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results of an index composed of relatively high dividend paying equities in Asia/Pacific developed markets.</div> Fees and Expenses <div style="margin-top: 6pt;">The following table describes the fees and expenses that you will incur if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. The investment advisory agreement between iShares, Inc. (the “Company”) and BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”) (the “Investment Advisory Agreement”) provides that BFA will pay all operating expenses of the Fund, except: (i) the management fees, (ii) interest expenses, (iii) taxes, (iv) expenses incurred with respect to the acquisition and disposition of portfolio securities and the execution of portfolio transactions, including brokerage commissions, (v) distribution fees or expenses, and (vi) litigation expenses and any extraordinary expenses. </div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt;">The Fund may incur “Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses.” Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses reflect the Fund’s pro rata share of the fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund as a result of investing in other investment companies. The impact of Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses is included in the Fund’s total return but is not included in the Fund’s ratio of expenses to average net assets. Both figures are shown in the Financial Highlights section of the Fund’s prospectus (the “Prospectus”). BFA, the investment adviser to the Fund, has contractually agreed to waive its management fees in an amount equal to the Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, if any, attributable to investments by the Fund in other funds advised by BFA or its affiliates through August 30, 2030. The contractual waiver may be terminated prior to August 30, 2030 only upon written agreement of the Company and BFA.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.</div> The impact of Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses is included in the Fund’s total return but is not included in the Fund’s ratio of expenses to average net assets. Both figures are shown in the Financial Highlights section of the Fund’s prospectus (the “Prospectus”). 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These costs, which are not reflected in the Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 26% of the average value of its portfolio. 0.26 Principal Investment Strategies <div style="margin-top: 6pt;">The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the Dow Jones Asia/Pacific Select Dividend 50 Index (the “Underlying Index”), which is provided by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC (the “Index Provider” or “SPDJI”). The Underlying Index measures the performance of 50 high dividend-paying companies in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, and Singapore, selected according to indicated annual dividend (“IAD”) yield, subject to screening and buffering criteria and weighting constraints. IAD yield is defined as a stock’s IAD (not including any special dividends) divided by its price.</div> <div style="line-height: 10.45pt; text-align: left;">The starting universe for the Underlying Index comprises the S&P BMI indexes for the jurisdictions listed above, excluding real estate investment trusts. To be eligible for the Underlying Index as a new constituent, an issuer must (i) have paid dividends in each of the previous three years; (ii) have a current year trailing 12-month dividend-per-share ratio that is greater than or equal to its three-year average dividend-per-share ratio; and (iii) have a five-year average dividend coverage ratio that is greater than or equal to two-thirds of the five-year average dividend coverage ratio of the corresponding S&P BMI country index, or greater than 118%, whichever is greater. In addition, the security must have (x) a non-negative trailing 12-month earnings per share; (y) a float-adjusted market capitalization of at least $600 million, or at least $400 million for current constituents; and (z) a three-month average daily trading value of at least $3 million, or at least $1.5 million for current constituents. Current constituents are included in the eligible universe regardless of their dividend growth rate, coverage ratio or current year earnings per share.</div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt;">To select the 50 constituents, the Index Provider ranks the eligible securities by IAD yield and first includes all non-constituent stocks that are ranked in the top 25 and then adds all current constituents in the top 80 in rank order until the count reaches 50. No more than 25 companies from any eligible country can be included.</div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt;">The Underlying Index is reconstituted annually with constituent weights determined based on tilted IAD yield, which is calculated by multiplying the constituent's IAD yield (capped at 20%) by the square root of its fair market capitalization. In implementing the capping methodology, SPDJI considers two or more companies as belonging to the same issuer, the ultimate issuer, where more than 20% of all voting shares in a subsidiary are controlled by the same issuer control group. The capping methodology also limits the weight of ultimate issuers to 10% and the aggregate weight of constituents within each Global Industry Classification Standard sector to 30%.</div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt;">The Underlying Index is reviewed daily based on each ultimate issuer's weight. Daily capping is performed if the aggregate weight of all ultimate issuers with an individual weight greater than 4.8% exceeds 24% of the Underlying Index’s total weight. If that threshold is breached, the current ultimate issuer weights are recapped, with the weights of ultimate issuers capped at 10% and the aggregate weight of all ultimate issuers with an individual weight greater than 4.5% capped at 22.5% of the Underlying Index's total weight. IAD yields and tilted yield weights are not recalculated if the capping thresholds are breached throughout the year.</div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt;">The Underlying Index includes large-, mid- and small-capitalization companies and may change over time. As of April 30, 2025, a significant portion of the Underlying Index is represented by securities of companies in the financials and materials industries or sectors. The components of the Underlying Index are likely to change over time.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">BFA uses an indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund’s investment objective. The Fund does not try to “beat” the index it tracks and does not seek temporary defensive positions when markets decline or appear overvalued.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Indexing may eliminate the chance that the Fund will substantially outperform the Underlying Index but also may reduce some of the </div> <div style="line-height: 10.45pt; text-align: left;">risks of active management, such as poor security selection. Indexing seeks to achieve lower costs and better after-tax performance by aiming to keep portfolio turnover low in comparison to actively managed investment companies.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">BFA uses a representative sampling indexing strategy to manage the Fund. “Representative sampling” is an indexing strategy that involves investing in a representative sample of securities that collectively has an investment profile similar to that of an applicable underlying index. The securities selected are expected to have, in the aggregate, investment characteristics (based on factors such as market capitalization and industry weightings), fundamental characteristics (such as return variability and yield) and liquidity measures similar to those of an applicable underlying index. The Fund may or may not hold all of the securities in the Underlying Index.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">The Fund generally will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of its Underlying Index and in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the component securities of its Underlying Index (i.e., depositary receipts representing securities of the Underlying Index) and may invest up to 20% of its assets in certain futures, options and swap contracts, cash and cash equivalents, including shares of money market funds advised by BFA or its affiliates (“BlackRock Cash Funds”), as well as in securities not included in the Underlying Index, but which BFA believes will help the Fund track the Underlying Index. Cash and cash equivalent investments associated with a derivative position will be treated as part of that position for the purposes of calculating the percentage of investments included in the Underlying Index. The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the Underlying Index before fees and expenses of the Fund.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">The Fund may lend securities representing up to one-third of the value of the Fund's total assets (including the value of any collateral received).</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">The Underlying Index is sponsored by SPDJI, which is independent of the Fund and BFA. The Index Provider determines the composition and relative weightings of the securities in the Underlying Index and publishes information regarding the market value of the Underlying Index.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Industry Concentration Policy. The Fund will concentrate its investments (i.e., hold 25% or more of its total assets) in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that the Underlying Index is concentrated. For purposes of this limitation, securities of the U.S. government (including its agencies and instrumentalities) and repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. government securities are not considered to be issued by members of any industry.