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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-CSRS

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number 811-09102

 

 

iShares, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)

c/o: Investors Bank & Trust Company

200 Clarendon Street; Boston, MA 02116

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

 

Corporation Trust Incorporated

300 East Lombard Street; Baltimore, MD 21202

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 1-800-474-2737

 

Date of fiscal year end: August 31, 2007

 

Date of reporting period: February 28, 2007


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Fund Performance Overviews

   1

Shareholder Expenses

   12

Schedules of Investments

   14

iShares MSCI Austria Index Fund

   14

iShares MSCI Belgium Index Fund

   20

iShares MSCI EMU Index Fund

   21

iShares MSCI France Index Fund

   30

iShares MSCI Germany Index Fund

   37

iShares MSCI Italy Index Fund

   44

iShares MSCI Netherlands Index Fund

   50

iShares MSCI Spain Index Fund

   56

iShares MSCI Sweden Index Fund

   62

iShares MSCI Switzerland Index Fund

   68

iShares MSCI United Kingdom Index Fund

   70

Financial Statements

   74

Financial Highlights

   82

Notes to Financial Statements

   93

iShares Family of Funds

   102


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Fund Performance Overview

iSHARES® MSCI AUSTRIA INDEX FUND

Performance as of February 28, 2007

 

The iShares MSCI Austria Index Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the aggregate in the Austrian market, as represented by the MSCI Austria Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities in the Index, which has a similar investment profile as the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index. For the six-month period ended February 28, 2007, the Fund returned 17.53%, while the Index returned 19.76%.

 

Average Annual Total Returns
Year Ended 2/28/07   Five Years Ended 2/28/07   Ten Years Ended 2/28/07
NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX
21.80%   21.23%   22.86%   37.62%   37.51%   38.93%   15.22%   15.23%   16.03%
Cumulative Total Returns
Year Ended 2/28/07   Five Years Ended 2/28/07   Ten Years Ended 2/28/07
NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX
21.80%   21.23%   22.86%   393.59%   391.65%   417.52%   312.27%   312.86%   342.24%

“Average Annual Total Returns” represent the average annual change in value of an investment over the periods indicated. “Cumulative Total Returns” represent the total change in value of an investment over the periods indicated.

The Fund’s per share net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of the Fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund, and the market return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the stock exchange on which the shares of the Fund are listed for trading, as of the time that the Fund’s NAV is calculated. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

An index is a statistical composite that tracks a specified financial market or sector. Unlike the Fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not incur the expenses incurred by the Fund. These expenses negatively impact the performance of the Fund. Also, market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included, market returns would be lower. The returns shown in the tables above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares of the Fund will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares of the Fund may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. The Fund’s past performance is no guarantee of future results.

 

PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION

As of 2/28/07

 
Sector   Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Financial

  43.66 %

Industrial

  13.95  

Communications

  12.79  

Basic Materials

  11.34  

Energy

  11.34  

Utilities

  5.58  

Consumer Cyclical

  1.04  

Short-Term and Other Net Assets

  0.30  
     

TOTAL

  100.00 %
     

 

TEN LARGEST FUND HOLDINGS

As of 2/28/07

 
Security   Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Erste Bank der Oesterreichischen
Sparkassen AG

  19.78 %

Telekom Austria AG

  12.79  

OMV AG

  11.34  

Meinl European Land Ltd.

  5.18  

CA Immobilien Anlagen AG

  5.04  

Wienerberger AG

  4.98  

Boehler-Uddeholm AG

  4.85  

voestalpine AG

  4.68  

Raiffeisen International Bank
Holding AG

  4.66  

Oesterreichische Elektrizitaetswirtschafts AG Class A

  4.54  
     

TOTAL

  77.84 %
     

 

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iSHARES® MSCI BELGIUM INDEX FUND

Performance as of February 28, 2007

 

The iShares MSCI Belgium Index Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the aggregate in the Belgian market, as represented by the MSCI Belgium Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities in the Index, which has a similar investment profile as the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index. For the six-month period ended February 28, 2007, the Fund returned 13.72%, while the Index returned 13.47%.

 

Average Annual Total Returns
Year Ended 2/28/07   Five Years Ended 2/28/07   Ten Years Ended 2/28/07
NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX
25.90%   25.73%   25.62%   23.07%   23.17%   20.95%   10.80%   10.76%   10.72%
Cumulative Total Returns
Year Ended 2/28/07   Five Years Ended 2/28/07   Ten Years Ended 2/28/07
NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX
25.90%   25.73%   25.62%   182.39%   183.48%   158.85%   178.95%   177.82%   176.88%

“Average Annual Total Returns” represent the average annual change in value of an investment over the periods indicated. “Cumulative Total Returns” represent the total change in value of an investment over the periods indicated.

The Fund’s per share net asset value or “NAV” the value of one share of the Fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund, and the market return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the stock exchange on which the shares of the Fund are listed for trading, as of the time that the Fund’s NAV is calculated. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

An index is a statistical composite that tracks a specified financial market or sector. Unlike the Fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not incur the expenses incurred by the Fund. These expenses negatively impact the performance of the Fund. Also, market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included, market returns would be lower. The returns shown in the tables above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares of the Fund will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares of the Fund may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. The Fund’s past performance is no guarantee of future results.

 

PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION

As of 2/28/07

 
Sector    Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Financial

   53.34 %

Consumer Non-Cyclical

   18.25  

Basic Materials

   8.46  

Diversified

   7.91  

Communications

   6.77  

Industrial

   4.11  

Consumer Cyclical

   1.04  

Short-Term and Other Net Assets

   0.12  
      

TOTAL

   100.00 %
      

TEN LARGEST FUND HOLDINGS

As of 2/28/07

 
Security    Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Fortis

   24.02 %

KBC Group NV

   14.26  

Dexia SA

   10.77  

UCB SA

   4.91  

Solvay SA

   4.91  

Belgacom SA

   4.89  

InBev

   4.88  

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA

   4.83  

Delhaize Group

   4.16  

Cofinimmo

   3.80  
      

TOTAL

   81.43 %
      

 

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iSHARES® MSCI EMU INDEX FUND

Performance as of February 28, 2007

 

The iShares MSCI EMU Index Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the aggregate in the European Monetary Union (“EMU”) markets, as represented by the MSCI EMU Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities in the Index, which has a similar investment profile as the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index. For the six-month period ended February 28, 2007, the Fund returned 14.45%, while the Index returned 14.64%.

 

Average Annual Total Returns
Year Ended 2/28/07   Five Years Ended 2/28/07   Inception to 2/28/07
NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX
26.60%   26.69%   26.89%   16.35%   16.33%   16.71%   5.26%   5.28%   5.61%
Cumulative Total Returns
Year Ended 2/28/07   Five Years Ended 2/28/07   Inception to 2/28/07
NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX
26.60%   26.69%   26.89%   113.19%   113.01%   116.57%   40.29%   40.47%   43.40%

Total returns for the periods since inception are calculated from the inception date of the Fund (7/25/00). “Average Annual Total Returns” represent the average annual change in value of an investment over the periods indicated. “Cumulative Total Returns” represent the total change in value of an investment over the periods indicated.

The Fund’s per share net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of the Fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund, and the market return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the stock exchange on which the shares of the Fund are listed for trading, as of the time that the Fund’s NAV is calculated. Since shares of the Fund did not trade in the secondary market until several days after the Fund’s inception, for the period from inception to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the Fund (7/31/00), the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for secondary market trading price to calculate market returns. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

An index is a statistical composite that tracks a specified financial market or sector. Unlike the Fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not incur the expenses incurred by the Fund. These expenses negatively impact the performance of the Fund. Also, market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included, market returns would be lower. The returns shown in the tables above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares of the Fund will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares of the Fund may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. The Fund’s past performance is no guarantee of future results.

 

PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION

As of 2/28/07

 
Sector   Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Financial

  33.20 %

Communications

  12.45  

Industrial

  11.27  

Consumer Non-Cyclical

  11.02  

Utilities

  8.62  

Consumer Cyclical

  7.19  

Energy

  6.65  

Basic Materials

  6.03  

Technology

  2.56  

Diversified

  0.87  

Short-Term and Other Net Assets

  0.14  
     

TOTAL

  100.00 %
     

 

TEN LARGEST FUND HOLDINGS

As of 2/28/07

 
Security  

Percentage of

Net Assets

 

Total SA (France)

  3.40 %

Banco Santander Central Hispano SA (Spain)

  2.47  

Telefonica SA (Spain)

  2.15  

Allianz SE (Germany)

  2.07  

Siemens AG (Germany)

  2.06  

BNP Paribas (France)

  2.01  

Sanofi-Aventis (France)

  1.98  

Nokia OYJ (Finland)

  1.95  

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (Spain)

  1.92  

E.ON AG (Germany)

  1.85  
     

TOTAL

  21.86 %
     

 

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iSHARES® MSCI FRANCE INDEX FUND

Performance as of February 28, 2007

 

The iShares MSCI France Index Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the aggregate in the French market, as represented by the MSCI France Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities in the Index, which has a similar investment profile as the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index. For the six-month period ended February 28, 2007, the Fund returned 10.90%, while the Index returned 11.18%.

 

Average Annual Total Returns
Year Ended 2/28/07   Five Years Ended 2/28/07   Ten Years Ended 2/28/07
NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX
25.07%   24.93%   25.45%   15.26%   15.21%   15.52%   10.82%   10.80%   11.08%
Cumulative Total Returns
Year Ended 2/28/07   Five Years Ended 2/28/07   Ten Years Ended 2/28/07
NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX
25.07%   24.93%   25.45%   103.38%   102.95%   105.73%   179.31%   178.78%   186.01%

“Average Annual Total Returns” represent the average annual change in value of an investment over the periods indicated. “Cumulative Total Returns” represent the total change in value of an investment over the periods indicated.

The Fund’s per share net asset value or “NAV” the value of one share of the Fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund, and the market return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the stock exchange on which the shares of the Fund are listed for trading, as of the time that the Fund’s NAV is calculated. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

An index is a statistical composite that tracks a specified financial market or sector. Unlike the Fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not incur the expenses incurred by the Fund. These expenses negatively impact the performance of the Fund. Also, market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included, market returns would be lower. The returns shown in the tables above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares of the Fund will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares of the Fund may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. The Fund’s past performance is no guarantee of future results.

 

PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION

As of 2/28/07

 
Sector   Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Financial

  21.89 %

Consumer Non-Cyclical

  17.87  

Industrial

  13.07  

Energy

  11.90  

Communications

  11.21  

Consumer Cyclical

  7.97  

Utilities

  6.03  

Basic Materials

  4.87  

Technology

  2.86  

Diversified

  2.09  

Short-Term and Other Net Assets

  0.24  
     

TOTAL

  100.00 %
     

TEN LARGEST FUND HOLDINGS

As of 2/28/07

 
Security   Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Total SA

  11.35 %

BNP Paribas

  6.74  

Sanofi-Aventis

  6.67  

AXA

  5.48  

Societe Generale Class A

  4.78  

Suez SA

  3.80  

France Telecom SA

  3.54  

Vivendi SA

  3.51  

Carrefour SA

  3.08  

Groupe Danone

  2.89  
     

TOTAL

  51.84 %
     

 

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iSHARES® MSCI GERMANY INDEX FUND

Performance as of February 28, 2007

 

The iShares MSCI Germany Index Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the aggregate in the German market, as represented by the MSCI Germany Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities in the Index, which has a similar investment profile as the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index. For the six-month period ended February 28, 2007, the Fund returned 18.55%, while the Index returned 18.80%.

 

Average Annual Total Returns
Year Ended 2/28/07   Five Years Ended 2/28/07   Ten Years Ended 2/28/07
NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX
27.37%   27.44%   27.67%   15.56%   15.62%   15.80%   8.88%   8.92%   9.18%
Cumulative Total Returns
Year Ended 2/28/07   Five Years Ended 2/28/07   Ten Years Ended 2/28/07
NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX
27.37%   27.44%   27.67%   106.09%   106.62%   108.24%   134.22%   134.93%   140.74%

“Average Annual Total Returns” represent the average annual change in value of an investment over the periods indicated. “Cumulative Total Returns” represent the total change in value of an investment over the periods indicated.

The Fund’s per share net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of the Fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund, and the market return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the stock exchange on which the shares of the Fund are listed for trading, as of the time that the Fund’s NAV is calculated. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

An index is a statistical composite that tracks a specified financial market or sector. Unlike the Fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not incur the expenses incurred by the Fund. These expenses negatively impact the performance of the Fund. Also, market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included, market returns would be lower. The returns shown in the tables above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares of the Fund will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares of the Fund may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. The Fund’s past performance is no guarantee of future results.

 

PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION

As of 2/28/07

 
Sector   Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Financial

  27.20 %

Industrial

  15.52  

Consumer Cyclical

  15.33  

Utilities

  13.33  

Basic Materials

  11.52  

Consumer Non-Cyclical

  5.58  

Communications

  5.53  

Technology

  5.52  

Energy

  0.26  

Short-Term and Other Net Assets

  0.21  
     

TOTAL

  100.00 %
     

 

TEN LARGEST FUND HOLDINGS

As of 2/28/07

 
Security   Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Allianz SE

  9.51 %

Siemens AG

  9.15  

E.ON AG

  8.37  

Deutsche Bank AG

  6.99  

DaimlerChrysler AG Registered

  6.38  

Deutsche Telekom AG

  5.09  

BASF AG

  4.91  

RWE AG

  4.65  

Bayer AG

  4.29  

SAP AG

  4.06  
     

TOTAL

  63.40 %
     

 

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iSHARES® MSCI ITALY INDEX FUND

Performance as of February 28, 2007

 

The iShares MSCI Italy Index Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the aggregate in the Italian market, as represented by the MSCI Italy Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities in the Index, which has a similar investment profile as the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index. For the six-month period ended February 28, 2007, the Fund returned 10.32%, while the Index returned 10.51%.

 

Average Annual Total Returns
Year Ended 2/28/07   Five Years Ended 2/28/07   Ten Years Ended 2/28/07
NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX
23.72%   23.70%   23.38%   18.91%   18.91%   18.69%   13.18%   13.13%   13.10%
Cumulative Total Returns
Year Ended 2/28/07   Five Years Ended 2/28/07   Ten Years Ended 2/28/07
NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX
23.72%   23.70%   23.38%   137.76%   137.71%   135.55%   244.87%   243.39%   242.35%

“Average Annual Total Returns” represent the average annual change in value of an investment over the periods indicated. “Cumulative Total Returns” represent the total change in value of an investment over the periods indicated.

The Fund’s per share net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of the Fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund, and the market return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the stock exchange on which the shares of the Fund are listed for trading, as of the time that the Fund’s NAV is calculated. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

An index is a statistical composite that tracks a specified financial market or sector. Unlike the Fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not incur the expenses incurred by the Fund. These expenses negatively impact the performance of the Fund. Also, market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included, market returns would be lower. The returns shown in the tables above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares of the Fund will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares of the Fund may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. The Fund’s past performance is no guarantee of future results.

 

PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION
As of 2/28/07
 
Sector   Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Financial

  49.56 %

Energy

  15.61  

Communications

  13.01  

Utilities

  9.07  

Consumer Cyclical

  5.51  

Consumer Non-Cyclical

  4.09  

Industrial

  2.99  

Short-Term and Other Net Assets

  0.16  
     

TOTAL

  100.00 %
     

 

TEN LARGEST FUND HOLDINGS
As of 2/28/07
 
Security   Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Eni SpA

  15.61 %

UniCredito Italiano SpA

  14.05  

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA

  9.82  

Telecom Italia SpA

  6.40  

Assicurazioni Generali SpA

  4.87  

Enel SpA

  4.85  

Terna SpA

  4.22  

Capitalia SpA

  3.17  

Mediobanca SpA

  3.16  

Banco Popolare di Verona e Novara Scrl

  3.16  
     

TOTAL

  69.31 %
     

 

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iSHARES® MSCI NETHERLANDS INDEX FUND

Performance as of February 28, 2007

 

The iShares MSCI Netherlands Index Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the aggregate in the Dutch market, as represented by the MSCI Netherlands Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities in the Index, which has a similar investment profile as the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index. For the six-month period ended February 28, 2007, the Fund returned 10.87%, while the Index returned 10.93%.

 

Average Annual Total Returns
Year Ended 2/28/07   Five Years Ended 2/28/07   Ten Years Ended 2/28/07
NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX
23.49%   23.56%   23.21%   11.77%   11.80%   12.20%   5.99%   5.89%   7.25%
Cumulative Total Returns
Year Ended 2/28/07   Five Years Ended 2/28/07   Ten Years Ended 2/28/07
NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX
23.49%   23.56%   23.21%   74.40%   74.71%   77.80%   78.84%   77.23%   101.42%

“Average Annual Total Returns” represent the average annual change in value of an investment over the periods indicated. “Cumulative Total Returns” represent the total change in value of an investment over the periods indicated.

The Fund’s per share net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of the Fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund, and the market return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the stock exchange on which the shares of the Fund are listed for trading, as of the time that the Fund’s NAV is calculated. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

An index is a statistical composite that tracks a specified financial market or sector. Unlike the Fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not incur the expenses incurred by the Fund. These expenses negatively impact the performance of the Fund. Also, market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included, market returns would be lower. The returns shown in the tables above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares of the Fund will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares of the Fund may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. The Fund’s past performance is no guarantee of future results.

 

PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION
As of 2/28/07
 
Sector   Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Financial

  41.58 %

Consumer Non-Cyclical

  20.22  

Industrial

  13.83  

Communications

  11.33  

Basic Materials

  6.57  

Technology

  3.73  

Energy

  1.70  

Consumer Cyclical

  0.99  

Short-Term and Other Net Assets

  0.05  
     

TOTAL

  100.00 %
     

 

TEN LARGEST FUND HOLDINGS
As of 2/28/07
 
Security   Percentage of
Net Assets
 

ING Groep NV

  17.60 %

ABN AMRO Holding NV

  13.81  

Unilever NV

  9.02  

Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV

  8.99  

Koninklijke KPN NV

  4.95  

TNT NV

  4.84  

Aegon NV

  4.82  

Akzo Nobel NV

  4.50  

Reed Elsevier NV

  4.07  

Koninklijke Ahold NV

  3.78  
     

TOTAL

  76.38 %
     

 

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iSHARES® MSCI SPAIN INDEX FUND

Performance as of February 28, 2007

 

The iShares MSCI Spain Index Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the aggregate in the Spanish market, as represented by the MSCI Spain Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities in the Index, which has a similar investment profile as the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index. For the six-month period ended February 28, 2007, the Fund returned 21.99%, while the Index returned 22.04%.

 

Average Annual Total Returns
Year Ended 2/28/07   Five Years Ended 2/28/07   Ten Years Ended 2/28/07
NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX
37.32%   37.32%   36.96%   23.89%   23.89%   23.83%   15.32%   15.31%   15.49%
Cumulative Total Returns
Year Ended 2/28/07   Five Years Ended 2/28/07   Ten Years Ended 2/28/07
NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX
37.32%   37.32%   36.96%   191.91%   191.87%   191.12%   316.06%   315.47%   322.09%

“Average Annual Total Returns” represent the average annual change in value of an investment over the periods indicated. “Cumulative Total Returns” represent the total change in value of an investment over the periods indicated.

Certain sectors and markets performed exceptionally well based on market conditions during the one-year period. Achieving such exceptional returns involves the risk of volatility and investors should not expect that such exceptional returns will be repeated.

The Fund’s per share net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of the Fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund, and the market return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the stock exchange on which the shares of the Fund are listed for trading, as of the time that the Fund’s NAV is calculated. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

An index is a statistical composite that tracks a specified financial market or sector. Unlike the Fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not incur the expenses incurred by the Fund. These expenses negatively impact the performance of the Fund. Also, market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included, market returns would be lower. The returns shown in the tables above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares of the Fund will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares of the Fund may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. The Fund’s past performance is no guarantee of future results.

 

PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION
As of 2/28/07
 
Sector   Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Financial

  39.72 %

Communications

  18.34  

Utilities

  15.08  

Industrial

  8.32  

Consumer Non-Cyclical

  7.53  

Energy

  5.35  

Consumer Cyclical

  3.45  

Basic Materials

  1.42  

Technology

  0.68  

Short-Term and Other Net Assets

  0.11  
     

TOTAL

  100.00 %
     

 

TEN LARGEST FUND HOLDINGS
As of 2/28/07
 
Security    Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Banco Santander Central Hispano SA

   18.86 %

Telefonica SA

   17.08  

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA

   13.31  

Endesa SA

   5.17  

Banco Popular Espanol SA

   4.95  

Iberdrola SA

   4.89  

Repsol YPF SA

   4.30  

Actividades de Construcciones y Servicios SA

   3.22  

Altadis SA

   3.09  

Industria de Diseno Textil SA

   2.84  
      

TOTAL

   77.71 %
      

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Fund Performance Overview

iSHARES® MSCI SWEDEN INDEX FUND

Performance as of February 28, 2007

 

The iShares MSCI Sweden Index Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the aggregate in the Swedish market, as represented by the MSCI Sweden Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities in the Index, which has a similar investment profile as the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index. For the six-month period ended February 28, 2007, the Fund returned 22.79%, while the Index returned 23.14%.

 

Average Annual Total Returns
Year Ended 2/28/07   Five Years Ended 2/28/07   Ten Years Ended 2/28/07
NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX
33.74%   33.33%   33.79%   21.03%   20.96%   21.19%   10.92%   10.86%   12.16%
Cumulative Total Returns
Year Ended 2/28/07   Five Years Ended 2/28/07   Ten Years Ended 2/28/07
NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX
33.74%   33.33%   33.79%   159.74%   158.90%   161.43%   181.89%   180.27%   214.92%

“Average Annual Total Returns” represent the average annual change in value of an investment over the periods indicated. “Cumulative Total Returns” represent the total change in value of an investment over the periods indicated.

The Fund’s per share net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of the Fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund, and the market return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the stock exchange on which the shares of the Fund are listed for trading, as of the time that the Fund’s NAV is calculated. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

An index is a statistical composite that tracks a specified financial market or sector. Unlike the Fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not incur the expenses incurred by the Fund. These expenses negatively impact the performance of the Fund. Also, market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included, market returns would be lower. The returns shown in the tables above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares of the Fund will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares of the Fund may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. The Fund’s past performance is no guarantee of future results.

 

PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION
As of 2/28/07
 
Sector   Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Communications

  23.88 %

Financial

  21.46  

Consumer Cyclical

  20.04  

Industrial

  18.98  

Basic Materials

  7.43  

Consumer Non-Cyclical

  7.40  

Energy

  0.69  

Technology

  0.14  

Short-Term and Other Net Assets

  (0.02 )
     

TOTAL

  100.00 %
     

 

TEN LARGEST FUND HOLDINGS
As of 2/28/07
 
Security    Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B

   16.10 %

Nordea Bank AB

   9.61  

Hennes & Mauritz AB Class B

   7.55  

Volvo AB Class B

   5.11  

Sandvik AB

   4.83  

TeliaSonera AB

   4.80  

Svenska Handelsbanken AB Class A

   4.47  

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB Class A

   4.34  

Atlas Copco AB Class A

   3.23  

Svenska Cellulosa AB Class B

   2.96  
      

TOTAL

   63.00 %
      

 

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Fund Performance Overview

iSHARES® MSCI SWITZERLAND INDEX FUND

Performance as of February 28, 2007

 

The iShares MSCI Switzerland Index Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the aggregate in the Swiss market, as represented by the MSCI Switzerland Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities in the Index, which has a similar investment profile as the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index. For the six-month period ended February 28, 2007, the Fund returned 11.22%, while the Index returned 9.29%.

 

Average Annual Total Returns
Year Ended 2/28/07   Five Years Ended 2/28/07   Ten Years Ended 2/28/07
NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX
23.41%   23.90%   21.60%   15.78%   15.95%   16.11%   9.28%   9.29%   10.42%
Cumulative Total Returns
Year Ended 2/28/07   Five Years Ended 2/28/07   Ten Years Ended 2/28/07
NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX
23.41%   23.90%   21.60%   108.01%   109.61%   110.99%   142.80%   143.22%   169.33%

“Average Annual Total Returns” represent the average annual change in value of an investment over the periods indicated. “Cumulative Total Returns” represent the total change in value of an investment over the periods indicated.

The Fund’s per share net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of the Fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund, and the market return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the stock exchange on which the shares of the Fund are listed for trading, as of the time that the Fund’s NAV is calculated. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

An index is a statistical composite that tracks a specified financial market or sector. Unlike the Fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not incur the expenses incurred by the Fund. These expenses negatively impact the performance of the Fund. Also, market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included, market returns would be lower. The returns shown in the tables above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares of the Fund will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares of the Fund may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. The Fund’s past performance is no guarantee of future results.

 

PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION
As of 2/28/07
 
Sector   Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Consumer Non-Cyclical

  45.10 %

Financial

  28.24  

Industrial

  10.15  

Consumer Cyclical

  6.43  

Basic Materials

  6.33  

Communications

  2.78  

Technology

  0.72  

Short-Term and Other Net Assets

  0.25  
     

TOTAL

  100.00 %
     

 

TEN LARGEST FUND HOLDINGS
As of 2/28/07
 
Security   Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Nestle SA Registered

  13.43 %

Roche Holding AG

  12.33  

Novartis AG Registered

  11.67  

UBS AG Registered

  10.73  

Zurich Financial Services AG Registered

  4.90  

Credit Suisse Group Registered

  4.68  

Swiss Reinsurance Co. Registered

  4.49  

Compagnie Financiere Richemont AG Class A

  3.83  

ABB Ltd. Registered

  3.81  

Holcim Ltd. Registered

  3.13  
     

TOTAL

  73.00 %
     

 

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iSHARES® MSCI UNITED KINGDOM INDEX FUND

Performance as of February 28, 2007

 

The iShares MSCI United Kingdom Index Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the aggregate in the British market, as represented by the MSCI United Kingdom Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities in the Index, which has a similar investment profile as the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index. For the six-month period ended February 28, 2007, the Fund returned 9.08%, while the Index returned 9.40%.

 

Average Annual Total Returns
Year Ended 2/28/07   Five Years Ended 2/28/07   Ten Years Ended 2/28/07
NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX
22.93%   22.53%   23.71%   13.68%   13.79%   14.51%   8.05%   8.13%   8.63%
Cumulative Total Returns
Year Ended 2/28/07   Five Years Ended 2/28/07   Ten Years Ended 2/28/07
NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX
22.93%   22.53%   23.71%   89.87%   90.75%   96.92%   116.90%   118.41%   128.91%

“Average Annual Total Returns” represent the average annual change in value of an investment over the periods indicated. “Cumulative Total Returns” represent the total change in value of an investment over the periods indicated.

The Fund’s per share net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of the Fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund, and the market return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the stock exchange on which the shares of the Fund are listed for trading, as of the time that the Fund’s NAV is calculated. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

An index is a statistical composite that tracks a specified financial market or sector. Unlike the Fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not incur the expenses incurred by the Fund. These expenses negatively impact the performance of the Fund. Also, market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included, market returns would be lower. The returns shown in the tables above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares of the Fund will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares of the Fund may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. The Fund’s past performance is no guarantee of future results.

 

PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION
As of 2/28/07
 
Sector   Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Financial

  27.79 %

Consumer Non-Cyclical

  21.88  

Energy

  15.07  

Communications

  10.09  

Basic Materials

  7.54  

Consumer Cyclical

  7.29  

Utilities

  4.96  

Industrial

  4.22  

Technology

  0.62  

Diversified

  0.14  

Short-Term and Other Net Assets

  0.40  
     

TOTAL

  100.00 %
     

 

TEN LARGEST FUND HOLDINGS
As of 2/28/07
 
Security   Percentage of
Net Assets
 

HSBC Holdings PLC

  6.70 %

BP PLC

  6.61  

GlaxoSmithKline PLC

  5.34  

Vodafone Group PLC

  4.85  

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC

  4.11  

Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A

  3.98  

Barclays PLC

  3.13  

Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class B

  2.95  

AstraZeneca PLC

  2.86  

HBOS PLC

  2.65  
     

TOTAL

  43.18 %
     

 

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Shareholder Expenses (Unaudited)

iSHARES®, INC.

 

As a shareholder of a Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including brokerage commissions on purchases and sales of fund shares and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees and other fund expenses. The following Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars and cents) of investing in a Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other funds.

The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from September 1, 2006 to February 28, 2007.

ACTUAL EXPENSES

The first line under each Fund in the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line for your Fund under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLE FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES

The second line under each Fund in the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on each Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in your Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as brokerage commissions paid on purchases and sales of fund shares. Therefore, the second line under each Fund in the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

iShares MSCI Index Fund    Beginning
Account Value
(9/1/06)
   Ending
Account Value
(2/28/07)
   Annualized
Expense Ratio
    Expenses Paid
During Period a
(9/1/06 to 2/28/07)

Austria

          

Actual

   $    1,000.00    $    1,175.30    0.52 %   $    2.80

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   1,000.00    1,022.20    0.52     2.61

Belgium

          

Actual

   1,000.00    1,137.20    0.52     2.76

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   1,000.00    1,022.20    0.52     2.61

EMU

          

Actual

   1,000.00    1,144.50    0.52     2.76

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   1,000.00    1,022.20    0.52     2.61

France

          

Actual

   1,000.00    1,109.00    0.52     2.72

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   1,000.00    1,022.20    0.52     2.61

 

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Shareholder Expenses (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES®, INC.

 

iShares MSCI Index Fund    Beginning
Account Value
(9/1/06)
   Ending
Account Value
(2/28/07)
   Annualized
Expense Ratio
    Expenses Paid
During Period a
(9/1/06 to 2/28/07)

Germany

          

Actual

   $    1,000.00    $    1,185.50    0.52 %   $    2.82

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   1,000.00    1,022.20    0.52     2.61

Italy

          

Actual

   1,000.00    1,103.20    0.52     2.71

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   1,000.00    1,022.20    0.52     2.61

Netherlands

          

Actual

   1,000.00    1,108.70    0.52     2.72

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   1,000.00    1,022.20    0.52     2.61

Spain

          

Actual

   1,000.00    1,219.90    0.52     2.86

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   1,000.00    1,022.20    0.52     2.61

Sweden

          

Actual

   1,000.00    1,227.90    0.52     2.87

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   1,000.00    1,022.20    0.52     2.61

Switzerland

          

Actual

   1,000.00    1,112.20    0.52     2.72

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   1,000.00    1,022.20    0.52     2.61

United Kingdom

          

Actual

   1,000.00    1,090.80    0.52     2.70

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   1,000.00    1,022.20    0.52     2.61

 

a

 

Expenses are calculated using each Fund’s annualized expense ratio (as disclosed in the table), multiplied by the average account value for the period, multiplied by the number of days in the period (181 days) and divided by the number of days in the year (365 days).

 

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

iSHARES® MSCI AUSTRIA INDEX FUND

February 28, 2007

    
Security
   Shares    Value

COMMON STOCKS – 99.70%

BANKS – 24.44%

     

Erste Bank der Oesterreichischen
Sparkassen AG

   1,164,910    $ 86,418,326

Raiffeisen International Bank Holding AG

   151,552      20,359,589
         
        106,777,915

BUILDING MATERIALS – 4.98%

Wienerberger AG

   354,520      21,776,099
         
        21,776,099

CHEMICALS – 0.14%

     

Lenzing AG

   1,746      611,190
         
        611,190

ELECTRIC – 5.58%

     

EVN AGa

   40,138      4,514,678

Oesterreichische Elektrizitaetswirtschafts AG Class A

   472,414      19,850,562
         
        24,365,240

ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION – 2.24%

Flughafen Wien AG

   105,774      9,791,729
         
        9,791,729

ENTERTAINMENT – 1.04%

  

bwin Interactive Entertainment AGb

   139,180      4,559,476
         
        4,559,476

ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL – 0.27%

BWT AG

   16,714      819,107

Christ Water Technology AGb

   21,106      362,440
         
        1,181,547

FOREST PRODUCTS & PAPER – 1.67%

Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG

   37,698      7,297,278
         
        7,297,278

INSURANCE – 3.42%

     

Wiener Staedtische Allgemeine
Versicherung AG

   215,110      14,960,474
         
        14,960,474

IRON & STEEL – 9.53%

     

Boehler-Uddeholm AG

   288,351      21,196,932

voestalpine AG

   330,934      20,458,492
         
        41,655,424
Security    Shares or
Principal
   Value

MACHINERY – 3.65%

     

Andritz AG

     75,640    $ 15,936,707
         
        15,936,707

MACHINERY – CONSTRUCTION & MINING – 0.54%

Palfinger AG

     16,104      2,361,256
         
        2,361,256

MANUFACTURING – 2.27%

  

RHI AGb

     218,624      9,917,096
         
        9,917,096

OIL & GAS – 11.34%

     

OMV AG

     888,751      49,530,876
         
        49,530,876

REAL ESTATE – 15.80%

     

CA Immobilien Anlagen AGb

     724,104      21,999,619

Immoeast AGb

     719,761      10,648,605

IMMOFINANZ AGb

     903,739      13,716,693

Meinl European Land Ltd.b

     838,558      22,652,326
         
        69,017,243

TELECOMMUNICATIONS – 12.79%

Telekom Austria AG

     2,239,203      55,903,841
         
        55,903,841
         

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost: $347,132,406)

     435,643,391

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.79%

CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSITc – 0.04%

Credit Suisse First Boston NY

     

5.28% - 5.43%,
04/23/07 - 08/21/07

   $ 37,130      37,130

Deutsche Bank AG

     

5.35%, 08/08/07

     61,884      61,884

Washington Mutual Bank

     

5.33%, 03/19/07

     61,884      61,884
         
        160,898

COMMERCIAL PAPERc – 0.18%

  

Amstel Funding Corp.

     

5.22%,
04/16/07 - 04/17/07
d

     23,543      23,395

BNP Paribas Finance Inc.

     

5.12%, 06/06/07

     8,664      8,544

 

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February 28, 2007

 

    
Security
   Principal    Value

Bryant Park Funding LLC

     

5.27%, 03/06/07d

   $ 6,100    $ 6,096

Cantabric Finance LLC

     

5.25%, 03/06/07d

     19,803      19,788

Cheyne Finance LLC

     

5.24%,
04/12/07 - 04/23/07
d

     18,565      18,432

Concord Minutemen Capital Co. LLC

     

5.29%, 03/19/07d

     12,616      12,583

Crown Point Capital Co. LLC

     

5.20%, 07/18/07d

     28,594      28,020

Edison Asset Securitization LLC

     

5.21%, 04/11/07d

     10,259      10,198

Five Finance Inc.

     

5.22%, 04/20/07d

     11,387      11,304

General Electric Capital Corp.

     

5.12% - 5.20%,
06/04/07 - 07/17/07
d

     43,319      42,575

Giro Funding Corp.

     

5.25%, 03/05/07 - 03/12/07d

     40,596      40,547

Grampian Funding LLC

     

5.14% - 5.23%,
04/23/07 - 06/06/07
d

     48,269      47,669

Harrier Finance Funding LLC

     

5.12%, 06/06/07d

     24,753      24,412

Irish Permanent Treasury PLC

     

5.18%, 07/10/07

     12,377      12,143

KKR Pacific Funding Trust

     

5.29%, 03/13/07d

     30,942      30,887

Lexington Parker Capital Co. LLC

     

5.18% - 5.20%,
05/17/07 - 07/25/07
d

     31,276      30,744

Liberty Street Funding Corp.

     

5.27%, 03/06/07d

     2,970      2,968

Lockhart Funding LLC

     

5.25%,
05/04/07 - 05/14/07
d

     55,843      55,313

Nationwide Building Society

     

5.21%, 04/13/07d

     23,516      23,369

Nestle Capital Corp.

     

5.19%, 08/09/07

     14,852      14,507

Sedna Finance Inc.

     

5.22%, 04/17/07d

     14,109      14,013
Security    Shares or
Principal
   Value

Simba Funding Corp.

     

5.20%, 07/23/07d

   $ 24,753    $ 24,239

Societe Generale

     

5.18%, 05/16/07

     61,884      61,207

Thames Asset Global Securitization No. 1 Inc.

     

5.25% - 5.28%,
03/02/07 - 03/12/07
d

     94,300      94,209

Thornburg Mortgage Capital Resources LLC

     

5.28%, 03/12/07d

     18,120      18,090

Three Pillars Funding Corp.

     

5.26%,
03/01/07 - 03/12/07
d

     12,995      12,985

Tulip Funding Corp.

     

5.29%, 03/15/07d

     47,517      47,420

Westpac Banking Corp.

     

5.20%, 07/12/07d

     22,278      21,850

Zela Finance Inc.

     

5.20%, 07/16/07d

     14,852      14,558
         
        772,065

MEDIUM-TERM NOTESc – 0.02%

  

Bank of America N.A.

     

5.28%, 04/20/07

     6,188      6,188

Cullinan Finance Corp.

