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FEBRUARY 28, 2022 |
2022 Semi-Annual Report (Unaudited)
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iShares Trust
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iShares MSCI China Multisector Tech ETF | TCHI | NASDAQ |
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iShares MSCI Japan Equal Weighted ETF | EWJE | NASDAQ |
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iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF | EWJV | NASDAQ |
Dear Shareholder,
The 12-month reporting period as of February 28, 2022 saw a continuation of the resurgent growth that followed the initial coronavirus (or “COVID-19”) pandemic reopening, albeit at a slower pace. The global economy weathered the emergence of several variant strains and the resulting peaks and troughs in infections amid optimism that increasing vaccinations and economic adaptation could help contain the pandemic’s disruptions. However, rapid changes in consumer spending led to supply constraints and elevated inflation. Moreover, while the foremost effect of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been a severe humanitarian crisis, the invasion has presented challenges for both investors and policymakers.
Equity prices were mixed, as persistently high inflation drove investors’ expectations for higher interest rates, which particularly weighed on relatively high valuation growth stocks and economically sensitive small-capitalization stocks. Overall, small-capitalization U.S. stocks declined, while large-capitalization U.S. stocks posted a solid advance. International equities from developed markets gained slightly, although emerging market stocks declined, pressured by rising interest rates and a strengthening U.S. dollar.
The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield (which is inversely related to bond prices) rose during the reporting period as the economy expanded rapidly and inflation reached its highest annualized reading in decades. In the corporate bond market, the improving economy assuaged credit concerns and led to modest returns for high-yield corporate bonds, outpacing the negative return of investment-grade corporate bonds.
The U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) maintained accommodative monetary policy during the reporting period by keeping near-zero interest rates. However, the Fed’s tone shifted during the period, as it reduced its bond-buying program and raised the prospect of higher rates in 2022. Continued high inflation and the Fed’s new stance led many analysts to anticipate that the Fed will raise interest rates multiple times throughout the year.
Looking ahead, however, the horrific war in Ukraine has significantly clouded the outlook for the global economy. Sanctions on Russia and general wartime disruption are likely to drive already-high commodity prices even further upwards, and we have already seen spikes in energy and metal markets. While this will exacerbate inflationary pressure, it could also constrain economic growth, making the Fed’s way forward less clear. Its challenge will be combating inflation without stifling a recovery that is now facing additional supply shocks.
In this environment, we favor an overweight to equities, as we believe low interest rates and continued economic growth will support further gains, albeit likely more modest than what we saw in 2021. Sectors that are better poised to manage the transition to a lower-carbon world, such as technology and health care, are particularly attractive in the long term. U.S. and other developed market equities have room for further growth, while we believe Chinese equities stand to gain from a more accommodative monetary and fiscal environment. We are underweight long-term credit, but inflation-protected U.S. Treasuries, Asian fixed income, and emerging market local-currency bonds offer potential opportunities. We believe that international diversification and a focus on sustainability can help provide portfolio resilience, and the disruption created by the coronavirus appears to be accelerating the shift toward sustainable investments.
Overall, our view is that investors need to think globally, extend their scope across a broad array of asset classes, and be nimble as market conditions change. We encourage you to talk with your financial advisor and visit iShares.com for further insight about investing in today’s markets.
Sincerely,
Rob Kapito
President, BlackRock, Inc.
Rob Kapito
President, BlackRock, Inc.
Total Returns as of February 28, 2022
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12-Month
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U.S. large cap equities (S&P 500® Index) |
(2.62)% | 16.39% | ||||
U.S. small cap equities (Russell 2000® Index) |
(9.46) | (6.01) | ||||
International equities (MSCI Europe, Australasia, Far East Index) |
(6.78) | 2.83 | ||||
Emerging market equities (MSCI Emerging Markets Index) |
(9.81) | (10.69) | ||||
3-month Treasury bills (ICE BofA 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index) |
0.02 | 0.04 | ||||
U.S. Treasury securities (ICE BofA 10-Year U.S. Treasury Index) |
(3.94) | (1.67) | ||||
U.S. investment grade bonds (Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index) |
(4.07) | (2.64) | ||||
Tax-exempt municipal bonds (Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index) |
(3.09) | (0.66) | ||||
U.S. high yield bonds (Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Capped Index) |
(3.07) | 0.64 | ||||
Past performance is not an indication of future results. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only. You cannot invest directly in an index.
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T H I S P A G E I S N O T P A R T O F Y O U R F U N D R E P O R T |
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Fund Summary as of February 28, 2022 | iShares® MSCI China Multisector Tech ETF |
Investment Objective
The iShares MSCI China Multisector Tech ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of Chinese equities in technology and technology-related industries, as represented by the MSCI China Technology Sub-Industries Select Capped Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.
Performance
Cumulative Total Returns | ||||
Since Inception |
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Fund NAV |
(5.71 | )% | ||
Fund Market |
(5.36 | ) | ||
Index |
(5.52 | ) |
The inception date of the Fund was 1/25/22. The first day of secondary market trading was 1/27/22.
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” on page 7 for more information.
Expense Example
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Beginning Account Value (01/25/22) |
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Ending Account Value (02/28/22) |
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Expenses Paid During the Period |
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Beginning Account Value (09/01/21) |
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Ending Account Value (02/28/22) |
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Expenses Paid During the Period |
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$ 1,000.00 | $ 942.90 | $ 0.53 | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,021.90 | $ 2.96 | 0.59 | % |
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Commencement of operations. |
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Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 34/365 for actual expenses and 181/365 for hypothetical expenses (to reflect the six month period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Shareholder Expenses” for more information. |
Portfolio Information
ALLOCATION BY SECTOR
Sector |
Percent of Total Investments(a) |
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Information Technology |
44.1% | |||
Consumer Discretionary |
22.4 | |||
Communication Services |
20.9 | |||
Industrials |
9.7 | |||
Financials |
2.8 | |||
Health Care |
0.1 |
(a) |
Excludes money market funds. |
TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS
Security | |
Percent of Total Investments |
(a) | |
Sunny Optical Technology Group Co. Ltd. |
4.1 | % | ||
NetEase Inc. |
4.1 | |||
JDcom Inc, Class A |
4.0 | |||
Baidu Inc. |
3.9 | |||
Xiaomi Corp., Class B |
3.7 | |||
Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd., Class A |
3.7 | |||
Pinduoduo Inc. |
3.6 | |||
Tencent Holdings Ltd. |
3.5 | |||
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. |
3.4 | |||
Meituan, Class B |
3.2 |
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Fund Summary as of February 28,2022 | iShares® MSCI Japan Equal Weighted ETF |
Investment Objective
The iShares MSCI Japan Equal Weighted ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of equal weighted Japanese equities, as represented by the MSCI Japan Equal Weighted Index (USD) (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.
Performance
Average Annual Total Returns | Cumulative Total Returns | |||||||||||||||||||||||
6 Months | 1 Year |
Since Inception |
1 Year | Since Inception |
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Fund NAV |
(8.24 | )% | (6.02 | )% | 4.62 | % | (6.02 | )% | 14.44 | % | ||||||||||||||
Fund Market |
(7.66 | ) | (6.54 | ) | 4.82 | (6.54 | ) | 15.12 | ||||||||||||||||
Index |
(9.25 | ) | (6.93 | ) | 4.13 | (6.93 | ) | 12.85 |
The inception date of the Fund was 3/5/19. The first day of secondary market trading was 3/7/19.
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” on page 7 for more information.
Expense Example
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Beginning Account Value (09/01/21) |
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Ending Account Value (02/28/22) |
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Expenses Paid During the Period |
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Beginning Account Value (09/01/21) |
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Ending Account Value (02/28/22) |
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Expenses Paid During the Period |
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Annualized Expense Ratio |
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$ 1,000.00 | $ | 917.60 | $ | 0.71 | $ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,024.10 | $ | 0.75 | 0.15 | % |
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Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Shareholder Expenses” for more information. |
Portfolio Information
ALLOCATION BY SECTOR
Sector | |
Percent of Total Investments |
(a) | |
Industrials |
23.6 | % | ||
Consumer Discretionary |
13.6 | |||
Information Technology |
13.5 | |||
Consumer Staples |
10.2 | |||
Financials |
8.6 | |||
Health Care |
7.9 | |||
Materials |
7.3 | |||
Communication Services |
6.3 | |||
Real Estate |
5.8 | |||
Utilities |
2.0 | |||
Energy |
1.2 |
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Excludes money market funds. |
TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS
Security | |
Percent of Total Investments |
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Nintendo Co. Ltd. |
0.7 | % | ||
Tokyo Electron Ltd. |
0.7 | |||
USS Co. Ltd. |
0.6 | |||
GMO Payment Gateway Inc. |
0.5 | |||
Nippon Yusen KK |
0.5 | |||
Oriental Land Co. Ltd./Japan |
0.5 | |||
FANUC Corp. |
0.5 | |||
Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. |
0.5 | |||
Trend Micro Inc/Japan |
0.5 | |||
Rinnai Corp. |
0.5 |
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Fund Summary as of February 28, 2022 | iShares® MSCI Japan Value ETF |
Investment Objective
The iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of large- and mid-capitalization Japanese equities with value characteristics and relatively lower valuations, as represented by the MSCI Japan Value Index (USD) (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index.
Performance
Average Annual Total Returns | Cumulative Total Returns | |||||||||||||||||||||||
6 Months | 1 Year |
Since Inception |
1 Year | Since Inception |
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Fund NAV |
(0.74 | )% | 2.48 | % | 6.35 | % | 2.48 | % | 20.20 | % | ||||||||||||||
Fund Market |
(0.57 | ) | 1.28 | 6.48 | 1.28 | 20.66 | ||||||||||||||||||
Index |
(0.97 | ) | 2.49 | 6.26 | 2.49 | 19.88 |
The inception date of the Fund was 3/5/19. The first day of secondary market trading was 3/7/19.
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Performance results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. See “About Fund Performance” on page 7 for more information.