</div> Industry Concentration Policy. The Fund will concentrate its investments (i.e., hold 25% or more of its total assets) in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that the Underlying Index is concentrated. For purposes of this limitation, securities of the U.S. government (including its agencies and instrumentalities) and repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. government securities are not considered to be issued by members of any industry. As with any investment, you could lose all or part of your investment in the Fund, and the Fund's performance could trail that of other investments. <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Risk of Investing in Asia. Investments in Asian issuers subject the Fund to legal, regulatory, political, economic, currency, geographic and security risks that are specific to Asia. There is no guarantee that the economic growth and industrialization in certain Asian economies will continue. Certain Asian countries have experienced expropriation and/or nationalization of assets, confiscatory taxation, currency devaluations and restrictions, political or social instability, and armed conflict. An adverse economic or political event in one Asian country may negatively affect countries throughout the region. In particular, because many Asian countries depend significantly on international trade, shifts in relationships with key trading partners, such as China and the U.S., may have a region-wide economic impact. Regional geopolitical risks include the historical tensions between South Korea and North Korea, China’s complex territorial dispute regarding the sovereignty of Taiwan and its pledge to take control of Taiwan, and frictions between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea. </div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Risk of Investing in Australia. Investing in Australian issuers subjects the Fund to legal, regulatory, political, currency, security, and economic risks that are specific to Australia. The Australian economy depends heavily on energy, agricultural and mining exports and, as a result, is susceptible to fluctuations in the commodity markets. Australia also depends on trading with key trading partners.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Dividend-Paying Stock Risk. Investing in dividend-paying stocks involves the risk that such stocks may fall out of favor with investors and underperform other types of stocks or the broader market. Companies that issue dividend-paying stocks are not required to pay or continue paying dividends on such stocks. It is possible that issuers of the stocks held by the Fund will not declare dividends in the future or will reduce or eliminate the payment of dividends (including reducing or eliminating anticipated accelerations or increases in the payment of dividends), which may adversely affect the Fund.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Equity Securities Risk. Equity securities are subject to changes in value, and their values may be more volatile than those of other asset classes. The value of a security may decline for a number of reasons that may directly relate to the issuer as well as due to general industry or market conditions. Common stock is subordinated to preferred securities and debt in a company’s capital structure. Common stock has the lowest priority, and the greatest risk, with respect to dividends and any liquidation payments in the event of an issuer’s bankruptcy.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Market Risk. The Fund could lose money over short periods due to short-term market movements and over longer periods during more prolonged market downturns. Local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, pandemics or other public health issues, recessions, the prospect or occurrence of a sovereign default or other financial crisis, or other events could have a significant impact on the Fund and its investments and could result in increased premiums or discounts to the Fund’s NAV.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Index-Related Risk. The Index Provider may rely on various sources of information to assess the criteria of components of the </div> <div style="line-height: 10.45pt; text-align: left;">Underlying Index, including information that may be based on assumptions and estimates. Neither the Fund nor BFA can offer assurances that the Index Provider’s methodology or sources of information will provide an accurate assessment of included components or will result in the Fund meeting its investment objective. Errors in index data, index computations or the construction of the Underlying Index in accordance with its methodology may occur, and the Index Provider may not identify or correct them promptly or at all, which may have an adverse impact on the Fund and its shareholders. Unusual market conditions or other unforeseen circumstances (such as natural disasters, political unrest or war) may impact the Index Provider or a third-party data provider and could cause the Index Provider to postpone a scheduled rebalance. This could cause the Underlying Index to vary from its normal or expected composition.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Asset Class Risk. The securities and other assets in the Underlying Index or in the Fund’s portfolio may underperform in comparison to financial markets generally, a particular financial market, another index, or other asset classes.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Assets Under Management (AUM) Risk. From time to time, an Authorized Participant (as defined below in Authorized Participant Concentration Risk), a third-party investor, the Fund’s adviser, an affiliate of the Fund’s adviser, or another fund may invest in the Fund and hold its investment for a specific period of time to allow the Fund to achieve size or scale. There can be no assurance that any such entity would not redeem its investment or that the size of the Fund would be maintained at such levels, which could negatively impact the Fund.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Authorized Participant Concentration Risk. An “Authorized Participant” is a member or participant of a clearing agency registered with the SEC, which has a written agreement with the Fund or one of its service providers that allows the Authorized Participant to place orders for the purchase and redemption of creation units (“Creation Units”). Only an Authorized Participant may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with the Fund. There are a limited number of institutions that may act as Authorized Participants for the Fund, including on an agency basis on behalf of other market participants. No Authorized Participant is obligated to engage in creation or redemption transactions. To the extent that Authorized Participants exit the business or do not place creation or redemption orders for the Fund and no other Authorized Participant places orders, Fund shares are more likely to trade at a premium or discount to NAV and possibly face trading halts or delisting.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Concentration Risk. The Fund may be susceptible to an increased risk of loss, including losses due to adverse events that affect the Fund’s investments more than the market as a whole, to the extent that the Fund’s investments are concentrated in the securities or other assets of one or more issuers, countries or other geographic units, markets, industries, project types, or asset classes.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Currency Risk. Because the Fund’s NAV is determined in U.S. dollars, the NAV could decline if the currency of a non-U.S. market in which the Fund invests depreciates against the U.S. dollar or if there are delays or limits on the repatriation of foreign currency. Currency exchange rates can be very volatile and can change quickly and unpredictably. As a result, the Fund’s NAV may change quickly and without warning. In addition, the Fund may </div> <div style="line-height: 10.45pt; text-align: left;">incur costs in connection with conversions between U.S. dollars and foreign currencies.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Financial Companies Risk. Financial services companies are subject to extensive governmental regulation and intervention, which may adversely affect their profitability, the scope of their activities, the prices they can charge, the amount of capital and liquid assets they must maintain and their size, among other things. Financial services companies also may be significantly affected by, among other things, interest rates, economic conditions, volatility in financial markets, credit rating downgrades, adverse public perception, exposure concentration and counterparty risk.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Issuer Risk. The performance of the Fund depends on the performance of individual securities or other assets to which the Fund has exposure. The value of securities or other assets may decline, or perform differently from the market as a whole, due to changes in the financial condition or credit rating of the issuer or counterparty.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Large-Capitalization Companies Risk. Large-capitalization companies may be less able than smaller-capitalization companies to adapt to changing market conditions and competitive challenges. Large-capitalization companies may be more mature and subject to more limited growth potential compared with smaller-capitalization companies. The performance of large-capitalization companies could trail the overall performance of the broader securities markets.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Large Shareholder and Large-Scale Redemption Risk. Certain shareholders of the Fund, including an Authorized Participant, a third-party investor, the Fund’s adviser, an affiliate of the Fund’s adviser, a market maker, or another entity, may from time to time own or manage a substantial amount of Fund shares, or may hold their investment in the Fund for a limited period of time. There can be no assurance that any large shareholder or large group of shareholders would not redeem their investment. Redemptions of a large number of Fund shares could require the Fund to dispose of assets to meet the redemption requests, which can accelerate the realization of taxable income and/or capital gains and cause the Fund to make taxable distributions to its shareholders earlier than the Fund otherwise would have. In addition, under certain circumstances, non-redeeming shareholders may be treated as receiving a disproportionately large taxable distribution during or with respect to such year. In some circumstances, the Fund may hold a relatively large proportion of its assets in cash in anticipation of large redemptions, diluting its investment returns. These large redemptions may also force the Fund to sell portfolio securities or other assets when it might not otherwise do so, which may negatively impact the Fund’s NAV, increase the Fund’s brokerage costs and/or have a material effect on the market price of Fund shares.