     

5.71%, 06/28/07d

     18,565      18,565

K2 USA LLC

     

5.39%, 06/04/07d

     18,565      18,565

Sigma Finance Inc.

     

5.13% - 5.51%,
03/30/07 - 06/18/07
d

     28,962      28,962
         
        72,280

MONEY MARKET FUNDS – 0.00%

  

Barclays Global Investors Funds Institutional Money Market Fund, Institutional Shares

     

5.30%e,f

     16,395      16,395
         
        16,395

 

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Security    Principal    Value

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTSc – 0.11%

  

Banc of America Securities LLC
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $49,514 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $51,032, 5.50% to 7.70%, 9/15/09 to 5/1/19).

   $ 49,507    $ 49,507

Bear Stearns Companies Inc. (The)
5.37%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $37,136 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $40,876, 0.00% to 9.20%, 10/17/18 to 11/25/52).

     37,130      37,130

BNP Securities Corp.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $2,475 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $2,601, 5.43%, 3/15/08).

     2,475      2,475

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $37,136 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $40,009, 0.00% to 10.00%, 5/27/33 to 8/25/46).

     37,130      37,130

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $49,514 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $52,023, 4.91% to 6.31%, 10/25/33 to 8/25/46).

     49,507      49,507

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.42%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $27,233 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $29,343, 0.00% to 10.00%, 5/27/33 to 8/25/46).

     27,229      27,229
Security    Principal    Value

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.46%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $14,854 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $16,546, 0.00% to 10.00%, 5/27/33 to 2/28/37).

   $ 14,852    $ 14,852

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (The)
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $9,186 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $9,652, 4.52% to 6.89%, 1/15/09 to 10/25/36).

     9,185      9,185

Greenwich Capital Markets Inc.
5.46%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $103,981 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $114,631, 0.00% to 10.00%, 4/1/07 to 12/31/49).

     103,965      103,965

HSBC Securities Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $12,379 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $13,007, 3.72% to 5.99%, 12/15/36 to 6/1/46).

     12,377      12,377

JP Morgan Securities Inc.
5.41%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $6,189 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $6,504, 6.25% to 9.56%, 5/15/11 to 2/1/30).

     6,188      6,188

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $24,757 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $26,012, 1.63% to 14.50%, 5/1/07 to 9/18/37).

     24,753      24,753

 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security    Principal    Value

Morgan Stanley
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $24,757 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $26,017, 0.00% to 10.00%, 3/1/07 to 2/28/37).

   $ 24,753    $ 24,753

Morgan Stanley
5.51%, due 2/4/08, maturity value $18,213 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $20,549, 0.00% to 10.00%, 3/1/07 to 2/28/37).
g

     17,327      17,327

Wachovia Capital
5.38%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $54,466 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $57,226, 0.00% to 8.32%, 2/15/08 to 3/15/49).

     54,458      54,458
         
        470,836

TIME DEPOSITSc – 0.03%

     

Bank of Nova Scotia

     

5.30%, 03/02/07

     10,381      10,381

Chase Bank USA N.A.

     

5.38%, 03/01/07

     37,130      37,130

Citibank N.A.

     

5.47%, 03/01/07

     37,130      37,130

Deutsche Bank AG

     

5.38%, 03/01/07

     58,139      58,139
         
        142,780

VARIABLE & FLOATING RATE NOTESc – 0.41%

Allstate Life Global Funding II

     

5.30% - 5.40%,
02/15/08 - 03/07/08
d

     63,369      63,375

American Express Centurion Bank

     

5.41%, 07/19/07

     27,229      27,241

American Express Credit Corp.

     

5.42%, 03/05/08

     7,426      7,430

AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust

     

5.35%, 03/06/07

     1,128      1,128
Security    Principal    Value

Arkle Master Issuer PLC Series 2006-1A
Class 1A

     

5.30%, 11/19/07d

   $ 18,565    $ 18,565

ASIF Global Financing

     

5.40%, 05/03/07d

     2,475      2,476

Australia & New Zealand Banking
Group Ltd.

     

5.32%, 02/22/08d

     16,090      16,090

Bank of Ireland

     

5.30% - 5.32%,
08/14/07 - 02/20/08
d

     35,893      35,893

Beta Finance Inc.

     

5.29% - 5.41%,
04/25/07 - 07/25/07
d

     63,121      63,122

BMW US Capital LLC

     

5.32%, 01/15/08d

     24,753      24,753

BNP Paribas

     

5.33%, 11/19/07d

     45,794      45,794

Brigantine High Grade Funding Ltd.

     

5.40%, 09/05/07d

     23,763      23,761

Carlyle Loan Investment Ltd.

     

5.37%,
04/13/07 - 07/15/07
d

     18,070      18,069

CC USA Inc.

     

5.36%, 07/30/07d

     12,377      12,377

Commodore CDO Ltd.

     

5.44%, 12/12/07d

     6,188      6,188

Credit Agricole SA

     

5.33%, 11/23/07

     24,753      24,753

Credit Suisse First Boston NY

     

5.36%, 04/24/07

     12,377      12,377

Cullinan Finance Corp.

     

5.36%, 04/25/07d

     6,188      6,188

DaimlerChrysler Auto Trust
Series 2006-C Class A1

     

5.33%, 10/08/07d

     1,899      1,899

DEPFA Bank PLC

     

5.40%, 12/14/07d

     24,753      24,753

Dorada Finance Inc.

     

5.33% - 5.41%,
06/27/07 - 07/17/07
d

     28,467      28,467

Eli Lilly Services Inc.

     

5.31%, 03/01/07d

     16,523      16,523

 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security    Principal    Value

Fifth Third Bancorp

     

5.32%, 02/22/08d

   $ 49,507    $ 49,507

Five Finance Inc.

     

5.31% - 5.37%,
06/29/07 - 07/13/07
d

     16,090      16,089

General Electric Capital Corp.

     

5.28% - 5.45%,
07/09/07 - 02/22/08
d

     25,991      25,994

Granite Master Issuer PLC

     

5.29%, 08/20/07d

     86,637      86,637

Harrier Finance Funding LLC

     

5.29% - 5.36%,
07/25/07 - 08/15/07
d

     32,180      32,180

Hartford Life Global Funding Trust

     

5.36% - 5.40%,
07/13/07 - 03/14/08

     37,130      37,132

HBOS Treasury Services PLC

     

5.46%, 01/24/08d

     24,753      24,753

Holmes Financing PLC

     

5.29%, 07/16/07d

     43,319      43,319

JP Morgan Securities Inc.

     

5.40%, 11/16/07

     49,507      49,507

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     

5.29% - 5.45%,
07/27/07 - 02/29/08
g

     68,072      68,072

K2 USA LLC

     

5.20% - 5.33%,
04/02/07 - 06/28/07
d

     18,565      18,565

Kestrel Funding LLC

     

5.30%, 07/11/07d

     9,901      9,901

Kommunalkredit Austria AG

     

5.32%, 02/08/08d

     14,852      14,852

Leafs LLC

     

5.32%, 01/22/08d

     23,983      23,983

Links Finance LLC

     

5.28% - 5.35%,
05/10/07 - 05/16/07
d

     27,229      27,228

Lothian Mortgages Master Issuer PLC

     

5.29%, 04/24/07d

     8,727      8,727

Marshall & Ilsley Bank

     

5.32%, 02/15/08

     13,614      13,614
Security    Principal    Value

Master Funding LLC

     

5.35%, 04/25/07 - 05/25/07d

   $ 44,797    $ 44,797

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.

     

5.46%, 05/30/07g

     27,229      27,229

Metropolitan Life Global Funding I

     

5.33%, 03/06/08d

     37,130      37,130

Metropolitan Life Insurance Funding Agreement

     

5.44%, 08/01/07d,g

     2,475      2,475

Mound Financing PLC

     

5.29%, 05/08/07d

     23,268      23,268

Natexis Banques Populaires

     

5.33% - 5.35%,
06/20/07 - 02/08/08
d

     39,606      39,605

National City Bank of Indiana

     

5.34%, 05/21/07

     12,377      12,377

Nationwide Building Society

     

5.37% - 5.48%,
07/20/07 - 01/28/08
d

     81,687      81,696

Newcastle Ltd.

     

5.34%, 04/24/07 - 01/24/08d

     24,815      24,812

Northern Rock PLC

     

5.38%, 02/01/08d

     29,704      29,705

Northlake CDO I

     

5.42%, 09/06/07d

     7,426      7,426

Pricoa Global Funding I

     

5.31%, 02/27/08d

     33,417      33,417

Sedna Finance Inc.

     

5.32% - 5.34%,
05/25/07 - 08/21/07
d

     35,893      35,892

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken

     

5.32%, 02/15/08d

     24,753      24,753

Strips III LLC

     

5.37%, 07/24/07d

     5,037      5,037

SunTrust Bank

     

5.29%, 05/01/07

     24,753      24,754

Tango Finance Corp.

     

5.27% - 5.34%,
04/25/07 - 07/16/07
d

     60,399      60,396

Union Hamilton Special Funding LLC

     

5.36% - 5.37%,
03/28/07 - 06/21/07
d

     40,843      40,842

 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security    Principal    Value  

Wachovia Asset Securitization Inc.
5.31%, 03/25/07
d

   $ 27,942    $ 27,942  

Wachovia Bank N.A.
5.36%, 05/22/07

     49,507      49,507  

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
5.50%, 07/16/07
d

     18,565      18,570  

Wells Fargo & Co.
5.33%, 11/15/07
d

     12,377      12,377  

WhistleJacket Capital Ltd.

     

5.28% - 5.35%,

04/18/07 - 06/13/07d

     18,565      18,565  

White Pine Finance LLC

     

5.28% - 5.32%,

05/22/07 - 08/20/07d

     74,260      74,254  

Wind Master Trust
5.31%, 07/25/07
d

     9,901      9,901  
           
        1,798,009  
           

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

  

(Cost: $3,433,263)

        3,433,263  
           

TOTAL INVESTMENTS

     

IN SECURITIES – 100.49%

 

(Cost: $350,565,669)

        439,076,654  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities – (0.49)%

     (2,135,727 )
           

NET ASSETS – 100.00%

      $ 436,940,927  
           

 

a

 

All or a portion of this security represents a security on loan. See Note 5.

b

 

Non-income earning security.

c

 

All or a portion of this security (these securities) represent(s) an investment of securities lending collateral. See Note 5.

d

 

This security or a portion of these securities may be resold to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A or pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933.

e

 

Affiliated issuer. See Note 2.

f

 

The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.

g

 

The investment adviser has determined that this security or a portion of these securities is “illiquid,” in that it cannot be sold within seven (7) days for approximately the value at which it is carried in the Fund.

See notes to financial statements.


 

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iSHARES® MSCI BELGIUM INDEX FUND

February 28, 2007

 

Security    Shares    Value

COMMON STOCKS – 99.88%

BANKS – 49.54%

     

Banque Nationale de Belgique

   256    $ 1,270,797

Dexia SA

   956,377      28,159,541

Fortis

   1,461,068      62,763,528

KBC Group NV

   306,896      37,280,057
         
        129,473,923

BEVERAGES – 4.88%

     

InBev

   192,564      12,746,351
         
        12,746,351

CHEMICALS – 4.91%

     

Solvay SA

   90,311      12,827,933
         
        12,827,933

ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS & EQUIPMENT – 1.34%

NV Bekaert SA

   29,184      3,496,540
         
        3,496,540

ELECTRONICS – 0.64%

     

Barco NV

   18,202      1,668,889
         
        1,668,889

FOOD – 7.20%

     

Colruyt SA

   36,461      7,937,288

Delhaize Group

   130,867      10,883,817
         
        18,821,105

HOLDING COMPANIES - DIVERSIFIED – 7.91%

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA

   112,981      12,622,910

Sofina SA

   73,419      8,059,273
         
        20,682,183

MANUFACTURING – 1.39%

  

AGFA-Gevaert NV

   163,486      3,636,713
         
        3,636,713

MINING – 3.55%

     

Umicore

   54,291      9,277,860
         
        9,277,860

PHARMACEUTICALS – 6.17%

     

Omega Pharma SA

   42,707      3,298,516

UCB SA

   199,161      12,843,650
         
        16,142,166

REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS – 3.80%

Cofinimmo

   49,942      9,930,597
         
        9,930,597
Security    Shares    Value

RETAIL – 1.04%

     

SA D’Ieteren NV

   7,290    $ 2,720,397
         
        2,720,397

TELECOMMUNICATIONS – 6.77%

Belgacom SA

   298,612      12,788,118

Mobistar SA

   58,031      4,898,322
         
        17,686,440

TRANSPORTATION – 0.74%

Compagnie Maritime Belge SA

   24,662      1,313,515

Euronav SA

   20,420      616,082
         
        1,929,597
         

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost: $224,940,604)

  
     261,040,694

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.06%

MONEY MARKET FUNDS – 0.06%

Barclays Global Investors Funds
Institutional Money Market Fund,
Institutional Shares
5.30%
a,b

   161,525      161,525
         
        161,525
         

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

(Cost: $161,525)

        161,525
         

TOTAL INVESTMENTS

     

IN SECURITIES – 99.94%

(Cost: $225,102,129)

        261,202,219

Other Assets, Less Liabilities – 0.06%

     151,343
         

NET ASSETS – 100.00%

      $ 261,353,562
         

 

a

 

Affiliated issuer. See Note 2.

b

 

The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.

See notes to financial statements.


 

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iSHARES® MSCI EMU INDEX FUND

February 28, 2007

 

Security    Shares    Value

COMMON STOCKS – 98.51%

     

AUSTRIA – 1.85%

     

Andritz AG

   6,086    $ 1,282,269

Boehler-Uddeholm AG

   22,981      1,689,353

Erste Bank der Oesterreichischen Sparkassen AG

   110,194      8,174,692

Flughafen Wien AG

   6,019      557,192

Immoeast AGa

   153,716      2,274,173

IMMOFINANZ AGa

   272,244      4,132,042

Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG

   5,171      1,000,961

Meinl European Land Ltd.a

   108,240      2,923,933

Oesterreichische Elektrizitaetswirtschafts AG Class A

   47,100      1,979,115

OMV AG

   97,270      5,420,943

Raiffeisen International Bank Holding AG

   21,761      2,923,386

RHI AGa

   19,698      893,529

Telekom Austria AG

   191,219      4,773,965

voestalpine AG

   45,881      2,836,384

Wiener Staedtische Allgemeine Versicherung AG

   16,884      1,174,249

Wienerberger AG

   38,436      2,360,900
         
        44,397,086

BELGIUM – 3.66%

     

AGFA-Gevaert NV

   48,685      1,082,988

Barco NV

   7,422      680,502

Belgacom SA

   71,765      3,073,350

Cofinimmo

   4,750      944,502

Colruyt SA

   9,035      1,966,852

Compagnie Maritime Belge SA

   13,932      742,028

Delhaize Group

   43,522      3,619,595

Dexia SA

   323,637      9,529,160

Euronav SA

   12,849      387,661

Fortis

   645,088      27,711,235

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA

   41,207      4,603,891

InBev

   91,674      6,068,159

KBC Group NV

   105,101      12,767,098

Mobistar SA

   17,594      1,485,087

NV Bekaert SA

   8,806      1,055,048

Omega Pharma SA

   11,675      901,730
Security    Shares    Value

SA D’Ieteren NV

   1,437    $ 536,243

Solvay SA

   37,503      5,326,992

UCB SA

   47,800      3,082,564

Umicore

   14,098      2,409,226
         
        87,973,911

FINLAND – 4.36%

     

Amer Group OYJ

   34,800      764,006

Cargotec Corp. Class B

   24,177      1,424,373

Elisa OYJ Class A

   85,655      2,525,418

Fortum OYJ

   233,815      6,442,776

KCI Konecranes OYJ

   38,976      1,214,539

Kesko OYJ Class B

   31,484      1,657,729

Kone OYJ Class B

   45,472      2,598,465

Metso OYJ

   68,987      3,418,225

Neste Oil OYJ

   81,951      2,628,387

Nokia OYJ

   2,155,265      46,946,985

Nokian Renkaat OYJ

   76,858      1,874,162

OKO Bank PLC Class A

   43,059      737,718

Orion OYJa

   48,152      1,058,410

Outokumpu OYJ

   55,097      2,049,496

Rautaruukki OYJ

   50,467      2,306,588

Sampo OYJ

   221,351      6,169,505

SanomaWSOY OYJ Class Bb

   18,057      515,689

Stora Enso OYJ Class R

   353,732      5,826,761

TietoEnator OYJ

   42,133      1,182,681

UPM-Kymmene OYJ

   298,635      7,771,293

Uponor OYJ

   41,207      1,440,825

Wartsila OYJ Class B

   33,930      2,025,856

YIT OYJ

   63,104      2,054,756
         
        104,634,643

FRANCE – 29.10%

     

Accor SA

   115,287      10,162,202

Air France-KLM

   64,357      2,788,406

Alcatel-Lucent

   1,148,240      14,636,808

ALSTOMa

   61,116      7,374,793

Arcelor Mittal

   378,861      19,172,486

Atos Origin SAa

   37,368      2,019,863

AXA

   924,611      39,279,095

BNP Paribas

   463,009      48,280,631

Bouygues SA

   113,898      7,928,903

Business Objects SAa

   52,976      1,930,711

Cap Gemini SA

   72,691      5,074,719

 

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Security    Shares    Value

Carrefour SA

   333,360    $ 22,228,963

Casino Guichard-Perrachon SA

   23,030      1,980,438

CNP Assurances SA

   20,136      2,253,969

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain

   171,865      15,982,565

Compagnie Generale des Etablissements
Michelin Class B

   83,373      8,658,544

Credit Agricole SAb

   378,039      15,061,018

Dassault Systemes SA

   31,960      1,633,820

Essilor International SA

   53,708      6,118,347

European Aeronautic Defence and
Space Co.
b

   59,264      2,028,359

France Telecom SA

   931,093      25,250,407

Gaz de Franceb

   110,813      4,875,866

Gecina SA

   4,189      769,151

Groupe Danone

   126,862      20,064,157

Hermes International

   36,114      4,710,848

Imerys SA

   19,172      1,707,429

Klepierre

   12,122      2,385,871

Lafarge SA

   85,655      12,791,152

Lagardere SCA

   64,960      4,984,640

L’Air Liquide SA

   66,712      15,269,110

L’Oreal SA

   164,365      17,180,543

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA

   133,344      14,748,266

M6-Metropole Television

   34,262      1,214,283

Neopost SA

   17,131      2,205,441

Pernod Ricard SA

   48,884      10,072,792

PPR SA

   37,966      5,702,190

PSA Peugeot Citroen SA

   86,462      5,823,669

Publicis Groupe SA

   76,404      3,419,368

Renault SA

   102,323      12,149,853

Sanofi-Aventis

   560,230      47,554,702

Schneider Electric SA

   125,936      15,271,404

SCOR

   49,610      1,258,221

Societe BIC

   13,572      926,157

Societe des Autoroutes Paris-Rhin-Rhone

   16,244      1,362,552

Societe Generale Class A

   205,467      34,561,557

Societe Television Francaise 1

   66,672      2,243,153

Sodexho Alliance SA

   58,475      4,028,199

STMicroelectronics NV

   386,605      7,491,762
Security    Shares    Value

Suez SA

   556,526    $ 26,920,937

Technip SA

   50,467      3,387,217

Thales SA

   81,951      4,215,379

Total SA

   1,212,597      81,722,816

Unibail Holding

   25,465      7,351,247

Valeo SA

   41,026      2,016,532

Vallourec SA

   19,909      4,926,553

Veolia Environnement

   158,346      11,152,792

Vinci SA

   110,194      15,235,845

Vivendi SA

   638,940      25,193,633

Zodiac SA

   32,018      2,173,921
         
        698,914,255

GERMANY – 21.22%

     

Adidas AG

   111,120      5,448,621

Allianz SE

   231,500      49,778,112

ALTANA AG

   39,440      2,383,496

BASF AG

   274,559      27,871,859

Bayer AG

   401,421      23,050,275

Beiersdorf AG

   30,095      1,947,945

Bilfinger Berger AG

   18,520      1,534,626

Celesio AG

   39,904      2,260,783

Commerzbank AG

   349,102      14,387,764

Continental AG

   74,543      9,286,477

DaimlerChrysler AG Registered

   504,670      34,272,160

Deutsche Bank AG

   289,375      37,938,303

Deutsche Boerse AG

   58,338      11,664,041

Deutsche Lufthansa AG

   126,399      3,416,140

Deutsche Post AG

   431,516      13,748,667

Deutsche Postbank AG

   31,947      2,681,835

Deutsche Telekom AG

   1,499,657      26,861,979

Douglas Holding AG

   16,240      939,608

E.ON AG

   339,379      44,444,729

Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA

   35,188      4,973,530

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG

   36,114      1,545,635

Hochtief AG

   29,632      2,576,352

Hypo Real Estate Holding AG

   77,784      4,919,611

Infineon Technologies AGa

   432,905      6,633,412

IVG Immobilien AG

   49,541      2,206,677

KarstadtQuelle AGa,b

   37,503      1,300,910

Linde AG

   60,094      6,113,144

 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security    Shares    Value

MAN AG

   71,302    $ 7,650,759

Merck KGaA

   31,583      3,923,725

METRO AG

   87,074      6,013,266

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs- Gesellschaft AG

   111,120      17,677,193

Puma AG

   6,945      2,463,218

Rheinmetall AG

   19,446      1,563,066

RWE AG

   242,149      24,661,724

Salzgitter AG

   23,150      2,855,254

SAP AG

   494,484      22,737,497

Siemens AG

   468,556      49,360,389

Suedzucker AG

   35,651      752,078

ThyssenKrupp AG

   198,673      9,723,295

TUI AGb

   135,196      3,148,492

Volkswagen AG

   93,063      11,720,296

Wincor Nixdorf AG

   7,888      1,285,681
         
        509,722,624

GREECE – 1.54%

     

Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Co. SA ADR

   168,995      6,597,565

Hellenic Telecommunications

     

Organization SA ADRa

   820,908      11,147,931

National Bank of Greece SA ADR

   1,848,828      19,338,741
         
        37,084,237

IRELAND – 2.73%

     

Allied Irish Banks PLC

   495,873      14,574,271

Bank of Ireland

   554,211      12,628,467

C&C Group PLC

   150,475      2,087,084

CRH PLC

   301,876      12,580,976

DCC PLC

   47,328      1,594,207

DEPFA Bank PLC

   209,739      3,515,825

Elan Corp. PLCa

   235,667      3,028,991

Grafton Group PLCa

   120,957      1,904,556

Greencore Group PLC

   112,141      681,410

IAWS Group PLC

   60,653      1,407,701

Independent News & Media PLC

   341,697      1,489,503

Irish Life & Permanent PLC

   157,930      4,468,590

Kerry Group PLC Class A

   70,839      1,871,496

Kingspan Group PLC

   69,453      1,889,925

Paddy Power PLC

   57,875      1,311,117

Ryanair Holdings PLCa

   43,520      331,129
Security    Shares    Value

Total Produce PLCa

   182,058    $ 187,582
         
        65,552,830

ITALY – 10.68%

     

Alleanza Assicurazioni SpAb

   221,118      2,839,074

Arnoldo Mondadori Editore SpA

   57,528      594,254

Assicurazioni Generali SpA

   518,560      22,248,535

Autogrill SpA

   94,920      1,712,753

Autostrade SpA

   163,968      4,938,332

Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpAb

   645,525      4,161,206

Banca Popolare di Milano Scrl

   244,464      3,787,907

Banche Popolari Unite Scrl

   186,589      5,299,207

Banco Popolare di Verona e Novara Scrl

   209,739      6,344,553

Benetton Group SpA

   30,430      499,643

Bulgari SpA

   82,975      1,195,800

Capitalia SpA

   920,140      7,912,638

Enel SpA

   2,264,261      23,613,752

Eni SpA

   1,437,458      43,957,455

Fiat SpAa

   291,227      6,893,758

Finmeccanica SpA

   208,380      6,143,793

Fondiaria-Sai SpA

   41,442      1,890,817

Gruppo Editoriale L’Espresso SpAb

   90,965      477,036

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA

   4,118,812      29,951,300

Italcementi SpA

   49,666      1,490,575

Lottomatica SpA

   42,793      1,690,170

Luxottica Group SpA

   71,862      2,249,749

Mediaset SpA

   418,089      4,848,971

Mediobanca SpA

   266,908      5,976,098

Mediolanum SpAb

   152,894      1,270,362

Pirelli & C. SpA

   1,485,934      1,658,604

Seat Pagine Gialle SpA

   2,322,408      1,426,520

Snam Rete Gas SpA

   466,241      2,785,322

Telecom Italia SpA

   5,682,862      17,171,751

Terna SpA

   436,900      1,517,834

Tiscali SpAa,b

   165,889      556,593

UniCredito Italiano SpA

   4,260,989      39,399,874
         
        256,504,236

NETHERLANDS – 10.12%

     

ABN AMRO Holding NV

   1,007,025      35,264,389

Aegon NV

   799,601      15,790,682

 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security    Shares    Value

Akzo Nobel NV

   151,401    $ 9,317,681

ASML Holding NVa

   275,948      6,783,596

Buhrmann NV

   63,010      859,797

Corio NV

   22,224      2,062,315

Euronext NV

   48,825      5,304,745

Fugro NV

   29,632      1,384,466

Hagemeyer NVa,b

   301,413      1,425,382

Heineken NV

   109,731      5,399,356

ING Groep NV

   1,028,786      43,854,119

Koninklijke Ahold NVa

   867,321      8,661,399

Koninklijke DSM NV

   82,977      3,589,677

Koninklijke KPN NV

   1,037,583      15,981,141

Koninklijke Philips
Electronics NV

   648,849      23,801,586

Oce NV

   51,393      854,026

QIAGEN NVa,b

   94,928      1,544,868

Randstad Holding NV

   23,491      1,643,062

Reed Elsevier NV

   384,753      6,790,079

Rodamco Europe NV

   24,076      3,311,984

Royal Numico NV

   94,530      4,864,912

SBM Offshore NV

   70,215      2,494,061

TNT NV

   229,185      9,842,140

Unilever NV

   923,222      23,890,595

Vedior NV

   93,526      2,037,227

Wereldhave NV

   11,575      1,536,797

Wolters Kluwer NV CVA

   156,957      4,741,691
         
        243,031,773

PORTUGAL – 1.12%

     

Banco BPI SA Registered

   193,323      1,639,476

Banco Comercial Portugues SA
Class R

   1,355,664      4,942,510

Banco Espirito Santo SA

   140,480      2,597,939

Brisa-Auto Estradas de Portugal SA

   182,885      2,369,919

CIMPOR-Cimentos de Portugal SGPS SA

   136,593      1,111,464

Energias de Portugal SA

   932,945      5,102,027

Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA

   23,880      577,891

Portugal Telecom SGPS SA

   429,081      5,707,621

PT Multimedia Servicos de Telecomunicacoes e Multimedia SGPS SA

   53,048      757,497

 

Security    Shares    Value

Sonae Industria SGPS SAa

   77,784    $ 911,382

Sonae SGPS SA

   489,671      1,054,334
         
        26,772,060

SPAIN – 12.13%

     

Abertis Infraestructuras SAb

   139,826      3,982,200

Acciona SA

   15,742      3,143,073

Acerinox SA

   100,934      2,683,908

Actividades de Construcciones y
Servicios SA

   120,843      6,830,463

Altadis SA

   145,845      7,386,353

Antena 3 de Television SAb

   47,733      1,067,486

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya
Argentaria SA

   1,891,355      46,045,243

Banco Popular Espanol SA

   480,594      9,440,080

Banco Santander Central
Hispano SA

   3,209,979      59,405,507

Cintra Concesiones de Infraestructuras
de Transporte SA
b

   138,513      2,433,484

Corporacion Mapfre SA

   327,180      1,620,707

Ebro Puleva SA

   46,763      1,087,180

Endesa SA

   495,410      25,162,135

Fadesa Inmobiliaria SA

   28,706      1,371,537

Fomento de Construcciones y
Contratas SA

   20,424      2,120,556

Gamesa Corporacion Tecnologica SA

   110,194      3,160,124

Gas Natural SDG SA

   96,385      4,120,068

Grupo Ferrovial SA

   35,264      3,488,990

Iberdrola SA

   409,292      17,933,502

Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana SA

   251,047      1,057,869

Indra Sistemas SA

   75,932      1,745,261

Industria de Diseno Textil SA

   118,528      6,887,495

NH Hoteles SAb

   72,691      1,640,042

NH Hoteles SA Rightsa,b

   72,691      24,965

Promotora de Informaciones SA

   45,936      910,187

Repsol YPF SA

   488,928      15,519,762

SacyrVallehermoso SA

   52,319      2,840,453

Sociedad General de Aguas de
Barcelona SA Class A

   36,715      1,233,321

Sociedad General de Aguas
de Barcelona SA New
a,c

   327      10,730

Sogecable SAa,b

   28,243      1,059,536

 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security    Shares or
Principal
   Value

Telefonica SA

   2,402,044    $ 51,719,574

Union Fenosa SA

   65,746      3,291,508

Zeltia SAa,b

   97,304      880,456
         
        291,303,755
         

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost: $1,956,084,210)

        2,365,891,410

PREFERRED STOCKS – 1.35%

GERMANY – 0.80%

     

Henkel KGaA

   31,484      4,440,851

Porsche AG

   4,640      6,076,313

ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG

   49,078      1,661,582

RWE AG

   20,372      1,863,276

Volkswagen AG

   59,397      5,229,390
         
        19,271,412

ITALY – 0.55%

     

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA RNC

   541,247      3,846,486

Telecom Italia SpA RNC

   3,222,017      8,176,013

Unipol SpA

   330,119      1,121,792
         
        13,144,291
         

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
(Cost: $25,564,911)

        32,415,703

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 1.12%

CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSITd – 0.05%

Credit Suisse First Boston NY

     

5.28% - 5.43%,
04/23/07 - 08/21/07

   $287,424      287,424

Deutsche Bank AG

     

5.35%, 08/08/07

   479,039      479,039

Washington Mutual Bank

     

5.33%, 03/19/07

   479,039      479,039
         
        1,245,502

COMMERCIAL PAPERd – 0.25%

Amstel Funding Corp.

     

5.22%, 04/16/07 - 04/17/07e

   182,248      181,011

BNP Paribas Finance Inc.

     

5.12%, 06/06/07

   67,066      66,141

Bryant Park Funding LLC

     

5.27%, 03/06/07e

   47,222      47,187

 

    
Security
   Principal    Value

Cantabric Finance LLC

     

5.25%, 03/06/07e

   $ 153,293    $ 153,181

Cheyne Finance LLC

     

5.24%, 04/12/07 - 04/23/07e

     143,712      142,680

Concord Minutemen

     

Capital Co. LLC

     

5.29%, 03/19/07e

     97,661      97,402

Crown Point Capital Co. LLC

     

5.20%, 07/18/07e

     221,345      216,901

Edison Asset Securitization LLC

     

5.21%, 04/11/07e

     79,411      78,940

Five Finance Inc.

     

5.22%, 04/20/07e

     88,143      87,504

General Electric Capital Corp.

     

5.12% - 5.20%,
06/04/07 - 07/17/07
e

     335,328      329,568

Giro Funding Corp.

     

5.25%, 03/05/07 - 03/12/07e

     314,250      313,871

Grampian Funding LLC

     

5.14% - 5.23%,
04/23/07 - 06/06/07
e

     373,651      369,010

Harrier Finance Funding LLC

     

5.12%, 06/06/07e

     191,616      188,975

Irish Permanent Treasury PLC

     

5.18%, 07/10/07

     95,808      94,002

KKR Pacific Funding Trust

     

5.29%, 03/13/07e

     239,520      239,097

Lexington Parker Capital Co. LLC

     

5.18% - 5.20%,
05/17/07 - 07/25/07
e

     242,103      237,982

Liberty Street Funding Corp.

     

5.27%, 03/06/07e

     22,994      22,977

Lockhart Funding LLC

     

5.25%, 05/04/07 - 05/14/07e

     432,278      428,172

Nationwide Building Society

     

5.21%, 04/13/07e

     182,035      180,902

Nestle Capital Corp.

     

5.19%, 08/09/07

     114,969      112,301

Sedna Finance Inc.

     

5.22%, 04/17/07e

     109,221      108,477

Simba Funding Corp.

     

5.20%, 07/23/07e

     191,616      187,630

 

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Security    Shares or
Principal
   Value

Societe Generale

     

5.18%, 05/16/07

   $ 479,039    $ 473,801

Thames Asset Global Securitization No. 1 Inc.

     

5.25% - 5.28%,
03/02/07 - 03/12/07
e

     729,972      729,266

Thornburg Mortgage Capital
Resources LLC

     

5.28%, 03/12/07e

     140,263      140,036

Three Pillars Funding Corp. 5.26%,

     

03/01/07 - 03/12/07e

     100,594      100,515

Tulip Funding Corp.

     

5.29%, 03/15/07e

     367,828      367,071

Westpac Banking Corp.

     

5.20%, 07/12/07e

     172,454      169,141

Zela Finance Inc.

     

5.20%, 07/16/07e

     114,969      112,694
         
        5,976,435

MEDIUM-TERM NOTESd – 0.02%

Bank of America N.A.

     

5.28%, 04/20/07

     47,904      47,904

Cullinan Finance Corp.

     

5.71%, 06/28/07e

     143,712      143,712

K2 USA LLC

     

5.39%, 06/04/07e

     143,712      143,712

Sigma Finance Inc.

     

5.13% - 5.51%,
03/30/07 - 06/18/07
e

     224,191      224,191
         
        559,519

MONEY MARKET FUNDS – 0.02%

Barclays Global Investors Funds Institutional Money Market Fund, Institutional Shares 5.30%f,g

     388,347      388,347
         
        388,347

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTSd – 0.15%

Banc of America Securities LLC
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $ 383,289 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $395,040, 5.50% to 7.70%, 9/15/09 to 5/1/19).

   $ 383,232      383,232

 

Security    Principal    Value

Bear Stearns Companies Inc. (The)
5.37%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $287,467 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $316,416, 0.00% to 9.20%, 10/17/18 to 11/25/52).

   $ 287,424    $ 287,424

BNP Securities Corp.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $ 19,165 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $20,136, 5.43%, 3/15/08).

     19,162      19,162

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $287,467 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $309,707, 0.00% to 10.00%, 5/27/33 to 8/25/46).

     287,424      287,424

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $383,289 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $402,711, 4.91% to 6.31%, 10/25/33 to 8/25/46).

     383,232      383,232

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.42%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $210,809 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $227,140, 0.00% to 10.00%, 5/27/33 to 8/25/46).

     210,777      210,777

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.46%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $114,986 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $128,081, 0.00% to 10.00%, 5/27/33 to 2/28/37).

     114,969      114,969

 

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Security    Principal    Value

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (The)
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $71,114 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $74,717, 4.52% to 6.89%, 1/15/09 to 10/25/36).

   $ 71,103    $ 71,103

Greenwich Capital Markets Inc.
5.46%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $804,908 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $887,355, 0.00% to 10.00%, 4/1/07 to 12/31/49).

     804,786      804,786

HSBC Securities Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $95,822 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $100,684, 3.72% to 5.99%, 12/15/36 to 6/1/46).

     95,808      95,808

JP Morgan Securities Inc.
5.41%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $47,911 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $50,345, 6.25% to 9.56%, 5/15/11 to 2/1/30).

     47,904      47,904

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $191,645 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $201,356, 1.63% to 14.50%, 5/1/07 to 9/18/37).

     191,616      191,616

Morgan Stanley
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $191,645 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $201,400, 0.00% to 10.00%, 3/1/07 to 2/28/37).

     191,616      191,616

 

Security    Principal    Value

Morgan Stanley
5.51%, due 2/4/08, maturity value $140,988 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $159,068, 0.00% to 10.00%, 3/1/07 to 2/28/37).
h

   $ 134,131    $ 134,131

Wachovia Capital
5.38%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $421,618 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $442,982, 0.00% to 8.32%, 2/15/08 to 3/15/49).

     421,555      421,555
         
        3,644,739

TIME DEPOSITSd – 0.05%

     

Bank of Nova Scotia
5.30%, 03/02/07

     80,356      80,356

Chase Bank USA N.A.
5.38%, 03/01/07

     287,424      287,424

Citibank N.A.
5.47%, 03/01/07

     287,424      287,424

Deutsche Bank AG
5.38%, 03/01/07

     450,050      450,050
         
        1,105,254

VARIABLE & FLOATING RATE NOTESd – 0.58%

Allstate Life Global Funding II

     

5.30% - 5.40%,
02/15/08 - 03/07/08
e

     490,536      490,585

American Express Centurion Bank

     

5.41%, 07/19/07

     210,777      210,872

American Express Credit Corp.
5.42%, 03/05/08

     57,485      57,513

AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust

     

5.35%, 03/06/07

     8,733      8,733

Arkle Master Issuer PLC Series 2006-1A Class 1A

     

5.30%, 11/19/07e

     143,712      143,712

ASIF Global Financing
5.40%, 05/03/07
e

     19,162      19,163

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.

