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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) iShares® MSCI Emerging Markets Multifactor ETF
May 31, 2021 (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Common Stocks          
           
Brazil — 1.2%          
Adecoagro SA(a)   88,935   $945,379 
BB Seguridade Participacoes SA   624,178    2,802,496 
Sul America SA   1    6 
Telefonica Brasil SA   452,346    3,836,309 
TIM SA   755,506    1,764,205 
         9,348,395 
China — 41.7%          
360 DigiTech Inc., ADR(a)   76,690    2,152,688 
3SBio Inc.(a)(b)   1,134,000    1,372,811 
Agile Group Holdings Ltd.   1,048,000    1,489,595 
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.(a)   398,128    10,832,965 
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., ADR(a)   50,115    10,722,605 
Anhui Conch Cement Co. Ltd., Class H   1,101,000    6,887,236 
Apeloa Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Class A   63,100    258,593 
Bank of Communications Co. Ltd., Class H   7,805,000    5,260,754 
Beijing Enterprises Holdings Ltd.   450,000    1,559,107 
Bosideng International Holdings Ltd.   2,888,000    1,598,991 
Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd.(c)   2,760,000    2,596,091 
BYD Electronic International Co. Ltd.   602,500    3,962,568 
C&S Paper Co. Ltd., Class A   70,200    366,959 
China Cinda Asset Management Co. Ltd., Class H   7,864,000    1,681,680 
China CITIC Bank Corp. Ltd., Class H   7,962,000    4,352,024 
China Communications Services Corp. Ltd., Class H   2,134,000    899,147 
China Conch Venture Holdings Ltd.(d)   1,448,500    6,669,837 
China Construction Bank Corp., Class H   26,813,000    22,022,909 
China Everbright Bank Co. Ltd., Class H   2,826,000    1,198,432 
China Everbright Ltd.   826,000    1,045,310 
China Hongqiao Group Ltd.   2,033,500    3,274,804 
China Lesso Group Holdings Ltd.   968,000    2,548,730 
China Longyuan Power Group Corp. Ltd., Class H   2,978,000    4,210,830 
China Medical System Holdings Ltd.   1,212,000    3,109,749 
China Meidong Auto Holdings Ltd.   500,000    2,636,830 
China Merchants Port Holdings Co. Ltd.   1,306,000    2,123,593 
China National Building Material Co. Ltd., Class H   3,450,000    4,613,186 
China Power International Development Ltd.   3,498,000    879,069 
China Resources Cement Holdings Ltd.   2,180,000    2,314,646 
China Resources Pharmaceutical Group Ltd.(b)   1,410,000    1,011,447 
China Resources Power Holdings Co. Ltd.   1,716,000    2,210,967 
China Resources Sanjiu Medical & Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Class A   52,400    214,717 
China Shenhua Energy Co. Ltd., Class H   926,000    2,097,190 
China Taiping Insurance Holdings Co. Ltd.   1,442,200    2,659,746 
China Traditional Chinese Medicine Holdings Co. Ltd.   2,470,000    1,594,179 
Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank Co. Ltd., Class H   2,017,000    911,523 
COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co. Ltd., Class H(a)   2,301,000    4,842,371 
COSCO SHIPPING Ports Ltd.   1,626,000    1,320,014 
Da An Gene Co. Ltd. of Sun Yat-Sen University, Class A   75,080    279,507 
Dali Foods Group Co. Ltd.(b)   1,831,500    1,146,915 
Daqin Railway Co. Ltd., Class A   795,428    856,830 
Daqo New Energy Corp., ADR(a)   18,286    1,360,113 
Dongfeng Motor Group Co. Ltd., Class H   2,420,000    2,265,380 
Far East Horizon Ltd.   1,484,000    1,622,514 
Fuyao Glass Industry Group Co. Ltd., Class H(b)   541,200    3,593,330 
GF Securities Co. Ltd., Class H.   986,400    1,410,441 
Great Wall Motor Co. Ltd., Class H   2,764,000    7,721,816 
Guangzhou Kingmed Diagnostics Group Co. Ltd., Class A   24,600    586,917 
Haitian International Holdings Ltd.   569,000    1,988,857 
Hesteel Co. Ltd., Class A(a)   586,200    228,879 
Security  Shares   Value 
         
