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FEBRUARY 28, 2022 |
2022 Semi-Annual Report (Unaudited)
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iShares, Inc.
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iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF | EZU | Cboe BZX |
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iShares MSCI Germany ETF | EWG | NYSE Arca |
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iShares MSCI Italy ETF | EWI | NYSE Arca |
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iShares MSCI Spain ETF | EWP | NYSE Arca |
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iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF | EWL | NYSE Arca |
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 | ||||
6-Month | 12-Month | |||
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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Fund Summary as of February 28, 2022 | iShares® MSCI Eurozone ETF |
Investment Objective
The iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of large- and mid-capitalization equities from developed market countries that use the euro as their official currency, as represented by the MSCI EMU 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
Average Annual Total Returns | Cumulative Total Returns | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 Months | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fund NAV |
(11.90 | )% | 0.60 | % | 7.14 | % | 6.16 | % | 0.60 | % | 41.18 | % | 81.73 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Fund Market |
(12.37 | ) | 0.41 | 7.09 | 6.13 | 0.41 | 40.84 | 81.38 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Index |
(11.15 | ) | 1.15 | 7.23 | 6.25 | 1.15 | 41.74 | 83.31 |
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 9 for more information.
Expense Example
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$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 881.00 | $ | 2.38 | $ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,022.30 | $ | 2.56 | 0.51 | % |
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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
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Percent of Total Investments |
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Consumer Discretionary |
16.6 | % | ||
Industrials |
15.4 | |||
Financials |
15.0 | |||
Information Technology |
13.4 | |||
Consumer Staples |
8.1 | |||
Health Care |
7.7 | |||
Materials |
7.1 | |||
Utilities |
6.5 | |||
Communication Services |
4.3 | |||
Energy |
4.3 | |||
Real Estate |
1.6 |
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Excludes money market funds. |
TEN LARGEST GEOGRAPHIC ALLOCATION
Country/Geographic Region |
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Percent of Total Investments |
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France |
34.5 | % | ||
Germany |
26.0 | |||
Netherlands |
16.2 | |||
Spain |
7.3 | |||
Italy |
6.2 | |||
Finland |
3.0 | |||
Belgium |
2.7 | |||
Ireland |
2.0 | |||
Austria |
0.7 | |||
Liechtenstein |
0.5 |
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Fund Summary as of February 28, 2022 | iShares® MSCI Germany ETF |
Investment Objective
The iShares MSCI Germany ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of German equities, as represented by the MSCI Germany 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
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6 Months | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fund NAV |
(15.40 | )% | (6.55 | )% | 3.69 | % | 4.82 | % | (6.55 | )% | 19.84 | % | 60.12 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Fund Market |
(16.08 | ) | (6.81 | ) | 3.59 | 4.78 | (6.81 | ) | 19.27 | 59.51 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Index |
(14.67 | ) | (5.69 | ) | 4.03 | 5.07 | (5.69 | ) | 21.84 | 63.96 |
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 9 for more information.
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$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 846.00 | $ | 2.29 | $ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,022.30 | $ | 2.51 | 0.50 | % |
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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
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Percent of Total Investments |
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Consumer Discretionary |
18.5 | % | ||
Industrials |
17.1 | |||
Financials |
15.3 | |||
Information Technology |
12.6 | |||
Health Care |
11.6 | |||
Materials |
8.1 | |||
Communication Services |
5.1 | |||
Utilities |
4.7 | |||
Real Estate |
4.0 | |||
Consumer Staples |
3.0 |
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Excludes money market funds. |
TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS
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Percent of Total Investments |
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SAP SE |
8.7 | % | ||
Siemens AG |
7.9 | |||
Allianz SE |
6.8 | |||
Mercedes-Benz Group AG |
4.9 | |||
BASF SE |
4.5 | |||
Deutsche Telekom AG |
4.3 | |||
Bayer AG |
4.2 | |||
Deutsche Post AG |
3.7 | |||
adidas AG |
3.3 | |||
Infineon Technologies AG |
3.3 |
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Fund Summary as of February 28, 2022 | iShares® MSCI Italy ETF |
Investment Objective
The iShares MSCI Italy ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of Italian equities, as represented by the MSCI Italy 25/50 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
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6 Months | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fund NAV |
(6.02 | )% | 4.01 | % | 8.37 | % | 4.20 | % | 4.01 | % | 49.45 | % | 50.83 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Fund Market |
(6.89 | ) | 3.79 | 8.26 | 4.14 | 3.79 | 48.72 | 50.04 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Index |
(5.34 | ) | 4.75 | 8.63 | 4.31 | 4.75 | 51.30 | 52.49 |
Index performance through February 11, 2013 reflects the performance of the MSCI Italy Index. Index performance beginning on February 12, 2013 reflects the performance of the MSCI Italy 25/50 Index.
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 9 for more information.
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$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 939.80 | $ | 2.36 | $ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,022.40 | $ | 2.46 | 0.49 | % |
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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 |
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Percent of Total Investments |
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Financials |
28.0 | % | ||
Utilities |
21.7 | |||
Consumer Discretionary |
17.5 | |||
Energy |
11.9 | |||
Industrials |
9.3 | |||
Health Care |
4.9 | |||
Communication Services |
2.7 | |||
Information Technology |
2.2 | |||
Consumer Staples |
1.8 |
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Excludes money market funds. |
TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS
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Percent of Total Investments |
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Enel SpA |
15.1 | % | ||
Intesa Sanpaolo SpA |
10.7 | |||
Eni SpA |
9.9 | |||
Stellantis NV |
9.4 | |||
Ferrari NV |
4.7 | |||
Assicurazioni Generali SpA |
4.4 | |||
CNH Industrial NV |
4.0 | |||
UniCredit SpA |
3.5 | |||
Moncler SpA |
3.5 | |||
Terna - Rete Elettrica Nazionale |
3.4 |
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Fund Summary as of February 28, 2022 | iShares® MSCI Spain ETF |
Investment Objective
The iShares MSCI Spain ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of Spanish equities, as represented by the MSCI Spain 25/50 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
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6 Months | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fund NAV |
(6.92 | )% | (2.43 | )% | 1.85 | % | 1.72 | % | (2.43 | )% | 9.60 | % | 18.62 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Fund Market |
(7.41 | ) | (2.33 | ) | 1.84 | 1.71 | (2.33 | ) | 9.55 | 18.45 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Index |
(5.89 | ) | (1.61 | ) | 2.29 | 2.13 | (1.61 | ) | 11.98 | 23.51 |
Index performance through February 11, 2013 reflects the performance of the MSCI Spain Index. Index performance beginning on February 12, 2013 reflects the performance of the MSCI Spain 25/50 Index.
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 9 for more information.
