Level 37, Chifley Tower 2 Chifley Square, Sydney NSW 2000

PO Box N43, Grosvenor Place, NSW 1220

www.blackrock.com.au or call 1300 474 273

2 March 2017

Market Announcements Office

ASX Limited

FUND QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS AS OF 31 DECEMBER 2016

FOR RELEASE UNDER EACH FUND LISTED BELOW

BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited, on behalf of iShares Trust, makes this announcement regarding certain iShares exchange traded funds listed on the ASX.

Attached is a copy of a Form N-Q: Quarterly Schedule of Portfolio Holdings of Registered Management Investment Company document relating to certain funds of iShares Trust, which has been lodged with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. This document details the historical portfolio holdings of various iShares ETFs with a fiscal year end of 31 March 2017, including those detailed in the below table, each of which is listed on the ASX.

All information included in the attached document relating to iShares ETFs of iShares Trust not detailed in the below table should be disregarded.

Unless otherwise stated, financial information in the attached report is in US dollars.

ASX Code Fund

IAA

IVV

IJH

IJR

IEU

IOO

IXI

IXJ

IXP

IRU

iShares Asia 50 ETF

iShares S&P 500 ETF

iShares S&P Mid-Cap ETF

iShares S&P Small-Cap ETF

iShares Europe ETF

iShares Global 100 ETF

iShares Global Consumer Staples ETF

iShares Global Healthcare ETF

iShares Global Telecom ETF

iShares Russell 2000 ETF

For up to date portfolio holding information please visit our website at www.blackrock.com.au/ishares.

Important Notice

Before investing in an iShares ETF, you should carefully consider whether such products are appropriate for you, read the applicable prospectus or product disclosure statement (PDS) available at www.blackrock.com.au and consult an investment adviser.

An iShares ETF is not sponsored, endorsed, issued, sold or promoted by the provider of the index which a particular fund seeks to track. No index provider makes any representation regarding the advisability of investing in the iShares ETFs. Further information on the index providers can be found on BIMALs website terms and conditions at www.blackrock.com.au.

For more information about iShares ETFs go to www.blackrock.com/au/ishares or call 1300 474 273.

iShares Trust ARBN 125 632 411 organised in Delaware USA. The liability of shareholders is limited.

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number 811-09729

iShares Trust (Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)

c/o: State Street Bank and Trust Company 1 Iron Street, Boston, MA 02210

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

The Corporation Trust Company 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, DE 19801

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrants telephone number, including area code: (415) 670-2000

Date of fiscal year end: March 31, 2017

Date of reporting period: December 31, 2016

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Item 1. Schedules of Investments.

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

iSHARES ASIA 50 ETF

December 31, 2016

1

Security

Shares ValueCOMMON STOCKS 99.59%

CHINA 32.25% Bank of China Ltd. Class H 18,648,000 $ 8,273,943 China Construction Bank Corp. Class H 22,968,960 17,686,320 China Life Insurance Co. Ltd. Class H 1,800,000 4,689,707 China Mobile Ltd. 1,368,000 14,503,731 China Petroleum & Chemical Corp.

Class H 6,193,600 4,393,672 CNOOC Ltd. 3,960,000 4,954,374 Industrial & Commercial Bank of China

Ltd. Class H 19,152,115 11,486,600 PetroChina Co. Ltd. Class H 5,184,000 3,864,690 Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China

Ltd. Class H 1,224,000 6,125,407 Tencent Holdings Ltd. 1,324,800 32,414,510

108,392,954 HONG KONG 17.56% AIA Group Ltd. 2,952,000 16,657,745 Cheung Kong Property Holdings Ltd. 684,148 4,195,874 CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd. 684,148 7,756,410 CLP Holdings Ltd. 473,000 4,346,782 Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd. 648,000 2,824,968 Hang Seng Bank Ltd. 180,000 3,350,122 Hong Kong & China Gas Co. Ltd.a 1,800,317 3,190,491 Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd.a 280,800 6,635,053 Power Assets Holdings Ltd. 324,000 2,856,310 Sands China Ltd. 604,800 2,628,836 Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd. 360,000 4,550,408

58,992,999 SINGAPORE 7.34% DBS Group Holdings Ltd. 439,200 5,271,494 Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd. 72,000 3,978,000 Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd.a 907,274 5,601,775 Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. 1,958,400 4,947,851 United Overseas Bank Ltd. 345,600 4,880,072

24,679,192

Security

Shares ValueSOUTH KOREA 25.17% AmorePacific Corp. 7,776 $ 2,069,866 Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. 16,920 3,698,361 Hyundai Motor Co. 36,648 4,430,045 KB Financial Group Inc. 103,176 3,656,179 Kia Motors Corp. 65,232 2,119,851 Korea Electric Power Corp. 63,216 2,305,568 KT&G Corp. 31,032 2,594,992 LG Chem Ltd. 10,800 2,333,830 NAVER Corp. 7,128 4,573,770 POSCO 19,656 4,190,611 Samsung C&T Corp. 22,824 2,371,594 Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. 27,216 40,605,425 Shinhan Financial Group Co. Ltd. 116,208 4,353,711 SK Hynix Inc. 142,704 5,281,395

84,585,198 TAIWAN 17.27% Cathay Financial Holding Co. Ltd. 2,088,866 3,123,998 Chunghwa Telecom Co. Ltd. 936,551 2,949,515 CTBC Financial Holding Co. Ltd. 4,752,359 2,602,598 Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corp. 864,804 2,584,028 Formosa Plastics Corp. 1,152,071 3,188,580 Fubon Financial Holding Co. Ltd. 1,800,000 2,848,366 Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd. 3,672,066 9,593,470 MediaTek Inc. 370,112 2,486,247 Nan Ya Plastics Corp. 1,224,510 2,705,176 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing

Co. Ltd. 4,608,343 25,952,225

58,034,203

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS(Cost: $286,279,789)

334,684,546

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 3.05%

MONEY MARKET FUNDS 3.05% BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,

SL Agency Shares

0.88%b,c,d 10,142,680 10,144,708

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

0.44%b,c 87,767 87,767

10,232,475

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost: $10,233,375)

10,232,475

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES ASIA 50 ETF

December 31, 2016

Schedule 1 Fair Value Measurements Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. For description of the input levels and information about the Funds policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to a recently published shareholder report. Shareholder reports are available on the Funds website at www.iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Funds investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of December 31, 2016. The breakdown of the Funds investments into major categories is disclosed in the schedule of investments above.

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 TotalInvestments:

Assets: Common stocks $334,684,546 $ $ $334,684,546 Money market funds 10,232,475 10,232,475

Total $344,917,021 $ $ $344,917,021

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ValueTOTAL INVESTMENTS

IN SECURITIES 102.64% (Cos