Expense Example
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Beginning Account Value (09/01/21) |
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Ending Account Value (02/28/22) |
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Expenses Paid During the Period |
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Beginning Account Value (09/01/21) |
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Ending Account Value (02/28/22) |
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Expenses Paid During the Period |
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Annualized Expense Ratio |
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$ 1,000.00 | $ 992.60 | $ 0.74 | $ 1,000.00 | $ 1,024.10 | $ 0.75 | 0.15 | % |
(a) |
Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown). Other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, may be paid which are not reflected in the tables and examples above. See “Shareholder Expenses” for more information. |
Portfolio Information
ALLOCATION BY SECTOR
Sector | |
Percent of Total Investments |
(a) | |
Industrials |
20.9 | % | ||
Consumer Discretionary |
19.8 | |||
Financials |
17.8 | |||
Communication Services |
10.2 | |||
Consumer Staples |
6.8 | |||
Real Estate |
6.4 | |||
Health Care |
6.0 | |||
Materials |
5.0 | |||
Information Technology |
3.9 | |||
Utilities |
1.7 | |||
Energy |
1.5 |
(a) |
Excludes money market funds. |
TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS
Security | |
Percent of Total Investments |
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Toyota Motor Corp. |
10.1 | % | ||
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. |
3.8 | |||
SoftBank Group Corp. |
2.8 | |||
KDDI Corp. |
2.8 | |||
Honda Motor Co. Ltd. |
2.6 | |||
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. |
2.5 | |||
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. |
2.4 | |||
Mitsubishi Corp. |
2.2 | |||
Seven & i Holdings Co. Ltd. |
2.0 | |||
SoftBank Corp. |
1.9 |
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About Fund Performance |
Past performance is not an indication of future results. Financial markets have experienced extreme volatility and trading in many instruments has been disrupted. These circumstances may continue for an extended period of time and may continue to affect adversely the value and liquidity of each Fund’s investments. As a result, current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Performance data current to the most recent month-end is available at iShares.com. Performance results assume reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. Performance for certain funds may reflect a waiver of a portion of investment advisory fees. Without such a waiver, performance would have been lower.
Net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of a fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. Beginning August 10, 2020, the price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is the closing price. Prior to August 10, 2020, Market Price was determined using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest ask on the primary stock exchange on which shares of a fund are listed for trading, as of the time that such fund’s NAV is calculated. Since shares of a fund may not trade in the secondary market until after the fund’s inception, for the period from inception to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the fund, the NAV of the fund is used as a proxy for the Market Price to calculate market returns. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested at Market Price and NAV, respectively.
An index is a statistical composite that tracks a specified financial market or sector. Unlike a fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not incur the expenses incurred by a fund. These expenses negatively impact fund performance. Also, market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included, market returns would be lower.
Shareholders of each Fund may incur the following charges: (1) transactional expenses, including brokerage commissions on purchases and sales of fund shares and (2) ongoing expenses, including management fees and other fund expenses. The expense examples shown (which are based on a hypothetical investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held through the end of the period) are intended to assist shareholders both in calculating expenses based on an investment in each Fund and in comparing these expenses with similar costs of investing in other funds.
The expense examples provide information about actual account values and actual expenses. Annualized expense ratios reflect contractual and voluntary fee waivers, if any. In order to estimate the expenses a shareholder paid during the period covered by this report, shareholders can divide their account value by $1,000 and then multiply the result by the number under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period.”
The expense examples also provide information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses. In order to assist shareholders in comparing the ongoing expenses of investing in a Funds and other funds, compare the 5% hypothetical examples with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
The expenses shown in the expense examples are intended to highlight shareholders’ ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional expenses, such as brokerage commissions and other fees paid on purchases and sales of fund shares. Therefore, the hypothetical examples are useful in comparing ongoing expenses only and will not help shareholders determine the relative total expenses of owning different funds. If these transactional expenses were included, shareholder expenses would have been higher.
A B O U T F U N D P E R F O R M A N C E / S H A R E H O L D E R E X P E N S E S |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) February 28, 2022 |
iShares® MSCI China Multisector Tech ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
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Common Stocks |
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Capital Markets — 1.0% | ||||||||
East Money Information Co. Ltd., Class A |
18,800 | $ | 80,131 | |||||
Hithink RoyalFlush Information Network Co. Ltd., Class A |
800 | 13,739 | ||||||
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93,870 | ||||||||
Communications Equipment — 2.3% | ||||||||
Addsino Co. Ltd., Class A |
3,200 | 7,627 | ||||||
Beijing BDStar Navigation Co. Ltd., Class A(a) |
800 | 4,732 | ||||||
BYD Electronic International Co. Ltd. |
20,000 | 56,436 | ||||||
Fiberhome Telecommunication Technologies Co. Ltd., Class A |
1,600 | 4,372 | ||||||
Guangzhou Haige Communications Group Inc. Co., Class A |
2,400 | 3,798 | ||||||
Hengtong Optic-Electric Co. Ltd., Class A |
3,600 | 8,449 | ||||||
Shenzhen Sunway Communication Co. Ltd., Class A |
2,000 | 6,766 | ||||||
Tianjin 712 Communication & Broadcasting Co. Ltd., Class A |
1,200 | 6,545 | ||||||
Yealink Network Technology Corp. Ltd., Class A |
1,600 | 19,395 | ||||||
Zhongji Innolight Co. Ltd., Class A |
1,600 | 9,754 | ||||||
ZTE Corp., Class A |
6,800 | 31,468 | ||||||
ZTE Corp., Class H |
22,400 | 55,184 | ||||||
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214,526 | ||||||||
Consumer Finance — 1.8% | ||||||||
360 DigiTech Inc., ADR |
2,604 | 48,825 | ||||||
Lufax Holding Ltd., ADR(a) |
18,048 | 116,770 | ||||||
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165,595 | ||||||||
Diversified Consumer Services — 1.2% | ||||||||
China Education Group Holdings Ltd. |
4,000 | 3,427 | ||||||
New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc., ADR(a) |
45,616 | 68,880 | ||||||
TAL Education Group, ADR(a) |
12,780 | 36,295 | ||||||
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108,602 | ||||||||
Electrical Equipment — 7.3% | ||||||||
Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd., Class A |
4,000 | 342,637 | ||||||
Eve Energy Co. Ltd., Class A |
3,600 | 51,663 | ||||||
Fangda Carbon New Material Co. Ltd., Class A |
7,200 | 11,805 | ||||||
Ginlong Technologies Co. Ltd., Class A |
400 | 16,151 | ||||||
Gotion High-tech Co. Ltd., Class A(a) |
3,200 | 21,958 | ||||||
Hongfa Technology Co. Ltd., Class A |
1,200 | 11,993 | ||||||
Jiangsu Zhongtian Technology Co. Ltd., Class A |
5,200 | 15,455 | ||||||
Ningbo Ronbay New Energy Technology Co. Ltd. |
832 | 19,428 | ||||||
Sieyuan Electric Co. Ltd. |
1,600 | 12,004 | ||||||
Sungrow Power Supply Co. Ltd., Class A |
800 | 15,491 | ||||||
Sunwoda Electronic Co. Ltd., Class A |
3,200 | 18,771 | ||||||
TBEA Co. Ltd., Class A |
6,800 | 21,912 | ||||||
Zhejiang Chint Electrics Co. Ltd., Class A |
3,600 | 28,693 | ||||||
Zhejiang HangKe Technology Inc. Co., Class A |
800 | 9,853 | ||||||
Zhuzhou CRRC Times Electric Co. Ltd. |
16,400 | 85,485 | ||||||
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683,299 | ||||||||
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 12.8% | ||||||||
AAC Technologies Holdings Inc. |
22,000 | 60,153 | ||||||
Avary Holding Shenzhen Co. Ltd., Class A |
2,800 | 15,430 | ||||||
Beijing Yuanliu Hongyuan Electronic Technology Co. Ltd., Class A |
400 | 10,250 | ||||||
BOE Technology Group Co. Ltd., Class A |
65,200 | 48,661 | ||||||
Chaozhou Three-Circle Group Co. Ltd., Class A |
3,600 | 19,938 | ||||||
China Railway Signal & Communication Corp. Ltd., Class A |
12,000 | 9,233 | ||||||
China Zhenhua Group Science & Technology Co. Ltd., Class A |
1,200 | 22,367 | ||||||
Foxconn Industrial Internet Co. Ltd., Class A |
13,600 | 24,104 | ||||||
GoerTek Inc., Class A |
6,400 | 44,809 | ||||||
Guangzhou Shiyuan Electronic Technology Co. Ltd., Class A |
1,200 | 16,343 | ||||||
Huagong Tech Co. Ltd., Class A |
1,600 | 6,249 | ||||||
Kingboard Holdings Ltd. |
20,000 | 93,563 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
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Kingboard Laminates Holdings Ltd. |
26,000 | $ | 43,325 | |||||
Lens Technology Co. Ltd., Class A |
10,000 | 23,134 | ||||||
Leyard Optoelectronic Co. Ltd., Class A |
5,200 | 7,000 | ||||||
Lingyi iTech Guangdong Co., Class A(a) |
14,800 | 14,125 | ||||||
Luxshare Precision Industry Co. Ltd., Class A |
12,800 | 88,769 | ||||||
Maxscend Microelectronics Co. Ltd., Class A |
800 | 34,378 | ||||||
OFILM Group Co. Ltd., Class A(a) |
7,200 | 9,157 | ||||||
Raytron Technology Co. Ltd., Class A |
800 | 8,073 | ||||||
Shengyi Technology Co. Ltd., Class A |
4,000 | 12,369 | ||||||
Shennan Circuits Co. Ltd., Class A |
800 | 14,913 | ||||||
Shenzhen Kaifa Technology Co. Ltd., Class A |
2,000 | 4,333 | ||||||
Shenzhen Sunlord Electronics Co. Ltd., Class A |
1,600 | 8,152 | ||||||
Sunny Optical Technology Group Co. Ltd. |
16,000 | 383,423 | ||||||
Suzhou Dongshan Precision Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Class A |
3,200 | 11,309 | ||||||
Tianma Microelectronics Co. Ltd., Class A |
2,800 | 5,203 | ||||||
Unisplendour Corp. Ltd., Class A |
5,600 | 19,521 | ||||||
Universal Scientific Industrial Shanghai Co. Ltd., Class A |
2,800 | 6,242 | ||||||
Westone Information Industry Inc., Class A |
1,600 | 11,713 | ||||||
Wingtech Technology Co. Ltd., Class A |
2,400 | 44,726 | ||||||
Wuhan Guide Infrared Co. Ltd., Class A |
4,400 | 15,649 | ||||||