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$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 930.80 | $ | 2.35 | $ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,022.40 | $ | 2.46 | 0.49 | % |
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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 |
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Percent of Total Investments |
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Financials |
30.6 | % | ||
Utilities |
29.5 | |||
Industrials |
14.6 | |||
Communication Services |
9.3 | |||
Energy |
4.5 | |||
Information Technology |
4.4 | |||
Consumer Discretionary |
4.2 | |||
Health Care |
2.9 |
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Excludes money market funds. |
TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS
Security |
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Percent of Total Investments |
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Iberdrola SA |
17.9 | % | ||
Banco Santander SA |
15.6 | |||
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA |
10.9 | |||
Cellnex Telecom SA |
4.8 | |||
Telefonica SA |
4.5 | |||
Repsol SA |
4.5 | |||
Ferrovial SA |
4.5 | |||
Aena SME SA |
4.4 | |||
Amadeus IT Group SA |
4.4 | |||
Industria de Diseno Textil SA |
4.3 |
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Fund Summary as of February 28, 2022 | iShares® MSCI Switzerland ETF |
Investment Objective
The iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of Swiss equities, as represented by the MSCI Switzerland 25/50 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
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Fund NAV |
(4.84 | )% | 13.60 | % | 11.38 | % | 9.45 | % | 13.60 | % | 71.44 | % | 146.73 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Fund Market |
(5.70 | ) | 12.94 | 11.31 | 9.42 | 12.94 | 70.84 | 145.96 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Index |
(4.33 | ) | 14.20 | 11.62 | 9.69 | 14.20 | 73.29 | 152.18 |
Index performance through February 11, 2013 reflects the performance of the MSCI Switzerland Index. Index performance beginning on February 12, 2013 reflects the performance of the MSCI Switzerland 25/50 Index.
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 9 for more information.
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$ | 1,000.00 | $ | 951.60 | $ | 2.37 | $ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,022.40 | $ | 2.46 | 0.49 | % |
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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 |
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Percent of Total Investments |
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Health Care |
34.5 | % | ||
Consumer Staples |
23.2 | |||
Financials |
16.3 | |||
Industrials |
9.6 | |||
Materials |
8.1 | |||
Consumer Discretionary |
5.2 | |||
Information Technology |
1.4 | |||
Communication Services |
1.1 | |||
Real Estate |
0.6 |
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TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS
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Percent of Total Investments |
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Nestle SA |
20.8 | % | ||
Roche Holding AG |
14.8 | |||
Novartis AG |
10.3 | |||
Zurich Insurance Group AG |
4.3 | |||
Cie. Financiere Richemont SA, Class A |
4.2 | |||
UBS Group AG |
4.1 | |||
ABB Ltd. |
3.5 | |||
Lonza Group AG |
3.3 | |||
Sika AG |
3.0 | |||
Givaudan SA |
2.5 |
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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. 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 Eurozone ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
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Erste Group Bank AG |
457,592 | $ | 16,265,940 | |||||
OMV AG |
196,030 | 9,331,710 | ||||||
Raiffeisen Bank International AG |
199,539 | 3,251,472 | ||||||
Verbund AG |
90,629 | 10,931,355 | ||||||
voestalpine AG |
150,873 | 4,986,506 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
44,766,983 | ||||||||
Belgium — 2.6% | ||||||||
Ageas SA/NV |
228,793 | 11,006,352 | ||||||
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV |
1,150,755 | 71,010,567 | ||||||
Elia Group SA/NV |
40,283 | 5,799,262 | ||||||
Etablissements Franz Colruyt NV |
68,403 | 2,735,906 | ||||||
Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA |
144,497 | 15,004,033 | ||||||
KBC Group NV |
331,279 | 23,867,635 | ||||||
Proximus SADP |
202,418 | 4,024,126 | ||||||
Sofina SA |
20,504 | 7,962,839 | ||||||
Solvay SA |
98,613 | 10,997,375 | ||||||
UCB SA |
167,339 | 18,262,830 | ||||||
Umicore SA |
259,405 | 10,612,174 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
181,283,099 | ||||||||
Finland — 3.0% | ||||||||
Elisa Oyj |
189,289 | 10,487,962 | ||||||
Fortum Oyj |
591,222 | 12,372,977 | ||||||
Kesko Oyj, Class B |
363,479 | 10,697,077 | ||||||
Kone Oyj, Class B |
450,853 | 26,308,893 | ||||||
Neste Oyj |
560,421 | 21,853,405 | ||||||
Nokia Oyj(a) |
7,136,734 | 38,590,739 | ||||||
Orion Oyj, Class B |
141,270 | 6,633,879 | ||||||
Sampo Oyj, Class A |
659,282 | 31,107,901 | ||||||
Stora Enso Oyj, Class R |
774,206 | 14,744,020 | ||||||
UPM-Kymmene Oyj |
707,363 | 24,441,664 | ||||||
Wartsila OYJ Abp |
619,418 | 6,937,217 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
204,175,734 | ||||||||
France — 34.5% | ||||||||
Accor SA(a) |
222,713 | 7,606,374 | ||||||
Aeroports de Paris(a) |
38,692 | 5,470,644 | ||||||
Air Liquide SA |
628,054 | 104,322,968 | ||||||
Airbus SE(a) |
781,419 | 99,770,845 | ||||||
Alstom SA |
421,255 | 10,716,687 | ||||||
Amundi SA(b) |
79,425 | 5,508,591 | ||||||
Arkema SA |
81,677 | 10,831,776 | ||||||
AXA SA |
2,569,437 | 69,522,830 | ||||||
BioMerieux |
55,114 | 6,057,651 | ||||||
BNP Paribas SA |
1,490,746 | 86,499,822 | ||||||
Bollore SA |
1,176,774 | 5,954,604 | ||||||
Bouygues SA |
304,331 | 10,882,283 | ||||||
Bureau Veritas SA |
391,304 | 11,188,488 | ||||||
Capgemini SE |
212,242 | 44,428,517 | ||||||
Carrefour SA |
819,797 | 16,481,402 | ||||||
Cie. de Saint-Gobain |
669,817 | 41,532,055 | ||||||
Cie. Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA |
224,861 | 30,953,813 | ||||||
CNP Assurances |
228,434 | 5,567,681 | ||||||
Covivio |
67,817 | 5,548,136 | ||||||
Credit Agricole SA |
1,637,814 | 20,863,038 | ||||||
Danone SA |
865,480 | 52,655,136 | ||||||
Dassault Aviation SA |
32,510 | 4,837,812 | ||||||
Dassault Systemes SE |
882,532 | 42,570,046 | ||||||
Edenred |
330,850 | 15,055,285 | ||||||
Eiffage SA |
110,843 | 11,290,908 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
|
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France (continued) | ||||||||
Electricite de France SA |
630,150 | $ | 5,696,888 | |||||
Engie SA |
2,417,154 | 38,511,178 | ||||||
EssilorLuxottica SA |
381,270 | 66,558,387 | ||||||
Eurazeo SE |
52,718 | 4,071,970 | ||||||
Eurofins Scientific SE |
177,915 | 18,054,431 | ||||||
Faurecia SE |
156,125 | 5,878,733 | ||||||
Gecina SA |
61,094 | 7,763,895 | ||||||
Getlink SE |
585,548 | 9,549,897 | ||||||
Hermes International |
41,966 | 57,872,651 | ||||||
Ipsen SA |
50,183 | 5,839,274 | ||||||
Kering SA |
99,309 | 68,884,051 | ||||||
Klepierre SA |
270,477 | 7,731,461 | ||||||
La Francaise des Jeux SAEM(b) |
127,111 | 5,269,041 | ||||||
Legrand SA |
355,042 | 33,494,678 | ||||||
L’Oreal SA |
332,578 | 131,476,135 | ||||||
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE |
368,066 | 270,493,524 | ||||||
Orange SA |
2,637,084 | 31,886,806 | ||||||
Orpea SA |
69,573 | 2,881,034 | ||||||
Pernod Ricard SA |
277,639 | 60,608,652 | ||||||
Publicis Groupe SA |
301,805 | 20,029,505 | ||||||
Remy Cointreau SA |
30,243 | 5,820,350 | ||||||
Renault SA(a) |
