NPORT-EX 2 NPORT_875451270301583.htm iShares Global Comm Services ETF

Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

December 31, 2020

   

iShares® Global Comm Services ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares      Value  

Common Stocks

     
Australia — 0.6%             

Telstra Corp. Ltd.

     903,365      $ 2,077,304  
    

 

 

  
Belgium — 0.1%             

Proximus SADP

     12,125        240,484  
    

 

 

  
Canada — 2.1%             

BCE Inc.

     68,881        2,942,852  

Rogers Communications Inc., Class B, NVS

     26,928        1,252,554  

Shaw Communications Inc., Class B, NVS

     35,218        617,559  

TELUS Corp.

     98,157        1,942,337  
    

 

 

  
       6,755,302  
China — 9.1%             

China Mobile Ltd.

     423,500        2,414,117  

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

     377,400        27,451,343  
    

 

 

  
       29,865,460  
Finland — 0.2%             

Elisa OYJ

     11,411        626,472  
    

 

 

  
France — 1.7%             

Orange SA

     156,155        1,859,811  

Publicis Groupe SA

     17,200        857,797  

SES SA

     29,832        281,641  

Ubisoft Entertainment SA(a)

     6,039        582,550  

Vivendi SA

     66,138        2,134,753  
    

 

 

  
       5,716,552  
Germany — 1.5%             

Deutsche Telekom AG, Registered

     246,616        4,512,626  

United Internet AG, Registered(b)

     8,715        367,136  
    

 

 

  
       4,879,762  
Italy — 0.1%             

Telecom Italia SpA/Milano

     877,454        405,180  
    

 

 

  
Japan — 8.2%             

Dentsu Group Inc.

     18,500        549,203  

KDDI Corp.

     124,600        3,700,166  

Nexon Co. Ltd.

     34,500        1,062,618  

Nintendo Co. Ltd.

     9,000        5,738,486  

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

     181,200        4,642,981  

SoftBank Group Corp.

     125,700        9,810,554  

Z Holdings Corp.

     202,100        1,222,250  
    

 

 

  
       26,726,258  
Mexico — 0.5%             

America Movil SAB de CV, Series L, NVS

     1,798,265        1,307,714  

Grupo Televisa SAB, CPO(a)

     197,622        324,717  
    

 

 

  
       1,632,431  
Netherlands — 0.2%             

Koninklijke KPN NV

     267,108        812,801  
    

 

 

  
Norway — 0.3%             

Telenor ASA

     48,753        830,776  
    

 

 

  
Singapore — 0.3%             

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.

     526,450        920,137  
    

 

 

  
South Korea — 1.4%             

Kakao Corp.(a)

     4,573        1,639,679  

NAVER Corp.

     11,003        2,962,697  
    

 

 

  
       4,602,376  
Security   Shares      Value  
Spain — 1.0%             

Cellnex Telecom SA(c)

     29,528      $ 1,774,655  

Telefonica SA

     366,030        1,453,293  

Telefonica SA, New

     21,560        85,603  
    

 

 

  
       3,313,551  
Sweden — 0.4%             

Tele2 AB, Class B

     37,862        500,674  

Telia Co. AB

     185,767        768,172  
    

 

 

  
       1,268,846  
Switzerland — 0.3%             

Swisscom AG, Registered

     1,946        1,050,327  
    

 

 

  
Taiwan — 0.3%             

Chunghwa Telecom Co. Ltd.

     1,000        3,879  

Chunghwa Telecom Co. Ltd., ADR(d)

     29,240        1,129,249  
    

 

 

  
       1,133,128  
United Kingdom — 2.3%             

BT Group PLC

     665,734        1,203,508  

Informa PLC(a)

     113,602        852,532  

ITV PLC(a)

     282,982        413,126  

Pearson PLC(d)

     56,920        529,397  

Vodafone Group PLC

     2,041,278        3,374,617  

WPP PLC

     94,545        1,033,906  
    

 

 

  
       7,407,086  
United States — 69.1%             

Activision Blizzard Inc.

     58,867        5,465,801  

Alphabet Inc., Class A(a)

     20,545        36,007,989  

Alphabet Inc., Class C, NVS(a)

     19,837        34,752,044  

AT&T Inc.

     464,318        13,353,786  

CenturyLink Inc.

     75,015        731,396  

Charter Communications Inc., Class A(a)

     11,114        7,352,467  

Comcast Corp., Class A

     284,928        14,930,227  

Discovery Inc., Class A(a)(d)

     12,073        363,277  

Discovery Inc., Class C, NVS(a)

     23,523        616,067  

DISH Network Corp., Class A(a)

     18,729        605,696  

Electronic Arts Inc.