China (continued)          
Hopson Development Holdings Ltd.   586,200   $2,884,114 
Hua Hong Semiconductor Ltd.(a)(b)   417,000    2,235,582 
Huaxin Cement Co. Ltd., Class A   74,700    256,223 
Hunan Valin Steel Co. Ltd., Class A   338,420    363,239 
Inner Mongolia Junzheng Energy & Chemical Industry Group Co. Ltd., Class A   451,400    401,013 
Intco Medical Technology Co. Ltd., Class A   18,200    406,505 
Jiangsu Expressway Co. Ltd., Class H   1,090,000    1,318,111 
Jiangxi Copper Co. Ltd., Class H   990,000    2,345,458 
Jilin Aodong Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd., Class A   62,700    154,804 
JOYY Inc., ADR   2,159    166,135 
Kingboard Holdings Ltd.   591,500    3,147,428 
Kingboard Laminates Holdings Ltd.   834,500    1,781,247 
Kingfa Sci & Tech Co. Ltd., Class A   137,700    489,078 
Kingsoft Corp. Ltd.   857,000    5,782,102 
KWG Group Holdings Ltd.   1,134,500    1,745,660 
Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Ltd.   1,163,000    1,014,895 
Lenovo Group Ltd.   6,442,000    7,726,792 
Li Ning Co. Ltd.   1,869,500    17,536,861 
Nine Dragons Paper Holdings Ltd.   1,464,000    2,209,181 
Noah Holdings Ltd., ADR(a)(d)   30,098    1,371,867 
Northeast Securities Co. Ltd., Class A   125,200    175,141 
Perennial Energy Holdings Ltd.   715,000    277,583 
PICC Property & Casualty Co. Ltd., Class H   6,151,000    5,876,936 
Postal Savings Bank of China Co. Ltd., Class H(b)   7,082,000    5,103,968 
Sailun Group Co. Ltd., Class A   163,900    276,291 
Sany Heavy Equipment International Holdings Co. Ltd.   981,000    1,089,909 
Shandong Buchang Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd., Class A   61,100    226,062 
Shandong Hualu Hengsheng Chemical Co. Ltd., Class A   116,675    515,280 
Shandong Sun Paper Industry JSC Ltd., Class A   140,400    315,472 
Shandong Weigao Group Medical Polymer Co. Ltd., Class H   2,216,000    4,892,592 
Shanghai Bairun Investment Holding Group Co. Ltd., Class A   28,933    562,676 
Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co. Ltd., Class H   696,600    1,574,845 
Shanxi Taigang Stainless Steel Co. Ltd., Class A   304,800    317,172 
Shenzhen International Holdings Ltd.   1,076,500    1,637,529 
Shenzhen Investment Ltd.   2,270,000    806,433 
Shenzhen Salubris Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd., Class A(a)   56,400    310,440 
Shijiazhuang Yiling Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Class A   64,400    294,805 
Sinopharm Group Co. Ltd., Class H   1,196,400    4,067,573 
Sinotruk Hong Kong Ltd.   615,500    1,441,266 
SSY Group Ltd.   1,214,000    806,949 
Sun Art Retail Group Ltd.   1,228,500    932,507 
Tangshan Jidong Cement Co. Ltd., Class A   72,100    159,540 
Tencent Holdings Ltd.   324,100    26,075,622 
Tingyi Cayman Islands Holding Corp.(d)   1,756,000    3,334,918 
Uni-President China Holdings Ltd.   1,155,000    1,247,629 
Vinda International Holdings Ltd.(d)   321,000    1,019,261 
Vipshop Holdings Ltd., ADR(a)   398,661    9,221,029 
Want Want China Holdings Ltd.   4,327,000    3,217,115 
Weifu High-Technology Group Co. Ltd., Class A   44,800    169,572 
Wharf Holdings Ltd. (The)   1,225,000    4,228,788 
Wuchan Zhongda Group Co. Ltd., Class A   270,800    306,952 
Yadea Group Holdings Ltd.(b)   1,068,000    2,379,711 
Yanzhou Coal Mining Co. Ltd., Class H   1,356,000    1,808,686 
Youngor Group Co. Ltd., Class A   247,700    291,031 
Yuexiu Property Co. Ltd.   6,212,000    1,544,111 
Yum China Holdings Inc.   261,260    17,671,626 
Zhejiang Expressway Co. Ltd., Class H   1,278,000    1,109,600 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) iShares® MSCI Emerging Markets Multifactor ETF
May 31, 2021 (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  Shares   Value 
         
China (continued)          
Zhejiang Semir Garment Co. Ltd., Class A   120,700   $227,325 
Zhejiang Weixing New Building Materials Co. Ltd., Class A   85,200    313,962 
Zhongsheng Group Holdings Ltd.   509,000    4,377,802 
Zhuzhou CRRC Times Electric Co. Ltd., Class H   488,100    2,368,383 
Zhuzhou Kibing Group Co. Ltd., Class A   143,700    381,502 
Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science and Technology Co. Ltd., Class H   1,199,000    1,445,932 
         320,303,213 
Cyprus — 0.9%          
TCS Group Holding PLC, GDR   88,388    6,646,754 
           