255,814 | 8,016,697 | ||||||
Safran SA |
452,868 | 57,580,868 | ||||||
Sanofi |
1,507,756 | 157,609,507 | ||||||
Sartorius Stedim Biotech |
36,827 | 14,122,066 | ||||||
Schneider Electric SE |
716,064 | 110,944,160 | ||||||
SEB SA |
36,799 | 5,351,891 | ||||||
Societe Generale SA |
1,071,997 | 30,313,430 | ||||||
Sodexo SA |
117,713 | 9,827,474 | ||||||
Teleperformance |
77,928 | 28,916,125 | ||||||
Thales SA |
141,960 | 16,229,273 | ||||||
TotalEnergies SE |
3,324,985 | 169,392,026 | ||||||
Ubisoft Entertainment SA(a) |
124,779 | 6,690,270 | ||||||
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield(a) |
166,000 | 12,653,485 | ||||||
Valeo |
305,599 | 6,739,706 | ||||||
Veolia Environnement SA |
866,226 | 30,202,428 | ||||||
Vinci SA |
714,318 | 74,897,245 | ||||||
Vivendi SE |
1,032,448 | 13,033,389 | ||||||
Wendel SE |
36,281 | 3,683,192 | ||||||
Worldline SA/France(a)(b) |
316,626 | 16,145,777 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
2,356,838,942 | ||||||||
Germany — 24.3% | ||||||||
adidas AG |
252,334 | 59,662,271 | ||||||
Allianz SE, Registered |
541,306 | 122,019,743 | ||||||
Aroundtown SA |
1,307,751 | 8,063,777 | ||||||
BASF SE |
1,216,320 | 80,990,181 | ||||||
Bayer AG, Registered |
1,302,394 | 75,230,138 | ||||||
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG |
438,353 | 42,216,538 | ||||||
Bechtle AG |
108,395 | 5,560,249 | ||||||
Beiersdorf AG |
134,132 | 13,596,691 | ||||||
Brenntag SE |
205,595 | 17,235,539 | ||||||
Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, Bearer |
53,546 | 8,403,223 | ||||||
Commerzbank AG(a) |
1,333,351 | 11,142,967 | ||||||
Continental AG(a) |
146,383 | 12,473,755 | ||||||
Covestro AG(b) |
257,076 | 13,595,647 | ||||||
Daimler Truck Holding AG(a) |
547,501 | 16,685,403 | ||||||
Delivery Hero SE(a)(b) |
215,595 | 11,556,026 | ||||||
Deutsche Bank AG, Registered(a) |
2,733,689 | 33,746,810 | ||||||
Deutsche Boerse AG |
252,166 | 42,924,362 | ||||||
Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Registered(a) |
792,095 | 6,015,994 |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) February 28, 2022 |
iShares® MSCI Eurozone ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Germany (continued) |
||||||||
Deutsche Post AG, Registered |
1,313,791 | $ | 66,034,024 | |||||
Deutsche Telekom AG, Registered |
4,299,935 | 77,074,925 | ||||||
E.ON SE |
2,980,300 | 40,536,678 | ||||||
Evonik Industries AG |
279,077 | 8,400,670 | ||||||
Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA |
272,802 | 17,502,609 | ||||||
Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA |
554,370 | 19,343,206 | ||||||
GEA Group AG |
204,153 | 8,927,359 | ||||||
Hannover Rueck SE |
80,204 | 14,765,698 | ||||||
HeidelbergCement AG |
198,022 | 12,849,036 | ||||||
HelloFresh SE(a) |
219,971 | 11,998,531 | ||||||
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA |
138,292 | 10,632,873 | ||||||
Infineon Technologies AG |
1,730,620 | 58,557,088 | ||||||
KION Group AG |
96,002 | 7,696,118 | ||||||
Knorr-Bremse AG |
96,531 | 8,510,174 | ||||||
LANXESS AG |
106,923 | 5,208,401 | ||||||
LEG Immobilien SE |
95,942 | 12,337,206 | ||||||
Mercedes-Benz Group AG |
1,134,173 | 88,601,002 | ||||||
Merck KGaA |
170,937 | 33,904,921 | ||||||
MTU Aero Engines AG |
71,027 | 17,002,883 | ||||||
Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen, Registered |
185,937 | 51,009,418 | ||||||
Nemetschek SE |
76,838 | 6,817,941 | ||||||
Puma SE |
140,486 | 12,883,185 | ||||||
Rational AG |
6,778 | 4,988,347 | ||||||
RWE AG |
849,930 | 39,354,212 | ||||||
SAP SE |
1,384,503 | 156,177,462 | ||||||
Scout24 SE(b) |
109,294 | 6,375,157 | ||||||
Siemens AG, Registered |
1,014,035 | 142,859,624 | ||||||
Siemens Healthineers AG(b) |
373,898 | 23,993,196 | ||||||
Symrise AG |
175,809 | 20,911,873 | ||||||
Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG |
1,385,510 | 3,780,842 | ||||||
Uniper SE |
121,742 | 3,894,667 | ||||||
United Internet AG, Registered |
128,016 | 4,353,610 | ||||||
Volkswagen AG |
43,188 | 11,170,112 | ||||||
Vonovia SE |
979,103 | 51,973,743 | ||||||
Zalando SE(a)(b) |
295,846 | 19,581,057 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,661,127,162 | ||||||||
Ireland — 2.0% | ||||||||
CRH PLC |
1,022,357 | 46,474,536 | ||||||
Flutter Entertainment PLC, Class DI(a) |
220,940 | 31,817,142 | ||||||
Kerry Group PLC, Class A |
210,881 | 25,124,175 | ||||||
Kingspan Group PLC |
204,978 | 20,018,605 | ||||||
Smurfit Kappa Group PLC |
327,478 | 16,354,981 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
139,789,439 | ||||||||
Italy — 6.2% | ||||||||
Amplifon SpA |
165,680 | 7,110,069 | ||||||
Assicurazioni Generali SpA |
1,462,505 | 28,923,726 | ||||||
Atlantia SpA(a) |
659,656 | 12,134,540 | ||||||
DiaSorin SpA |
33,487 | 5,011,476 | ||||||
Enel SpA |
10,786,935 | 79,488,258 | ||||||
Eni SpA |
3,343,804 | 52,011,891 | ||||||
Ferrari NV |
166,764 | 35,835,639 | ||||||
FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA |
775,708 | 12,927,811 | ||||||
Infrastrutture Wireless Italiane SpA(b) |
447,240 | 4,566,906 | ||||||
Intesa Sanpaolo SpA |
21,888,787 | 55,954,875 | ||||||
Mediobanca Banca di Credito Finanziario SpA |
826,576 | 8,608,149 | ||||||
Moncler SpA |
271,584 | 16,308,642 | ||||||
Nexi SpA(a)(b) |
697,251 | 9,523,027 | ||||||
Poste Italiane SpA(b) |
685,013 | 7,856,767 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Italy (continued) |
||||||||
Prysmian SpA |
335,053 | $ | 11,029,731 | |||||
Recordati Industria Chimica e Farmaceutica SpA |
139,132 | 6,805,152 | ||||||
Snam SpA |
2,684,302 | 14,914,664 | ||||||
Telecom Italia SpA/Milano |
13,174,980 | 5,535,411 | ||||||
Terna - Rete Elettrica Nazionale |
1,872,494 | 15,340,952 | ||||||
UniCredit SpA |
2,803,274 | 35,418,005 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
425,305,691 | ||||||||
Liechtenstein — 0.5% | ||||||||
ArcelorMittal SA |
846,252 | 26,258,035 | ||||||
Tenaris SA |
619,119 | 7,978,753 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
34,236,788 | ||||||||
Netherlands — 16.1% | ||||||||
ABN AMRO Bank NV, CVA(b) |
562,943 | 7,491,206 | ||||||
Adyen NV(a)(b) |
26,319 | 54,855,962 | ||||||
Aegon NV |
2,378,569 | 11,749,637 | ||||||
AerCap Holdings NV(a) |
178,661 | 9,724,518 | ||||||
Akzo Nobel NV |
248,520 | 23,644,716 | ||||||
Argenx SE(a) |
60,711 | 17,578,455 | ||||||
ASM International NV |
62,096 | 20,054,984 | ||||||
ASML Holding NV |
547,834 | 366,513,971 | ||||||
CNH Industrial NV |
1,355,588 | 19,282,571 | ||||||
Davide Campari-Milano NV |
695,635 | 7,570,487 | ||||||
Euronext NV(b) |
114,016 | 10,292,383 | ||||||
EXOR NV |
142,654 | 10,808,266 | ||||||
Heineken Holding NV |
153,300 | 12,519,852 | ||||||
Heineken NV |
342,909 | 34,784,163 | ||||||
IMCD NV |
75,812 | 12,315,001 | ||||||
ING Groep NV |
5,174,979 | 60,435,938 | ||||||
InPost SA(a) |
272,904 | 1,685,347 | ||||||
JDE Peet’s NV |
135,248 | 4,440,090 | ||||||
Just Eat Takeaway.com NV(a)(b) |
238,918 | 9,669,528 | ||||||
Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV |
1,388,193 | 42,703,928 | ||||||
Koninklijke DSM NV |
231,399 | 43,448,409 | ||||||
Koninklijke KPN NV |
4,471,591 | 15,302,377 | ||||||
Koninklijke Philips NV |
1,217,846 | 41,599,997 | ||||||
NN Group NV |
359,445 | 17,251,521 | ||||||
Prosus NV |
1,235,880 | 76,725,431 | ||||||
QIAGEN NV(a) |
303,971 | 15,272,228 | ||||||
Randstad NV |
157,423 | 10,728,169 | ||||||
Stellantis NV |
2,701,861 | 49,097,887 | ||||||
STMicroelectronics NV |
903,810 | 37,940,137 | ||||||
Universal Music Group NV |
961,602 | 21,955,803 | ||||||
Wolters Kluwer NV |
347,146 | 35,370,615 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
1,102,813,577 | ||||||||
Portugal — 0.5% | ||||||||
EDP - Energias de Portugal SA |
3,694,388 | 18,037,687 | ||||||