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Management Risk. The Fund generally does not attempt to take defensive positions under any market conditions, including declining markets. As the Fund will not fully replicate the Underlying Index and may hold securities or other assets not included in the Underlying Index, it is subject to the risk that the investment strategy of BFA may not produce the intended results. There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment results will have a high degree of correlation to those of the Underlying Index or that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.</div> <div style="line-height: 10.45pt; text-align: left;">Market Trading Risk. The Fund faces numerous market trading risks, including the potential lack of an active market for Fund shares (including through a trading halt), losses from trading in secondary markets, periods of high volatility, and disruptions in the process of creating and redeeming Fund shares. Any of these factors, among others, may lead to the Fund’s shares trading in the secondary market at a premium or discount to NAV or to the intraday value of the Fund’s portfolio holdings. If you buy Fund shares at a time when the market price is at a premium to NAV or sell Fund shares at a time when the market price is at a discount to NAV, you may pay significantly more or receive significantly less than the underlying value of the Fund shares.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Materials Companies Risk. Materials companies may be adversely affected by volatility in commodity prices, changes in exchange rates, social and political unrest, war, depletion of resources, lower demand, overproduction, litigation and government regulations, among other factors.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">National Closed Market Trading Risk. To the extent that securities or other assets held by the Fund trade on foreign exchanges or in foreign markets that may be closed when the securities exchange on which the Fund’s shares trade is open, there are likely to be deviations between such asset’s current price and its last quoted price (i.e., the quote from the closed foreign market to the Fund). The impact of a closed foreign market on the Fund is likely to be greater where a large portion of the Fund’s holdings trade on a closed foreign market or when a foreign market is closed for unscheduled reasons. These deviations could result in premiums or discounts to the Fund’s NAV that may be greater than those experienced by other funds.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Non-U.S. Securities Risk. Securities issued by non-U.S. issuers (including depositary receipts) are subject to different legal, regulatory, political, economic, and market risks than securities issued by U.S. issuers. These risks include greater market volatility, less market liquidity, higher transaction costs, expropriation, confiscatory taxation, adverse changes in foreign investment or currency control regulations, restrictions on the repatriation of capital, and political instability. Non-U.S. issuers may be subject to different accounting, audit and financial reporting standards than U.S. issuers, and there may be less publicly available information about non-U.S. issuers. Foreign market trading hours, different clearing and settlement procedures, and holiday schedules may limit the Fund's ability to engage in portfolio transactions. To the extent that investments are made in a limited number of countries, events in those countries will have a more significant impact on the Fund. The Fund is specifically exposed to Asian Economic Risk and Australasian Economic Risk.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Operational and Technology Risks. The Fund is directly and indirectly susceptible to operational and technology risks, including those related to human errors, processing errors, communication errors, systems failures, cybersecurity incidents, and the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning (“AI”), which may result in losses for the Fund and its shareholders or may impair the Fund’s operations. While the Fund’s service providers are required to have appropriate operational, information security and cybersecurity risk management policies and procedures, their methods of risk management may differ from those of the Fund. Operational and technology risks for the </div> <div style="line-height: 10.45pt; text-align: left;">issuers in which the Fund invests could also result in material adverse consequences for such issuers and may cause the Fund’s investments in such issuers to lose value.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Reliance on Trading Partners Risk. The Fund invests in countries or regions whose economies are heavily dependent upon trading with key partners. Any reduction in this trading may have an adverse impact on the Fund's investments. Through its holdings of securities of certain issuers, the Fund is specifically exposed to Asian Economic Risk and U.S. Economic Risk.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Risk of Investing in Developed Countries. The Fund’s investment in developed country issuers will subject the Fund to legal, regulatory, political, currency, security, economic and other risks associated with developed countries. Developed countries tend to represent a significant portion of the global economy and have generally experienced slower economic growth than some less developed countries. Certain developed countries have experienced security concerns, such as war, terrorism and strained international relations. Incidents involving a country’s or region’s security may cause uncertainty in its markets and may adversely affect its economy and the Fund’s investments. In addition, developed countries may be adversely impacted by changes to the economic conditions of certain key trading partners, regulatory burdens, debt burdens and the price or availability of certain commodities.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Risk of Investing in Hong Kong. Investing in Hong Kong issuers subjects the Fund to legal, regulatory, political, economic, currency, geographic and security risks that are specific to Hong Kong. Hong Kong’s economy and political environment are closely tied to those of China, which is Hong Kong’s largest trading partner for exports and imports. Changes in China’s economy, markets or policies, or a tightening of China’s control over Hong Kong, may have an adverse impact on Hong Kong’s economy and Hong Kong issuers.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Securities Lending Risk. The Fund may engage in securities lending. Securities lending involves the risk that the Fund may lose money because the borrower of the loaned securities fails to return the securities in a timely manner or at all. The Fund could also lose money in the event of a decline in the value of collateral provided for loaned securities or a decline in the value of any investments made with cash collateral. These events could also trigger adverse tax consequences for the Fund.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Small-Capitalization Companies Risk. Compared to mid- and large-capitalization companies, small-capitalization companies may be less stable and more susceptible to adverse developments. The securities of small-capitalization companies may be more volatile and less liquid than those of mid- and large-capitalization companies. As a result, the Fund’s share price may be more volatile than that of a fund with a greater investment in large- or mid-capitalization stocks.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Small Fund Risk. When the Fund’s size is small, the Fund may experience low trading volume and wide bid/ask spreads. The </div> <div style="line-height: 10.45pt; text-align: left;">Fund’s performance near its inception date may not represent how the Fund will perform in the future or with a larger asset base. In addition, the Fund may face the risk of being delisted if it does not meet certain requirements set by the listing exchange. Any resulting liquidation of the Fund could lead to elevated transaction costs for the Fund and negative tax consequences for its shareholders.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Tracking Error Risk. The Fund may be subject to “tracking error,” which is the divergence of the Fund’s performance from that of the Underlying Index. Tracking error may occur due to a number of factors, including differences between the securities and other assets held in the Fund’s portfolio and those included in the Underlying Index; differences in the timing and methodologies used to value securities and other assets; transaction costs and other expenses incurred by the Fund that the Underlying Index does not incur; the Fund’s holding of uninvested cash; differences in the timing of the accrual or the valuation of dividends or interest received by the Fund or distributions paid to Fund shareholders; tax gains or losses; differences between the amount and/or timing of withholding taxes on dividends reflected in the Underlying Index from the Fund’s obligation, if any, for foreign withholding taxes; the requirements for the Fund to maintain pass-through tax treatment; portfolio transactions carried out to minimize the distribution of capital gains to shareholders; the acceptance of custom baskets; changes to the Underlying Index; and impacts to the Fund of complying with certain regulatory requirements or limits. Tracking error risk may be heightened during times of increased market volatility or other unusual market conditions. Until the Fund reaches greater scale, it may experience higher tracking error than is typical for similar index ETFs. A Fund that tracks an index with exposure to non-U.S. issuers may experience higher tracking error than ETFs that do not track such indexes.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Valuation Risk. The price that the Fund could receive upon the sale (or other disposition) of a security or other asset may differ from the Fund’s valuation of the security or other asset, particularly for securities or other assets that trade in low volume or volatile markets or that are valued using a fair value methodology. The price received by the Fund also may differ from the value used by the Underlying Index. In addition, the value of the securities or other assets in the Fund’s portfolio may change on days or during time periods when investors are not able to purchase or sell Fund shares. Authorized Participants that create or redeem Fund shares on days when the Fund is holding fair-valued securities or other assets may receive fewer or more shares, or lower or higher redemption proceeds, than they would have received had the securities or other assets not been fair valued or been valued using a different methodology. The ability to value investments may be impacted by technological issues or errors by pricing services or other third-party service providers.