merchants Land Ltd.

    180,000        29,472   

China Minsheng Drawin Technology Group Ltd.a

    532,000        17,832   

China Overseas Grand Oceans Group Ltd.a

    126,000        46,946   

China Overseas Property Holdings Ltd.b

    195,000        36,453   

China SCE Property Holdings Ltd.b

    162,800        53,940   

China South City Holdings Ltd.b

    396,000        91,895   

CIFI Holdings Group Co. Ltd.

    378,000        112,084   

Colour Life Services Group Co. Ltd.

    45,000        32,488   

Crown International Corp Ltd.a

    126,000        28,102   

Fantasia Holdings Group Co. Ltd.

    216,000        29,239   

Future Land Development Holdings Ltd.

    252,000        46,458   

Gemdale Properties & Investment Corp. Ltd.

    522,000        34,995   

Glorious Property Holdings Ltd.a

    396,000        59,732   

Greenland Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.a,b

    108,000        28,961   

Greentown China Holdings Ltd.a

    94,500        77,728   

Guangdong Land Holdings Ltd.a

    72,000        16,151   

Guorui Properties Ltd.b

    117,000        38,916   

HKC Holdings Ltd.a

    34,920        17,332   

HNA Innovation Hainan Co. Ltd.a

    19,800        12,969   

Hopson Development Holdings Ltd.

    90,000        82,381   

Hydoo International Holding Ltd.

    180,000        16,940   

Jiayuan International Group Ltd.

    72,000        31,374   

K Wah International Holdings Ltd.

    171,000        87,962   

KWG Property Holding Ltd.

    171,000        96,119   

Logan Property Holdings Co. Ltd.

    162,000        66,415   

Minmetals Land Ltd.

    198,000        25,271   

Overseas Chinese Town Asia Holdings Ltd.

    36,000        12,578   
Security   Shares     Value  

Poly Property Group Co. Ltd.a,b

    270,000      $ 84,237   

Powerlong Real Estate Holdings Ltd.

    162,000        47,619   

Renhe Commercial Holdings Co. Ltd.a,b

    2,214,000        57,087   

Road King Infrastructure Ltd.

    36,000        30,400   

Ronshine China Holdings Ltd.a,b

    54,000        42,885   

Shanghai Huili Building Materials Co. Ltd.a

    13,500        23,153   

Shanghai Industrial Urban Development Group Ltd.

    198,000        55,137   

Shanghai Shibei Hi-Tech Co. Ltd. Class B

    31,500        35,280   

Shenzhen Investment Ltd.

    414,000        180,403   

Shenzhen SEG Co. Ltd. Class B

    32,400        21,554   

Shenzhen Wongtee International Enterprise Co. Ltd. Class Ba

    19,800        12,942   

Shui On Land Ltd.

    499,500        118,489   

Sinolink Worldwide Holdings Ltd.a

    252,000        29,889   

Tian Shan Development Holding Ltd.

    36,000        14,666   

Xinyuan Real Estate Co. Ltd. ADR

    5,247        29,016   

Yuexiu Property Co. Ltd.

    972,000        144,109   

Yuzhou Properties Co. Ltd.

    180,440        65,601   
   

 

 

 
      2,789,697   

ROAD & RAIL — 0.75%

  

Dazhong Transportation Group Co. Ltd. Class B

    97,200        69,304   

eHi Car Services Ltd. ADRa,b

    4,302        43,493   

Shanghai Jinjiang International Industrial Investment Co. Ltd. Class B

    23,400        35,451   
   

 

 

 
      148,248   

SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT — 1.58%

   

China Electronics Corp. Holdings Co. Ltd.

    126,000        30,052   

Hua Hong Semiconductor Ltd.c

    45,000        51,923   

JA Solar Holdings Co. Ltd. ADRa,b

    5,805        31,579   

JinkoSolar Holding Co. Ltd.a,b

    2,907        41,105   

Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics Group Co. Ltd. Class Ha

    36,000        29,935   

Xinyi Solar Holdings Ltd.b

    378,000        129,141   
   

 

 

 
      313,735   
 

 

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November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

SOFTWARE — 3.27%

  

Boyaa Interactive International Ltd.a,b

    45,000      $ 24,888   

Changyou.com Ltd. ADRa

    1,728        41,697   

Chanjet Information Technology Co. Ltd.
Class Ha

    9,000        11,742   

Cheetah Mobile Inc. ADRa,b

    3,951        40,142   

China City Railway Transportation Technology Holdings Co. Ltd.a,b

    72,000        14,666   

Feiyu Technology International Co. Ltd.c

    54,000        9,259   

IGG Inc.

    108,000        85,073   

Kingdee International Software Group Co. Ltd.a

    270,022        116,967   

KongZhong Corp. ADRa

    3,042        20,260   

National Agricultural Holdings Ltd.a,b

    144,000        31,189   

NetDragon Websoft Holdings Ltd.

    22,500        71,068   

NQ Mobile Inc. ADRa

    10,719        40,196   

Ourgame International Holdings Ltd.a,b

    45,000        20,421   

Rentian Technology Holdings Ltd.a

    450,000        28,427   

Shanghai Baosight Software Co. Ltd. Class B

    31,580        54,476   

Sinosoft Technology Group Ltd.b

    81,012        38,017   
   

 

 

 
      648,488   

SPECIALTY RETAIL — 1.43%

  

Boshiwa International Holding Ltd.a,b

    153,000        1,468   

China Harmony New Energy Auto Holding Ltd.

    94,500        37,768   

China ZhengTong Auto Services Holdings Ltd.b

    121,500        36,340   

Hengdeli Holdings Ltd.a,b

    288,000        33,045   

Pou Sheng International Holdings Ltd.b

    288,000        87,997   

Zhongsheng Group Holdings Ltd.

    94,500        87,718   
   

 

 

 
      284,336   

TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE, STORAGE &
PERIPHERALS — 0.44%

   

Coolpad Group Ltd.a

    432,000        47,340   

Goldpac Group Ltd.

    45,000        13,227   
Security   Shares     Value  

TPV Technology Ltd.a

    144,000      $ 26,362   
   

 

 

 
      86,929   

TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS — 4.35%

  

361 Degrees International Ltd.

    81,000        32,268   

Best Pacific International Holdings Ltd.

    36,000        29,471   

Bosideng International Holdings Ltd.

    378,000        35,574   

C.banner International Holdings Ltd.a

    135,000        35,157   

China Dongxiang Group Co. Ltd.

    468,000        93,520   

China Lilang Ltd.

    54,000        31,746   

China Longevity Group Co. Ltd.a

    96,000        3,249   

Citychamp Watch & Jewellery Group Ltd.

    198,000        48,755   

Cosmo Lady China Holdings Co. Ltd.b,c

    81,000        31,328   

Fuguiniao Co. Ltd. Class Hb

    43,200        21,609   

HOSA International Ltd.

    90,000        30,632   

Lao Feng Xiang Co. Ltd. Class B

    27,980        96,923   

Li Ning Co. Ltd.a,b

    193,500        142,443   

Luthai Textile Co. Ltd. Class B

    36,900        46,573   

Shanghai Haixin Group Co. Class B

    57,600        50,285   

Texhong Textile Group Ltd.

    31,500        47,433   

Weiqiao Textile Co. Class H

    54,000        35,018   

XTEP International Holdings Ltd.b

    112,500        50,473   
   

 

 

 
      862,457   

TRADING COMPANIES & DISTRIBUTORS — 1.41%

  

BEP International Holdings Ltd.

    1,710,000        125,660   

China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings Ltd.b

    31,500        37,849   

China Chengtong Development Group Ltd.a,b

    414,000        37,362   

CITIC Resources Holdings Ltd.a,b

    396,037        52,589   

Shanghai Dasheng Agricultural Finance Technology Co. Ltd.

    324,000        26,315   
   

 

 

 
      279,775   

TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE — 4.07%

  

Anhui Expressway Co. Ltd. Class H

    54,000        44,277   

COSCO International Holdings Ltd.

    72,000        35,273   
 

 

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November 30, 2016

 

Security       Shares     Value  

Guangdong Provincial Expressway Development Co. Ltd. Class B

    54,000      $ 35,714   

HNA Infrastructure Company Ltd. Class H

    18,000        19,957   

Hopewell Highway Infrastructure Ltd.

    121,500        62,343   

Jinzhou Port Co. Ltd. Class B

    41,400        22,149   

Qingdao Port International Co. Ltd.c

    117,000        64,710   

Qinhuangdao Port Co. Ltd.

    99,000        24,122   

Shenzhen Chiwan Wharf Holdings Ltd. Class B

    17,100        29,056   

Shenzhen Expressway Co. Ltd. Class H

    90,000        86,442   

Shenzhen International Holdings Ltd.

    135,000        198,758   

Sichuan Expressway Co. Ltd. Class H

    126,000        52,306   

Tianjin Port Development Holdings Ltd.

    252,000        39,960   

Xiamen International Port Co. Ltd. Class H

    144,000        29,518   

Yuexiu Transport Infrastructure Ltd.

    90,000        61,264   
   

 

 

 
      805,849   

WATER UTILITIES — 1.23%

  

China Everbright Water Ltd.

    66,600        22,783   

China Water Affairs Group Ltd.

    108,000        77,276   

China Water Industry Group Ltd.a

    144,000        24,134   

CT Environmental Group Ltd.b

    288,000        69,432   

Kangda International Environmental Co. Ltd.c

    99,000        25,399   

Yunnan Water Investment Co. Ltd.b

    45,000        23,960   
   

 

 

 
      242,984   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost: $23,099,264)

   

    19,733,956   

RIGHTS — 0.04%

  

METALS & MINING — 0.04%

   

MMG Ltd.a

    108,000        9,050   
   

 

 

 
    9,050   
   

 

 

 
Security       Shares     Value  

TOTAL RIGHTS
(Cost: $0)

   

  $ 9,050   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 26.12%

   

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 26.12%

  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.72%d,e,f

    5,154,406        5,155,952   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.30%d,e

    20,658        20,658   
   

 

 

 
      5,176,610   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost: $5,175,075)

   

    5,176,610   
 

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES — 125.72%
(Cost: $28,274,339)g

    

    24,919,616   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (25.72)%

  

    (5,098,078
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

  

  $ 19,821,538   
   

 

 

 

ADR — American Depositary Receipts

 

a  Non-income earning security.
b  All or a portion of this security represents a security on loan.
c  This security may be resold to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.
d  Affiliated money market fund.
e  The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.
f  All or a portion of this security represents an investment of securities lending collateral.
g  The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $28,928,091. Net unrealized depreciation was $4,008,475, of which $2,695,279 represented gross unrealized appreciation on securities and $6,703,754 represented gross unrealized depreciation on securities.
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® MSCI CHINA SMALL-CAP ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Schedule 1 — Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at www.iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 2016. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the schedule of investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments:

           

Assets:

           

Common stocks

   $ 19,353,122       $ 167,223       $ 213,611       $ 19,733,956   

Rights

     9,050                         9,050   

Money market funds

     5,176,610                         5,176,610   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 24,538,782       $ 167,223       $ 213,611       $ 24,919,616   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                     

The following table includes a rollforward for the period ended November 30, 2016 of investments whose values are classified as Level 3 as of the beginning or end of the period.

 

      Common Stocks  

Balance at beginning of period

   $ 330,149   

Realized gain (loss) and change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (55,179

Purchases

       

Sales

     (21,082

Transfers in

       

Transfers out a

     (40,277 )b 
  

 

 

 

Balance at end of period

   $ 213,611   
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments still held at end of period

   $ (32,376
  

 

 

 
          

 

  a    Represents the value as of the beginning of the reporting period.
  b    Transfers out of Level 3 are due to resumption of trading of equity securities.

The following table summarizes the valuation techniques used and unobservable inputs developed by the Global Valuation Committee to determine the fair value of the Fund’s Level 3 investments as of November 30, 2016:

 

      Value      Valuation Techniques      Unobservable Inputs      Range of
Unobservable
Input
     Weighted
Average of
Unobservable
Inputsa
 

Assets:

              

Common Stockb

   $ 79,237         Last traded price — adjusted        
 
Adjustment based on
change on proxy index
  
  
     -15% to -80%c         -27

Common Stock

   $ 22,768         Grey market trade         Trade details         n/a         n/a   
                                              

 

a  Unobservable inputs are weighted based on the fair value of the investments included in the range.
b  Does not include Level 3 investments with values derived utilizing prices from prior transactions or third party pricing information without adjustment for which such inputs are unobservable.
c  An increase in the unobservable input may result in a significant increase to the value, while a decrease in the unobservable input may result in a significant decrease to value.

 

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

iSHARES® MSCI DENMARK CAPPED ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — 99.45%

  

BANKS — 12.81%

  

Danske Bank A/S

    161,746      $ 4,729,968   

Jyske Bank A/S Registered

    19,797        864,862   

Spar Nord Bank A/S

    35,031        367,112   

Sydbank A/S

    21,548        634,434   
   

 

 

 
      6,596,376   

BEVERAGES — 5.35%

  

Carlsberg A/S Class B

    26,070        2,219,087   

Royal Unibrew A/S

    13,663        539,032   
   

 

 

 
      2,758,119   

BIOTECHNOLOGY — 5.47%

  

Bavarian Nordic A/Sa,b

    11,636        377,437   

Genmab A/Sa

    12,948        2,244,891   

Zealand Pharma A/Sa,b

    12,614        197,835   
   

 

 

 
      2,820,163   

BUILDING PRODUCTS — 0.81%

  

Rockwool International A/S Class B

    2,595        418,835   
   

 

 

 
      418,835   

CHEMICALS — 6.36%

  

Chr Hansen Holding A/S

    25,611        1,419,020   

Novozymes A/S Class B

    54,771        1,857,041   
   

 

 

 
      3,276,061   

COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES — 2.58%

  

ISS A/S

    38,856        1,329,622   
   

 

 

 
      1,329,622   

CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING — 1.45%

  

FLSmidth & Co. A/Sb

    12,280        503,905   

Per Aarsleff Holding A/S

    10,566        241,040   
   

 

 

 
      744,945   

DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES — 2.12%

  

TDC A/Sa

    214,132        1,090,566   
   

 

 

 
      1,090,566   

ELECTRIC UTILITIES — 0.93%

  

DONG Energy A/Sa,c

    14,028        479,027   
   

 

 

 
      479,027   

ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT — 6.64%

  

Vestas Wind Systems A/S

    51,779        3,419,646   
   

 

 

 
      3,419,646   
Security   Shares     Value  

FOOD PRODUCTS — 0.61%

  

Schouw & Co. AB

    4,746      $ 316,689   
   

 

 

 
      316,689   

HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES — 6.88%

  

Ambu A/S Class Bb

    9,804        379,518   

Coloplast A/S Class B

    27,384        1,740,978   

GN Store Nord A/S

    41,359        807,885   

William Demant Holding A/Sa

    36,324        615,275   
   

 

 

 
      3,543,656   

HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGY — 0.08%

  

NNIT A/Sb,c

    1,492        42,439   
   

 

 

 
      42,439   

HOUSEHOLD DURABLES — 0.43%

  

Bang & Olufsen A/Sa,b

    21,154        221,686   
   

 

 

 
      221,686   

INSURANCE — 2.54%

  

Alm Brand A/S

    34,204        256,033   

Topdanmark A/Sa

    17,467        443,050   

Tryg A/S

    33,955        611,457   
   

 

 

 
      1,310,540   

MACHINERY — 1.10%

  

NKT Holding A/S

    8,321        567,104   
   

 

 

 
      567,104   

MARINE — 5.78%

  

AP Moller — Maersk A/S Class A

    566        719,444   

AP Moller — Maersk A/S Class B

    1,204        1,598,215   

D/S Norden A/Sa,b

    14,964        228,078   

Dfds A/S

    10,415        429,157   
   

 

 

 
      2,974,894   

OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS — 0.33%

  

TORM PLC

    21,287        168,448   
   

 

 

 
      168,448   

PHARMACEUTICALS — 24.25%

  

ALK-Abello A/S

    2,506        308,355   

Novo Nordisk A/S Class B

    358,980        12,181,653   
   

 

 

 
      12,490,008   

ROAD & RAIL — 4.17%

  

DSV A/S

    47,700        2,148,459   
   

 

 

 
      2,148,459   

SOFTWARE — 1.17%

  

SimCorp A/S

    12,618        600,352   
   

 

 

 
    600,352   
 

 

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iSHARES® MSCI DENMARK CAPPED ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

SPECIALTY RETAIL — 0.51%

  

Matas A/S

    18,691      $ 261,167   
   

 

 

 
    261,167   

TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS — 6.37%

  

IC Group A/S

    8,504        177,025   

Pandora A/S

    26,042        3,102,272   
   

 

 

 
    3,279,297   

TOBACCO — 0.33%

  

Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/Sc

    10,776        170,545   
   

 

 

 
    170,545   

TRADING COMPANIES & DISTRIBUTORS — 0.38%

  

Solar A/S Class B

    3,879        194,127   
   

 

 

 
    194,127   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost: $59,194,902)

   

    51,222,771   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 3.17%

   

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 3.17%

  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.72%d,e,f

    1,582,716        1,583,191   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.30%d,e

    50,754        50,754   
   

 

 

 
      1,633,945   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost: $1,633,656)

   

    1,633,945   
 

 

 

 
            Value  

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES — 102.62%
(Cost: $60,828,558)g

  $ 52,856,716   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (2.62)%

    (1,348,646
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

  $ 51,508,070   
   

 

 

 

 

a  Non-income earning security.
b  All or a portion of this security represents a security on loan.
c  This security may be resold to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.
d  Affiliated money market fund.
e  The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.
f  All or a portion of this security represents an investment of securities lending collateral.
g  The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $61,351,155. Net unrealized depreciation was $8,494,439, of which $1,496,088 represented gross unrealized appreciation on securities and $9,990,527 represented gross unrealized depreciation on securities.
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® MSCI DENMARK CAPPED ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Schedule 1 — Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at www.iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 2016. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the schedule of investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments:

           

Assets:

           

Common stocks

   $ 51,222,771       $       $       $ 51,222,771   

Money market funds

     1,633,945                         1,633,945   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 52,856,716       $       $       $ 52,856,716   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                     

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

iSHARES® MSCI EAFE ESG OPTIMIZED ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — 99.13%

  

AUSTRALIA — 7.57%

   

Alumina Ltd.

    5,215      $ 6,377   

Amcor Ltd./Australia

    423        4,494   

AMP Ltd.

    1,536        5,334   

APA Group

    1,021        6,012   

Aristocrat Leisure Ltd.

    471        5,220   

Aurizon Holdings Ltd.

    1,141        4,198   

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.

    1,611        33,816   

Boral Ltd.

    345        1,282   

Brambles Ltd.

    1,235        10,749   

Caltex Australia Ltd.

    257        5,706   

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

    779        45,268   

CSL Ltd.

    199        14,409   

Dexus Property Group

    1,255        8,457   

Goodman Group

    1,428        7,048   

GPT Group (The)

    1,626        5,815   

Healthscope Ltd.

    3,155        5,245   

Insurance Australia Group Ltd.

    1,404        5,799   

LendLease Group

    676        6,798   

Macquarie Group Ltd.

    221        13,700   

Mirvac Group

    6,282        9,515   

National Australia Bank Ltd.

    1,428        30,523   

Newcrest Mining Ltd.

    529        7,637   

Oil Search Ltd.

    1,027        4,894   

Origin Energy Ltd.

    1,059        4,648   

QBE Insurance Group Ltd.

    536        4,424   

Ramsay Health Care Ltd.

    135        7,063   

Rio Tinto Ltd.

    241        10,283   

Sonic Healthcare Ltd.

    268        4,317   

South32 Ltd.

    4,742        9,495   

Stockland

    3,458        11,063   

Sydney Airport

    1,177        5,461   

Tabcorp Holdings Ltd.

    1,701        5,894   

Tatts Group Ltd.

    1,850        5,727   

Telstra Corp. Ltd.

    1,882        7,022   

Transurban Group

    1,410        10,980   

Wesfarmers Ltd.

    486        15,002   

Westpac Banking Corp.

    1,671        38,606   

Woodside Petroleum Ltd.

    591        12,934   
Security   Shares     Value  

Woolworths Ltd.

    450      $ 7,611   
   

 

 

 
      408,826   

AUSTRIA — 0.31%

  

Erste Group Bank AG

    201        5,595   

OMV AG

    349        11,290   
   

 

 

 
      16,885   

BELGIUM — 1.14%

   

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV

    410        42,640   

KBC Group NV

    202        12,124   

Umicore SA

    109        6,537   
   

 

 

 
      61,301   

DENMARK — 1.69%

  

AP Moller — Maersk A/S Class A

    4        5,084   

Carlsberg A/S Class B

    98        8,342   

Chr Hansen Holding A/S

    99        5,485   

Coloplast A/S Class B

    126        8,011   

Genmab A/Sa

    25        4,335   

ISS A/S

    152        5,201   

Novo Nordisk A/S Class B

    954        32,373   

Novozymes A/S Class B

    171        5,798   

Pandora A/S

    66        7,862   

Vestas Wind Systems A/S

    129        8,520   
   

 

 

 
      91,011   

FINLAND — 0.87%

  

Kone OYJ Class B

    130        5,731   

Neste OYJ

    276        11,345   

Nokia OYJ

    3,087        13,295   

UPM-Kymmene OYJ

    281        6,439   

Wartsila OYJ Abp

    241        10,168   
   

 

 

 
      46,978   

FRANCE — 10.07%

  

Accor SA

    147        5,213   

Aeroports de Paris

    57        5,612   

Air Liquide SA

    177        18,040   

Airbus Group SE

    268        17,134   

ArcelorMittala

    859        6,495   

Atos SE

    76        7,863   

AXA SA

    1,069        25,209   

BNP Paribas SA

    419        24,348   

Capgemini SA

    84        6,638   

Carrefour SA

    225        5,280   

Cie. de Saint-Gobain

    262        11,374   
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® MSCI EAFE ESG OPTIMIZED ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Cie. Generale des Etablissements Michelin
Class B

    113      $ 12,107   

CNP Assurances

    322        5,660   

Credit Agricole SA

    244        2,757   

Danone SA

    372        23,424   

Eiffage SA

    67        4,426   

Engie SA

    669        8,268   

Essilor International SA

    180        19,113   

Eurazeo SA

    94        5,105   

Imerys SA

    92        6,417   

Kering

    44        9,568   

L’Oreal SA

    167        28,531   

Legrand SA

    164        9,177   

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE

    130        23,678   

Natixis SA

    1,257        6,336   

Orange SA

    1,016        14,825   

Pernod Ricard SA

    143        15,018   

Peugeot SAa

    353        5,212   

Renault SA

    113        8,911   

Rexel SA

    274        4,241   

Sanofi

    512        41,338   

Schneider Electric SE

    389        25,923   

Societe BIC SA

    43        5,567   

Societe Generale SA

    323        13,906   

Suez

    436        6,094   

Technip SA

    93        6,448   

Thales SA

    42        4,105   

Total SA

    1,084        51,694   

Unibail-Rodamco SE

    90        19,882   

Valeo SA

    107        5,972   

Vivendi SA

    606        11,565   

Wendel SA

    44        5,097   
   

 

 

 
      543,571   

GERMANY — 8.62%

   

adidas AG

    126        18,579   

Allianz SE Registered

    256        40,680   

BASF SE

    502        43,129   

Bayer AG Registered

    360        33,831   

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

    186        15,866   

Brenntag AG

    134        7,060   

Commerzbank AG

    528        3,682   

Daimler AG Registered

    478        31,823   
Security   Shares     Value  

Deutsche Bank AG Registereda

    520      $ 8,197   

Deutsche Boerse AGa

    152        12,295   

Deutsche Post AG Registered

    617        19,302   

Deutsche Telekom AG Registered

    1,157        18,244   

Deutsche Wohnen AG Bearer

    170        5,241   

E.ON SE

    1,032        6,817   

GEA Group AG

    113        4,216   

HeidelbergCement AG

    124        11,129   

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

    70        7,134   

HOCHTIEF AG

    25        3,559   

Infineon Technologies AG

    153        2,561   

Linde AG

    82        13,674   

Merck KGaA

    134        13,439   

METRO AG

    167        4,995   

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen Registered

    105        19,141   

Osram Licht AG

    105        5,350   

ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE Registered

    173        5,934   

RWE AGa

    408        5,133   

SAP SE

    585        48,950   

Siemens AG Registered

    443        50,095   

Vonovia SE

    163        5,262   
   

 

 

 
      465,318   

HONG KONG — 3.47%

  

AIA Group Ltd.