     

5.32%, 02/22/08e

     124,550      124,550

 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security    Principal    Value

Bank of Ireland

     

5.30% - 5.32%,
08/14/07 - 02/20/08
e

   $ 277,843    $ 277,851

Beta Finance Inc.

     

5.29% - 5.41%,
04/25/07 - 07/25/07
e

     488,620      488,630

BMW US Capital LLC
5.32%, 01/15/08
e

     191,616      191,616

BNP Paribas
5.33%, 11/19/07
e

     354,489      354,489

Brigantine High Grade Funding Ltd.

     

5.40%, 09/05/07e

     183,951      183,934

Carlyle Loan Investment Ltd.

     

5.37%, 04/13/07 - 07/15/07e

     139,880      139,880

CC USA Inc.
5.36%, 07/30/07
e

     95,808      95,813

Commodore CDO Ltd.
5.44%, 12/12/07
e

     47,904      47,904

Credit Agricole SA
5.33%, 11/23/07

     191,616      191,616

Credit Suisse First Boston NY
5.36%, 04/24/07

     95,809      95,809

Cullinan Finance Corp.
5.36%, 04/25/07
e

     47,904      47,904

DaimlerChrysler Auto Trust Series 2006-C Class A1

     

5.33%, 10/08/07e

     14,699      14,699

DEPFA Bank PLC
5.40%, 12/14/07
e

     191,616      191,616

Dorada Finance Inc.
5.33% - 5.41%,
06/27/07 - 07/17/07
e

     220,358      220,361

Eli Lilly Services Inc.
5.31%, 03/01/07
e

     127,904      127,904

Fifth Third Bancorp
5.32%, 02/22/08
e

     383,232      383,232

Five Finance Inc.

     

5.31% - 5.37%,
06/29/07 - 07/13/07
e

     124,550      124,544

General Electric Capital Corp.

     

5.28% - 5.45%,
07/09/07 - 02/22/08
e

     201,197      201,216

 

Security    Principal    Value

Granite Master Issuer PLC
5.29%, 08/20/07
e

   $ 670,655    $ 670,655

Harrier Finance Funding LLC

     

5.29% - 5.36%,
07/25/07 - 08/15/07
e

     249,100      249,102

Hartford Life Global Funding Trust

     

5.36% - 5.40%,
07/13/07 - 03/14/08

     287,424      287,442

HBOS Treasury Services PLC
5.46%, 01/24/08
e

     191,616      191,616

Holmes Financing PLC
5.29%, 07/16/07
e

     335,328      335,328

JP Morgan Securities Inc.
5.40%, 11/16/07

     383,232      383,232

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
5.29% - 5.45%,
07/27/07 - 02/29/08
h

     526,943      526,944

K2 USA LLC
5.20% - 5.33%,
04/02/07 - 06/28/07
e

     143,712      143,710

Kestrel Funding LLC
5.30%, 07/11/07
e

     76,646      76,643

Kommunalkredit Austria AG
5.32%, 02/08/08
e

     114,969      114,969

Leafs LLC
5.32%, 01/22/08
e

     185,651      185,651

Links Finance LLC

     

5.28% - 5.35%,
05/10/07 - 05/16/07
e

     210,777      210,773

Lothian Mortgages Master Issuer PLC

     

5.29%, 04/24/07e

     67,554      67,554

Marshall & Ilsley Bank
5.32%, 02/15/08

     105,389      105,389

Master Funding LLC

     

5.35%, 04/25/07 - 05/25/07e

     346,773      346,773

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.
5.46%, 05/30/07
h

     210,777      210,777

Metropolitan Life Global Funding I

     

5.33%, 03/06/08e

     287,424      287,424

 

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Security    Principal    Value

Metropolitan Life Insurance Funding Agreement

     

5.44%, 08/01/07e,h

   $ 19,162    $ 19,162

Mound Financing PLC

     

5.29%, 05/08/07e

     180,119      180,119

Natexis Banques Populaires

     

5.33% - 5.35%,
06/20/07 - 02/08/08
e

     306,585      306,581

National City Bank of Indiana

     

5.34%, 05/21/07

     95,808      95,810

Nationwide Building Society

     

5.37% - 5.48%,
07/20/07 - 01/28/08
e

     632,332      632,403

Newcastle Ltd.

     

5.34%,
04/24/07 - 01/24/08
e

     192,095      192,070

Northern Rock PLC

     

5.38%, 02/01/08e

     229,939      229,943

Northlake CDO I

     

5.42%, 09/06/07e

     57,485      57,485

Pricoa Global Funding I

     

5.31%, 02/27/08e

     258,681      258,681

Sedna Finance Inc.

     

5.32% - 5.34%,
05/25/07 - 08/21/07
e

     277,843      277,841

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken

     

5.32%, 02/15/08e

     191,616      191,616

Strips III LLC

     

5.37%, 07/24/07e

     38,990      38,990

SunTrust Bank

     

5.29%, 05/01/07

     191,616      191,617

Tango Finance Corp.

     

5.27% - 5.34%,
04/25/07 - 07/16/07
e

     467,542      467,526

Union Hamilton Special Funding LLC

     

5.36% - 5.37%,
03/28/07 - 06/21/07
e

     316,166      316,166

Wachovia Asset Securitization Inc.

     

5.31%, 03/25/07e

     216,300      216,299

Wachovia Bank N.A.

     

5.36%, 05/22/07

     383,232      383,232
Security    Principal    Value  

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

     

5.50%, 07/16/07e

   $ 143,712    $ 143,748  

Wells Fargo & Co.

     

5.33%, 11/15/07e

     95,808      95,812  

WhistleJacket Capital Ltd.

     

5.28% - 5.35%,
04/18/07 - 06/13/07
e

     143,712      143,712  

White Pine Finance LLC

     

5.28% - 5.32%,
05/22/07 - 08/20/07
e

     574,847      574,796  

Wind Master Trust

     

5.31%, 07/25/07e

     76,646      76,646  
           
        13,918,383  
           

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost: $26,838,179)

     26,838,179  
           

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES – 100.98%
(Cost: $2,008,487,300)

     2,425,145,292  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities – (0.98)%

     (23,548,328 )
           

NET ASSETS – 100.00%

      $ 2,401,596,964  
           

ADR - American Depositary Receipts

 

a

 

Non-income earning security.

b

 

All or a portion of this security represents a security on loan. See Note 5.

c

 

Security valued at fair value in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Directors. See Note 1.

d

 

All or a portion of this security (these securities) represent(s) an investment of securities lending collateral. See Note 5.

e

 

This security or a portion of these securities may be resold to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A or pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933.

f

 

Affiliated issuer. See Note 2.

g

 

The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.

h

 

The investment adviser has determined that this security or a portion of these securities is “illiquid,” in that it cannot be sold within seven (7) days for approximately the value at which it is carried in the Fund.

See notes to financial statements.


 

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iSHARES® MSCI FRANCE INDEX FUND

February 28, 2007

 

Security    Shares    Value

COMMON STOCKS – 99.76%

     

ADVERTISING – 0.68%

PagesJaunes SA

   18,061    $ 374,566

Publicis Groupe SA

   19,586      876,548
         
        1,251,114

AEROSPACE & DEFENSE – 1.73%

European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co.a

   46,478      1,590,747

Safran SA

   23,490      538,045

Thales SA

   12,528      644,413

Zodiac SA

   5,967      405,140
         
        3,178,345

AIRLINES – 0.40%

     

Air France-KLM

   17,199      745,184
         
        745,184

APPAREL – 0.64%

     

Hermes International

   9,088      1,185,473
         
        1,185,473

AUTO MANUFACTURERS – 2.49%

PSA Peugeot Citroen SA

   21,708      1,462,148

Renault SA

   26,352      3,129,042
         
        4,591,190

AUTO PARTS & EQUIPMENT – 1.41%

Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin Class B

   20,412      2,119,849

Valeo SA

   9,747      479,090
         
        2,598,939

BANKS – 13.55%

     

BNP Paribas

   118,962      12,404,857

Credit Agricole SA

   93,763      3,735,504

Societe Generale Class A

   52,354      8,806,454
         
        24,946,815

BEVERAGES – 1.44%

     

Pernod Ricard SA

   12,851      2,648,013
         
        2,648,013

BUILDING MATERIALS – 4.20%

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain

   44,766      4,163,009

Imerys SA

   4,590      408,778

Lafarge SA

   21,222      3,169,153
         
        7,740,940
Security    Shares    Value

CHEMICALS – 2.13%

L’Air Liquide SA

   17,172    $ 3,930,345
         
        3,930,345

COMMERCIAL SERVICES – 0.15%

Societe des Autoroutes

     

Paris-Rhin-Rhone

   3,213      269,507
         
        269,507

COMPUTERS – 1.02%

     

Atos Origin SAb

   9,504      513,722

Cap Gemini SA

   19,466      1,358,964
         
        1,872,686

COSMETICS & PERSONAL CARE – 2.33%

L’Oreal SA

   40,959      4,281,312
         
        4,281,312

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES – 0.76%

Euronext NV

   12,825      1,393,412
         
        1,393,412

ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION – 3.23%

Bouygues SA

   28,998      2,018,669

Vinci SA

   28,404      3,927,246
         
        5,945,915

FOOD – 6.26%

     

Carrefour SA

   84,996      5,667,665

Casino Guichard-Perrachon SA

   6,156      529,378

Groupe Danone

   33,642      5,320,729
         
        11,517,772

FOOD SERVICE – 0.51%

     

Sodexho Alliance SA

   13,547      933,219
         
        933,219

GAS – 0.67%

     

Gaz de France

   27,999      1,231,980
         
        1,231,980

HAND & MACHINE TOOLS – 2.12%

Schneider Electric SA

   32,124      3,895,459
         
        3,895,459

HEALTH CARE - PRODUCTS – 0.87%

Essilor International SA

   13,999      1,594,748
         
        1,594,748

HOLDING COMPANIES - DIVERSIFIED – 2.09%

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA

   34,857      3,855,294
         
        3,855,294

 

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February 28, 2007

 

    
Security
   Shares    Value

HOME FURNISHINGS – 0.38%

Thomson

   36,882    $ 692,788
         
        692,788

HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS & WARES – 0.15%

Societe BIC SA

   3,996      272,688
         
        272,688

INSURANCE – 6.09%

AXA

   237,519      10,090,223

CNP Assurances

   6,286      703,638

SCOR

   16,659      422,510
         
        11,216,371

IRON & STEEL – 2.74%

Arcelor Mittal

   99,576      5,039,103
         
        5,039,103

LODGING – 1.37%

Accor SA

   28,680      2,528,056
         
        2,528,056

MACHINERY – 1.03%

ALSTOMb

   15,643      1,887,622
         
        1,887,622

MEDIA – 4.72%

Lagardere SCA

   17,226      1,321,820

M6-Metropole Television

   9,558      338,746

Societe Television Francaise 1

   16,659      560,485

Vivendi SA

   163,998      6,466,500
         
        8,687,551

METAL FABRICATE & HARDWARE – 0.76%

Vallourec SA

   5,630      1,393,164
         
        1,393,164

OFFICE & BUSINESS EQUIPMENT – 0.32%

Neopost SA

   4,536      583,964
         
        583,964

OIL & GAS – 11.35%

Total SA

   310,068      20,896,993
         
        20,896,993

OIL & GAS SERVICES – 0.55%

Technip SA

   15,041      1,009,514
         
        1,009,514
Security    Shares or
Principal
   Value

PHARMACEUTICALS – 6.67%

Sanofi-Aventis

     144,666    $ 12,279,864
         
        12,279,864

REAL ESTATE – 1.49%

Gecina SA

     1,809      332,154

Klepierre

     2,646      520,790

Unibail Holding

     6,533      1,885,949
         
        2,738,893

RETAIL – 0.77%

PPR SA

     9,453      1,419,765
         
        1,419,765

SEMICONDUCTORS – 1.02%

STMicroelectronics NV

     97,065      1,880,958
         
        1,880,958

SOFTWARE – 0.50%

Business Objects SAb

     13,824      503,816

Dassault Systemes SA

     8,291      423,842
         
        927,658

TELECOMMUNICATIONS – 5.81%

Alcatel-Lucent

     328,401      4,186,183

France Telecom SA

     240,300      6,516,721
         
        10,702,904

WATER – 5.36%

Suez SA

     144,720      7,000,568

Veolia Environnement

     40,635      2,862,047
         
        9,862,615
         

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost: $164,684,739)

        183,628,133

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.94%

CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSITc – 0.04%

Credit Suisse First Boston NY

     

5.28% - 5.43%,
04/23/07 - 08/21/07

   $ 17,880      17,880

Deutsche Bank AG

     

5.35%, 08/08/07

     29,799      29,799

Washington Mutual Bank

     

5.33%, 03/19/07

     29,799      29,799
         
        77,478

 

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Security    Principal    Value

COMMERCIAL PAPERc – 0.20%

     

Amstel Funding Corp.

     

5.22%,
04/16/07 - 04/17/07
d

   $ 11,337    $ 11,252

BNP Paribas Finance Inc.

     

5.12%, 06/06/07

     4,172      4,114

Bryant Park Funding LLC

     

5.27%, 03/06/07d

     2,937      2,935

Cantabric Finance LLC

     

5.25%, 03/06/07d

     9,536      9,529

Cheyne Finance LLC

     

5.24%,
04/12/07 - 04/23/07
d

     8,940      8,876

Concord Minutemen Capital Co. LLC

     

5.29%, 03/19/07d

     6,075      6,059

Crown Point Capital Co. LLC

     

5.20%, 07/18/07d

     13,769      13,492

Edison Asset Securitization LLC

     

5.21%, 04/11/07d

     4,940      4,910

Five Finance Inc.

     

5.22%, 04/20/07d

     5,483      5,443

General Electric Capital Corp.

     

5.12% - 5.20%,
06/04/07 - 07/17/07
d

     20,859      20,501

Giro Funding Corp.

     

5.25%,
03/05/07 - 03/12/07
d

     19,548      19,524

Grampian Funding LLC

     

5.14% - 5.23%,
04/23/07 - 06/06/07
d

     23,243      22,954

Harrier Finance Funding LLC

     

5.12%, 06/06/07d

     11,920      11,755

Irish Permanent Treasury PLC

     

5.18%, 07/10/07

     5,960      5,847

KKR Pacific Funding Trust

     

5.29%, 03/13/07d

     14,899      14,873

Lexington Parker Capital Co. LLC

     

5.18% - 5.20%,
05/17/07 - 07/25/07
d

     15,060      14,804

Liberty Street Funding Corp.

     

5.27%, 03/06/07d

     1,430      1,429

Lockhart Funding LLC

     

5.25%,
05/04/07 - 05/14/07
d

     26,890      26,635

Nationwide Building Society

     

5.21%, 04/13/07d

     11,324      11,253
Security    Shares or
Principal
   Value

Nestle Capital Corp.

     

5.19%, 08/09/07

   $ 7,152    $ 6,986

Sedna Finance Inc.

     

5.22%, 04/17/07d

     6,794      6,748

Simba Funding Corp.

     

5.20%, 07/23/07d

     11,920      11,672

Societe Generale

     

5.18%, 05/16/07

     29,799      29,473

Thames Asset Global Securitization No. 1 Inc.

     

5.25% - 5.28%,
03/02/07 - 03/12/07
d

     45,408      45,364

Thornburg Mortgage Capital Resources LLC

     

5.28%, 03/12/07d

     8,725      8,711

Three Pillars Funding Corp.

     

5.26%,
03/01/07 - 03/12/07
d

     6,258      6,253

Tulip Funding Corp.

     

5.29%, 03/15/07d

     22,881      22,834

Westpac Banking Corp.

     

5.20%, 07/12/07d

     10,728      10,521

Zela Finance Inc.

     

5.20%, 07/16/07d

     7,152      7,010
         
        371,757

MEDIUM-TERM NOTESc – 0.02%

     

Bank of America N.A.

     

5.28%, 04/20/07

     2,980      2,980

Cullinan Finance Corp.

     

5.71%, 06/28/07d

     8,940      8,940

K2 USA LLC

     

5.39%, 06/04/07d

     8,940      8,940

Sigma Finance Inc.

     

5.13% - 5.51%,
03/30/07 - 06/18/07
d

     13,946      13,946
         
        34,806

MONEY MARKET FUNDS – 0.05%

     

Barclays Global Investors Funds Institutional Money Market Fund, Institutional Shares
5.30%
e,f

     88,026      88,026
         
        88,026

 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security    Principal    Value

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTSc – 0.12%

Banc of America Securities LLC
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $23,843 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $24,574, 5.50% to 7.70%, 9/15/09 to 5/1/19).

   $ 23,839    $ 23,839

Bear Stearns Companies Inc. (The)
5.37%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $17,882 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $19,683, 0.00% to 9.20%, 10/17/18 to 11/25/52).

     17,879      17,879

BNP Securities Corp.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $1,192 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $1,253, 5.43%, 3/15/08).

     1,192      1,192

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $17,882 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $19,265, 0.00% to 10.00%, 5/27/33 to 8/25/46).

     17,879      17,879

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $23,843 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $25,051, 4.91% to 6.31%, 10/25/33 to 8/25/46).

     23,839      23,839

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.42%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $13,113 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $14,129, 0.00% to 10.00%, 5/27/33 to 8/25/46).

     13,111      13,111
Security    Principal    Value

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.46%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $7,153 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $7,967, 0.00% to 10.00%, 5/27/33 to 2/28/37).

   $ 7,152    $ 7,152

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (The)
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $4,424 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $4,648, 4.52% to 6.89%, 1/15/09 to 10/25/36).

     4,423      4,423

Greenwich Capital Markets Inc.
5.46%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $50,070 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $55,198, 0.00% to 10.00%, 4/1/07 to 12/31/49).

     50,062      50,062

HSBC Securities Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $5,961 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $6,263, 3.72% to 5.99%, 12/15/36 to 6/1/46).

     5,960      5,960

JP Morgan Securities Inc.
5.41%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $2,980 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $3,132, 6.25% to 9.56%, 5/15/11 to 2/1/30).

     2,980      2,980

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $11,922 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $12,525, 1.63% to 14.50%, 5/1/07 to 9/18/37).

     11,920      11,920

Morgan Stanley
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $11,922 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $12,528, 0.00% to 10.00%, 3/1/07 to 2/28/37).

     11,920      11,920

 

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Security    Principal    Value

Morgan Stanley
5.51%, due 2/4/08, maturity value $8,771 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $9,895, 0.00% to 10.00%, 3/1/07 to 2/28/37).
g

   $ 8,344    $ 8,344

Wachovia Capital
5.38%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $26,227 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $27,556, 0.00% to 8.32%, 2/15/08 to 3/15/49).

     26,223      26,223
         
        226,723

TIME DEPOSITSc – 0.04%

     

Bank of Nova Scotia

     

5.30%, 03/02/07

     4,999      4,999

Chase Bank USA N.A.

     

5.38%, 03/01/07

     17,879      17,879

Citibank N.A.

     

5.47%, 03/01/07

     17,879      17,879

Deutsche Bank AG

     

5.38%, 03/01/07

     27,996      27,996
         
        68,753

VARIABLE & FLOATING RATE NOTESc – 0.47%

Allstate Life Global Funding II

     

5.30% - 5.40%,
02/15/08 - 03/07/08
d

     30,514      30,517

American Express Centurion Bank

     

5.41%, 07/19/07

     13,111      13,117

American Express Credit Corp.

     

5.42%, 03/05/08

     3,576      3,578

AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust

     

5.35%, 03/06/07

     543      543

Arkle Master Issuer PLC Series 2006-1A Class 1A

     

5.30%, 11/19/07d

     8,940      8,940

ASIF Global Financing

     

5.40%, 05/03/07d

     1,192      1,192

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.

     

5.32%, 02/22/08d

     7,748      7,748
Security    Principal    Value

Bank of Ireland

     

5.30% - 5.32%,
08/14/07 - 02/20/08
d

   $ 17,283    $ 17,284

Beta Finance Inc.

     

5.29% - 5.41%,
04/25/07 - 07/25/07
d

     30,395      30,395

BMW US Capital LLC

     

5.32%, 01/15/08d

     11,920      11,920

BNP Paribas

     

5.33%, 11/19/07d

     22,051      22,051

Brigantine High Grade Funding Ltd.

     

5.40%, 09/05/07d

     11,443      11,442

Carlyle Loan Investment Ltd.

     

5.37%,
04/13/07 - 07/15/07
d

     8,701      8,702

CC USA Inc.

     

5.36%, 07/30/07d

     5,960      5,960

Commodore CDO Ltd.

     

5.44%, 12/12/07d

     2,980      2,980

Credit Agricole SA

     

5.33%, 11/23/07

     11,920      11,920

Credit Suisse First Boston NY

     

5.36%, 04/24/07

     5,960      5,960

Cullinan Finance Corp.

     

5.36%, 04/25/07d

     2,980      2,980

DaimlerChrysler Auto Trust Series 2006-C Class A1

     

5.33%, 10/08/07d

     914      914

DEPFA Bank PLC

     

5.40%, 12/14/07d

     11,920      11,920

Dorada Finance Inc.

     

5.33% - 5.41%,
06/27/07 - 07/17/07
d

     13,707      13,708

Eli Lilly Services Inc.

     

5.31%, 03/01/07d

     7,956      7,956

Fifth Third Bancorp

     

5.32%, 02/22/08d

     23,839      23,839

Five Finance Inc.

     

5.31% - 5.37%,
06/29/07 - 07/13/07
d

     7,748      7,747

General Electric Capital Corp.

     

5.28% - 5.45%,
07/09/07 - 02/22/08
d

     12,515      12,517

 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security    Principal    Value

Granite Master Issuer PLC

     

5.29%, 08/20/07d

   $ 41,718    $ 41,718

Harrier Finance Funding LLC

     

5.29% - 5.36%,
07/25/07 - 08/15/07
d

     15,495      15,495

Hartford Life Global Funding Trust

     

5.36% - 5.40%,
07/13/07 - 03/14/08

     17,879      17,881

HBOS Treasury Services PLC

     

5.46%, 01/24/08d

     11,920      11,920

Holmes Financing PLC

     

5.29%, 07/16/07d

     20,859      20,859

JP Morgan Securities Inc.

     

5.40%, 11/16/07

     23,839      23,839

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     

5.29% - 5.45%,
07/27/07 - 02/29/08
g

     32,779      32,779

K2 USA LLC

     

5.20% - 5.33%,
04/02/07 - 06/28/07
d

     8,940      8,940

Kestrel Funding LLC

     

5.30%, 07/11/07d

     4,768      4,768

Kommunalkredit Austria AG

     

5.32%, 02/08/08d

     7,152      7,152

Leafs LLC

     

5.32%, 01/22/08d

     11,548      11,548

Links Finance LLC

     

5.28% - 5.35%,
05/10/07 - 05/16/07
d

     13,111      13,112

Lothian Mortgages Master Issuer PLC

     

5.29%, 04/24/07d

     4,202      4,202

Marshall & Ilsley Bank

     

5.32%, 02/15/08

     6,556      6,556

Master Funding LLC

     

5.35%, 04/25/07 - 05/25/07d

     21,571      21,572

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.

     

5.46%, 05/30/07g

     13,111      13,111

Metropolitan Life Global Funding I

     

5.33%, 03/06/08d

     17,879      17,879

Metropolitan Life Insurance
Funding Agreement

     

5.44%, 08/01/07d,g

     1,192      1,192
Security    Principal    Value

Mound Financing PLC

     

5.29%, 05/08/07d

   $ 11,204    $ 11,204

Natexis Banques Populaires

     

5.33% - 5.35%,
06/20/07 - 02/08/08
d

     19,071      19,072

National City Bank of Indiana

     

5.34%, 05/21/07

     5,960      5,960

Nationwide Building Society

     

5.37% - 5.48%,
07/20/07 - 01/28/08
d

     39,334      39,339

Newcastle Ltd.

     

5.34%, 04/24/07 - 01/24/08d

     11,949      11,947

Northern Rock PLC

     

5.38%, 02/01/08d

     14,303      14,304

Northlake CDO I

     

5.42%, 09/06/07d

     3,576      3,576

Pricoa Global Funding I

     

5.31%, 02/27/08d

     16,091      16,091

Sedna Finance Inc.

     

5.32% - 5.34%,
05/25/07 - 08/21/07
d

     17,283      17,284

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken

     

5.32%, 02/15/08d

     11,920      11,920

Strips III LLC

     

5.37%, 07/24/07d

     2,425      2,425

SunTrust Bank

     

5.29%, 05/01/07

     11,920      11,920

Tango Finance Corp.

     

5.27% - 5.34%,
04/25/07 - 07/16/07
d

     29,084      29,082

Union Hamilton Special Funding LLC

     

5.36% - 5.37%,
03/28/07 - 06/21/07
d

     19,667      19,668

Wachovia Asset Securitization Inc.

     

5.31%, 03/25/07d

     13,455      13,455

Wachovia Bank N.A.

     

5.36%, 05/22/07

     23,839      23,839

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

     

5.50%, 07/16/07d

     8,940      8,942

Wells Fargo & Co.

     

5.33%, 11/15/07d

     5,960      5,960

 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security    Principal    Value  

WhistleJacket Capital Ltd.

     

5.28% - 5.35%,
04/18/07 - 06/13/07
d

   $ 8,940    $ 8,940  

White Pine Finance LLC

     

5.28% - 5.32%,
05/22/07 - 08/20/07
d

     35,759      35,755  

Wind Master Trust

     

5.31%, 07/25/07d

     4,768      4,768  
           
        865,804  
           

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost: $1,733,347)

        1,733,347  
           

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES – 100.70%
(Cost: $166,418,086)

        185,361,480  

Other Assets, Less
Liabilities – (0.70)%

        (1,291,567 )
           

NET ASSETS – 100.00%

      $ 184,069,913  
           

 

a

 

All or a portion of this security represents a security on loan. See Note 5.

b

 

Non-income earning security.

c

 

All or a portion of this security (these securities) represent(s) an investment of securities lending collateral. See Note 5.

d

 

This security or a portion of these securities may be resold to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A or pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933.

e

 

Affiliated issuer. See Note 2.

f

 

The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.

g

 

The investment adviser has determined that this security or a portion of these securities is “illiquid,” in that it cannot be sold within seven (7) days for approximately the value at which it is carried in the Fund.

See notes to financial statements.


 

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iSHARES® MSCI GERMANY INDEX FUND

February 28, 2007

 

Security    Shares    Value

COMMON STOCKS – 96.30%

AIRLINES – 0.63%

     

Deutsche Lufthansa AG

   253,650    $ 6,855,307
         
        6,855,307

APPAREL – 1.49%

     

Adidas AG

   234,460      11,496,433

Puma AG

   13,469      4,777,119
         
        16,273,552

AUTO MANUFACTURERS – 8.57%

DaimlerChrysler AG Registered

   1,025,181      69,620,082

Volkswagen AG

   189,621      23,880,750
         
        93,500,832

AUTO PARTS & EQUIPMENT – 1.70%

Continental AG

   148,738      18,529,601
         
        18,529,601

BANKS – 11.72%

     

Commerzbank AG

   702,505      28,952,788

DEPFA Bank PLC

   399,375      6,694,665

Deutsche Bank AG

   581,898      76,289,323

Deutsche Postbank AG

   73,260      6,149,911

Hypo Real Estate Holding AG

   153,702      9,721,204
         
        127,807,891

BIOTECHNOLOGY – 0.24%

  

QIAGEN NVa,b

   161,771      2,632,678
         
        2,632,678

CHEMICALS – 9.20%

     

BASF AG

   527,696      53,569,063

Bayer AG

   815,381      46,820,560
         
        100,389,623

COMPUTERS – 0.28%

     

Wincor Nixdorf AG

   18,612      3,033,607
         
        3,033,607

COSMETICS & PERSONAL CARE – 0.45%

Beiersdorf AG

   76,305      4,938,959
         
        4,938,959

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES – 2.26%

Deutsche Boerse AG

   114,943      22,981,588

MLP AGb

   69,608      1,671,627
         
        24,653,215
Security    Shares    Value

ELECTRIC – 13.02%

     

E.ON AG

   697,015    $ 91,280,376

RWE AG

   498,361      50,755,698
         
        142,036,074

ENERGY– ALTERNATE SOURCES – 0.26%

Solarworld AGb

   39,787      2,868,541
         
        2,868,541

ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION – 1.85%

Bilfinger Berger AG

   41,110      3,406,506

Hochtief AG

   46,924      4,079,804

Linde AG

   124,552      12,670,222
         
        20,156,532

FOOD – 1.33%

     

METRO AG

   184,404      12,734,805

Suedzucker AG

   84,697      1,786,732
         
        14,521,537

HEALTH CARE – PRODUCTS – 0.92%

Fresenius Medical
Care AG & Co. KGaA

   70,986      10,033,278
         
        10,033,278

INSURANCE – 12.82%

     

Allianz SE

   482,582      103,766,828

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs- Gesellschaft AG

   226,776      36,075,982
         
        139,842,810

IRON & STEEL – 2.32%

     

Salzgitter AG

   45,425      5,602,588

ThyssenKrupp AG

   403,086      19,727,512
         
        25,330,100

LEISURE TIME – 0.52%

     

TUI AGb

   242,514      5,647,751
         
        5,647,751

MACHINERY– DIVERSIFIED – 1.95%

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG

   65,921      2,821,338

MAN AG

   141,006      15,130,052

Rheinmetall AG

   41,743      3,355,294
         
        21,306,684

MANUFACTURING – 9.15%

     

Siemens AG

   947,428      99,807,525
         
        99,807,525

 

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Security
   Shares    Value

MEDIA – 0.15%

     

Premiere AGa,b

   79,300    $ 1,670,784
         
        1,670,784

PHARMACEUTICALS – 1.75%

  

ALTANA AG

   80,811      4,883,689

Celesio AG

   102,889      5,829,232

Merck KGaA

   66,996      8,323,271
         
        19,036,192

REAL ESTATE – 0.40%

     

IVG Immobilien AG

   97,496      4,342,709
         
        4,342,709

RETAIL – 0.42%

     

Douglas Holding AG

   35,352      2,045,382

KarstadtQuelle AGa,b

   71,591      2,483,359
         
        4,528,741

SEMICONDUCTORS – 1.18%

  

Infineon Technologies AGa

   842,360      12,907,499
         
        12,907,499

SOFTWARE – 4.06%

     

SAP AG

   964,211      44,336,610
         
        44,336,610

TELECOMMUNICATIONS – 5.09%

Deutsche Telekom AG

   3,097,373      55,480,399
         
        55,480,399

TRANSPORTATION – 2.57%

Deutsche Post AG

   880,512      28,054,269
         
        28,054,269
         

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost: $ 863,746,270)

     1,050,523,300

PREFERRED STOCKS – 3.49%

  

AUTO MANUFACTURERS – 2.00%

  

Porsche AG

   8,683      11,370,824

Volkswagen AG

   118,085      10,396,359
         
        21,767,183

ELECTRIC – 0.31%

     

RWE AG

   37,141      3,397,012
         
        3,397,012
Security    Shares or
Principal
   Value

HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS & WARES – 0.89%

Henkel KGaA

     68,522    $ 9,665,099
         
        9,665,099

MEDIA – 0.29%

     

ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG

     93,920      3,179,751
         
        3,179,751
         

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
(Cost: $ 26,748,273)

     38,009,045

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 1.51%

CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSITc – 0.07%

Credit Suisse First Boston NY

     

5.28% - 5.43%,
04/23/07 - 08/21/07

   $ 175,309      175,309

Deutsche Bank AG

     

5.35%, 08/08/07

     292,182      292,182

Washington Mutual Bank

     

5.33%, 03/19/07

     292,182      292,182
         
        759,673

COMMERCIAL PAPERc – 0.34%

Amstel Funding Corp.

     

5.22%, 04/16/07 - 04/17/07d

     111,159      110,404

BNP Paribas Finance Inc.

     

5.12%, 06/06/07

     40,905      40,342

Bryant Park Funding LLC

     

5.27%, 03/06/07d

     28,802      28,781

Cantabric Finance LLC

     

5.25%, 03/06/07d

     93,498      93,430

Cheyne Finance LLC

     

5.24%, 04/12/07 - 04/23/07d

     87,655      87,026

Concord Minutemen Capital Co. LLC

     

5.29%, 03/19/07d

     59,567      59,409

Crown Point Capital Co. LLC

     

5.20%, 07/18/07d

     135,006      132,295

Edison Asset Securitization LLC

     

5.21%, 04/11/07d

     48,436      48,148

Five Finance Inc.

     

5.22%, 04/20/07d

     53,761      53,372

General Electric Capital Corp.

     

5.12% - 5.20%,
06/04/07 - 07/17/07
d

     204,527      201,014

 

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Security
   Principal    Value

Giro Funding Corp.

     

5.25%,
03/05/07 - 03/12/07
d

   $ 191,671    $ 191,440

Grampian Funding LLC

     

5.14% - 5.23%,
04/23/07 - 06/06/07
d

     227,902      225,072

Harrier Finance Funding LLC

     

5.12%, 06/06/07d

     116,873      115,262

Irish Permanent Treasury PLC

     

5.18%, 07/10/07

     58,436      57,335

KKR Pacific Funding Trust

     

5.29%, 03/13/07d

     146,091      145,833

Lexington Parker Capital Co. LLC

     

5.18% - 5.20%,
05/17/07 - 07/25/07
d

     147,666      145,153

Liberty Street Funding Corp.

     

5.27%, 03/06/07d

     14,025      14,014

Lockhart Funding LLC

     

5.25%,
05/04/07 - 05/14/07
d

     263,660      261,156

Nationwide Building Society

     

5.21%, 04/13/07d

     111,029      110,338

Nestle Capital Corp.

     

5.19%, 08/09/07

     70,124      68,496

Sedna Finance Inc.

     

5.22%, 04/17/07d

     66,617      66,163

Simba Funding Corp.

     

5.20%, 07/23/07d

     116,873      114,442

Societe Generale

     

5.18%, 05/16/07

     292,182      288,987

Thames Asset Global Securitization No. 1 Inc.

     

5.25% - 5.28%,
03/02/07 - 03/12/07
d

     445,234      444,803

Thornburg Mortgage Capital Resources LLC

     

5.28%, 03/12/07d

     85,551      85,413

Three Pillars Funding Corp.

     

5.26%, 03/01/07 - 03/12/07d

     61,356      61,308

Tulip Funding Corp.

     

5.29%, 03/15/07d

     224,350      223,889

Westpac Banking Corp.

     

5.20%, 07/12/07d

     105,185      103,165

Zela Finance Inc.

     

5.20%, 07/16/07d

     70,124      68,736
         
        3,645,226
Security    Shares or
Principal
   Value

MEDIUM-TERM NOTESc – 0.03%

     

Bank of America N.A.

     

5.28%, 04/20/07

   $ 29,218    $ 29,218

Cullinan Finance Corp.

     

5.71%, 06/28/07d

     87,655      87,655

K2 USA LLC

     

5.39%, 06/04/07d

     87,655      87,655

Sigma Finance Inc.

     

5.13% - 5.51%,
03/30/07 - 06/18/07
d

     136,741      136,741
         
        341,269

MONEY MARKET FUNDS – 0.03%

     

Barclays Global Investors Funds Institutional Money Market Fund, Institutional Shares
5.30%
e,f

     305,433      305,433
         
        305,433

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTSc – 0.20%

  

Banc of America Securities LLC 5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $233,780 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $240,948, 5.50% to 7.70%, 9/15/09 to 5/1/19).

   $ 233,745      233,745

Bear Stearns Companies Inc. (The) 5.37%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $175,335 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $192,992, 0.00% to 9.20%, 10/17/18 to 11/25/52).

     175,309      175,309

BNP Securities Corp.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $11,689 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $12,281, 5.43%, 3/15/08).

     11,687      11,687

 

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Security    Principal    Value

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $175,335 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $188,901, 0.00% to 10.00%, 5/27/33 to 8/25/46).

   $ 175,309    $ 175,309

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $233,780 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $245,627, 4.91% to 6.31%, 10/25/33 to 8/25/46).

     233,745      233,745

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.42%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $128,579 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $138,540, 0.00% to 10.00%, 5/27/33 to 8/25/46).

     128,560      128,560

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.46%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $70,135 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $78,121, 0.00% to 10.00%, 5/27/33 to 2/28/37).

     70,124      70,124

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (The)
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $43,374 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $45,572, 4.52% to 6.89%, 1/15/09 to 10/25/36).

     43,368      43,368

Greenwich Capital Markets Inc.
5.46%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $490,940 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $541,227, 0.00% to 10.00%, 4/1/07 to 12/31/49).