Wuhu Token Science Co. Ltd., Class A |
4,800 | 7,374 | ||||||
WUS Printed Circuit Kunshan Co. Ltd., Class A |
3,600 | 9,625 | ||||||
Xiamen Faratronic Co. Ltd. |
400 | 13,573 | ||||||
Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co. Ltd., Class A |
5,200 | 15,484 | ||||||
Zhuzhou Hongda Electronics Corp. Ltd |
800 | 10,662 | ||||||
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1,193,332 | ||||||||
Entertainment — 8.2% | ||||||||
Alibaba Pictures Group Ltd.(a) |
40,000 | 3,999 | ||||||
Beijing Enlight Media Co. Ltd., Class A |
6,000 | 8,990 | ||||||
Bilibili Inc., ADR(a) |
4,984 | 157,544 | ||||||
Giant Network Group Co. Ltd., Class A |
4,000 | 6,072 | ||||||
iQIYI Inc., ADR(a) |
8,596 | 35,588 | ||||||
Kingsoft Corp. Ltd. |
29,600 | 110,698 | ||||||
Kunlun Tech Co. Ltd., Class A |
2,400 | 6,725 | ||||||
Mango Excellent Media Co. Ltd., Class A |
3,600 | 19,616 | ||||||
NetEase Inc |
19,600 | 379,097 | ||||||
Perfect World Co. Ltd., Class A |
4,400 | 9,240 | ||||||
Tencent Music Entertainment Group, ADR(a) |
824 | 4,442 | ||||||
Wuhu Sanqi Interactive Entertainment Network Technology Group Co. Ltd., Class A |
4,000 | 13,284 | ||||||
Zhejiang Century Huatong Group Co. Ltd., Class A(a) |
15,200 | 15,760 | ||||||
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771,055 | ||||||||
Health Care Technology — 0.1% | ||||||||
Winning Health Technology Group Co. Ltd., Class A |
4,400 | 7,998 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Household Durables — 4.2% | ||||||||
Ecovacs Robotics Co. Ltd., Class A |
800 | 17,157 | ||||||
Gree Electric Appliances Inc. of Zhuhai, Class A |
5,200 | 30,269 | ||||||
Haier Smart Home Co. Ltd., Class A |
10,800 | 43,784 | ||||||
Haier Smart Home Co. Ltd., Class H |
68,000 | 238,277 | ||||||
Hang Zhou Great Star Industrial Co. Ltd., Class A(a) |
2,400 | 7,638 | ||||||
Hangzhou Robam Appliances Co. Ltd., Class A |
1,600 | 8,463 | ||||||
Shenzhen MTC Co. Ltd., Class A(a) |
10,800 | 7,568 | ||||||
TCL Technology Group Corp., Class A |
24,400 | 21,565 | ||||||
Xiamen Intretech Inc., Class A |
1,600 | 7,538 | ||||||
Zhejiang Supor Co. Ltd., Class A |
1,200 | 9,636 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
391,895 | ||||||||
Interactive Media & Services — 12.6% | ||||||||
Autohome Inc., ADR |
2,316 | 70,847 |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) February 28, 2022 |
iShares® MSCI China Multisector Tech ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
|
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Interactive Media & Services (continued) | ||||||||
Baidu Inc., ADR(a) |
2,380 | $ | 362,807 | |||||
Hello Group Inc., ADR |
4,768 | 45,439 | ||||||
JOYY Inc., ADR |
1,660 | 76,841 | ||||||
Kanzhun Ltd.(a) |
2,536 | 81,913 | ||||||
Kuaishou Technology(a)(b) |
14,400 | 166,643 | ||||||
Tencent Holdings Ltd. |
6,000 | 323,768 | ||||||
Weibo Corp., ADR(a) |
1,908 | 52,336 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,180,594 | ||||||||
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 16.7% | ||||||||
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.(a) |
24,400 | 321,198 | ||||||
Alibaba Health Information Technology Ltd.(a) |
8,000 | 5,602 | ||||||
China Ruyi Holdings Ltd.(a) |
96,000 | 28,572 | ||||||
Dada Nexus Ltd., ADR(a) |
1,912 | 15,889 | ||||||
JD Health International Inc.(a)(b) |
2,200 | 16,420 | ||||||
JDcom Inc, Class A(a) |
10,400 | 371,482 | ||||||
Meituan, Class B(a)(b) |
13,600 | 302,126 | ||||||
Pinduoduo Inc., ADR(a) |
6,520 | 338,127 | ||||||
Ping An Healthcare and Technology Co. Ltd.(a)(b) |
14,000 | 43,176 | ||||||
Vipshop Holdings Ltd., ADR(a) |
13,428 | 116,421 | ||||||
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1,559,013 | ||||||||
IT Services — 3.2% | ||||||||
Beijing Sinnet Technology Co. Ltd., Class A |
3,600 | 8,575 | ||||||
China TransInfo Technology Co. Ltd., Class A |
4,000 | 8,837 | ||||||
Chinasoft International Ltd. |
80,000 | 72,992 | ||||||
Chindata Group Holdings Ltd., ADR(a) |
3,712 | 20,379 | ||||||
DHC Software Co. Ltd., Class A |
4,000 | 5,244 | ||||||
GDS Holdings Ltd., ADR(a) |
2,680 | 119,314 | ||||||
Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Ltd., ADR(a) |
96 | 647 | ||||||
Lakala Payment Co. Ltd., Class A |
1,600 | 6,854 | ||||||
TravelSky Technology Ltd., Class H |
28,000 | 52,742 | ||||||
|
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295,584 | ||||||||
Machinery — 2.4% | ||||||||
Haitian International Holdings Ltd. |
20,000 | 53,286 | ||||||
Hefei Meiya Optoelectronic Technology Inc., Class A |
1,200 | 6,886 | ||||||
Jiangsu Hengli Hydraulic Co. Ltd., Class A |
2,800 | 29,845 | ||||||
Luoyang Xinqianglian Slewing Bearing Co. Ltd. |
400 | 9,661 | ||||||
North Industries Group Red Arrow Co. Ltd., Class A(a) |
2,800 | 10,013 | ||||||
Riyue Heavy Industry Co. Ltd., Class A |
2,000 | 8,747 | ||||||
Shenzhen Inovance Technology Co. Ltd., Class A |
4,800 | 48,854 | ||||||
Wuxi Lead Intelligent Equipment Co. Ltd., Class A |
1,600 | 17,248 | ||||||
Wuxi Shangji Automation Co. Ltd., Class A |
800 | 20,198 | ||||||
Yantai Eddie Precision Machinery Co. Ltd., Class A |
1,600 | 7,837 | ||||||
Zhejiang Sanhua Intelligent Controls Co. Ltd., Class A |
4,000 | 12,798 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
225,373 | ||||||||
Media — 0.0% | ||||||||
China Literature Ltd.(a)(b) |
800 | 4,342 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 12.9% | ||||||||
Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc., Class A(a) |
800 | 16,321 | ||||||
China Resources Microelectronics Ltd. |
2,064 | 19,170 | ||||||
Daqo New Energy Corp., ADR(a) |
1,768 | 84,793 | ||||||
Flat Glass Group Co. Ltd., Class A |
2,800 | 21,921 | ||||||
Flat Glass Group Co. Ltd., Class H |
12,000 | 49,622 | ||||||
GCL System Integration Technology Co. Ltd., Class A(a) |
9,200 | 5,364 | ||||||
Gigadevice Semiconductor Beijing Inc., Class A |
1,200 | 29,384 | ||||||
Hangzhou First Applied Material Co. Ltd., Class A |
1,600 | 30,364 | ||||||
Hangzhou Silan Microelectronics Co. Ltd., Class A |
2,800 | 25,594 | ||||||
Hua Hong Semiconductor Ltd.(a)(b) |
16,000 | 83,356 | ||||||
Ingenic Semiconductor Co. Ltd., Class A |
800 | 14,194 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
|
||||||||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (continued) | ||||||||
JA Solar Technology Co. Ltd., Class A |
3,200 | $ | 48,481 | |||||
JCET Group Co. Ltd., Class A |
3,200 | 14,296 | ||||||
LONGi Green Energy Technology Co. Ltd., Class A |
10,000 | 124,475 | ||||||
Montage Technology Co. Ltd., Class A |
2,400 | 29,502 | ||||||
National Silicon Industry Group Co. Ltd., Class A(a) |
4,000 | 15,546 | ||||||
NAURA Technology Group Co. Ltd., Class A |
800 | 38,781 | ||||||
SG Micro Corp., Class A |
400 | 22,139 | ||||||
Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co. Ltd., Class A |
800 | 11,585 | ||||||
Shenzhen SC New Energy Technology Corp., Class A |
800 | 11,221 | ||||||
StarPower Semiconductor Ltd., Class A |
400 | 23,068 | ||||||
Tianjin Zhonghuan Semiconductor Co. Ltd., Class A |
5,600 | 42,876 | ||||||
Tianshui Huatian Technology Co. Ltd., Class A |
5,600 | 10,673 | ||||||
TongFu Microelectronics Co. Ltd., Class A |
2,800 | 8,100 | ||||||
Trina Solar Co. Ltd. |
3,148 | 38,518 | ||||||
Unigroup Guoxin Microelectronics Co. Ltd., Class A |
1,200 | 42,142 | ||||||
Will Semiconductor Co. Ltd. Shanghai, Class A |
1,600 | 62,789 | ||||||
Xinyi Solar Holdings Ltd |
144,000 | 261,557 | ||||||
Zhejiang Jingsheng Mechanical & Electrical Co. Ltd., Class A |
2,400 | 24,874 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,210,706 | ||||||||
Software — 5.9% | ||||||||
360 Security Technology Inc., Class A(a) |
12,800 | 21,306 | ||||||
Beijing E-Hualu Information Technology Co. Ltd., Class A |
1,600 | 7,133 | ||||||
Beijing Kingsoft Office Software Inc., Class A |
800 | 27,141 | ||||||
Beijing Shiji Information Technology Co. Ltd., Class A |
2,000 | 7,598 | ||||||
Hundsun Technologies Inc., Class A |
2,800 | 23,270 | ||||||
Iflytek Co. Ltd., Class A |
4,400 | 34,383 | ||||||
Kingdee International Software Group Co. Ltd.(a) |
80,000 | 197,731 | ||||||
Ming Yuan Cloud Group Holdings Ltd. |
20,000 | 39,474 | ||||||
NavInfo Co. Ltd., Class A(a) |
4,400 | 11,980 | ||||||
Sangfor Technologies Inc., Class A |
800 | 18,555 | ||||||
Shanghai Baosight Software Co. Ltd., Class A |
2,400 | 20,530 | ||||||
Shanghai Baosight Software Co. Ltd., Class B |
11,600 | 50,095 | ||||||
Thunder Software Technology Co. Ltd., Class A |
800 | 17,822 | ||||||
Topsec Technologies Group Inc., Class A |
2,400 | 5,610 | ||||||
Weimob Inc.(a)(b) |
60,000 | 39,681 | ||||||
Yonyou Network Technology Co. Ltd., Class A |
6,400 | 31,939 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
554,248 | ||||||||
Specialty Retail — 0.4% | ||||||||
GOME Retail Holdings Ltd.(a) |
352,000 | 26,194 | ||||||
Suningcom Co Ltd, Class A(a) |
18,000 | 10,268 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
36,462 | ||||||||
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 7.0% | ||||||||
China Greatwall Technology Group Co. Ltd., Class A |
6,400 | 13,539 | ||||||
GRG Banking Equipment Co. Ltd., Class A |
3,600 | 6,803 | ||||||
Inspur Electronic Information Industry Co. Ltd., Class A |
2,800 | 14,641 | ||||||
Lenovo Group Ltd. |
216,000 | 240,531 | ||||||
Ninestar Corp., Class A |
2,400 | 19,098 | ||||||
Shenzhen Transsion Holding Co. Ltd., Class A |
800 | 17,151 | ||||||
Xiaomi Corp., Class B(a)(b) |
184,800 | 347,834 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
659,597 | ||||||||
|
|
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Total Common Stocks — 100.0% (Cost: $9,860,046) |
9,356,091 | |||||||
|
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S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) February 28, 2022 |
iShares® MSCI China Multisector Tech ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Short-Term Investments |
||||||||
Money Market Funds — 0.1% | ||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 0.03%(c)(d) |
10,000 | $ | 10,000 | |||||
|
|
|||||||
Total
Short-Term Investments — 0.1% |
|
10,000 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total
Investments in Securities — 100.1% |
|
9,366,091 | ||||||
Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (0.1)% |
|
(9,515 | ) | |||||
|
|
|||||||
Net Assets — 100.0% |
|
$ | 9,356,576 | |||||
|
|
(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) |
Affiliate of the Fund. |
(d) |
Annualized 7-day yield as of period end. |
Affiliates
Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the period ended February 28, 2022 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:
Affiliated Issuer | Value
at 01/25/22(a) |
Purchases at Cost |
Proceeds from Sales |
Net Realized Gain (Loss) |
Change
in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
Value at 02/28/22 |
Shares Held at 02/28/22 |
Income |
Capital Gain |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares |
$ | — | $ | 10,000(b) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 10,000 | 10,000 | $ | — | $ | — | |||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
Commencement of operations. |
(b) |
Represents net amount purchased (sold). |
Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End
Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.
