NPORT-EX 2 NPORT_474450981847672.htm iShares Currency Hedged MSCI United Kingdom ETF

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited)

May 31, 2020

  

iShares® Currency Hedged MSCI United Kingdom ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Investment Companies

   

Exchange-Traded Funds — 99.8%

   

iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF(a)

    463,657     $ 11,929,895  
   

 

 

 

Total Investment Companies — 99.8%
(Cost: $15,561,014)

      11,929,895  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

   
Money Market Funds — 4.2%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares,
    0.16%(a)(b)

    500,000       500,000  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments — 4.2%
(Cost: $500,000)

      500,000  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities — 104.0%
(Cost: $16,061,014)

 

    12,429,895  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (4.0)%

      (480,459
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $   11,949,436  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(b) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period-end.

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliates of the Fund during the period ended May 31, 2020, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer     

Shares
Held at
08/31/19
 
 
 
    
Shares
Purchased
 
 
    
Shares
Sold
 
 
    

Shares
Held at
05/31/20
 
 
 
    
Value at
05/31/20
 
 
     Income       


Net

Realized
Gain (Loss)

 

 
(a) 

    


Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 
 
 

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

     77,000        423,000 (b)               500,000      $ 500,000      $ 2,013      $      $  

iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF

     1,154,591        1,177,426        (1,868,360      463,657        11,929,895        1,115,884        (10,062,851      (2,228,092
              

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
               $ 12,429,895      $ 1,117,897      $ (10,062,851    $ (2,228,092
              

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Includes realized capital gain distributions from an affiliated fund, if any. (b) Net of purchases and sales.

 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

 

Currency Purchased      Currency Sold       Counterparty     Settlement Date           Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
GBP     8,153,000      USD         10,014,291     MS   06/03/20        $ 54,683  
USD         21,974,307      GBP     17,707,000     MS   06/03/20          106,122  
GBP     146,000      USD     179,950     MS   07/03/20          385  
USD     12,291,217      GBP     9,941,000     MS   07/03/20          12,354  
                 

 

 

 
                    173,544  
                 

 

 

 
GBP     9,554,000      USD     11,811,473     MS   06/03/20          (12,261
                 

 

 

 
    Net unrealized appreciation        $ 161,283  
                 

 

 

 

Fair Value Measurements

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

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

May 31, 2020

  

iShares® Currency Hedged MSCI United Kingdom ETF

    

 

Fair Value Measurements (continued)

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of May 31, 2020. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

                                                                               
      Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Investments

                 

Assets

                 

Investment Companies

   $ 11,929,895        $        $        $ 11,929,895  

Money Market Funds

     500,000                            500,000  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 12,429,895        $        $        $ 12,429,895  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative financial instruments(a)

                 

Assets

                 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

   $        $ 173,544        $        $ 173,544  

Liabilities

                 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

              (12,261                 (12,261
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $        $ 161,283        $             —        $ 161,283  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

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

 

 

Counterparty Abbreviations
MS    Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

 

Currency Abbreviations
GBP    British Pound
USD    United States Dollar

 

 

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