     22,113        3,175,427  

Facebook Inc., Class A(a)

     164,276        44,873,632  

Fox Corp., Class A, NVS

     25,588        745,123  

Fox Corp., Class B(a)

     11,930        344,538  

Interpublic Group of Companies Inc. (The)

     30,131        708,681  

Live Nation Entertainment Inc.(a)

     10,803        793,804  

Netflix Inc.(a)

     29,594        16,002,364  

News Corp., Class A, NVS

     29,642        532,667  

News Corp., Class B

     9,169        162,933  

Omnicom Group Inc.

     16,282        1,015,508  

Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.(a)

     8,797        1,827,929  

T-Mobile U.S. Inc.(a)

     44,420        5,990,037  

Twitter Inc.(a)

     60,562        3,279,432  

Verizon Communications Inc.

     237,674        13,963,347  

ViacomCBS Inc., Class B, NVS

     43,302        1,613,432  

Walt Disney Co. (The)(a)

     94,576        17,135,280  
    

 

 

  
       226,342,884  
    

 

 

  

Total Common Stocks — 99.7%
(Cost: $268,295,972)

        326,607,117  
    

 

 

  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

December 31, 2020

   

iShares® Global Comm Services ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Preferred Stocks

    
Italy — 0.1%            

Telecom Italia SpA/Milano, Preference Shares, NVS

     471,064     $ 244,266  
   

 

 

  

Total Preferred Stocks — 0.1%
(Cost: $393,627)

       244,266  
   

 

 

  

Short-Term Investments

    
Money Market Funds — 0.5%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares, 0.18%(e)(f)(g)

     1,509,317       1,510,222  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares, 0.00%(e)(f)

     183,000       183,000  
   

 

 

  
      1,693,222  
   

 

 

  

Total Short-Term Investments — 0.5%
(Cost: $1,692,375)

       1,693,222  
   

 

 

  

Total Investments in Securities — 100.3%
(Cost: $270,381,974)

       328,544,605  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (0.3)%

       (1,030,389 ) 
   

 

 

  

Net Assets — 100.0%

     $   327,514,216  
   

 

 

  

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

This security may be resold to qualified foreign investors and foreign institutional buyers under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933.

(c)

Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors.

(d)

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(e)

Affiliate of the Fund.

(f)

Annualized 7-day yield as of period-end.

(g)

All or a portion of this security was purchased with cash collateral received from loaned securities.

 

Affiliates

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

 

Affiliated Issuer   

Value at

03/31/20

     

Purchases

at Cost

    

Proceeds

from Sales

    

Net Realized

Gain (Loss)

     

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

     

Value at

12/31/20

     

Shares

Held at

12/31/20

      Income    

Capital

Gain

Distributions

from

Underlying

Funds

  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares

    $ 782,456      $ 718,465 (a)    $ —     $ 8,993      $ 308      $ 1,510,222        1,509,317      $ 9,197 (b)    $ —  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

      743,000        —       (560,000 )(a)      —        —        183,000        183,000        432       —  
         

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

        

 

 

    

 

 

  
          $ 8,993      $ 308      $ 1,693,222         $ 9,629     $ —  
         

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

        

 

 

    

 

 

  

 

  (a)

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b)

All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 

Futures Contracts

 

Description  

Number of

Contracts

    

Expiration

Date

    

Notional

Amount
(000)

    

Value/

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

  

Long Contracts

        

Euro STOXX 50 Index

     1       03/19/21     $ 44     $ 518  

S&P 500 E-Mini Index

     5       03/19/21       442       5,861  

TOPIX Index

     5       03/11/21       87       2,289  
       

 

 

  
        $ 8,668  
       

 

 

  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

December 31, 2020

   

iShares® Global Comm Services ETF

 

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.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of December 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

                  

Common Stocks

    $ 326,521,514        $     85,603        $                 —        $ 326,607,117  

Preferred Stocks

      244,266          —          —          244,266  

Money Market Funds

      1,693,222          —          —          1,693,222  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  
   $ 328,459,002        $ 85,603        $ —        $ 328,544,605  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  

Derivative financial instruments(a)

                  

Assets

                  

Futures Contracts

    $ 8,668        $ —        $ —        $ 8,668  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  

 

  (a)

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

 

 

Portfolio Abbreviations - Equity
ADR    American Depositary Receipt
CPO    Certificates of Participation (Ordinary)
NVS    Non-Voting Shares

 

 

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