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Investments |
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Assets |
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Common Stocks |
$ | 2,096,403 | $ | 7,259,688 | $ | — | $ | 9,356,091 | ||||||||
Money Market Funds |
10,000 | — | — | 10,000 | ||||||||||||
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|
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|
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|
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$ | 2,106,403 | $ | 7,259,688 | $ | — | $ | 9,366,091 | |||||||||
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2 0 2 2 I S H A R E S S E M I - A N N U A L R E P O R T T O S H A R E H O L D E R S |
Schedule of Investments (unaudited) February 28, 2022 |
iShares® MSCI Japan Equal Weighted ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Common Stocks |
||||||||
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.8% | ||||||||
SG Holdings Co. Ltd. |
1,400 | $ | 29,673 | |||||
Yamato Holdings Co. Ltd. |
1,400 | 27,495 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
57,168 | ||||||||
Airlines — 0.8% | ||||||||
ANA Holdings Inc.(a) |
1,200 | 26,422 | ||||||
Japan Airlines Co. Ltd.(a) |
1,400 | 27,760 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
54,182 | ||||||||
Auto Components — 2.3% | ||||||||
Aisin Corp. |
800 | 29,139 | ||||||
Bridgestone Corp. |
700 | 28,827 | ||||||
Denso Corp. |
400 | 28,128 | ||||||
Koito Manufacturing Co. Ltd. |
600 | 31,034 | ||||||
Stanley Electric Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 23,763 | ||||||
Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. |
2,000 | 26,550 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
167,441 | ||||||||
Automobiles — 3.0% | ||||||||
Honda Motor Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 30,381 | ||||||
Isuzu Motors Ltd. |
2,000 | 27,049 | ||||||
Mazda Motor Corp.(a) |
3,400 | 25,148 | ||||||
Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.(a) |
5,400 | 25,754 | ||||||
Subaru Corp. |
1,600 | 26,241 | ||||||
Suzuki Motor Corp. |
600 | 23,891 | ||||||
Toyota Motor Corp. |
1,400 | 25,615 | ||||||
Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd. |
1,200 | 26,975 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
211,054 | ||||||||
Banks — 3.3% | ||||||||
Chiba Bank Ltd/The |
4,000 | 25,144 | ||||||
Concordia Financial Group Ltd. |
6,400 | 26,037 | ||||||
Japan Post Bank Co. Ltd. |
3,000 | 26,323 | ||||||
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. |
4,200 | 25,784 | ||||||
Mizuho Financial Group Inc. |
2,080 | 27,412 | ||||||
Resona Holdings Inc. |
5,800 | 25,939 | ||||||
Shizuoka Bank Ltd/The |
3,400 | 25,137 | ||||||
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. |
800 | 28,370 | ||||||
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. |
800 | 28,425 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
238,571 | ||||||||
Beverages — 1.5% | ||||||||
Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. |
600 | 24,203 | ||||||
Ito En Ltd. |
400 | 23,005 | ||||||
Kirin Holdings Co. Ltd. |
1,600 | 26,601 | ||||||
Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd. |
800 | 31,879 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
105,688 | ||||||||
Building Products — 1.4% | ||||||||
AGC Inc. |
600 | 26,618 | ||||||
Daikin Industries Ltd. |
100 | 18,480 | ||||||
Lixil Corp. |
1,200 | 26,745 | ||||||
TOTO Ltd. |
600 | 25,258 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
97,101 | ||||||||
Capital Markets — 1.5% | ||||||||
Daiwa Securities Group Inc. |
4,400 | 26,015 | ||||||
Japan Exchange Group Inc. |
1,400 | 26,217 | ||||||
Nomura Holdings Inc. |
6,000 | 27,378 | ||||||
SBI Holdings Inc/Japan |
1,000 | 26,232 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
105,842 | ||||||||
Chemicals — 5.3% | ||||||||
Asahi Kasei Corp. |
2,800 | 26,278 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Chemicals (continued) | ||||||||
JSR Corp. |
800 | $ | 25,166 | |||||
Kansai Paint Co. Ltd. |
1,400 | 28,099 | ||||||
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. |
3,800 | 26,995 | ||||||
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co. Inc. |
1,600 | 28,387 | ||||||
Mitsui Chemicals Inc. |
1,000 | 25,565 | ||||||
Nippon Paint Holdings Co. Ltd. |
3,200 | 28,640 | ||||||
Nippon Sanso Holdings Corp. |
1,400 | 27,361 | ||||||
Nissan Chemical Corp. |
400 | 22,736 | ||||||
Nitto Denko Corp. |
400 | 29,191 | ||||||
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd. |
200 | 31,238 | ||||||
Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd. |
5,600 | 26,736 | ||||||
Toray Industries Inc. |
4,800 | 27,373 | ||||||
Tosoh Corp. |
1,600 | 24,829 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
378,594 | ||||||||
Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.6% | ||||||||
Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 26,105 | ||||||
Secom Co. Ltd. |
400 | 29,379 | ||||||
Sohgo Security Services Co. Ltd. |
800 | 28,883 | ||||||
TOPPAN INC. |
1,400 | 27,586 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
111,953 | ||||||||
Construction & Engineering — 1.5% | ||||||||
Kajima Corp. |
2,000 | 26,917 | ||||||
Obayashi Corp. |
3,400 | 28,468 | ||||||
Shimizu Corp. |
4,200 | 27,801 | ||||||
Taisei Corp. |
800 | 26,601 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
109,787 | ||||||||
Diversified Financial Services — 1.1% | ||||||||
Mitsubishi HC Capital Inc. |
5,400 | 28,083 | ||||||
ORIX Corp. |
1,400 | 27,752 | ||||||
Tokyo Century Corp. |
600 | 26,305 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
82,140 | ||||||||
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.4% | ||||||||
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. |
1,000 | 28,741 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Electric Utilities — 1.2% | ||||||||
Chubu Electric Power Co. Inc. |
2,800 | 27,968 | ||||||
Kansai Electric Power Co Inc/The |
2,800 | 28,232 | ||||||
Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings Inc.(a) |
9,000 | 28,251 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
84,451 | ||||||||
Electrical Equipment — 1.0% | ||||||||
Fuji Electric Co. Ltd. |
600 | 30,871 | ||||||
Mitsubishi Electric Corp. |
2,200 | 26,610 | ||||||
Nidec Corp. |
200 | 17,387 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
74,868 | ||||||||
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 4.0% | ||||||||
Azbil Corp. |
800 | 30,367 | ||||||
Hamamatsu Photonics KK |
600 | 30,403 | ||||||
Hirose Electric Co. Ltd. |
200 | 30,073 | ||||||
Ibiden Co. Ltd. |
600 | 29,303 | ||||||
Kyocera Corp. |
400 | 23,021 | ||||||
Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. |
400 | 27,186 | ||||||
Omron Corp. |
400 | 27,219 | ||||||
Shimadzu Corp. |
800 | 28,813 | ||||||
TDK Corp. |
800 | 32,379 | ||||||
Yokogawa Electric Corp. |
1,800 | 29,042 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
287,806 | ||||||||
Entertainment — 2.9% | ||||||||
Capcom Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 24,271 |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S |
11 |
Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) February 28, 2022 |
iShares® MSCI Japan Equal Weighted ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Entertainment (continued) | ||||||||
Koei Tecmo Holdings Co. Ltd |
620 | $ | 21,530 | |||||
Konami Holdings Corp. |
400 | 22,757 | ||||||
Nexon Co. Ltd. |
1,400 | 30,586 | ||||||
Nintendo Co. Ltd. |
100 | 50,645 | ||||||
Square Enix Holdings Co. Ltd. |
600 | 29,261 | ||||||
Toho Co. Ltd./Tokyo |
600 | 25,023 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
204,073 | ||||||||
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 3.1% | ||||||||
Daiwa House REIT Investment Corp. |
10 | 27,120 | ||||||
GLP J-Reit |
18 | 26,874 | ||||||
Japan Metropolitan Fund Invest |
34 | 27,518 | ||||||
Japan Real Estate Investment Corp. |
6 | 32,051 | ||||||
Nippon Building Fund Inc. |
4 | 22,921 | ||||||
Nippon Prologis REIT Inc. |
10 | 29,401 | ||||||
Nomura Real Estate Master Fund Inc. |
20 | 26,375 | ||||||
Orix JREIT Inc. |
20 | 27,980 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
220,240 | ||||||||
Food & Staples Retailing — 2.7% | ||||||||
Aeon Co. Ltd. |
1,200 | 27,184 | ||||||
Cosmos Pharmaceutical Corp. |
200 | 27,730 | ||||||
Kobe Bussan Co. Ltd. |
800 | 26,488 | ||||||
Lawson Inc. |
600 | 25,017 | ||||||
Seven & i Holdings Co. Ltd. |
600 | 29,195 | ||||||
Tsuruha Holdings Inc. |
400 | 32,158 | ||||||
Welcia Holdings Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 26,667 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
194,439 | ||||||||
Food Products — 2.8% | ||||||||
Ajinomoto Co. Inc. |
1,000 | 29,141 | ||||||
Kikkoman Corp. |
400 | 29,819 | ||||||
MEIJI Holdings Co. Ltd. |
400 | 24,007 | ||||||
Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. |
2,000 | 28,388 | ||||||
Nissin Foods Holdings Co. Ltd. |
400 | 31,959 | ||||||
Toyo Suisan Kaisha Ltd. |
600 | 25,222 | ||||||
Yakult Honsha Co. Ltd. |
600 | 32,562 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
201,098 | ||||||||
Gas Utilities — 0.8% | ||||||||
Osaka Gas Co. Ltd. |
1,600 | 29,282 | ||||||
Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd. |
1,400 | 28,516 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
57,798 | ||||||||
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.0% | ||||||||
Asahi Intecc Co. Ltd. |
1,400 | 30,230 | ||||||
Hoya Corp. |
200 | 26,054 | ||||||
Olympus Corp. |
1,400 | 28,435 | ||||||
Sysmex Corp. |
400 | 32,020 | ||||||
Terumo Corp. |
800 | 25,983 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
142,722 | ||||||||
Health Care Providers & Services — 0.4% | ||||||||
Medipal Holdings Corp. |
1,600 | 29,283 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Health Care Technology — 0.4% |
||||||||
M3 Inc. |