Galp Energia SGPS SA |
656,624 | 7,268,372 | ||||||
Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA |
371,332 | 8,095,663 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
33,401,722 | ||||||||
Spain — 7.3% | ||||||||
ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA |
341,504 | 8,298,743 | ||||||
Aena SME SA(a)(b) |
99,801 | 16,288,041 | ||||||
Amadeus IT Group SA(a) |
599,520 | 39,554,289 | ||||||
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA |
8,897,796 | 52,797,066 | ||||||
Banco Santander SA |
23,077,733 | 76,849,201 | ||||||
CaixaBank SA |
5,900,107 | 19,379,393 | ||||||
Cellnex Telecom SA(b) |
678,047 | 30,669,564 | ||||||
EDP Renovaveis SA |
383,585 | 9,323,867 | ||||||
Enagas SA |
213,004 | 4,501,538 |
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 Eurozone ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Spain (continued) | ||||||||
Endesa SA |
422,746 | $ | 9,292,557 | |||||
Ferrovial SA |
646,170 | 17,604,387 | ||||||
Grifols SA |
413,967 | 7,848,857 | ||||||
Iberdrola SA |
7,842,046 | 88,972,598 | ||||||
Industria de Diseno Textil SA |
1,467,501 | 38,280,887 | ||||||
Naturgy Energy Group SA |
268,955 | 7,215,964 | ||||||
Red Electrica Corp. SA |
392,304 | 7,771,721 | ||||||
Repsol SA |
1,931,068 | 25,057,609 | ||||||
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA(a) |
317,296 | 7,300,915 | ||||||
Telefonica SA |
7,019,734 | 33,525,676 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
500,532,873 | ||||||||
Switzerland — 0.2% | ||||||||
Siemens Energy AG(a) |
531,490 | 12,640,798 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
United Kingdom — 0.2% | ||||||||
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLC |
271,983 | 13,928,249 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total
Common Stocks — 98.1% |
6,710,841,057 | |||||||
|
|
|||||||
Preferred Stocks |
||||||||
Germany — 1.7% | ||||||||
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, Preference Shares, NVS |
76,175 | 6,160,121 | ||||||
Fuchs Petrolub SE, Preference Shares, NVS |
91,426 | 3,612,304 | ||||||
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Preference Shares, NVS |
235,771 | 18,712,600 | ||||||
Porsche Automobil Holding SE, Preference Shares, NVS |
202,727 | 20,233,838 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Germany (continued) | ||||||||
Sartorius AG, Preference Shares, NVS |
34,900 | $ | 15,408,807 | |||||
Volkswagen AG, Preference Shares, NVS |
246,290 | 48,415,094 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
112,542,764 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total
Preferred Stocks — 1.7% |
112,542,764 | |||||||
|
|
|||||||
Short-Term Investments |
||||||||
Money Market Funds — 0.3% | ||||||||
BlackRock
Cash Funds: Treasury, |
20,330,000 | 20,330,000 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total
Short-Term Investments — 0.3% |
|
20,330,000 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total
Investments in Securities — 100.1% |
|
6,843,713,821 | ||||||
Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (0.1)% |
|
(5,236,005 | ) | |||||
|
|
|||||||
Net Assets — 100.0% |
$ | 6,838,477,816 | ||||||
|
|
(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 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:
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: Institutional, SL Agency Shares(a) |
$ | 7,962,763 | $ | — | $ | (7,961,296 | )(b) | $ | 4,167 | $ | (5,634 | ) | $ | — | — | $ | 150,765 | (c) | $ | — | ||||||||||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares |
27,350,000 | — | (7,020,000 | )(b) | — | — | 20,330,000 | 20,330,000 | 1,012 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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$ | 4,167 | $ | (5,634 | ) | $ | 20,330,000 | $ | 151,777 | $ | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
As of period end, the entity is no longer held. |
(b) |
Represents net amount purchased (sold). |
(c) |
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. |
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) February 28, 2022 |
iShares® MSCI Eurozone ETF |
Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End
Futures Contracts
|
||||||||||||||||
Description | Number of Contracts |
Expiration Date |
Notional Amount (000) |
Value/ Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Long Contracts |
||||||||||||||||
Euro STOXX 50 Index |
294 | 03/18/22 | $ | 12,968 | $ | (441,634 | ) | |||||||||
|
|
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) |
$ | 441,634 | ||
|
|
(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 |
$ | 659,542 | ||
|
|
|||
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on: |
||||
Futures contracts |
$ | (454,012 | ) | |
|
|
Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments
|
||||
Futures contracts: |
||||
Average notional value of contracts — long |
$ | 5,618,473 | ||
|
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 |
$ | 40,338,170 | $ | 6,670,502,887 | $ | — | $ | 6,710,841,057 | ||||||||
Preferred Stocks |
— | 112,542,764 | — | 112,542,764 | ||||||||||||
Money Market Funds |
20,330,000 | — | — | 20,330,000 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
$ | 60,668,170 | $ | 6,783,045,651 | $ | — | $ | 6,843,713,821 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Derivative financial instruments(a) |
||||||||||||||||
Liabilities |
||||||||||||||||
Futures Contracts |
$ | — | $ | (441,634 | ) | $ | — | $ | (441,634 | ) | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(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 |
13 |
Schedule of Investments (unaudited) February 28, 2022 |
iShares® MSCI Germany ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Common Stocks |
||||||||
Aerospace & Defense — 0.9% |
||||||||
MTU Aero Engines AG |
85,469 | $ | 20,460,098 | |||||
|
|
|||||||
Air Freight & Logistics — 3.6% | ||||||||
Deutsche Post AG, Registered |
1,583,128 | 79,571,494 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Airlines — 0.3% | ||||||||
Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Registered(a) |
950,477 | 7,218,911 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Auto Components — 0.7% | ||||||||
Continental AG(a) |
175,207 | 14,929,939 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Automobiles — 7.8% | ||||||||
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG |
528,799 | 50,927,137 | ||||||
Mercedes-Benz Group AG |
1,366,916 | 106,782,763 | ||||||
Volkswagen AG |
51,701 | 13,371,908 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
171,081,808 | ||||||||
Banks — 0.6% | ||||||||
Commerzbank AG(a) |
1,601,418 | 13,383,234 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Capital Markets — 4.2% | ||||||||
Deutsche Bank AG, Registered(a) |
3,300,856 | 40,748,366 | ||||||
Deutsche Boerse AG |
303,451 | 51,654,230 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
92,402,596 | ||||||||
Chemicals — 7.1% | ||||||||
BASF SE |
1,466,908 | 97,675,894 | ||||||
Covestro AG(b) |
307,718 | 16,273,885 | ||||||
Evonik Industries AG |
335,265 | 10,092,020 | ||||||
LANXESS AG |
131,727 | 6,416,646 | ||||||
Symrise AG |
212,124 | 25,231,417 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
155,689,862 | ||||||||
Construction Materials — 0.7% | ||||||||
HeidelbergCement AG |
237,020 | 15,379,496 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 4.7% | ||||||||
Deutsche Telekom AG, Registered |
5,175,363 | 92,766,685 | ||||||
Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG |
1,677,290 | 4,577,064 | ||||||
United Internet AG, Registered |
155,924 | 5,302,714 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
102,646,463 | ||||||||
Electrical Equipment — 0.7% | ||||||||
Siemens Energy AG(a) |