    4,200        25,612   

BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.

    3,500        13,131   

Cheung Kong Property Holdings Ltd.

    1,000        6,846   

CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd.

    1,000        12,183   

CLP Holdings Ltd.

    1,500        14,668   

Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd.

    1,000        4,963   

Hang Lung Properties Ltd.

    1,000        2,253   

Hang Seng Bank Ltd.

    1,000        18,951   

HKT Trust & HKT Ltd.

    4,000        5,219   

Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd.

    600        15,780   

Hysan Development Co. Ltd.

    2,000        8,818   

Link REIT

    500        3,442   

Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd. ADR

    241        4,738   

MTR Corp. Ltd.

    3,500        17,508   

Sands China Ltd.

    2,000        9,850   
 

 

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iSHARES® MSCI EAFE ESG OPTIMIZED ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Shangri-La Asia Ltd.

    4,000      $ 4,357   

Swire Pacific Ltd. Class A

    1,000        9,959   

Swire Properties Ltd.

    3,000        9,070   
   

 

 

 
      187,348   

IRELAND — 0.44%

  

CRH PLC

    556        18,576   

Paddy Power Betfair PLC

    49        5,120   
   

 

 

 
      23,696   

ISRAEL — 0.66%

  

Bank Hapoalim BM

    1,938        11,657   

Bank Leumi le-Israel BMa

    1,466        5,965   

Mobileye NVa,b

    100        3,723   

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. ADR

    380        14,326   
   

 

 

 
      35,671   

ITALY — 1.66%

  

Assicurazioni Generali SpA

    713        9,016   

CNH Industrial NV

    1,129        9,629   

Enel SpA

    5,372        21,734   

EXOR SpA

    146        6,135   

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA

    6,185        13,752   

Snam SpA

    2,608        10,109   

Telecom Italia SpA/Milanoa

    6,875        5,204   

Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale SpA

    2,149        9,328   

UniCredit SpA

    2,262        4,852   
   

 

 

 
      89,759   

JAPAN — 24.49%

  

Aeon Co. Ltd.

    400        5,532   

AEON Financial Service Co. Ltd.

    300        5,013   

Aisin Seiki Co. Ltd.

    200        8,583   

Ajinomoto Co. Inc.

    500        9,709   

Alps Electric Co. Ltd.

    200        5,043   

Asahi Glass Co. Ltd.

    1,000        6,521   

Asahi Group Holdings Ltd.

    200        6,533   

Asahi Kasei Corp.

    1,000        8,930   

ASICS Corp.

    300        6,340   

Astellas Pharma Inc.

    1,100        15,248   

Bridgestone Corp.

    300        11,498   

Canon Inc.

    300        8,586   

Central Japan Railway Co.

    100        16,394   

Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

    200        5,643   

Concordia Financial Group Ltd.

    1,000        4,612   
Security   Shares     Value  

Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd.

    1,000      $ 9,496   

Dai-ichi Life Holdings Inc.

    600        9,655   

Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd.

    200        4,181   

Daikin Industries Ltd.

    200        18,807   

Daiwa House Industry Co. Ltd.

    400        11,416   

Daiwa Securities Group Inc.

    1,000        6,033   

Denso Corp.

    400        17,482   

Dentsu Inc.

    100        4,590   

East Japan Railway Co.

    200        17,142   

Eisai Co. Ltd.

    200        11,600   

FANUC Corp.

    100        16,942   

Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.

    300        12,230   

FUJIFILM Holdings Corp.

    200        7,458   

Fujitsu Ltd.

    1,000        5,922   

Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc.

    200        6,345   

Hitachi Chemical Co. Ltd.

    300        6,608   

Hitachi Ltd.

    3,000        16,042   

Hitachi Metals Ltd.

    500        6,560   

Honda Motor Co. Ltd.

    1,000        29,242   

Hoya Corp.

    200        7,897   

Hulic Co. Ltd.

    600        5,655   

Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd.

    300        6,814   

INPEX Corp.

    700        6,665   

Japan Exchange Group Inc.

    200        2,973   

JFE Holdings Inc.

    400        5,862   

JX Holdings Inc.

    2,100        8,043   

Kajima Corp.

    1,000        7,038   

Kansai Paint Co. Ltd.

    100        1,839   

Kao Corp.

    300        13,867   

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd.

    2,000        6,336   

KDDI Corp.

    1,000        26,320   

Keio Corp.

    1,000        8,004   

Kintetsu Group Holdings Co. Ltd.

    1,000        3,879   

Kirin Holdings Co. Ltd.

    500        8,177   

Kobe Steel Ltd.a

    600        5,682   

Komatsu Ltd.

    700        16,178   

Konica Minolta Inc.

    600        5,750   

Kubota Corp.

    700        10,613   

Kuraray Co. Ltd.

    400        5,680   

Kyocera Corp.

    200        9,541   

Lawson Inc.

    100        6,951   

Mazda Motor Corp.

    300        4,829   

Miraca Holdings Inc.

    100        4,493   

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp.

    200        1,263   
 

 

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iSHARES® MSCI EAFE ESG OPTIMIZED ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Mitsubishi Electric Corp.

    1,000      $ 13,836   

Mitsubishi Estate Co. Ltd.

    1,000        20,233   

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.

    2,000        8,895   

Mitsubishi Materials Corp.

    200        5,941   

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.

    6,200        36,445   

Mitsui & Co. Ltd.

    900        12,176   

Mitsui Chemicals Inc.

    1,000        4,643   

Mizuho Financial Group Inc.

    11,100        19,736   

MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Inc.

    300        9,344   

Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

    100        13,537   

Nabtesco Corp.

    200        5,104   

NEC Corp.

    3,000        7,846   

NGK Insulators Ltd.

    200        3,837   

NGK Spark Plug Co. Ltd.

    400        8,236   

Nidec Corp.

    100        8,987   

Nintendo Co. Ltd.

    100        24,376   

Nippon Express Co. Ltd.

    1,000        5,187   

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp.

    400        8,611   

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

    400        16,236   

Nippon Yusen KK

    4,000        7,442   

Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.

    600        5,563   

Nitto Denko Corp.

    100        6,930   

Nomura Holdings Inc.

    2,000        10,777   

Nomura Research Institute Ltd.

    100        3,405   

NTT Data Corp.

    100        4,994   

NTT DOCOMO Inc.

    800        18,423   

Obayashi Corp.

    700        6,684   

Odakyu Electric Railway Co. Ltd.

    300        5,890   

Omron Corp.

    200        7,407   

Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

    300        6,670   

Oriental Land Co. Ltd./Japan

    100        5,719   

ORIX Corp.

    700        10,944   

Osaka Gas Co. Ltd.

    2,000        7,593   

Otsuka Holdings Co. Ltd.

    100        4,078   

Panasonic Corp.

    1,200        12,259   

Rakuten Inc.

    500        4,950   

Recruit Holdings Co. Ltd.

    200        7,662   

Resona Holdings Inc.

    1,500        7,242   

Secom Co. Ltd.

    100        7,301   

Sekisui Chemical Co. Ltd.

    600        9,120   
Security   Shares     Value  

Sekisui House Ltd.

    400      $ 6,565   

Seven & I Holdings Co. Ltd.

    300        11,677   

Shimizu Corp.

    1,000        9,250   

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd.

    200        14,849   

Shionogi & Co. Ltd.

    200        9,496   

Shiseido Co. Ltd.

    200        5,106   

Showa Shell Sekiyu KK

    600        5,376   

SoftBank Group Corp.

    400        23,562   

Sompo Holdings Inc.

    300        9,815   

Sony Corp.

    600        17,314   

Stanley Electric Co. Ltd.

    200        5,538   

Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd.

    2,000        9,180   

Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co. Ltd.

    400        6,561   

Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.

    100        1,406   

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd.

    1,000        13,410   

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.

    600        22,147   

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc.

    200        7,284   

Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd.

    100        4,296   

Suzuken Co. Ltd./Aichi Japan

    200        6,003   

Sysmex Corp.

    100        6,047   

T&D Holdings Inc.

    600        7,525   

Taisei Corp.

    1,000        7,267   

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

    300        12,335   

TDK Corp.

    100        6,749   

Teijin Ltd.

    400        7,435   

Terumo Corp.

    200        7,065   

Tokio Marine Holdings Inc.

    400        17,198   

Tokyo Electron Ltd.

    100        9,193   

Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd.

    2,000        8,753   

Toray Industries Inc.

    1,000        8,157   

TOTO Ltd.

    100        3,848   

Toyota Motor Corp.

    1,200        70,023   

Toyota Tsusho Corp.

    200        5,018   

West Japan Railway Co.

    100        6,106   

Yamaha Corp.

    200        6,117   

Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd.

    200        4,618   

Yaskawa Electric Corp.

    400        6,161   

Yokogawa Electric Corp.

    500        6,955   
   

 

 

 
      1,321,949   
 

 

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iSHARES® MSCI EAFE ESG OPTIMIZED ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

NETHERLANDS — 3.14%

  

Aegon NV

    862      $ 4,387   

Akzo Nobel NV

    187        11,656   

ASML Holding NV

    216        22,368   

Heineken NV

    167        12,528   

ING Groep NV

    1,405        19,152   

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV

    478        9,436   

Koninklijke DSM NV

    87        5,281   

Koninklijke KPN NV

    2,087        6,020   

Koninklijke Philips NV

    509        14,654   

Koninklijke Vopak NV

    153        7,158   

NXP Semiconductors NVa

    122        12,096   

RELX NV

    945        15,278   

Unilever NV CVA

    737        29,611   
   

 

 

 
      169,625   

NEW ZEALAND — 0.21%

  

Fletcher Building Ltd.

    900        6,558   

Ryman Healthcare Ltd.

    800        4,961   
   

 

 

 
      11,519   

NORWAY — 0.86%

  

DNB ASA

    438        6,452   

Norsk Hydro ASA

    2,284        10,769   

Orkla ASA

    1,272        11,340   

Statoil ASA

    657        11,260   

Telenor ASA

    431        6,369   
   

 

 

 
      46,190   

PORTUGAL — 0.22%

  

EDP — Energias de Portugal SA

    2,366        6,844   

Galp Energia SGPS SA

    387        5,241   
   

 

 

 
      12,085   

SINGAPORE — 1.20%

  

CapitaLand Ltd.

    3,600        7,741   

CapitaLand Mall Trust

    5,300        7,215   

City Developments Ltd.

    1,100        6,482   

DBS Group Holdings Ltd.

    1,100        13,477   

Keppel Corp. Ltd.

    900        3,424   

Singapore Airlines Ltd.

    700        4,887   

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.

    4,900        12,931   

United Overseas Bank Ltd.

    600        8,549   
   

 

 

 
      64,706   

SPAIN — 3.09%

  

Abertis Infraestructuras SA

    361        4,827   

Amadeus IT Holding SA Class A

    278        12,610   
Security   Shares     Value  

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA

    4,039      $ 24,962   

Banco Santander SA

    6,690        30,608   

CaixaBank SA

    2,398        6,978   

Ferrovial SA

    341        6,050   

Gas Natural SDG SA

    262        4,488   

Iberdrola SA

    3,333        20,079   

Industria de Diseno Textil SA

    747        25,575   

Red Electrica Corp. SA

    64        1,141   

Repsol SA

    994        13,286   

Telefonica SA

    1,940        16,159   
   

 

 

 
      166,763   

SWEDEN — 2.80%

  

Assa Abloy AB

    429        8,104   

Atlas Copco AB Class A

    349        10,547   

Atlas Copco AB Class B

    224        6,015   

Boliden AB

    494        12,746   

Hennes & Mauritz AB Class B

    515        14,945   

Kinnevik AB Class B

    156        3,819   

Lundin Petroleum ABa

    247        4,650   

Nordea Bank AB

    1,296        13,603   

Sandvik AB

    547        6,470   

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB Class A

    876        8,720   

Skanska AB Class B

    376        8,634   

Svenska Cellulosa AB SCA Class B

    403        10,738   

Svenska Handelsbanken AB Class A

    690        9,567   

Swedbank AB Class A

    510        11,761   

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B

    1,448        7,449   

Telia Co. AB

    1,445        5,425   

Volvo AB Class B

    747        7,978   
   

 

 

 
      151,171   

SWITZERLAND — 8.68%

  

ABB Ltd. Registered

    1,166        23,717   

Actelion Ltd. Registered

    69        13,277   

Adecco Group AG Registered

    118        7,257   

Cie. Financiere Richemont SA Class A Registered

    260        16,961   

Credit Suisse Group AG Registered

    717        9,516   
 

 

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iSHARES® MSCI EAFE ESG OPTIMIZED ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Geberit AG Registered

    18      $ 7,112   

Givaudan SA Registered

    6        10,673   

Kuehne + Nagel International AG Registered

    69        8,996   

LafargeHolcim Ltd. Registered

    277        14,643   

Lonza Group AG Registered

    50        8,914   

Nestle SA Registered

    1,467        98,506   

Novartis AG Registered

    987        68,067   

Roche Holding AG

    323        71,884   

SGS SA Registered

    4        8,022   

Sika AG Bearer

    2        9,685   

Swatch Group AG (The) Bearer

    17        4,988   

Swiss Re AG

    167        15,345   

Swisscom AG Registered

    23        9,811   

Syngenta AG Registered

    36        13,744   

UBS Group AG

    1,680        26,668   

Zurich Insurance Group AG

    79        20,668   
   

 

 

 
      468,454   

UNITED KINGDOM — 17.94%

  

3i Group PLC

    547        4,709   

Aberdeen Asset Management PLC

    1,319        4,417   

Anglo American PLCa

    833        12,333   

Antofagasta PLC

    927        7,980   

Ashtead Group PLC

    375        7,342   

Associated British Foods PLC

    206        6,563   

AstraZeneca PLC

    614        31,832   

Aviva PLC

    2,208        12,331   

BAE Systems PLC

    1,251        9,386   

Barclays PLC

    7,433        20,055   

Barratt Developments PLC

    917        5,376   

Berkeley Group Holdings PLC

    166        5,137   

BP PLC

    8,590        49,310   

British Land Co. PLC (The)

    833        6,156   

BT Group PLC

    5,117        22,830   

Bunzl PLC

    280        7,207   

Burberry Group PLC

    328        5,856   

Capita PLC

    749        4,908   

Centrica PLC

    3,316        8,713   

Cobham PLC

    3,278        6,729   

Coca-Cola European Partners PLC

    281        9,345   

Coca-Cola HBC AG

    350        7,434   

Compass Group PLC

    776        13,292   
Security   Shares     Value  

Croda International PLC

    195      $ 7,947   

DCC PLC

    71        5,438   

Diageo PLC

    1,643        41,158   

Experian PLC

    268        5,056   

GKN PLC

    1,606        6,218   

GlaxoSmithKline PLC

    2,255        42,134   

Glencore PLCa

    6,649        23,202   

Hammerson PLC

    1,513        10,293   

HSBC Holdings PLC

    7,579        60,148   

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC

    193        7,912   

Intertek Group PLC

    148        6,082   

Investec PLC

    875        5,685   

ITV PLC

    3,325        6,979   

J Sainsbury PLC

    1,639        4,730   

Johnson Matthey PLC

    201        7,860   

Kingfisher PLC

    1,981        8,739   

Land Securities Group PLC

    401        4,860   

Legal & General Group PLC

    5,300        15,614   

Lloyds Banking Group PLC

    27,056        19,562   

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

    139        4,772   

Marks & Spencer Group PLC

    1,397        5,737   

Mediclinic International PLC

    580        5,141   

Meggitt PLC

    942        5,560   

Merlin Entertainments PLCc

    1,029        5,603   

Mondi PLC

    270        5,509   

National Grid PLC

    2,239        25,546   

Next PLC

    93        5,698   

Old Mutual PLC

    3,278        7,777   

Pearson PLC

    541        5,377   

Petrofac Ltd.

    443        4,397   

Prudential PLC

    1,313        25,403   

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

    306        25,856   

RELX PLC

    1,105        18,983   

Rio Tinto PLC

    441        16,474   

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC

    703        5,942   

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC Newa

    37,996        48   

RSA Insurance Group PLC

    1,140        7,698   

Schroders PLC

    254        8,775   

Segro PLC

    1,660        8,669   

Shire PLC

    368        21,426   

Sky PLC

    780        7,611   

Smiths Group PLC

    182        3,209   
 

 

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iSHARES® MSCI EAFE ESG OPTIMIZED ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

SSE PLC

    862      $ 15,886   

Standard Chartered PLCa

    1,638        13,120   

Standard Life PLC

    1,079        4,659   

Taylor Wimpey PLC

    2,280        4,224   

Tesco PLCa

    4,484        11,692   

Travis Perkins PLC

    243        4,074   

Unilever PLC

    654        26,115   

United Utilities Group PLC

    687        7,579   

Vodafone Group PLC

    15,317        37,107   

Whitbread PLC

    140        6,059   

William Hill PLC

    1,426        5,368   

Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC

    1,912        5,196   

Wolseley PLC

    194        11,259   

WPP PLC

    1,232        26,306   
   

 

 

 
      968,713   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost: $5,068,056)

   

    5,351,539   

PREFERRED STOCKS — 0.39%

  

GERMANY — 0.29%

  

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

    83        5,964   

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

    83        9,624   
   

 

 

 
      15,588   

ITALY — 0.10%

  

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA

    2,513        5,217   
   

 

 

 
    5,217   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
(Cost: $20,170)

   

    20,805   

RIGHTS — 0.02%

   

SPAIN — 0.02%

   

CaixaBank SAa

    2,398        99   

Telefonica SAa

    2,117        708   
   

 

 

 
    807   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL RIGHTS
(Cost: $874)

   

    807   
Security   Shares     Value  

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.09%

  

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.09%

  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.72%d,e,f

    3,850      $ 3,851   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.30%d,e

    1,153        1,153   
   

 

 

 
      5,004   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost: $5,003)

   

    5,004   
 

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES — 99.63%
(Cost: $5,094,103)g

    

    5,378,155   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.37%

  

    20,162   
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

  

  $ 5,398,317   
   

 

 

 

ADR — American Depositary Receipts

 

a  Non-income earning security.
b  All or a portion of this security represents a security on loan.
c  This security may be resold to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.
d  Affiliated money market fund.
e  The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.
f  All or a portion of this security represents an investment of securities lending collateral.
g  The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $5,101,118. Net unrealized appreciation was $277,037, of which $483,096 represented gross unrealized appreciation on securities and $206,059 represented gross unrealized depreciation on securities.
 

 

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iSHARES® MSCI EAFE ESG OPTIMIZED ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Schedule 1 — Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at www.iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 2016. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the schedule of investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments:

           

Assets:

           

Common stocks

   $ 5,351,491       $ 48       $       $ 5,351,539   

Preferred stocks

     20,805                         20,805   

Rights

     99         708                 807   

Money market funds

     5,004                         5,004   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 5,377,399       $ 756       $       $ 5,378,155   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                     

 

 

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iSHARES® MSCI FINLAND CAPPED ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — 99.48%

  

AIRLINES — 0.08%

   

Finnair OYJa

    6,452      $ 28,746   
   

 

 

 
      28,746   

AUTO COMPONENTS — 3.09%

  

Nokian Renkaat OYJ

    32,292        1,167,422   
   

 

 

 
      1,167,422   

BUILDING PRODUCTS — 0.79%

  

Uponor OYJ

    18,449        297,670   
   

 

 

 
      297,670   

CHEMICALS — 1.03%

  

Kemira OYJ

    32,003        388,713   
   

 

 

 
      388,713   

COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES — 0.63%

  

Caverion Corp.