</div> Performance Information <div style="margin-top: 6pt;">The performance information below illustrates how the Fund’s performance has varied over different periods and provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows how the performance of the Fund has varied from one calendar year to another over the periods shown. The table compares the Fund’s performance to that of an appropriate broad-based securities market index and the Underlying Index. Returns assume the reinvestment of any dividends and distributions. The Fund’s returns reflect the impact of any agreements to waive or reimburse expenses, which would reduce performance if not in effect. Past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information, including the Fund’s current NAV, may be obtained by visiting www.iShares.com or by calling 1-800-iShares (1-800-474-2737) (toll free).</div> The performance information below illustrates how the Fund’s performance has varied over different periods and provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows how the performance of the Fund has varied from one calendar year to another over the periods shown. The table compares the Fund’s performance to that of an appropriate broad-based securities market indexand the Underlying Index. Past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. www.iShares.com 1-800-iShares (1-800-474-2737) (toll free) Calendar Year-by-Year Returns <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="empty-cells: show; margin-left: 139.5pt; width: 252pt;"> <tr style="height: 20pt;"> <td style="background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 4pt; vertical-align: Bottom; width: 150.94pt;"> <div style="line-height: 0.5pt; text-align: left;"> <div style="margin-right: 3pt; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;"> </div> </div> </td> <td style="background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 2pt; vertical-align: Bottom; width: 44.64pt;"> <div style="line-height: 11.50pt; text-align: left;"> <div style="border-bottom: 1pt groove #000000; margin-left: 1pt; margin-right: 1pt; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;">Return (%)</div> </div> </td> <td style="background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 2pt; vertical-align: Bottom; width: 56.41pt;"> <div style="line-height: 11.50pt; text-align: left;"> <div style="margin-left: 3pt; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;">Period Ended</div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12pt;"> <td style="background-color: azure; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 4pt; vertical-align: Bottom; width: 150.94pt;"> <div style="line-height: 9.50pt; text-align: left;"> <div style="margin-right: 3pt; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;">Calendar Year-to-Date Return</div> </div> </td> <td style="background-color: azure; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 4pt; vertical-align: Bottom; white-space: nowrap; width: 44.64pt;"> <div style="line-height: 9.50pt; margin-left: 3pt; margin-right: 3pt; text-align: right; width: 38.64pt;"> <div style="display: flex; margin: auto; width: 29.21pt;"> <div style="display: flex; white-space: nowrap; width: 29.21pt;">10.14%</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="background-color: azure; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 4pt; vertical-align: Bottom; width: 56.41pt;"> <div style="line-height: 9.50pt; text-align: left;"> <div style="margin-left: 3pt; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap;">June 30, 2025</div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 10pt;"> <td colspan="3" style="background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 2pt; vertical-align: Bottom; width: 251.99pt;"> <div style="line-height: 9.50pt; text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;">During the periods shown in the chart: </div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 10pt;"> <td style="background-color: azure; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 2pt; vertical-align: Bottom; width: 150.94pt;"> <div style="line-height: 9.50pt; text-align: left;"> <div style="margin-right: 3pt; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;">Best Quarter</div> </div> </td> <td style="background-color: azure; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 2pt; vertical-align: Bottom; white-space: nowrap; width: 44.64pt;"> <div style="line-height: 9.50pt; margin-left: 3pt; margin-right: 3pt; text-align: right; width: 38.64pt;"> <div style="display: flex; margin: auto; width: 29.21pt;"> <div style="display: flex; white-space: nowrap; width: 29.21pt;">18.10%</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="background-color: azure; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 2pt; vertical-align: Bottom; width: 56.41pt;"> <div style="line-height: 9.50pt; text-align: left;"> <div style="margin-left: 3pt; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap;">June 30, 2020</div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 10pt;"> <td style="background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 2pt; vertical-align: Bottom; width: 150.94pt;"> <div style="line-height: 9.50pt; text-align: left;"> <div style="margin-right: 3pt; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;">Worst Quarter</div> </div> </td> <td style="background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 2pt; vertical-align: Bottom; white-space: nowrap; width: 44.64pt;"> <div style="line-height: 9.50pt; margin-left: 3pt; margin-right: 3pt; text-align: right; width: 38.64pt;"> <div style="display: flex; margin: auto; width: 29.21pt;"> <div style="display: flex; white-space: nowrap; width: 29.21pt;">-34.47%</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 2pt; vertical-align: Bottom; width: 56.41pt;"> <div style="line-height: 9.50pt; text-align: left;"> <div style="margin-left: 3pt; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap;">March 31, 2020</div> </div> </td> </tr> </table> Calendar Year-to-Date Return 0.1014 2025-06-30 Best Quarter 0.1810 2020-06-30 Worst Quarter -0.3447 2020-03-31 Average Annual Total Returns (for the periods ended December 31, 2024) 2012-02-23 0.0599 0.0208 0.0231 0.0412 0.0030 0.0073 0.0414 0.0109 0.0140 0.0325 0.0442 0.0513 0.0653 0.0244 0.0263 <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">After-tax returns in the table above are calculated using the historical highest individual U.S. federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state or local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”). Fund returns after taxes on distributions and sales of Fund shares are calculated assuming that an investor has sufficient capital gains of the same character from other investments to offset any capital losses from the sales of Fund shares. As a result, Fund returns after taxes on distributions and sales of Fund shares may exceed Fund returns before taxes and/or returns after taxes on distributions.</div> After-tax returns in the table above are calculated using the historical highest individual U.S. federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state or local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”). Fund returns after taxes on distributions and sales of Fund shares are calculated assuming that an investor has sufficient capital gains of the same character from other investments to offset any capital losses from the sales of Fund shares. As a result, Fund returns after taxes on distributions and sales of Fund shares may exceed Fund returns before taxes and/or returns after taxes on distributions. iSHARES® EMERGING MARKETS DIVIDEND ETF Ticker: DVYEStock Exchange: NYSE Arca Investment Objective <div style="margin-top: 6pt;">The iShares Emerging Markets Dividend ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of relatively high dividend paying equities in emerging markets.</div> Fees and Expenses <div style="margin-top: 6pt;">The following table describes the fees and expenses that you will incur if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. The investment advisory agreement between iShares, Inc. (the “Company”) and BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”) (the “Investment Advisory Agreement”) provides that BFA will pay all operating expenses of the Fund, except: (i) the management fees, (ii) interest expenses, (iii) taxes, (iv) expenses incurred with respect to the acquisition and disposition of portfolio securities and the execution of portfolio transactions, including brokerage commissions, (v) distribution fees or expenses, and (vi) litigation expenses and any extraordinary expenses. </div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt;">The Fund may incur “Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses.” Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses reflect the Fund’s pro rata share of the fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund as a result of investing in other investment companies. The impact of Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses is included in the Fund’s total return but is not included in the Fund’s ratio of expenses to average net assets. Both figures are shown in the Financial Highlights section of the Fund’s prospectus (the “Prospectus”). BFA, the investment adviser to the Fund, has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its management fees in an amount equal to the aggregate Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, if any, attributable to investments by the Fund in other series of iShares Trust and the Company through August 31, 2027. The contractual waiver may be terminated prior to August 31, 2027 only upon written agreement of the Company and BFA.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.</div> The impact of Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses is included in the Fund’s total return but is not included in the Fund’s ratio of expenses to average net assets. Both figures are shown in the Financial Highlights section of the Fund’s prospectus (the “Prospectus”). August 31, 2027 Annual Fund Operating Expenses (ongoing expenses that you pay each year as apercentage of the value of your investments)1 0.0049 0 0.0001 0.0000 0.0050 0 0.0050 Example. This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of owning shares of the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be: 51 160 280 628 Portfolio Turnover. The Fund may pay transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in the Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 43% of the average value of its portfolio. 