636,544 | 15,139,371 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Food & Staples Retailing — 0.7% | ||||||||
HelloFresh SE(a) |
263,075 | 14,349,681 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.8% | ||||||||
Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, Bearer |
64,009 | 10,045,230 | ||||||
Siemens Healthineers AG(b) |
450,755 | 28,925,143 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
38,970,373 | ||||||||
Health Care Providers & Services — 2.0% | ||||||||
Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA |
328,128 | 21,052,250 | ||||||
Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA |
669,404 | 23,356,999 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
44,409,249 | ||||||||
Household Products — 0.6% | ||||||||
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA |
166,365 | 12,791,325 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.2% | ||||||||
Uniper SE |
145,720 | 4,661,751 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Industrial Conglomerates — 7.9% | ||||||||
Siemens AG, Registered |
1,221,787 | 172,128,212 | ||||||
|
|
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Insurance — 10.3% | ||||||||
Allianz SE, Registered |
652,302 | $ | 147,040,162 | |||||
Hannover Rueck SE |
96,041 | 17,681,318 | ||||||
Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen, Registered |
223,753 | 61,383,750 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
226,105,230 | ||||||||
Interactive Media & Services — 0.4% | ||||||||
Scout24 SE(b) |
139,357 | 8,128,743 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 1.7% | ||||||||
Delivery Hero SE(a)(b) |
260,473 | 13,961,515 | ||||||
Zalando SE(a)(b) |
355,671 | 23,540,673 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
37,502,188 | ||||||||
IT Services — 0.3% | ||||||||
Bechtle AG |
130,058 | 6,671,478 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.8% | ||||||||
QIAGEN NV(a) |
368,689 | 18,523,814 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Machinery — 2.6% | ||||||||
Daimler Truck Holding AG(a) |
658,165 | 20,057,951 | ||||||
GEA Group AG |
244,255 | 10,680,970 | ||||||
KION Group AG |
114,692 | 9,194,425 | ||||||
Knorr-Bremse AG |
116,079 | 10,233,526 | ||||||
Rational AG |
8,119 | 5,975,271 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
56,142,143 | ||||||||
Multi-Utilities — 4.4% | ||||||||
E.ON SE |
3,585,698 | 48,771,024 | ||||||
RWE AG |
1,025,996 | 47,506,577 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
96,277,601 | ||||||||
Personal Products — 0.7% | ||||||||
Beiersdorf AG |
160,549 | 16,274,529 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Pharmaceuticals — 6.0% | ||||||||
Bayer AG, Registered |
1,569,035 | 90,632,113 | ||||||
Merck KGaA |
206,415 | 40,941,892 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
131,574,005 | ||||||||
Real Estate Management & Development — 4.0% | ||||||||
Aroundtown SA |
1,586,373 | 9,781,800 | ||||||
LEG Immobilien SE |
116,016 | 14,918,527 | ||||||
Vonovia SE |
1,178,293 | 62,547,349 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
87,247,676 | ||||||||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 3.2% | ||||||||
Infineon Technologies AG |
2,085,695 | 70,571,371 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Software — 9.0% | ||||||||
Nemetschek SE |
92,458 | 8,203,926 | ||||||
SAP SE |
1,667,744 | 188,128,177 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
196,332,103 | ||||||||
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 4.0% | ||||||||
adidas AG |
304,083 | 71,897,890 | ||||||
Puma SE |
168,157 | 15,420,738 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
87,318,628 | ||||||||
Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.0% | ||||||||
Brenntag SE |
247,199 | 20,723,306 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total
Common Stocks — 92.9% |
|
2,034,606,678 | ||||||
|
|
14 |
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) (continued) February 28, 2022 |
iShares® MSCI Germany ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
Preferred Stocks |
||||||||
Automobiles — 4.1% | ||||||||
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, Preference Shares, NVS . |
92,332 | $ | 7,466,705 | |||||
Porsche Automobil Holding SE, Preference Shares, NVS . |
244,891 | 24,442,155 | ||||||
Volkswagen AG, Preference Shares, NVS |
296,399 | 58,265,401 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
90,174,261 | ||||||||
Chemicals — 0.2% | ||||||||
Fuchs Petrolub SE, Preference Shares, NVS |
110,819 | 4,378,535 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.9% | ||||||||
Sartorius AG, Preference Shares, NVS |
41,744 | 18,430,522 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Household Products — 1.0% | ||||||||
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Preference Shares, NVS |
283,767 | 22,521,932 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total
Preferred Stocks — 6.2% |
135,505,250 | |||||||
|
|
|||||||
Short-Term Investments |
||||||||
Money Market Funds — 0.1% | ||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 0.03%(c)(d) |
1,010,000 | 1,010,000 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total
Short-Term Investments — 0.1% |
|
1,010,000 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total
Investments in Securities — 99.2% |
|
2,171,121,928 | ||||||
Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.8% |
|
17,967,443 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Net Assets — 100.0% |
$ | 2,189,089,371 | ||||||
|
|
(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 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:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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: Institutional, SL Agency Shares(a) |
$ | 5,585,515 | $ | — | $ | (5,585,452 | )(b) | $ | (63 | ) | $ | — | $ | — | — | $ | 77,057 | (c) | $ | — | ||||||||||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares |
1,620,000 | — | (610,000 | )(b) | — | — | 1,010,000 | 1,010,000 | 63 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
$ | (63 | ) | $ | — | $ | 1,010,000 | $ | 77,120 | $ | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
As of period end, the entity is no longer held. |
(b) |
Represents net amount purchased (sold). |
(c) |
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. |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S |
15 |
Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) February 28, 2022 |
iShares® MSCI Germany ETF |
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 |
||||||||||||||||
DAX Index |
46 | 03/18/22 | $ | 18,564 | $ | (1,536,160 | ) | |||||||||
|
|
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) |
$ | 1,536,160 | ||
|
|
(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 |
$ | 155,775 | ||
|
|
|||
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on: |
||||
Futures contracts |
$ | (1,661,265 | ) | |
|
|
Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments
Futures contracts: |
||||
Average notional value of contracts — long |
$ | 18,432,854 |
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 |
$ | 20,057,951 | $ | 2,014,548,727 | $ | — | $ | 2,034,606,678 | ||||||||
Preferred Stocks |
— | 135,505,250 | — | 135,505,250 | ||||||||||||
Money Market Funds |
1,010,000 | — | — | 1,010,000 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
$ | 21,067,951 | $ | 2,150,053,977 | $ | — | $ | 2,171,121,928 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Derivative financial instruments(a) |
||||||||||||||||
Liabilities |
||||||||||||||||
Futures Contracts |
$ | — | $ | (1,536,160 | ) | $ | — | $ | (1,536,160 | ) | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument. |
See notes to financial statements.