     490,866      490,866
Security    Principal    Value

HSBC Securities Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $58,445 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $61,411, 3.72% to 5.99%, 12/15/36 to 6/1/46).

   $ 58,436    $ 58,436

JP Morgan Securities Inc.
5.41%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $29,222 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $30,707, 6.25% to 9.56%, 5/15/11 to 2/1/30).

     29,218      29,218

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $116,890 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $122,814, 1.63% to 14.50%, 5/1/07 to 9/18/37).

     116,873      116,873

Morgan Stanley
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $116,890 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $122,840, 0.00% to 10.00%, 3/1/07 to 2/28/37).

     116,873      116,873

Morgan Stanley
5.51%, due 2/4/08, maturity value $85,993 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $97,021, 0.00% to 10.00%, 3/1/07 to 2/28/37).
g

     81,811      81,811

Wachovia Capital
5.38%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $257,158 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $270,189, 0.00% to 8.32%, 2/15/08 to 3/15/49).

     257,120      257,120
         
        2,223,044

 

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Security    Principal    Value

TIME DEPOSITSc – 0.06%

     

Bank of Nova Scotia

     

5.30%, 03/02/07

   $ 49,012    $ 49,012

Chase Bank USA N.A.

     

5.38%, 03/01/07

     175,309      175,309

Citibank N.A.

     

5.47%, 03/01/07

     175,309      175,309

Deutsche Bank AG

     

5.38%, 03/01/07

     274,500      274,500
         
        674,130

VARIABLE & FLOATING RATE NOTESc – 0.78%

Allstate Life Global Funding II

     

5.30% - 5.40%,
02/15/08 - 03/07/08
d

     299,194      299,223

American Express Centurion Bank

     

5.41%, 07/19/07

     128,560      128,618

American Express Credit Corp.

     

5.42%, 03/05/08

     35,062      35,079

AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust

     

5.35%, 03/06/07

     5,326      5,326

Arkle Master Issuer PLC Series 2006-1A Class 1A

     

5.30%, 11/19/07d

     87,655      87,655

ASIF Global Financing

     

5.40%, 05/03/07d

     11,687      11,688

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.

     

5.32%, 02/22/08d

     75,967      75,967

Bank of Ireland

     

5.30% - 5.32%,
08/14/07 - 02/20/08
d

     169,465      169,470

Beta Finance Inc.

     

5.29% - 5.41%,
04/25/07 - 07/25/07
d

     298,025      298,031

BMW US Capital LLC

     

5.32%, 01/15/08d

     116,873      116,873

BNP Paribas

     

5.33%, 11/19/07d

     216,215      216,215

Brigantine High Grade Funding Ltd.

     

5.40%, 09/05/07d

     112,198      112,187
Security    Principal    Value

Carlyle Loan Investment Ltd.

     

5.37%, 04/13/07 - 07/15/07d

   $ 85,317    $ 85,317

CC USA Inc.

     

5.36%, 07/30/07d

     58,436      58,440

Commodore CDO Ltd.

     

5.44%, 12/12/07d

     29,218      29,218

Credit Agricole SA

     

5.33%, 11/23/07

     116,873      116,873

Credit Suisse First Boston NY

     

5.36%, 04/24/07

     58,436      58,437

Cullinan Finance Corp.

     

5.36%, 04/25/07d

     29,218      29,218

DaimlerChrysler Auto Trust Series 2006-C Class A1

     

5.33%, 10/08/07d

     8,965      8,965

DEPFA Bank PLC

     

5.40%, 12/14/07d

     116,873      116,873

Dorada Finance Inc.

     

5.33% - 5.41%,
06/27/07 - 07/17/07
d

     134,404      134,406

Eli Lilly Services Inc.

     

5.31%, 03/01/07d

     78,013      78,013

Fifth Third Bancorp

     

5.32%, 02/22/08d

     233,745      233,745

Five Finance Inc.

     

5.31% - 5.37%,
06/29/07 - 07/13/07
d

     75,967      75,963

General Electric Capital Corp.

     

5.28% - 5.45%,
07/09/07 - 02/22/08
d

     122,716      122,729

Granite Master Issuer PLC

     

5.29%, 08/20/07d

     409,055      409,055

Harrier Finance Funding LLC

     

5.29% - 5.36%,
07/25/07 - 08/15/07
d

     151,935      151,935

Hartford Life Global Funding Trust

     

5.36% - 5.40%,
07/13/07 - 03/14/08

     175,309      175,321

HBOS Treasury Services PLC

     

5.46%, 01/24/08d

     116,873      116,873

 

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Security    Principal    Value

Holmes Financing PLC

     

5.29%, 07/16/07d

   $ 204,527    $ 204,527

JP Morgan Securities Inc.

     

5.40%, 11/16/07

     233,745      233,745

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     

5.29% - 5.45%,
07/27/07 - 02/29/08
g

     321,400      321,400

K2 USA LLC

     

5.20% - 5.33%,
04/02/07 - 06/28/07
d

     87,655      87,653

Kestrel Funding LLC

     

5.30%, 07/11/07d

     46,749      46,747

Kommunalkredit Austria AG

     

5.32%, 02/08/08d

     70,124      70,124

Leafs LLC

     

5.32%, 01/22/08d

     113,234      113,234

Links Finance LLC

     

5.28% - 5.35%,
05/10/07 - 05/16/07
d

     128,560      128,558

Lothian Mortgages Master Issuer PLC

     

5.29%, 04/24/07d

     41,204      41,204

Marshall & Ilsley Bank

     

5.32%, 02/15/08

     64,280      64,280

Master Funding LLC

     

5.35%,
04/25/07 - 05/25/07
d

     211,508      211,508

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.

     

5.46%, 05/30/07g

     128,560      128,560

Metropolitan Life Global Funding I

     

5.33%, 03/06/08d

     175,309      175,309

Metropolitan Life Insurance Funding Agreement

     

5.44%, 08/01/07d,g

     11,687      11,687

Mound Financing PLC

     

5.29%, 05/08/07d

     109,860      109,860

Natexis Banques Populaires

     

5.33% - 5.35%,
06/20/07 - 02/08/08
d

     186,996      186,995

National City Bank of Indiana

     

5.34%, 05/21/07

     58,436      58,437

Nationwide Building Society

     

5.37% - 5.48%,
07/20/07 - 01/28/08
d

     385,680      385,723
Security    Principal    Value

Newcastle Ltd.

     

5.34%, 04/24/07 - 01/24/08d

   $ 117,165    $ 117,150

Northern Rock PLC

     

5.38%, 02/01/08d

     140,247      140,250

Northlake CDO I

     

5.42%, 09/06/07d

     35,062      35,062

Pricoa Global Funding I

     

5.31%, 02/27/08d

     157,778      157,778

Sedna Finance Inc.

     

5.32% - 5.34%,
05/25/07 - 08/21/07
d

     169,465      169,465

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken

     

5.32%, 02/15/08d

     116,873      116,873

Strips III LLC

     

5.37%, 07/24/07d

     23,782      23,782

SunTrust Bank

     

5.29%, 05/01/07

     116,873      116,874

Tango Finance Corp.

     

5.27% - 5.34%,
04/25/07 - 07/16/07
d

     285,169      285,160

Union Hamilton Special Funding LLC

     

5.36% - 5.37%,
03/28/07 - 06/21/07
d

     192,840      192,840

Wachovia Asset Securitization Inc.

     

5.31%, 03/25/07d

     131,928      131,928

Wachovia Bank N.A.

     

5.36%, 05/22/07

     233,745      233,745

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

     

5.50%, 07/16/07d

     87,655      87,677

Wells Fargo & Co.

     

5.33%, 11/15/07d

     58,436      58,439

WhistleJacket Capital Ltd.

     

5.28% - 5.35%,
04/18/07 - 06/13/07
d

     87,655      87,655

White Pine Finance LLC

     

5.28% - 5.32%,
05/22/07 - 08/20/07
d

     350,618      350,587

Wind Master Trust

     

5.31%, 07/25/07d

     46,749      46,749
         
        8,489,278
         

 

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      Value  

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost: $16,438,053)

   $ 16,438,053  
        

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES – 101.30%
(Cost: $ 906,932,596)

     1,104,970,398  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities – (1.30)%

     (14,127,350 )
        

NET ASSETS – 100.00%

   $ 1,090,843,048  
        

 

a

 

Non-income earning security.

b

 

All or a portion of this security represents a security on loan. See Note 5.

c

 

All or a portion of this security (these securities) represent(s) an investment of securities lending collateral. See Note 5.

d

 

This security or a portion of these securities may be resold to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A or pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933.

e

 

Affiliated issuer. See Note 2.

f

 

The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.

g

 

The investment adviser has determined that this security or a portion of these securities is “illiquid,” in that it cannot be sold within seven (7) days for approximately the value at which it is carried in the Fund.

See notes to financial statements.


 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security    Shares    Value

COMMON STOCKS – 94.32%

AEROSPACE & DEFENSE – 2.17%

Finmeccanica SpA

   152,502    $ 4,496,308
         
        4,496,308

APPAREL – 0.34%

     

Benetton Group SpA

   42,781      702,439
         
        702,439

AUTO MANUFACTURERS – 2.81%

Fiat SpAa

   246,312      5,830,556
         
        5,830,556

AUTO PARTS & EQUIPMENT – 0.74%

Pirelli & C. SpA

   1,378,414      1,538,589
         
        1,538,589

BANKS – 36.85%

     

Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpAb

   641,344      4,134,255

Banca Popolare di Milano Scrl

   230,076      3,564,969

Banche Popolari Unite Scrl

   215,088      6,108,591

Banco Popolare di Verona e
Novara Scrl

   216,571      6,551,220

Capitalia SpA

   766,140      6,588,332

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA

   2,803,344      20,385,440

UniCredito Italiano SpA

   3,156,061      29,182,991
         
        76,515,798

BUILDING MATERIALS – 0.82%

Italcementi SpA

   56,475      1,694,927
         
        1,694,927

COMMERCIAL SERVICES – 2.56%

Autostrade SpA

   176,634      5,319,803
         
        5,319,803

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES – 3.16%

Mediobanca SpA

   293,286      6,566,704
         
        6,566,704

ELECTRIC – 9.07%

     

Enel SpA

   965,286      10,066,871

Terna SpA

   2,525,922      8,775,302
         
        18,842,173

ENTERTAINMENT – 0.51%

     

Lottomatica SpA

   26,964      1,064,981
         
        1,064,981
Security    Shares    Value

HEALTH CARE – PRODUCTS – 1.53%

Luxottica Group SpA

   101,682    $ 3,183,309
         
        3,183,309

INSURANCE – 6.96%

     

Assicurazioni Generali SpA

   235,853      10,119,145

Fondiaria-Sai SpA

   53,988      2,463,236

Mediolanum SpAb

   224,784      1,867,680
         
        14,450,061

MEDIA – 3.51%

     

Arnoldo Mondadori Editore SpA

   76,012      785,191

Gruppo Editoriale L’Espresso SpAb

   75,064      393,648

Mediaset SpA

   417,868      4,846,408

Seat Pagine Gialle SpA

   2,039,184      1,252,552
         
        7,277,799

OIL & GAS – 15.61%

     

Eni SpA

   1,060,092      32,417,605
         
        32,417,605

RETAIL – 1.11%

     

Autogrill SpA

   70,034      1,263,706

Bulgari SpA

   72,248      1,041,207
         
        2,304,913

TELECOMMUNICATIONS – 6.57%

Telecom Italia SpA

   4,399,959      13,295,238

Tiscali SpAa,b

   104,781      351,562
         
        13,646,800
         

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost: $181,747,426)

     195,852,765

PREFERRED STOCKS – 5.52%

  

BANKS – 0.45%

     

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA RNC

   131,208      932,457
         
        932,457

INSURANCE – 2.14%

     

Unipol SpA

   1,309,365      4,449,411
         
        4,449,411

TELECOMMUNICATIONS – 2.93%

Telecom Italia SpA RNC

   2,397,567      6,083,934
         
        6,083,934
         

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
(Cost: $10,895,454)

     11,465,802

 

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Security    Principal    Value

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 1.05%

CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSITc – 0.04%

Credit Suisse First Boston NY

     

5.28% - 5.43%,
04/23/07 - 08/21/07

   $ 20,418    $ 20,418

Deutsche Bank AG

     

5.35%, 08/08/07

     34,031      34,031

Washington Mutual Bank

     

5.33%, 03/19/07

     34,031      34,031
         
        88,480

COMMERCIAL PAPERc – 0.20%

  

Amstel Funding Corp.

     

5.22%, 04/16/07 - 04/17/07d

     12,947      12,869

BNP Paribas Finance Inc.

     

5.12%, 06/06/07

     4,764      4,699

Bryant Park Funding LLC

     

5.27%, 03/06/07d

     3,355      3,352

Cantabric Finance LLC

     

5.25%, 03/06/07d

     10,890      10,882

Cheyne Finance LLC

     

5.24%, 04/12/07 - 04/23/07d

     10,209      10,136

Concord Minutemen Capital Co. LLC

     

5.29%, 03/19/07d

     6,938      6,920

Crown Point Capital Co. LLC

     

5.20%, 07/18/07d

     15,724      15,409

Edison Asset Securitization LLC

     

5.21%, 04/11/07d

     5,641      5,608

Five Finance Inc.

     

5.22%, 04/20/07d

     6,262      6,216

General Electric Capital Corp.

     

5.12% - 5.20%,
06/04/07 - 07/17/07
d

     23,822      23,413

Giro Funding Corp.

     

5.25%, 03/05/07 - 03/12/07d

     22,324      22,298

Grampian Funding LLC

     

5.14% - 5.23%,
04/23/07 - 06/06/07
d

     26,544      26,214

Harrier Finance Funding LLC

     

5.12%, 06/06/07d

     13,612      13,425

Irish Permanent Treasury PLC

     

5.18%, 07/10/07

     6,806      6,678

KKR Pacific Funding Trust

     

5.29%, 03/13/07d

     17,016      16,986
Security    Principal    Value

Lexington Parker Capital Co. LLC

     

5.18% - 5.20%,
05/17/07 - 07/25/07
d

   $ 17,199    $ 16,906

Liberty Street Funding Corp.

     

5.27%, 03/06/07d

     1,633      1,632

Lockhart Funding LLC

     

5.25%, 05/04/07 - 05/14/07d

     30,709      30,418

Nationwide Building Society

     

5.21%, 04/13/07d

     12,932      12,851

Nestle Capital Corp.

     

5.19%, 08/09/07

     8,167      7,978

Sedna Finance Inc.

     

5.22%, 04/17/07d

     7,759      7,706

Simba Funding Corp.

     

5.20%, 07/23/07d

     13,612      13,329

Societe Generale

     

5.18%, 05/16/07

     34,031      33,659

Thames Asset Global Securitization No. 1 Inc.

     

5.25% - 5.28%,
03/02/07 - 03/12/07
d

     51,857      51,807

Thornburg Mortgage Capital Resources LLC

     

5.28%, 03/12/07d

     9,964      9,948

Three Pillars Funding Corp.

     

5.26%, 03/01/07 - 03/12/07d

     7,146      7,141

Tulip Funding Corp.

     

5.29%, 03/15/07d

     26,131      26,077

Westpac Banking Corp.

     

5.20%, 07/12/07d

     12,251      12,016

Zela Finance Inc.

     

5.20%, 07/16/07d

     8,167      8,006
         
        424,579

MEDIUM-TERM NOTESc – 0.02%

  

Bank of America N.A.

     

5.28%, 04/20/07

     3,403      3,403

Cullinan Finance Corp.

     

5.71%, 06/28/07d

     10,209      10,209

K2 USA LLC

     

5.39%, 06/04/07d

     10,209      10,209

Sigma Finance Inc.

     

5.13% - 5.51%,
03/30/07 - 06/18/07
d

     15,926      15,926
         
        39,747

 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security    Shares or
Principal
   Value

MONEY MARKET FUNDS – 0.15%

  

Barclays Global Investors Funds
Institutional Money Market Fund, Institutional Shares

     

    5.30%e,f

     305,711    $ 305,711
         
        305,711

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTSc – 0.12%

Banc of America Securities LLC
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $27,229 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $28,064, 5.50% to 7.70%, 9/15/09 to 5/1/19).

   $ 27,225      27,225

Bear Stearns Companies Inc. (The)
5.37%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $20,422 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $22,478, 0.00% to 9.20%, 10/17/18 to 11/25/52).

     20,419      20,419

BNP Securities Corp.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $1,361 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $1,430, 5.43%, 3/15/08).

     1,361      1,361

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $20,422 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $22,002, 0.00% to 10.00%, 5/27/33 to 8/25/46).

     20,419      20,419

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $27,229 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $28,609, 4.91% to 6.31%, 10/25/33 to 8/25/46).

     27,225      27,225
    
Security
   Principal    Value

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.42%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $14,976 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $16,136, 0.00% to 10.00%, 5/27/33 to 8/25/46).

   $ 14,974    $ 14,974

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.46%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $8,168 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $9,099, 0.00% to 10.00%, 5/27/33 to 2/28/37).

     8,167      8,167

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (The)
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $5,052 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $5,308, 4.52% to 6.89%, 1/15/09 to 10/25/36).

     5,051      5,051

Greenwich Capital Markets Inc.
5.46%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $57,181 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $63,038, 0.00% to 10.00%, 4/1/07 to 12/31/49).

     57,172      57,172

HSBC Securities Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $6,807 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $7,153, 3.72% to 5.99%, 12/15/36 to 6/1/46).

     6,806      6,806

JP Morgan Securities Inc.
5.41%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $3,404 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $3,577, 6.25% to 9.56%, 5/15/11 to 2/1/30).

     3,403      3,403

 

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Security    Principal    Value

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $13,614 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $14,304, 1.63% to 14.50%, 5/1/07 to 9/18/37).

   $ 13,612    $ 13,612

Morgan Stanley
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $13,614 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $14,308, 0.00% to 10.00%, 3/1/07 to 2/28/37).

     13,612      13,612

Morgan Stanley
5.51%, due 2/4/08, maturity value $10,016 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $11,300, 0.00% to 10.00%, 3/1/07 to 2/28/37).
g

     9,529      9,529

Wachovia Capital
5.38%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $29,951 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $31,470, 0.00% to 8.32%, 2/15/08 to 3/15/49).

     29,947      29,947
         
        258,922

TIME DEPOSITSc – 0.04%

     

Bank of Nova Scotia

     

5.30%, 03/02/07

     5,709      5,709

Chase Bank USA N.A.

     

5.38%, 03/01/07

     20,419      20,419

Citibank N.A.

     

5.47%, 03/01/07

     20,419      20,419

Deutsche Bank AG

     

5.38%, 03/01/07

     31,972      31,972
         
        78,519
Security    Principal    Value

VARIABLE & FLOATING RATE NOTESc – 0.48%

Allstate Life Global Funding II

     

5.30% - 5.40%,
02/15/08 - 03/07/08
d

   $ 34,848    $ 34,851

American Express Centurion Bank

     

5.41%, 07/19/07

     14,974      14,980

American Express Credit Corp.

     

5.42%, 03/05/08

     4,084      4,086

AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust

     

5.35%, 03/06/07

     620      620

Arkle Master Issuer PLC Series 2006-1A Class 1A

     

5.30%, 11/19/07d

     10,209      10,209

ASIF Global Financing

     

5.40%, 05/03/07d

     1,361      1,361

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.

     

5.32%, 02/22/08d

     8,848      8,848

Bank of Ireland

     

5.30% - 5.32%,
08/14/07 - 02/20/08
d

     19,738      19,739

Beta Finance Inc.

     

5.29% - 5.41%,
04/25/07 - 07/25/07
d

     34,712      34,712

BMW US Capital LLC

     

5.32%, 01/15/08d

     13,612      13,612

BNP Paribas

     

5.33%, 11/19/07d

     25,183      25,183

Brigantine High Grade Funding Ltd.

     

5.40%, 09/05/07d

     13,068      13,067

Carlyle Loan Investment Ltd.

     

5.37%, 04/13/07 - 07/15/07d

     9,937      9,937

CC USA Inc.

     

5.36%, 07/30/07d

     6,806      6,807

Commodore CDO Ltd.

     

5.44%, 12/12/07d

     3,403      3,403

Credit Agricole SA

     

5.33%, 11/23/07

     13,612      13,612

Credit Suisse First Boston NY

     

5.36%, 04/24/07

     6,806      6,806

 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security    Principal    Value

Cullinan Finance Corp.

     

5.36%, 04/25/07d

   $ 3,403    $ 3,403

DaimlerChrysler Auto Trust Series 2006-C Class A1

     

5.33%, 10/08/07d

     1,044      1,044

DEPFA Bank PLC

     

5.40%, 12/14/07d

     13,612      13,612

Dorada Finance Inc.

     

5.33% - 5.41%,
06/27/07 - 07/17/07
d

     15,654      15,655

Eli Lilly Services Inc.

     

5.31%, 03/01/07d

     9,086      9,086

Fifth Third Bancorp

     

5.32%, 02/22/08d

     27,225      27,225

Five Finance Inc.

     

5.31% - 5.37%,
06/29/07 - 07/13/07
d

     8,848      8,848

General Electric Capital Corp.

     

5.28% - 5.45%,
07/09/07 - 02/22/08
d

     14,293      14,294

Granite Master Issuer PLC

     

5.29%, 08/20/07d

     47,644      47,644

Harrier Finance Funding LLC

     

5.29% - 5.36%,
07/25/07 - 08/15/07
d

     17,696      17,697

Hartford Life Global Funding Trust

     

5.36% - 5.40%,
07/13/07 - 03/14/08

     20,419      20,420

HBOS Treasury Services PLC

     

5.46%, 01/24/08d

     13,612      13,612

Holmes Financing PLC

     

5.29%, 07/16/07d

     23,822      23,822

JP Morgan Securities Inc.

     

5.40%, 11/16/07

     27,225      27,225

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     

5.29% - 5.45%,
07/27/07 - 02/29/08
g

     37,434      37,434

K2 USA LLC

     

5.20% - 5.33%,
04/02/07 - 06/28/07
d

     10,209      10,209

Kestrel Funding LLC

     

5.30%, 07/11/07d

     5,445      5,445
Security    Principal    Value

Kommunalkredit Austria AG

     

5.32%, 02/08/08d

   $ 8,167    $ 8,167

Leafs LLC

     

5.32%, 01/22/08d

     13,189      13,189

Links Finance LLC

     

5.28% - 5.35%,
05/10/07 - 05/16/07
d

     14,974      14,973

Lothian Mortgages Master Issuer PLC

     

5.29%, 04/24/07d

     4,799      4,799

Marshall & Ilsley Bank

     

5.32%, 02/15/08

     7,487      7,487

Master Funding LLC

     

5.35%, 04/25/07 - 05/25/07d

     24,635      24,635

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.

     

5.46%, 05/30/07g

     14,974      14,974

Metropolitan Life Global Funding I

     

5.33%, 03/06/08d

     20,419      20,419

Metropolitan Life Insurance Funding Agreement

     

5.44%, 08/01/07d,g

     1,361      1,361

Mound Financing PLC

     

5.29%, 05/08/07d

     12,796      12,796

Natexis Banques Populaires

     

5.33% - 5.35%,
06/20/07 - 02/08/08
d

     21,780      21,779

National City Bank of Indiana

     

5.34%, 05/21/07

     6,806      6,806

Nationwide Building Society

     

5.37% - 5.48%,
07/20/07 - 01/28/08
d

     44,921      44,926

Newcastle Ltd.

     

5.34%, 04/24/07 - 01/24/08d

     13,646      13,644

Northern Rock PLC

     

5.38%, 02/01/08d

     16,335      16,335

Northlake CDO I

     

5.42%, 09/06/07d

     4,084      4,084

Pricoa Global Funding I

     

5.31%, 02/27/08d

     18,377      18,377

Sedna Finance Inc.

     

5.32% - 5.34%,
05/25/07 - 08/21/07
d

     19,738      19,737

 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security    Principal    Value  

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken

 

5.32%, 02/15/08d

   $ 13,612    $ 13,612  

Strips III LLC

     

5.37%, 07/24/07d

     2,770      2,770  

SunTrust Bank

     

5.29%, 05/01/07

     13,612      13,613  

Tango Finance Corp.

     

5.27% - 5.34%,
04/25/07 - 07/16/07
d

     33,214      33,213  

Union Hamilton Special Funding LLC

 

5.36% - 5.37%,
03/28/07 - 06/21/07
d

     22,461      22,460  

Wachovia Asset Securitization Inc.

 

5.31%, 03/25/07d

     15,366      15,366  

Wachovia Bank N.A.

     

5.36%, 05/22/07

     27,225      27,225  

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

     

5.50%, 07/16/07d

     10,209      10,212  

Wells Fargo & Co.

     

5.33%, 11/15/07d

     6,806      6,806  

WhistleJacket Capital Ltd.

     

5.28% - 5.35%,
04/18/07 - 06/13/07
d

     10,209      10,210  

White Pine Finance LLC

     

5.28% - 5.32%,
05/22/07 - 08/20/07
d

     40,837      40,833  

Wind Master Trust

     

5.31%, 07/25/07d

     5,445      5,445  
           
        988,761  
           

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost: $2,184,719)

        2,184,719  
           

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES – 100.89%
(Cost: $194,827,599)

        209,503,286  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities – (0.89)%

     (1,844,821 )
           

NET ASSETS – 100.00%

      $ 207,658,465  
           

 

a

 

Non-income earning security.

b

 

All or a portion of this security represents a security on loan. See Note 5.

c

 

All or a portion of this security (these securities) represent(s) an investment of securities lending collateral. See Note 5.

d

 

This security or a portion of these securities may be resold to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A or pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933.

e

 

Affiliated issuer. See Note 2.

f

 

The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.

g

 

The investment adviser has determined that this security or a portion of these securities is “illiquid,” in that it cannot be sold within seven (7) days for approximately the value at which it is carried in the Fund.

See notes to financial statements.


 

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iSHARES® MSCI NETHERLANDS INDEX FUND

February 28, 2007

 

Security        
Shares
   Value

COMMON STOCKS – 99.95%

BANKS – 13.81%

     

ABN AMRO Holding NV

   721,688    $ 25,272,348
         
        25,272,348

BEVERAGES – 3.44%

     

Heineken NV

   127,917      6,294,206
         
        6,294,206

CHEMICALS – 6.57%

     

Akzo Nobel NV

   133,861      8,238,216

Koninklijke DSM NV

   87,709      3,794,389
         
        12,032,605

COMMERCIAL SERVICES – 1.84%

Randstad Holding NV

   22,333      1,562,066

Vedior NV

   82,994      1,807,814
         
        3,369,880

COMPUTERS – 0.30%

     

Getronics NVa

   64,176      549,331
         
        549,331

DISTRIBUTION & WHOLESALE – 0.99%

Buhrmann NV

   55,289      754,441

Hagemeyer NVa,b

   223,259      1,055,792
         
        1,810,233

ELECTRONICS – 8.99%

     

Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV

   448,811      16,463,636
         
        16,463,636

FOOD – 14.94%

     

Koninklijke Ahold NVb

   692,593      6,916,498

Royal Numico NV

   76,063      3,914,522

Unilever NV

   638,288      16,517,241
         
        27,348,261

INSURANCE – 22.42%

     

Aegon NV

   447,366      8,834,674

ING Groep NV

   755,743      32,215,100
         
        41,049,774

MEDIA – 6.38%

     

Reed Elsevier NV

   422,302      7,452,740

Wolters Kluwer NV CVA

   139,903      4,226,487
         
        11,679,227

 

Security    Shares or
Principal
   Value

OFFICE & BUSINESS EQUIPMENT – 0.53%

Oce NV

     58,143    $ 966,194
         
        966,194

OIL & GAS SERVICES – 1.70%

Fugro NV

     23,939      1,118,478

SBM Offshore NV

     56,160      1,994,823
         
        3,113,301

REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS – 5.35%

Corio NV

     31,339      2,908,157

Rodamco Europe NV

     32,876      4,522,545

Wereldhave NV

     17,792      2,362,220
         
        9,792,922

SEMICONDUCTORS – 2.90%

ASML Holding NVb

     215,729      5,303,240
         
        5,303,240

TELECOMMUNICATIONS – 4.95%

Koninklijke KPN NV

     588,079      9,057,756
         
        9,057,756

TRANSPORTATION – 4.84%

TNT NV

     206,276      8,858,334
         
        8,858,334
         

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost: $161,019,572)

     182,961,248

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.75%

CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSITc – 0.04%

Credit Suisse First Boston NY

  

5.28% - 5.43%,
04/23/07 - 08/21/07

   $ 14,925      14,925

Deutsche Bank AG

     

5.35%, 08/08/07

     24,874      24,874

Washington Mutual Bank

     

5.33%, 03/19/07

     24,874      24,874
         
        64,673

COMMERCIAL PAPERc – 0.17%

Amstel Funding Corp.

     

5.22%,
04/16/07 - 04/17/07
d

     9,463      9,402

BNP Paribas Finance Inc.

     

5.12%, 06/06/07

     3,482      3,434

 

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Security        
Principal
   Value

Bryant Park Funding LLC

     

5.27%, 03/06/07d

   $ 2,452    $ 2,450

Cantabric Finance LLC

     

5.25%, 03/06/07d

     7,960      7,954

Cheyne Finance LLC

     

5.24%,
04/12/07 - 04/23/07
d

     7,462      7,408

Concord Minutemen Capital Co. LLC

5.29%, 03/19/07d

     5,071      5,058

Crown Point Capital Co. LLC

     

5.20%, 07/18/07d

     11,493      11,263

Edison Asset Securitization LLC

     

5.21%, 04/11/07d

     4,123      4,099

Five Finance Inc.

     

5.22%, 04/20/07d

     4,577      4,544

General Electric Capital Corp.

     

5.12% - 5.20%,
06/04/07 - 07/17/07
d

     17,412      17,113

Giro Funding Corp.

     

5.25%,
03/05/07 - 03/12/07
d

     16,318      16,298

Grampian Funding LLC

     

5.14% - 5.23%,
04/23/07 - 06/06/07
d

     19,402      19,161

Harrier Finance Funding LLC

     

5.12%, 06/06/07d

     9,950      9,813

Irish Permanent Treasury PLC

     

5.18%, 07/10/07

     4,975      4,881

KKR Pacific Funding Trust

     

5.29%, 03/13/07d

     12,437      12,415

Lexington Parker Capital Co. LLC

     

5.18% - 5.20%,
05/17/07 - 07/25/07
d

     12,571      12,357

Liberty Street Funding Corp.

     

5.27%, 03/06/07d

     1,194      1,193

Lockhart Funding LLC

     

5.25%,
05/04/07 - 05/14/07
d

     22,446      22,233

Nationwide Building Society

     

5.21%, 04/13/07d

     9,452      9,393

Nestle Capital Corp.

     

5.19%, 08/09/07

     5,970      5,831

Sedna Finance Inc.

     

5.22%, 04/17/07d

     5,671      5,633

 

Security    Shares or
Principal
   Value

Simba Funding Corp.

     

5.20%, 07/23/07d

   $ 9,950    $ 9,743

Societe Generale

     

5.18%, 05/16/07

     24,874      24,602

Thames Asset Global Securitization No. 1 Inc.

     

5.25% - 5.28%,
03/02/07 - 03/12/07
d

     37,904      37,867

Thornburg Mortgage Capital Resources LLC

     

5.28%, 03/12/07d

     7,283      7,271

Three Pillars Funding Corp.

     

5.26%,
03/01/07 - 03/12/07
d

     5,223      5,219

Tulip Funding Corp.

     

5.29%, 03/15/07d

     19,100      19,060

Westpac Banking Corp.

     

5.20%, 07/12/07d

     8,955      8,783

Zela Finance Inc.

     

5.20%, 07/16/07d

     5,970      5,852
         
        310,330

MEDIUM-TERM NOTESc – 0.02%

Bank of America N.A.

     

5.28%, 04/20/07

     2,487      2,487

Cullinan Finance Corp.

     

5.71%, 06/28/07d

     7,462      7,462

K2 USA LLC

     

5.39%, 06/04/07d

     7,462      7,462

Sigma Finance Inc.

     

5.13% - 5.51%,
03/30/07 - 06/18/07
d

     11,641      11,641
         
        29,052

MONEY MARKET FUNDS – 0.00%

Barclays Global Investors Funds Institutional Money Market Fund, Institutional Shares
5.30%
e,f

     1,334      1,334
         
        1,334

 

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Security    Principal    Value

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTSc – 0.10%

Banc of America Securities LLC
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $19,903 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $20,513, 5.50% to 7.70%, 9/15/09 to 5/1/19).

   $ 19,900    $ 19,900

Bear Stearns Companies Inc. (The)
5.37%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $14,927 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $16,430, 0.00% to 9.20%, 10/17/18 to 11/25/52).

     14,925      14,925

BNP Securities Corp.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $995 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $1,046, 5.43%, 3/15/08).

     995      995

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $14,927 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $16,082, 0.00% to 10.00%, 5/27/33 to 8/25/46).

     14,925      14,925

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $19,903 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $20,911, 4.91% to 6.31%, 10/25/33 to 8/25/46).

     19,900      19,900

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.42%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $10,947 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $11,794, 0.00% to 10.00%, 5/27/33 to 8/25/46).

     10,945      10,945

 

Security    Principal    Value

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.46%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $5,971 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $6,651, 0.00% to 10.00%, 5/27/33 to 2/28/37).

   $ 5,970    $ 5,970

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (The)
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $3,693 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $3,880, 4.52% to 6.89%, 1/15/09 to 10/25/36).

     3,692      3,692

Greenwich Capital Markets Inc.
5.46%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $41,795 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $46,076, 0.00% to 10.00%, 4/1/07 to 12/31/49).

     41,789      41,789

HSBC Securities Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $4,976 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $5,228, 3.72% to 5.99%, 12/15/36 to 6/1/46).

     4,975      4,975

JP Morgan Securities Inc.
5.41%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $2,487 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $2,614, 6.25% to 9.56%, 5/15/11 to 2/1/30).

     2,487      2,487

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $9,951 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $10,456, 1.63% to 14.50%, 5/1/07 to 9/18/37).

     9,950      9,950

 

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Security    Principal    Value

Morgan Stanley
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $9,951 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $10,458, 0.00% to 10.00%, 3/1/07 to 2/28/37).

   $ 9,950    $ 9,950

Morgan Stanley
5.51%, due 2/4/08, maturity value $7,321 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $8,260, 0.00% to 10.00%, 3/1/07 to 2/28/37).
g

     6,965      6,965

Wachovia Capital
5.38%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $21,892 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $23,002, 0.00% to 8.32%, 2/15/08 to 3/15/49).

     21,889      21,889
         
        189,257

TIME DEPOSITSc – 0.03%

     

Bank of Nova Scotia

     

5.30%, 03/02/07

     4,173      4,173

Chase Bank USA N.A.

     

5.38%, 03/01/07

     14,925      14,925

Citibank N.A.

     

5.47%, 03/01/07

     14,925      14,925

Deutsche Bank AG

     

5.38%, 03/01/07

     23,369      23,369
         
        57,392

VARIABLE & FLOATING RATE NOTESc – 0.39%

Allstate Life Global Funding II

     

5.30% - 5.40%,
02/15/08 - 03/07/08
d

     25,471      25,474

American Express Centurion Bank

     

5.41%, 07/19/07

     10,945      10,950

American Express Credit Corp.

     

5.42%, 03/05/08

     2,985      2,986

AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust

     

5.35%, 03/06/07

     453      453

 

Security    Principal    Value

Arkle Master Issuer PLC
Series 2006-1A Class 1A

     

5.30%, 11/19/07d

   $ 7,462    $ 7,462

ASIF Global Financing

     

5.40%, 05/03/07d

     995      995

Australia & New Zealand Banking
Group Ltd.

     

5.32%, 02/22/08d

     6,467      6,467

Bank of Ireland

     

5.30% - 5.32%,
08/14/07 - 02/20/08
d

     14,427      14,428

Beta Finance Inc.

     

5.29% - 5.41%,
04/25/07 - 07/25/07
d

     25,372      25,372

BMW US Capital LLC

     

5.32%, 01/15/08d

     9,950      9,950

BNP Paribas

     

5.33%, 11/19/07d

     18,407      18,407

Brigantine High Grade Funding Ltd.

     

5.40%, 09/05/07d

     9,552      9,551

Carlyle Loan Investment Ltd.

     

5.37%,
04/13/07 - 07/15/07
d

     7,263      7,263

CC USA Inc.

     

5.36%, 07/30/07d

     4,975      4,975

Commodore CDO Ltd.

     

5.44%, 12/12/07d

     2,487      2,487

Credit Agricole SA

     

5.33%, 11/23/07

     9,950      9,950

Credit Suisse First Boston NY

     

5.36%, 04/24/07

     4,975      4,975

Cullinan Finance Corp.