800 | 30,099 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.9% | ||||||||
McDonald’s Holdings Co. Japan Ltd. |
600 | 25,799 | ||||||
Oriental Land Co. Ltd./Japan |
200 | 36,973 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
62,772 | ||||||||
Household Durables — 3.0% | ||||||||
Iida Group Holdings Co. Ltd. |
1,400 | 25,983 | ||||||
Open House Group Co. Ltd. |
600 | 27,281 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Household Durables (continued) | ||||||||
Panasonic Corp. |
2,600 | $ | 27,153 | |||||
Rinnai Corp. |
400 | 32,907 | ||||||
Sekisui Chemical Co. Ltd. |
1,600 | 26,202 | ||||||
Sekisui House Ltd. |
1,400 | 28,543 | ||||||
Sharp Corp./Japan |
2,600 | 24,586 | ||||||
Sony Group Corp. |
200 | 20,434 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
213,089 | ||||||||
Household Products — 0.8% | ||||||||
Lion Corp. |
2,200 | 28,836 | ||||||
Unicharm Corp. |
800 | 30,155 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
58,991 | ||||||||
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.9% | ||||||||
Hitachi Ltd. |
600 | 29,671 | ||||||
Toshiba Corp. |
800 | 31,896 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
61,567 | ||||||||
Insurance — 2.6% | ||||||||
Dai-ichi Life Holdings Inc. |
1,200 | 24,922 | ||||||
Japan Post Holdings Co. Ltd. |
3,400 | 28,103 | ||||||
Japan Post Insurance Co. Ltd. |
1,600 | 27,326 | ||||||
MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Inc. |
800 | 27,069 | ||||||
Sompo Holdings Inc. |
600 | 26,051 | ||||||
T&D Holdings Inc. |
1,800 | 26,142 | ||||||
Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. |
400 | 22,761 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
182,374 | ||||||||
Interactive Media & Services — 0.8% | ||||||||
Kakaku.com Inc. |
1,200 | 26,401 | ||||||
Z Holdings Corp. |
5,600 | 27,411 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
53,812 | ||||||||
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 1.2% | ||||||||
Mercari Inc.(a) |
1,000 | 31,320 | ||||||
Rakuten Group Inc. |
3,200 | 27,202 | ||||||
ZOZO Inc. |
1,000 | 28,475 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
86,997 | ||||||||
IT Services — 4.1% | ||||||||
Fujitsu Ltd. |
200 | 29,057 | ||||||
GMO Payment Gateway Inc |
400 | 38,691 | ||||||
Itochu Techno-Solutions Corp. |
1,000 | 25,923 | ||||||
NEC Corp. |
600 | 25,959 | ||||||
Nomura Research Institute Ltd. |
800 | 28,082 | ||||||
NTT Data Corp. |
1,400 | 26,592 | ||||||
Obic Co. Ltd. |
200 | 32,167 | ||||||
Otsuka Corp. |
800 | 31,075 | ||||||
SCSK Corp. |
1,600 | 27,393 | ||||||
TIS Inc. |
1,200 | 28,402 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
293,341 | ||||||||
Leisure Products — 1.1% | ||||||||
Bandai Namco Holdings Inc. |
400 | 29,324 | ||||||
Shimano Inc. |
100 | 23,287 | ||||||
Yamaha Corp. |
600 | 28,151 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
80,762 | ||||||||
Machinery — 6.3% | ||||||||
Daifuku Co. Ltd. |
400 | 28,931 | ||||||
FANUC Corp. |
200 | 36,740 | ||||||
Hino Motors Ltd. |
3,000 | 28,190 | ||||||
Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 24,472 | ||||||
Hoshizaki Corp. |
400 | 27,889 | ||||||
Komatsu Ltd. |
1,200 | 27,605 | ||||||
Kubota Corp. |
1,600 | 28,707 |
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iShares® MSCI Japan Equal Weighted ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Machinery (continued) | ||||||||
Kurita Water Industries Ltd. |
600 | $ | 24,795 | |||||
Makita Corp. |
800 | 28,513 | ||||||
MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc. |
1,200 | 26,341 | ||||||
MISUMI Group Inc. |
800 | 25,646 | ||||||
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. |
1,000 | 29,492 | ||||||
Miura Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 27,408 | ||||||
NGK Insulators Ltd. |
1,800 | 27,954 | ||||||
Toyota Industries Corp. |
400 | 30,424 | ||||||
Yaskawa Electric Corp. |
600 | 24,022 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
447,129 | ||||||||
Marine — 1.0% | ||||||||
Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd. |
400 | 32,497 | ||||||
Nippon Yusen KK |
400 | 37,476 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
69,973 | ||||||||
Media — 1.1% | ||||||||
CyberAgent Inc. |
2,200 | 28,788 | ||||||
Dentsu Group Inc. |
600 | 23,940 | ||||||
Hakuhodo DY Holdings Inc. |
2,000 | 26,577 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
79,305 | ||||||||
Metals & Mining — 1.6% | ||||||||
Hitachi Metals Ltd.(a) |
1,600 | 28,521 | ||||||
JFE Holdings Inc. |
2,000 | 29,775 | ||||||
Nippon Steel Corp. |
1,600 | 29,294 | ||||||
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd. |
600 | 29,930 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
117,520 | ||||||||
Multiline Retail — 0.7% | ||||||||
Pan Pacific International Holdings Corp. |
1,600 | 26,189 | ||||||
Ryohin Keikaku Co. Ltd. |
1,800 | 26,510 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
52,699 | ||||||||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.2% | ||||||||
ENEOS Holdings Inc. |
7,400 | 29,302 | ||||||
Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 26,807 | ||||||
Inpex Corp. |
2,800 | 28,861 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
84,970 | ||||||||
Paper & Forest Products — 0.4% | ||||||||
Oji Holdings Corp. |
5,200 | 26,567 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Personal Products — 1.9% | ||||||||
Kao Corp. |
600 | 28,048 | ||||||
Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. |
400 | 34,260 | ||||||
Kose Corp. |
200 | 22,928 | ||||||
Pola Orbis Holdings Inc. |
1,800 | 28,355 | ||||||
Shiseido Co. Ltd. |
400 | 22,954 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
136,545 | ||||||||
Pharmaceuticals — 5.1% | ||||||||
Astellas Pharma Inc. |
1,600 | 26,695 | ||||||
Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. |
700 | 23,222 | ||||||
Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd. |
1,200 | 29,274 | ||||||
Eisai Co. Ltd. |
600 | 29,769 | ||||||
Kyowa Kirin Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 25,591 | ||||||
Nippon Shinyaku Co. Ltd. |
400 | 26,052 | ||||||
Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. |
1,200 | 29,544 | ||||||
Otsuka Holdings Co. Ltd. |
800 | 27,579 | ||||||
Santen Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. |
2,400 | 27,353 | ||||||
Shionogi & Co. Ltd. |
400 | 26,597 | ||||||
Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co. Ltd. |
2,600 | 28,534 | ||||||
Taisho Pharmaceutical Holdings Co. Ltd. |
600 | 29,784 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Pharmaceuticals (continued) | ||||||||
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | $ | 30,490 | |||||
|
|
|||||||
360,484 | ||||||||
Professional Services — 1.5% | ||||||||
Benefit One Inc. |
1,200 | 27,794 | ||||||
Nihon M&A Center Holdings Inc. |
1,800 | 26,624 | ||||||
Persol Holdings Co. Ltd. |
1,200 | 26,882 | ||||||
Recruit Holdings Co. Ltd. |
600 | 25,326 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
106,626 | ||||||||
Real Estate Management & Development — 2.7% | ||||||||
Daito Trust Construction Co. Ltd. |
200 | 22,128 | ||||||
Daiwa House Industry Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 28,360 | ||||||
Hulic Co. Ltd. |
3,000 | 27,330 | ||||||
Mitsubishi Estate Co. Ltd. |
1,800 | 27,483 | ||||||
Mitsui Fudosan Co. Ltd. |
1,200 | 26,707 | ||||||
Nomura Real Estate Holdings Inc. |
1,200 | 29,879 | ||||||
Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 29,418 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
191,305 | ||||||||
Road & Rail — 4.1% | ||||||||
Central Japan Railway Co. |
200 | 27,023 | ||||||
East Japan Railway Co. |
400 | 23,763 | ||||||
Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc. |
1,000 | 29,917 | ||||||
Keio Corp. |
600 | 24,550 | ||||||
Keisei Electric Railway Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 28,006 | ||||||
Kintetsu Group Holdings Co. Ltd.(a) |
1,000 | 30,042 | ||||||
Nippon Express Holdings Inc. |
400 | 24,248 | ||||||
Odakyu Electric Railway Co. Ltd. |
1,600 | 26,398 | ||||||
Tobu Railway Co. Ltd. |
1,000 | 24,581 | ||||||
Tokyu Corp. |
2,000 | 26,673 | ||||||
West Japan Railway Co. |
600 | 25,886 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
291,087 | ||||||||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.6% | ||||||||
Advantest Corp. |
400 | 32,146 | ||||||
Lasertec Corp. |
100 | 18,537 | ||||||
Renesas Electronics Corp.(a) |
2,200 | 25,918 | ||||||
Rohm Co. Ltd. |
400 | 31,901 | ||||||
SUMCO Corp. |
1,600 | 26,702 | ||||||
Tokyo Electron Ltd. |
100 | 49,078 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
184,282 | ||||||||
Software — 0.9% | ||||||||
Oracle Corp. Japan |
400 | 28,570 | ||||||
Trend Micro Inc/Japan |
600 | 33,520 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
62,090 | ||||||||
Specialty Retail — 1.3% | ||||||||
Hikari Tsushin Inc. |
200 | 24,852 | ||||||
Nitori Holdings Co. Ltd. |
200 | 30,096 | ||||||
USS Co. Ltd. |
2,400 | 39,869 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
94,817 | ||||||||
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 1.9% | ||||||||
Brother Industries Ltd. |
1,400 | 25,481 | ||||||
Canon Inc. |
1,200 | 28,240 | ||||||
FUJIFILM Holdings Corp. |
400 | 25,426 | ||||||
Ricoh Co. Ltd. |
3,000 | 25,592 | ||||||
Seiko Epson Corp. |
1,800 | 27,685 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
132,424 | ||||||||
Tobacco — 0.4% | ||||||||
Japan Tobacco Inc. |
1,400 | 25,748 | ||||||
|
|
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iShares® MSCI Japan Equal Weighted ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Trading Companies & Distributors — 2.8% | ||||||||
ITOCHU Corp. |
800 | $ | 26,071 | |||||
Marubeni Corp. |
2,800 | 29,391 | ||||||
Mitsubishi Corp. |
800 | 26,899 | ||||||
Mitsui & Co. Ltd. |
1,200 | 29,919 | ||||||
MonotaRO Co. Ltd. |
1,600 | 30,117 | ||||||