    34,346        237,187   
   

 

 

 
      237,187   

COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT — 16.19%

  

Nokia OYJ

    1,418,486        6,109,202   
   

 

 

 
      6,109,202   

CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING — 0.89%

  

Lehto Group OYJa

    3,164        29,905   

YIT OYJ

    38,251        306,354   
   

 

 

 
      336,259   

CONTAINERS & PACKAGING — 2.58%

  

Huhtamaki OYJ

    25,906        975,578   
   

 

 

 
      975,578   

DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES — 3.29%

  

Elisa OYJ

    39,575        1,243,482   
   

 

 

 
      1,243,482   

ELECTRIC UTILITIES — 4.47%

  

Fortum OYJ

    116,058        1,686,666   
   

 

 

 
      1,686,666   

ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT — 0.40%

  

PKC Group OYJ

    9,990        152,602   
   

 

 

 
      152,602   

FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING — 2.41%

  

Kesko OYJ Class B

    18,437        908,663   
   

 

 

 
      908,663   

FOOD PRODUCTS — 0.27%

  

Atria OYJ

    8,791        102,580   
   

 

 

 
      102,580   
Security   Shares     Value  

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES — 0.55%

  

Oriola-KD OYJ Class B

    44,768      $ 208,481   
   

 

 

 
      208,481   

INSURANCE — 12.46%

  

Sampo OYJ Class A

    106,294        4,703,080   
   

 

 

 
      4,703,080   

IT SERVICES — 1.16%

  

Tieto OYJ

    17,184        436,397   
   

 

 

 
      436,397   

LEISURE PRODUCTS — 2.38%

  

Amer Sports OYJ

    33,696        899,337   
   

 

 

 
      899,337   

MACHINERY — 20.21%

  

Cargotec OYJ Class B

    11,036        446,856   

Kone OYJ Class B

    77,352        3,410,205   

Konecranes OYJ

    15,217        525,267   

Metso OYJ

    32,022        906,970   

Ponsse OYJ

    5,787        136,835   

Valmet OYJ

    35,893        548,665   

Wartsila OYJ Abp

    39,116        1,650,226   
   

 

 

 
      7,625,024   

MEDIA — 0.59%

  

Sanoma OYJ

    27,472        222,647   
   

 

 

 
      222,647   

METALS & MINING — 2.49%

  

Outokumpu OYJa

    84,852        656,180   

Outotec OYJa

    53,175        283,168   
   

 

 

 
      939,348   

MULTILINE RETAIL — 0.42%

  

Stockmann OYJ Abp Class Ba

    19,484        129,179   

Tokmanni Group Corp.a

    3,552        30,709   
   

 

 

 
      159,888   

OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS — 3.86%

  

Neste OYJ

    35,395        1,454,947   
   

 

 

 
      1,454,947   

PAPER & FOREST PRODUCTS — 12.14%

  

Metsa Board OYJ

    61,111        397,063   

Stora Enso OYJ Class R

    151,997        1,468,075   

UPM-Kymmene OYJ

    118,527        2,715,842   
   

 

 

 
    4,580,980   
 

 

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iSHARES® MSCI FINLAND CAPPED ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

PHARMACEUTICALS — 3.23%

  

Orion OYJ Class B

    28,602      $ 1,217,281   
   

 

 

 
    1,217,281   

REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT — 2.15%

  

Citycon OYJ

    134,448        309,776   

Sponda OYJ

    73,331        315,359   

Technopolis OYJ

    58,431        187,810   
   

 

 

 
    812,945   

SOFTWARE — 0.38%

  

F-Secure OYJ

    42,384        143,425   
   

 

 

 
    143,425   

TRADING COMPANIES & DISTRIBUTORS — 1.34%

  

Cramo OYJ

    12,577        315,531   

Ramirent OYJ

    26,462        188,636   
   

 

 

 
    504,167   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost: $40,573,699)

   

    37,542,717   
Security   Shares     Value  

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.12%

  

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.12%

  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.30%b,c

    44,635      $ 44,635   
   

 

 

 
    44,635   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost: $44,635)

   

    44,635   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES — 99.60%
(Cost: $40,618,334)d

    

    37,587,352   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.40%

  

    150,540   
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

  

  $ 37,737,892   
   

 

 

 

 

a  Non-income earning security.
b  Affiliated money market fund.
c  The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.
d  The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $41,531,647. Net unrealized depreciation was $3,944,295, of which $1,435,998 represented gross unrealized appreciation on securities and $5,380,293 represented gross unrealized depreciation on securities.
 

 

Schedule 1 — Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at www.iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 2016. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the schedule of investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments:

           

Assets:

           

Common stocks

   $ 37,542,717       $       $       $ 37,542,717   

Money market funds

     44,635                         44,635   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 37,587,352       $       $       $ 37,587,352   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                     

 

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iSHARES® MSCI GERMANY SMALL-CAP ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security

  Shares     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — 94.83%

  

AEROSPACE & DEFENSE — 4.70%

  

 

MTU Aero Engines AG

    8,758      $ 921,338   

OHB SEa

    883        17,647   
   

 

 

 
      938,985   

AUTO COMPONENTS — 2.20%

  

 

ElringKlinger AGa

    4,824        67,932   

Grammer AG

    1,841        91,388   

LEONI AGa

    5,511        174,447   

SAF-Holland SA

    7,670        106,016   
   

 

 

 
      439,783   

AUTOMOBILES — 0.12%

  

 

EDAG Engineering Group AGa

    1,686        24,681   
   

 

 

 
      24,681   

BANKS — 0.24%

  

 

comdirect bank AG

    4,734        48,124   
   

 

 

 
      48,124   

BIOTECHNOLOGY — 0.10%

  

 

Biotest AG

    1,154        19,281   
   

 

 

 
      19,281   

BUILDING PRODUCTS — 0.12%

  

 

CENTROTEC Sustainable AG

    1,506        24,714   
   

 

 

 
      24,714   

CAPITAL MARKETS — 1.70%

  

 

AURELIUS Equity Opportunities SE & Co KGaA

    3,956        228,291   

Deutsche Beteiligungs AG

    2,020        66,085   

MLP AG

    10,061        44,793   
   

 

 

 
      339,169   

CHEMICALS — 1.34%

  

 

H&R GmbH & Co. KGaAb

    2,097        34,569   

Wacker Chemie AG

    2,640        233,366   
   

 

 

 
      267,935   

COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES — 1.49%

   

 

Bilfinger SEa,b

    5,821        220,105   

Cewe Stiftung & Co. KGAA

    875        77,458   
   

 

 

 
      297,563   

COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT — 0.27%

  

 

ADVA Optical Networking SEa,b

    7,049        53,173   
   

 

 

 
      53,173   

Security

  Shares     Value  

CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING — 0.00%

  

 

Bauer AG

    65      $ 711   
   

 

 

 
      711   

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS — 0.57%

  

 

BRAAS Monier Building Group SA

    3,952        114,449   
   

 

 

 
      114,449   

CONSUMER FINANCE — 0.33%

  

 

Ferratum OYJa

    1,481        23,636   

Sixt Leasing SE

    2,116        41,863   
   

 

 

 
      65,499   

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES — 1.28%

   

 

GRENKE AG

    1,495        217,823   

Hypoport AGa,b

    516        37,550   
   

 

 

 
      255,373   

ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT — 1.62%

  

 

Nordex SEa,b

    10,633        219,104   

Senvion SAb

    3,267        47,029   

SGL Carbon SEa,b

    6,228        58,469   
   

 

 

 
      324,602   

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, INSTRUMENTS & COMPONENTS — 0.99%

   

 

Isra Vision AG

    513        51,274   

Jenoptik AG

    8,702        146,589   
   

 

 

 
      197,863   

EQUITY REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS
(REITS) — 2.09%

    

 

Alstria office REIT AGa

    24,550        300,532   

Hamborner REIT AGa

    12,759        116,683   
   

 

 

 
      417,215   

FOOD PRODUCTS — 1.84%

  

 

KWS Saat SE

    332        98,031   

Suedzucker AG

    12,050        270,480   
   

 

 

 
      368,511   

HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES — 1.30%

   

 

Carl Zeiss Meditec AG Bearer

    5,483        187,869   

Draegerwerk AG & Co. KGaA

    515        33,871   

STRATEC Biomedical AG

    811        37,802   
   

 

 

 
      259,542   

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES — 0.74%

   

 

RHOEN-KLINIKUM AG

    5,631        148,886   
   

 

 

 
      148,886   
 

 

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iSHARES® MSCI GERMANY SMALL-CAP ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security

  Shares     Value  

HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGY — 0.80%

  

 

CompuGroup Medical SE

    4,038      $ 159,368   
   

 

 

 
      159,368   

HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE — 0.38%

   

 

bet-at-home.com AG

    360        32,216   

Zeal Network SE

    1,191        43,398   
   

 

 

 
      75,614   

HOUSEHOLD DURABLES — 0.14%

  

 

Surteco SE

    1,315        28,966   
   

 

 

 
      28,966   

INDEPENDENT POWER AND RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY PRODUCERS — 2.58%

   

 

Capital Stage AGa

    13,826        92,986   

Uniper SEb

    33,931        423,110   
   

 

 

 
      516,096   

INDUSTRIAL CONGLOMERATES — 3.21%

  

 

Indus Holding AG

    3,094        169,554   

Rheinmetall AG

    6,612        472,043   
   

 

 

 
      641,597   

INSURANCE — 0.38%

  

 

Wuestenrot & Wuerttembergische AG

    3,952        75,251   
   

 

 

 
      75,251   

INTERNET & DIRECT MARKETING RETAIL — 1.17%

   

 

Takkt AG

    5,523        113,573   

zooplus AGa,b

    943        121,040   
   

 

 

 
      234,613   

INTERNET SOFTWARE & SERVICES — 0.44%

   

 

XING AG

    471        87,686   
   

 

 

 
      87,686   

IT SERVICES — 6.47%

  

 

Bechtle AG

    2,480        231,167   

CANCOM SEa

    2,759        124,592   

GFT Technologies SE

    2,653        53,528   

Wirecard AGa

    19,794        883,888   
   

 

 

 
      1,293,175   

LIFE SCIENCES TOOLS & SERVICES — 3.54%

   

 

Evotec AGb

    19,129        124,897   

Gerresheimer AG

    5,293        386,580   

MorphoSys AGa,b

    4,423        197,061   
   

 

 

 
      708,538   

Security

  Shares     Value  

MACHINERY — 15.34%

  

 

DEUTZ AG

    15,311      $ 83,711   

DMG Mori AG

    6,641        294,119   

Duerr AG

    4,379        349,926   

Gesco AG

    512        37,862   

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AGa,b

    41,078        104,015   

KION Group AG

    11,007        624,444   

Koenig & Bauer AGb

    2,220        99,227   

Krones AG

    2,398        217,571   

KUKA AGa

    63        5,893   

KUKA AG Newb

    3,962        443,405   

NORMA Group SE

    5,377        212,984   

Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG

    1,160        102,749   

Rational AG

    573        252,496   

SLM Solutions Group AGa,b

    2,132        68,663   

Vossloh AGa,b

    1,745        100,922   

Wacker Neuson SE

    4,731        68,178   
   

 

 

 
      3,066,165   

MEDIA — 2.37%

  

 

Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA

    10,949        56,099   

CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA

    8,095        241,386   

Stroeer SE & Co. KGaAa

    4,662        176,948   
   

 

 

 
      474,433   

METALS & MINING — 2.59%

  

 

Aurubis AG

    5,686        301,374   

Salzgitter AG

    6,590        215,523   
   

 

 

 
      516,897   

OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS — 0.14%

  

 

VERBIO Vereinigte BioEnergie AG

    3,686        27,328   
   

 

 

 
      27,328   

PHARMACEUTICALS — 2.57%

  

 

STADA Arzneimittel AG

    10,509        513,809   
   

 

 

 
      513,809   

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES — 0.83%

  

 

Amadeus Fire AG

    876        67,975   

Bertrandt AGa

    936        98,348   
   

 

 

 
      166,323   

REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT — 11.87%

   

ADLER Real Estate AGa,b

    3,876        55,795   

ADO Properties SAc

    4,834        164,093   
 

 

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iSHARES® MSCI GERMANY SMALL-CAP ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security

  Shares     Value  

Deutsche Euroshop AG

    7,734      $ 301,505   

DIC Asset AG

    7,514        67,800   

Grand City Properties SA

    19,456        325,270   

LEG Immobilien AG

    10,640        807,014   

PATRIZIA Immobilien AGb

    7,078        116,154   

TAG Immobilien AG

    22,198        278,333   

TLG Immobilien AG

    11,375        205,132   

WCM Beteiligungs & Grundbesitz-AGa,b

    18,820        51,288   
   

 

 

 
      2,372,384   

ROAD & RAIL — 0.81%

  

 

Sixt SEa

    2,085        109,991   

VTG AGa

    1,689        51,001   
   

 

 

 
      160,992   

SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT — 3.76%

   

 

AIXTRON SEb

    18,080        72,881   

Dialog Semiconductor PLCa,b

    13,131        521,028   

Manz AGa,b

    781        27,340   

Siltronic AGb

    2,025        81,317   

SMA Solar Technology AGa

    2,037        49,343   
   

 

 

 
      751,909   

SOFTWARE — 2.69%

  

 

Nemetschek SE

    2,599        144,054   

RIB Software AGa

    5,928        88,006   

Software AG

    8,660        305,682   
   

 

 

 
      537,742   

SPECIALTY RETAIL — 0.20%

  

 

Hornbach Baumarkt AG

    1,360        40,128   
   

 

 

 
      40,128   

TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE, STORAGE & PERIPHERALS — 0.76%

   

 

S&T AG

    5,515        55,444   

Wincor Nixdorf AGb

    1,387        96,313   
   

 

 

 
      151,757   

TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS — 0.44%

   

 

Bijou Brigitte AG

    693        39,366   

Gerry Weber International AGa

    4,234        48,912   
   

 

 

 
      88,278   

THRIFTS & MORTGAGE FINANCE — 2.74%

  

 

Aareal Bank AG

    10,097        358,654   

Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AGc

    18,148        188,471   
   

 

 

 
      547,125   

Security

  Shares     Value  

TRADING COMPANIES & DISTRIBUTORS — 1.03%

  

BayWa AGa

    2,263      $ 71,538   

Kloeckner & Co. SEb

    12,621        133,401   
   

 

 

 
      204,939   

TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE — 0.36%

  

Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG

    4,133        72,341   
   

 

 

 
      72,341   

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES — 4.18%

  

Drillisch AGa

    7,388        284,842   

Freenet AG

    21,593        551,344   
   

 

 

 
      836,186   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

  

 

(Cost: $20,445,523)

      18,955,699   

PREFERRED STOCKS — 4.79%

  

BIOTECHNOLOGY — 0.23%

  

 

Biotest AG

    3,385        46,699   
   

 

 

 
      46,699   

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS — 0.20%

  

 

STO SE & Co. KGaA

    424        39,904   
   

 

 

 
    39,904   

HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES — 2.74%

  

Draegerwerk AG & Co. KGaA

    1,282        100,976   

Sartorius AG

    5,998        446,024   
   

 

 

 
    547,000   

MACHINERY — 1.06%

  

 

Jungheinrich AG

    8,099        212,423   
   

 

 

 
    212,423   

ROAD & RAIL — 0.56%

  

 

Sixt SE

    2,867        112,042   
   

 

 

 
    112,042   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS

  

 

(Cost: $824,176)

  

    958,068   

RIGHTS — 0.03%

  

 

ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT — 0.03%

  

 

SGL Carbon SEa,b

    6,319        5,892   
   

 

 

 
    5,892   
   

 

 

 
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® MSCI GERMANY SMALL-CAP ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security

  Shares     Value  

TOTAL RIGHTS

  

 

(Cost: $0)

  

  $ 5,892   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 21.07%

  

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 21.07%

  

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.72%d,e,f

    4,197,521        4,198,780   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.30%d,e

    12,120        12,120   
   

 

 

 
    4,210,900   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

  

 

(Cost: $4,209,681)

  

    4,210,900   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES — 120.72%

   

 

(Cost: $25,479,380)g

  

    24,130,559   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (20.72)%

  

    (4,142,163
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

  

  $ 19,988,396   
   

 

 

 

 

a  All or a portion of this security represents a security on loan.
b  Non-income earning security.
c  This security may be resold to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.
d  Affiliated money market fund.
e  The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.
f All or a portion of this security represents an investment of securities lending collateral.
g  The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $25,624,569. Net unrealized depreciation was $1,494,010, of which $1,861,620 represented gross unrealized appreciation on securities and $3,355,630 represented gross unrealized depreciation on securities.
 

 

Schedule 1 — Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at www.iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 2016. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the schedule of investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments:

           

Assets:

           

Common stocks

   $ 18,955,699       $       $       $ 18,955,699   

Preferred stocks

     958,068                         958,068   

Rights

     5,892                         5,892   

Money market funds

     4,210,900                         4,210,900   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 24,130,559       $       $       $ 24,130,559   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                     

 

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iSHARES® MSCI GLOBAL IMPACT ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security

  Shares     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — 99.70%

  

AUSTRALIA — 1.50%

   

CSL Ltd.

    1,680      $ 121,644   

GPT Group (The)

    8,386        29,989   

Mirvac Group

    62,881        95,242   
   

 

 

 
      246,875   

BELGIUM — 4.18%

  

 

Umicore SA

    11,522        690,940   
   

 

 

 
      690,940   

BRAZIL — 0.91%

  

 

BRF SA

    9,800        149,644   
   

 

 

 
      149,644   

CHINA — 4.46%

  

 

Beijing Enterprises Water Group Ltd.

    140,000        101,255   

China Everbright International Ltd.

    21,000        25,449   

China Longyuan Power Group Corp. Ltd.

    119,000        93,124   

China Vanke Co. Ltd. Class H

    97,300        298,549   

CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Ltd.

    14,000        15,035   

GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Ltd.a

    1,519,000        203,665   
   

 

 

 
      737,077   

DENMARK — 6.58%

  

 

Genmab A/Sb

    21        3,641   

Novo Nordisk A/S Class B

    13,104        444,672   

Vestas Wind Systems A/S

    9,674        638,901   
   

 

 

 
      1,087,214   

FRANCE — 11.69%

  

 

Danone SA

    5,593        352,186   

Fonciere des Regions

    301        23,670   

Klepierre

    1,519        56,695   

Schneider Electric SE

    10,059        670,326   

Suez

    46,536        650,389   

Unibail-Rodamco SE

    805        177,834   
   

 

 

 
      1,931,100   

HONG KONG — 1.81%

  

 

Swire Properties Ltd.

    14,000        42,325   

WH Group Ltd.c

    308,000        256,116   
   

 

 

 
      298,441   

INDONESIA — 0.64%

  

 

Bank Rakyat Indonesia Persero Tbk PT

    105,700        85,013   

Security

  Shares     Value  

Indofood CBP Sukses Makmur Tbk PT

    13,000      $ 8,297   

Unilever Indonesia Tbk PT

    4,200        12,559   
   

 

 

 
      105,869   

JAPAN — 15.07%

  

 

Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

    1,400        39,501   

East Japan Railway Co.

    7,700        659,952   

NH Foods Ltd.

    9,000        232,691   

Nippon Prologis REIT Inc.

    7        14,554   

Nisshin Seifun Group Inc.

    2,800        39,391   

Nissin Foods Holdings Co. Ltd.

    700        36,614   

Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

    700        15,564   

Sekisui House Ltd.

    40,600        666,304   

Shionogi & Co. Ltd.

    1,400        66,471   

Sysmex Corp.

    700        42,327   

Terumo Corp.

    2,100        74,181   

TOTO Ltd.

    4,900        188,569   

Toyo Suisan Kaisha Ltd.

    1,400        49,761   

Unicharm Corp.

    4,200        89,735   

Yakult Honsha Co. Ltd.

    700        30,839   

Yokogawa Electric Corp.

    17,500        243,429   
   

 

 

 
      2,489,883   

MALAYSIA — 0.03%

  

 

PPB Group Bhd

    1,400        4,903   
   

 

 

 
      4,903   

MEXICO — 0.34%

  

 

Gruma SAB de CV Series B

    2,660        31,964   

Kimberly-Clark de Mexico SAB de CV Series A

    14,000        24,680   
   

 

 

 
      56,644   

NORWAY — 0.45%

  

 

Marine Harvest ASA

    4,165        74,903   
   

 

 

 
      74,903   

PHILIPPINES — 0.20%

  

 

Energy Development Corp.

    329,700        33,746   
   

 

 

 
      33,746   

SINGAPORE — 0.28%

  

 

CapitaLand Commercial Trust

    19,600        20,935   

CapitaLand Mall Trust

    18,200        24,777   
   

 

 

 
      45,712   

SOUTH AFRICA — 0.26%

  

 

Pioneer Foods Group Ltd.

    1,141        12,686   

Tiger Brands Ltd.

    1,092        30,682   
   

 

 

 
      43,368   
 

 

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iSHARES® MSCI GLOBAL IMPACT ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security

  Shares     Value  

SOUTH KOREA — 1.28%

  

 

Ottogi Corp.

    21      $ 12,431   

Samsung SDI Co. Ltd.

    2,527        199,514   
   

 

 

 
      211,945   

SWEDEN — 1.32%

  

 

Svenska Cellulosa AB SCA Class B

    8,197        218,421   
   

 

 

 
    218,421   

SWITZERLAND — 5.33%

  

 

ABB Ltd. Registered

    31,402        638,737   

Actelion Ltd. Registered

    518        99,669   

Geberit AG Registered

    357        141,062   
   

 

 

 
    879,468   

TAIWAN — 0.80%

  

 

Uni-President Enterprises Corp.

    77,000        131,663   
   

 

 

 
    131,663   

UNITED KINGDOM — 6.25%

  

 

Berkeley Group Holdings PLC

    11,193        346,397   

Pearson PLC

    68,957        685,362   
   

 

 

 
    1,031,759   

UNITED STATES — 36.32%

  

 

AbbVie Inc.

    10,598        644,358   

Akamai Technologies Inc.b

    3,794        253,060   

Amgen Inc.

    2,737        394,320   

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.b

    364        31,169   

Cadence Design Systems Inc.b

    7,658        201,252   

Celgene Corp.b

    2,975        352,567   

Citrix Systems Inc.b

    4,032        349,695   

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    2,793        182,187   

Digital Realty Trust Inc.a

    1,869        172,565   

Edwards Lifesciences Corp.b

    686        56,835   

Gilead Sciences Inc.

    8,687        640,232   

Hormel Foods Corp.

    2,394        81,971   

Incyte Corp.b

    455        46,542   

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLCb

    350        36,271   

JM Smucker Co. (The)

    630        79,348   

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    3,346        386,831   

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

    7,854        647,641   

Rockwell Automation Inc.

    1,827        244,288   

ServiceNow Inc.a,b

    1,547        128,633   

Tesla Motors Inc.b

    3,500        662,900   

United Therapeutics Corp.b

    455        57,153   

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.b

    511        41,703   

Security

  Shares     Value  

VMware Inc. Class Aa,b

    1,421      $ 115,300   

WhiteWave Foods Co. (The)b

    1,169        64,400   

Xylem Inc./NY

    2,478        127,815   
   

 

 

 
    5,999,036   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

  

 

(Cost: $17,165,417)

  

    16,468,611   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 2.13%

  

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 2.13%

  

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.72%d,e,f

    347,333        347,437   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.30%d,e

    4,086        4,086   
   

 

 

 
    351,523   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

  

 

(Cost: $351,451)

  

    351,523   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES — 101.83%

   

 

(Cost: $17,516,868)g

  

    16,820,134   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (1.83)%

  

    (302,933
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

  

  $ 16,517,201   
   

 

 

 

 

a  All or a portion of this security represents a security on loan.
b  Non-income earning security.
c  This security may be resold to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.
d  Affiliated money market fund.
e  The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.
f  All or a portion of this security represents an investment of securities lending collateral.
g  The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $17,590,428. Net unrealized depreciation was $770,294, of which $575,041 represented gross unrealized appreciation on securities and $1,345,335 represented gross unrealized depreciation on securities.
 