     

5.36%, 04/25/07d

     2,487      2,487

DaimlerChrysler Auto Trust Series 2006-C Class A1

     

5.33%, 10/08/07d

     763      763

DEPFA Bank PLC

     

5.40%, 12/14/07d

     9,950      9,950

Dorada Finance Inc.

     

5.33% - 5.41%,
06/27/07 - 07/17/07
d

     11,442      11,442

Eli Lilly Services Inc.

     

5.31%, 03/01/07d

     6,641      6,641

 

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Security    Principal    Value

Fifth Third Bancorp

     

5.32%, 02/22/08d

   $ 19,900    $ 19,900

Five Finance Inc.

     

5.31% - 5.37%,
06/29/07 - 07/13/07
d

     6,467      6,467

General Electric Capital Corp.

     

5.28% - 5.45%,
07/09/07 - 02/22/08
d

     10,447      10,448

Granite Master Issuer PLC

     

5.29%, 08/20/07d

     34,824      34,824

Harrier Finance Funding LLC

     

5.29% - 5.36%,
07/25/07 - 08/15/07
d

     12,935      12,934

Hartford Life Global Funding Trust

     

5.36% - 5.40%,
07/13/07 - 03/14/08

     14,925      14,926

HBOS Treasury Services PLC

     

5.46%, 01/24/08d

     9,950      9,950

Holmes Financing PLC

     

5.29%, 07/16/07d

     17,412      17,412

JP Morgan Securities Inc.

     

5.40%, 11/16/07

     19,900      19,900

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     

5.29% - 5.45%,
07/27/07 - 02/29/08
g

     27,362      27,362

K2 USA LLC

     

5.20% - 5.33%,
04/02/07 - 06/28/07
d

     7,462      7,462

Kestrel Funding LLC

     

5.30%, 07/11/07d

     3,980      3,980

Kommunalkredit Austria AG

     

5.32%, 02/08/08d

     5,970      5,970

Leafs LLC

     

5.32%, 01/22/08d

     9,640      9,640

Links Finance LLC

     

5.28% - 5.35%,
05/10/07 - 05/16/07
d

     10,945      10,944

Lothian Mortgages Master Issuer PLC

     

5.29%, 04/24/07d

     3,508      3,508

Marshall & Ilsley Bank

     

5.32%, 02/15/08

     5,472      5,472

 

Security    Principal    Value

Master Funding LLC

     

5.35%,
04/25/07 - 05/25/07
d

   $ 18,006    $ 18,007

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.

     

5.46%, 05/30/07g

     10,945      10,945

Metropolitan Life Global Funding I

     

5.33%, 03/06/08d

     14,925      14,925

Metropolitan Life Insurance Funding Agreement

     

5.44%, 08/01/07d,g

     995      995

Mound Financing PLC

     

5.29%, 05/08/07d

     9,353      9,353

Natexis Banques Populaires

     

5.33% - 5.35%,
06/20/07 - 02/08/08
d

     15,920      15,919

National City Bank of Indiana

     

5.34%, 05/21/07

     4,975      4,975

Nationwide Building Society

     

5.37% - 5.48%,
07/20/07 - 01/28/08
d

     32,834      32,838

Newcastle Ltd.

     

5.34%,
04/24/07 - 01/24/08
d

     9,975      9,973

Northern Rock PLC

     

5.38%, 02/01/08d

     11,940      11,940

Northlake CDO I

     

5.42%, 09/06/07d

     2,985      2,985

Pricoa Global Funding I

     

5.31%, 02/27/08d

     13,432      13,432

Sedna Finance Inc.

     

5.32% - 5.34%,
05/25/07 - 08/21/07
d

     14,427      14,427

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken

     

5.32%, 02/15/08d

     9,950      9,950

Strips III LLC

     

5.37%, 07/24/07d

     2,025      2,025

SunTrust Bank

     

5.29%, 05/01/07

     9,950      9,950

Tango Finance Corp.

     

5.27% - 5.34%,
04/25/07 - 07/16/07
d

     24,277      24,276

Union Hamilton Special Funding LLC

     

5.36% - 5.37%,
03/28/07 - 06/21/07
d

     16,417      16,417

 

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Security    Principal    Value  

Wachovia Asset Securitization Inc.

 

5.31%, 03/25/07d

   $ 11,231    $ 11,232  

Wachovia Bank N.A.

     

5.36%, 05/22/07

     19,900      19,900  

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

     

5.50%, 07/16/07d

     7,462      7,464  

Wells Fargo & Co.

     

5.33%, 11/15/07d

     4,975      4,975  

WhistleJacket Capital Ltd.

     

5.28% - 5.35%,
04/18/07 - 06/13/07
d

     7,462      7,463  

White Pine Finance LLC

     

5.28% - 5.32%,
05/22/07 - 08/20/07
d

     29,849      29,846  

Wind Master Trust

     

5.31%, 07/25/07d

     3,980      3,980  
           
        722,719  
           

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost: $1,374,757)

        1,374,757  
           

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES – 100.70%
(Cost: $162,394,329)

     184,336,005  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities – (0.70)%

     (1,277,302 )
           

NET ASSETS – 100.00%

   $ 183,058,703  
           

 

a

 

All or a portion of this security represents a security on loan. See Note 5.

b

 

Non-income earning security.

c

 

All or a portion of this security (these securities) represent(s) an investment of securities lending collateral. See Note 5.

d

 

This security or a portion of these securities may be resold to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A or pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933.

e

 

Affiliated issuer. See Note 2.

f

 

The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.

g

 

The investment adviser has determined that this security or a portion of these securities is “illiquid,” in that it cannot be sold within seven (7) days for approximately the value at which it is carried in the Fund.

See notes to financial statements.


 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security    Shares    Value

COMMON STOCKS – 99.89%

AGRICULTURE – 3.09%

     

Altadis SA

   402,894    $ 20,404,657
         
        20,404,657

AIRLINES – 0.40%

     

Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana SA

   620,946      2,616,561
         
        2,616,561

BANKS – 38.16%

     

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA

   3,604,785      87,758,882

Banco Popular Espanol SA

   1,660,338      32,613,233

Banco Santander Central
Hispano SA

   6,721,941      124,399,665

Bankinter SA

   92,867      6,863,536
         
        251,635,316

BIOTECHNOLOGY – 0.23%

     

Zeltia SAa,b

   165,402      1,496,641
         
        1,496,641

COMMERCIAL SERVICES – 2.71%

  

Abertis Infraestructuras SAb

   443,394      12,627,720

Cintra Concesiones de
Infraestructuras de Transporte SA
b

   297,470      5,226,142
         
        17,853,862

COMPUTERS – 0.68%

     

Indra Sistemas SA

   194,745      4,476,122
         
        4,476,122

ELECTRIC – 11.48%

     

Endesa SA

   671,328      34,097,103

Iberdrola SA

   735,318      32,218,628

Union Fenosa SA

   187,280      9,375,987
         
        75,691,718

ENERGY - ALTERNATE SOURCES – 1.05%

  

Gamesa Corporacion
Tecnologica SA

   242,276      6,947,949
         
        6,947,949

ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION – 8.32%

Acciona SA

   44,481      8,881,147

Actividades de Construcciones y Servicios SA

   375,844      21,244,000

 

Security    Shares    Value

Fomento de Construcciones y
Contratas SA

   87,591    $ 9,094,282

Grupo Ferrovial SA

   83,719      8,283,087

SacyrVallehermoso SAb

   135,433      7,352,799
         
        54,855,315

FOOD – 0.91%

     

Ebro Puleva SA

   245,887      5,716,558

Viscofan SA

   14,338      295,650
         
        6,012,208

FOREST PRODUCTS & PAPER – 0.29%

Grupo Empresarial ENCE SA

   32,795      1,942,060
         
        1,942,060

GAS – 2.66%

     

Gas Natural SDG SA

   410,994      17,568,326
         
        17,568,326

INSURANCE – 1.17%

     

Corporacion Mapfre SA

   1,552,932      7,692,546
         
        7,692,546

IRON & STEEL – 1.13%

     

Acerinox SAb

   280,751      7,465,372
         
        7,465,372

LODGING – 0.21%

     

NH Hoteles SAb

   59,783      1,348,814

NH Hoteles SA Rightsa,b

   59,783      20,532
         
        1,369,346

MEDIA – 1.26%

     

Antena 3 de Television SAb

   145,962      3,264,248

Promotora de Informaciones SA

   154,386      3,059,043

Sogecable SAa,b

   52,974      1,987,319
         
        8,310,610

OIL & GAS – 4.30%

     

Repsol YPF SA

   892,458      28,328,784
         
        28,328,784

PHARMACEUTICALS – 0.59%

FAES FARMA SAb

   169,128      3,887,328
         
        3,887,328

REAL ESTATE – 0.39%

     

Fadesa Inmobiliaria SA

   53,579      2,559,938
         
        2,559,938

 

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Security    Shares or
Principal
   Value

RETAIL – 2.84%

     

Industria de Diseno Textil SA

     322,636    $ 18,747,923
         
        18,747,923

TELECOMMUNICATIONS – 17.08%

Telefonica SA

     5,232,808      112,670,127
         
        112,670,127

WATER – 0.94%

     

Sociedad General de Aguas de Barcelona SA Class A

     182,967      6,146,183

Sociedad General de Aguas de Barcelona SA Newa,c

     1,456      47,775
         
        6,193,958
         

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost: $610,885,512)

     658,726,667

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 2.25%

CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSITd – 0.10%

Credit Suisse First Boston NY

     

5.28% - 5.43%,

04/23/07 - 08/21/07

   $ 159,375      159,375

Deutsche Bank AG

     

5.35%, 08/08/07

     265,624      265,624

Washington Mutual Bank

     

5.33%, 03/19/07

     265,624      265,624
         
        690,623

COMMERCIAL PAPERd – 0.50%

Amstel Funding Corp.

     

5.22%,
04/16/07 - 04/17/07
e

     101,055      100,372

BNP Paribas Finance Inc.

     

5.12%, 06/06/07

     37,187      36,675

Bryant Park Funding LLC

     

5.27%, 03/06/07e

     26,184      26,165

Cantabric Finance LLC

     

5.25%, 03/06/07e

     85,000      84,938

Cheyne Finance LLC

     

5.24%,
04/12/07 - 04/23/07
e

     79,687      79,115

Concord Minutemen Capital Co. LLC

     

5.29%, 03/19/07e

     54,152      54,009

Crown Point Capital Co. LLC

     

5.20%, 07/18/07e

     122,734      120,270

 

    
Security
   Principal    Value

Edison Asset Securitization LLC

     

5.21%, 04/11/07e

   $ 44,033    $ 43,772

Five Finance Inc.

     

5.22%, 04/20/07e

     48,875      48,520

General Electric Capital Corp.

     

5.12% - 5.20%,
06/04/07 - 07/17/07
e

     185,937      182,744

Giro Funding Corp.

     

5.25%,
03/05/07 - 03/12/07
e

     174,249      174,039

Grampian Funding LLC

     

5.14% - 5.23%,
04/23/07 - 06/06/07
e

     207,187      204,613

Harrier Finance Funding LLC

     

5.12%, 06/06/07e

     106,250      104,785

Irish Permanent Treasury PLC

     

5.18%, 07/10/07

     53,125      52,123

KKR Pacific Funding Trust

     

5.29%, 03/13/07e

     132,812      132,578

Lexington Parker Capital Co. LLC

     

5.18% - 5.20%,
05/17/07 - 07/25/07
e

     134,244      131,960

Liberty Street Funding Corp.

     

5.27%, 03/06/07e

     12,750      12,741

Lockhart Funding LLC

     

5.25%,
05/04/07 - 05/14/07
e

     239,695      237,418

Nationwide Building Society

     

5.21%, 04/13/07e

     100,937      100,309

Nestle Capital Corp.

     

5.19%, 08/09/07

     63,750      62,270

Sedna Finance Inc.

     

5.22%, 04/17/07e

     60,562      60,150

Simba Funding Corp.

     

5.20%, 07/23/07e

     106,250      104,040

Societe Generale

     

5.18%, 05/16/07

     265,624      262,719

Thames Asset Global
Securitization No. 1 Inc.

     

5.25% - 5.28%,
03/02/07 - 03/12/07
e

     404,764      404,372

Thornburg Mortgage Capital
Resources LLC

     

5.28%, 03/12/07e

     77,775      77,649

 

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Security    Shares or
Principal
   Value

Three Pillars Funding Corp.

     

5.26%,
03/01/07 - 03/12/07
e

   $ 55,779    $ 55,735

Tulip Funding Corp.

     

5.29%, 03/15/07e

     203,958      203,538

Westpac Banking Corp.

     

5.20%, 07/12/07e

     95,625      93,788

Zela Finance Inc.

     

5.20%, 07/16/07e

     63,750      62,488
         
        3,313,895

MEDIUM-TERM NOTESd – 0.05%

Bank of America N.A.

     

5.28%, 04/20/07

     26,562      26,562

Cullinan Finance Corp.

     

5.71%, 06/28/07e

     79,687      79,687

K2 USA LLC

     

5.39%, 06/04/07e

     79,687      79,687

Sigma Finance Inc.

     

5.13% - 5.51%,
03/30/07 - 06/18/07
e

     124,312      124,312
         
        310,248

MONEY MARKET FUNDS – 0.03%

Barclays Global Investors Funds Institutional Money Market Fund, Institutional Shares
5.30%
f,g

     168,686      168,686
         
        168,686

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTSd – 0.31%

Banc of America Securities LLC 5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $212,531 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debts securities, value $219,047, 5.50% to 7.70%, 9/15/09 to 5/1/19).

   $ 212,499      212,499

Bear Stearns Companies Inc. (The) 5.37%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $159,398 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debts securities, value $175,450, 0.00% to 9.20%, 10/17/18 to 11/25/52).

     159,374      159,374

 

Security        
Principal
   Value

BNP Securities Corp.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $10,627 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $11,165, 5.43%, 3/15/08).

   $ 10,625    $ 10,625

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $159,398 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $171,731, 0.00% to 10.00%, 5/27/33 to 8/25/46).

     159,374      159,374

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $212,531 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $223,300, 4.91% to 6.31%, 10/25/33 to 8/25/46).

     212,499      212,499

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.42%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $116,893 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $125,948, 0.00% to 10.00%, 5/27/33 to 8/25/46).

     116,875      116,875

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.46%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $63,760 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $71,020, 0.00% to 10.00%, 5/27/33 to 2/28/37).

     63,750      63,750

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (The)
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $39,432 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $41,430, 4.52% to 6.89%, 1/15/09 to 10/25/36).

     39,426      39,426

 

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Security    Principal    Value

Greenwich Capital Markets Inc.
5.46%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $446,316 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $492,032, 0.00% to 10.00%, 4/1/07 to 12/31/49).

   $ 446,248    $ 446,248

HSBC Securities Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $53,133 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $55,829, 3.72% to 5.99%, 12/15/36 to 6/1/46).

     53,125      53,125

JP Morgan Securities Inc.
5.41%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $26,566 (collateralized bynon-U.S. Government debt securities, value $27,916, 6.25% to 9.56%, 5/15/11 to 2/1/30).

     26,562      26,562

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $106,266 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $111,651, 1.63% to 14.50%, 5/1/07 to 9/18/37).

     106,250      106,250

Morgan Stanley
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $106,266 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $111,675, 0.00% to 10.00%, 3/1/07 to 2/28/37).

     106,250      106,250

Morgan Stanley
5.51%, due 2/4/08, maturity value $78,177 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $88,202, 0.00% to 10.00%, 3/1/07 to 2/28/37).
h

     74,375      74,375

 

Security    Principal    Value

Wachovia Capital
5.38%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $233,784 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $245,630, 0.00% to 8.32%, 2/15/08 to 3/15/49).

   $ 233,749    $ 233,749
         
        2,020,981

TIME DEPOSITSd – 0.09%

     

Bank of Nova Scotia

     

5.30%, 03/02/07

     44,557      44,557

Chase Bank USA N.A.

     

5.38%, 03/01/07

     159,374      159,374

Citibank N.A.

     

5.47%, 03/01/07

     159,374      159,374

Deutsche Bank AG

     

5.38%, 03/01/07

     249,550      249,550
         
        612,855

VARIABLE & FLOATING RATE NOTESd – 1.17%

Allstate Life Global Funding II

     

5.30% - 5.40%,
02/15/08 - 03/07/08
e

     271,999      272,025

American Express Centurion Bank

     

5.41%, 07/19/07

     116,875      116,927

American Express Credit Corp.

     

5.42%, 03/05/08

     31,875      31,890

AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust

     

5.35%, 03/06/07

     4,842      4,842

Arkle Master Issuer PLC Series
2006-1A Class 1A

     

5.30%, 11/19/07e

     79,687      79,687

ASIF Global Financing

     

5.40%, 05/03/07e

     10,625      10,626

Australia & New Zealand
Banking Group Ltd.

     

5.32%, 02/22/08e

     69,062      69,062

Bank of Ireland

     

5.30% - 5.32%,
08/14/07 - 02/20/08
e

     154,062      154,067

 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security    Principal    Value

Beta Finance Inc.

     

5.29% - 5.41%,
04/25/07 - 07/25/07
e

   $ 270,936    $ 270,941

BMW US Capital LLC

     

5.32%, 01/15/08e

     106,250      106,250

BNP Paribas

     

5.33%, 11/19/07e

     196,562      196,562

Brigantine High Grade Funding Ltd.

     

5.40%, 09/05/07e

     102,000      101,990

Carlyle Loan Investment Ltd.

     

5.37%,
04/13/07 - 07/15/07
e

     77,562      77,562

CC USA Inc.

     

5.36%, 07/30/07e

     53,125      53,128

Commodore CDO Ltd.

     

5.44%, 12/12/07e

     26,562      26,562

Credit Agricole SA

     

5.33%, 11/23/07

     106,250      106,250

Credit Suisse First Boston NY

     

5.36%, 04/24/07

     53,125      53,125

Cullinan Finance Corp.

     

5.36%, 04/25/07e

     26,562      26,562

DaimlerChrysler Auto Trust Series 2006-C Class A1

     

5.33%, 10/08/07e

     8,150      8,150

DEPFA Bank PLC

     

5.40%, 12/14/07e

     106,250      106,250

Dorada Finance Inc.

     

5.33% - 5.41%,
06/27/07 - 07/17/07
e

     122,187      122,189

Eli Lilly Services Inc.

     

5.31%, 03/01/07e

     70,922      70,922

Fifth Third Bancorp

     

5.32%, 02/22/08e

     212,499      212,499

Five Finance Inc.

     

5.31% - 5.37%,
06/29/07 - 07/13/07
e

     69,062      69,059

General Electric Capital Corp.

     

5.28% - 5.45%,
07/09/07 - 02/22/08
e

     111,562      111,573

Granite Master Issuer PLC

     

5.29%, 08/20/07e

     371,874      371,874

 

Security    Principal    Value

Harrier Finance Funding LLC

     

5.29% - 5.36%,
07/25/07 - 08/15/07
e

   $ 138,124    $ 138,126

Hartford Life Global Funding Trust

     

5.36% - 5.40%,
07/13/07 - 03/14/08

     159,374      159,385

HBOS Treasury Services PLC

     

5.46%, 01/24/08e

     106,250      106,250

Holmes Financing PLC

     

5.29%, 07/16/07e

     185,937      185,937

JP Morgan Securities Inc.

     

5.40%, 11/16/07

     212,499      212,499

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     

5.29% - 5.45%,
07/27/07 - 02/29/08
h

     292,186      292,186

K2 USA LLC

     

5.20% - 5.33%,
04/02/07 - 06/28/07
e

     79,687      79,685

Kestrel Funding LLC

     

5.30%, 07/11/07e

     42,500      42,498

Kommunalkredit Austria AG

     

5.32%, 02/08/08e

     63,750      63,750

Leafs LLC

     

5.32%, 01/22/08e

     102,942      102,942

Links Finance LLC

     

5.28% - 5.35%,
05/10/07 - 05/16/07
e

     116,875      116,872

Lothian Mortgages MasterIssuer PLC

5.29%, 04/24/07e

     37,458      37,458

Marshall & Ilsley Bank

     

5.32%, 02/15/08

     58,437      58,437

Master Funding LLC

     

5.35%,
04/25/07 - 05/25/07
e

     192,283      192,283

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.

     

5.46%, 05/30/07h

     116,875      116,875

Metropolitan Life Global Funding I

     

5.33%, 03/06/08e

     159,374      159,374

Metropolitan Life Insurance
Funding Agreement

     

5.44%, 08/01/07e,h

     10,625      10,625

Mound Financing PLC

     

5.29%, 05/08/07e

     99,875      99,875

 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security    Principal    Value

Natexis Banques Populaires

     

5.33% - 5.35%,
06/20/07 - 02/08/08
e

   $ 169,999    $ 169,997

National City Bank of Indiana

     

5.34%, 05/21/07

     53,125      53,126

Nationwide Building Society

     

5.37% - 5.48%,
07/20/07 - 01/28/08
e

     350,624      350,663

Newcastle Ltd.

     

5.34%,
04/24/07 - 01/24/08
e

     106,515      106,501

Northern Rock PLC

     

5.38%, 02/01/08e

     127,500      127,502

Northlake CDO I

     

5.42%, 09/06/07e

     31,875      31,875

Pricoa Global Funding I

     

5.31%, 02/27/08e

     143,437      143,437

Sedna Finance Inc.

     

5.32% - 5.34%,
05/25/07 - 08/21/07
e

     154,062      154,061

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken

     

5.32%, 02/15/08e

     106,250      106,250

Strips III LLC

     

5.37%, 07/24/07e

     21,620      21,620

SunTrust Bank

     

5.29%, 05/01/07

     106,250      106,251

Tango Finance Corp.

     

5.27% - 5.34%,
04/25/07 - 07/16/07
e

     259,249      259,240

Union Hamilton Special Funding LLC

5.36% - 5.37%,
03/28/07 - 06/21/07
e

     175,312      175,312

Wachovia Asset Securitization Inc.

     

5.31%, 03/25/07e

     119,937      119,937

Wachovia Bank N.A.

     

5.36%, 05/22/07

     212,499      212,499

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

     

5.50%, 07/16/07e

     79,687      79,707

Wells Fargo & Co.

     

5.33%, 11/15/07e

     53,125      53,127

WhistleJacket Capital Ltd.

     

5.28% - 5.35%,
04/18/07 - 06/13/07
e

     79,687      79,688

 

Security    Principal    Value  

White Pine Finance LLC

     

5.28% - 5.32%,
05/22/07 - 08/20/07
e

   $ 318,749    $ 318,720  

Wind MasterTrust

     

5.31%, 07/25/07e

     42,500      42,500  
           
        7,717,644  
           

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost: $14,834,932)

        14,834,932  
           

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES – 102.14%
(Cost: $625,720,444)

        673,561,599  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities – (2.14)%

     (14,093,753 )
           

NET ASSETS – 100.00%

      $ 659,467,846  
           

 

a

 

Non-income earning security.

b

 

All or a portion of this security represents a security on loan. See Note 5.

c

 

Security valued at fair value in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Directors. See Note 1.

d

 

All or a portion of this security (these securities) represent(s) an investment of securities lending collateral. See Note 5.

e

 

This security or a portion of these securities may be resold to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A or pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933.

f

 

Affiliated issuer. See Note 2.

g

 

The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.

h

 

The investment adviser has determined that this security or a portion of these securities is “illiquid,” in that it cannot be sold within seven (7) days for approximately the value at which it is carried in the Fund.

See notes to financial statements.


 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security    Shares    Value

COMMON STOCKS – 100.02%

AGRICULTURE – 1.58%

     

Swedish Match AB

   348,565    $ 6,010,983
         
        6,010,983

AIRLINES – 0.40%

     

SAS ABa

   85,503      1,520,191
         
        1,520,191

AUTO MANUFACTURERS – 9.65%

Scania AB Class B

   115,920      8,541,326

Volvo AB Class A

   109,877      8,691,128

Volvo AB Class B

   252,287      19,380,279
         
        36,612,733

BANKS – 18.42%

     

Nordea Bank AB

   2,406,145      36,487,138

Skandinaviska Enskilda
Banken AB Class A

   538,223      16,453,789

Svenska Handelsbanken
AB Class A

   590,870      16,968,497
         
        69,909,424

COMMERCIAL SERVICES – 2.02%

Securitas AB Class B

   363,055      5,420,044

Securitas Direct AB Class Ba

   365,775      1,058,246

Securitas Systems AB Class Ba

   361,795      1,196,264
         
        7,674,554

COSMETICS & PERSONAL CARE – 0.49%

Oriflame Cosmetics SA

   48,152      1,856,342
         
        1,856,342

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES – 0.84%

D. Carnegie & Co. AB

   71,812      1,507,054

OMX AB

   88,920      1,685,495
         
        3,192,549

ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION – 2.37%

Skanska AB Class B

   436,793      8,979,825
         
        8,979,825

FOOD – 0.36%

     

Axfood AB

   34,948      1,369,719
         
        1,369,719

FOREST PRODUCTS & PAPER – 3.81%

Billerud AB

   49,433      725,656

 

Security    Shares    Value

Holmen AB Class B

   61,502    $ 2,506,869

Svenska Cellulosa AB Class B

   217,350      11,244,565
         
        14,477,090

HAND & MACHINE TOOLS – 4.83%

Sandvik AB

   1,169,182      18,329,524
         
        18,329,524

HEALTH CARE - PRODUCTS – 1.69%

Elekta AB Class B

   99,689      2,131,154

Getinge AB Class B

   207,690      4,292,003
         
        6,423,157

HOME FURNISHINGS – 2.44%

Electrolux AB Series B

   312,244      6,986,668

Nobia AB

   56,838      2,280,308
         
        9,266,976

HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS & WARES – 1.26%

Husqvarna ABa

   309,281      4,782,548
         
        4,782,548

IRON & STEEL – 1.76%

     

SSAB Svenskt Stal AB Class A

   175,490      4,714,548

SSAB Svenskt Stal AB Class B

   76,804      1,964,829
         
        6,679,377

MACHINERY – 5.13%

     

Atlas Copco AB Class A

   389,298      12,233,962

Atlas Copco AB Class B

   242,466      7,222,266
         
        19,456,228

MANUFACTURING – 2.08%

     

Alfa Laval AB

   110,124      5,493,213

Trelleborg AB Class B

   94,997      2,396,401
         
        7,889,614

MEDIA – 1.49%

     

Eniro AB

   201,250      2,366,280

Modern Times Group MTG AB
Class B
a

   59,248      3,272,064
         
        5,638,344

METAL FABRICATE & HARDWARE – 4.57%

Assa Abloy AB Class B

   362,250      7,821,632

Hoganas AB Class Bb

   30,429      754,594

SKF AB

   470,603      8,752,691
         
        17,328,917

 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security    Shares or
Principal
   Value

MINING – 1.86%

     

Boliden AB

     335,524    $ 7,077,203
         
        7,077,203

OIL & GAS – 0.69%

     

Lundin Petroleum ABa

     255,507      2,621,873
         
        2,621,873

REAL ESTATE – 2.20%

  

Castellum AB

     180,159      2,439,248

Fabege AB

     93,065      2,500,196

Kungsleden AB

     157,793      2,653,665

Wihlborgs Fastigheter AB

     37,740      740,918
         
        8,334,027

RETAIL – 7.55%

     

Hennes & Mauritz AB Class B

     550,459      28,674,030
         
        28,674,030

SOFTWARE – 0.14%

     

Telelogic ABa

     285,672      549,639
         
        549,639

TELECOMMUNICATIONS – 22.39%

Tele2 AB Class B

     376,318      5,658,272

Telefonaktiebolaget LM
Ericsson Class B

     17,187,877      61,118,004

TeliaSonera AB

     2,168,348      18,232,968
         
        85,009,244
         

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost: $331,455,181)

     379,664,111

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.09%

CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSITc– 0.00%

Credit Suisse First Boston NY

     

5.28% - 5.43%,
04/23/07 - 08/21/07

   $ 3,023      3,023

Deutsche Bank AG

     

5.35%, 08/08/07

     5,038      5,038

Washington Mutual Bank

     

5.33%, 03/19/07

     5,038      5,038
         
        13,099

 

    
Security
   Principal    Value

COMMERCIAL PAPERc – 0.02%

     

Amstel Funding Corp.

     

5.22%, 04/16/07 - 04/17/07d

   $ 1,916    $ 1,892

BNP Paribas Finance Inc.

     

5.12%, 06/06/07

     705      696

Bryant Park Funding LLC

     

5.27%, 03/06/07d

     497      496

Cantabric Finance LLC

     

5.25%, 03/06/07d

     1,612      1,611

Cheyne Finance LLC

     

5.24%, 04/12/07 - 04/23/07d

     1,511      1,501

Concord Minutemen Capital Co. LLC

     

5.29%, 03/19/07d

     1,027      1,024

Crown Point Capital Co. LLC

     

5.20%, 07/18/07d

     2,328      2,281

Edison Asset Securitization LLC

     

5.21%, 04/11/07d

     835      830

Five Finance Inc.

     

5.22%, 04/20/07d

     927      920

General Electric Capital Corp.

     

5.12% - 5.20%,
06/04/07 - 07/17/07
d

     3,526      3,466

Giro Funding Corp.

     

5.25%, 03/05/07 - 03/12/07d

     3,305      3,301

Grampian Funding LLC

     

5.14% - 5.23%,
04/23/07 - 06/06/07
d

     3,929      3,881

Harrier Finance Funding LLC

     

5.12%, 06/06/07d

     2,015      1,987

Irish Permanent Treasury PLC

     

5.18%, 07/10/07

     1,008      989

KKR Pacific Funding Trust

     

5.29%, 03/13/07d

     2,519      2,514

Lexington Parker Capital Co. LLC

     

5.18% - 5.20%,
05/17/07 - 07/25/07
d

     2,546      2,502

Liberty Street Funding Corp.

     

5.27%, 03/06/07d

     242      242

 

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Security        
Principal
   Value

Lockhart Funding LLC

5.25%, 05/04/07 - 05/14/07d

   $ 4,546    $ 4,502

Nationwide Building Society

     

5.21%, 04/13/07d

     1,914      1,902

Nestle Capital Corp.

     

5.19%, 08/09/07

     1,209      1,181

Sedna Finance Inc.

     

5.22%, 04/17/07d

     1,149      1,141

Simba Funding Corp.

     

5.20%, 07/23/07d

     2,015      1,973

Societe Generale

     

5.18%, 05/16/07

     5,038      4,982

Thames Asset Global
Securitization No. 1 Inc.

5.25% - 5.28%,
03/02/07 - 03/12/07
d

     7,676      7,668

Thornburg Mortgage Capital Resources LLC

     

5.28%, 03/12/07d

     1,475      1,473

Three Pillars Funding Corp.

     

5.26%, 03/01/07 - 03/12/07d

     1,058      1,057

Tulip Funding Corp.

     

5.29%, 03/15/07d

     3,868      3,860

Westpac Banking Corp.

     

5.20%, 07/12/07d

     1,814      1,779

Zela Finance Inc.

     

5.20%, 07/16/07d

     1,209      1,185
         
        62,836

MEDIUM-TERM NOTESc – 0.00%

  

Bank of America N.A.

     

5.28%, 04/20/07

     504      504

Cullinan Finance Corp.

     

5.71%, 06/28/07d

     1,511      1,511

K2 USA LLC

     

5.39%, 06/04/07d

     1,511      1,511

Sigma Finance Inc.

     

5.13% - 5.51%,
03/30/07 - 06/18/07
d

     2,357      2,357
         
        5,883
Security    Shares or
Principal
   Value

MONEY MARKET FUNDS – 0.02%

Barclays Global Investors Funds
Institutional Money Market Fund, Institutional Shares
5.30%
e,f

     85,613    $ 85,613
         
        85,613

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTSc – 0.01%

Banc of America Securities LLC
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $4,031 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $4,154, 5.50% to 7.70%, 9/15/09 to 5/1/19).

   $ 4,030      4,030

BearStearns Companies Inc. (The)
5.37%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $3,023 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $3,327, 0.00% to 9.20%, 10/17/18 to 11/25/52).

     3,023      3,023

BNP Securities Corp.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $202 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $212, 5.43%, 3/15/08).

     202      202

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $3,023 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $3,257, 0.00% to 10.00%, 5/27/33 to 8/25/46).

     3,023      3,023

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $4,031 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $4,235, 4.91% to 6.31%, 10/25/33 to 8/25/46).

     4,030      4,030

 

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Security    Principal    Value

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc. 5.42%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $2,217 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $2,389, 0.00% to 10.00%, 5/27/33 to 8/25/46).

   $ 2,217    $ 2,217

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc. 5.46%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $1,209 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $1,347, 0.00% to 10.00%, 5/27/33 to 2/28/37).

     1,209      1,209

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (The)
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $748 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $786, 4.52% to 6.89%, 1/15/09 to 10/25/36).

     748      748

Greenwich Capital Markets Inc.
5.46%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $8,464 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $9,331, 0.00% to 10.00%, 4/1/07 to 12/31/49).

     8,463      8,463

HSBC Securities Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $1,008 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $1,059, 3.72% to 5.99%, 12/15/36 to 6/1/46).

     1,008      1,008

JP Morgan Securities Inc.
5.41%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $504 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $529, 6.25% to 9.56%, 5/15/11 to 2/1/30).

     504      504
Security    Principal    Value

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $2,015 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $2,117, 1.63% to 14.50%, 5/1/07 to 9/18/37).

   $ 2,015    $ 2,015

Morgan Stanley
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $2,015 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $2,118, 0.00% to 10.00%, 3/1/07 to 2/28/37).

     2,015      2,015

Morgan Stanley
5.51%, due 2/4/08, maturity value $1,483 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $1,673, 0.00% to 10.00%, 3/1/07 to 2/28/37).
g

     1,410      1,410

Wachovia Capital
5.38%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $4,434 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $4,658, 0.00% to 8.32%, 2/15/08 to 3/15/49).

     4,433      4,433
         
        38,330

TIME DEPOSITSc – 0.00%

Bank of Nova Scotia

     

5.30%, 03/02/07

     845      845

Chase Bank USA N.A.

     

5.38%, 03/01/07

     3,023      3,023

Citibank N.A.

     

5.47%, 03/01/07

     3,023      3,023

Deutsche Bank AG

     

5.38%, 03/01/07

     4,733      4,733
         
        11,624

 

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Security    Principal    Value

VARIABLE & FLOATING RATE NOTESc– 0.04%

Allstate Life Global Funding II

     

5.30% - 5.40%,
02/15/08 - 03/07/08
d

   $ 5,158    $ 5,160

American Express Centurion Bank

     

5.41%, 07/19/07

     2,217      2,218

American Express Credit Corp.

     

5.42%, 03/05/08

     605      605

AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust

     

5.35%, 03/06/07

     92      92

Arkle Master Issuer PLC

     

Series 2006-1A Class 1A

     

5.30%, 11/19/07d

     1,511      1,511

ASIF Global Financing

     

5.40%, 05/03/07d

     202      202

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.

     

5.32%, 02/22/08d

     1,310      1,310

Bank of Ireland

     

5.30% - 5.32%,
08/14/07 - 02/20/08
d

     2,922      2,921

Beta Finance Inc.

     

5.29% - 5.41%,
04/25/07 - 07/25/07
d

     5,138      5,139

BMW US Capital LLC

     

5.32%, 01/15/08d

     2,015      2,015

BNP Paribas

     

5.33%, 11/19/07d

     3,728      3,728

Brigantine High Grade Funding Ltd.

     

5.40%, 09/05/07d

     1,934      1,934

Carlyle Loan Investment Ltd.

     

5.37%, 04/13/07 - 07/15/07d

     1,471      1,471

CC USA Inc.

     

5.36%, 07/30/07d

     1,008      1,008

Commodore CDO Ltd.

     

5.44%, 12/12/07d

     504      504

Credit Agricole SA

     

5.33%, 11/23/07

     2,015      2,015

Credit Suisse First Boston NY

     

5.36%, 04/24/07

     1,008      1,008

Cullinan Finance Corp.

     

5.36%, 04/25/07d

     504      504
Security    Principal    Value

DaimlerChrysler Auto Trust

     

Series 2006-C Class A1

     

5.33%, 10/08/07d

   $ 155    $ 155

DEPFA Bank PLC

     

5.40%, 12/14/07d

     2,015      2,015

Dorada Finance Inc.

     

5.33% - 5.41%,
06/27/07 - 07/17/07
d

     2,317      2,317

Eli Lilly Services Inc.

     

5.31%, 03/01/07d

     1,345      1,345

Fifth Third Bancorp

     

5.32%, 02/22/08d

     4,030      4,030

Five Finance Inc.