Hungary — 0.5%          
Richter Gedeon Nyrt   125,070    3,543,539 
           
India — 13.5%          
ACC Ltd.   66,979    1,833,142 
Adani Enterprises Ltd.(a)   235,675    4,278,077 
Adani Total Gas Ltd.(a)   235,116    4,368,768 
Ambuja Cements Ltd.   619,698    2,798,268 
Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd.   83,331    3,660,816 
Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.   261,236    3,606,895 
Balkrishna Industries Ltd.   77,570    2,352,835 
Cipla Ltd.(a)   431,464    5,635,480 
Colgate-Palmolive India Ltd.   66,683    1,584,239 
Container Corp. of India Ltd.   217,319    2,044,215 
Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd.   103,794    7,577,734 
HCL Technologies Ltd.   967,891    12,624,570 
HDFC Asset Management Co. Ltd.(b)   47,470    1,940,722 
Hero MotoCorp Ltd.   106,884    4,425,616 
Indus Towers Ltd.   306,957    1,026,384 
Infosys Ltd.   1,109,633    21,326,512 
Ipca Laboratories Ltd.   62,199    1,776,135 
Jubilant Foodworks Ltd.(a)   70,457    3,023,589 
Larsen & Toubro Infotech Ltd.(b)   46,732    2,543,765 
Lupin Ltd.   2,624    44,094 
MRF Ltd.   1,702    1,963,065 
Page Industries Ltd.   4,973    2,113,437 
REC Ltd.   792,450    1,595,834 
Tech Mahindra Ltd.   473,919    6,696,708 
Wipro Ltd.   364,404    2,709,468 
         103,550,368 
Indonesia — 0.1%          
Gudang Garam Tbk PT(a)   428,900    994,781 
           
Kuwait — 0.5%          
Mobile Telecommunications Co. KSCP   1,929,181    3,810,753 
           
Malaysia — 0.5%          
Kossan Rubber Industries   1,140,400    1,114,818 
Sime Darby Bhd   2,426,300    1,344,194 
Supermax Corp. Bhd   1,334,273    1,329,737 
         3,788,749 
Philippines — 0.3%          
Globe Telecom Inc.   22,150    836,925 
PLDT Inc.   67,430    1,855,127 
         2,692,052 
Qatar — 0.7%          
Barwa Real Estate Co.   851,922    731,941 
Commercial Bank PSQC (The)   1,768,344    2,557,483 
Security  Shares   Value 
         
Qatar (continued)          
Ooredoo QPSC   714,059   $1,337,683 
Qatar Electricity & Water Co. QSC   235,225    1,017,726 
         5,644,833 
Russia — 0.3%          
Inter RAO UES PJSC   32,582,100    2,249,718 
           
Saudi Arabia — 4.3%          
Abdullah Al Othaim Markets Co.   39,323    1,349,860 
Advanced Petrochemical Co.   94,583    2,074,887 
Arab National Bank   535,009    3,173,715 
Banque Saudi Fransi   76,021    735,954 
Bupa Arabia for Cooperative Insurance Co.(a)   53,501    1,686,711 
Co for Cooperative Insurance (The)   54,616    1,169,433 
Dr Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Services Group Co.   46,813    2,059,937 
Jarir Marketing Co.   52,431    2,939,513 
Mobile Telecommunications Co.(a)   392,677    1,530,815 
Mouwasat Medical Services Co.   43,692    2,158,159 
National Petrochemical Co.   107,002    1,345,347 
SABIC Agri-Nutrients Co.   191,013    5,244,813 
Saudi Airlines Catering Co.(a).   5,834    123,703 
Saudi Cement Co.   66,975    1,173,324 
Saudi Industrial Investment Group   196,616    1,984,486 
Yanbu National Petrochemical Co.   225,707    4,198,792 
         32,949,449 
South Africa — 6.1%          
African Rainbow Minerals Ltd.   100,051    1,930,707 
Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd.(a)   345,958    4,041,668 
Exxaro Resources Ltd.   223,897    2,499,523 
Gold Fields Ltd.   791,425    9,980,077 
Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd.   494,391    2,644,996 
Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd.   706,213    12,835,472 
Kumba Iron Ore Ltd.   57,440    2,665,251 
Mr. Price Group Ltd.   228,222    3,863,524 
Rand Merchant Investment Holdings Ltd.   682,943    1,602,896 
Reinet Investments SCA   122,302    2,534,297 
Tiger Brands Ltd.   148,405    2,383,095 
         46,981,506 
South Korea — 12.0%          
Coway Co. Ltd.   49,354    3,682,723 
DB Insurance Co. Ltd.   41,035    1,864,607 
E-MART Inc.   17,399    2,480,756 
Hana Financial Group Inc.   142,187    5,931,815 
Hankook Tire & Technology Co. Ltd.   66,274    2,901,318 
Kia Corp.   226,950    17,350,924 
Kumho Petrochemical Co. Ltd.   16,301    3,377,457 
LG Electronics Inc.   94,849    12,926,907 
LG Innotek Co. Ltd.   12,662    2,322,292 
LG Uplus Corp.   190,766    2,580,464 
POSCO   51,845    16,489,112 
S-1 Corp.   15,247    1,107,332 
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.   217,284    15,674,584 
SK Telecom Co. Ltd.   13,397    3,821,433 
         92,511,724 
Taiwan — 14.9%          
Acer Inc.   507,000    581,982 
Asustek Computer Inc.   629,000    8,946,001 
Catcher Technology Co. Ltd.   429,000    2,839,912 
Compal Electronics Inc.   3,733,000    3,154,232 
Innolux Corp.   7,793,000    6,821,665 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) iShares® MSCI Emerging Markets Multifactor ETF
May 31, 2021 (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Taiwan (continued)          
Inventec Corp.   2,308,000   $2,147,431 
Lite-On Technology Corp.   1,886,718    4,502,703 
Nien Made Enterprise Co. Ltd.   144,000    2,113,117 
Novatek Microelectronics Corp.   515,000    9,889,822 
Pegatron Corp.   1,781,000    4,717,792 
Phison Electronics Corp.   141,000    2,478,083 
Pou Chen Corp.   2,102,000    2,851,792 
Powertech Technology Inc.   625,000    2,410,557 
Synnex Technology International Corp.   1,190,000    2,564,551 
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.   1,450,000    31,151,917 
United Microelectronics Corp.   10,383,000    19,736,949 
Wan Hai Lines Ltd.   495,000    2,589,354 
Wistron Corp.   2,406,063    2,666,928 
WPG Holdings Ltd.   1,422,160    2,657,528 
         114,822,316 
Thailand — 0.5%          
Krung Thai Bank PCL, NVDR   3,115,600    1,086,445 
Krungthai Card PCL, NVDR   804,700    1,877,958 
Srisawad Corp. PCL, NVDR   336,600    809,176 
         3,773,579 
United Arab Emirates — 0.7%          
Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank PJSC   1,295,436    1,958,333 
Aldar Properties PJSC   3,435,374    3,421,925 
         5,380,258 
Total Common Stocks — 98.7%          
(Cost: $569,423,842)        758,991,987 
           