0.43 Principal Investment Strategies <div style="margin-top: 6pt;">The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the Dow Jones Emerging Markets Select Dividend Index (the “Underlying Index”), which is provided by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC (the “Index Provider” or “SPDJI”). The Underlying Index measures the performance of 100 leading dividend-paying emerging market companies, selected according to indicated annual dividend (“IAD”) yield, subject to screening and buffering criteria and weighting constraints. IAD yield is defined as a stock’s IAD (not including any special dividends) divided by its price.</div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt;">The starting universe for the Underlying Index is the S&P Emerging BMI, excluding real estate investment trusts. To be eligible for the </div> <div style="line-height: 10.45pt; text-align: left;">Underlying Index, issuers must have paid dividends in each of the previous three years, and their securities must have (i) a non-negative trailing 12-month earnings per share; (ii) an IAD yield greater than 0%; (iii) a float-adjusted market capitalization of at least $250 million; and (iv) a three-month average daily trading value of at least $3 million for new constituents, or at least $1.5 million for current constituents.</div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt;">Eligible securities are ranked by IAD yield, and the top 100 stocks are selected as index constituents. No more than 30 stocks can be selected from any single country, subject to certain buffers.</div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt;">The Underlying Index is reconstituted annually with constituent weights determined based on tilted IAD yield, which is calculated by multiplying the constituent’s IAD yield (capped at 15%) by the square root of its fair market capitalization. The capping methodology also limits the weight of individual securities to 10%, the aggregate weight of constituents within each country of domicile to 25%, and the aggregate weight of constituents within each Global Industry Classification Standard sector to 30%.</div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt;">The Underlying Index is reviewed daily based on each constituent’s weight. Daily capping is performed if the aggregate weight of constituents with an individual weight greater than 4.8% exceeds 24% of the Underlying Index’s total weight. If that threshold is breached, the current constituent weights are recapped, with weights of individual securities capped at 10% and the aggregate weight of stocks with an individual weight greater than 4.5% capped at 22.5% of the Underlying Index’s total weight. IAD yields and tilted yield weights are not recalculated if the capping thresholds are breached throughout the year. A freeze period on the daily capping is implemented during the annual index reconstitution.</div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt;">As of April 30, 2025, the Underlying Index consisted of issuers in the following countries: Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Greece, India, Indonesia, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mexico, Poland, Qatar, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates. The Underlying Index includes large-, mid‑ and small-capitalization companies and may change over time. As of April 30, 2025, a significant portion of the Underlying Index is represented by securities of companies in the financials and materials industries or sectors. The components of the Underlying Index are likely to change over time.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">BFA uses an indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund’s investment objective. The Fund does not try to “beat” the index it tracks and does not seek temporary defensive positions when markets decline or appear overvalued.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Indexing may eliminate the chance that the Fund will substantially outperform the Underlying Index but also may reduce some of the risks of active management, such as poor security selection. Indexing seeks to achieve lower costs and better after-tax performance by aiming to keep portfolio turnover low in comparison to actively managed investment companies.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">BFA uses a representative sampling indexing strategy to manage the Fund. “Representative sampling” is an indexing strategy that involves investing in a representative sample of securities that collectively has an investment profile similar to that of an applicable underlying index. The securities selected are expected to have, in the aggregate, investment characteristics (based on factors such as market capitalization and industry weightings), </div> <div style="line-height: 10.45pt; text-align: left;">fundamental characteristics (such as return variability and yield) and liquidity measures similar to those of an applicable underlying index. The Fund may or may not hold all of the securities in the Underlying Index.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">The Fund generally will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of its Underlying Index and in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the component securities of its Underlying Index (i.e., depositary receipts representing securities of the Underlying Index) and may invest up to 20% of its assets in certain futures, options and swap contracts, cash and cash equivalents, including shares of money market funds advised by BFA or its affiliates, as well as in securities not included in the Underlying Index, but which BFA believes will help the Fund track the Underlying Index. Cash and cash equivalent investments associated with a derivative position will be treated as part of that position for the purposes of calculating the percentage of investments included in the Underlying Index. The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the Underlying Index before fees and expenses of the Fund.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">The Fund may lend securities representing up to one-third of the value of the Fund's total assets (including the value of any collateral received).</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">The Underlying Index is sponsored by SPDJI, which is independent of the Fund and BFA. The Index Provider determines the composition and relative weightings of the securities in the Underlying Index and publishes information regarding the market value of the Underlying Index.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Industry Concentration Policy. The Fund will concentrate its investments (i.e., hold 25% or more of its total assets) in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that the Underlying Index is concentrated. For purposes of this limitation, securities of the U.S. government (including its agencies and instrumentalities) and repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. government securities are not considered to be issued by members of any industry.</div> Industry Concentration Policy. The Fund will concentrate its investments (i.e., hold 25% or more of its total assets) in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that the Underlying Index is concentrated. For purposes of this limitation, securities of the U.S. government (including its agencies and instrumentalities) and repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. government securities are not considered to be issued by members of any industry. As with any investment, you could lose all or part of your investment in the Fund, and the Fund's performance could trail that of other investments. <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Risk of Investing in Emerging Markets. Investments in emerging markets may be subject to a greater risk of loss than investments in more developed markets. The risks of emerging markets may include, among others, greater market volatility; political, legal, economic, and social instability; less developed securities markets, including settlement, custody and valuation processes; government expropriation or nationalization of assets; greater volatility in currency exchange rates; more capital controls; less governmental supervision and regulation; and less stringent </div> <div style="line-height: 10.45pt; text-align: left;">accounting, auditing and disclosure requirements. There may be significant obstacles to obtaining information necessary for investigations into or litigation against companies, and shareholders may have limited legal remedies. The Fund does not select investments based on investor protection considerations. Emerging market securities may face liquidity challenges, and the Fund may be unable to liquidate its positions in such securities at a favorable time or price.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Dividend-Paying Stock Risk. Investing in dividend-paying stocks involves the risk that such stocks may fall out of favor with investors and underperform other types of stocks or the broader market. Companies that issue dividend-paying stocks are not required to pay or continue paying dividends on such stocks. It is possible that issuers of the stocks held by the Fund will not declare dividends in the future or will reduce or eliminate the payment of dividends (including reducing or eliminating anticipated accelerations or increases in the payment of dividends), which may adversely affect the Fund.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Equity Securities Risk. Equity securities are subject to changes in value, and their values may be more volatile than those of other asset classes. The value of a security may decline for a number of reasons that may directly relate to the issuer as well as due to general industry or market conditions. Common stock is subordinated to preferred securities and debt in a company’s capital structure. Common stock has the lowest priority, and the greatest risk, with respect to dividends and any liquidation payments in the event of an issuer’s bankruptcy.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Market Risk. The Fund could lose money over short periods due to short-term market movements and over longer periods during more prolonged market downturns. Local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, pandemics or other public health issues, recessions, the prospect or occurrence of a sovereign default or other financial crisis, or other events could have a significant impact on the Fund and its investments and could result in increased premiums or discounts to the Fund’s NAV.