     

5.31% - 5.37%,
06/29/07 - 07/13/07
d

     1,310      1,310

General Electric Capital Corp.

     

5.28% - 5.45%,
07/09/07 - 02/22/08
d

     2,116      2,116

Granite Master Issuer PLC

     

5.29%, 08/20/07d

     7,053      7,053

Harrier Finance Funding LLC

     

5.29% - 5.36%,
07/25/07 - 08/15/07
d

     2,620      2,620

Hartford Life Global Funding Trust

     

5.36% - 5.40%,
07/13/07 - 03/14/08

     3,023      3,023

HBOS Treasury Services PLC

     

5.46%, 01/24/08d

     2,015      2,015

Holmes Financing PLC

     

5.29%, 07/16/07d

     3,526      3,526

JP Morgan Securities Inc.

     

5.40%, 11/16/07

     4,030      4,030

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     

5.29% - 5.45%,
07/27/07 - 02/29/08
g

     5,541      5,541

K2 USA LLC

     

5.20% - 5.33%,
04/02/07 - 06/28/07
d

     1,511      1,511

Kestrel Funding LLC

     

5.30%, 07/11/07d

     806      806

Kommunalkredit Austria AG

     

5.32%, 02/08/08d

     1,209      1,209

Leafs LLC

     

5.32%, 01/22/08d

     1,952      1,952

 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security    Principal    Value

Links Finance LLC

     

5.28% - 5.35%,
05/10/07 - 05/16/07
d

   $ 2,217    $ 2,217

Lothian Mortgages Master Issuer PLC

     

5.29%, 04/24/07d

     710      710

Marshall & Ilsley Bank

     

5.32%, 02/15/08

     1,108      1,108

Master Funding LLC

     

5.35%, 04/25/07 - 05/25/07d

     3,647      3,647

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.

     

5.46%, 05/30/07g

     2,217      2,217

Metropolitan Life Global Funding I

     

5.33%, 03/06/08d

     3,023      3,023

Metropolitan Life Insurance Funding Agreement

     

5.44%, 08/01/07d,g

     202      202

Mound Financing PLC

     

5.29%, 05/08/07d

     1,894      1,894

Natexis Banques Populaires

     

5.33% - 5.35%,
06/20/07 - 02/08/08
d

     3,224      3,224

National City Bank of Indiana

     

5.34%, 05/21/07

     1,008      1,008

Nationwide Building Society

     

5.37% - 5.48%,
07/20/07 - 01/28/08
d

     6,650      6,651

Newcastle Ltd.

     

5.34%, 04/24/07 - 01/24/08d

     2,020      2,020

Northern Rock PLC

     

5.38%, 02/01/08d

     2,418      2,418

Northlake CDO I

     

5.42%, 09/06/07d

     605      604

Pricoa Global Funding I

     

5.31%, 02/27/08d

     2,720      2,720

Sedna Finance Inc.

     

5.32% - 5.34%,
05/25/07 - 08/21/07
d

     2,922      2,922

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken

     

5.32%, 02/15/08d

     2,015      2,015

Strips III LLC

     

5.37%, 07/24/07d

     410      410

SunTrust Bank

     

5.29%, 05/01/07

     2,015      2,015
Security    Principal    Value  

Tango Finance Corp.

     

5.27% - 5.34%,
04/25/07 - 07/16/07
d

   $ 4,917    $ 4,916  

Union Hamilton Special Funding LLC

     

5.36% - 5.37%,
03/28/07 - 06/21/07
d

     3,325      3,325  

Wachovia Asset Securitization Inc.

     

5.31%, 03/25/07d

     2,275      2,275  

Wachovia Bank N.A.

     

5.36%, 05/22/07

     4,030      4,030  

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

     

5.50%, 07/16/07d

     1,511      1,512  

Wells Fargo & Co.

     

5.33%, 11/15/07d

     1,008      1,008  

WhistleJacket Capital Ltd.

     

5.28% - 5.35%,
04/18/07 - 06/13/07
d

     1,511      1,511  

White Pine Finance LLC

     

5.28% - 5.32%,
05/22/07 - 08/20/07
d

     6,045      6,045  

Wind MasterTrust

     

5.31%, 07/25/07d

     806      806  
           
        146,372  
           

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost: $363,757)

     363,757  
           

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES – 100.11%
(Cost: $331,818,938)

     380,027,868  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities – (0.11)%

     (427,810 )
           

NET ASSETS – 100.00%

   $ 379,600,058  
           

 

a

 

Non-income earning security.

b

 

All or a portion of this security represents a security on loan. See Note 5.

c

 

All or a portion of this security (these securities) represent(s) an investment of securities lending collateral. See Note 5.

d

 

This security or a portion of these securities may be resold to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A or pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933.

e

 

Affiliated issuer. See Note 2.

f

 

The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.

g

 

The investment adviser has determined that this security or a portion of these securities is “illiquid,” in that it cannot be sold within seven (7) days for approximately the value at which it is carried in the Fund.

See notes to financial statements.


 

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iSHARES® MSCI SWITZERLAND INDEX FUND

February 28, 2007

 

Security    Shares    Value

COMMON STOCKS – 99.75%

BANKS – 6.66%

Banque Cantonale Vaudoise

   1,496    $ 708,064

Credit Suisse Group Registered

   178,378      12,342,729

Julius Baer Holding AG

   22,208      2,802,369

Vontobel Holding AG Registered

   35,880      1,712,909
         
        17,566,071

BUILDING MATERIALS – 3.89%

Geberit AG Registered

   1,218      2,008,723

Holcim Ltd. Registered

   83,192      8,249,714
         
        10,258,437

CHEMICALS – 6.33%

Ciba Specialty Chemicals
AG Registered

   29,774      1,890,742

Clariant AG Registereda

   55,982      875,578

Givaudan SA Registered

   5,421      4,811,959

Lonza Group AG Registered

   13,589      1,207,342

Syngenta AG Registereda

   44,905      7,916,841
         
        16,702,462

COMMERCIAL SERVICES – 1.97%

Adecco SA Registered

   39,640      2,638,988

SGS SA Registered

   2,262      2,552,437
         
        5,191,425

COMPUTERS – 0.38%

Logitech International
SA Registered
a

   38,770      1,014,331
         
        1,014,331

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES – 10.73%

UBS AG Registered

   478,181      28,290,679
         
        28,290,679

ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION – 3.81%

ABB Ltd. Registered

   600,464      10,055,264
         
        10,055,264

FOOD – 13.43%

Nestle SA Registered

   95,286      35,424,045
         
        35,424,045

HAND & MACHINE TOOLS – 0.86%

Schindler Holding AG

     

Participation Certificates

   27,148      1,711,756
Security    Shares    Value

Schindler Holding AG Registered

   8,710    $ 550,973
         
        2,262,729

HEALTH CARE - PRODUCTS – 5.70%

Nobel Biocare Holding AG

   15,061      4,988,679

Phonak Holding AG Registered

   28,932      2,184,352

Straumann Holding AG Registered

   7,144      1,876,382

Synthes Inc.

   47,915      5,987,413
         
        15,036,826

INSURANCE – 9.39%

Swiss Reinsurance Co. Registered

   139,221      11,856,358

Zurich Financial Services AG Registered

   45,179      12,911,457
         
        24,767,815

LEISURE TIME – 0.05%

Kuoni Reisen Holding
AG Registered
a

   227      130,118
         
        130,118

MACHINERY – 0.42%

Rieter Holding AG

   1,247      629,525

SIG Holding AGa

   1,392      467,344
         
        1,096,869

MANUFACTURING – 0.55%

Sulzer AG Registered

   1,190      1,447,060
         
        1,447,060

PHARMACEUTICALS – 24.00%

Novartis AG Registered

   553,828      30,770,742

Roche Holding AG

   182,727      32,529,356
         
        63,300,098

REAL ESTATE – 1.46%

PSP Swiss Property AGa

   67,694      3,844,234
         
        3,844,234

RETAIL – 6.38%

Compagnie Financiere Richemont AG Class A

   183,282      10,100,621

Swatch Group (The) AG Class B

   16,082      3,921,074

Swatch Group (The) AG Registered

   56,980      2,801,874
         
        16,823,569

SEMICONDUCTORS – 0.34%

OC Oerlikon Corp. AG Registereda

   1,803      899,138
         
        899,138

 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security    Principal    Value

TELECOMMUNICATIONS – 2.78%

Swisscom AG Registered

   19,513    $ 7,318,174
         
        7,318,174

TRANSPORTATION – 0.62%

Kuehne & Nagel International AG Registered

   21,451      1,633,592
         
        1,633,592
         

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost: $206,294,665)

     263,062,936

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.06%

MONEY MARKET FUNDS – 0.06%

Barclays Global Investors Funds Institutional Money Market Fund, Institutional Shares 5.30%b,c

   158,908      158,908
         
        158,908
         

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost: $158,908)

     158,908
         

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES – 99.81%
(Cost: $206,453,573)

     263,221,844

Other Assets, Less Liabilities – 0.19%

     501,154
         

NET ASSETS – 100.00%

   $ 263,722,998
         

 

a

 

Non-income earning security.

b

 

Affiliated issuer. See Note 2.

c

 

The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.

See notes to financial statements.


 

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iSHARES® MSCI UNITED KINGDOM INDEX FUND

February 28, 2007

 

Security    Shares    Value

COMMON STOCKS – 99.60%

ADVERTISING – 0.64%

Aegis Group PLC

   298,818    $ 835,956

WPP Group PLC

   423,617      6,135,056
         
        6,971,012

AEROSPACE & DEFENSE – 1.79%

BAE Systems PLC

   1,155,619      9,868,536

BBA Aviation PLC

   144,458      774,283

Cobham PLC

   399,438      1,553,855

Meggitt PLC

   153,738      1,012,328

Rolls-Royce Group PLCa

   635,778      6,120,808
         
        19,329,810

AGRICULTURE – 2.97%

British American Tobacco PLC

   554,815      16,842,257

Gallaher Group PLC

   235,921      5,210,641

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC

   240,890      10,008,185
         
        32,061,083

AIRLINES – 0.20%

British Airways PLCa

   202,454      2,128,613
         
        2,128,613

APPAREL – 0.18%

Burberry Group PLC

   157,248      1,946,073
         
        1,946,073

AUTO PARTS & EQUIPMENT – 0.16%

GKN PLC

   251,691      1,696,785

TI Automotive Ltd. Class Aa,b

   52,283      1
         
        1,696,786

BANKS – 18.69%

Barclays PLCc

   2,332,309      33,823,495

HBOS PLC

   1,351,486      28,631,092

HSBC Holdings PLC

   4,146,580      72,404,978

Lloyds TSB Group PLC

   2,018,014      22,700,569

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC

   1,130,572      44,512,177
         
        202,072,311

BEVERAGES – 2.71%

Diageo PLC

   978,744      19,267,250

SABMiller PLC

   322,075      7,119,784

Scottish & Newcastle PLC

   283,842      2,928,706
         
        29,315,740
Security    Shares    Value

BUILDING MATERIALS – 0.53%

Hanson PLC

   256,269    $ 4,085,586

Travis Perkins PLC

   42,313      1,622,801
         
        5,708,387

CHEMICALS – 0.58%

Imperial Chemical Industries PLC

   429,225      3,879,914

Johnson Matthey PLC

   78,038      2,358,257
         
        6,238,171

COMMERCIAL SERVICES – 1.85%

Aggreko PLC

   90,090      767,568

Bunzl PLC

   123,213      1,591,266

Capita Group PLC

   223,304      2,831,401

Davis Service Group PLC (The)

   60,372      611,683

De La Rue PLC

   58,500      778,442

Experian Group Ltd.

   366,265      4,274,427

Group 4 Securicor PLC

   405,522      1,468,248

Hays PLC

   519,246      1,506,037

Intertek Group PLC

   54,990      929,487

Michael Page International PLC

   119,340      1,123,777

Rank Group PLC

   206,622      906,025

Rentokil Initial PLC

   643,500      1,869,579

Serco Group PLC

   166,842      1,395,339
         
        20,053,279

COMPUTERS – 0.16%

LogicaCMG PLC

   524,303      1,741,617
         
        1,741,617

DISTRIBUTION & WHOLESALE – 0.70%

Inchcape PLC

   162,504      1,667,176

Wolseley PLC

   235,638      5,906,314
         
        7,573,490

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES – 1.85%

AMVESCAP PLC

   267,747      3,153,550

Cattles PLC

   117,000      995,122

Close Brothers Group PLC

   46,566      944,517

Collins Stewart PLCa

   79,095      353,415

ICAP PLC

   171,756      1,585,380

Investec PLC

   123,369      1,489,318

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

   56,814      1,405,126

Man Group PLC

   643,144      6,919,604

Provident Financial PLC

   90,924      1,307,011

Schroders PLC

   43,758      942,445

Tullett Prebon PLCa

   79,095      961,040
         
        20,056,528

 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security    Shares    Value

ELECTRIC – 3.24%

International Power PLC

   535,132    $ 3,827,846

National Grid PLC

   974,113      14,565,807

Scottish & Southern Energy PLC

   307,666      8,664,369

Scottish Power PLC

   532,155      7,978,114
         
        35,036,136

ELECTRONICS – 0.12%

Electrocomponents PLC

   153,738      798,413

Premier Farnell PLC

   128,232      453,601
         
        1,252,014

ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION – 0.22%

AMEC PLC

   118,404      1,071,455

Balfour Beatty PLC

   152,409      1,354,530
         
        2,425,985

ENTERTAINMENT – 0.46%

EMI Group PLC

   289,864      1,367,607

Ladbrokes PLC

   225,810      1,785,613

PartyGaming PLC

   356,578      255,063

William Hill PLC

   128,018      1,589,346
         
        4,997,629

ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL – 0.08%

Biffa PLC

   127,807      813,401
         
        813,401

FOOD – 4.73%

Cadbury Schweppes PLC

   748,477      7,994,212

J Sainsbury PLC

   522,990      5,239,953

Tate & Lyle PLC

   173,628      1,910,602

Tesco PLC

   2,851,498      24,141,124

Unilever PLC

   445,792      11,890,252
         
        51,176,143

FOOD SERVICE – 0.40%

Compass Group PLC

   733,707      4,356,783
         
        4,356,783

GAS – 0.89%

Centrica PLC

   1,311,142      9,616,393
         
        9,616,393

HEALTH CARE - PRODUCTS – 0.40%

Smith & Nephew PLC

   334,697      3,889,620

SSL International PLC

   66,924      483,631
         
        4,373,251
Security    Shares    Value

HOLDING COMPANIES - DIVERSIFIED – 0.14%

Tomkins PLC

   308,880    $ 1,554,179
         
        1,554,179

HOME BUILDERS – 1.02%

Barratt Developments PLC

   86,112      1,987,969

Bellway PLC

   40,248      1,166,576

Berkeley Group Holdings (The) PLCa

   32,058      956,835

Bovis Homes Group PLC

   42,588      868,838

Persimmon PLC

   102,048      2,791,840

TaylorWoodrow PLC

   204,984      1,633,985

Wimpey (George) PLC

   140,868      1,570,816
         
        10,976,859

HOME FURNISHINGS – 0.05%

Galiform PLCa

   210,132      524,023
         
        524,023

HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS & WARES – 1.02%

Reckitt Benckiser PLC

   219,040      11,006,320
         
        11,006,320

INSURANCE – 4.91%

Aviva PLC

   918,052      14,717,067

Friends Provident PLC

   608,166      2,455,218

Legal & General Group PLC

   2,337,392      7,168,802

Old Mutual PLC

   1,868,022      6,452,259

Prudential PLC

   875,425      11,554,661

Resolution PLC

   243,935      3,002,164

Royal & Sun Alliance
Insurance Group PLC

   1,082,718      3,257,050

Standard Life PLCa

   756,756      4,471,404
         
        53,078,625

IRON & STEEL – 0.35%

Corus Group PLC

   319,681      3,774,631
         
        3,774,631

LEISURE TIME – 0.35%

Carnival PLC

   60,953      2,896,727

First Choice Holidays PLC

   177,138      877,412
         
        3,774,139

LODGING – 0.28%

InterContinental Hotels
Group PLC

   128,717      3,027,038
         
        3,027,038

 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security    Shares    Value

MANUFACTURING – 0.85%

Charter PLCa

   58,734    $ 989,319

Cookson Group PLC

   71,761      824,113

FKI PLC

   205,920      443,907

IMI PLC

   120,603      1,206,576

Invensys PLCa

   282,906      1,570,409

Smiths Group PLC

   204,203      4,121,924
         
        9,156,248

MEDIA – 2.74%

British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC

   409,266      4,467,469

Daily Mail & General Trust PLC Class A

   107,803      1,635,206

Emap PLC

   76,050      1,076,807

ITV PLC

   1,412,190      3,037,374

Pearson PLC

   289,266      4,478,423

Reed Elsevier PLC

   452,556      5,263,732

Reuters Group PLC

   464,022      3,962,567

Trinity Mirror PLC

   108,010      1,038,254

United Business Media PLC

   102,886      1,429,563

Yell Group PLC

   279,447      3,280,401
         
        29,669,796

MINING – 6.61%

Anglo American PLC

   510,736      24,182,103

BHP Billiton PLC

   855,919      17,134,511

Rio Tinto PLC

   369,088      19,790,041

Xstrata PLC

   219,684      10,311,091
         
        71,417,746

OIL & GAS – 15.07%

BG Group PLC

   1,220,938      16,557,714

BP PLC

   6,977,536      71,379,461

Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A

   1,329,625      43,046,702

Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class B

   988,666      31,911,254
         
        162,895,131

PACKAGING& CONTAINERS – 0.19%

Rexam PLC

   208,231      2,056,727
         
        2,056,727

PHARMACEUTICALS – 8.20%

AstraZeneca PLC

   550,371      30,890,805

GlaxoSmithKline PLC

   2,059,741      57,723,057
         
        88,613,862
Security    Shares    Value

REAL ESTATE – 2.01%

British Land Co. PLC

   186,220    $ 5,470,520

Brixton PLC

   90,792      869,186

Great Portland Estates PLC

   57,330      843,767

Hammerson PLC

   101,423      3,054,998

Land Securities Group PLC

   167,941      6,773,338

Liberty International PLC

   96,642      2,295,457

Slough Estates PLC

   167,310      2,437,831
         
        21,745,097

RETAIL – 3.49%

Alliance Boots PLC

   295,452      4,571,300

Carphone Warehouse Group (The) PLC

   141,102      821,970

DSG International PLC

   651,690      2,183,926

Enterprise Inns PLC

   205,959      2,540,839

HMV Group PLC

   141,804      386,282

Home Retail Group

   311,073      2,578,715

Kesa Electricals PLC

   188,136      1,245,283

Kingfisher PLC

   847,103      4,175,177

Marks & Spencer Group PLC

   606,037      8,016,847

Mitchells & Butlers PLC

   148,731      2,068,019

Next PLC

   80,964      3,240,025

Punch Taverns PLC

   95,499      2,163,502

Signet Group PLC

   616,548      1,416,708

Whitbread PLC

   71,056      2,294,873
         
        37,703,466

SEMICONDUCTORS – 0.17%

ARM Holdings PLC

   483,779      1,215,920

CSR PLCa

   45,972      649,575
         
        1,865,495

SOFTWARE – 0.29%

Misys PLC

   179,478      821,294

Sage Group PLC

   459,576      2,314,681
         
        3,135,975

TELECOMMUNICATIONS – 6.71%

BT Group PLC

   2,976,448      17,251,376

Cable & Wireless PLC

   882,597      2,849,630

Vodafone Group PLC

   18,896,847      52,401,831
         
        72,502,837

 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security    Shares    Value

TRANSPORTATION – 0.44%

Arriva PLC

   70,200    $ 987,785

FirstGroup PLC

   155,458      1,852,326

National Express Group PLC

   49,140      1,058,360

Stagecoach Group PLC

   286,416      875,634
         
        4,774,105

VENTURE CAPITAL – 0.33%

3i Group PLC

   165,375      3,620,126
         
        3,620,126

WATER – 0.83%

Kelda Group PLC

   127,296      2,225,258

Severn Trent PLC

   82,631      2,236,338

United Utilities PLC

   314,964      4,490,498
         
        8,952,094
         

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost: $888,384,080)

     1,076,765,154

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.04%

MONEY MARKET FUNDS – 0.04%

Barclays Global Investors Funds Institutional Money Market Fund, Institutional Shares 5.30%c,d

   371,087      371,087
         
        371,087
         

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost: $371,087)

     371,087
         

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES – 99.64%
(Cost: $888,755,167)

     1,077,136,241

Other Assets, Less Liabilities – 0.36%

     3,942,352
         

NET ASSETS – 100.00%

   $ 1,081,078,593
         

 

a

 

Non-income earning security.

b

 

Security valued at fair value in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Directors. See Note 1.

c

 

Affiliated issuer. See Note 2.

d

 

The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.

See notes to financial statements.


 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities (Unaudited)

iSHARES®, INC.

February 28, 2007

 

 

     iShares MSCI  
     

Austria

Index Fund

   

Belgium

Index Fund

   

EMU

Index Fund

   

France

Index Fund

   

Germany

Index Fund

   

Italy

Index Fund

 

ASSETS

            

Investments, at cost:

            

Unaffiliated issuers

   $ 350,549,274     $ 224,940,604     $ 2,008,098,953     $ 166,330,060     $ 906,627,163     $ 194,521,888  

Affiliated issuers (Note 2)

     16,395       161,525       388,347       88,026       305,433       305,711  
                                                

Total cost of investments

   $ 350,565,669     $ 225,102,129     $ 2,008,487,300     $ 166,418,086     $ 906,932,596     $ 194,827,599  
                                                

Investments in securities, at value (including securities on loana) (Note 1):

            

Unaffiliated issuers

   $ 439,060,259     $ 261,040,694     $ 2,424,756,945     $ 185,273,454     $ 1,104,664,965     $ 209,197,575  

Affiliated issuers (Note 2)

     16,395       161,525       388,347       88,026       305,433       305,711  
                                                

Total value of investments

     439,076,654       261,202,219       2,425,145,292       185,361,480       1,104,970,398       209,503,286  

Foreign currencies, at valueb

     326,545       150,840       1,735,682       79,252       540,786       57,882  

Receivables:

            

Investment securities sold

     13,761,663       3,814,940             276,389       5,855,902       6,286,539  

Dividends and interest

     767,816       127,281       2,344,693       343,841       1,484,972       69,891  

Capital shares sold

                             16,816       241,914  
                                                

Total Assets

     453,932,678       265,295,280       2,429,225,667       186,060,962       1,112,868,874       216,159,512  
                                                

LIABILITIES

            

Payables:

            

Investment securities purchased

     13,397,309       3,841,742             271,782       5,475,643       6,479,313  

Collateral for securities on loan (Note 5)

     3,416,868             26,449,832       1,645,321       16,132,620       1,879,008  

Capital shares redeemed

                 210,249                   56,407  

Investment advisory fees (Note 2)

     177,574       99,976       968,622       73,946       417,563       86,319  
                                                

Total Liabilities

     16,991,751       3,941,718       27,628,703       1,991,049       22,025,826       8,501,047  
                                                

NET ASSETS

   $ 436,940,927     $ 261,353,562     $ 2,401,596,964     $ 184,069,913     $ 1,090,843,048     $ 207,658,465  
                                                

Net assets consist of:

            

Paid-in capital

   $ 351,832,349     $ 227,393,161     $ 1,969,068,228     $ 163,360,139     $ 913,260,620     $ 172,911,155  

Distributions in excess of net investment income or accumulated net investment loss

     (4,497,543 )     (1,300,631 )     (708,965 )     (88,516 )     (971,741 )     (193,729 )

Undistributed net realized gain (accumulated net realized loss)

     1,067,790       (847,799 )     16,469,013       1,843,202       (19,553,934 )     20,244,403  

Net unrealized appreciation on investments and translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

     88,538,331       36,108,831       416,768,688       18,955,088       198,108,103       14,696,636  
                                                

NET ASSETS

   $ 436,940,927     $ 261,353,562     $ 2,401,596,964     $ 184,069,913     $ 1,090,843,048     $ 207,658,465  
                                                

Shares outstanding

     12,200,000       10,240,000       23,150,000       5,400,000       39,600,000       6,300,000  
                                                

Net asset value per share

   $ 35.81     $ 25.52     $ 103.74     $ 34.09     $ 27.55     $ 32.96  
                                                

 

a

 

Securities on loan with market values of $3,253,644, $–, $24,803,314, $1,566,646, $15,352,629 and $1,783,498, respectively. See Note 5.

b

 

Cost of foreign currencies: $323,952, $148,287, $1,701,761, $78,145, $529,720 and $56,671, respectively.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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iSHARES®, INC.

February 28, 2007

 

     iShares MSCI  
      Netherlands
Index Fund
   

Spain

Index Fund

  

Sweden

Index Fund

    Switzerland
Index Fund
    United Kingdom
Index Fund
 

ASSETS

           

Investments, at cost:

           

Unaffiliated issuers

   $ 162,392,995     $ 625,551,758    $ 331,733,325     $ 206,294,665     $ 862,768,157  

Affiliated issuers (Note 2)

     1,334       168,686      85,613       158,908       25,987,010  
                                       

Total cost of investments

   $ 162,394,329     $ 625,720,444    $ 331,818,938     $ 206,453,573     $ 888,755,167  
                                       

Investments in securities, at value

           

(including securities on loana) (Note 1):

           

Unaffiliated issuers

   $ 184,334,671     $ 673,392,913    $ 379,942,255     $ 263,062,936     $ 1,042,941,659  

Affiliated issuers (Note 2)

     1,334       168,686      85,613       158,908       34,194,582  
                                       

Total value of investments

     184,336,005       673,561,599      380,027,868       263,221,844       1,077,136,241  

Foreign currencies, at valueb

     108,520       624,561      3,794       183,075       1,044,238  

Receivables:

           

Investment securities sold

     1,106,985       2,988,695            1,662,219       3,192,118  

Dividends and interest

     625       72,161      1,264       407,305       3,420,459  
                                       

Total Assets

     185,552,135       677,247,016      380,032,926       265,474,443       1,084,793,056  
                                       

LIABILITIES

           

Payables:

           

Investment securities purchased

     1,043,793       2,865,803            1,647,255       3,217,211  

Collateral for securities on loan (Note 5)

     1,373,423       14,666,246      278,144              

Capital shares redeemed

                            52,496  

Investment advisory fees (Note 2)

     76,216       247,121      154,724       104,190       444,756  
                                       

Total Liabilities

     2,493,432       17,779,170      432,868       1,751,445       3,714,463  
                                       

NET ASSETS

   $ 183,058,703     $ 659,467,846    $ 379,600,058     $ 263,722,998     $ 1,081,078,593  
                                       

Net assets consist of:

           

Paid-in capital

   $ 161,667,689     $ 560,271,226    $ 338,072,649     $ 212,010,904     $ 922,853,995  

Undistributed (distributions in excess of)
net investment income

           

(accumulated net investment loss)

     (822,432 )     2,524,766      141,248       (379,706 )     3,477,686  

Undistributed net realized gain

           

(accumulated net realized loss)

     271,326       48,819,111      (6,822,773 )     (4,696,319 )     (33,640,866 )

Net unrealized appreciation on investments and translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

     21,942,120       47,852,743      48,208,934       56,788,119       188,387,778  
                                       

NET ASSETS

   $ 183,058,703     $ 659,467,846    $ 379,600,058     $ 263,722,998     $ 1,081,078,593  
                                       

Shares outstanding

     6,950,000       12,150,000      12,075,000       10,625,000       46,800,000  
                                       

Net asset value per share

   $ 26.34     $ 54.28    $ 31.44     $ 24.82     $ 23.10  
                                       

 

a

 

Securities on loan with market values of $1,302,667, $13,922,894, $264,832, $– and $–, respectively. See Note 5.

b

 

Cost of foreign currencies: $108,077, $613,628, $3,790, $180,009 and $1,043,616, respectively.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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iSHARES®, INC.

Six months ended February 28, 2007

 

     iShares MSCI  
     

Austria

Index Fund

   

Belgium

Index Fund

   

EMU

Index Fund

  

France

Index Fund

   

Germany

Index Fund

   

Italy

Index Fund

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

             

Dividends from unaffiliated issuersa

   $ 63,269     $ 252,252     $ 8,987,530    $ 747,187     $ 1,918,057     $ 1,290,269  

Interest from affiliated issuers (Note 2)

     4,599       3,737       31,730      2,529       22,510       4,010  

Securities lending income

     8,078       1,764       98,397      3,430       36,906       11,232  
                                               

Total investment income

     75,946       257,753       9,117,657      753,146       1,977,473       1,305,511  
                                               

EXPENSES

             

Investment advisory fees (Note 2)

     1,054,164       545,159       5,456,074      497,046       2,346,357       508,047  
                                               

Total expenses

     1,054,164       545,159       5,456,074      497,046       2,346,357       508,047  
                                               

Net investment income (loss)

     (978,218 )     (287,406 )     3,661,583      256,100       (368,884 )     797,464  
                                               

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED
GAIN (LOSS)

             

Net realized gain (loss) from:

             

Investments in unaffiliated issuers

     (8,531,898 )     258,344       1,921,412      (803,042 )     (3,340,580 )     (288,801 )

In-kind redemptions

     16,894,026       1,349,283       30,239,115      8,765,255       20,133,040       25,824,326  

Foreign currency transactions

     21,645       5,953       133,803      12,519       12,494       33,034  
                                               

Net realized gain

     8,383,773       1,613,580       32,294,330      7,974,732       16,804,954       25,568,559  
                                               

Net change in unrealized appreciation
(depreciation) on:

             

Investments

     54,177,936       22,879,467       237,642,456      11,435,716       133,619,932       (6,718,332 )

Translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

     21,415       2,178       92,738      10,833       48,687       2,082  
                                               

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     54,199,351       22,881,645       237,735,194      11,446,549       133,668,619       (6,716,250 )
                                               

Net realized and unrealized gain

     62,583,124       24,495,225       270,029,524      19,421,281       150,473,573       18,852,309  
                                               

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 61,604,906     $ 24,207,819     $ 273,691,107    $ 19,677,381     $ 150,104,689     $ 19,649,773  
                                               

 

a

 

Net of foreign withholding tax of $11,165, $42,393, $1,505,413, $129,230, $327,648 and $227,695, respectively.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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iSHARES®, INC.

Six months ended February 28, 2007

 

     iShares MSCI  
      Netherlands
Index Fund
   

Spain

Index Fund

   

Sweden

Index Fund

    Switzerland
Index Fund
    United Kingdom
Index Fund
 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

          

Dividends from unaffiliated issuersa

   $ 513,445     $ 5,806,404     $ 857,181     $ 203,684     $ 11,555,921  

Interest from affiliated issuers (Note 2)

     2,508       7,105       5,248       2,525       22,352  

Securities lending income

     2,167       114,851       6,767       938        
                                        

Total investment income

     518,120       5,928,360       869,196       207,147       11,578,273  
                                        

EXPENSES

          

Investment advisory fees (Note 2)

     476,901       1,255,444       729,211       586,645       2,505,830  
                                        

Total expenses

     476,901       1,255,444       729,211       586,645       2,505,830  
                                        

Net investment income (loss)

     41,219       4,672,916       139,985       (379,498 )     9,072,443  
                                        

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED
GAIN (LOSS)

          

Net realized gain (loss) from:

          

Investments in unaffiliated issuers

     294,075       978,022       265,995       385,414       (1,911,821 )

Investments in affiliated issuers (Note 2)

                             397,174  

In-kind redemptions

     9,267,401       51,428,748             2,061,953       10,199,533  

Foreign currency transactions

     25,239       (7,189 )     (4,713 )     (8,460 )     138,441  
                                        

Net realized gain

     9,586,715       52,399,581       261,282       2,438,907       8,823,327  
                                        

Net change in unrealized appreciation

          

(depreciation) on:

          

Investments

     8,980,998       18,650,973       45,516,782       20,251,732       61,486,983  

Translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

     (595 )     9,971       1,192       10,412       (24,121 )
                                        

Net change in unrealized appreciation

          

(depreciation)

     8,980,403       18,660,944       45,517,974       20,262,144       61,462,862  
                                        

Net realized and unrealized gain

     18,567,118       71,060,525       45,779,256       22,701,051       70,286,189  
                                        

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING
FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 18,608,337     $ 75,733,441     $ 45,919,241     $ 22,321,553     $ 79,358,632  
                                        

 

a

 

Net of foreign withholding tax of $90,608, $1,006,075, $4,569, $1,812 and $127,221, respectively.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

iSHARES®, INC.

 

    

iShares MSCI

Austria

Index Fund

   

iShares MSCI

Belgium

Index Fund

   

iShares MSCI

EMU

Index Fund

 
      Six months ended
February 28, 2007
(Unaudited)
    Year ended
August 31, 2006
    Six months ended
February 28, 2007
(Unaudited)
    Year ended
August 31, 2006
    Six months ended
February 28, 2007
(Unaudited)
   

Year ended

August 31, 2006

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

 

OPERATIONS:

            

Net investment income (loss)

   $ (978,218 )   $ 4,573,969     $ (287,406 )   $ 3,228,861     $ 3,661,583     $ 36,506,832  

Net realized gain

     8,383,773       34,514,511       1,613,580       2,556,361       32,294,330       83,839,198  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     54,199,351       (8,534,884 )     22,881,645       12,287,153       237,735,194       101,409,737  
                                                

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     61,604,906       30,553,596       24,207,819       18,072,375       273,691,107       221,755,767  
                                                

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:

 

       

From net investment income

     (8,705,133 )     (2,357,719 )     (4,042,358 )     (2,145,588 )     (39,632,440 )     (12,287,252 )
                                                

Total distributions to shareholders

     (8,705,133 )     (2,357,719 )     (4,042,358 )     (2,145,588 )     (39,632,440 )     (12,287,252 )
                                                

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

 

       

Proceeds from shares sold

     47,516,306       289,063,151       92,801,942       103,356,773       445,898,386       1,281,531,733  

Cost of shares redeemed

     (55,112,541 )     (122,573,813 )     (4,098,051 )     (13,758,909 )     (73,281,076 )     (243,363,438 )
                                                

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from capital share transactions

     (7,596,235 )     166,489,338       88,703,891       89,597,864       372,617,310       1,038,168,295  
                                                

INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

     45,303,538       194,685,215       108,869,352       105,524,651       606,675,977       1,247,636,810  

NET ASSETS

            

Beginning of period

     391,637,389       196,952,174       152,484,210       46,959,559       1,794,920,987       547,284,177  
                                                

End of period

   $ 436,940,927     $ 391,637,389     $ 261,353,562     $ 152,484,210     $ 2,401,596,964     $ 1,794,920,987  
                                                

Undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income (accumulated net investment loss) included in net assets at end of period

   $ (4,497,543 )   $ 5,185,808     $ (1,300,631 )   $ 3,029,133     $ (708,965 )   $ 35,261,892  
                                                

SHARES ISSUED AND REDEEMED

 

       

Shares sold

     1,300,000       9,400,000       3,720,000       4,880,000       4,400,000       15,050,000  

Shares redeemed

     (1,700,000 )     (4,200,000 )     (160,000 )     (680,000 )     (700,000 )     (2,900,000 )
                                                

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

     (400,000 )     5,200,000       3,560,000       4,200,000       3,700,000       12,150,000  
                                                

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (Continued)

iSHARES®, INC.

 

 

     iShares MSCI
France
Index Fund
    iShares MSCI
Germany
Index Fund
    iShares MSCI
Italy
Index Fund
 
     

Six months ended
February 28, 2007

(Unaudited)

    Year ended
August 31, 2006
   

Six months ended
February 28, 2007

(Unaudited)

    Year ended
August 31, 2006
   

Six months ended
February 28, 2007

(Unaudited)

   

Year ended

August 31, 2006

 
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS  

OPERATIONS:

 

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 256,100     $ 2,234,907     $ (368,884 )   $ 16,579,393     $ 797,464     $ 3,283,210  

Net realized gain

     7,974,732       24,946,517       16,804,954       43,262,838       25,568,559       2,217,054  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     11,446,549       (236,936 )     133,668,619       55,951,665       (6,716,250 )     13,029,731  
                                                

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     19,677,381       26,944,488       150,104,689       115,793,896       19,649,773       18,529,995  
                                                

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:

 

       

From net investment income

     (2,600,181 )     (1,093,386 )     (17,227,480 )     (2,745,191 )     (4,310,712 )     (1,062,571 )
                                                

Total distributions to shareholders

     (2,600,181 )     (1,093,386 )     (17,227,480 )     (2,745,191 )     (4,310,712 )     (1,062,571 )
                                                

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

 

       

Proceeds from shares sold

     6,165,897       193,944,708       230,966,831       611,158,486       122,007,074       90,441,632  

Cost of shares redeemed

     (51,058,945 )     (89,235,841 )     (75,795,586 )     (236,206,028 )     (76,011,384 )     (4,111,384 )
                                                

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from capital share transactions

     (44,893,048 )     104,708,867       155,171,245       374,952,458       45,995,690       86,330,248  
                                                

INCREASE (DECREASE)

            

IN NET ASSETS

     (27,815,848 )     130,559,969       288,048,454       488,001,163       61,334,751       103,797,672  

NET ASSETS

            

Beginning of period

     211,885,761       81,325,792       802,794,594       314,793,431       146,323,714       42,526,042  
                                                

End of period

   $ 184,069,913     $ 211,885,761     $ 1,090,843,048     $ 802,794,594     $ 207,658,465     $ 146,323,714  
                                                

Undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income (accumulated net investment loss) included in net assets at end of period

   $ (88,516 )   $ 2,255,565     $ (971,741 )   $ 16,624,623     $ (193,729 )   $ 3,319,519  
                                                

SHARES ISSUED AND REDEEMED

 

       

Shares sold

     200,000       6,800,000       8,700,000       28,500,000       3,750,000       3,300,000  

Shares redeemed

     (1,600,000 )     (3,200,000 )     (3,000,000 )     (11,100,000 )     (2,250,000 )     (150,000 )
                                                

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

     (1,400,000 )     3,600,000       5,700,000       17,400,000       1,500,000       3,150,000  
                                                

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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iSHARES®, INC.