16 |
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 Italy ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
|
||||||||
Common Stocks |
||||||||
Automobiles — 14.0% | ||||||||
Ferrari NV |
115,178 | $ | 24,750,409 | |||||
Stellantis NV |
2,739,309 | 49,778,388 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
74,528,797 | ||||||||
Banks — 19.2% | ||||||||
FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA |
965,364 | 16,088,584 | ||||||
Intesa Sanpaolo SpA |
22,201,361 | 56,753,916 | ||||||
Mediobanca Banca di Credito Finanziario SpA |
1,022,618 | 10,649,775 | ||||||
UniCredit SpA |
1,493,127 | 18,864,934 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
102,357,209 | ||||||||
Beverages — 1.8% | ||||||||
Davide Campari-Milano NV |
889,188 | 9,676,894 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Diversified Financial Services — 2.5% | ||||||||
EXOR NV |
171,924 | 13,025,926 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 2.7% | ||||||||
Infrastrutture Wireless Italiane SpA(a) |
673,007 | 6,872,283 | ||||||
Telecom Italia SpA/Milano |
18,117,197 | 7,611,863 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
14,484,146 | ||||||||
Electric Utilities — 18.5% | ||||||||
Enel SpA |
10,929,675 | 80,540,100 | ||||||
Terna - Rete Elettrica Nazionale |
2,177,308 | 17,838,230 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
98,378,330 | ||||||||
Electrical Equipment — 2.5% | ||||||||
Prysmian SpA |
409,136 | 13,468,497 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Energy Equipment & Services — 2.0% | ||||||||
Tenaris SA |
825,071 | 10,632,912 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Gas Utilities — 3.3% | ||||||||
Snam SpA |
3,112,843 | 17,295,747 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.4% | ||||||||
DiaSorin SpA |
49,951 | 7,475,385 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Health Care Providers & Services — 1.8% | ||||||||
Amplifon SpA |
222,226 | 9,536,710 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Insurance — 6.3% | ||||||||
Assicurazioni Generali SpA |
1,188,830 | 23,511,299 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
|
||||||||
Insurance (continued) | ||||||||
Poste Italiane SpA(a) |
878,195 | $ | 10,072,470 | |||||
|
|
|||||||
33,583,769 | ||||||||
IT Services — 2.2% | ||||||||
Nexi SpA(a)(b) |
854,412 | 11,669,526 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Machinery — 4.0% | ||||||||
CNH Industrial NV |
1,510,477 | 21,485,790 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 9.9% | ||||||||
Eni SpA |
3,395,886 | 52,822,011 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Pharmaceuticals — 1.7% | ||||||||
Recordati Industria Chimica e Farmaceutica SpA |
183,525 | 8,976,479 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 3.5% | ||||||||
Moncler SpA |
310,516 | 18,646,512 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Transportation Infrastructure — 2.7% | ||||||||
Atlantia SpA(b) |
782,884 | 14,401,350 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total
Common Stocks — 100.0% |
532,445,990 | |||||||
|
|
|||||||
Short-Term Investments |
||||||||
Money Market Funds — 0.0% | ||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 0.03%(c)(d) |
210,000 | 210,000 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total
Short-Term Investments — 0.0% |
|
210,000 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total
Investments in Securities — 100.0% |
|
532,655,990 | ||||||
Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (0.0)% |
|
(98,355 | ) | |||||
|
|
|||||||
Net Assets — 100.0% |
|
$ | 532,557,635 | |||||
|
|
(a) |
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. |
(b) |
Non-income producing security. |
(c) |
Affiliate of the Fund. |
(d) |
Annualized 7-day yield as of period end. |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S |
17 |
Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) February 28, 2022 |
iShares® MSCI Italy ETF |
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:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Distributions from Underlying Funds |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares(a) |
$ | — | $ | 713 | (b) | $ | — | $ | (713 | ) | $ | — | $ | — | — | $ | 1,604 | (c) | $ | — | ||||||||||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares |
450,000 | — | (240,000 | )(b) | — | — | 210,000 | 210,000 | 16 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
$ | (713 | ) | $ | — | $ | 210,000 | $ | 1,620 | $ | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
As of period end, the entity is no longer held. |
(b) |
Represents net amount purchased (sold). |
(c) |
All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities. |
Derivative Financial Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure
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 |
$ | (61,242 | ) | |
|
|
|||
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on: |
||||
Futures contracts |
$ | 1,238 | ||
|
|
Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments
Futures contracts: |
||||
Average notional value of contracts — long |
$ | 1,186,818 |
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 |
$ | — | $ | 532,445,990 | $ | — | $ | 532,445,990 | ||||||||
Money Market Funds |
210,000 | — | — | 210,000 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
$ | 210,000 | $ | 532,445,990 | $ | — | $ | 532,655,990 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See notes to financial statements.