Sumitomo Corp. |
1,800 | 29,368 | ||||||
Toyota Tsusho Corp. |
600 | 24,909 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
196,674 | ||||||||
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 1.1% | ||||||||
KDDI Corp. |
800 | 26,033 | ||||||
SoftBank Corp. |
2,200 | 27,796 | ||||||
SoftBank Group Corp. |
600 | 26,925 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
80,754 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total
Common Stocks — 99.8% |
7,109,843 | |||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total
Investments in Securities — 99.8% |
7,109,843 | |||||||
Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.2% |
12,137 | |||||||
|
|
|||||||
Net Assets — 100.0% |
$ | 7,121,980 | ||||||
|
|
(a) |
Non-income producing security. |
Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End
Futures Contracts
|
||||||||||||||||
Description | Number of Contracts |
Expiration Date |
Notional Amount (000) |
Value/ Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Long Contracts |
||||||||||||||||
Mini TOPIX Index |
1 | 03/10/22 | $ | 16 | $ | (890 | ) | |||||||||
|
|
Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure
As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:
|
||||
Equity Contracts |
||||
|
||||
Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments |
||||
Futures contracts |
||||
Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(a) |
$ | 890 | ||
|
|
(a) |
Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss). |
For the period ended February 28, 2022, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:
|
||||
Equity Contracts |
||||
|
||||
Net Realized Gain (Loss) from: |
||||
Futures contracts |
$ | 82 | ||
|
|
|||
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on: |
||||
Futures contracts |
$ | (953 | ) | |
|
|
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iShares® MSCI Japan Equal Weighted ETF |
Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments
Futures contracts: |
||||
Average notional value of contracts — long |
$ | 28,110 |
For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End
Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.
|
||||||||||||||||
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Investments |
||||||||||||||||
Assets |
||||||||||||||||
Common Stocks |
$ | — | $ | 7,109,843 | $ | — | $ | 7,109,843 | ||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Derivative financial instruments(a) |
||||||||||||||||
Liabilities |
||||||||||||||||
Futures Contracts |
$ | — | $ | (890 | ) | $ | — | $ | (890 | ) | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument. |
See notes to financial statements.
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iShares® MSCI Japan Value ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Common Stocks |
||||||||
Airlines — 0.2% | ||||||||
ANA Holdings Inc.(a) |
3,500 | $ | 77,064 | |||||
Japan Airlines Co. Ltd.(a) |
3,500 | 69,400 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
146,464 | ||||||||
Auto Components — 2.2% | ||||||||
Aisin Corp. |
7,200 | 262,255 | ||||||
Bridgestone Corp. |
28,000 | 1,153,066 | ||||||
Stanley Electric Co. Ltd. |
7,000 | 166,339 | ||||||
Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. |
38,500 | 511,092 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
2,092,752 | ||||||||
Automobiles — 14.7% | ||||||||
Honda Motor Co. Ltd. |
80,500 | 2,445,662 | ||||||
Isuzu Motors Ltd. |
14,000 | 189,344 | ||||||
Mazda Motor Corp.(a) |
28,000 | 207,098 | ||||||
Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.(a) |
115,500 | 550,841 | ||||||
Subaru Corp. |
31,500 | 516,625 | ||||||
Suzuki Motor Corp. |
8,700 | 346,416 | ||||||
Toyota Motor Corp. |
521,500 | 9,541,457 | ||||||
Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd. |
7,300 | 164,101 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
13,961,544 | ||||||||
Banks — 9.7% | ||||||||
Chiba Bank Ltd/The |
24,600 | 154,634 | ||||||
Concordia Financial Group Ltd. |
52,600 | 213,992 | ||||||
Japan Post Bank Co. Ltd. |
21,000 | 184,261 | ||||||
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. |
588,500 | 3,612,792 | ||||||
Mizuho Financial Group Inc. |
119,050 | 1,568,974 | ||||||
Resona Holdings Inc. |
101,600 | 454,385 | ||||||
Shizuoka Bank Ltd/The |
21,000 | 155,256 | ||||||
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. |
63,000 | 2,234,122 | ||||||
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. |
17,500 | 621,810 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
9,200,226 | ||||||||
Beverages — 2.0% | ||||||||
Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. |
21,900 | 883,432 | ||||||
Kirin Holdings Co. Ltd. |
42,000 | 698,269 | ||||||
Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd. |
7,000 | 278,944 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,860,645 | ||||||||
Building Products — 0.9% | ||||||||
AGC Inc. |
10,500 | 465,807 | ||||||
Lixil Corp. |
10,500 | 234,017 | ||||||
TOTO Ltd. |
3,500 | 147,339 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
847,163 | ||||||||
Capital Markets — 1.5% | ||||||||
Daiwa Securities Group Inc. |
70,000 | 413,875 | ||||||
Nomura Holdings Inc. |
150,500 | 686,743 | ||||||
SBI Holdings Inc/Japan |
12,100 | 317,406 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,418,024 | ||||||||
Chemicals — 2.9% | ||||||||
Asahi Kasei Corp. |
63,000 | 591,244 | ||||||
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. |
42,000 | 298,361 | ||||||
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co. Inc. |
7,000 | 124,194 | ||||||
Mitsui Chemicals Inc. |
10,500 | 268,428 | ||||||
Nitto Denko Corp. |
7,000 | 510,849 | ||||||
Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd. |
73,500 | 350,906 | ||||||
Toray Industries Inc. |
66,600 | 379,799 | ||||||
Tosoh Corp. |
14,000 | 217,253 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
2,741,034 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.8% | ||||||||
Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd. |
10,500 | $ | 274,099 | |||||
Secom Co. Ltd. |
3,500 | 257,062 | ||||||
TOPPAN INC. |
14,000 | 275,861 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
807,022 | ||||||||
Construction & Engineering — 1.1% | ||||||||
Kajima Corp. |
21,100 | 283,974 | ||||||
Obayashi Corp. |
31,500 | 263,749 | ||||||
Shimizu Corp. |
28,000 | 185,337 | ||||||
Taisei Corp. |
10,500 | 349,140 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,082,200 | ||||||||
Diversified Financial Services — 1.5% | ||||||||
Mitsubishi HC Capital Inc. |
31,500 | 163,814 | ||||||
ORIX Corp. |
59,500 | 1,179,476 | ||||||
Tokyo Century Corp. |
1,800 | 78,915 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,422,205 | ||||||||
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.8% | ||||||||
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. |
59,600 | 1,712,957 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Electric Utilities — 0.9% | ||||||||
Chubu Electric Power Co. Inc. |
31,500 | 314,643 | ||||||
Kansai Electric Power Co Inc/The |
35,000 | 352,896 | ||||||
Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings Inc.(a) |
73,600 | 231,030 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
898,569 | ||||||||
Electrical Equipment — 1.5% | ||||||||
Fuji Electric Co. Ltd. |
7,000 | 360,162 | ||||||
Mitsubishi Electric Corp. |
91,000 | 1,100,692 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,460,854 | ||||||||
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.1% | ||||||||
Hirose Electric Co. Ltd. |
600 | 90,217 | ||||||
Kyocera Corp. |
14,600 | 840,274 | ||||||
Yokogawa Electric Corp. |
7,000 | 112,940 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,043,431 | ||||||||
Entertainment — 0.1% | ||||||||
Toho Co. Ltd./Tokyo |
1,900 | 79,240 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 2.4% | ||||||||
Daiwa House REIT Investment Corp. |
108 | 292,899 | ||||||
GLP J-Reit |
210 | 313,532 | ||||||
Japan Metropolitan Fund Invest |
350 | 283,270 | ||||||
Japan Real Estate Investment Corp. |
61 | 325,847 | ||||||
Nippon Building Fund Inc. |
73 | 418,313 | ||||||
Nippon Prologis REIT Inc. |
70 | 205,803 | ||||||
Nomura Real Estate Master Fund Inc. |
210 | 276,940 | ||||||
Orix JREIT Inc. |
140 | 195,863 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
2,312,467 | ||||||||
Food & Staples Retailing — 2.0% | ||||||||
Seven & i Holdings Co. Ltd. |
38,500 | 1,873,322 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Food Products — 1.1% | ||||||||
Ajinomoto Co. Inc. |
10,500 | 305,980 | ||||||
MEIJI Holdings Co. Ltd. |
7,000 | 420,126 | ||||||
Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. |
10,500 | 149,037 | ||||||
Nissin Foods Holdings Co. Ltd. |
500 | 39,949 | ||||||
Toyo Suisan Kaisha Ltd. |
3,500 | 147,129 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,062,221 | ||||||||
Gas Utilities — 0.7% | ||||||||
Osaka Gas Co. Ltd. |
17,500 | 320,272 | ||||||
Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd . |
17,500 | 356,446 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
676,718 |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) February 28, 2022 |
iShares® MSCI Japan Value ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Health Care Providers & Services — 0.2% | ||||||||
Medipal Holdings Corp. |
10,500 | $ | 192,171 | |||||
|
|
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Household Durables — 2.3% | ||||||||
Iida Group Holdings Co. Ltd. |
7,000 | 129,914 | ||||||
Panasonic Corp. |
108,500 | 1,133,099 | ||||||
Sekisui Chemical Co. Ltd. |
17,500 | 286,579 | ||||||
Sekisui House Ltd. |
31,500 | 642,225 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
2,191,817 | ||||||||
Household Products — 0.1% | ||||||||
Lion Corp. |
7,000 | 91,750 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Industrial Conglomerates — 2.5% | ||||||||