 

     iShares MSCI
Netherlands
Index Fund
    iShares MSCI
Spain
Index Fund
    iShares MSCI
Sweden
Index Fund
 
     

Six months ended
February 28, 2007

(Unaudited)

    Year ended
August 31, 2006
   

Six months ended
February 28, 2007

(Unaudited)

    Year ended
August 31, 2006
   

Six months ended
February 28, 2007

(Unaudited)

   

Year ended

August 31, 2006

 
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS  

OPERATIONS:

            

Net investment income

   $ 41,219     $ 2,460,966     $ 4,672,916     $ 2,816,735     $ 139,985     $ 3,522,482  

Net realized gain

     9,586,715       8,002,115       52,399,581       7,154,162       261,282       18,268,143  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     8,980,403       11,681,549       18,660,944       15,105,957       45,517,974       (9,543,135 )
                                                

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     18,608,337       22,144,630       75,733,441       25,076,854       45,919,241       12,247,490  
                                                

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:

 

       

From net investment income

     (3,524,849 )     (1,617,341 )     (4,483,132 )     (1,611,053 )     (3,600,238 )     (1,227,638 )
                                                

Total distributions to shareholders

     (3,524,849 )     (1,617,341 )     (4,483,132 )     (1,611,053 )     (3,600,238 )     (1,227,638 )
                                                

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

 

       

Proceeds from shares sold

     90,698,941       63,102,133       565,223,166       102,462,370       185,854,494       133,924,232  

Cost of shares redeemed

     (32,715,011 )     (37,612,147 )     (155,135,686 )     (14,743,172 )           (55,030,029 )
                                                

Net increase in net assets from capital share transactions

     57,983,930       25,489,986       410,087,480       87,719,198       185,854,494       78,894,203  
                                                

INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

     73,067,418       46,017,275       481,337,789       111,184,999       228,173,497       89,914,055  

NET ASSETS

            

Beginning of period

     109,991,285       63,974,010       178,130,057       66,945,058       151,426,561       61,512,506  
                                                

End of period

   $ 183,058,703     $ 109,991,285     $ 659,467,846     $ 178,130,057     $ 379,600,058     $ 151,426,561  
                                                

Undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income included in net assets at end of period

   $ (822,432 )   $ 2,661,198     $ 2,524,766     $ 2,334,982     $ 141,248     $ 3,601,501  
                                                

SHARES ISSUED AND REDEEMED

 

       

Shares sold

     3,650,000       2,850,000       11,100,000       2,475,000       6,225,000       5,250,000  

Shares redeemed

     (1,250,000 )     (1,650,000 )     (2,925,000 )     (375,000 )           (2,250,000 )
                                                

Net increase in shares outstanding

     2,400,000       1,200,000       8,175,000       2,100,000       6,225,000       3,000,000  
                                                

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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iSHARES®, INC.

 

     iShares MSCI
Switzerland
Index Fund
    iShares MSCI
United Kingdom
Index Fund
 
     

Six months ended
February 28, 2007

(Unaudited)

    Year ended
August 31, 2006
   

Six months ended
February 28, 2007

(Unaudited)

    Year ended
August 31, 2006
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

 

     

OPERATIONS:

        

Net investment income (loss)

   $ (379,498 )   $ 1,856,248     $ 9,072,443     $ 31,286,621  

Net realized gain

     2,438,907       6,236,495       8,823,327       6,097,571  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     20,262,144       25,594,505       61,462,862       85,793,247  
                                

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     22,321,553       33,687,248       79,358,632       123,177,439  
                                

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:

 

   

From net investment income

     (1,891,314 )     (773,209 )     (34,304,512 )     (16,085,262 )
                                

Total distributions to shareholders

     (1,891,314 )     (773,209 )     (34,304,512 )     (16,085,262 )
                                

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

 

   

Proceeds from shares sold

     61,351,711       94,447,210       192,126,409       344,797,700  

Cost of shares redeemed

     (6,378,107 )     (18,366,262 )     (28,510,876 )     (44,331,266 )
                                

Net increase in net assets from capital share transactions

     54,973,604       76,080,948       163,615,533       300,466,434  
                                

INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

     75,403,843       108,994,987       208,669,653       407,558,611  

NET ASSETS

        

Beginning of period

     188,319,155       79,324,168       872,408,940       464,850,329  
                                

End of period

   $ 263,722,998     $ 188,319,155     $ 1,081,078,593     $ 872,408,940  
                                

Undistributed net investment income (accumulated net investment loss) included in net assets at end of period

   $ (379,706 )   $ 1,891,106     $ 3,477,686     $ 28,709,755  
                                

SHARES ISSUED AND REDEEMED

        

Shares sold

     2,500,000       4,750,000       8,200,000       17,200,000  

Shares redeemed

     (250,000 )     (875,000 )     (1,200,000 )     (2,200,000 )
                                

Net increase in shares outstanding

     2,250,000       3,875,000       7,000,000       15,000,000  
                                

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

 

     iShares MSCI Austria Index Fund  
     Six months
ended
Feb. 28, 2007
(Unaudited)
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2006
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2005
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2004
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2003
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2002
 
   

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 31.08     $ 26.62     $ 17.04     $ 10.61     $ 8.19     $ 8.18  
                                                

Income from investment operations:

            

Net investment income (loss)a

     (0.08 )     0.44       0.29       0.21       0.09       0.13  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)b

     5.54       4.31       9.38       6.39       2.43       (0.12 )
                                                

Total from investment operations

     5.46       4.75       9.67       6.60       2.52       0.01  
                                                

Less distributions from:

            

Net investment income

     (0.73 )     (0.29 )     (0.09 )     (0.17 )     (0.10 )      
                                                

Total distributions

     (0.73 )     (0.29 )     (0.09 )     (0.17 )     (0.10 )      
                                                

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 35.81     $ 31.08     $ 26.62     $ 17.04     $ 10.61     $ 8.19  
                                                

Total return

     17.53 %c     18.00 %     56.82 %     62.70 %     31.15 %     0.12 %
                                                

Ratios/Supplemental data:

            

Net assets, end of period (000s)

   $ 436,941     $ 391,637     $ 196,952     $ 57,920     $ 22,288     $ 14,740  

Ratio of expenses to average net assetsd

     0.52 %     0.54 %     0.57 %     0.77 %     0.84 %     0.84 %

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assetsd

     (0.48 )%     1.48 %     1.26 %     1.37 %     0.98 %     1.57 %

Portfolio turnover ratee

     7 %     32 %     21 %     11 %     26 %     32 %

 

a

 

Based on average shares outstanding throughout each period.

b

 

The amounts reported may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities due to the timing of capital share transactions.

c

 

Not annualized.

d

 

Annualized for periods of less than one year.

e

 

Portfolio turnover rates exclude portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of processing capital share transactions in Creation Units.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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iSHARES®, INC.

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

     iShares MSCI Belgium Index Fund  
     Six months
ended
Feb. 28, 2007
(Unaudited)
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2006
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2005
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2004
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2003
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2002
 
   

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 22.83     $ 18.94     $ 14.77     $ 11.16     $ 10.43     $ 11.81  
                                                

Income from investment operations:

            

Net investment income (loss)a

     (0.03 )     0.75       0.71       0.37       0.41       0.25  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)b

     3.16       3.95       3.75       4.25       0.43       (1.56 )
                                                

Total from investment operations

     3.13       4.70       4.46       4.62       0.84       (1.31 )
                                                

Less distributions from:

            

Net investment income

     (0.44 )     (0.81 )     (0.29 )     (1.01 )     (0.11 )     (0.07 )
                                                

Total distributions

     (0.44 )     (0.81 )     (0.29 )     (1.01 )     (0.11 )     (0.07 )
                                                

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 25.52     $ 22.83     $ 18.94     $ 14.77     $ 11.16     $ 10.43  
                                                

Total return

     13.72 %c     25.66 %     30.22 %     42.88 %     8.25 %     (11.10 )%
                                                

Ratios/Supplemental data:

            

Net assets, end of period (000s)

   $ 261,354     $ 152,484     $ 46,960     $ 24,813     $ 21,871     $ 10,427  

Ratio of expenses to average net assetsd

     0.52 %     0.54 %     0.57 %     0.78 %     0.84 %     0.84 %

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assetsd

     (0.28 )%     3.60 %     3.89 %     2.79 %     4.10 %     2.26 %

Portfolio turnover ratee

     5 %     10 %     10 %     21 %     8 %     18 %

 

a

 

Based on average shares outstanding throughout each period.

b

 

The amounts reported may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities due to the timing of capital share transactions.

c

 

Not annualized.

d

 

Annualized for periods of less than one year.

e

 

Portfolio turnover rates exclude portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of processing capital share transactions in Creation Units.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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iSHARES®, INC.

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

     iShares MSCI EMU Index Fund  
     Six months
ended
Feb. 28, 2007
(Unaudited)
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2006
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2005
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2004
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2003
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2002
 
   

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 92.28     $ 74.97     $ 59.38     $ 50.12     $ 46.02     $ 56.74  
                                                

Income from investment operations:

            

Net investment incomea

     0.17       2.73       1.76       1.36       0.93       0.75  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)b

     13.14       15.90       15.13       8.69       3.62       (11.47 )
                                                

Total from investment operations

     13.31       18.63       16.89       10.05       4.55       (10.72 )
                                                

Less distributions from:

            

Net investment income

     (1.85 )     (1.32 )     (1.30 )     (0.79 )     (0.45 )      
                                                

Total distributions

     (1.85 )     (1.32 )     (1.30 )     (0.79 )     (0.45 )      
                                                

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 103.74     $ 92.28     $ 74.97     $ 59.38     $ 50.12     $ 46.02  
                                                

Total return

     14.45 %c     25.18 %     28.54 %     20.07 %     10.05 %     (18.89 )%
                                                

Ratios/Supplemental data:

            

Net assets, end of period (000s)

   $ 2,401,597     $ 1,794,921     $ 547,284     $ 326,606     $ 165,388     $ 131,168  

Ratio of expenses to average net assetsd

     0.52 %     0.54 %     0.58 %     0.79 %     0.84 %     0.84 %

Ratio of expenses to average net assets exclusive of foreign taxesd

     n/a       n/a       0.57 %     0.79 %     n/a       n/a  

Ratio of net investment income to average net assetsd

     0.35 %     3.23 %     2.50 %     2.29 %     2.08 %     1.44 %

Portfolio turnover ratee

     1 %     8 %     8 %     11 %     7 %     3 %

 

a

 

Based on average shares outstanding throughout each period.

b

 

The amounts reported may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities due to the timing of capital share transactions.

c

 

Not annualized.

d

 

Annualized for periods of less than one year.

e

 

Portfolio turnover rates exclude portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of processing capital share transactions in Creation Units.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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iSHARES®, INC.

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

     iShares MSCI France Index Fund  
     Six months
ended
Feb. 28, 2007
(Unaudited)
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2006
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2005
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2004
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2003
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2002
 
   

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 31.16     $ 25.41     $ 20.40     $ 16.90     $ 15.52     $ 19.53  
                                                

Income from investment operations:

            

Net investment incomea

     0.04       0.55       0.47       0.24       0.23       0.18  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)b

     3.35       5.52       4.84       3.54       1.33       (4.19 )
                                                

Total from investment operations

     3.39       6.07       5.31       3.78       1.56       (4.01 )
                                                

Less distributions from:

            

Net investment income

     (0.46 )     (0.32 )     (0.30 )     (0.28 )     (0.18 )      
                                                

Total distributions

     (0.46 )     (0.32 )     (0.30 )     (0.28 )     (0.18 )      
                                                

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 34.09     $ 31.16     $ 25.41     $ 20.40     $ 16.90     $ 15.52  
                                                

Total return

     10.90 %c     24.13 %     26.13 %     22.44 %     10.22 %     (20.53 )%
                                                

Ratios/Supplemental data:

            

Net assets, end of period (000s)

   $ 184,070     $ 211,886     $ 81,326     $ 61,201     $ 54,075     $ 49,674  

Ratio of expenses to average net assetsd

     0.52 %     0.54 %     0.57 %     0.79 %     0.84 %     0.84 %

Ratio of net investment income to average net assetsd

     0.27 %     1.95 %     1.98 %     1.23 %     1.56 %     1.00 %

Portfolio turnover ratee

     2 %     10 %     7 %     9 %     9 %     3 %

 

a

 

Based on average shares outstanding throughout each period.

b

 

The amounts reported may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities due to the timing of capital share transactions.

c

 

Not annualized.

d

 

Annualized for periods of less than one year.

e

 

Portfolio turnover rates exclude portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of processing capital share transactions in Creation Units.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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iSHARES®, INC.

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

     iShares MSCI Germany Index Fund  
     Six months
ended
Feb. 28, 2007
(Unaudited)
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2006
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2005
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2004
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2003
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2002
 
   

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 23.68     $ 19.08     $ 14.96     $ 12.57     $ 12.07     $ 15.19  
                                                

Income from investment operations:

            

Net investment income (loss)a

     (0.01 )     0.57       0.28       0.19       0.21       0.11  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)b

     4.39       4.15       4.03       2.40       0.41       (3.23 )
                                                

Total from investment operations

     4.38       4.72       4.31       2.59       0.62       (3.12 )
                                                

Less distributions from:

            

Net investment income

     (0.51 )     (0.12 )     (0.19 )     (0.20 )     (0.12 )      
                                                

Total distributions

     (0.51 )     (0.12 )     (0.19 )     (0.20 )     (0.12 )      
                                                

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 27.55     $ 23.68     $ 19.08     $ 14.96     $ 12.57     $ 12.07  
                                                

Total return

     18.55 %c     24.82 %     28.89 %     20.55 %     5.39 %     (20.54 )%
                                                

Ratios/Supplemental data:

            

Net assets, end of period (000s)

   $ 1,090,843     $ 802,795     $ 314,793     $ 98,764     $ 101,800     $ 94,160  

Ratio of expenses to average net assetsd

     0.52 %     0.54 %     0.57 %     0.80 %     0.84 %     0.84 %

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assetsd

     (0.08 )%     2.62 %     1.54 %     1.27 %     1.98 %     0.77 %

Portfolio turnover ratee

     2 %     12 %     9 %     9 %     11 %     9 %

 

a

 

Based on average shares outstanding throughout each period.

b

 

The amounts reported may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities due to the timing of capital share transactions.

c

 

Not annualized.

d

 

Annualized for periods of less than one year.

e

 

Portfolio turnover rates exclude portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of processing capital share transactions in Creation Units.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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iSHARES®, INC.

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

     iShares MSCI Italy Index Fund  
     Six months
ended
Feb. 28, 2007
(Unaudited)
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2006
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2005
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2004
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2003
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2002
 
   

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 30.48     $ 25.77     $ 20.21     $ 16.67     $ 15.15     $ 17.79  
                                                

Income from investment operations:

            

Net investment incomea

     0.13       1.07       0.78       0.56       0.43       0.37  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)b

     3.02       4.15       5.42       3.59       1.47       (3.01 )
                                                

Total from investment operations

     3.15       5.22       6.20       4.15       1.90       (2.64 )
                                                

Less distributions from:

            

Net investment income

     (0.67 )     (0.51 )     (0.64 )     (0.61 )     (0.38 )      
                                                

Total distributions

     (0.67 )     (0.51 )     (0.64 )     (0.61 )     (0.38 )      
                                                

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 32.96     $ 30.48     $ 25.77     $ 20.21     $ 16.67     $ 15.15  
                                                

Total return

     10.32 %c     20.61 %     30.74 %     25.09 %     12.79 %     (14.84 )%
                                                

Ratios/Supplemental data:

            

Net assets, end of period (000s)

   $ 207,658     $ 146,324     $ 42,526     $ 27,279     $ 29,997     $ 29,538  

Ratio of expenses to average net assetsd

     0.52 %     0.54 %     0.57 %     0.83 %     0.84 %     0.84 %

Ratio of expenses to average net assets exclusive of foreign taxesd

     n/a       n/a       n/a       0.79 %     n/a       n/a  

Ratio of net investment income to average net assetsd

     0.82 %     3.87 %     3.18 %     2.85 %     2.84 %     2.34 %

Portfolio turnover ratee

     5 %     15 %     18 %     9 %     22 %     10 %

 

a

 

Based on average shares outstanding throughout each period.

b

 

The amounts reported may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities due to the timing of capital share transactions.

c

 

Not annualized.

d

 

Annualized for periods of less than one year.

e

 

Portfolio turnover rates exclude portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of processing capital share transactions in Creation Units.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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iSHARES®, INC.

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

     iShares MSCI Netherlands Index Fund  
     Six months
ended
Feb. 28, 2007
(Unaudited)
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2006
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2005
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2004
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2003
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2002
 
   

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 24.17     $ 19.10     $ 15.70     $ 14.31     $ 14.69     $ 18.59  
                                                

Income from investment operations:

            

Net investment incomea

     0.01       0.60       0.57       0.39       0.30       0.25  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)b

     2.61       4.95       3.09       1.37       (0.43 )     (4.11 )
                                                

Total from investment operations

     2.62       5.55       3.66       1.76       (0.13 )     (3.86 )
                                                

Less distributions from:

            

Net investment income

     (0.45 )     (0.48 )     (0.26 )     (0.37 )     (0.25 )     (0.04 )
                                                

Total distributions

     (0.45 )     (0.48 )     (0.26 )     (0.37 )     (0.25 )     (0.04 )
                                                

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 26.34     $ 24.17     $ 19.10     $ 15.70     $ 14.31     $ 14.69  
                                                

Total return

     10.87 %c     29.53 %     23.40 %     12.28 %     (0.78 )%     (20.79 )%
                                                

Ratios/Supplemental data:

            

Net assets, end of period (000s)

   $ 183,059     $ 109,991     $ 63,974     $ 28,265     $ 18,599     $ 19,103  

Ratio of expenses to average net assetsd

     0.52 %     0.54 %     0.57 %     0.78 %     0.84 %     0.84 %

Ratio of net investment income to average net assetsd

     0.05 %     2.78 %     3.13 %     2.45 %     2.37 %     1.48 %

Portfolio turnover ratee

     3 %     17 %     6 %     9 %     18 %     15 %

 

a

 

Based on average shares outstanding throughout each period.

b

 

The amounts reported may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities due to the timing of capital share transactions.

c

 

Not annualized.

d

 

Annualized for periods of less than one year.

e

 

Portfolio turnover rates exclude portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of processing capital share transactions in Creation Units.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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iSHARES®, INC.

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

     iShares MSCI Spain Index Fund  
     Six months
ended
Feb. 28, 2007
(Unaudited)
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2006
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2005
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2004
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2003
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2002
 
   

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 44.81     $ 35.70     $ 27.55     $ 22.39     $ 17.95     $ 21.33  
                                                

Income from investment operations:

            

Net investment incomea

     0.50       1.07       0.79       0.44       0.24       0.17  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)b

     9.35       8.78       7.97       4.99       4.36       (3.55 )
                                                

Total from investment operations

     9.85       9.85       8.76       5.43       4.60       (3.38 )
                                                

Less distributions from:

            

Net investment income

     (0.38 )     (0.74 )     (0.61 )     (0.27 )     (0.16 )      
                                                

Total distributions

     (0.38 )     (0.74 )     (0.61 )     (0.27 )     (0.16 )      
                                                

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 54.28     $ 44.81     $ 35.70     $ 27.55     $ 22.39     $ 17.95  
                                                

Total return

     21.99 %c     28.09 %     31.85 %     24.28 %     25.81 %     (15.85 )%
                                                

Ratios/Supplemental data:

            

Net assets, end of period (000s)

   $ 659,468     $ 178,130     $ 66,945     $ 45,456     $ 50,372     $ 18,850  

Ratio of expenses to average net assetsd

     0.52 %     0.54 %     0.57 %     0.80 %     0.84 %     0.84 %

Ratio of net investment income to average net assetsd

     1.94 %     2.67 %     2.33 %     1.64 %     1.22 %     0.85 %

Portfolio turnover ratee

     6 %     6 %     8 %     6 %     17 %     14 %

 

a

 

Based on average shares outstanding throughout each period.

b

 

The amounts reported may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities due to the timing of capital share transactions.

c

 

Not annualized.

d

 

Annualized for periods of less than one year.

e

 

Portfolio turnover rates exclude portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of processing capital share transactions in Creation Units.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

     iShares MSCI Sweden Index Fund  
     Six months
ended
Feb. 28, 2007
(Unaudited)
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2006
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2005
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2004
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2003
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2002
 
   

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 25.88     $ 21.58     $ 16.82     $ 12.59     $ 9.88     $ 12.88  
                                                

Income from investment operations:

            

Net investment incomea

     0.02       0.76       0.46       0.28       0.25       0.12  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)b

     5.88       3.96       4.45       4.20       2.58       (3.12 )
                                                

Total from investment operations

     5.90       4.72       4.91       4.48       2.83       (3.00 )
                                                

Less distributions from:

            

Net investment income

     (0.34 )     (0.42 )     (0.15 )     (0.25 )     (0.12 )      
                                                

Total distributions

     (0.34 )     (0.42 )     (0.15 )     (0.25 )     (0.12 )      
                                                

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 31.44     $ 25.88     $ 21.58     $ 16.82     $ 12.59     $ 9.88  
                                                

Total return

     22.79 %c     22.16 %     29.21 %     35.81 %     29.04 %     (23.29 )%
                                                

Ratios/Supplemental data:

            

Net assets, end of period (000s)

   $ 379,600     $ 151,427     $ 61,513     $ 27,758     $ 16,992     $ 8,154  

Ratio of expenses to average net assetsd

     0.52 %     0.54 %     0.58 %     0.92 %     0.84 %     0.84 %

Ratio of expenses to average net assets exclusive of foreign taxesd

     n/a       n/a       0.57 %     0.79 %     n/a       n/a  

Ratio of net investment income to average net assetsd

     0.10 %     3.13 %     2.28 %     1.74 %     2.44 %     0.98 %

Portfolio turnover ratee

     2 %     14 %     6 %     9 %     12 %     31 %

 

a

 

Based on average shares outstanding throughout each period.

b

 

The amounts reported may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities due to the timing of capital share transactions.

c

 

Not annualized.

d

 

Annualized for periods of less than one year.

e

 

Portfolio turnover rates exclude portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of processing capital share transactions in Creation Units.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

     iShares MSCI Switzerland Index Fund  
     Six months
ended
Feb. 28, 2007
(Unaudited)
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2006
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2005
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2004
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2003
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2002
 
   

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 22.49     $ 17.63     $ 14.58     $ 12.23     $ 11.59     $ 12.95  
                                                

Income from investment operations:

            

Net investment income (loss)a

     (0.04 )     0.27       0.22       0.09       0.05       0.03  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)b

     2.56       4.71       2.92       2.31       0.62       (1.38 )
                                                

Total from investment operations

     2.52       4.98       3.14       2.40       0.67       (1.35 )
                                                

Less distributions from:

            

Net investment income

     (0.19 )     (0.12 )     (0.09 )     (0.05 )     (0.03 )     (0.01 )
                                                

Total distributions

     (0.19 )     (0.12 )     (0.09 )     (0.05 )     (0.03 )     (0.01 )
                                                

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 24.82     $ 22.49     $ 17.63     $ 14.58     $ 12.23     $ 11.59  
                                                

Total return

     11.22 %c     28.36 %     21.54 %     19.56 %     5.89 %     (10.47 )%
                                                

Ratios/Supplemental data:

            

Net assets, end of period (000s)

   $ 263,723     $ 188,319     $ 79,324     $ 41,920     $ 33,643     $ 31,883  

Ratio of expenses to average net assetsd

     0.52 %     0.54 %     0.57 %     0.79 %     0.84 %     0.84 %

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assetsd

     (0.34 )%     1.34 %     1.34 %     0.64 %     0.43 %     0.20 %

Portfolio turnover ratee

     3 %     11 %     5 %     4 %     10 %     12 %

 

a

 

Based on average shares outstanding throughout each period.

b

 

The amounts reported may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities due to the timing of capital share transactions.

c

 

Not annualized.

d

 

Annualized for periods of less than one year.

e

 

Portfolio turnover rates exclude portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of processing capital share transactions in Creation Units.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

     iShares MSCI United Kingdom Index Fund  
     Six months
ended
Feb. 28, 2007
(Unaudited)
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2006
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2005
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2004
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2003
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2002
 
   

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 21.92     $ 18.74     $ 15.72     $ 13.00     $ 12.77     $ 15.11  
                                                

Income from investment operations:

            

Net investment incomea

     0.22       0.97       0.60       0.48       0.39       0.48  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)b

     1.77       2.79       2.76       2.72       0.12       (2.60 )
                                                

Total from investment operations

     1.99       3.76       3.36       3.20       0.51       (2.12 )
                                                

Less distributions from:

            

Net investment income

     (0.81 )     (0.58 )     (0.34 )     (0.48 )     (0.28 )     (0.22 )
                                                

Total distributions

     (0.81 )     (0.58 )     (0.34 )     (0.48 )     (0.28 )     (0.22 )
                                                

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 23.10     $ 21.92     $ 18.74     $ 15.72     $ 13.00     $ 12.77  
                                                

Total return

     9.08 %c     20.61 %     21.53 %     24.77 %     4.20 %     (14.19 )%
                                                

Ratios/Supplemental data:

            

Net assets, end of period (000s)

   $ 1,081,079     $ 872,409     $ 464,850     $ 452,870     $ 150,809     $ 120,067  

Ratio of expenses to average net assetsd

     0.52 %     0.54 %     0.57 %     0.77 %     0.84 %     0.84 %

Ratio of net investment income to average net assetsd

     1.89 %     4.81 %     3.39 %     3.11 %     3.23 %     3.39 %

Portfolio turnover ratee

     3 %     10 %     11 %     6 %     6 %     14 %

 

a

 

Based on average shares outstanding throughout each period.

b

 

The amounts reported may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities due to the timing of capital share transactions.

c

 

Not annualized.

d

 

Annualized for periods of less than one year.

e

 

Portfolio turnover rates exclude portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of processing capital share transactions in Creation Units.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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iSHARES®, INC.

 

iShares, Inc. (the “Company”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Company was incorporated under the laws of the State of Maryland on September 1, 1994 pursuant to amended and restated Articles of Incorporation. As of February 28, 2007, the Company offered 24 investment portfolios or funds.

These financial statements relate only to the iShares MSCI Austria, iShares MSCI Belgium, iShares MSCI EMU, iShares MSCI France, iShares MSCI Germany, iShares MSCI Italy, iShares MSCI Netherlands, iShares MSCI Spain, iShares MSCI Sweden, iShares MSCI Switzerland and iShares MSCI United Kingdom Index Funds (each, a “Fund,” collectively, the “Funds”).

The investment objective of each Fund is to seek investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded equity securities in the aggregate in a particular market, as measured by that market’s equity securities index compiled by Morgan Stanley Capital International Inc. (“MSCI”). The investment adviser uses a “passive” or index approach to achieve each Fund’s investment objective. Each of the Funds is classified as a non-diversified fund under the 1940 Act. Non-diversified funds generally hold securities of fewer companies than diversified funds and may be more susceptible to the risks associated with these particular companies, or to a single economic, political or regulatory occurrence affecting these companies.

Each Fund invests in the securities of foreign issuers of a single country or region, which may involve certain considerations and risks not typically associated with securities of U.S. issuers. Such risks include, but are not limited to: generally less liquid and less efficient securities markets; generally greater price volatility; exchange rate fluctuations and exchange controls; imposition of restrictions on the expatriation of funds or other assets of the Fund; less publicly available information about issuers; the imposition of withholding or other taxes; higher transaction and custody costs; settlement delays and risk of loss attendant in settlement procedures; difficulties in enforcing contractual obligations; less regulation of securities markets; different accounting, disclosure and reporting requirements; more substantial governmental involvement in the economy; higher inflation rates; greater social, economic and political uncertainties; the risk of nationalization or expropriation of assets and the risk of war.

Pursuant to the Company’s organizational documents, the Funds’ officers and directors are indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of the performance of their duties to the Funds. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Funds that have not yet occurred.

1. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The following significant accounting policies are consistently followed by the Company in the preparation of its financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for investment companies. The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

SECURITY VALUATION

The securities and other assets of each Fund are generally valued using market valuations. A market valuation generally means a valuation (i) obtained from an exchange, a pricing service or a major market maker (or dealer), (ii) based on a price quotation or other equivalent indication of value supplied by an exchange, a pricing service or a major market maker (or dealer) or (iii) based on amortized cost. In the case of shares of funds that are not traded on an exchange, a market valuation means such fund’s published net asset value per share. The investment adviser may use various pricing services or discontinue the use of any pricing service. A price obtained from a pricing

 

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service based on such pricing service’s valuation matrix may be considered a market valuation. In the event that current market valuations are not readily available or such valuations do not reflect current market values, the affected investments will be valued using fair value pricing pursuant to the pricing policy and procedures approved by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”).

SECURITY TRANSACTIONS AND INCOME RECOGNITION

Security transactions are accounted for on trade date. Dividend income is recognized on the ex-dividend date, net of any foreign taxes withheld at source, and interest income is accrued daily. Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined using the specific identification method.

FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATION

The accounting records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. Foreign currencies, as well as investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars using exchange rates deemed appropriate by the investment adviser. Any use of a rate different from the rates used by MSCI may adversely affect a Fund’s ability to track its underlying index. Purchases and sales of securities, income receipts and expense payments are translated into U.S. dollars on the respective dates of such transactions.

Each Fund does not isolate the effect of fluctuations in foreign exchange rates from the effect of fluctuations in the market prices of securities. Such fluctuations are reflected by the Funds as a component of realized and unrealized gains and losses from investments for financial reporting purposes.

FOREIGN TAXES

Certain countries may levy taxes on stock dividends (based on the par value of the stock dividends received) and other taxable corporate events (i.e. spin-offs and tender offers) by companies whose securities are held by the Funds. These foreign taxes, if any, are paid by the Funds receiving the stock dividends or holding the securities subject to the taxable corporate event, and are disclosed in their respective Statements of Operations.

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income, if any, including any net foreign currency gains, are declared and distributed at least annually by each Fund. Distributions of net realized capital gains, if any, generally are declared and distributed once a year. Distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from net investment income and net realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Dividends and distributions are paid in U.S. dollars and cannot be automatically reinvested in additional shares of the Funds.

The tax character of current year distributions will be determined at the end of the current fiscal year.

FEDERAL INCOME TAXES

Each Fund is treated as a separate entity for federal income tax purposes. It is the policy of each Fund to qualify as a regulated investment company by complying with the provisions applicable to regulated investment companies, as defined under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and to annually distribute substantially all of its net income and any net gains (taking into account any capital loss carryforwards) sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income and excise taxes. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes was required for the six months ended February 28, 2007.

 

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The Funds had tax basis net capital loss carryforwards as of August 31, 2006, the tax year-end of the Funds, as follows:

 

iShares MSCI Index Fund    Expiring
2008
   Expiring
2009
   Expiring
2010
   Expiring
2011
   Expiring
2012
   Expiring
2013
   Expiring
2014
   Total

Austria

   $ 491,457    $ 336,553    $ 1,291,324    $ 370,948    $ 855,364    $    $    $ 3,345,646

Belgium

          59,876      1,677,678      117,767      175,781      33,969           2,065,071

EMU

                         4,037,607      1,873,963           5,911,570

France

               2,436,748      236,944      2,400,550                5,074,242

Germany

               8,697,227      5,469,732      8,656,712      2,241,687           25,065,358

Italy

               2,675,493      848,408      541,980      527,327           4,593,208

Netherlands

          60,885      3,222,792      1,497,810      2,481,175      129,137      403,525      7,795,324

Spain

               1,083,394      678,910      1,582,094                3,344,398

Sweden

          89,443      3,350,244      1,577,551      1,149,514           107,613      6,274,365

Switzerland

               2,501,682      1,018,305      2,149,171      354,252           6,023,410

United Kingdom

               9,945,254      6,448,554      4,272,059      1,517,783      7,063,063      29,246,713

Net capital loss carryforwards may be applied against any net realized taxable gains in each succeeding year or until their respective expiration dates, whichever occurs first.

The Funds may own shares in certain foreign investment entities, referred to, under U.S. tax law, as “passive foreign investment companies.” The Funds may elect to mark-to-market annually the shares of each passive foreign investment company and would be required to distribute to shareholders any such marked-to-market gains.

Each Fund reclassifies at the end of its tax year certain amounts to paid-in-capital from accumulated net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions and accumulated net investment income (loss), respectively, as a result of permanent book and tax differences primarily attributed to net investment loss, return of capital, passive foreign investment companies, realized foreign currency gains and losses and gains and losses on in-kind redemptions. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset values per share.

As of February 28, 2007, gross unrealized appreciation and gross unrealized depreciation based on cost for federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

iShares MSCI Index Fund    Tax Cost    Gross
Unrealized
Appreciation
   Gross
Unrealized
Depreciation
    Net
Unrealized
Appreciation

Austria

   $ 358,787,664    $ 80,288,990    $     $ 80,288,990

Belgium

     226,290,307      35,226,144      (314,232 )     34,911,912

EMU

     2,020,521,323      409,457,277      (4,833,308 )     404,623,969

France

     167,827,791      22,158,486      (4,624,797 )     17,533,689

Germany

     918,282,305      190,333,837      (3,645,744 )     186,688,093

Italy

     195,922,841      13,713,739      (133,294 )     13,580,445

Netherlands

     164,059,273      20,438,897      (162,165 )     20,276,732

Spain

     626,219,009      48,106,613      (764,023 )     47,342,590

Sweden

     332,676,281      51,116,776      (3,765,189 )     47,351,587

Switzerland

     207,415,307      55,888,215      (81,678 )     55,806,537

United Kingdom

     902,494,814      175,889,385      (1,247,958 )     174,641,427

 

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REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS

Each Fund may enter into repurchase agreements with banks and securities dealers. These transactions involve the purchase of securities with a simultaneous commitment to resell the securities to the bank or the dealer at an agreed-upon date and price. A repurchase agreement is accounted for as an investment by the Fund, collateralized by securities, which are delivered to the Fund’s custodian or to an agent bank under a tri-party agreement. The securities are marked-to-market daily and additional securities are acquired as needed, to ensure that their value equals or exceeds the repurchase price plus accrued interest.

2. AGREEMENTS AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

Pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Company, Barclays Global Fund Advisors (“BGFA”) manages the investment of each Fund’s assets. BGFA is a California corporation indirectly owned by Barclays Bank PLC. Under the Investment Advisory Agreement, BGFA is responsible for all expenses (“Covered Expenses”) of each of the Funds, including the cost of transfer agency, custody, fund administration, legal, audit and other services, except interest, taxes, brokerage commissions and other expenses connected with the execution of portfolio transactions, distribution fees and extraordinary expenses.

For its investment advisory services to each Fund, BGFA is entitled to an annual investment advisory fee based on each Fund’s allocable portion of the aggregate of the average daily net assets of all the funds offered by the Company (except for the iShares MSCI Brazil, iShares MSCI Emerging Markets, iShares MSCI Pacific ex-Japan, iShares MSCI South Africa, iShares MSCI South Korea and iShares MSCI Taiwan Index Funds) as follows:

 

Investment Advisory Fee      Aggregate Average Daily Net Assets

                0.59%

     First $7 billion

                0.54

     Over $7 billion, up to and including $11 billion

                0.49

     Over $11 billion, up to and including $24 billion

                0.44

     Over $24 billion

Investors Bank & Trust Company (“Investors Bank”) serves as administrator, custodian and transfer agent for the Company. As compensation for its services, Investors Bank receives certain out-of-pocket costs, transaction fees and asset-based fees which are accrued daily and paid monthly. These fees and expenses are Covered Expenses as defined above.