Preferred Stocks          
           
Brazil — 0.8%          
Cia. Paranaense de Energia, Preference Shares, NVS   915,201    1,120,361 
Security  Shares   Value 
        
Brazil (continued)          
Itausa SA, Preference Shares, NVS   2,237,392   $4,662,217 
         5,782,578 
Total Preferred Stocks — 0.8%          
(Cost: $5,661,704)        5,782,578 
           
Short-Term Investments          
           
Money Market Funds — 0.5%          
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 0.06%(e)(f)(g).   4,021,461    4,023,874 
           
Total Short-Term Investments — 0.5%          
(Cost: $4,021,897)        4,023,874 
           
Total Investments in Securities — 100.0%          
(Cost: $579,107,443)        768,798,439 
           
Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (0.0)%        (181,122)
           
Net Assets — 100.0%       $768,617,317 

 

(a)Non-income producing security.

(b)Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors.

(c)Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs and is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

(d)All or a portion of this security is on loan.
(e)Affiliate of the Fund.
(f)Annualized 7-day yield as of period-end.

(g)All or a portion of this security was purchased with cash collateral received from loaned securities.

 

Affiliates

 

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the period ended May 31, 2021 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer  Value at
08/31/20
   Purchases
at Cost
   Proceeds
from Sales
   Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
   Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
   Value at
05/31/21
   Shares
Held at
05/31/21
   Income   Capital
Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds
 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares  $7,386,667   $   $(3,359,068)(a)  $(3,613)  $(112)  $4,023,874    4,021,461   $70,551(b)  $ 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares(c)   1,110,000        (1,110,000)(a)                   473     
                  $(3,613)  $(112)  $4,023,874        $71,024   $ 

 

(a)Represents net amount purchased (sold).

(b)All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

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

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) iShares® MSCI Emerging Markets Multifactor ETF
May 31, 2021  

 

Futures Contracts

 

Description  Number of
Contracts
   Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
(000)
   Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Long Contracts                  
MSCI Emerging Markets E-Mini Index   38   06/18/21  $2,586   $48,025 

 

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 iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at sec.gov.

 

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of May 31, 2021. 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  $82,395,325   $674,000,571   $2,596,091   $758,991,987 
Preferred Stocks   5,782,578            5,782,578 
Money Market Funds   4,023,874            4,023,874 
   $92,201,777   $674,000,571   $2,596,091   $768,798,439 
Derivative financial instruments(a)                    
Assets                    
Futures Contracts  $48,025   $   $   $48,025 

 

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

 

Portfolio Abbreviations - Equity

 

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

 

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