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Index-Related Risk. The Index Provider may rely on various sources of information to assess the criteria of components of the Underlying Index, including information that may be based on assumptions and estimates. Neither the Fund nor BFA can offer assurances that the Index Provider’s methodology or sources of information will provide an accurate assessment of included components or will result in the Fund meeting its investment objective. Errors in index data, index computations or the construction of the Underlying Index in accordance with its methodology may occur, and the Index Provider may not identify or correct them promptly or at all, which may have an adverse impact on the Fund and its shareholders. Unusual market conditions or other unforeseen circumstances (such as natural disasters, political unrest or war) may impact the Index Provider or a third-party data provider and could cause the Index Provider to postpone a scheduled rebalance. This could cause the Underlying Index to vary from its normal or expected composition.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Asset Class Risk. The securities and other assets in the Underlying Index or in the Fund’s portfolio may underperform in comparison to financial markets generally, a particular financial market, another index, or other asset classes.</div> <div style="line-height: 10.45pt; text-align: left;">Authorized Participant Concentration Risk. An “Authorized Participant” is a member or participant of a clearing agency registered with the SEC, which has a written agreement with the Fund or one of its service providers that allows the Authorized Participant to place orders for the purchase and redemption of creation units (“Creation Units”). Only an Authorized Participant may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with the Fund. There are a limited number of institutions that may act as Authorized Participants for the Fund, including on an agency basis on behalf of other market participants. No Authorized Participant is obligated to engage in creation or redemption transactions. To the extent that Authorized Participants exit the business or do not place creation or redemption orders for the Fund and no other Authorized Participant places orders, Fund shares are more likely to trade at a premium or discount to NAV and possibly face trading halts or delisting.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Concentration Risk. The Fund may be susceptible to an increased risk of loss, including losses due to adverse events that affect the Fund’s investments more than the market as a whole, to the extent that the Fund’s investments are concentrated in the securities or other assets of one or more issuers, countries or other geographic units, markets, industries, project types, or asset classes.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Currency Risk. Because the Fund’s NAV is determined in U.S. dollars, the NAV could decline if the currency of a non-U.S. market in which the Fund invests depreciates against the U.S. dollar or if there are delays or limits on the repatriation of foreign currency. Currency exchange rates can be very volatile and can change quickly and unpredictably. As a result, the Fund’s NAV may change quickly and without warning. In addition, the Fund may incur costs in connection with conversions between U.S. dollars and foreign currencies.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Custody Risk. Less developed securities markets are more likely to experience problems with the clearing and settlement of trades, as well as the custody of securities and other assets by local banks, agents and depositories. These issues may have an adverse impact on the Fund, including losses or delays in payments, delivery or recovery of money or other assets.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Financial Companies Risk. Financial services companies are subject to extensive governmental regulation and intervention, which may adversely affect their profitability, the scope of their activities, the prices they can charge, the amount of capital and liquid assets they must maintain and their size, among other things. Financial services companies also may be significantly affected by, among other things, interest rates, economic conditions, volatility in financial markets, credit rating downgrades, adverse public perception, exposure concentration and counterparty risk.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Issuer Risk. The performance of the Fund depends on the performance of individual securities or other assets to which the Fund has exposure. The value of securities or other assets may decline, or perform differently from the market as a whole, due to changes in the financial condition or credit rating of the issuer or counterparty.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Large-Capitalization Companies Risk. Large-capitalization companies may be less able than smaller-capitalization companies to adapt to changing market conditions and </div> <div style="line-height: 10.45pt; text-align: left;">competitive challenges. Large-capitalization companies may be more mature and subject to more limited growth potential compared with smaller-capitalization companies. The performance of large-capitalization companies could trail the overall performance of the broader securities markets.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Large Shareholder and Large-Scale Redemption Risk. Certain shareholders of the Fund, including an Authorized Participant, a third-party investor, the Fund’s adviser, an affiliate of the Fund’s adviser, a market maker, or another entity, may from time to time own or manage a substantial amount of Fund shares, or may hold their investment in the Fund for a limited period of time. There can be no assurance that any large shareholder or large group of shareholders would not redeem their investment. Redemptions of a large number of Fund shares could require the Fund to dispose of assets to meet the redemption requests, which can accelerate the realization of taxable income and/or capital gains and cause the Fund to make taxable distributions to its shareholders earlier than the Fund otherwise would have. In addition, under certain circumstances, non-redeeming shareholders may be treated as receiving a disproportionately large taxable distribution during or with respect to such year. In some circumstances, the Fund may hold a relatively large proportion of its assets in cash in anticipation of large redemptions, diluting its investment returns. These large redemptions may also force the Fund to sell portfolio securities or other assets when it might not otherwise do so, which may negatively impact the Fund’s NAV, increase the Fund’s brokerage costs and/or have a material effect on the market price of Fund shares.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Management Risk. The Fund generally does not attempt to take defensive positions under any market conditions, including declining markets. As the Fund will not fully replicate the Underlying Index and may hold securities or other assets not included in the Underlying Index, it is subject to the risk that the investment strategy of BFA may not produce the intended results. There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment results will have a high degree of correlation to those of the Underlying Index or that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Market Trading Risk. The Fund faces numerous market trading risks, including the potential lack of an active market for Fund shares (including through a trading halt), losses from trading in secondary markets, periods of high volatility, and disruptions in the process of creating and redeeming Fund shares. Any of these factors, among others, may lead to the Fund’s shares trading in the secondary market at a premium or discount to NAV or to the intraday value of the Fund’s portfolio holdings. If you buy Fund shares at a time when the market price is at a premium to NAV or sell Fund shares at a time when the market price is at a discount to NAV, you may pay significantly more or receive significantly less than the underlying value of the Fund shares.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Materials Companies Risk. Materials companies may be adversely affected by volatility in commodity prices, changes in exchange rates, social and political unrest, war, depletion of resources, lower demand, overproduction, litigation and government regulations, among other factors.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Mid-Capitalization Companies Risk. Compared to large-capitalization companies, mid-capitalization companies may be less stable and more susceptible to adverse developments. The securities of mid-capitalization companies may be more volatile </div> <div style="line-height: 10.45pt; text-align: left;">and less liquid than those of large-capitalization companies. As a result, the Fund’s share price may be more volatile than that of a fund with a greater investment in large-capitalization stocks.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">National Closed Market Trading Risk. To the extent that securities or other assets held by the Fund trade on foreign exchanges or in foreign markets that may be closed when the securities exchange on which the Fund’s shares trade is open, there are likely to be deviations between such asset’s current price and its last quoted price (i.e., the quote from the closed foreign market to the Fund). The impact of a closed foreign market on the Fund is likely to be greater where a large portion of the Fund’s holdings trade on a closed foreign market or when a foreign market is closed for unscheduled reasons. These deviations could result in premiums or discounts to the Fund’s NAV that may be greater than those experienced by other funds.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Non-U.S. Securities Risk. Securities issued by non-U.S. issuers (including depositary receipts) are subject to different legal, regulatory, political, economic, and market risks than securities issued by U.S. issuers. These risks include greater market volatility, less market liquidity, higher transaction costs, expropriation, confiscatory taxation, adverse changes in foreign investment or currency control regulations, restrictions on the repatriation of capital, and political instability. Non-U.S. issuers may be subject to different accounting, audit and financial reporting standards than U.S. issuers, and there may be less publicly available information about non-U.S. issuers. Foreign market trading hours, different clearing and settlement procedures, and holiday schedules may limit the Fund's ability to engage in portfolio transactions. To the extent that investments are made in a limited number of countries, events in those countries will have a more significant impact on the Fund. The Fund is specifically exposed to Asian Economic Risk, Central and South American Economic Risk and European Economic Risk.