 

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iSHARES® MSCI GLOBAL IMPACT ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Schedule 1 — Forward Currency Contracts

Forward currency contracts outstanding as of November 30, 2016 were as follows:

 

Currency purchased      Currency sold      Counterparty    Settlement date     

Unrealized

appreciation

(depreciation)

 
  PHP        120,000         USD        2,412       SSB      12/05/2016       $ (2
               

 

 

 
                                                     

Counterparties:

SSB — State Street Bank London

Currency abbreviations:

PHP — Philippine Peso

USD — United States Dollar

Schedule 2 — Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at www.iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 2016. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the schedule of investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2     Level 3      Total  

Investments:

          

Assets:

          

Common stocks

   $ 16,468,611       $      $       $ 16,468,611   

Money market funds

     351,523                        351,523   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 16,820,134       $      $       $ 16,820,134   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative financial instrumentsa:

          

Liabilities:

          

Forward currency contracts

   $       $ (2   $       $ (2
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $       $ (2   $       $ (2
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                    

 

  a  Shown at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the contracts.

 

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iSHARES® MSCI INDIA ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security

  Shares     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — 99.88%

  

AUTO COMPONENTS — 1.69%

  

 

Bharat Forge Ltd.

    1,187,741      $ 15,677,728   

Bosch Ltd.

    85,446        25,622,147   

Motherson Sumi Systems Ltd.

    4,773,963        21,606,960   
   

 

 

 
      62,906,835   

AUTOMOBILES — 9.87%

  

 

Bajaj Auto Ltd.

    951,446        37,323,805   

Hero Motocorp Ltd.

    566,026        26,181,068   

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.

    4,225,172        73,153,077   

Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.

    1,198,749        92,223,653   

Tata Motors Ltd.

    17,925,388        120,281,330   

Tata Motors Ltd. Class A

    4,323,841        18,817,998   
   

 

 

 
      367,980,931   

BANKS — 8.61%

  

 

Axis Bank Ltd.

    18,955,769        130,116,942   

ICICI Bank Ltd.

    12,532,570        48,620,526   

IDFC Bank Ltd.

    15,430,532        15,430,769   

State Bank of India

    17,602,893        66,439,403   

Yes Bank Ltd.

    3,534,535        60,614,720   
   

 

 

 
      321,222,360   

BEVERAGES — 0.56%

  

 

United Spirits Ltd.a

    741,478        20,781,743   
   

 

 

 
      20,781,743   

CHEMICALS — 2.24%

  

 

Asian Paints Ltd.

    3,262,624        46,230,351   

UPL Ltd.

    4,022,602        37,255,919   
   

 

 

 
      83,486,270   

CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING — 1.95%

  

 

Larsen & Toubro Ltd.

    3,594,082        72,604,720   
   

 

 

 
      72,604,720   

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS — 2.81%

  

 

ACC Ltd.

    510,997        10,021,518   

Ambuja Cements Ltd.

    6,753,984        20,800,024   

Shree Cement Ltd.

    94,798        21,565,802   

Ultratech Cement Ltd.

    995,733        52,419,710   
   

 

 

 
      104,807,054   

CONSUMER FINANCE — 1.62%

  

 

Bajaj Finance Ltd.

    1,832,414        24,623,525   

Mahindra & Mahindra Financial
Services Ltd.

    3,159,850        13,786,759   

Shriram Transport Finance Co. Ltd.

    1,672,203        22,095,649   
   

 

 

 
      60,505,933   

Security

  Shares     Value  

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES — 0.38%

   

 

Power Finance Corp. Ltd.

    7,183,987      $ 14,084,819   
   

 

 

 
      14,084,819   

DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES — 0.95%

  

Bharti Infratel Ltd.

    6,451,331        35,386,258   
   

 

 

 
      35,386,258   

ELECTRIC UTILITIES — 0.36%

  

 

Tata Power Co. Ltd.

    12,572,699        13,601,500   
   

 

 

 
      13,601,500   

ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT — 0.72%

  

 

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd.

    6,660,224        12,663,864   

Havells India Ltd.

    2,833,852        14,256,419   
   

 

 

 
      26,920,283   

FOOD PRODUCTS — 0.65%

  

 

Nestle India Ltd.

    262,364        24,108,344   
   

 

 

 
      24,108,344   

GAS UTILITIES — 0.60%

  

 

GAIL (India) Ltd.

    3,595,507        22,311,396   
   

 

 

 
      22,311,396   

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES — 0.41%

   

 

Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd.

    867,576        15,150,175   
   

 

 

 
      15,150,175   

HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS — 2.43%

  

 

Hindustan Unilever Ltd.

    7,361,569        90,770,775   
   

 

 

 
      90,770,775   

INDEPENDENT POWER AND RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY PRODUCERS — 1.20%

   

 

NTPC Ltd.

    18,697,435        44,565,863   
   

 

 

 
      44,565,863   

INDUSTRIAL CONGLOMERATES — 0.34%

  

 

Siemens Ltd.

    807,539        12,825,851   
   

 

 

 
      12,825,851   

INSURANCE — 0.51%

  

 

Bajaj Finserv Ltd.

    433,956        18,956,148   
   

 

 

 
      18,956,148   

IT SERVICES — 16.52%

  

 

HCL Technologies Ltd.

    6,398,774        75,141,175   

Infosys Ltd.

    20,834,234        296,934,241   
 

 

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iSHARES® MSCI INDIA ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security

  Shares     Value  

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.

    5,361,777      $ 178,288,674   

Tech Mahindra Ltd.

    2,644,078        18,742,532   

Wipro Ltd.

    6,890,085        46,832,158   
   

 

 

 
      615,938,780   

LIFE SCIENCES TOOLS & SERVICES — 0.42%

   

 

Divi’s Laboratories Ltd.

    902,969        15,487,244   
   

 

 

 
      15,487,244   

MACHINERY — 1.68%

  

 

Ashok Leyland Ltd.

    12,906,638        14,990,408   

Eicher Motors Ltd.

    151,106        47,727,270   
   

 

 

 
      62,717,678   

MEDIA — 1.17%

  

 

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd.

    6,533,747        43,493,754   
   

 

 

 
      43,493,754   

METALS & MINING — 3.13%

  

 

Hindalco Industries Ltd.

    12,643,068        32,462,429   

JSW Steel Ltd.

    959,232        24,229,913   

Tata Steel Ltd.

    3,413,613        20,698,931   

Vedanta Ltd.

    11,764,813        39,505,972   
   

 

 

 
      116,897,245   

OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS — 10.56%

  

 

Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd.

    5,738,839        53,989,512   

Cairn India Ltd.

    5,102,926        18,756,989   

Coal India Ltd.

    7,877,652        35,516,153   

Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd.

    4,617,229        31,784,831   

Oil & Natural Gas Corp. Ltd.

    9,700,226        40,941,392   

Reliance Industries Ltd.

    14,708,146        212,739,566   
   

 

 

 
      393,728,443   

PERSONAL PRODUCTS — 1.94%

  

 

Dabur India Ltd.

    5,991,554        24,820,032   

Godrej Consumer Products Ltd.

    1,351,613        28,773,311   

Marico Ltd.

    5,119,794        18,897,528   
   

 

 

 
      72,490,871   

PHARMACEUTICALS — 9.36%

  

 

Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.

    2,985,601        32,312,157   

Cadila Healthcare Ltd.

    2,321,445        13,623,649   

Cipla Ltd.

    3,917,884        32,431,076   

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd.

    1,296,295        60,543,303   

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

    1,567,626        20,053,095   

Lupin Ltd.

    2,505,979        55,093,942   

Piramal Enterprises Ltd.

    880,438        21,778,473   

Security

  Shares     Value  

Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd.

    10,914,853      $ 113,184,536   
   

 

 

 
      349,020,231   

ROAD & RAIL — 0.17%

  

 

Container Corp. of India Ltd.

    375,811        6,423,749   
   

 

 

 
      6,423,749   

TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS — 0.45%

  

Titan Co. Ltd.

    3,523,006        16,650,255   
   

 

 

 
      16,650,255   

THRIFTS & MORTGAGE FINANCE — 10.19%

   

 

Housing Development Finance
Corp. Ltd.

    17,049,866        314,624,048   

Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd.

    3,348,422        37,425,121   

LIC Housing Finance Ltd.

    3,375,912        27,836,289   
   

 

 

 
      379,885,458   

TOBACCO — 3.50%

  

 

ITC Ltd.

    38,411,969        130,473,627   
   

 

 

 
      130,473,627   

TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE — 1.02%

  

Adani Ports & Special Economic
Zone Ltd.

    9,392,195        38,131,936   
   

 

 

 
      38,131,936   

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES — 1.87%

  

Bharti Airtel Ltd.

    11,330,647        53,732,424   

Idea Cellular Ltd.

    14,289,526        16,168,602   
   

 

 

 
      69,901,026   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

   

(Cost: $3,753,045,676)

      3,724,217,555   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES — 99.88%

   

(Cost: $3,753,045,676)b

      3,724,217,555   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.12%

  

    4,605,426   
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

    $ 3,728,822,981   
   

 

 

 

 

a  Non-income earning security.
b  The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $3,931,781,091. Net unrealized depreciation was $207,563,536, of which $201,970,611 represented gross unrealized appreciation on securities and $409,534,147 represented gross unrealized depreciation on securities.
 

 

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November 30, 2016

 

Schedule 1 — Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at www.iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 2016. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the schedule of investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments:

           

Assets:

           

Common stocks

   $ 3,724,217,555       $       $       $ 3,724,217,555   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 3,724,217,555       $       $       $ 3,724,217,555   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                     

 

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Security

  Shares     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — 99.92%

  

 

AIR FREIGHT & LOGISTICS — 0.68%

  

 

Allcargo Logistics Ltd.

    63,581      $ 164,969   

Blue Dart Express Ltd.

    4,928        342,435   
   

 

 

 
      507,404   

AIRLINES — 0.38%

  

 

Jet Airways India Ltd.a

    24,068        139,646   

SpiceJet Ltd.a

    148,588        139,690   
   

 

 

 
      279,336   

AUTO COMPONENTS — 5.26%

  

 

Apollo Tyres Ltd.

    239,120        666,891   

Asahi India Glass Ltd.

    60,092        152,624   

Balkrishna Industries Ltd.

    40,358        585,333   

Ceat Ltd.

    19,072        356,829   

Exide Industries Ltd.

    213,004        563,714   

JK Tyre & Industries Ltd.

    56,584        100,770   

Mahindra CIE Automotive Ltd.a

    94,336        271,298   

Sundram Fasteners Ltd.

    52,902        229,658   

Tube Investments of India Ltd.

    74,508        631,450   

WABCO India Ltd.

    4,736        351,957   
   

 

 

 
      3,910,524   

AUTOMOBILES — 0.88%

  

 

TVS Motor Co. Ltd.

    119,065        650,736   
   

 

 

 
      650,736   

BANKS — 5.95%

  

 

Allahabad Banka

    148,827        151,003   

Andhra Bank

    141,240        106,989   

Canara Bank Ltd.a

    113,344        527,236   

DCB Bank Ltd.a

    147,049        240,073   

Federal Bank Ltd.

    1,291,803        1,336,173   

Jammu & Kashmir Bank Ltd. (The)

    200,564        178,152   

Karnataka Bank Ltd. (The)

    145,466        230,475   

Karur Vysya Bank Ltd. (The)

    254,540        311,254   

Oriental Bank of Commerce

    72,449        126,854   

RBL Bank Ltd.a,b

    92,576        491,965   

State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur

    14,520        150,707   

Syndicate Banka

    144,438        141,908   

Union Bank of India

    143,749        319,109   

Vijaya Banka

    160,292        104,209   
   

 

 

 
      4,416,107   

Security

  Shares     Value  

BIOTECHNOLOGY — 0.90%

  

 

Biocon Ltd.

    50,122      $ 671,330   
   

 

 

 
      671,330   

BUILDING PRODUCTS — 1.92%

  

 

Astral Polytechnik Ltd.

    30,272        177,699   

Blue Star Ltd.

    23,936        172,223   

Cera Sanitaryware Ltd.

    3,269        98,993   

Kajaria Ceramics Ltd.

    66,088        515,195   

Sintex Industries Ltd.

    310,798        352,576   

Somany Ceramics Ltd.

    14,828        111,596   
   

 

 

 
      1,428,282   

CAPITAL MARKETS — 4.04%

  

 

Credit Analysis & Research Ltd.

    18,467        372,664   

CRISIL Ltd.

    18,625        608,417   

Edelweiss Financial Services Ltd.

    345,293        512,777   

IIFL Holdings Ltd.

    132,333        511,070   

JM Financial Ltd.

    196,007        200,449   

Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd.

    35,600        279,395   

Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd.

    18,084        321,250   

PTC India Financial Services Ltd.

    136,664        77,967   

Tata Investment Corp. Ltd.

    13,908        116,457   
   

 

 

 
      3,000,446   

CHEMICALS — 7.80%

  

 

Aarti Industries

    20,944        221,805   

Advanced Enzyme Technologies Ltd.a

    5,588        175,055   

Akzo Nobel India Ltd.

    11,737        244,466   

Atul Ltd.

    7,480        244,210   

BASF India Ltd.

    8,976        137,632   

Bayer CropScience Ltd./India

    8,888        531,048   

Coromandel International Ltd.

    73,111        282,088   

Dhanuka Agritech Ltd.

    12,306        129,354   

EID Parry India Ltd.a

    56,189        203,416   

Finolex Industries Ltd.

    31,240        201,546   

Godrej Industries Ltd.

    70,356        400,301   

Gujarat Fluorochemicals Ltd.

    27,131        193,467   

Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers &
Chemicals Ltd.

    61,556        194,788   

Kansai Nerolac Paints Ltd.

    135,169        685,334   

Monsanto India Ltd.

    4,346        144,258   

PI Industries Ltd.

    57,291        728,097   

Rallis India Ltd.

    48,444        144,414   
 

 

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November 30, 2016

 

Security

  Shares     Value  

SH Kelkar & Co. Ltd.b

    35,904      $ 155,499   

Sharda Cropchem Ltd.

    22,397        140,176   

Supreme Industries Ltd.

    39,852        523,411   

Vinati Organics Ltd.

    12,716        110,582   
   

 

 

 
      5,790,947   

COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT — 0.19%

  

 

Sterlite Technologies Ltd.

    100,809        141,311   
   

 

 

 
      141,311   

CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING — 4.79%

  

 

Ashoka Buildcon Ltd.

    46,360        99,223   

Dilip Buildcon Ltd.a

    33,924        120,508   

Engineers India Ltd.

    83,996        359,305   

Gayatri Projects Ltd.

    20,020        187,275   

GE Power India Ltd.a

    16,720        114,623   

GMR Infrastructure Ltd.a

    2,192,902        384,444   

Hindustan Construction Co. Ltd.a

    454,878        226,612   

IRB Infrastructure Developers Ltd.

    165,635        451,299   

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd.

    38,149        135,405   

KEC International Ltd.

    64,812        138,006   

NCC Ltd./India

    349,423        408,390   

PNC Infratech Ltd.

    62,920        101,069   

Sadbhav Engineering Ltd.

    87,922        353,299   

Voltas Ltd.

    103,974        479,776   
   

 

 

 
      3,559,234   

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS — 3.24%

  

 

Century Textiles & Industries Ltd.

    27,918        329,250   

Dalmia Bharat Ltd.

    22,308        528,768   

HeidelbergCement India Ltd.a

    55,880        93,271   

India Cements Ltd. (The)

    159,104        278,117   

JK Cement Ltd.

    17,644        187,436   

JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd.

    31,155        187,957   

Orient Cement Ltd.

    50,893        101,007   

Prism Cement Ltd.a

    125,566        171,337   

Ramco Cements Ltd. (The)

    59,400        529,532   
   

 

 

 
      2,406,675   

CONSUMER FINANCE — 2.98%

  

 

Bharat Financial Inclusion Ltd.a

    27,464        296,712   

Capital First Ltd.

    23,375        193,269   

Manappuram Finance Ltd.

    431,744        485,680   

Muthoot Finance Ltd.

    99,774        441,593   

Repco Home Finance Ltd.

    31,733        278,230   

Sundaram Finance Ltd.

    27,855        519,914   
   

 

 

 
      2,215,398   

Security

  Shares     Value  

CONTAINERS & PACKAGING — 0.37%

  

 

Essel Propack Ltd.

    38,764      $ 145,771   

HSIL Ltd.

    29,656        127,291   
   

 

 

 
      273,062   

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES — 2.17%

   

 

IFCI Ltd.

    613,063        209,134   

L&T Finance Holdings Ltd.

    439,667        573,920   

Reliance Capital Ltd.

    105,535        677,393   

SREI Infrastructure Finance Ltd.

    130,548        154,104   
   

 

 

 
      1,614,551   

DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES — 0.87%

  

Himachal Futuristic Communications Ltd.a

    385,792        71,298   

Tata Communications Ltd.

    59,592        572,814   
   

 

 

 
      644,112   

ELECTRIC UTILITIES — 2.37%

  

 

Adani Transmissions Ltd.a

    172,720        146,985   

CESC Ltd.

    62,329        533,879   

Reliance Infrastructure Ltd.

    109,840        770,496   

Torrent Power Ltd.

    119,552        311,504   
   

 

 

 
      1,762,864   

ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT — 3.04%

  

 

Amara Raja Batteries Ltd.

    21,562        295,809   

Crompton Greaves Ltd.a

    360,206        406,784   

Finolex Cables Ltd.

    73,219        443,974   

GE T&D India Ltd.

    64,339        305,251   

Schneider Electric Infrastructure Ltd.a

    49,589        109,213   

Suzlon Energy Ltd.a

    2,362,407        510,799   

V-Guard Industries Ltd.

    74,800        187,740   
   

 

 

 
      2,259,570   

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, INSTRUMENTS & COMPONENTS — 0.52%

   

 

Redington India Ltd.

    271,436        388,225   
   

 

 

 
      388,225   

FOOD PRODUCTS — 2.06%

  

 

Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd.

    115,633        206,943   

CCL Products India Ltd.

    17,096        63,715   

Kaveri Seed Co. Ltd.a

    28,512        172,991   

KRBL Ltd.

    75,819        300,179   

McLeod Russel India Ltd.

    45,144        98,896   
 

 

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November 30, 2016

 

Security

  Shares     Value  

Tata Global Beverages Ltd.

    310,112      $ 561,110   

Zydus Wellness Ltd.

    9,812        123,981   
   

 

 

 
      1,527,815   

GAS UTILITIES — 1.47%

  

 

Gujarat Gas Ltd.

    34,760        277,449   

Gujarat State Petronet Ltd.

    142,208        325,972   

Indraprastha Gas Ltd.

    17,426        211,063   

Mahanagar Gas Ltd.

    24,596        276,381   
   

 

 

 
      1,090,865   

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES — 0.98%

   

 

Fortis Healthcare Ltd.a

    95,964        248,641   

Max India Ltd.a

    124,666        262,358   

Narayana Hrudayalaya Ltd.a

    43,136        217,542   
   

 

 

 
      728,541   

HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE — 2.84%

   

 

Coffee Day Enterprises Ltd.a,b

    42,988        131,792   

Cox & Kings Ltd.

    82,910        199,435   

Delta Corp. Ltd.

    57,040        95,707   

EIH Ltd.

    117,260        175,593   

Indian Hotels Co. Ltd. (The)

    413,318        615,609   

Jubilant Foodworks Ltd.

    37,840        508,816   

Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India Ltd.

    22,528        131,583   

Thomas Cook India Ltd.

    92,015        252,188   
   

 

 

 
      2,110,723   

HOUSEHOLD DURABLES — 3.02%

  

 

Bajaj Electricals Ltd.

    24,906        81,123   

Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd.a

    359,763        778,929   

Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning
India Ltd.

    6,766        139,830   

LA Opala RG Ltd.

    13,684        105,146   

Symphony Ltd.

    17,474        311,486   

TTK Prestige Ltd.

    2,938        221,954   

Videocon Industries Ltd.a

    88,792        134,974   

Whirlpool of India Ltd.a

    31,724        466,250   
   

 

 

 
      2,239,692   

HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS — 0.47%

  

 

Eveready Industries India Ltd.

    36,907        116,843   

Jyothy Laboratories Ltd.

    45,037        230,386   
   

 

 

 
      347,229   

Security

  Shares     Value  

INDEPENDENT POWER AND RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY PRODUCERS — 0.73%

   

 

Adani Power Ltd.a

    836,725      $ 350,831   

PTC India Ltd.

    186,384        194,692   
   

 

 

 
      545,523   

INDUSTRIAL CONGLOMERATES — 1.00%

  

 

Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd.

    32,634        603,249   

Chennai Super Kings Cricket Ltd.a

    206,787        6,797   

Jaiprakash Associates Ltd.a

    1,124,224        133,037   
   

 

 

 
      743,083   

INSURANCE — 0.35%

  

 

Max Financial Services Ltd.

    33,487        261,271   
   

 

 

 
      261,271   

INTERNET & DIRECT MARKETING RETAIL — 0.31%

   

 

Infibeam Incorporation Ltd.a

    13,288        231,762   
   

 

 

 
      231,762   

INTERNET SOFTWARE & SERVICES — 1.39%

   

 

Info Edge India Ltd.

    63,101        827,470   

Just Dial Ltd.a

    36,290        201,255   
   

 

 

 
      1,028,725   

IT SERVICES — 3.91%

  

 

eClerx Services Ltd.

    21,328        467,509   

Hexaware Technologies Ltd.

    94,649        284,712   

MindTree Ltd.

    105,177        733,484   

Mphasis Ltd.

    76,780        590,862   

Persistent Systems Ltd.

    41,200        366,773   

Polaris Consulting & Services Ltd./Indiaa

    1,194        2,757   

Rolta India Ltd.a

    13,305        10,244   

Vakrangee Ltd.

    110,852        447,545   
   

 

 

 
      2,903,886   

LIFE SCIENCES TOOLS & SERVICES — 0.10%

   

 

Dishman Pharmaceuticals & Chemicals Ltd.

    20,880        72,082   
   

 

 

 
      72,082   

MACHINERY — 3.87%

  

 

AIA Engineering Ltd.

    34,496        672,670   

BEML Ltd.