Hitachi Ltd. |
31,500 | 1,557,760 | ||||||
Toshiba Corp. |
19,300 | 769,487 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
2,327,247 | ||||||||
Insurance — 5.0% | ||||||||
Dai-ichi Life Holdings Inc. |
49,000 | 1,017,639 | ||||||
Japan Post Holdings Co. Ltd. |
119,100 | 984,445 | ||||||
Japan Post Insurance Co. Ltd. |
10,500 | 179,327 | ||||||
MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Inc. |
21,000 | 710,571 | ||||||
Sompo Holdings Inc. |
15,400 | 668,638 | ||||||
T&D Holdings Inc. |
24,600 | 357,277 | ||||||
Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. |
15,200 | 864,896 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
4,782,793 | ||||||||
Interactive Media & Services — 0.3% | ||||||||
Z Holdings Corp. |
66,500 | 325,507 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.1% | ||||||||
Rakuten Group Inc. |
14,000 | 119,009 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Machinery — 2.3% | ||||||||
Hino Motors Ltd. |
14,000 | 131,555 | ||||||
Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. Ltd. |
7,000 | 171,301 | ||||||
Hoshizaki Corp. |
1,000 | 69,721 | ||||||
Kubota Corp. |
31,500 | 565,163 | ||||||
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. |
17,500 | 516,120 | ||||||
NGK Insulators Ltd. |
14,000 | 217,418 | ||||||
Toyota Industries Corp. |
7,000 | 532,428 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
2,203,706 | ||||||||
Marine — 1.2% | ||||||||
Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd. |
5,500 | 446,832 | ||||||
Nippon Yusen KK |
7,000 | 655,837 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,102,669 | ||||||||
Media — 0.5% | ||||||||
Dentsu Group Inc. |
10,500 | 418,952 | ||||||
Hakuhodo DY Holdings Inc. |
7,000 | 93,019 | ||||||
|
|
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511,971 | ||||||||
Metals & Mining — 1.9% | ||||||||
Hitachi Metals Ltd.(a) |
3,700 | 65,954 | ||||||
JFE Holdings Inc. |
24,500 | 364,745 | ||||||
Nippon Steel Corp. |
42,000 | 768,977 | ||||||
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd. |
11,900 | 593,601 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,793,277 | ||||||||
Multiline Retail — 0.2% | ||||||||
Ryohin Keikaku Co. Ltd. |
14,000 | 206,187 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.5% | ||||||||
ENEOS Holdings Inc. |
150,500 | 595,949 | ||||||
Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd. |
10,592 | 283,935 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued) | ||||||||
Inpex Corp. |
49,000 | $ | 505,068 | |||||
|
|
|||||||
1,384,952 | ||||||||
Paper & Forest Products — 0.2% | ||||||||
Oji Holdings Corp. |
38,500 | 196,702 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Personal Products — 0.5% | ||||||||
Kao Corp. |
8,000 | 373,975 | ||||||
Pola Orbis Holdings Inc. |
3,500 | 55,135 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
429,110 | ||||||||
Pharmaceuticals — 5.8% | ||||||||
Astellas Pharma Inc. |
91,000 | 1,518,264 | ||||||
Otsuka Holdings Co. Ltd. |
18,600 | 641,220 | ||||||
Santen Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. |
17,500 | 199,449 | ||||||
Shionogi & Co. Ltd. |
8,200 | 545,237 | ||||||
Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co. Ltd. |
10,500 | 115,234 | ||||||
Taisho Pharmaceutical Holdings Co. Ltd. |
1,900 | 94,317 | ||||||
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. |
77,000 | 2,347,753 | ||||||
|
|
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5,461,474 | ||||||||
Real Estate Management & Development — 4.0% | ||||||||
Daito Trust Construction Co. Ltd. |
3,500 | 387,239 | ||||||
Daiwa House Industry Co. Ltd. |
28,000 | 794,088 | ||||||
Hulic Co. Ltd. |
10,500 | 95,656 | ||||||
Mitsubishi Estate Co. Ltd. |
59,500 | 908,462 | ||||||
Mitsui Fudosan Co. Ltd. |
45,500 | 1,012,650 | ||||||
Nomura Real Estate Holdings Inc. |
7,000 | 174,290 | ||||||
Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. Ltd. |
14,000 | 411,857 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
3,784,242 | ||||||||
Road & Rail — 3.6% | ||||||||
Central Japan Railway Co. |
7,000 | 945,814 | ||||||
East Japan Railway Co |
14,800 | 879,249 | ||||||
Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc. |
10,500 | 314,129 | ||||||
Keio Corp. |
3,500 | 143,210 | ||||||
Keisei Electric Railway Co. Ltd. |
3,500 | 98,020 | ||||||
Kintetsu Group Holdings Co. Ltd.(a) |
3,500 | 105,148 | ||||||
Nippon Express Holdings Inc. |
3,500 | 212,169 | ||||||
Odakyu Electric Railway Co. Ltd. |
7,200 | 118,789 | ||||||
Tokyu Corp. |
10,500 | 140,032 | ||||||
West Japan Railway Co. |
10,700 | 461,640 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
3,418,200 | ||||||||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.1% | ||||||||
Rohm Co. Ltd. |
1,100 | 87,729 | ||||||
|
|
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Software — 0.2% | ||||||||
Trend Micro Inc/Japan |
3,500 | 195,533 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Specialty Retail — 0.2% | ||||||||
USS Co. Ltd. |
10,500 | 174,427 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 2.5% | ||||||||
Brother Industries Ltd. |
10,500 | 191,109 | ||||||
Canon Inc. |
49,000 | 1,153,114 | ||||||
FUJIFILM Holdings Corp. |
11,400 | 724,631 | ||||||
Ricoh Co. Ltd. |
10,500 | 89,574 | ||||||
Seiko Epson Corp. |
14,000 | 215,326 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
2,373,754 | ||||||||
Tobacco — 1.2% | ||||||||
Japan Tobacco Inc. |
59,500 | 1,094,274 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Trading Companies & Distributors — 6.8% | ||||||||
ITOCHU Corp. |
28,000 | 912,481 |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) February 28, 2022 |
iShares® MSCI Japan Value ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
|
||||||||
Trading Companies & Distributors (continued) | ||||||||
Marubeni Corp. |
77,000 | $ | 808,241 | |||||
Mitsubishi Corp. |
63,000 | 2,118,292 | ||||||
Mitsui & Co. Ltd. |
49,000 | 1,221,702 | ||||||
Sumitomo Corp. |
56,000 | 913,674 | ||||||
Toyota Tsusho Corp. |
10,500 | 435,907 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
6,410,297 | ||||||||
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 7.4% | ||||||||
KDDI Corp. |
80,500 | 2,619,570 | ||||||
SoftBank Corp. |
140,100 | 1,770,077 | ||||||
SoftBank Group Corp. |
59,500 | 2,670,121 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
7,059,768 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total
Common Stocks — 99.7% |
94,617,624 | |||||||
|
|
|||||||
Short-Term Investments |
||||||||
Money Market Funds — 0.0% | ||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 0.03%(b)(c) |
20,000 | 20,000 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total
Short-Term Investments — 0.0% |
20,000 | |||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total
Investments in Securities — 99.7% |
94,637,624 | |||||||
Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.3% |
296,664 | |||||||
|
|
|||||||
Net Assets — 100.0% |
$ | 94,934,288 | ||||||
|
|
(a) |
Non-income producing security. |
(b) |
Affiliate of the Fund. |
(c) |
Annualized 7-day yield as of period end. |
Affiliates
Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the six months ended February 28, 2022 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:
|
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Affiliated Issuer | Value
at 08/31/21 |
Purchases at Cost |
Proceeds from Sales |
Net Realized Gain (Loss) |
Change
in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
Value
at 02/28/22 |
Shares Held at 02/28/22 |
Income |
Capital Gain |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares |
$ | — | $ | 20,000 | (a) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 20,000 | 20,000 | $ | 2 | $ | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
Represents net amount purchased (sold). |
Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End
Futures Contracts
|
||||||||||||||||
Description |
Number of Contracts |
Expiration Date |
Notional Amount (000) |
Value/ Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
||||||||||||
|
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Long Contracts |
||||||||||||||||
Mini TOPIX Index |
20 | 03/10/22 | $ | 329 | $ | (11,652 | ) | |||||||||
|
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) February 28, 2022 |
iShares® MSCI Japan Value ETF |
Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure
As of period end, the fair values of derivative financial instruments located in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:
|
||||
Equity Contracts |
||||
|
||||
Liabilities — Derivative Financial Instruments |
||||
Futures contracts |
||||
Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(a) |
$ | 11,652 | ||
|
|
(a) |
Net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts are reported in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s variation margin is reported in receivables or payables and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in accumulated earnings (loss). |
For the period ended February 28, 2022, the effect of derivative financial instruments in the Statements of Operations was as follows:
|
||||
Equity Contracts |
||||
|
||||
Net Realized Gain (Loss) from: |
||||
Futures contracts |
$ | (1,961 | ) | |
|
|
|||
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on: |
||||
Futures contracts |
$ | (13,085 | ) | |
|
|
Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments
|
||||
Futures contracts: |
||||
Average notional value of contracts — long |
$ | 456,718 | ||
|
For more information about the Fund’s investment risks regarding derivative financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End
Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For a description of the input levels and information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to the Notes to Financial Statements.