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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) February 28, 2022 |
iShares® MSCI Spain ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
|
||||||||
Common Stocks |
||||||||
Banks — 30.6% | ||||||||
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA |
9,635,943 | $ | 57,177,027 | |||||
Banco Santander SA |
24,730,112 | 82,351,648 | ||||||
CaixaBank SA |
6,655,667 | 21,861,093 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
161,389,768 | ||||||||
Biotechnology — 2.9% | ||||||||
Grifols SA |
805,902 | 15,279,985 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Construction & Engineering — 7.2% | ||||||||
ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA |
602,967 | 14,652,444 | ||||||
Ferrovial SA |
867,455 | 23,633,120 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
38,285,564 | ||||||||
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 9.3% | ||||||||
Cellnex Telecom SA(a) |
555,066 | 25,106,861 | ||||||
Telefonica SA |
4,979,608 | 23,782,201 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
48,889,062 | ||||||||
Electric Utilities — 24.5% | ||||||||
Endesa SA |
755,792 | 16,613,380 | ||||||
Iberdrola SA |
8,329,523 | 94,503,310 | ||||||
Red Electrica Corp. SA |
916,571 | 18,157,690 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
129,274,380 | ||||||||
Electrical Equipment — 2.9% | ||||||||
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA(b) |
672,350 | 15,470,634 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Gas Utilities — 5.0% | ||||||||
Enagas SA |
583,681 | 12,335,271 | ||||||
Naturgy Energy Group SA(c) |
518,502 | 13,911,218 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
26,246,489 | ||||||||
IT Services — 4.3% | ||||||||
Amadeus IT Group SA(b) |
348,203 | 22,973,249 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 4.5% | ||||||||
Repsol SA |
1,829,286 | 23,736,882 | ||||||
|
|
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
|
||||||||
Specialty Retail — 4.2% | ||||||||
Industria de Diseno Textil SA |
858,539 | $ | 22,395,647 | |||||
|
|
|||||||
Transportation Infrastructure — 4.4% | ||||||||
Aena SME SA(a)(b) |
141,188 | 23,042,614 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total
Common Stocks — 99.8% |
526,984,274 | |||||||
|
|
|||||||
Short-Term Investments |
||||||||
Money Market Funds — 0.8% | ||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 0.09%(d)(e)(f) |
965,169 | 965,362 | ||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 0.03%(d)(e) |
3,100,000 | 3,100,000 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
4,065,362 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total
Short-Term Investments — 0.8% |
|
4,065,362 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total
Investments in Securities — 100.6% |
|
531,049,636 | ||||||
Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (0.6)% |
|
(3,146,130 | ) | |||||
|
|
|||||||
Net Assets — 100.0% |
|
$ | 527,903,506 | |||||
|
|
(a) |
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. |
(b) |
Non-income producing security. |
(c) |
All or a portion of this security is on loan. |
(d) |
Affiliate of the Fund. |
(e) |
Annualized 7-day yield as of period end. |
(f) |
All or a portion of this security was purchased with the cash collateral from loaned securities. |
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:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Distributions from Underlying Funds |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares |
$ | — | $ | 966,407 | (a) | $ | — | $ | (953 | ) | $ | (92 | ) | $ | 965,362 | 965,169 | $ | 229,310 | (b) | $ | — | |||||||||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares |
3,290,000 | — | (190,000 | )(a) | — | — | 3,100,000 | 3,100,000 | 169 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
$ | (953 | ) | $ | (92 | ) | $ | 4,065,362 | $ | 229,479 | $ | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(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. |
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 Spain ETF |
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 |
||||||||||||||||
IBEX 35 Index |
9 | 03/18/22 | $ | 851 | $ | (23,957 | ) | |||||||||
|
|
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) |
$ | 23,957 | ||
|
|
(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 |
$ | 1,833 | ||
|
|
|||
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on: |
||||
Futures contracts |
$ | (21,853 | ) | |
|
|
Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments
Futures contracts: |
||||
Average notional value of contracts — long |
$ | 1,028,428 |
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 |
$ | — | $ | 526,984,274 | $ | — | $ | 526,984,274 | ||||||||
Money Market Funds |
4,065,362 | — | — | 4,065,362 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
$ | 4,065,362 | $ | 526,984,274 | $ | — | $ | 531,049,636 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Derivative financial instruments(a) |
||||||||||||||||
Liabilities |
||||||||||||||||
Futures Contracts |
$ | — | $ | (23,957 | ) | $ | — | $ | (23,957 | ) | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(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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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) February 28, 2022 |
iShares® MSCI Switzerland ETF (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets) |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
|
||||||||
Common Stocks |
||||||||
Building Products — 1.6% | ||||||||
Geberit AG, Registered |
40,069 | $ | 26,212,222 | |||||
|
|
|||||||
Capital Markets — 8.2% | ||||||||
Credit Suisse Group AG, Registered |
2,696,516 | 22,588,998 | ||||||
Julius Baer Group Ltd. |
266,629 | 15,612,837 | ||||||
Partners Group Holding AG |
23,077 | 31,195,224 | ||||||
UBS Group AG, Registered |
3,727,548 | 68,574,840 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
137,971,899 | ||||||||
Chemicals — 6.4% | ||||||||
Clariant AG, Registered |
315,660 | 5,698,536 | ||||||
EMS-Chemie Holding AG, Registered |
9,920 | 9,812,177 | ||||||
Givaudan SA, Registered |
9,945 | 41,524,414 | ||||||
Sika AG, Registered |
151,072 | 50,130,926 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
107,166,053 | ||||||||
Construction Materials — 1.7% | ||||||||
Holcim Ltd. |
576,237 | 29,006,623 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.1% | ||||||||
Swisscom AG, Registered |
30,985 | 18,560,390 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Electrical Equipment — 3.5% | ||||||||
ABB Ltd., Registered |
1,746,666 | 59,024,926 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Food Products — 23.1% | ||||||||
Barry Callebaut AG, Registered |
4,764 | 10,988,928 | ||||||
Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG, Participation Certificates, NVS |
1,308 | 13,874,861 | ||||||
Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG, Registered |
129 | 14,479,586 | ||||||
Nestle SA, Registered |
2,681,619 | 349,403,476 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
388,746,851 | ||||||||
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 5.0% | ||||||||
Alcon Inc. |
533,338 | 41,204,387 | ||||||
Sonova Holding AG, Registered |
62,954 | 24,375,421 | ||||||
Straumann Holding AG, Registered |
11,808 | 18,756,572 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
84,336,380 | ||||||||
Insurance — 8.0% | ||||||||
Baloise Holding AG, Registered |
61,054 | 10,241,351 | ||||||
Swiss Life Holding AG, Registered |
35,973 | 21,949,907 | ||||||
Swiss Re AG |
316,735 | 30,265,818 | ||||||
Zurich Insurance Group AG |
158,832 | 72,903,257 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
135,360,333 | ||||||||
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 3.5% | ||||||||
Bachem Holding AG, Class B, Registered |
6,408 | 3,813,562 | ||||||
Lonza Group AG, Registered |
79,117 | 54,741,197 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
58,554,759 | ||||||||
Machinery — 1.7% | ||||||||
Schindler Holding AG, Participation Certificates, NVS |
50,009 | 11,474,331 | ||||||
Schindler Holding AG, Registered |
29,185 | 6,541,858 | ||||||
VAT Group AG(a) |
27,586 | 10,424,609 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
28,440,798 |
Security | Shares | Value | ||||||
|
||||||||
Marine — 1.1% | ||||||||
Kuehne + Nagel International AG, Registered |
64,476 | $ | 17,583,581 | |||||
|
|
|||||||
Pharmaceuticals — 25.9% | ||||||||
Novartis AG, Registered |
1,969,674 | 173,117,403 | ||||||
Roche Holding AG, NVS |
654,256 | 247,788,547 | ||||||
Roche Holding AG, Bearer |
7,888 | 3,292,523 | ||||||
Vifor Pharma AG |
64,644 | 11,346,914 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
435,545,387 | ||||||||
Professional Services — 1.7% | ||||||||
Adecco Group AG, Registered |
194,999 | 9,209,535 | ||||||
SGS SA, Registered |
6,950 | 19,886,380 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
29,095,915 | ||||||||