    10,516        129,520   

Carborundum Universal Ltd.

    45,705        178,115   

Escorts Ltd.

    51,503        242,809   
 

 

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November 30, 2016

 

Security

  Shares     Value  

Force Motors Ltd.

    3,344      $ 197,932   

Greaves Cotton Ltd.

    60,808        111,935   

Ingersoll-Rand India Ltd.

    7,832        78,910   

ISGEC Heavy Engineering Ltd.

    1,804        119,058   

Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd.

    301,052        395,178   

Lakshmi Machine Works Ltd.

    2,860        162,832   

Texmaco Rail & Engineering Ltd.

    53,214        83,340   

Thermax Ltd.

    29,862        363,432   

Timken India Ltd.

    16,808        137,376   
   

 

 

 
      2,873,107   

MARINE — 0.11%

  

 

Shipping Corp. of India Ltd.a

    94,952        81,567   
   

 

 

 
      81,567   

MEDIA — 3.16%

  

 

DEN Networks Ltd.a

    25,452        23,240   

Dish TV India Ltd.a

    389,918        519,234   

Inox Leisure Ltd.a

    32,877        106,174   

Jagran Prakashan Ltd.a

    87,956        225,322   

PVR Ltd.

    24,420        410,009   

SITI Networks Ltd.a

    233,992        124,433   

Sun TV Network Ltd.

    98,736        679,118   

TV18 Broadcast Ltd.a

    468,908        262,716   
   

 

 

 
      2,350,246   

METALS & MINING — 0.72%

  

 

Jindal Steel & Power Ltd.a

    333,080        343,547   

MOIL Ltd.

    35,244        193,652   
   

 

 

 
      537,199   

MULTILINE RETAIL — 0.41%

  

 

Future Retail Ltd.a

    121,990        219,389   

Shoppers Stop Ltd.

    20,549        88,577   
   

 

 

 
      307,966   

OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS — 1.22%

  

 

Aegis Logistics Ltd.

    82,632        180,055   

Chennai Petroleum Corp. Ltd.

    37,312        152,003   

Great Eastern Shipping Co. Ltd. (The)

    85,096        451,469   

Gujarat Mineral Development Corp. Ltd.

    79,539        123,523   
   

 

 

 
      907,050   

PAPER & FOREST PRODUCTS — 0.33%

  

 

Century Plyboards India Ltd.

    55,419        147,112   

Greenply Industries Ltd.

    24,678        94,279   
   

 

 

 
      241,391   

Security

  Shares     Value  

PERSONAL PRODUCTS — 0.93%

  

 

Bajaj Corp. Ltd.

    46,306      $ 248,920   

Gillette India Ltd.

    6,826        438,526   
   

 

 

 
      687,446   

PHARMACEUTICALS — 8.02%

  

 

Ajanta Pharma Ltd.

    22,064        611,645   

Alembic Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

    47,476        459,092   

AstraZeneca Pharma India Ltd.a

    6,116        84,834   

FDC Ltd./India

    44,044        140,853   

Granules India Ltd.

    53,521        85,697   

Indoco Remedies Ltd.

    23,452        88,345   

Ipca Laboratories Ltd.a

    46,156        391,776   

JB Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

    20,812        107,132   

Jubilant Life Sciences Ltd.

    66,498        684,566   

Marksans Pharma Ltd.

    207,064        134,163   

Natco Pharma Ltd.

    58,188        513,286   

Pfizer Ltd./India

    11,535        308,922   

Sanofi India Ltd.

    5,808        378,608   

Sequent Scientific Ltd.a

    86,760        143,673   

Shilpa Medicare Ltd.

    22,907        227,066   

Strides Shasun Ltd.

    45,681        731,041   

Sun Pharma Advanced Research Co. Ltd.a

    64,771        302,616   

Suven Life Sciences Ltd.

    46,447        123,227   

Unichem Laboratories Ltd.

    37,181        146,010   

Wockhardt Ltd.

    29,097        298,116   
   

 

 

 
      5,960,668   

REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT — 1.77%

  

Godrej Properties Ltd.a

    54,224        238,130   

Housing Development & Infrastructure Ltd.a

    264,308        239,213   

Indiabulls Real Estate Ltd.a

    186,674        191,041   

Oberoi Realty Ltd.

    88,756        370,654   

Sobha Ltd.

    40,818        152,302   

Unitech Ltd.a

    1,636,996        119,578   
   

 

 

 
      1,310,918   

ROAD & RAIL — 0.13%

  

 

VRL Logistics Ltd.

    23,100        92,806   
   

 

 

 
      92,806   

SOFTWARE — 1.82%

  

 

Cyient Ltd.

    76,346        553,838   

KPIT Technologies Ltd.

    155,643        299,921   
 

 

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Security

  Shares     Value  

NIIT Technologies Ltd.

    31,240      $ 194,061   

Tata Elxsi Ltd.

    7,791        144,440   

Zensar Technologies Ltd.

    11,099        163,009   
   

 

 

 
      1,355,269   

SPECIALTY RETAIL — 0.34%

  

 

PC Jeweller Ltd.

    47,168        253,932   
   

 

 

 
      253,932   

TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE, STORAGE & PERIPHERALS — 0.04%

   

 

Ricoh India Ltd.a

    9,870        30,901   
   

 

 

 
      30,901   

TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS — 6.09%

   

 

Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd.a

    192,687        392,840   

Arvind Ltd.

    132,114        701,691   

Bata India Ltd.

    32,106        195,055   

Himatsingka Seide Ltd.

    25,212        104,533   

Indo Count Industries Ltd.

    49,060        111,883   

Kitex Garments Ltd.

    11,616        68,008   

KPR Mill Ltd.

    18,392        161,151   

Page Industries Ltd.

    5,720        1,115,877   

Rajesh Exports Ltd.

    92,547        629,992   

Raymond Ltd.

    25,388        188,809   

SRF Ltd.

    14,451        332,505   

Vardhman Textiles Ltd.

    15,884        256,062   

Welspun India Ltd.

    263,604        268,229   
   

 

 

 
      4,526,635   

THRIFTS & MORTGAGE FINANCE — 1.55%

  

 

Can Fin Homes Ltd.

    6,600        163,219   

Dewan Housing Finance Corp. Ltd.

    152,284        570,657   

GRUH Finance Ltd.

    91,300        417,692   
   

 

 

 
      1,151,568   

TOBACCO — 0.24%

  

 

Godfrey Phillips India Ltd.

    12,980        176,157   
   

 

 

 
      176,157   

Security

  Shares     Value  

TRADING COMPANIES & DISTRIBUTORS — 0.43%

   

 

Adani Enterprises Ltd.

    170,239      $ 169,247   

Kushal Tradelink Ltd.

    29,700        152,950   
   

 

 

 
      322,197   

TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE — 0.81%

   

 

Gateway Distriparks Ltd.

    79,232        273,468   

Gujarat Pipavav Port Ltd.

    114,935        234,407   

Navkar Corp. Ltd.a,b

    35,728        91,344   
   

 

 

 
      599,219   

WATER UTILITIES — 0.27%

  

 

VA Tech Wabag Ltd.

    27,764        201,328   
   

 

 

 
      201,328   

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES — 0.68%

  

Reliance Communications Ltd.a

    910,360        502,069   
   

 

 

 
      502,069   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

  

 

(Cost: $69,168,713)

      74,220,950   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES — 99.92%

   

 

(Cost: $69,168,713)c

      74,220,950   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.08%

      60,734   
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

    $ 74,281,684   
   

 

 

 

 

a  Non-income earning security.
b  This security may be resold to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.
c  The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $71,808,042. Net unrealized appreciation was $2,412,908, of which $9,559,129 represented gross unrealized appreciation on securities and $7,146,221 represented gross unrealized depreciation on securities.
 

 

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iSHARES® MSCI INDIA SMALL-CAP ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Schedule 1 — Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at www.iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 2016. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the schedule of investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments:

           

Assets:

           

Common stocks

   $ 74,183,252       $ 37,698       $       $ 74,220,950   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 74,183,252       $ 37,698       $       $ 74,220,950   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                     

 

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iSHARES® MSCI INDONESIA ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security

  Shares     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — 99.87%

  

AIRLINES — 0.10%

   

Garuda Indonesia Persero Tbk PTa

    17,096,700      $ 481,899   
   

 

 

 
      481,899   

AUTOMOBILES — 9.89%

  

 

Astra International Tbk PT

    88,003,430        49,026,076   
   

 

 

 
      49,026,076   

BANKS — 29.73%

  

 

Bank Bukopin Tbk

    15,793,299        745,819   

Bank Central Asia Tbk PT

    53,595,058        56,551,140   

Bank Danamon Indonesia Tbk PT

    14,594,460        3,499,871   

Bank Mandiri Persero Tbk PT

    40,579,080        31,439,243   

Bank Negara Indonesia Persero Tbk PT

    32,436,058        12,385,656   

Bank Pembangunan Daerah Jawa Barat Dan Banten Tbk PT

    10,561,736        1,207,946   

Bank Pembangunan Daerah Jawa Timur Tbk PT

    13,143,400        489,756   

Bank Rakyat Indonesia Persero Tbk PT

    48,264,272        38,817,972   

Bank Tabungan Negara Persero Tbk PT

    18,437,126        2,244,697   
   

 

 

 
      147,382,100   

BUILDING PRODUCTS — 0.18%

  

 

Arwana Citramulia Tbk PT

    20,811,200        882,969   
   

 

 

 
      882,969   

CAPITAL MARKETS — 0.38%

  

 

Kresna Graha Investama PT Tbka

    53,765,300        1,912,184   
   

 

 

 
      1,912,184   

CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING — 2.47%

  

 

Adhi Karya Persero Tbk PT

    7,759,110        1,093,518   

Pembangunan Perumahan Persero
Tbk PT

    10,534,600        3,303,601   

Sitara Propertindo Tbk PTa

    19,729,800        953,552   

Surya Semesta Internusa Tbk PT

    14,307,374        543,685   

Waskita Karya Persero Tbk PT

    20,667,900        3,888,814   

Wijaya Karya Persero Tbk PT

    13,663,270        2,449,861   
   

 

 

 
      12,233,031   

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS — 3.85%

  

 

Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa Tbk PT

    6,403,444        7,548,055   

Security

  Shares     Value  

PT Holcim Indonesia Tbk

    6,749,900      $ 460,702   

PT Wijaya Karya Beton Tbk

    11,401,700        677,245   

Semen Baturaja Persero TBK PT

    10,363,900        1,980,631   

Semen Indonesia Persero Tbk PT

    12,897,355        8,445,971   
   

 

 

 
      19,112,604   

DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES — 12.67%

  

Inovisi Infracom Tbk PTa

    9,476,400          

Link Net Tbk PT

    4,636,500        1,693,465   

Telekomunikasi Indonesia Persero
Tbk PT

    219,118,090        61,115,394   
   

 

 

 
      62,808,859   

FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING — 0.12%

  

 

Matahari Putra Prima Tbk PT

    4,683,500        587,489   
   

 

 

 
      587,489   

FOOD PRODUCTS — 6.78%

  

 

Charoen Pokphand Indonesia Tbk PT

    32,090,725        7,458,829   

Eagle High Plantations Tbk PTa

    41,023,852        623,569   

Indofood CBP Sukses Makmur Tbk PT

    10,143,854        6,474,402   

Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk PT

    19,090,730        10,670,524   

Japfa Comfeed Indonesia Tbk PT

    19,863,600        2,447,682   

Nippon Indosari Corpindo Tbk PT

    6,625,700        718,670   

Perusahaan Perkebunan London Sumatra Indonesia Tbk PT

    13,367,100        1,790,171   

PT Bisi International Tbk

    6,537,700        880,377   

Salim Ivomas Pratama Tbk PT

    13,935,800        529,566   

Sawit Sumbermas Sarana Tbk PT

    8,307,800        839,822   

Tiga Pilar Sejahtera Food Tbka

    8,414,300        1,161,021   
   

 

 

 
      33,594,633   

GAS UTILITIES — 1.87%

  

 

Perusahaan Gas Negara Persero Tbk PT

    47,437,607        9,275,754   
   

 

 

 
      9,275,754   

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES — 0.24%

   

 

Siloam International Hospitals Tbk PTa

    1,529,800        1,185,235   
   

 

 

 
      1,185,235   

HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS — 4.01%

  

 

Sekawan Intipratama Tbk PTa

    30,572,100        18,047   
 

 

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iSHARES® MSCI INDONESIA ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security

  Shares     Value  

Unilever Indonesia Tbk PT

    6,634,904        19,839,844   
   

 

 

 
      19,857,891   

INSURANCE — 0.15%

  

 

Panin Financial Tbk PTa

    55,674,478        751,775   
   

 

 

 
      751,775   

MARINE — 0.00%

  

 

Berlian Laju Tanker Tbk PTa

    20,137,514          
   

 

 

 
      0   

MEDIA — 1.87%

  

 

Global Mediacom Tbk PT

    27,641,800        1,203,369   

Media Nusantara Citra Tbk PT

    21,742,500        2,783,489   

Surya Citra Media Tbk PT

    25,440,400        4,711,707   

Visi Media Asia Tbk PTa

    28,610,600        561,551   
   

 

 

 
      9,260,116   

METALS & MINING — 0.97%

  

 

Aneka Tambang Persero Tbk PTa

    36,601,054        2,619,666   

Krakatau Steel Persero Tbk PTa

    16,720,593        1,042,531   

Timah Persero Tbk PT

    12,979,280        1,154,033   
   

 

 

 
      4,816,230   

MULTILINE RETAIL — 2.95%

  

 

Matahari Department Store Tbk PT

    10,727,000        11,397,809   

Mitra Adiperkasa Tbk PTa

    3,254,500        1,266,740   

Multipolar Tbk PTa

    30,735,943        752,948   

Ramayana Lestari Sentosa Tbk PT

    13,911,700        1,221,540   
   

 

 

 
      14,639,037   

OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS — 4.85%

  

 

Adaro Energy Tbk PT

    62,596,439        7,066,781   

Indo Tambangraya Megah Tbk PT

    1,721,380        2,032,251   

Sugih Energy Tbk PTa

    119,120,611        1,002,011   

Tambang Batubara Bukit Asam Persero Tbk PT

    3,008,050        2,619,073   

United Tractors Tbk PT

    7,298,696        11,309,546   
   

 

 

 
      24,029,662   

PERSONAL PRODUCTS — 0.11%

  

 

Industri Jamu Dan Farmasi Sido Muncul Tbk PT

    13,216,800        531,500   
   

 

 

 
      531,500   

Security

  Shares     Value  

PHARMACEUTICALS — 2.05%

  

 

Kalbe Farma Tbk PT

    91,727,385      $ 10,152,450   
   

 

 

 
      10,152,450   

REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT — 7.01%

  

Agung Podomoro Land Tbk PTa

    22,579,400        393,192   

Alam Sutera Realty Tbk PTa

    42,809,116        1,200,329   

Bumi Serpong Damai Tbk PT

    33,489,622        4,200,875   

Ciputra Development Tbk PT

    46,966,613        4,678,467   

Hanson International Tbk PTa

    291,118,935        3,608,779   

Intiland Development Tbk PT

    27,109,220        1,000,156   

Kawasan Industri Jababeka Tbk PTa

    67,494,770        1,434,311   

Lippo Cikarang Tbk PTa

    1,822,300        736,181   

Lippo Karawaci Tbk PT

    80,308,262        4,533,172   

Modernland Realty Tbk PTa

    35,517,018        917,245   

Pakuwon Jati Tbk PT

    104,000,177        5,256,604   

PP Properti Tbk PT

    20,788,700        2,216,541   

Summarecon Agung Tbk PT

    43,928,458        4,586,517   
   

 

 

 
      34,762,369   

SPECIALTY RETAIL — 0.43%

  

 

Ace Hardware Indonesia Tbk PT

    33,591,179        2,143,986   
   

 

 

 
      2,143,986   

TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS — 0.13%

   

 

Sri Rejeki Isman Tbk PT

    36,299,400        642,823   
   

 

 

 
      642,823   

TOBACCO — 4.31%

  

 

Gudang Garam Tbk PT

    2,091,442        10,030,897   

Hanjaya Mandala Sampoerna Tbk PT

    40,463,500        11,345,604   
   

 

 

 
      21,376,501   

TRADING COMPANIES & DISTRIBUTORS — 0.78%

   

 

AKR Corporindo Tbk PT

    7,811,300        3,847,292   
   

 

 

 
      3,847,292   

TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE — 0.55%

   

 

Jasa Marga Persero Tbk PT

    8,868,300        2,715,620   
   

 

 

 
      2,715,620   
 

 

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iSHARES® MSCI INDONESIA ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security

  Shares     Value  

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES — 1.42%

  

Tower Bersama Infrastructure Tbk PT

    10,432,500      $ 4,272,302   

XL Axiata Tbk PTa

    16,279,300        2,762,766   
   

 

 

 
      7,035,068   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

  

 

(Cost: $601,386,632)

      495,045,153   

RIGHTS — 0.01%

   

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES — 0.01%

   

 

Siloam International Hospitals Tbk PTa

    189,913        21,020   
   

 

 

 
      21,020   

TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE — 0.00%

   

 

Jasa Marga Persero Tbk PTa

    601,508        11,096   
   

 

 

 
      11,096   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL RIGHTS

  

 

(Cost: $0)

      32,116   

Security

  Shares     Value  

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.01%

  

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.01%

  

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.30%b,c

    31,962      $ 31,962   
   

 

 

 
      31,962   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

  

 

(Cost: $31,962)

  

    31,962   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES — 99.89%

   

 

(Cost: $601,418,594)d

  

    495,109,231   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.11%

  

    567,316   
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

  

  $ 495,676,547   
   

 

 

 

 

a  Non-income earning security.
b  Affiliated money market fund.
c  The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.
d  The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $607,654,980. Net unrealized depreciation was $112,545,749, of which $2,968,717 represented gross unrealized appreciation on securities and $115,514,466 represented gross unrealized depreciation on securities.
 

 

Schedule 1 — Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at www.iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 2016. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the schedule of investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments:

           

Assets:

           

Common stocks

   $ 494,025,095       $ 1,002,011       $ 18,047       $ 495,045,153   

Rights

             32,116                 32,116   

Money market funds

     31,962                         31,962   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 494,057,057       $ 1,034,127       $ 18,047       $ 495,109,231   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                     

 

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iSHARES® MSCI IRELAND CAPPED ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security

  Shares     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — 99.95%

  

AIRLINES — 4.22%

   

Ryanair Holdings PLC ADRa

    50,354      $ 4,020,264   
   

 

 

 
      4,020,264   

BANKS — 6.61%

  

 

Bank of Irelanda

    18,705,532        3,988,407   

Permanent TSB Group Holdings PLCa

    844,711        2,302,898   
   

 

 

 
      6,291,305   

BEVERAGES — 2.90%

  

 

C&C Group PLC

    747,161        2,757,414   
   

 

 

 
      2,757,414   

BUILDING PRODUCTS — 4.93%

  

 

Kingspan Group PLC

    175,406        4,688,980   
   

 

 

 
      4,688,980   

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS — 22.47%

  

 

CRH PLC

    640,144        21,387,139   
   

 

 

 
      21,387,139   

CONTAINERS & PACKAGING — 4.66%

  

 

Smurfit Kappa Group PLC

    194,487        4,435,703   
   

 

 

 
      4,435,703   

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES — 0.19%

  

 

IFG Group PLC

    103,593        181,321   
   

 

 

 
      181,321   

EQUITY REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS (REITS) — 7.27%

   

 

Green REIT PLC

    1,849,229        2,520,735   

Hibernia REIT PLC

    1,938,047        2,401,268   

Irish Residential Properties REIT PLC

    1,619,757        1,994,874   
   

 

 

 
      6,916,877   

FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING — 1.13%

  

 

Fyffes PLC

    302,048        467,802   

Total Produce PLC

    328,724        607,105   
   

 

 

 
      1,074,907   

FOOD PRODUCTS — 18.56%

  

 

Glanbia PLC

    256,352        4,346,931   

Kerry Group PLC Class A

    175,022        12,407,878   

Origin Enterprises PLC

    142,768        912,021   
   

 

 

 
      17,666,830   

Security

  Shares     Value  

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES — 4.01%

  

UDG Healthcare PLC

    465,009      $ 3,819,959   
   

 

 

 
      3,819,959   

HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE — 12.17%

   

 

Dalata Hotel Group PLCa

    527,689        2,465,237   

Paddy Power Betfair PLC

    87,322        9,124,169   
   

 

 

 
      11,589,406   

INSURANCE — 0.19%

  

 

FBD Holdings PLCa

    27,862        177,927   
   

 

 

 
      177,927   

INTERNET SOFTWARE & SERVICES — 0.27%

  

 

Datalex PLC

    69,800        255,451   
   

 

 

 
      255,451   

LIFE SCIENCES TOOLS & SERVICES — 4.49%

   

 

ICON PLCa

    56,554        4,277,745   
   

 

 

 
      4,277,745   

MARINE — 2.30%

  

 

Irish Continental Group PLC

    494,445        2,192,440   
   

 

 

 
      2,192,440   

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES — 0.13%

  

 

CPL Resources PLC

    23,234        125,698   
   

 

 

 
      125,698   

SPECIALTY RETAIL — 0.16%

  

 

Applegreen PLCa

    33,749        153,944   
   

 

 

 
      153,944   

TRADING COMPANIES & DISTRIBUTORS — 3.29%

  

Grafton Group PLC

    472,383        3,128,036   
   

 

 

 
      3,128,036   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

  

 

(Cost: $104,221,324)

  

    95,141,346   
 

 

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iSHARES® MSCI IRELAND CAPPED ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security

  Shares     Value  

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.00%

  

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.00%

  

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.30%b,c

    1,206      $ 1,206   
   

 

 

 
      1,206   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

   

(Cost: $1,206)

      1,206   
   

 

 

 

    

         Value  

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES — 99.95%

   

(Cost: $104,222,530)d

    $ 95,142,552   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.05%

      47,376   
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

    $ 95,189,928   
   

 

 

 

ADR — American Depositary Receipts

 

a  Non-income earning security.
b  Affiliated money market fund.
c  The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.
d  The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $105,163,619. Net unrealized depreciation was $10,021,067, of which $5,053,458 represented gross unrealized appreciation on securities and $15,074,525 represented gross unrealized depreciation on securities.
 

 

Schedule 1 — Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at www.iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 2016. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the schedule of investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments:

           

Assets:

           

Common stocks

   $ 95,141,346       $       $       $ 95,141,346   

Money market funds

     1,206                         1,206   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 95,142,552       $       $       $ 95,142,552   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                     

 

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

iSHARES® MSCI NEW ZEALAND CAPPED ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security

  Shares     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — 99.76%

  

AIR FREIGHT & LOGISTICS — 1.82%

  

 

Freightways Ltd.