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Operational and Technology Risks. The Fund is directly and indirectly susceptible to operational and technology risks, including those related to human errors, processing errors, communication errors, systems failures, cybersecurity incidents, and the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning (“AI”), which may result in losses for the Fund and its shareholders or may impair the Fund’s operations. While the Fund’s service providers are required to have appropriate operational, information security and cybersecurity risk management policies and procedures, their methods of risk management may differ from those of the Fund. Operational and technology risks for the issuers in which the Fund invests could also result in material adverse consequences for such issuers and may cause the Fund’s investments in such issuers to lose value.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Reliance on Trading Partners Risk. The Fund invests in countries or regions whose economies are heavily dependent upon trading with key partners. Any reduction in this trading may have an adverse impact on the Fund's investments. Through its holdings of securities of certain issuers, the Fund is specifically exposed to Asian Economic Risk, European Economic Risk and U.S. Economic Risk.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Risk of Investing in Brazil. Investing in Brazilian issuers subjects the Fund to legal, regulatory, political, currency, security, and economic risks that are specific to Brazil. Agricultural and mining </div> <div style="line-height: 10.45pt; text-align: left;">exports are important to the Brazilian economy, which thus is susceptible to fluctuations in the commodity markets. The Brazilian economy has experienced high inflation and high government debt levels, which could constrain economic growth. Brazil may face heightened risks of political instability, which could exacerbate structural economic risks.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Risk of Investing in China. Investments in Chinese securities, including certain Hong Kong-listed and U.S.-listed securities, are subject to risks specific to China. China may be subject to considerable degrees of economic, political and social instability. Despite economic and market reforms in recent decades, the Chinese government’s control over certain sectors and enterprises and significant regulation of investment and industry are still pervasive. Chinese companies are subject to the risk that Chinese authorities can intervene in their operations and structure. Chinese markets generally continue to experience inefficiency, a lack of publicly available information and/or political and social instability and may be subject to volatility and pricing anomalies resulting from governmental influence. Internal social unrest or confrontations with other countries, including military conflicts in response to such events, may disrupt China’s economy and markets and result in a greater risk of currency fluctuations, currency non-convertibility, interest rate fluctuations and higher inflation.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">China has experienced security concerns, such as terrorism and strained international relations. Additionally, China is alleged to have participated in state-sponsored cyberattacks against foreign companies and foreign governments. Actual and threatened responses to such activity and strained international relations, including purchasing restrictions, sanctions, export controls, tariffs or cyberattacks on the Chinese government or Chinese companies, may impact China’s economy and Chinese issuers in which the Fund invests. Incidents involving China’s or the region’s security may adversely affect the Chinese economy and markets and the Fund’s investments.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">The Chinese economy is highly reliant on trade. A reduction in spending on Chinese products and services, supply chain diversification, the institution of additional tariffs or other trade barriers (including as a result of heightened trade tensions or a trade war between China and the U.S. or in response to actual or alleged Chinese cyber activity) or a downturn in any of the economies of China’s key trading partners may have an adverse impact on the Chinese economy. The Underlying Index may include companies that are subject to economic or trade restrictions (but not investment restrictions) imposed by the U.S. or other governments due to national security, human rights or other concerns of such government. So long as these restrictions do not include restrictions on investments, the Fund is generally expected to invest in such companies, consistent with its objective to track the performance of the Underlying Index.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Chinese companies, including those listed on U.S. exchanges, are not subject to the same degree of regulatory requirements, accounting standards or auditor oversight as companies in more developed countries. As a result, information about the Chinese securities in which the Fund invests may be less reliable or complete. Chinese companies with securities listed on U.S. exchanges may be delisted if they do not meet U.S. accounting standards and auditor oversight requirements, or for other </div> <div style="line-height: 10.45pt; text-align: left;">reasons, which would significantly decrease the liquidity and value of the securities. There may be significant obstacles to obtaining information necessary for investigations into or litigation against Chinese companies, and shareholders may have limited legal remedies.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Many Chinese companies listed on U.S. exchanges use variable interest entities or “VIEs” in their structure as a result of foreign ownership restrictions. Any change in the operations of entities in a VIE structure, the status of VIE contractual arrangements or the legal or regulatory environment in China could result in significant, and possibly permanent and/or total, losses for investments in VIE issuers. The Fund does not select investments based on investor protection considerations.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Risk of Investing in Russia. Investing in Russian securities involves significant risks, including legal, regulatory, currency and economic risks that are specific to Russia. In addition, investing in Russian securities involves risks associated with the settlement of portfolio transactions and loss of the Fund’s ownership rights in its portfolio securities as a result of the system of share registration and custody in Russia. Governments, including the U.S., the U.K., the E.U., and many other countries have imposed economic sanctions on certain Russian individuals and Russian corporate and banking entities, and jurisdictions may also institute broader sanctions on Russia. Russia has issued a number of countersanctions, some of which restrict the distribution of profits by limited liability companies (e.g., dividends), and prohibit Russian persons from entering into transactions with designated persons from “unfriendly states” as well as the export of raw materials or other products from Russia to certain sanctioned persons.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Russia launched a large-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. The extent and duration of the military action, resulting sanctions and resulting future market disruptions, including declines in its stock markets and the value of the ruble against the U.S. dollar, are impossible to predict, but could be significant. Disruptions caused by Russian military action or other actions (including cyberattacks and espionage) or resulting actual and threatened responses to such activity, including purchasing and financing restrictions, boycotts or changes in consumer or purchaser preferences, sanctions, import and export restrictions, tariffs or cyberattacks on the Russian government, Russian companies, or Russian individuals, including politicians, may impact Russia’s economy and Russian companies in which the Fund invests. Actual and threatened responses to Russian military action may also impact the markets for certain Russian commodities, such as oil and natural gas, as well as other sectors of the Russian economy, and are likely to have collateral impacts on such sectors globally. Russian companies may be unable to pay dividends and, if they pay dividends, the Fund may be unable to receive them. As a result of sanctions, the Fund is currently restricted from trading in Russian securities, including those in its portfolio, and the Underlying Index has removed Russian securities. It is unknown when, or if, sanctions may be lifted or the Fund’s ability to trade in Russian securities will resume.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Securities Lending Risk. The Fund may engage in securities lending. Securities lending involves the risk that the Fund may lose money because the borrower of the loaned securities fails to return the securities in a timely manner or at all. The Fund could </div> <div style="line-height: 10.45pt; text-align: left;">also lose money in the event of a decline in the value of collateral provided for loaned securities or a decline in the value of any investments made with cash collateral. These events could also trigger adverse tax consequences for the Fund.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Tracking Error Risk. The Fund may be subject to “tracking error,” which is the divergence of the Fund’s performance from that of the Underlying Index. Tracking error may occur due to a number of factors, including differences between the securities and other assets held in the Fund’s portfolio and those included in the Underlying Index; differences in the timing and methodologies used to value securities and other assets; transaction costs and other expenses incurred by the Fund that the Underlying Index does not incur; the Fund’s holding of uninvested cash; differences in the timing of the accrual or the valuation of dividends or interest received by the Fund or distributions paid to Fund shareholders; tax gains or losses; differences between the amount and/or timing of withholding taxes on dividends reflected in the Underlying Index from the Fund’s obligation, if any, for foreign withholding taxes; the requirements for the Fund to maintain pass-through tax treatment; portfolio transactions carried out to minimize the distribution of capital gains to shareholders; the acceptance of custom baskets; changes to the Underlying Index; and impacts to the Fund of complying with </div> <div style="line-height: 10.45pt; text-align: left;">certain regulatory requirements or limits. Tracking error risk may be heightened during times of increased market volatility or other unusual market conditions. A Fund that tracks an index with exposure to non-U.S. issuers may experience higher tracking error than ETFs that do not track such indexes.