The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.
|
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Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Investments |
||||||||||||||||
Assets |
||||||||||||||||
Common Stocks |
$ | — | $ | 94,617,624 | $ | — | $ | 94,617,624 | ||||||||
Money Market Funds |
20,000 | — | — | 20,000 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
$ | 20,000 | $ | 94,617,624 | $ | — | $ | 94,637,624 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Derivative financial instruments(a) |
||||||||||||||||
Liabilities |
||||||||||||||||
Futures Contracts |
$ | — | $ | (11,652 | ) | $ | — | $ | (11,652 | ) | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument. |
See notes to financial statements.
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S |
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Statements of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited)
February 28, 2022
iShares MSCI China Multisector Tech ETF |
iShares MSCI Japan Equal Weighted ETF |
iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF |
||||||||||||||||||
ASSETS |
||||||||||||||||||||
Investments in securities, at value: |
||||||||||||||||||||
Unaffiliated(a) |
$ | 9,356,091 | $ | 7,109,843 | $ | 94,617,624 | ||||||||||||||
Affiliated(b) |
10,000 | — | 20,000 | |||||||||||||||||
Cash |
5,356 | 866 | 7,247 | |||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency, at value(c) |
151,399 | 5,673 | 178,391 | |||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency collateral pledged: |
||||||||||||||||||||
Futures contracts(d) |
— | 796 | 14,280 | |||||||||||||||||
Receivables: |
||||||||||||||||||||
Investments sold |
322,499 | 390,879 | 526,906 | |||||||||||||||||
Variation margin on futures contracts |
— | 320 | 6,096 | |||||||||||||||||
Dividends |
621 | 15,857 | 186,346 | |||||||||||||||||
Tax reclaims |
— | 743 | 171 | |||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Total assets |
9,845,966 | 7,524,977 | 95,557,061 | |||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
LIABILITIES |
||||||||||||||||||||
Payables: |
||||||||||||||||||||
Investments purchased |
485,023 | 402,171 | 612,258 | |||||||||||||||||
Investment advisory fees |
4,367 | 826 | 10,515 | |||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Total liabilities |
489,390 | 402,997 | 622,773 | |||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
NET ASSETS |
$ | 9,356,576 | $ | 7,121,980 | $ | 94,934,288 | ||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
NET ASSETS CONSIST OF: |
||||||||||||||||||||
Paid-in capital |
$ | 9,892,974 | $ | 7,211,200 | $ | 96,403,304 | ||||||||||||||
Accumulated loss |
(536,398 | ) | (89,220 | ) | (1,469,016 | ) | ||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
NET ASSETS |
$ | 9,356,576 | $ | 7,121,980 | $ | 94,934,288 | ||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Shares outstanding |
400,000 | 200,000 | 3,500,000 | |||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Net asset value |
$ | 23.39 | $ | 35.61 | $ | 27.12 | ||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Shares authorized |
Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | |||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Par value |
None | None | None | |||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
(a) Investments, at cost — Unaffiliated |
$ | 9,860,046 | $ | 6,915,422 | $ | 94,617,391 | ||||||||||||||
(b) Investments, at cost — Affiliated |
$ | 10,000 | $ | — | $ | 20,000 | ||||||||||||||
(c) Foreign currency, at cost |
$ | 151,559 | $ | 5,675 | $ | 177,804 | ||||||||||||||
(d) Foreign currency collateral pledged, at cost |
$ | — | $ | 798 | $ | 14,244 |
See notes to financial statements.
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Statements of Operations (unaudited)
Six Months Ended February 28, 2022
|
iShares MSCI China |
|
|
iShares MSCI Japan Equal ETF |
|
|
iShares MSCI Japan |
| ||||
|
||||||||||||
INVESTMENT INCOME |
||||||||||||
Dividends — Unaffiliated |
$ | 620 | $ | 81,545 | $ | 808,982 | ||||||
Dividends — Affiliated |
— | — | 2 | |||||||||
Foreign taxes withheld |
— | (8,143 | ) | (80,790 | ) | |||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Total investment income |
620 | 73,402 | 728,194 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
EXPENSES |
||||||||||||
Investment advisory fees |
5,298 | 5,700 | 54,467 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Total expenses |
5,298 | 5,700 | 54,467 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Net investment income (loss) |
(4,678 | ) | 67,702 | 673,727 | ||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) |
||||||||||||
Net realized gain (loss) from: |
||||||||||||
Investments — Unaffiliated |
(27,592 | ) | (16,413 | ) | (362,164 | ) | ||||||
Futures contracts |
— | 82 | (1,961 | ) | ||||||||
Foreign currency transactions |
7 | (1,025 | ) | (16,551 | ) | |||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Net realized loss |
(27,585 | ) | (17,356 | ) | (380,676 | ) | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: |
||||||||||||
Investments — Unaffiliated |
(503,955 | ) | (690,458 | ) | (1,628,292 | ) | ||||||
Futures contracts |
— | (953 | ) | (13,085 | ) | |||||||
Foreign currency translations |
(180 | ) | 15 | 760 | ||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
(504,135 | ) | (691,396 | ) | (1,640,617 | ) | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Net realized and unrealized loss |
(531,720 | ) | (708,752 | ) | (2,021,293 | ) | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS |
$ | (536,398 | ) | $ | (641,050 | ) | $ | (1,347,566 | ) | |||
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) For the period from January 25, 2022 (commencement of operations) to February 28, 2022.
See notes to financial statements.
F I N A N C I A L S T A T E M E N T S |
21 |
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
iShares MSCI China Multisector Tech ETF |
iShares MSCI Japan Equal Weighted ETF |
|||||||||||||||
Period From 01/25/22(a) to
02/28/22 |
Six
Months Ended 02/28/22 (unaudited) |
Year Ended 08/31/21 |
||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS |
||||||||||||||||
OPERATIONS |
||||||||||||||||
Net investment income (loss) |
$ | (4,678 | ) | $ | 67,702 | $ | 134,256 | |||||||||
Net realized loss |
(27,585 | ) | (17,356 | ) | (163,375 | ) | ||||||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
(504,135 | ) | (691,396 | ) | 1,181,460 | |||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations |
(536,398 | ) | (641,050 | ) | 1,152,341 | |||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(b) |
||||||||||||||||
Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders |
— | (131,155 | ) | (116,528 | ) | |||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS |
||||||||||||||||
Net increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions |
9,892,974 | — | — | |||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
NET ASSETS |
||||||||||||||||
Total increase (decrease) in net assets |
9,356,576 | (772,205 | ) | 1,035,813 | ||||||||||||
Beginning of period |
— | 7,894,185 | 6,858,372 | |||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
End of period |
$ | 9,356,576 | $ | 7,121,980 | $ | 7,894,185 | ||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
Commencement of operations. |
(b) |
Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations. |
See notes to financial statements.
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)
iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF |
||||||||
Six
Months Ended 02/28/22 (unaudited) |
Year Ended 08/31/21 |
|||||||
| ||||||||
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS |
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OPERATIONS |
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Net investment income |
$ | 673,727 | $ | 607,492 | ||||
Net realized loss |
(380,676 | ) | (111,985 | ) | ||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
(1,640,617 | ) | 1,980,603 | |||||
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Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations |
(1,347,566 | ) | 2,476,110 | |||||
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DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS(a) |
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Decrease in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders |
(1,096,497 | ) | (537,816 | ) | ||||
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CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS |
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Net increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions |
53,017,656 | 35,457,668 | ||||||
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NET ASSETS |
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Total increase in net assets |
50,573,593 | 37,395,962 | ||||||
Beginning of period |
44,360,695 | 6,964,733 | ||||||
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End of period |
$ | 94,934,288 | $ | 44,360,695 | ||||
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(a) |
Distributions for annual periods determined in accordance with U.S. federal income tax regulations. |
See notes to financial statements.
F I N A N C I A L S T A T E M E N T S |
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iShares MSCI China |
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Period From 01/25/22 to 02/28/22 |
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Net asset value, beginning of period |
$ | 24.81 | ||
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Net investment loss(b) |
(0.01 | ) | ||
Net realized and unrealized loss(c) |
(1.41 | ) | ||
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Net decrease from investment operations |
(1.42 | ) | ||
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Net asset value, end of period |
$ | 23.39 | ||
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Total Return(d) |
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Based on net asset value |
(5.71 | )%(e) | ||
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Ratios to Average Net Assets(f) |
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Total expenses |
0.59 | %(g) | ||
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Net investment loss |
(0.52 | )%(g) | ||
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Supplemental Data |
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Net assets, end of period (000) |
$ | 9,357 | ||
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Portfolio turnover rate(h) |
5 | %(e) | ||
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(a) |
Commencement of operations. |
(b) |
Based on average shares outstanding. |
(c) |
The amount reported for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period due to the timing of capital share transactions in relation to the fluctuating market values of the Fund’s underlying securities. |
(d) |
Where applicable, assumes the reinvestment of distributions. |
(e) |
Not annualized. |
(f) |
Excludes fees and expenses incurred indirectly as a result of investments in underlying funds. |
(g) |
Annualized. |
(h) |
Portfolio turnover rate excludes in-kind transactions. |
See notes to financial statements.
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