    487,363      $ 2,314,468   
   

 

 

 
      2,314,468   

AIRLINES — 2.17%

  

 

Air New Zealand Ltd.

    1,803,402        2,761,023   
   

 

 

 
      2,761,023   

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS — 11.04%

  

 

Fletcher Building Ltd.

    1,929,143        14,056,633   
   

 

 

 
      14,056,633   

DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES — 13.03%

  

Chorus Ltd.

    1,267,139        3,538,704   

Spark New Zealand Ltd.

    5,067,726        13,056,937   
   

 

 

 
      16,595,641   

ELECTRIC UTILITIES — 13.04%

  

 

Contact Energy Ltd.

    1,902,959        6,339,443   

Genesis Energy Ltd.

    1,624,328        2,337,187   

Infratil Ltd.

    1,693,844        3,349,665   

Mercury NZ Ltd.

    2,149,521        4,585,978   
   

 

 

 
      16,612,273   

EQUITY REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS (REITS) — 9.19%

   

 

Argosy Property Ltd.

    2,653,273        1,974,672   

Goodman Property Trust

    3,287,014        2,842,400   

Kiwi Property Group Ltd.

    3,928,533        4,065,435   

Precinct Properties New Zealand Ltd.

    3,325,262        2,816,551   
   

 

 

 
      11,699,058   

FOOD PRODUCTS — 3.08%

  

 

a2 Milk Co. Ltd.a,b

    2,245,883        3,916,030   
   

 

 

 
      3,916,030   

HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES — 7.02%

   

 

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corp. Ltd.

    1,542,099        8,941,067   
   

 

 

 
      8,941,067   

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES — 7.87%

   

 

Metlifecare Ltd.

    463,805        1,850,835   

Ryman Healthcare Ltd.

    952,882        5,909,775   

Security

  Shares     Value  

Summerset Group Holdings Ltd.

    657,074      $ 2,263,468   
   

 

 

 
      10,024,078   

HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGY — 0.22%

  

 

Orion Health Group Ltd.a

    216,200        275,837   
   

 

 

 
      275,837   

HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE — 3.96%

   

 

SKYCITY Entertainment Group Ltd.

    1,802,549        5,046,705   
   

 

 

 
      5,046,705   

INDEPENDENT POWER AND RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY PRODUCERS — 4.56%

   

 

Meridian Energy Ltd.

    3,186,320        5,804,252   
   

 

 

 
      5,804,252   

INTERNET & DIRECT MARKETING RETAIL — 3.27%

  

Trade Me Group Ltd.

    1,235,463        4,168,314   
   

 

 

 
      4,168,314   

MEDIA — 3.22%

  

 

Sky Network Television Ltd.

    1,209,123        4,105,157   
   

 

 

 
      4,105,157   

OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS — 4.89%

  

 

New Zealand Refining Co. Ltd. (The)

    599,478        1,096,268   

Z Energy Ltd.

    1,027,518        5,134,549   
   

 

 

 
      6,230,817   

SOFTWARE — 2.37%

  

 

Xero Ltd.a,b

    238,856        3,016,947   
   

 

 

 
      3,016,947   

TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE — 9.01%

   

 

Auckland International Airport Ltd.

    2,630,944        11,477,926   
   

 

 

 
    11,477,926   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

  

 

(Cost: $133,505,030)

  

    127,046,226   
 

 

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iSHARES® MSCI NEW ZEALAND CAPPED ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security

  Shares     Value  

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 3.16%

  

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 3.16%

  

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.72%c,d,e

    4,007,176      $ 4,008,379   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.30%c,d

    14,531        14,531   
   

 

 

 
      4,022,910   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

  

 

(Cost: $4,022,198)

  

    4,022,910   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES — 102.92%

   

 

(Cost: $137,527,228)f

  

    131,069,136   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (2.92)%

  

    (3,722,768
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

  

  $ 127,346,368   
   

 

 

 

 

a  Non-income earning security.
b  All or a portion of this security represents a security on loan.
c  Affiliated money market fund.
d  The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.
e  All or a portion of this security represents an investment of securities lending collateral.
f  The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $139,768,347. Net unrealized depreciation was $8,699,211, of which $2,574,988 represented gross unrealized appreciation on securities and $11,274,199 represented gross unrealized depreciation on securities.
 

 

Schedule 1 — Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at www.iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 2016. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the schedule of investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments:

           

Assets:

           

Common stocks

   $ 127,046,226       $       $       $ 127,046,226   

Money market funds

     4,022,910                         4,022,910   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 131,069,136       $       $       $ 131,069,136   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                     

 

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iSHARES® MSCI NORWAY CAPPED ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — 99.68%

  

AIRLINES — 0.91%

   

Norwegian Air Shuttle ASAa,b

    8,699      $ 272,011   
   

 

 

 
      272,011   

AUTO COMPONENTS — 0.38%

  

 

Kongsberg Automotive ASAa

    165,958        112,092   
   

 

 

 
      112,092   

BANKS — 14.60%

  

 

DNB ASA

    252,725        3,722,678   

Skandiabanken ASAa,c

    15,212        123,295   

Sparebank 1 Nord Norge

    34,695        209,886   

SpareBank 1 SMN

    40,313        291,226   
   

 

 

 
      4,347,085   

CHEMICALS — 5.52%

  

 

Borregaard ASA

    32,317        326,467   

Yara International ASA

    35,563        1,315,887   
   

 

 

 
      1,642,354   

CONSUMER FINANCE — 0.23%

  

 

B2Holding ASAa

    39,587        68,589   
   

 

 

 
      68,589   

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES — 1.07%

  

 

Aker ASA Class A

    8,600        320,234   
   

 

 

 
      320,234   

DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION
SERVICES — 9.59%

   

 

Telenor ASA

    193,169        2,854,485   
   

 

 

 
      2,854,485   

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, INSTRUMENTS & COMPONENTS — 0.33%

   

 

IDEX ASAa

    139,014        99,609   
   

 

 

 
      99,609   

ENERGY EQUIPMENT & SERVICES — 8.50%

  

 

Akastor ASAa,b

    76,108        110,857   

Aker Solutions ASAa

    51,583        232,007   

BW Offshore Ltd.a

    1,070,321        49,033   

Ocean Yield ASA

    21,661        174,293   

Petroleum Geo-Services ASAa,b

    71,784        209,960   

Seadrill Ltd.a,b

    104,436        290,129   

Subsea 7 SAa,b

    74,749        872,773   

TGS Nopec Geophysical Co. ASA

    30,141        592,329   
   

 

 

 
      2,531,381   
Security   Shares     Value  

FOOD PRODUCTS — 16.76%

  

Austevoll Seafood ASA

    29,095      $ 273,412   

Bakkafrost P/F

    11,579        488,287   

Leroy Seafood Group ASA

    9,002        499,104   

Marine Harvest ASA

    75,494        1,357,680   

Norway Royal Salmon ASA

    2,853        66,691   

Orkla ASA

    205,051        1,828,156   

Salmar ASA

    15,177        476,000   
   

 

 

 
      4,989,330   

INDEPENDENT POWER AND RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY PRODUCERS — 0.34%

   

 

Scatec Solar ASAb,c

    25,459        101,081   
   

 

 

 
      101,081   

INSURANCE — 5.90%

  

 

Gjensidige Forsikring ASA

    56,171        898,667   

Protector Forsikring ASAb

    20,794        174,644   

Storebrand ASAa

    130,484        682,067   
   

 

 

 
      1,755,378   

INTERNET SOFTWARE & SERVICES — 0.85%

  

 

Opera Software ASAa

    36,637        253,911   
   

 

 

 
      253,911   

IT SERVICES — 0.79%

  

 

Atea ASA

    25,814        236,515   
   

 

 

 
      236,515   

MACHINERY — 0.39%

  

 

Hexagon Composites ASAa,b

    35,856        115,826   
   

 

 

 
      115,826   

MARINE — 1.05%

  

 

Golden Ocean Group Ltd.a,b

    24,602        106,636   

Stolt-Nielsen Ltd.

    9,853        117,475   

Wilh Wilhelmsen ASA

    26,275        87,345   
   

 

 

 
      311,456   

MEDIA — 2.98%

  

 

Schibsted ASA

    19,410        419,065   

Schibsted ASA Class B

    23,067        468,214   
   

 

 

 
      887,279   

METALS & MINING — 4.42%

  

 

Norsk Hydro ASA

    279,297        1,316,902   
   

 

 

 
      1,316,902   

MULTILINE RETAIL — 0.53%

  

 

Europris ASAc

    36,719        156,569   
   

 

 

 
      156,569   
 

 

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iSHARES® MSCI NORWAY CAPPED ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS — 20.60%

  

 

Aker BP ASA

    30,906      $ 502,445   

BW LPG Ltd.b,c

    28,309        90,781   

DNO ASAa,b

    212,005        184,284   

Frontline Ltd./Bermudab

    24,214        173,503   

Hoegh LNG Holdings Ltd.b

    16,199        169,351   

Statoil ASA

    292,417        5,011,500   
   

 

 

 
      6,131,864   

REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT &
DEVELOPMENT — 1.61%

   

 

Entra ASAc

    27,839        287,770   

Norwegian Property ASA

    72,746        88,015   

Selvaag Bolig ASA

    21,466        103,382   
   

 

 

 
      479,167   

SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT — 0.82%

   

 

Nordic Semiconductor ASAa,b

    41,126        165,699   

REC Silicon ASAa,b

    729,855        79,732   
   

 

 

 
      245,431   

SPECIALTY RETAIL — 1.17%

  

 

XXL ASAc

    29,412        348,944   
   

 

 

 
      348,944   

TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE, STORAGE & PERIPHERALS — 0.34%

   

 

Thin Film Electronics ASAa,b

    225,242        101,335   
   

 

 

 
    101,335   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

  

 

(Cost: $34,949,112)

  

    29,678,828   
Security   Shares     Value  

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 9.97%

  

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 9.97%

  

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.72%d,e,f

    2,952,262      $ 2,953,147   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.30%d,e

    14,985        14,985   
   

 

 

 
    2,968,132   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

  

 

(Cost: $2,967,532)

  

    2,968,132   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES — 109.65%
(Cost: $37,916,644)g

    

    32,646,960   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (9.65)%

  

    (2,874,473
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

  

  $ 29,772,487   
   

 

 

 

 

a  Non-income earning security.
b  All or a portion of this security represents a security on loan.
c  This security may be resold to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.
d  Affiliated money market fund.
e  The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.
f  All or a portion of this security represents an investment of securities lending collateral.
g  The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $40,294,171. Net unrealized depreciation was $7,647,211, of which $1,360,162 represented gross unrealized appreciation on securities and $9,007,373 represented gross unrealized depreciation on securities.
 

 

Schedule 1 — Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at www.iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 2016. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the schedule of investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments:

           

Assets:

           

Common stocks

   $ 29,678,828       $       $       $ 29,678,828   

Money market funds

     2,968,132                         2,968,132   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 32,646,960       $       $       $ 32,646,960   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                     

 

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iSHARES® MSCI PHILIPPINES ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — 99.47%

  

AIRLINES — 0.82%

  

 

Cebu Air Inc.

    553,380      $ 1,130,573   
   

 

 

 
      1,130,573   

BANKS — 11.92%

  

 

Bank of the Philippine Islands

    1,837,559        3,325,564   

BDO Unibank Inc.

    4,192,456        9,442,089   

Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co.

    1,662,116        2,506,710   

Rizal Commercial Banking Corp.

    274,758        196,690   

Security Bank Corp.

    288,510        1,052,978   
   

 

 

 
      16,524,031   

CHEMICALS — 1.08%

  

 

D&L Industries Inc.

    6,611,300        1,502,266   
   

 

 

 
      1,502,266   

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS — 0.94%

  

 

CEMEX Holdings Philippines Inc.a,b

    6,090,000        1,302,988   
   

 

 

 
      1,302,988   

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES — 13.08%

   

 

Ayala Corp.

    633,548        9,249,062   

GT Capital Holdings Inc.

    202,035        4,708,598   

Metro Pacific Investments Corp.

    33,434,300        4,168,362   
   

 

 

 
      18,126,022   

ELECTRIC UTILITIES — 0.56%

  

 

First Philippine Holdings Corp.

    577,609        772,391   
   

 

 

 
      772,391   

FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING — 0.72%

  

 

Cosco Capital Inc.

    5,826,500        991,196   
   

 

 

 
      991,196   

FOOD PRODUCTS — 5.93%

  

 

Century Pacific Food Inc.

    1,813,400        623,550   

Universal Robina Corp.

    2,223,630        7,596,918   
   

 

 

 
      8,220,468   

HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE — 5.28%

   

 

Bloomberry Resorts Corp.b

    9,933,965        1,274,456   

Jollibee Foods Corp.

    1,112,263        4,826,591   

Max’s Group Inc.

    731,500        378,032   

Melco Crown Philippines Resorts Corp.b

    4,473,700        368,835   

Premium Leisure Corp.

    20,556,000        475,355   
   

 

 

 
      7,323,269   
Security   Shares     Value  

INDEPENDENT POWER AND RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY PRODUCERS — 5.73%

   

 

Aboitiz Power Corp.

    3,800,615      $ 3,278,632   

Energy Development Corp.

    24,073,520        2,463,990   

First Gen Corp.

    3,299,437        1,446,365   

Lopez Holdings Corp.

    4,808,650        752,288   
   

 

 

 
      7,941,275   

INDUSTRIAL CONGLOMERATES — 20.57%

  

 

Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc.

    4,418,720        6,508,571   

Alliance Global Group Inc.

    5,408,139        1,413,751   

DMCI Holdings Inc.

    10,410,600        2,826,123   

JG Summit Holdings Inc.

    7,317,882        10,043,142   

SM Investments Corp.

    615,281        7,720,397   
   

 

 

 
      28,511,984   

MEDIA — 0.55%

  

 

ABS-CBN Holdings Corp. PDR

    850,330        757,483   
   

 

 

 
      757,483   

METALS & MINING — 0.36%

  

 

Nickel Asia Corp.

    3,005,900        499,271   
   

 

 

 
      499,271   

REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT &
DEVELOPMENT — 22.78%

   

 

Ayala Land Inc.

    18,776,040        12,421,711   

DoubleDragon Properties Corp.b

    1,719,000        1,520,933   

Filinvest Land Inc.

    25,302,590        880,223   

Megaworld Corp.

    29,242,700        2,163,948   

Robinsons Land Corp.

    4,248,100        2,199,650   

SM Prime Holdings Inc.

    21,178,835        11,285,725   

Vista Land & Lifescapes Inc.

    11,000,600        1,106,033   
   

 

 

 
      31,578,223   

SOFTWARE — 0.16%

  

 

Xurpas Inc.

    1,164,300        227,101   
   

 

 

 
      227,101   

TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE — 1.38%

   

 

International Container Terminal
Services Inc.

    1,313,150        1,906,484   
   

 

 

 
      1,906,484   

WATER UTILITIES — 1.37%

  

 

Manila Water Co. Inc.

    3,170,929        1,900,134   
   

 

 

 
      1,900,134   
 

 

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iSHARES® MSCI PHILIPPINES ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES — 6.24%

   

 

Globe Telecom Inc.

    85,165      $ 2,500,320   

PLDT Inc.

    241,597        6,150,447   
   

 

 

 
      8,650,767   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

  

 

(Cost: $180,844,951)

  

    137,865,926   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.03%

  

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.03%

  

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.30%c,d

    44,991        44,991   
   

 

 

 
      44,991   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

  

 

(Cost: $44,991)

  

    44,991   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES — 99.50%
(Cost: $180,889,942)e

    

    137,910,917   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.50%

  

    692,240   
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

  

  $ 138,603,157   
   

 

 

 

PDR  —  Philippine Depositary Receipt

 

a  This security may be resold to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.
b  Non-income earning security.
c  Affiliated money market fund.
d  The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.
e  The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $183,358,533. Net unrealized depreciation was $45,447,616, of which $260,559 represented gross unrealized appreciation on securities and $45,708,175 represented gross unrealized depreciation on securities.
 

 

Schedule 1 — Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at www.iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 2016. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the schedule of investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments:

           

Assets:

           

Common stocks

   $ 137,865,926       $       $       $ 137,865,926   

Money market funds

     44,991                         44,991   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 137,910,917       $       $       $ 137,910,917   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                     

 

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iSHARES® MSCI POLAND CAPPED ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security    Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS — 99.76%

  

BANKS — 31.74%

  

  

Alior Bank SAa

     295,307       $ 3,145,348   

Bank Handlowy w
Warszawie SA

     113,904         1,828,637   

Bank Millennium SAa

     1,724,203         2,179,906   

Bank Pekao SA

     475,709         13,413,200   

Bank Zachodni WBK SA

     98,469         6,871,842   

Getin Noble Bank SAa,b

     1,585,297         446,238   

mBank SAa

     49,027         3,795,103   

Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank
Polski SA

     2,654,606         16,185,811   
     

 

 

 
        47,866,085   

CAPITAL MARKETS — 0.63%

  

  

Warsaw Stock Exchange

     107,521         953,109   
     

 

 

 
        953,109   

CHEMICALS — 3.66%

  

  

Ciech SA

     96,658         1,290,987   

Grupa Azoty SA

     151,766         2,226,502   

Synthos SAa

     1,912,415         1,998,158   
     

 

 

 
        5,515,647   

CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING — 1.34%

   

  

Budimex SA

     41,300         2,022,612   
     

 

 

 
        2,022,612   

CONSUMER FINANCE — 1.48%

  

  

KRUK SAb

     45,678         2,233,750   
     

 

 

 
        2,233,750   

DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES — 2.62%

   

  

Netia SAb

     1,018,254         1,141,636   

Orange Polska SA

     2,184,128         2,808,280   
     

 

 

 
        3,949,916   

ELECTRIC UTILITIES — 7.23%

  

  

Enea SAa,b

     761,764         1,689,962   

Energa SAb

     700,469         1,328,402   

PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA

     2,539,487         5,621,698   

Tauron Polska Energia SAa

     3,575,106         2,260,000   
     

 

 

 
        10,900,062   
Security    Shares      Value  

FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING — 1.74%

  

  

Eurocash SA

     281,928       $ 2,617,487   
     

 

 

 
        2,617,487   

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES — 0.24%

  

Neuca SA

     4,087         365,505   
     

 

 

 
        365,505   

INSURANCE — 7.85%

  

  

Powszechny Zaklad
Ubezpieczen SA

     1,677,355         11,831,774   
     

 

 

 
        11,831,774   

MEDIA — 2.46%

  

  

Cyfrowy Polsat SAa,b

     644,792         3,714,585   
     

 

 

 
        3,714,585   

METALS & MINING — 8.68%

  

  

Boryszew SAa,b

     471,468         899,737   

Jastrzebska Spolka Weglowa SAa,b

     205,326         4,054,552   

KGHM Polska Miedz SA

     390,307         8,133,782   
     

 

 

 
        13,088,071   

OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS — 18.22%

   

  

Grupa Lotos SAa,b

     321,418         2,828,476   

Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SAa,b

     44,452         737,076   

Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA

     970,876         17,705,769   

Polskie Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA

     5,259,949         6,210,982   
     

 

 

 
        27,482,303   

REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT — 1.10%

   

  

Globe Trade Centre SAa,b

     870,248         1,662,835   
     

 

 

 
        1,662,835   

ROAD & RAIL — 0.85%

  

  

PKP Cargo SAa,b

     111,947         1,281,820   
     

 

 

 
        1,281,820   

SOFTWARE — 3.83%

  

  

Asseco Poland SA

     252,096         3,162,588   

CD Projekt SAa

     230,031         2,617,998   
     

 

 

 
        5,780,586   
 

 

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iSHARES® MSCI POLAND CAPPED ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security    Shares      Value  

TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY
GOODS — 6.09%

   

  

CCC SA

     81,148       $ 3,852,161   

LPP SAb

     3,869         5,325,534   
     

 

 

 
     9,177,695   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

  

  

(Cost: $252,622,359)

  

     150,443,842   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 11.76%

  

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 11.76%

  

  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares

   

  

0.72%c,d,e

     17,698,431         17,703,741   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

   

  

0.30%c,d

     30,472         30,472   
     

 

 

 
     17,734,213   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

  

  

(Cost: $17,729,237)

  

     17,734,213   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES — 111.52%
(Cost: $270,351,596)f

    

     168,178,055   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (11.52)%

  

     (17,375,100
     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

  

   $ 150,802,955   
     

 

 

 
a  Non-income earning security.
b  All or a portion of this security represents a security on loan.
c  Affiliated money market fund.
d  The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.
e  All or a portion of this security represents an investment of securities lending collateral.
f  The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $280,830,996. Net unrealized depreciation was $112,652,941, of which $1,958,064 represented gross unrealized appreciation on securities and $114,611,005 represented gross unrealized depreciation on securities.
 

 

Schedule 1 — Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at www.iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 2016. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the schedule of investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments:

           

Assets:

           

Common stocks

   $ 150,443,842       $       $       $ 150,443,842   

Money market funds

     17,734,213                         17,734,213   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 168,178,055       $       $       $ 168,178,055   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                     

 

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iSHARES® MSCI QATAR CAPPED ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — 99.93%

  

BANKS — 42.68%

  

 

Commercial Bank QSC (The)

    166,500      $ 1,508,980   

Doha Bank QSC

    145,928        1,346,584   

Masraf Al Rayan QSC

    315,204        2,925,930   

Qatar First Banka

    153,751        414,653   

Qatar International Islamic Bank QSC

    48,324        808,231   

Qatar Islamic Bank SAQ

    64,973        1,773,678   

Qatar National Bank SAQ

    199,079        8,140,960   
   

 

 

 
      16,919,016   

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS — 3.05%

  

 

Qatar National Cement Co. QSC

    22,597        508,886   

Qatari Investors Group QSC

    47,684        700,619   
   

 

 

 
      1,209,505   

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES — 1.93%

   

 

Qatar Industrial Manufacturing Co. QSC

    27,803        335,206   

Salam International Investment Ltd. QSC

    142,427        430,269   
   

 

 

 
      765,475   

DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION
SERVICES — 4.56%

   

 

Ooredoo QSC

    70,699        1,805,725   
   

 

 

 
      1,805,725   

ENERGY EQUIPMENT & SERVICES — 1.30%

  

 

Gulf International Services QSC

    65,459        514,151   
   

 

 

 
      514,151   

FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING — 0.87%

  

 

Al Meera Consumer Goods Co. QSC

    7,954        345,142   
   

 

 

 
      345,142   

FOOD PRODUCTS — 0.74%

  

 

Widam Food Co.