</div> <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">Valuation Risk. The price that the Fund could receive upon the sale (or other disposition) of a security or other asset may differ from the Fund’s valuation of the security or other asset, particularly for securities or other assets that trade in low volume or volatile markets or that are valued using a fair value methodology. The price received by the Fund also may differ from the value used by the Underlying Index. In addition, the value of the securities or other assets in the Fund’s portfolio may change on days or during time periods when investors are not able to purchase or sell Fund shares. Authorized Participants that create or redeem Fund shares on days when the Fund is holding fair-valued securities or other assets may receive fewer or more shares, or lower or higher redemption proceeds, than they would have received had the securities or other assets not been fair valued or been valued using a different methodology. The ability to value investments may be impacted by technological issues or errors by pricing services or other third-party service providers.</div> Performance Information <div style="margin-top: 6pt;">The performance information below illustrates how the Fund’s performance has varied over different periods and provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows how the performance of the Fund has varied from one calendar year to another over the periods shown. The table compares the Fund’s performance to that of an appropriate broad-based securities market index and the Underlying Index. Returns assume the reinvestment of any dividends and distributions. The Fund’s returns reflect the impact of any agreements to waive or reimburse expenses, which would reduce performance if not in effect. Past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information, including the Fund’s current NAV, may be obtained by visiting www.iShares.com or by calling 1-800-iShares (1-800-474-2737) (toll free).</div> The performance information below illustrates how the Fund’s performance has varied over different periods and provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows how the performance of the Fund has varied from one calendar year to another over the periods shown. The table compares the Fund’s performance to that of an appropriate broad-based securities market indexand the Underlying Index. Past performance (before and after taxes) does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. www.iShares.com 1-800-iShares (1-800-474-2737) (toll free) Calendar Year-by-Year Returns <div style="margin-top: 0.0pt;"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="empty-cells: show; margin-left: 139.5pt; width: 252pt;"> <tr style="height: 20pt;"> <td style="background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: 4pt; padding-top: 4pt; vertical-align: Bottom; width: 137.16pt;"> <div style="line-height: 0.5pt; text-align: left;"> <div style="margin-right: 3pt; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;"> </div> </div> </td> <td style="background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 2pt; vertical-align: Bottom; width: 44.64pt;"> <div style="line-height: 11.50pt; text-align: left;"> <div style="border-bottom: 1pt groove #000000; margin-left: 1pt; margin-right: 1pt; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;">Return (%)</div> </div> </td> <td style="background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 2pt; vertical-align: Bottom; width: 70.2pt;"> <div style="line-height: 11.50pt; text-align: left;"> <div style="margin-left: 3pt; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;">Period Ended</div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 12pt;"> <td style="background-color: azure; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 4pt; vertical-align: Bottom; width: 137.16pt;"> <div style="line-height: 9.50pt; text-align: left;"> <div style="margin-right: 3pt; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;">Calendar Year-to-Date Return</div> </div> </td> <td style="background-color: azure; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 4pt; vertical-align: Bottom; white-space: nowrap; width: 44.64pt;"> <div style="line-height: 9.50pt; margin-left: 3pt; margin-right: 3pt; text-align: right; width: 38.64pt;"> <div style="display: flex; margin: auto; width: 29.54pt;"> <div style="display: flex; white-space: nowrap; width: 29.54pt;">13.49%</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="background-color: azure; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 4pt; vertical-align: Bottom; width: 70.2pt;"> <div style="line-height: 9.50pt; text-align: left;"> <div style="margin-left: 3pt; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap;">June 30, 2025</div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 10pt;"> <td colspan="3" style="background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 2pt; vertical-align: Bottom; width: 252.00pt;"> <div style="line-height: 9.50pt; text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;">During the periods shown in the chart: </div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 10pt;"> <td style="background-color: azure; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 2pt; vertical-align: Bottom; width: 137.16pt;"> <div style="line-height: 9.50pt; text-align: left;"> <div style="margin-right: 3pt; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;">Best Quarter</div> </div> </td> <td style="background-color: azure; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 2pt; vertical-align: Bottom; white-space: nowrap; width: 44.64pt;"> <div style="line-height: 9.50pt; margin-left: 3pt; margin-right: 3pt; text-align: right; width: 38.64pt;"> <div style="display: flex; margin: auto; width: 29.54pt;"> <div style="display: flex; white-space: nowrap; width: 29.54pt;">25.53%</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="background-color: azure; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 2pt; vertical-align: Bottom; width: 70.2pt;"> <div style="line-height: 9.50pt; text-align: left;"> <div style="margin-left: 3pt; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap;">December 31, 2020</div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 10pt;"> <td style="background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 2pt; vertical-align: Bottom; width: 137.16pt;"> <div style="line-height: 9.50pt; text-align: left;"> <div style="margin-right: 3pt; text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;">Worst Quarter</div> </div> </td> <td style="background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 2pt; vertical-align: Bottom; white-space: nowrap; width: 44.64pt;"> <div style="line-height: 9.50pt; margin-left: 3pt; margin-right: 3pt; text-align: right; width: 38.64pt;"> <div style="display: flex; margin: auto; width: 29.54pt;"> <div style="display: flex; white-space: nowrap; width: 29.54pt;">-28.85%</div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: 2pt; padding-top: 2pt; vertical-align: Bottom; width: 70.2pt;"> <div style="line-height: 9.50pt; text-align: left;"> <div style="margin-left: 3pt; text-align: right; white-space: nowrap;">March 31, 2020</div> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </div> Calendar Year-to-Date Return 0.1349 2025-06-30 Best Quarter 0.2553 2020-12-31 Worst Quarter -0.2885 2020-03-31 Average Annual Total Returns (for the periods ended December 31, 2024) 2012-02-23 0.0883 -0.0030 0.0214 0.0567 -0.0253 0.0036 0.0688 -0.0057 0.0141 0.1160 0.0327 0.0457 0.0841 -0.0059 0.0206 <div style="margin-top: 7pt;">After-tax returns in the table above are calculated using the historical highest individual U.S. federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state or local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”). Fund returns after taxes on distributions and sales of Fund shares are calculated assuming that an investor has sufficient capital gains of the same character from other investments to offset any capital losses from the sales of Fund shares. As a result, Fund returns after taxes on distributions and sales of Fund shares may exceed Fund returns before taxes and/or returns after taxes on distributions.</div> After-tax returns in the table above are calculated using the historical highest individual U.S. federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state or local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”). Fund returns after taxes on distributions and sales of Fund shares are calculated assuming that an investor has sufficient capital gains of the same character from other investments to offset any capital losses from the sales of Fund shares. As a result, Fund returns after taxes on distributions and sales of Fund shares may exceed Fund returns before taxes and/or returns after taxes on distributions. Operating expenses paid by BFA under the Investment Advisory Agreement exclude Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, if any. Returns for net indices generally assume the reinvestment of dividends after the deduction of the maximum withholding tax in each country applicable to non-residents of the country as determined by the index provider. Such indices use withholding tax rates that are often at a higher rate than the rates to which the Fund is subject in each country, including for countries where the Fund is not subject to withholding taxes. When this is the case, index performance will be lower than if the index used the Fund's applicable withholding tax rates, if any. The amount rounded to 0.00%. Operating expenses paid by BFA under the Investment Advisory Agreement exclude Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, if any. The amount rounded to 0.00%. Returns for net indices generally assume the reinvestment of dividends after the deduction of the maximum withholding tax in each country applicable to non-residents of the country as determined by the index provider. Such indices use withholding tax rates that are often at a higher rate than the rates to which the Fund is subject in each country, including for countries where the Fund is not subject to withholding taxes. When this is the case, index performance will be lower than if the index used the Fund's applicable withholding tax rates, if any.