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.6% | ||||||||
Swiss Prime Site AG, Registered |
102,529 | 10,047,173 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Software — 0.5% | ||||||||
Temenos AG, Registered |
87,772 | 8,822,355 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.8% | ||||||||
Logitech International SA, Registered |
187,498 | 14,030,266 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 5.2% | ||||||||
Cie. Financiere Richemont SA, Class A, Registered |
530,099 | 70,983,710 | ||||||
Swatch Group AG (The), Bearer |
37,579 | 11,556,155 | ||||||
Swatch Group AG (The), Registered |
95,999 | 5,687,244 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
88,227,109 | ||||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total
Common Stocks — 99.6% |
1,676,733,020 | |||||||
|
|
|||||||
Short-Term Investments |
||||||||
Money Market Funds — 0.0% | ||||||||
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 0.03%(b)(c) |
840,000 | 840,000 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total
Short-Term Investments — 0.0% |
|
840,000 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Total
Investments in Securities — 99.6% |
|
1,677,573,020 | ||||||
Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.4% |
|
6,312,702 | ||||||
|
|
|||||||
Net Assets — 100.0% |
|
$ | 1,683,885,722 | |||||
|
|
(a) |
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. |
(b) |
Affiliate of the Fund. |
(c) |
Annualized 7-day yield as of period end. |
S C H E D U L E O F I N V E S T M E N T S |
21 |
Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) February 28, 2022 |
iShares® MSCI Switzerland ETF |
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:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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, |
$ | 730,000 | $110,000 | (a) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 840,000 | 840,000 | $ | 37 | $ | — | |||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(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) |
||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Long Contracts |
||||||||||||||||
Swiss Market Index |
54 | 03/18/22 | $ | 6,958 | $ | (385,880 | ) | |||||||||
|
|
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) |
$ | 385,880 | ||
|
|
(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 |
$ | 292,053 | ||
|
|
|||
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on: |
||||
Futures contracts |
$ | (563,312 | ) | |
|
|
Average Quarterly Balances of Outstanding Derivative Financial Instruments
|
||||
Futures contracts: |
||||
Average notional value of contracts — long |
$ | 10,760,642 | ||
|
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.
22 |
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) (continued) February 28, 2022 |
iShares® MSCI Switzerland ETF |
Fair Value Hierarchy as of Period End (continued)
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 |
$ | — | $ | 1,676,733,020 | $ | — | $ | 1,676,733,020 | ||||||||
Money Market Funds |
840,000 | — | — | 840,000 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
$ | 840,000 | $ | 1,676,733,020 | $ | — | $ | 1,677,573,020 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Derivative financial instruments(a) |
||||||||||||||||
Liabilities |
||||||||||||||||
Futures Contracts |
$ | — | $ | (385,880 | ) | $ | — | $ | (385,880 | ) | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(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 |
23 |
Statement of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited)
February 28, 2022
iShares MSCI Eurozone |
iShares MSCI Germany |
iShares MSCI Italy ETF |
iShares MSCI Spain ETF |
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
ASSETS |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Investments in securities, at value (including securities on loan)(a): |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Unaffiliated(b) |
$ | 6,823,383,821 | $ | 2,170,111,928 | $ | 532,445,990 | $ | 526,984,274 | ||||||||||||||||
Affiliated(c) |
20,330,000 | 1,010,000 | 210,000 | 4,065,362 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Cash |
2,040 | 2,622 | 9,063 | 9,609 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency, at value(d) |
1,246,138 | 5,788,059 | 1,024,627 | 818,411 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency collateral pledged: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Futures contracts(e) |
605,475 | 1,797,588 | 143,520 | 102,034 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Receivables: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Investments sold |
28,772,255 | 3,390,697 | 15,668,700 | 16,215,254 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Securities lending income — Affiliated |
— | 9 | 566 | 227 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Dividends |
51,214 | 60,697 | 6 | 91 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tax reclaims |
6,536,605 | 13,917,988 | — | 58,372 | ||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Total assets |
6,880,927,548 | 2,196,079,588 | 549,502,472 | 548,253,634 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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LIABILITIES |
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Collateral on securities loaned, at value |
— | — | — | 965,580 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Payables: |
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Investments purchased |
19,762,157 | 5,885,583 | 15,983,669 | 15,829,363 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Variation margin on futures contracts |
117,387 | 203,878 | 19,401 | 6,445 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Capital shares redeemed |
— | — | 709,177 | 449,770 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Investment advisory fees |
2,752,565 | 900,756 | 232,590 | 213,024 | ||||||||||||||||||||
IRS compliance fee for foreign withholding tax claims |
19,817,623 | — | — | 2,885,946 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Total liabilities |
42,449,732 | 6,990,217 | 16,944,837 | 20,350,128 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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NET ASSETS |
$ | 6,838,477,816 | $ | 2,189,089,371 | $ | 532,557,635 | $ | 527,903,506 | ||||||||||||||||
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NET ASSETS CONSIST OF: |
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Paid-in capital |
$ | 8,175,908,352 | $ | 3,053,930,897 | $ | 804,416,353 | $ | 1,061,232,507 | ||||||||||||||||
Accumulated loss |
(1,337,430,536 | ) | (864,841,526 | ) | (271,858,718 | ) | (533,329,001 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
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NET ASSETS |
$ | 6,838,477,816 | $ | 2,189,089,371 | $ | 532,557,635 | $ | 527,903,506 | ||||||||||||||||
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Shares outstanding |
155,000,000 | 74,700,000 | 17,475,000 | 20,550,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Net asset value |
$ | 44.12 | $ | 29.31 | $ | 30.48 | $ | 25.69 | ||||||||||||||||
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Shares authorized |
1 billion | 482.2 million | 295.4 million | 127.8 million | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Par value |
$ | 0.001 | $ | 0.001 | $ | 0.001 | $ | 0.001 | ||||||||||||||||
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(a) Securities loaned, at value |
$ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 892,085 | ||||||||||||||||
(b) Investments, at cost — Unaffiliated |
$ | 7,475,828,180 | $ | 2,700,926,641 | $ | 594,745,250 | $ | 684,626,243 | ||||||||||||||||
(c) Investments, at cost — Affiliated |
$ | 20,330,000 | $ | 1,010,000 | $ | 210,000 | $ | 4,065,454 | ||||||||||||||||
(d) Foreign currency, at cost |
$ | 1,220,879 | $ | 5,785,390 | $ | 1,034,222 | $ | 826,401 | ||||||||||||||||
(e) Foreign currency collateral pledged, at cost |
$ | 625,732 | $ | 1,885,172 | $ | 145,241 | $ | 103,754 |
See notes to financial statements.
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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 |
Statement of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited) (continued)
February 28, 2022
iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF |
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ASSETS |
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Investments in securities, at value: |
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Unaffiliated(a) |
$ | 1,676,733,020 | ||
Affiliated(b) |
840,000 | |||
Cash |
2,674 | |||
Foreign currency, at value(c) |
861,789 | |||
Foreign currency collateral pledged: |
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Futures contracts(d) |
427,196 | |||
Receivables: |
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Investments sold |
12,882,383 | |||
Variation margin on futures contracts |
149,037 | |||
Dividends |
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