    17,522        293,541   
   

 

 

 
      293,541   

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES — 0.63%

   

 

Medicare Group

    14,061        249,076   
   

 

 

 
      249,076   
Security   Shares     Value  

INDUSTRIAL CONGLOMERATES — 10.69%

  

 

Industries Qatar QSC

    134,563      $ 3,880,346   

Mannai Corp. QSC

    16,766        358,692   
   

 

 

 
      4,239,038   

INSURANCE — 4.72%

  

 

Qatar Insurance Co. SAQ

    79,138        1,869,128   
   

 

 

 
      1,869,128   

MARINE — 3.90%

  

 

Qatar Navigation QSC

    64,170        1,545,565   
   

 

 

 
      1,545,565   

MULTI-UTILITIES — 4.63%

  

 

Qatar Electricity & Water Co. QSC

    31,388        1,836,110   
   

 

 

 
      1,836,110   

OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS — 4.53%

  

 

Qatar Gas Transport Co. Ltd.

    283,105        1,796,036   
   

 

 

 
      1,796,036   

REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT — 13.24%

   

 

Barwa Real Estate Co.

    116,749        987,551   

Ezdan Holding Group QSC

    678,300        2,757,014   

Mazaya Qatar Real Estate Development QSCa

    77,841        264,872   

National Leasing

    49,512        190,368   

United Development Co. QSC

    207,655        1,048,768   
   

 

 

 
      5,248,573   

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION
SERVICES — 2.46%

   

 

Vodafone Qatar QSCa

    403,375        974,871   
   

 

 

 
      974,871   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

  

(Cost: $44,908,624)

      39,610,952   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.11%

  

 

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.11%

  

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.30%b,c

    42,440        42,440   
   

 

 

 
      42,440   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

  

 

(Cost: $42,440)

      42,440   
   

 

 

 
 

 

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iSHARES® MSCI QATAR CAPPED ETF

November 30, 2016

 

            Value  

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES — 100.04%

   

 

(Cost: $44,951,064)d

    $ 39,653,392   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (0.04)%

  

    (16,554
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

    $ 39,636,838   
   

 

 

 

 

a  Non-income earning security.
b  Affiliated money market fund.
c  The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.
d  The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $49,116,004. Net unrealized depreciation was $9,462,612, of which $1,037,408 represented gross unrealized appreciation on securities and $10,500,020 represented gross unrealized depreciation on securities.
 

 

Schedule 1 — Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at www.iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 2016. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the schedule of investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments:

           

Assets:

           

Common stocks

   $ 39,610,952       $       $       $ 39,610,952   

Money market funds

     42,440                         42,440   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 39,653,392       $       $       $ 39,653,392   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                     

 

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iSHARES® MSCI SAUDI ARABIA CAPPED ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — 99.57%

  

BANKS — 32.83%

  

Al Rajhi Bank

    29,465      $ 498,186   

Alinma Bank

    28,481        107,897   

Arab National Bank

    15,592        89,496   

Bank Al-Jazira

    1,882        6,703   

Bank AlBilad

    7,333        37,144   

Banque Saudi Fransi

    17,824        127,112   

National Commercial Bank

    28,986        326,879   

Riyad Bank

    50,029        149,916   

Samba Financial Group

    34,069        209,721   

Saudi British Bank (The)

    5,562        36,033   

Saudi Investment Bank (The)

    6,583        25,536   
   

 

 

 
      1,614,623   

BUILDING PRODUCTS — 0.41%

  

Saudi Ceramic Co.

    2,382        20,315   
   

 

 

 
      20,315   

CHEMICALS — 23.86%

  

Advanced Petrochemical Co.

    4,790        55,026   

Sahara Petrochemical Co.

    12,213        40,179   

Saudi Arabian Fertilizer Co.

    6,140        121,214   

Saudi Basic Industries Corp.

    29,356        738,879   

Saudi Chemical Co.

    2,480        24,814   

Saudi Industrial Investment Group

    3,708        17,003   

Saudi International Petrochemical Co.a

    9,645        39,676   

Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Co.

    19,463        42,963   

Yanbu National Petrochemical Co.

    7,101        93,861   
   

 

 

 
      1,173,615   

COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES — 0.36%

  

Saudi Airlines Catering Co.

    658        17,965   
   

 

 

 
      17,965   

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS — 4.96%

  

Arabian Cement Co./Saudi Arabia

    2,823        37,269   

City Cement Co.

    6,763        25,945   

Eastern Province Cement Co.

    3,201        26,113   

Najran Cement Co.

    6,954        22,433   

Northern Region Cement Co.

    7,063        23,161   

Qassim Cement Co. (The)

    2,399        40,773   

Saudi Cement Co.

    1,646        28,207   

Southern Province Cement Co.

    1,389        27,977   

Yamama Cement Co.

    892        4,804   

Yanbu Cement Co.

    766        7,194   
   

 

 

 
      243,876   
Security   Shares     Value  

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES — 0.45%

  

Aseer Trading Tourism & Manufacturing Co.

    5,553      $ 21,910   
   

 

 

 
      21,910   

DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES — 6.30%

  

Saudi Telecom Co.

    16,026        309,758   
   

 

 

 
      309,758   

ELECTRIC UTILITIES — 3.58%

  

Saudi Electricity Co.

    34,455        175,997   
   

 

 

 
      175,997   

FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING — 0.68%

  

Abdullah Al Othaim Markets Co.

    1,333        33,491   
   

 

 

 
      33,491   

FOOD PRODUCTS — 6.59%

  

Almarai Co.

    9,939        174,829   

Halwani Brothers Co.

    304        4,779   

National Agriculture Development Co. (The)

    776        4,961   

Saudia Dairy & Foodstuff Co.

    977        34,186   

Savola Group (The)

    10,249        105,606   
   

 

 

 
      324,361   

GAS UTILITIES — 0.09%

  

National Gas & Industrialization Co.

    587        4,571   
   

 

 

 
      4,571   

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES — 3.00%

  

Al Hammadi Development and Investment Co.

    3,409        33,999   

Dallah Healthcare Holding Co.

    1,502        35,939   

Middle East Healthcare Co.

    281        4,787   

Mouwasat Medical Services Co.

    1,297        46,891   

National Medical Care Co.

    1,480        25,876   
   

 

 

 
      147,492   

HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE — 1.64%

  

Abdul Mohsen Al-Hokair Tourism and Development Co.

    2,292        20,122   

Al Tayyar Travel Group Holding Co.

    1,697        15,848   

Dur Hospitality Co.

    3,650        19,734   

Herfy Food Services Co.

    1,207        25,067   
   

 

 

 
      80,771   

INDUSTRIAL CONGLOMERATES — 0.76%

  

National Industrialization Co.

    8,290        37,240   
   

 

 

 
      37,240   
 

 

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iSHARES® MSCI SAUDI ARABIA CAPPED ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

INSURANCE — 2.40%

   

Bupa Arabia for Cooperative Insurance Co.

    947      $ 35,654   

Co for Cooperative Insurance (The)

    2,272        61,516   

Mediterranean & Gulf Insurance & Reinsurance Co. (The)a

    3,653        20,695   
   

 

 

 
      117,865   

MEDIA — 0.49%

  

Saudi Research & Marketing Groupa

    2,738        24,205   
   

 

 

 
      24,205   

METALS & MINING — 4.10%

  

Saudi Arabian Mining Co.a

    16,842        180,411   

Zamil Industrial Investment Co.

    2,911        21,117   
   

 

 

 
      201,528   

OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS — 0.74%

  

Rabigh Refining & Petrochemical Co.a

    12,477        36,224   
   

 

 

 
      36,224   

PHARMACEUTICALS — 0.68%

  

Saudi Pharmaceutical Industries & Medical Appliances Corp.

    3,493        33,562   
   

 

 

 
      33,562   

REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT — 1.69%

  

Arriyadh Development Co.

    4,750        25,150   

Emaar Economic City

    11,468        53,381   

Red Sea Housing Services Co.

    692        4,784   
   

 

 

 
      83,315   

ROAD & RAIL — 0.56%

  

 

Saudi Public Transport Co.

    1,337        4,947   

United International Transportation Co.

    2,610        22,747   
   

 

 

 
      27,694   

SPECIALTY RETAIL — 0.74%

  

Jarir Marketing Co.

    989        31,429   

Saudi Co. For Hardware LLC

    236        4,789   
   

 

 

 
      36,218   
Security   Shares     Value  

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES — 2.66%

  

Etihad Etisalat Co.a

    14,798      $ 96,971   

Mobile Telecommunications Co.a

    15,342        33,703   
   

 

 

 
      130,674   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

  

 

(Cost: $4,867,999)

      4,897,270   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.01%

  

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.01%

  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

   

 

0.30%b,c

    647        647   
   

 

 

 
      647   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

  

(Cost: $647)

      647   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES — 99.58%

   

 

(Cost: $4,868,646)d

      4,897,917   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.42%

  

    20,728   
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

  

  $ 4,918,645   
   

 

 

 

 

a  Non-income earning security.
b  The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.
c  Affiliated money market fund.
d  The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $4,881,603. Net unrealized appreciation was $16,314, of which $358,907 represented gross unrealized appreciation on securities and $342,593 represented gross unrealized depreciation on securities.
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® MSCI SAUDI ARABIA CAPPED ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Schedule 1 — Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at www.iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 2016. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the schedule of investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments:

           

Assets:

           

Common stocks

   $ 4,897,270       $       $       $ 4,897,270   

Money market funds

     647                         647   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 4,897,917       $       $       $ 4,897,917   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                     

 

112   


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

iSHARES® MSCI UAE CAPPED ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — 98.89%

  

AIRLINES — 2.24%

  

Air Arabia PJSC

    2,471,161      $ 854,479   
   

 

 

 
      854,479   

BANKS — 24.48%

  

Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC

    1,669,989        2,819,046   

Ajman Bank PJSCa

    1,112,375        414,924   

Dubai Islamic Bank PJSC

    1,046,680        1,493,283   

First Gulf Bank PJSC

    518,722        1,638,285   

National Bank of Abu Dhabi PJSC

    646,479        1,654,547   

Union National Bank PJSC

    1,094,797        1,341,352   
   

 

 

 
      9,361,437   

BUILDING PRODUCTS — 0.83%

  

National Central Cooling Co. PJSC

    585,030        318,570   
   

 

 

 
      318,570   

CAPITAL MARKETS — 5.41%

  

Amanat Holdings PJSC

    1,646,475        403,454   

Dubai Financial Market PJSC

    2,250,844        698,630   

Dubai Investments PJSC

    1,568,404        965,080   
   

 

 

 
      2,067,164   

CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING — 3.48%

  

Arabtec Holding PJSCa

    2,420,043        856,571   

Orascom Construction Ltd.a

    88,231        475,565   
   

 

 

 
      1,332,136   

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES — 3.96%

  

Al Waha Capital PJSC

    1,143,731        554,295   

Gulf General Investment Co.a

    1,912,156        257,706   

SHUAA Capital PSCa

    1,717,113        701,273   
   

 

 

 
      1,513,274   

DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES — 20.47%

  

Emirates Telecommunications Group Co. PJSC

    1,541,559        7,827,729   
   

 

 

 
      7,827,729   

ENERGY EQUIPMENT & SERVICES — 1.02%

  

Lamprell PLCa

    359,672        390,956   
   

 

 

 
      390,956   

FOOD PRODUCTS — 0.95%

   

Agthia Group PJSC

    217,893        364,851   
   

 

 

 
      364,851   
Security   Shares     Value  

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES — 3.20%

  

NMC Health PLC

    72,428      $ 1,221,636   
   

 

 

 
      1,221,636   

HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE — 3.38%

  

DXB Entertainments PJSCa

    3,226,279        1,291,267   
   

 

 

 
      1,291,267   

OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS — 1.59%

  

Dana Gas PJSCa

    4,046,371        605,934   
   

 

 

 
      605,934   

REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT — 22.91%

   

Aldar Properties PJSC

    2,460,342        1,661,284   

Deyaar Development PJSCa

    1,496,179        224,049   

Emaar Malls PJSC

    1,521,309        1,076,930   

Emaar Properties PJSC

    2,542,526        4,721,137   

Eshraq Properties Co. PJSCa

    1,517,208        408,957   

RAK Properties PJSC

    2,105,738        384,128   

Union Properties PJSCa

    1,144,088        284,710   
   

 

 

 
      8,761,195   

THRIFTS & MORTGAGE FINANCE — 0.87%

  

Amlak Finance PJSCa

    1,003,430        333,306   
   

 

 

 
      333,306   

TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE — 4.10%

  

DP World Ltd.

    100,874        1,566,573   
   

 

 

 
      1,566,573   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

  

 

(Cost: $38,967,163)

      37,810,507   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.08%

  

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.08%

  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

   

 

0.30%b,c

    28,461        28,461   
   

 

 

 
      28,461   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

  

 

(Cost: $28,461)

      28,461   
   

 

 

 
 

 

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iSHARES® MSCI UAE CAPPED ETF

November 30, 2016

 

            Value  

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES — 98.97%

   

 

(Cost: $38,995,624)d

    $ 37,838,968   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 1.03%

  

    395,096   
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

  

  $ 38,234,064   
   

 

 

 

 

a  Non-income earning security.
b  The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.
c  Affiliated money market fund.
d  The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $46,245,883. Net unrealized depreciation was $8,406,915, of which $1,952,739 represented gross unrealized appreciation on securities and $10,359,654 represented gross unrealized depreciation on securities.
 

 

Schedule 1 — Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at www.iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 2016. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the schedule of investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments:

           

Assets:

           

Common stocks

   $ 37,810,507       $       $       $ 37,810,507   

Money market funds

     28,461                         28,461   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 37,838,968       $       $       $ 37,838,968   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                     

 

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iSHARES® MSCI UNITED KINGDOM ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — 99.19%

  

AEROSPACE & DEFENSE — 2.19%

  

BAE Systems PLC

    2,824,887      $ 21,194,135   

Cobham PLC

    1,517,728        3,115,538   

Meggitt PLC

    688,924        4,066,145   

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC

    1,637,305        13,838,818   

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC Newa

    74,227,854        92,740   
   

 

 

 
      42,307,376   

AIR FREIGHT & LOGISTICS — 0.24%

  

Royal Mail PLC

    799,790        4,682,522   
   

 

 

 
      4,682,522   

AIRLINES — 0.09%

  

easyJet PLC

    141,187        1,746,351   
   

 

 

 
      1,746,351   

AUTO COMPONENTS — 0.31%

  

GKN PLC

    1,523,283        5,897,986   
   

 

 

 
      5,897,986   

BANKS — 13.14%

  

Barclays PLC

    15,065,820        40,648,786   

HSBC Holdings PLC

    17,717,364        140,608,378   

Lloyds Banking Group PLC

    57,213,524        41,366,977   

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLCa

    3,141,094        7,625,272   

Standard Chartered PLCa

    2,924,214        23,422,677   
   

 

 

 
      253,672,090   

BEVERAGES — 3.09%

  

Coca-Cola HBC AG

    160,715        3,413,555   

Diageo PLC

    2,242,647        56,179,375   
   

 

 

 
      59,592,930   

BIOTECHNOLOGY — 2.42%

  

Shire PLC

    801,783        46,681,453   
   

 

 

 
      46,681,453   

CAPITAL MARKETS — 1.77%

  

3i Group PLC

    864,391        7,440,996   

Aberdeen Asset Management PLC

    819,850        2,745,180   

Hargreaves Lansdown PLC

    231,811        3,408,883   

ICAP PLC

    492,147        2,993,893   

Investec PLC

    584,659        3,798,460   

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

    280,807        9,641,093   

Schroders PLC

    120,517        4,163,370   
   

 

 

 
      34,191,875   
Security   Shares     Value  

CHEMICALS — 0.59%

  

Croda International PLC

    116,601      $ 4,752,125   

Johnson Matthey PLC

    171,979        6,725,450   
   

 

 

 
      11,477,575   

COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES — 0.36%

  

Babcock International Group PLC

    224,017        2,672,920   

G4S PLC

    1,378,879        4,205,286   
   

 

 

 
      6,878,206   

CONSUMER FINANCE — 0.25%

  

Provident Financial PLC

    131,156        4,776,704   
   

 

 

 
      4,776,704   

DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES — 1.92%

  

BT Group PLC

    7,515,903        33,533,016   

Inmarsat PLCb

    400,837        3,558,226   
   

 

 

 
      37,091,242   

ELECTRIC UTILITIES — 0.86%

  

SSE PLC

    897,175        16,533,728   
   

 

 

 
      16,533,728   

ENERGY EQUIPMENT & SERVICES — 0.12%

  

Petrofac Ltd.

    230,530        2,288,353   
   

 

 

 
      2,288,353   

EQUITY REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS
(REITS) — 1.37%

   

British Land Co. PLC (The)

    868,971        6,421,872   

Hammerson PLC

    703,669        4,787,049   

Intu Properties PLCb

    836,512        2,812,467   

Land Securities Group PLC

    702,653        8,515,580   

Segro PLC

    736,272        3,845,176   
   

 

 

 
      26,382,144   

FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING — 1.48%

  

J Sainsbury PLC

    1,457,451        4,206,371   

Tesco PLCa

    7,277,212        18,975,318   

Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC

    1,971,465        5,357,349   
   

 

 

 
      28,539,038   

FOOD PRODUCTS — 0.71%

  

Associated British Foods PLC

    317,541        10,116,763   

Tate & Lyle PLC

    414,487        3,511,092   
   

 

 

 
      13,627,855   

HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES — 0.58%

  

Smith & Nephew PLC

    794,489        11,186,994   
   

 

 

 
      11,186,994   
 

 

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iSHARES® MSCI UNITED KINGDOM ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES — 0.15%

  

Mediclinic International PLC

    327,588      $ 2,903,902   
   

 

 

 
      2,903,902   

HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE — 3.09%

  

Carnival PLC

    169,619        8,570,127   

Compass Group PLC

    1,462,351        25,049,017   

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC

    166,749        6,835,512   

Merlin Entertainments PLCc

    630,696        3,434,068   

TUI AG

    443,229        5,836,740   

Whitbread PLC

    163,165        7,061,655   

William Hill PLC

    771,794        2,905,375   
   

 

 

 
      59,692,494   

HOUSEHOLD DURABLES — 1.04%

  

Barratt Developments PLC

    890,705        5,221,479   

Berkeley Group Holdings PLC

    116,720        3,612,209   

Persimmon PLC

    274,589        5,832,217   

Taylor Wimpey PLC

    2,901,328        5,375,756   
   

 

 

 
      20,041,661   

HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS — 2.46%

  

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

    563,195        47,588,255   
   

 

 

 
      47,588,255   

INDUSTRIAL CONGLOMERATES — 0.63%

  

DCC PLC

    78,875        6,040,897   

Smiths Group PLC

    351,108        6,189,697   
   

 

 

 
      12,230,594   

INSURANCE — 6.20%

  

Admiral Group PLC

    187,928        4,463,497   

Aviva PLC

    3,614,177        20,184,525   

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

    1,221,935        5,300,654   

Legal & General Group PLC

    5,300,596        15,616,011   

Old Mutual PLC

    4,390,692        10,417,405   

Prudential PLC

    2,297,084        44,441,600   

RSA Insurance Group PLC

    905,459        6,114,572   

St. James’s Place PLC

    467,959        5,495,880   

Standard Life PLC

    1,755,409        7,579,729   
   

 

 

 
      119,613,873   

INTERNET SOFTWARE & SERVICES — 0.23%

  

Auto Trader Group PLCc

    889,589        4,442,477   
   

 

 

 
      4,442,477   

IT SERVICES — 0.28%

  

Worldpay Group PLCc

    1,599,618        5,380,132   
   

 

 

 
      5,380,132   
Security   Shares     Value  

MACHINERY — 0.38%

  

IMI PLC

    241,666      $ 2,928,794   

Weir Group PLC (The)

    192,853        4,356,387   
   

 

 

 
      7,285,181   

MEDIA — 2.46%

  

ITV PLC

    3,224,766        6,768,760   

Pearson PLC

    732,228        7,277,599   

Sky PLC

    919,629        8,973,571   

WPP PLC

    1,143,311        24,412,263   
   

 

 

 
      47,432,193   

METALS & MINING — 7.28%

  

Anglo American PLCa

    1,248,408        18,483,172   

Antofagasta PLCb

    350,420        3,016,544   

BHP Billiton PLC

    1,881,163        30,871,527   

Fresnillo PLC

    196,442        2,945,216   

Glencore PLCa

    10,897,843        38,028,840   

Randgold Resources Ltd.

    83,385        5,938,331   

Rio Tinto PLC

    1,101,864        41,162,409   
   

 

 

 
      140,446,039   

MULTI-UTILITIES — 2.64%

  

Centrica PLC

    4,869,596        12,794,809   

National Grid PLC

    3,353,081        38,257,056   
   

 

 

 
      51,051,865   

MULTILINE RETAIL — 0.70%

  

Marks & Spencer Group PLC

    1,442,649        5,924,640   

Next PLC

    124,746        7,643,261   
   

 

 

 
      13,567,901   

OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS — 14.51%

  

BP PLC

    16,730,219        96,037,641   

Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A

    3,780,727        95,700,975   

Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class B

    3,336,000        88,299,066   
   

 

 

 
      280,037,682   

PAPER & FOREST PRODUCTS — 0.34%

  

Mondi PLC

    326,357        6,658,566   
   

 

 

 
      6,658,566   

PERSONAL PRODUCTS — 2.36%

  

Unilever PLC

    1,143,141        45,646,573   
   

 

 

 
      45,646,573   

PHARMACEUTICALS — 7.37%

  

AstraZeneca PLC

    1,126,358        58,394,752   

GlaxoSmithKline PLC

    4,341,841        81,126,350   
 

 

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iSHARES® MSCI UNITED KINGDOM ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC

    127,638      $ 2,712,601   
   

 

 

 
      142,233,703   

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES — 2.21%

  

Capita PLC

    592,315        3,881,502   

Experian PLC

    854,673        16,124,213   

Intertek Group PLC

    143,393        5,892,417   

RELX PLC

    970,656        16,675,146   
   

 

 

 
      42,573,278   

SOFTWARE — 0.41%

  

Sage Group PLC (The)

    961,482        7,898,389   
   

 

 

 
    7,898,389   

SPECIALTY RETAIL — 0.64%

  

Dixons Carphone PLC

    869,760        3,605,599   

Kingfisher PLC

    2,004,068        8,841,211   
   

 

 

 
    12,446,810   

TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS — 0.37%

  

Burberry Group PLC

    395,501        7,061,247   
   

 

 

 
    7,061,247   

TOBACCO — 6.62%

  

British American Tobacco PLC

    1,660,504        91,149,052   

Imperial Brands PLC

    853,897        36,625,275   
   

 

 

 
    127,774,327   

TRADING COMPANIES & DISTRIBUTORS — 1.72%

  

Ashtead Group PLC

    447,283        8,756,952   

Bunzl PLC

    298,849        7,691,670   

Travis Perkins PLC

    222,132        3,724,477   

Wolseley PLC

    224,704        13,040,616   
   

 

 

 
    33,213,715   

WATER UTILITIES — 0.64%

  

Severn Trent PLC

    209,215        5,716,671   

United Utilities Group PLC

    605,972        6,685,207   
   

 

 

 
    12,401,878   

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES — 2.97%

  

Vodafone Group PLC

    23,699,095        57,413,123   
   

 

 

 
    57,413,123   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost: $2,599,252,795)

   

    1,914,590,280   
Security   Shares     Value  

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.64%

  

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 0.64%

  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.72%d,e,f

    12,290,625      $ 12,294,312   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.30%d,e

    161,135        161,135   
   

 

 

 
    12,455,447   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost: $12,453,708)

   

    12,455,447   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES — 99.83%
(Cost: $2,611,706,503)g

    

    1,927,045,727   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.17%

  

    3,187,060   
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

  

  $ 1,930,232,787   
   

 

 

 

 

a  Non-income earning security.
b  All or a portion of this security represents a security on loan.
c  This security may be resold to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.
d  Affiliated money market fund.
e  The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.
f  All or a portion of this security represents an investment of securities lending collateral.
g  The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $2,683,194,950. Net unrealized depreciation was $756,149,223, of which $7,937,633 represented gross unrealized appreciation on securities and $764,086,856 represented gross unrealized depreciation on securities.
 

 

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iSHARES® MSCI UNITED KINGDOM ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Schedule 1 — Futures Contracts

Futures contracts outstanding as of November 30, 2016 were as follows:

 

Issue    Number of
long (short)
contracts
     Expiration
date
     Exchange      Initial notional
value
     Current notional
value
     Unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
 

FTSE 100 Index

     163         Dec. 2016         Intercontinental       $ 13,736,467       $ 13,810,677       $ 74,210   
                 

 

 

 
                                                       

Schedule 2 — Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at www.iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 2016. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the schedule of investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments:

           

Assets:

           

Common stocks

   $ 1,914,497,540       $ 92,740       $       $ 1,914,590,280   

Money market funds

     12,455,447                         12,455,447   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 1,926,952,987       $ 92,740       $       $ 1,927,045,727   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative financial instrumentsa:

           

Assets:

           

Futures contracts

   $ 74,210       $       $       $ 74,210   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 74,210       $       $       $ 74,210   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                     

 

a  Shown at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the contracts.

 

 

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iSHARES® MSCI UNITED KINGDOM SMALL-CAP ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

COMMON STOCKS — 99.69%

  

AEROSPACE & DEFENSE — 1.49%

  

Chemring Group PLCa

    18,291      $ 37,936   

QinetiQ Group PLC

    37,485        113,806   

Senior PLC

    27,325        63,125   

Ultra Electronics Holdings PLC

    4,576        115,717   
   

 

 

 
      330,584   

AIRLINES — 0.17%

  

Dart Group PLC

    6,357        37,885   
   

 

 

 
      37,885   

BANKS — 2.55%

  

Aldermore Group PLCa

    13,427        35,799   

BGEO Group PLC

    2,574        95,160   

CYBG PLCa

    57,407        202,263   

Metro Bank PLCa

    3,525        143,795   

Shawbrook Group PLCa,b

    8,862        27,736   

Virgin Money Holdings UK PLC

    15,924        61,178   
   

 

 

 
      565,931   

BEVERAGES — 0.97%

  

Britvic PLC

    16,234        115,916   

Fevertree Drinks PLC

    5,630        75,265   

Stock Spirits Group PLC

    11,799        24,582   
   

 

 

 
      215,763   

BIOTECHNOLOGY — 0.97%

  

Abcam PLC

    11,876        122,932   

Genus PLC

    3,976        91,652   
   

 

 

 
      214,584   

BUILDING PRODUCTS — 0.21%

  

Polypipe Group PLC

    12,272        47,102   
   

 

 

 
      47,102   

CAPITAL MARKETS — 6.97%

  

Allied Minds PLCa

    11,879        55,715   

Ashmore Group PLC

    25,350        86,814   

Brewin Dolphin Holdings PLC

    18,307        65,736   

Close Brothers Group PLC

    9,767        166,325   

CMC Markets PLCb

    7,622        17,760   

Henderson Group PLC

    73,733        213,539   

IG Group Holdings PLC

    23,864        250,601   

Intermediate Capital Group PLC

    17,936        151,935   

Jupiter Fund Management PLC

    28,327        152,008   

Man Group PLC

    110,899        157,124   
Security   Shares     Value  

P2P Global Investments PLC/Fund

    5,581      $ 51,704   

SVG Capital PLCa

    10,379        91,551   

Tullett Prebon PLC

    15,852        88,075   
   

 

 

 
      1,548,887   

CHEMICALS — 2.14%

  

Elementis PLC

    30,198        95,116   

Essentra PLC

    17,113        84,776   

Scapa Group PLC

    9,454        36,853   

Sirius Minerals PLCa,c

    257,253        57,854   

Synthomer PLC

    17,694        81,994   

Victrex PLC

    5,567        119,285   
   

 

 

 
      475,878   

COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES — 5.49%

  

Aggreko PLC

    16,654        170,101   

Berendsen PLC

    11,230        124,242   

Cape PLC

    8,033        14,327   

De La Rue PLC

    6,587        47,321   

Homeserve PLC

    17,143        129,796   

Mitie Group PLC

    22,997        59,074   

Regus PLC

    42,455        123,591   

Rentokil Initial PLC

    119,067        318,947   

Restore PLCc

    7,037        33,542   

RPS Group PLC

    14,389        33,708   

Serco Group PLCa

    71,549        118,893   

Shanks Group PLC

    39,338        44,603   
   

 

 

 
      1,218,145   

COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT — 0.08%

  

Telit Communications PLCc

    5,488        18,376   
   

 

 

 
      18,376   

CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING — 2.78%

  

Balfour Beatty PLC

    44,931        150,278   

Carillion PLC

    27,992        86,314   

Costain Group PLC

    5,603        24,729   

Galliford Try PLC

    5,398        85,247   

Interserve PLC

    9,558        35,736   

John Laing Group PLCb

    23,827        81,538   

Keller Group PLC

    4,662        45,258   

Kier Group PLC

    6,273        109,255   
   

 

 

 
      618,355   

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS — 0.41%

  

Forterra PLCb

    5,213        11,886   
 

 

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iSHARES® MSCI UNITED KINGDOM SMALL-CAP ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Ibstock PLCb

    13,326      $ 30,802   

Marshalls PLC

    12,964        47,620   
   

 

 

 
      90,308   

CONSUMER FINANCE — 0.40%

  

Arrow Global Group PLC

    10,345        37,773   

International Personal Finance PLC

    14,399        50,121   
   

 

 

 
      87,894   

CONTAINERS & PACKAGING — 2.67%

  

DS Smith PLC

    61,641        302,666   

RPC Group PLC

    21,592        290,543   
   

 

 

 
      593,209   

DISTRIBUTORS — 1.02%

  

Inchcape PLC

    25,029        190,285   

John Menzies PLC

    5,424        35,578   
   

 

 

 
      225,863   

DIVERSIFIED CONSUMER SERVICES — 1.01%

  

AA PLC

    39,658        131,651   

Dignity PLC

    3,069        93,598   
   

 

 

 
      225,249   

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES — 0.18%

  

Plus500 Ltd.

    5,229        39,101   
   

 

 

 
      39,101   

DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES — 0.50%

  

Kcom Group PLC

    33,588        43,224   

TalkTalk Telecom Group PLCc

    34,228        68,295   
   

 

 

 
      111,519   

ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT — 1.33%

  

Dialight PLCa

    1,588        13,491   

Melrose Industries PLC

    122,873        281,321   
   

 

 

 
      294,812   

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, INSTRUMENTS &
COMPONENTS — 3.53%

   

Electrocomponents PLC

    28,709        160,550   

Halma PLC

    24,651        290,434   

Laird PLC

    17,953        34,857   

Oxford Instruments PLC

    3,562        27,726   

Renishaw PLC

    2,365        73,280   

Spectris PLC

    7,760        198,076   
   

 

 

 
      784,923   
Security   Shares     Value  

ENERGY EQUIPMENT & SERVICES — 1.99%

  

Amec Foster Wheeler PLC

    25,392      $ 138,320   

Hunting PLC

    9,057        61,105   

John Wood Group PLC

    23,556        242,216   
   

 

 

 
      441,641   

EQUITY REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS (REITS) — 6.14%

   

Assura PLC

    107,281        76,736   

Big Yellow Group PLC

    9,751        80,955   

Derwent London PLC

    6,896        207,642   

Empiric Student Property PLC

    32,402        44,936   

Great Portland Estates PLC

    22,411        170,102   

Hansteen Holdings PLC

    48,434        64,265   

LondonMetric Property PLC

    38,853        69,416   

NewRiver REIT PLC

    15,230        63,697   

Primary Health Properties PLC

    39,326        54,539   

Redefine International PLC/Isle of Man

    81,864        37,476   

Safestore Holdings PLC

    13,708        58,574   

Schroder REIT Ltd.

    33,294        24,023   

Shaftesbury PLC

    17,239        197,723   

Standard Life Investment Property Income Trust Ltd.

    25,293        27,335   

Tritax Big Box REIT PLC

    71,990        118,367   

Workspace Group PLC

    7,964        68,308   
   

 

 

 
      1,364,094   

FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING — 1.59%

  

Booker Group PLC

    109,716        236,325   

Conviviality PLC

    10,628        27,387   

Greggs PLC

    6,573        74,075   

Majestic Wine PLCc

    4,174        15,645   
   

 

 

 
      353,432   

FOOD PRODUCTS — 0.85%

  

Dairy Crest Group PLC

    9,164        65,319   

Greencore Group PLC

    26,865        97,675   

Premier Foods PLCa

    46,352        25,481   
   

 

 

 
      188,475   

HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES — 0.16%

  

Advanced Medical Solutions Group PLC

    12,903        36,111   
   

 

 

 
      36,111   
 

 

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iSHARES® MSCI UNITED KINGDOM SMALL-CAP ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES — 1.18%

  

CVS Group PLC

    3,705      $ 49,299   

Spire Healthcare Group PLCb

    18,280        80,896   

UDG Healthcare PLC

    16,044        131,798   
   

 

 

 
      261,993   

HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGY — 0.19%

  

EMIS Group PLC

    3,672        42,667   
   

 

 

 
      42,667   

HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE — 4.99%

  

888 Holdings PLC

    10,355        27,072   

Domino’s Pizza Group PLC

    32,278        141,148   

Enterprise Inns PLCa

    32,343        43,642   

Greene King PLC

    20,133        172,558   

GVC Holdings PLC

    18,066        147,167   

J D Wetherspoon PLC

    5,179        53,059   

Ladbrokes Coral Group PLC

    62,291        96,583   

Marston’s PLC

    37,448        62,929   

Mitchells & Butlers PLC

    13,556        38,481   

Rank Group PLC

    11,432        27,738   

Restaurant Group PLC (The)

    13,087        53,075   

SSP Group PLC

    30,951        143,041   

Thomas Cook Group PLCa

    95,007        100,540   
   

 

 

 
      1,107,033   

HOUSEHOLD DURABLES — 2.54%

  

Bellway PLC

    7,991        243,808   

Bovis Homes Group PLC

    8,759        88,971   

Cairn Homes PLCa

    35,855        48,780   

Crest Nicholson Holdings PLC

    16,531        90,360   

Redrow PLC

    14,414        73,584   

Telford Homes PLC

    4,528        17,453   
   

 

 

 
      562,956   

HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS — 0.32%

  

PZ Cussons PLC

    18,148        70,018   
   

 

 

 
      70,018   

INDEPENDENT POWER AND RENEWABLE
ELECTRICITY PRODUCERS — 0.42%

   

Drax Group PLC

    26,493        93,873   
   

 

 

 
      93,873   

INSURANCE — 4.67%

  

Beazley PLC

    34,073        162,195   

Chesnara PLC

    8,203        35,615   

Chesnara PLC Newa

    311        185   
Security   Shares     Value  

esure Group PLC

    18,808      $ 46,551   

Hastings Group Holdings PLCb

    8,415        22,583   

Hiscox Ltd.

    18,590        243,180   

JRP Group PLC

    30,157        50,187   

Lancashire Holdings Ltd.

    12,350        99,524   

Phoenix Group Holdings

    23,035        204,050   

Saga PLC

    72,804        173,463   
   

 

 

 
      1,037,533   

INTERNET & DIRECT MARKETING RETAIL — 2.19%

  

AO World PLCa,c

    13,607        29,071   

ASOS PLCa

    3,533        222,781   

boohoo.com PLCa

    43,781        68,375   

Hostelworld Group PLCb

    6,345        19,264   

N Brown Group PLC

    9,968        24,846   

Ocado Group PLCa,c

    32,740        110,444   

On the Beach Group PLCa,b

    3,903        12,435   
   

 

 

 
      487,216   

INTERNET SOFTWARE & SERVICES — 3.24%

  

Gocompare.Com Group PLCa

    19,212        14,402   

iomart Group PLC

    5,387        19,098   

Just Eat PLCa

    30,840        225,602   

Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC

    35,648        118,027   

Rightmove PLC

    6,126        280,819   

Zoopla Property Group PLCb

    14,916        62,412   
   

 

 

 
      720,360   

IT SERVICES — 1.09%

  

Equiniti Group PLCb

    18,532        44,513   

Kainos Group PLC

    3,354        9,376   

Paysafe Group PLCa

    29,848        144,731   

Redcentric PLC

    9,386        10,554   

SafeCharge International Group Ltd.

    3,588        9,952   

Softcat PLC

    5,814        21,879   
   

 

 

 
      241,005   

LIFE SCIENCES TOOLS & SERVICES — 0.25%

  

Clinigen Healthcare Ltd.a

    5,974        56,353   
   

 

 

 
      56,353   

MACHINERY — 3.08%

  

Bodycote PLC

    12,470        89,273   

Fenner PLC

    12,623        38,521   

Morgan Advanced Materials PLC

    18,605        65,598   
 

 

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iSHARES® MSCI UNITED KINGDOM SMALL-CAP ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Rotork PLC

    56,651      $ 165,979   

Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC

    4,785        255,337   

Vesuvius PLC

    14,137        69,485   
   

 

 

 
      684,193   

MEDIA — 4.50%

  

Cineworld Group PLC

    12,104        82,343   

Daily Mail & General Trust PLC Class A NVS

    17,565        167,446   

Entertainment One Ltd.

    22,535        61,801   

Informa PLC

    52,809        428,537   

ITE Group PLC

    17,295        31,764   

UBM PLC

    25,633        228,505   
   

 

 

 
      1,000,396   

METALS & MINING — 2.40%

  

Acacia Mining PLC

    10,687        52,995   

Centamin PLC

    71,346        115,793   

Evraz PLCa

    23,019        68,966   

Ferrexpo PLCa

    11,482        18,900   

Hochschild Mining PLC

    16,427        44,804   

KAZ Minerals PLCa

    16,013        72,544   

Lonmin PLCa

    18,259        34,105   

Petra Diamonds Ltd.

    34,174        70,365   

Vedanta Resources PLC

    5,256        55,359   
   

 

 

 
      533,831   

MULTI-UTILITIES — 0.29%

  

Telecom Plus PLC

    4,168        65,146   
   

 

 

 
      65,146   

MULTILINE RETAIL — 0.88%

  

B&M European Value Retail SA

    45,588        141,825   

Debenhams PLC

    75,986        52,595   
   

 

 

 
      194,420   

OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS — 2.73%

  

Amerisur Resources PLCa

    59,895        21,702   

Cairn Energy PLCa

    37,469        98,028   

EnQuest PLC ADRa,c

    67,321        25,023   

Faroe Petroleum PLCa,c

    20,317        19,038   

Hurricane Energy PLCa

    38,896        19,196   

Nostrum Oil & Gas PLCa

    5,536        29,603   

Ophir Energy PLCa

    45,583        45,276   

Pantheon Resources PLCa

    14,412        11,344   

Premier Oil PLCa

    33,981        25,261   

SOCO International PLC

    13,244        22,876   
Security   Shares     Value  

Sound Energy PLCa

    31,686      $ 29,296   

Stobart Group Ltd.

    18,932        37,728   

Tullow Oil PLCa

    59,376        220,921   
   

 

 

 
      605,292   

PHARMACEUTICALS — 2.10%

  

BTG PLCa

    24,979        182,415   

GW Pharmaceuticals PLCa,c

    2,680        24,293   

Indivior PLC

    46,925        189,134   

Vectura Group PLCa

    39,658        70,855   
   

 

 

 
    466,697   

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES — 1.55%

  

Hays PLC

    88,684        153,904   

Pagegroup PLC

    20,180        93,439   

WS Atkins PLC

    5,542        97,146   
   

 

 

 
    344,489   

REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT — 2.41%

  

Capital & Counties Properties PLC

    49,582        176,055   

Countrywide PLC

    9,676        20,709   

Foxtons Group PLC

    16,654        21,900   

Grainger PLC

    27,139        76,393   

Helical PLC

    6,424        23,276   

Savills PLC

    8,655        72,451   

ST Modwen Properties PLC

    12,273        42,935   

UNITE Group PLC (The)

    14,457        100,970   
   

 

 

 
    534,689   

ROAD & RAIL — 2.02%

  

FirstGroup PLCa

    78,403        99,720   

Go-Ahead Group PLC

    2,799        72,704   

National Express Group PLC

    28,334        125,955   

Northgate PLC

    8,589        44,990   

Redde PLC

    19,053        38,326   

Stagecoach Group PLC

    26,146        66,640   
   

 

 

 
    448,335   

SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR
EQUIPMENT — 0.22%

   

Imagination Technologies Group PLCa,c

    17,410        48,833   
   

 

 

 
    48,833   

SOFTWARE — 3.13%

  

AVEVA Group PLC

    4,164        88,287   

Micro Focus International PLC

    14,924        393,618   
 

 

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iSHARES® MSCI UNITED KINGDOM SMALL-CAP ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Playtech PLC

    14,698      $ 157,744   

Sophos Group PLCb

    17,527        55,731   
   

 

 

 
    695,380   

SPECIALTY RETAIL — 2.86%

  

Card Factory PLC

    19,937        63,369   

Dunelm Group PLC

    6,558        60,550   

GAME Digital PLC

    3,128        1,935   

Halfords Group PLC

    12,948        55,391   

JD Sports Fashion PLC

    22,195        92,342   

Lookers PLC

    21,023        27,645   

Pets at Home Group PLC

    24,397        64,743   

Sports Direct International PLCa,c

    17,481        69,017   

SuperGroup PLC

    3,171        60,854   

WH Smith PLC

    7,353        138,538   
   

 

 

 
    634,384   

TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS — 0.32%

  

Jimmy Choo PLCa,c

    7,577        12,638   

Ted Baker PLC

    1,852        59,351   
   

 

 

 
    71,989   

THRIFTS & MORTGAGE FINANCE — 0.50%

  

OneSavings Bank PLC

    7,060        27,794   

Paragon Group of Companies PLC (The)

    18,297        83,532   
   

 

 

 
    111,326   

TRADING COMPANIES & DISTRIBUTORS — 1.85%

  

Diploma PLC

    7,374        86,557   

Grafton Group PLC

    14,619        96,804   

Howden Joinery Group PLC

    40,939        184,137   

SIG PLC

    38,472        42,876   
   

 

 

 
    410,374   

TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE — 0.99%

  

BBA Aviation PLC

    67,157        220,085   
   

 

 

 
    220,085   

WATER UTILITIES — 1.18%

  

Pennon Group PLC

    25,535        260,970   
   

 

 

 
    260,970   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost: $25,600,177)

   

    22,139,957   
Security   Shares     Value  

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 2.22%

  

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 2.22%

  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.72%d,e,f

    486,699      $ 486,845   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

   

0.30%d,e

    6,633        6,633   
   

 

 

 
    493,478   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost: $493,332)

   

    493,478   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES — 101.91%
(Cost: $26,093,509)g

    

    22,633,435   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (1.91)%

  

    (424,708
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

  

  $ 22,208,727   
   

 

 

 

ADR — American Depositary Receipts

NVS — Non-Voting Shares

 

a  Non-income earning security.
b  This security may be resold to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.
c  All or a portion of this security represents a security on loan.
d  Affiliated money market fund.
e  The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.
f  All or a portion of this security represents an investment of securities lending collateral.
g  The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $26,420,348. Net unrealized depreciation was $3,786,913, of which $713,020 represented gross unrealized appreciation on securities and $4,499,933 represented gross unrealized depreciation on securities.
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® MSCI UNITED KINGDOM SMALL-CAP ETF

November 30, 2016

 

Schedule 1 — Fair Value Measurements

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Fund’s website at www.iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 2016. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the schedule of investments above.

 

      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments:

           

Assets:

           

Common stocks

   $ 22,139,772       $ 185       $       $ 22,139,957   

Money market funds

     493,478                         493,478   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 22,633,250       $ 185       $       $ 22,633,435   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                     

 

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Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

 

  (a) The President (the Registrant’s Principal Executive Officer) and Chief Financial Officer (the Registrant’s Principal Financial Officer) have concluded that, based on their evaluation as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, the disclosure controls and procedures of the Registrant (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) are reasonably designed to achieve the purposes described in Section 4(a) of the certifications filed with this Form N-Q.

 

  (b) There were no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) that occurred during the Registrant’s last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 3. Exhibits.

 

  (a) Certifications of the President (the Registrant’s Principal Executive Officer) and Chief Financial Officer (the Registrant’s Principal Financial Officer) as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 are filed with this Form N-Q as exhibits.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

iShares Trust
By:   /s/ Martin Small
  Martin Small, President (Principal Executive Officer)
Date:   January 27, 2017

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By:   /s/ Martin Small
  Martin Small, President (Principal Executive Officer)
Date:   January 27, 2017
By:   /s/ Jack Gee
  Jack Gee, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
Date:   January 27, 2017