SEI Investments Distribution Co. (“SEI”) serves as each Fund’s underwriter and distributor of the shares of each Fund, pursuant to a Distribution Agreement with the Company. SEI does not receive a fee from the Funds for its distribution services.

Pursuant to an exemptive order issued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), the Funds are permitted to lend portfolio securities to Barclays Capital Inc. (“BarCap”). Pursuant to the same exemptive order, Barclays Global Investors, N.A. (“BGI”) serves as securities lending agent for the Company. BarCap and BGI are affiliates of BGFA, the Funds’ investment adviser. As securities lending agent, BGI receives, as fees, a share of the income earned on investment of the cash collateral received for the loan of securities. For the six months ended February 28, 2007, BGI earned securities lending agent fees as follows:

 

iShares MSCI Index Fund    Securities Lending
Agent Fees

Austria

   $ 8,078

Belgium

     1,764

EMU

     98,397

France

     3,430

Germany

     36,906

 

iShares MSCI Index Fund    Securities Lending
Agent Fees

Italy

   $ 11,232

Netherlands

     2,167

Spain

     114,851

Sweden

     6,767

Switzerland

     938

 

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Cross trades for the six months ended February 28, 2007, if any, were executed by the Funds pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act. Cross trading is the buying or selling of portfolio securities between funds to which BGFA (oran affiliate) serves as investment adviser. At its regularly scheduled quarterly meetings, the Board reviews such transactions as of the most recent calendar quarter for compliance with the requirements and restrictions set forth by Rule 17a-7.

Each Fund may invest in the Institutional Shares of certain money market funds managed by BGFA, the Funds’ investment adviser, including the Government Money Market Fund (“GMMF”), Institutional Money Market Fund (“IMMF”), Prime Money Market Fund (“PMMF”) and Treasury Money Market Fund (“TMMF”) of Barclays Global Investors Funds. The GMMF, IMMF, PMMF and TMMF are feeder funds in a master/feeder fund structure that invest substantially all of their assets in the Government Money Market Master Portfolio, Money Market Master Portfolio, Prime Money Market Master Portfolio and Treasury Money Market Master Portfolio (collectively, the “Money Market Master Portfolios”), respectively, which are also managed by BGFA. While the GMMF, IMMF, PMMF and TMMF do not directly charge an investment advisory fee, the Money Market Master Portfolios in which they invest do charge an investment advisory fee. Income distributions from the GMMF, IMMF, PMMF and TMMF are declared daily and paid monthly from net investment income. Income distributions earned by the Funds from temporary cash investments are recorded as interest from affiliated issuers in the accompanying Statements of Operations. Income distributions earned by the Funds from the investment of securities lending collateral, if any, are included in securities lending income in the accompanying Statements of Operations.

The following table provides information about the direct investment by the iShares MSCI United Kingdom Index Fund (exclusive of short-term investments) in issuers of which BGFA is an affiliate, for the six months ended February 28, 2007.

 

Name of Affiliated Issuer    Number of
Shares Held
Beginning
of Period
(in 000s)
   Gross
Additions
(in 000s)
   Gross
Reductions
(in 000s)
   Number of
Shares Held
End of Period
(in 000s)
  

Value at

End of Period

   Net
Realized
Gain

Barclays PLC

   1,993    476    137    2,332    $ 33,823,495    $ 397,174

As of February 28, 2007, certain directors and officers of the Company are also officers of BGI and/or BGFA.

3. INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS

Purchases and sales of investments (excluding in-kind transactions and short-term investments) for the six months ended February 28, 2007, were as follows:

 

iShares MSCI Index Fund    Purchases    Sales

Austria

   $ 28,585,520    $ 39,199,971

Belgium

     10,943,538      12,463,225

EMU

     20,315,401      49,512,133

France

     3,210,459      5,835,355

Germany

     15,037,270      32,183,984

Italy

     9,942,047      11,637,638

Netherlands

     7,507,717      5,553,099

Spain

     28,960,239      27,647,446

Sweden

     4,872,074      7,539,197

Switzerland

     6,176,292      6,190,781

United Kingdom

     28,188,454      48,120,651

 

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In-kind transactions (see Note 4) for the six months ended February 28, 2007, were as follows:

 

iShares MSCI Index Fund    In-kind
Purchases
   In-kind
Sales

Austria

   $ 47,330,510    $ 54,404,331

Belgium

     90,572,280      4,033,185

EMU

     442,361,517      72,984,832

France

     6,153,594      50,716,956

Germany

     230,414,177      75,665,322

Italy

     119,952,685      75,898,004

Netherlands

     85,599,639      32,666,832

Spain

     563,289,769      154,839,196

Sweden

     185,349,201     

Switzerland

     59,111,576      6,317,462

United Kingdom

     191,118,557      28,407,643

4. CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

The Company is authorized to issue 10.9 billion shares of $.001 par value capital stock. The number of shares authorized to each Fund are as follows:

 

iShares MSCI Index Fund    Authorized Shares

Austria

   19,800,000

Belgium

   136,200,000

EMU

   500,000,000

France

   340,200,000

Germany

   382,200,000

Italy

   63,600,000

 

iShares MSCI Index Fund    Authorized Shares

Netherlands

   255,000,000

Spain

   127,800,000

Sweden

   63,600,000

Switzerland

   318,625,000

United Kingdom

   943,200,000

 

 

The Company issues and redeems capital shares of each Fund only in aggregations of a specified number of shares (each, a “Creation Unit”) at net asset value. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, shares of each Fund are not redeemable. Transactions in capital shares for each Fund are disclosed in detail in the Statements of Changes in Net Assets.

The consideration for the purchase of Creation Units of a Fund generally consists of the in-kind contribution of a designated portfolio of equity securities constituting a portfolio sampling representation of the corresponding MSCI Index and an amount of cash. Investors purchasing and redeeming Creation Units pay a purchase transaction fee and a redemption transaction fee directly to Investors Bank, the administrator, to offset transfer and other transaction costs associated with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units.

5. LOANS OF PORTFOLIO SECURITIES

Each Fund may lend its investment securities to approved borrowers, such as brokers, dealers and other financial institutions. The borrower pledges and maintains with the Fund collateral consisting of cash, an irrevocable letter of credit issued by a bank, or securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government. The initial collateral received by each Fund is required to have a value of at least 102% of the market

 

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value of the loaned securities for securities traded on U.S. exchanges and a value of at least 105% for all other securities. The collateral is maintained thereafter, at a value equal to at least 100% of the current market value of the securities on loan. The risks to the Funds of securities lending are that the borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or may not return the securities when due.

As of February 28, 2007, certain Funds had loaned securities which were collateralized by cash. Pursuant to an exemptive order issued by the SEC, the cash collateral received was invested in a joint account with other investment funds managed by BGFA. The joint account invests in securities with remaining maturities of 397 days or less, repurchase agreements and money market mutual funds, including money market funds managed by BGFA. Repurchase agreements held in the joint account are fully collateralized by U.S. Government securities or non-U.S. Government debt securities. The market value of the securities on loan as of February 28, 2007 and the value of the related collateral are disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Securities lending income, as disclosed in the Funds’ Statements of Operations, represents the income earned from the investment of the cash collateral, net of rebates paid to, or fees paid by, borrowers and less the fees paid to BGI as securities lending agent.

6. RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

In June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued FASB Interpretation No. 48 (“FIN 48”), “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes – an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109.” FIN 48 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in accordance with FASB Statement No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes.” This interpretation prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. It also provides guidance on de-recognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition. FIN 48 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. The SEC staff has stated that it would not object if a fund does not implement FIN 48 in its NAV calculation until the date of the fund’s last NAV calculation in the first required financial statement reporting period for its fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2006. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of applying the various provisions of FIN 48.

In September 2006, FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157 (“FAS 157”), “Fair Value Measurements.” FAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and expands disclosure about fair value measurements. FAS 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of FAS 157 will have on the Funds’ financial statement disclosures.

 

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The iShares® Family of Funds

 

The following is a list of iShares Funds being offered, along with their respective exchange trading symbols. Please call 1-800-iShares (1-800-474-2737) to obtain a prospectus for any iShares Fund. The prospectus contains more complete information, including charges, expenses, investment objectives and risk factors that should be carefully considered to determine if the Fund(s) are an appropriate investment for you. Read the prospectus(es) carefully before investing. Investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal.

 

iShares S&P Domestic Index Funds

iShares S&P 1500 (ISI)

iShares S&P 100 (OEF)

iShares S&P 500 (IVV)

iShares S&P 500 Growth (IVW)

iShares S&P 500 Value (IVE)

iShares S&P MidCap 400 (IJH)

iShares S&P MidCap 400 Growth (IJK)

iShares S&P MidCap 400 Value (IJJ)

iShares S&P SmallCap 600 (IJR)

iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Growth (IJT)

iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Value (IJS)

iShares Domestic Sector Index Funds

iShares Cohen & Steers Realty Majors (ICF)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Basic Materials Sector (IYM)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Services Sector (IYC)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Goods Sector (IYK)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Energy Sector (IYE)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Financial Sector (IYF)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Financial Services (IYG)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Healthcare Sector (IYH)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Industrial Sector (IYJ)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate (IYR)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Technology Sector (IYW)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Telecommunications Sector (IYZ)

iShares Dow Jones Transportation Average (IYT)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Utilities Sector (IDU)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Total Market (IYY)

iShares Goldman Sachs Natural Resources (IGE)

iShares Goldman Sachs Networking (IGN)

iShares Goldman Sachs Semiconductor (IGW)

iShares Goldman Sachs Software (IGV)

iShares Goldman Sachs Technology (IGM)

iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology (IBB)

iShares Domestic Subsector Index Funds

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Aerospace & Defense (ITA)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Broker-Dealers (IAI)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Healthcare Providers (IHF)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Home Construction (ITB)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Insurance (IAK)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Medical Devices (IHI)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Oil & Gas Exploration & Production (IEO)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Oil Equipment & Services (IEZ)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Pharmaceuticals (IHE)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Regional Banks (IAT)

 

iShares Global Index Funds

iShares S&P Global 100 (IOO)

iShares S&P Global Consumer Discretionary Sector (RXI)

iShares S&P Global Consumer Staples Sector (KXI)

iShares S&P Global Energy Sector (IXC)

iShares S&P Global Financials Sector (IXG)

iShares S&P Global Healthcare Sector (IXJ)

iShares S&P Global Industrials Sector (EXI)

iShares S&P Global Materials Sector (MXI)

iShares S&P Global Technology Sector (IXN)

iShares S&P Global Telecommunications Sector (IXP)

iShares S&P Global Utilities Sector (JXI)

iShares Russell Index Funds

iShares Russell 3000 (IWV)

iShares Russell 3000 Growth (IWZ)

iShares Russell 3000 Value (IWW)

iShares Russell 1000 (IWB)

iShares Russell 1000 Growth (IWF)

iShares Russell 1000 Value (IWD)

iShares Russell Midcap (IWR)

iShares Russell Midcap Growth (IWP)

iShares Russell Midcap Value (IWS)

iShares Russell 2000 (IWM)

iShares Russell 2000 Growth (IWO)

iShares Russell 2000 Value (IWN)

iShares Russell Microcap (IWC)

iShares International Country Index Funds

iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 (FXI)

iShares MSCI Australia (EWA)

iShares MSCI Austria (EWO)

iShares MSCI Belgium (EWK)

iShares MSCI Brazil (EWZ)

iShares MSCI Canada (EWC)

iShares MSCI France (EWQ)

iShares MSCI Germany (EWG)

iShares MSCI Hong Kong (EWH)

iShares MSCI Italy (EWI)

iShares MSCI Japan (EWJ)

iShares MSCI Malaysia (EWM)

iShares MSCI Mexico (EWW)

iShares MSCI Netherlands (EWN)

iShares MSCI Singapore (EWS)

iShares MSCI South Africa (EZA)

iShares MSCI South Korea (EWY)

iShares MSCI Spain (EWP)

iShares MSCI Sweden (EWD)

iShares MSCI Switzerland (EWL)

iShares MSCI Taiwan (EWT)

iShares MSCI United Kingdom (EWU)

iShares S&P/TOPIX 150 (ITF)

 

iShares Bond Funds

iShares Lehman Aggregate (AGG)

iShares Lehman Short Treasury (SHV)

iShares Lehman 1-3 Year Treasury (SHY)

iShares Lehman 3-7 Year Treasury (IEI)

iShares Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury (IEF)

iShares Lehman 10-20 Year Treasury (TLH)

iShares Lehman 20+ Year Treasury (TLT)

iShares Lehman TIPS (TIP)

iShares Lehman Credit (CFT)

iShares Lehman 1-3 Year Credit (CSJ)

iShares Lehman Intermediate Credit (CIU)

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate (LQD)

iShares Lehman Government/Credit (GBF)

iShares Lehman Intermediate Government/Credit (GVI)

iShares Lehman MBS Fixed-Rate (MBB)

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate (HYG)

iShares Specialty Index Funds

iShares KLD Select SocialSM (KLD)

iShares KLD 400 Social (DSI)

iShares Dow Jones Select Dividend (DVY)

iShares S&P U.S. Preferred Stock (PFF)

iShares International Index Funds

iShares MSCI EAFE (EFA)

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth (EFG)

iShares MSCI EAFE Value (EFV)

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets (EEM)

iShares MSCI EMU (EZU)

iShares MSCI Pacific ex-Japan (EPP)

iShares S&P Europe 350 (IEV)

iShares S&P Latin America 40 (ILF)

iShares Morningstar Index Funds

iShares Morningstar Large Core (JKD)

iShares Morningstar Large Growth (JKE)

iShares Morningstar Large Value (JKF)

iShares Morningstar Mid Core (JKG)

iShares Morningstar Mid Growth (JKH)

iShares Morningstar Mid Value (JKI)

iShares Morningstar Small Core (JKJ)

iShares Morningstar Small Growth (JKK)

iShares Morningstar Small Value (JKL)

iShares NYSE Index Funds

iShares NYSE Composite (NYC)

iShares NYSE 100 (NY)


iShares® is a registered trademark of Barclays Global Investors, N.A. The iShares Funds are not sponsored, endorsed or issued by Goldman, Sachs & Co. or Lehman Brothers, nor are they sponsored, endorsed, issued, sold or promoted by Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc., Dow Jones & Company, Inc., FTSE/Xinhua Index Limited (“FXI”), iBoxx, KLD Research & Analytics, Inc., Morgan Stanley Capital International, Morningstar, Inc., The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., New York Stock Exchange LLC, Frank Russell Company, or Standard & Poor’s. None of these companies make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in the iShares Funds. Neither SEI nor BGI, nor any of their affiliates, are affiliated with the companies listed above. iBoxx is a registered trademark of International Index Company Limited. “Goldman Sachs®” is a trademark of Goldman, Sachs & Co. FXI does not make any warranty regarding the FTSE/Xinhua Index. All rights in the FTSE/Xinhua Index vest in FXI. “FTSE” is a trade and service mark of London Stock Exchange and The Financial Times; “Xinhua” is a trade and service mark of Xinhua Financial Network Limited.

An investment in the Fund(s) is not a deposit of a bank and it is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.

This advertising section does not constitute part of the 2007 Semi-Annual Report.

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Fund Performance Overviews

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Shareholder Expenses

   13

Schedules of Investments

   15

iShares MSCI Australia Index Fund

   15

iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fund

   22

iShares MSCI Canada Index Fund

   25

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund

   28

iShares MSCI Hong Kong Index Fund

   39

iShares MSCI Malaysia Index Fund

   46

iShares MSCI Mexico Index Fund

   48

iShares MSCI Pacific ex-Japan Index Fund

   54

iShares MSCI Singapore Index Fund

   62

iShares MSCI South Africa Index Fund

   68

iShares MSCI South Korea Index Fund

   70

iShares MSCI Taiwan Index Fund

   78

Financial Statements

   81

Financial Highlights

   89

Notes to Financial Statements

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iShares Family of Funds

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iSHARES® MSCI AUSTRALIA INDEX FUND

Performance as of February 28, 2007

 

The iShares MSCI Australia Index Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the aggregate in the Australian market, as represented by the MSCI Australia Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities in the Index, which has a similar investment profile as the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index. For the six-month period ended February 28, 2007, the Fund returned 18.89%, while the Index returned 18.66%.

 

Average Annual Total Returns
Year Ended 2/28/07   Five Years Ended 2/28/07   Ten Years Ended 2/28/07
NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX
29.18%   29.74%   28.60%   25.15%   25.11%   24.64%   12.09%   12.10%   12.22%
Cumulative Total Returns
Year Ended 2/28/07   Five Years Ended 2/28/07   Ten Years Ended 2/28/07
NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX
29.18%   29.74%   28.60%   206.97%   206.58%   200.81%   213.17%   213.38%   216.73%

“Average Annual Total Returns” represent the average annual change in value of an investment over the periods indicated. “Cumulative Total Returns” represent the total change in value of an investment over the periods indicated.

The Fund’s per share net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of the Fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund, and the market return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the stock exchange on which the shares of the Fund are listed for trading, as of the time that the Fund’s NAV is calculated. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

An index is a statistical composite that tracks a specified financial market or sector. Unlike the Fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not incur the expenses incurred by the Fund. These expenses negatively impact the performance of the Fund. Also, market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included, market returns would be lower. The returns shown in the tables above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares of the Fund will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares of the Fund may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. The Fund’s past performance is no guarantee of future results.

 

PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION
As of 2/28/07
 
Sector    Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Financial

   48.87 %

Basic Materials

   16.60  

Consumer Non-Cyclical

   11.68  

Industrial

   8.91  

Consumer Cyclical

   4.98  

Energy

   3.56  

Communications

   2.71  

Utilities

   1.49  

Technology

   0.48  

Short-Term and Other Net Assets

   0.72  
      

TOTAL

   100.00 %
      
TEN LARGEST FUND HOLDINGS
As of 2/28/07
 
Security   Percentage of
Net Assets
 

BHP Billiton Ltd.

  10.05 %

National Australia Bank Ltd.

  6.96  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

  6.82  

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.

  5.71  

Westpac Banking Corp.

  4.97  

Westfield Group

  3.47  

Woolworths Ltd.

  3.47  

QBE Insurance Group Ltd.

  2.73  

Rio Tinto Ltd.

  2.29  

Brambles Ltd.

  2.18  
     

TOTAL

  48.65 %
     

 

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iSHARES® MSCI BRAZIL INDEX FUND

Performance as of February 28, 2007

 

The iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the aggregate in the Brazilian market, as represented by the MSCI Brazil Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities in the Index, which has a similar investment profile as the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index. For the six-month period ended February 28, 2007, the Fund returned 19.57%, while the Index returned 19.84%.

 

Average Annual Total Returns
Year Ended 2/28/07   Five Years Ended 2/28/07   Inception to 2/28/07
NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX
10.99%   13.44%   11.92%   30.60%   29.89%   33.08%   15.91%   15.90%   18.42%
Cumulative Total Returns
Year Ended 2/28/07   Five Years Ended 2/28/07   Inception to 2/28/07
NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX
10.99%   13.44%   11.92%   279.98%   269.68%   317.36%   166.54%   166.41%   207.29%

Total returns for the periods since inception are calculated from the inception date of the Fund (7/10/00). “Average Annual Total Returns” represent the average annual change in value of an investment over the periods indicated. “Cumulative Total Returns” represent the total change in value of an investment over the periods indicated.

The Fund’s per share net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of the Fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund, and the market return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the stock exchange on which the shares of the Fund are listed for trading, as of the time that the Fund’s NAV is calculated. Since shares of the Fund did not trade in the secondary market until several days after the Fund’s inception, for the period from inception to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the Fund (7/14/00), the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for secondary market trading price to calculate market returns. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

An index is a statistical composite that tracks a specified financial market or sector. Unlike the Fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not incur the expenses incurred by the Fund. These expenses negatively impact the performance of the Fund. Also, market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included, market returns would be lower. The returns shown in the tables above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares of the Fund will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares of the Fund may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. The Fund’s past performance is no guarantee of future results.

 

PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION
As of 2/28/07
 
Sector    Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Basic Materials

   29.58 %

Energy

   22.35  

Financial

   17.21  

Consumer Non-Cyclical

   8.90  

Utilities

   7.39  

Communications

   6.18  

Industrial

   4.95  

Consumer Cyclical

   2.87  

Short-Term and Other Net Assets

   0.57  
      

TOTAL

   100.00 %
      
TEN LARGEST FUND HOLDINGS
As of 2/28/07
 
Security   Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Petroleo Brasileiro SA Preferred

  12.37 %

Companhia Vale do Rio Doce Class A Preferred

  11.09  

Petroleo Brasileiro SA

  9.98  

Companhia Vale do Rio Doce ADR

  9.01  

Banco Bradesco SA Preferred

  6.86  

Banco Itau Holding Financeira SA Preferred

  4.73  

Unibanco Uniao de Bancos

 

Brasileiros SA

  4.28  

Companhia de Bebidas das Americas Preferred

  4.24  

Gerdau SA Preferred

  2.29  

Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais SA Class A Preferred

  2.00  
     

TOTAL

  66.85 %
     

 

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iSHARES® MSCI CANADA INDEX FUND

Performance as of February 28, 2007

 

The iShares MSCI Canada Index Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the aggregate in the Canadian market, as represented by the MSCI Canada Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities in the Index, which has a similar investment profile as the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index. For the six-month period ended February 28, 2007, the Fund returned 4.03%, while the Index returned 4.20%.

 

Average Annual Total Returns
Year Ended 2/28/07   Five Years Ended 2/28/07   Ten Years Ended 2/28/07
NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX
10.42%   10.62%   10.77%   20.08%   20.03%   20.51%   12.24%   12.29%   12.77%
Cumulative Total Returns
Year Ended 2/28/07   Five Years Ended 2/28/07   Ten Years Ended 2/28/07
NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX
10.42%   10.62%   10.77%   149.62%   149.16%   154.21%   217.18%   218.76%   232.70%

“Average Annual Total Returns” represent the average annual change in value of an investment over the periods indicated. “Cumulative Total Returns” represent the total change in value of an investment over the periods indicated.

The Fund’s per share net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of the Fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund, and the market return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the stock exchange on which the shares of the Fund are listed for trading, as of the time that the Fund’s NAV is calculated. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

An index is a statistical composite that tracks a specified financial market or sector. Unlike the Fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not incur the expenses incurred by the Fund. These expenses negatively impact the performance of the Fund. Also, market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included, market returns would be lower. The returns shown in the tables above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares of the Fund will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares of the Fund may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. The Fund’s past performance is no guarantee of future results.

 

PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION
As of 2/28/07
 
Sector    Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Financial

   31.12 %

Energy

   27.10  

Basic Materials

   17.65  

Communications

   6.80  

Industrial

   5.16  

Consumer Cyclical

   3.80  

Technology

   3.15  

Diversified

   2.26  

Consumer Non-Cyclical

   2.06  

Utilities

   0.69  

Short-Term and Other Net Assets

   0.21  
      

TOTAL

   100.00 %
      

 

TEN LARGEST FUND HOLDINGS
As of 2/28/07
 
Security   Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Royal Bank of Canada

  6.23 %

Manulife Financial Corp.

  5.45  

Bank of Nova Scotia

  4.52  

EnCana Corp.

  4.11  

Suncor Energy Inc.

  3.43  

Bank of Montreal

  3.19  

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

  3.04  

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.

  2.85  

Barrick Gold Corp.

  2.71  

Sun Life Financial Inc.

  2.60  
     

TOTAL

  38.13 %
     

 

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iSHARES® MSCI EMERGING MARKETS INDEX FUND

Performance as of February 28, 2007

 

The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index (the “Index”). The Index is designed to measure equity market performance in the global emerging markets. The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities in the Index, which has a similar investment profile as the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index. For the six-month period ended February 28, 2007, the Fund returned 16.09%, while the Index returned 16.61%.

 

Average Annual Total Returns
Year Ended 2/28/07   Inception to 2/28/07
NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX
15.87%   17.32%   17.05%   37.36%   37.54%   37.17%

 

Cumulative Total Returns
Inception to 2/28/07
NAV   MARKET   INDEX
244.75%   246.51%   243.02%

Total returns for the periods since inception are calculated from the inception date of the Fund (4/7/03). “Average Annual Total Returns” represent the average annual change in value of an investment over the periods indicated. “Cumulative Total Returns” represent the total change in value of an investment over the periods indicated.

The Fund’s per share net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of the Fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund, and the market return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the stock exchange on which the shares of the Fund are listed for trading, as of the time that the Fund’s NAV is calculated. Since shares of the Fund did not trade in the secondary market until several days after the Fund’s inception, for the period from inception to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the Fund (4/11/03), the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for secondary market trading price to calculate market returns. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

An index is a statistical composite that tracks a specified financial market or sector. Unlike the Fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not incur the expenses incurred by the Fund. These expenses negatively impact the performance of the Fund. Also, market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included, market returns would be lower. The returns shown in the tables above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares of the Fund will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares of the Fund may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. The Fund’s past performance is no guarantee of future results.

 

PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION
As of 2/28/07
 
Sector    Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Financial

   20.37 %

Energy

   14.96  

Communications

   13.77  

Basic Materials

   13.52  

Technology

   10.58  

Industrial

   9.86  

Utilities

   4.67  

Consumer Cyclical

   4.56  

Consumer Non-Cyclical

   4.47  

Diversified

   2.46  

Exchange-Traded Funds

   0.55  

Short-Term and Other Net Assets

   0.23  
      

TOTAL

   100.00 %
      
TEN LARGEST FUND HOLDINGS
As of 2/28/07
 
Security   Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. GDR (South Korea)

  4.15 %

OAO Gazprom ADR (Russia)

  4.10  

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. ADR (Taiwan)

  3.67  

POSCO ADR (South Korea)

  3.40  

Kookmin Bank ADR (South Korea)

  2.95  

Siliconware Precision Industries Co. ADR (Taiwan)

  2.24  

LUKOIL ADR (Russia)

  1.98  

Chunghwa Telecom Co. Ltd. Sponsored ADR (Taiwan)

  1.95  

United Microelectronics Corp. ADR (Taiwan)

  1.94  

China Mobile Ltd. (Hong Kong)

  1.92  
     

TOTAL

  28.30 %
     

 

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iSHARES® MSCI HONG KONG INDEX FUND

Performance as of February 28, 2007

 

The iShares MSCI Hong Kong Index Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the aggregate in the Hong Kong market, as represented by the MSCI Hong Kong Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities in the Index, which has a similar investment profile as the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index. For the six-month period ended February 28, 2007, the Fund returned 14.13%, while the Index returned 14.46%.

 

Average Annual Total Returns
Year Ended 2/28/07   Five Years Ended 2/28/07   Ten Years Ended 2/28/07
NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX
21.57%   20.62%   22.15%   15.25%   14.98%   16.22%   3.48%   3.35%   5.17%
Cumulative Total Returns
Year Ended 2/28/07   Five Years Ended 2/28/07   Ten Years Ended 2/28/07
NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX
21.57%   20.62%   22.15%   103.32%   100.95%   112.01%   40.79%   39.04%   65.57%

“Average Annual Total Returns” represent the average annual change in value of an investment over the periods indicated. “Cumulative Total Returns” represent the total change in value of an investment over the periods indicated.

The Fund’s per share net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of the Fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund, and the market return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the stock exchange on which the shares of the Fund are listed for trading, as of the time that the Fund’s NAV is calculated. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

An index is a statistical composite that tracks a specified financial market or sector. Unlike the Fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not incur the expenses incurred by the Fund. These expenses negatively impact the performance of the Fund. Also, market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included, market returns would be lower. The returns shown in the tables above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares of the Fund will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares of the Fund may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. The Fund’s past performance is no guarantee of future results.

 

PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION
As of 2/28/07
 
Sector    Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Financial

   45.63 %

Diversified

   16.11  

Utilities

   12.38  

Consumer Cyclical

   11.98  

Industrial

   6.68  

Communications

   5.48  

Basic Materials

   1.02  

Technology

   0.64  

Short-Term and Other Net Assets

   0.08  
      

TOTAL

   100.00 %
      
TEN LARGEST FUND HOLDINGS
As of 2/28/07
 
Security   Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Hutchison Whampoa Ltd.

  8.92 %

Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd.

  8.10  

Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.

  7.14  

CLP Holdings Ltd.

  5.84  

Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd.

  4.83  

Esprit Holdings Ltd.

  4.77  

Swire Pacific Ltd. Class A

  4.65  

Hang Seng Bank Ltd.

  4.60  

BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.

  3.96  

Bank of East Asia Ltd.

  3.65  
     

TOTAL

  56.46 %
     

 

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iSHARES® MSCI MALAYSIA INDEX FUND

Performance as of February 28, 2007

 

The iShares MSCI Malaysia Index Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the aggregate in the Malaysian market, as represented by the MSCI Malaysia Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities in the Index, which has a similar investment profile as the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities included in the Index. For the six-month period ended February 28, 2007, the Fund returned 33.96%, while the Index returned 34.66%.

 

Average Annual Total Returns
Year Ended 2/28/07   Five Years Ended 2/28/07   Ten Years Ended 2/28/07
NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX
41.64%   38.66%   42.67%   16.06%   15.60%   17.18%   (1.75)%   (2.01)%   (0.80)%
Cumulative Total Returns
Year Ended 2/28/07   Five Years Ended 2/28/07   Ten Years Ended 2/28/07
NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX
41.64%   38.66%   42.67%   110.54%   106.40%   120.95%   (16.21)%   (18.38)%   (7.68)%

“Average Annual Total Returns” represent the average annual change in value of an investment over the periods indicated. “Cumulative Total Returns” represent the total change in value of an investment over the periods indicated.

Certain sectors and markets performed exceptionally well based on market conditions during the six-month and one-year periods. Achieving such exceptional returns involves the risk of volatility and investors should not expect that such exceptional returns will be repeated.

The Fund’s per share net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of the Fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund, and the market return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the stock exchange on which the shares of the Fund are listed for trading, as of the time that the Fund’s NAV is calculated. As the Fund has a NAV which is determined prior to the opening of the regular trading day on the stock exchange on which it is listed, the market return is calculated using the midpoint of the bid/ask spread as of the opening of regular trading on the exchange. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

An index is a statistical composite that tracks a specified financial market or sector. Unlike the Fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not incur the expenses incurred by the Fund. These expenses negatively impact the performance of the Fund. Also, market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included, market returns would be lower. The returns shown in the tables above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares of the Fund will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares of the Fund may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. The Fund’s past performance is no guarantee of future results.

 

PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION

As of 2/28/07

 
Sector   Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Financial

  31.48 %

Consumer Cyclical

  14.86  

Consumer Non-Cyclical

  14.01  

Industrial

  13.11  

Communications

  9.84  

Utilities

  8.85  

Diversified

  5.80  

Energy

  1.49  

Technology

  0.35  

Short-Term and Other Net Assets

  0.21  
     

TOTAL

  100.00 %
     

TEN LARGEST FUND HOLDINGS

As of 2/28/07

 
Security   Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Malayan Banking Bhd

  9.74 %

Bumiputra-Commerce Holdings Bhd

  8.41  

IOI Corp. Bhd

  5.35  

Tenaga Nasional Bhd

  5.22  

Genting Bhd

  5.10  

Sime Darby Bhd

  4.70  

Malaysia International Shipping Corp. Bhd

  4.22  

Maxis Communications Bhd

  4.19  

Public Bank Bhd

  3.83  

Telekom Malaysia Bhd

  3.48  
     

TOTAL

  54.24 %
     

 

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iSHARES® MSCI MEXICO INDEX FUND

Performance as of February 28, 2007

 

The iShares MSCI Mexico Index Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the aggregate in the Mexican market, as represented by the MSCI Mexico Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities in the Index, which has a similar investment profile as the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index. For the six-month period ended February 28, 2007, the Fund returned 23.43%, while the Index returned 22.28%.

 

Average Annual Total Returns
Year Ended 2/28/07   Five Years Ended 2/28/07   Ten Years Ended 2/28/07
NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX
32.99%   32.29%   30.47%   28.16%   27.73%   27.42%   17.20%   17.05%   18.48%
Cumulative Total Returns
Year Ended 2/28/07   Five Years Ended 2/28/07   Ten Years Ended 2/28/07
NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX
32.99%   32.29%   30.47%   245.78%   239.99%   235.91%   388.87%   382.79%   445.09%

“Average Annual Total Returns” represent the average annual change in value of an investment over the periods indicated. “Cumulative Total Returns” represent the total change in value of an investment over the periods indicated.

The Fund’s per share net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of the Fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund, and the market return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the stock exchange on which the shares of the Fund are listed for trading, as of the time that the Fund’s NAV is calculated. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

An index is a statistical composite that tracks a specified financial market or sector. Unlike the Fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not incur the expenses incurred by the Fund. These expenses negatively impact the performance of the Fund. Also, market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included, market returns would be lower. The returns shown in the tables above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares of the Fund will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares of the Fund may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. The Fund’s past performance is no guarantee of future results.

 

PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION

As of 2/28/07

 
Sector   Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Communications

  41.66 %

Industrial

  19.74  

Consumer Cyclical

  11.45  

Consumer Non-Cyclical

  10.06  

Basic Materials

  6.74  

Financial

  5.74  

Diversified

  4.53  

Short-Term and Other Net Assets

  0.08  
     

TOTAL

  100.00 %
     

TEN LARGEST FUND HOLDINGS

As of 2/28/07

 
Security   Percentage of
Net Assets
 

America Movil SAB de CV Series L

  24.17 %

Cemex SA de CV Series CPO

  16.24  

Telefonos de Mexico SA de CV Series L

  8.92  

Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB

  4.76  

Wal-Mart de Mexico SA de CV Series V

  4.75  

Grupo Televisa SA Series CPO

  4.66  

Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV Series O

  4.39  

Grupo Mexico SA de CV Series B

  3.34  

Grupo Carso SA de CV Series A1

  2.87  

Grupo Modelo SA de CV Series C

  2.77  
     

TOTAL

  76.87 %
     

 

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iSHARES® MSCI PACIFIC EX-JAPAN INDEX FUND

Performance as of February 28, 2007

 

The iShares MSCI Pacific ex-Japan Index Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the aggregate in the Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Singapore markets, as represented by the MSCI Pacific ex-Japan Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities in the Index, which has a similar investment profile as the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index. For the six-month period ended February 28, 2007, the Fund returned 19.23%, while the Index returned 19.31%.

 

Average Annual Total Returns
Year Ended 2/28/07   Five Years Ended 2/28/07   Inception to 2/28/07
NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX
28.38%   28.68%   28.37%   22.29%   22.18%   22.17%   22.76%   22.70%   22.69%
Cumulative Total Returns
Year Ended 2/28/07   Five Years Ended 2/28/07  

Inception to 2/28/07

NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX
28.38%   28.68%   28.37%   173.54%   172.30%   172.21%   199.40%   198.57%   198.59%

Total returns for the periods since inception are calculated from the inception date of the Fund (10/25/01). “Average Annual Total Returns” represent the average annual change in value of an investment over the periods indicated. “Cumulative Total Returns” represent the total change in value of an investment over the periods indicated.

The Fund’s per share net asset value or ”NAV” is the value of one share of the Fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund, and the market return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the stock exchange on which the shares of the Fund are listed for trading, as of the time that the Fund’s NAV is calculated. Since shares of the Fund did not trade in the secondary market until several days after the Fund’s inception, for the period from inception to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the Fund (10/26/01), the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for secondary market trading price to calculate market returns. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

An index is a statistical composite that tracks a specified financial market or sector. Unlike the Fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not incur the expenses incurred by the Fund. These expenses negatively impact the performance of the Fund. Also, market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included, market returns would be lower. The returns shown in the tables above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares of the Fund will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares of the Fund may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. The Fund’s past performance is no guarantee of future results.

 

PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION

As of 2/28/07

 
Sector   Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Financial

  48.18 %

Basic Materials

  11.26  

Industrial

  9.06  

Consumer Non-Cyclical

  7.95  

Consumer Cyclical

  6.58  

Communications

  5.71  

Diversified

  3.99  

Utilities

  3.69  

Energy

  2.38  

Technology

  0.67  

Short-Term and Other Net Assets

  0.53  
     

TOTAL

  100.00 %
     

TEN LARGEST FUND HOLDINGS

As of 2/28/07

 
Security   Percentage of
Net Assets
 

BHP Billiton Ltd. (Australia)

  6.68 %

National Australia Bank Ltd. (Australia)

  4.63  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (Australia)

  4.51  

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. (Australia)

  3.78  

Westpac Banking Corp. (Australia)

  3.28  

Westfield Group (Australia)

  2.31  

Woolworths Ltd. (Australia)

  2.30  

Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. (Hong Kong)

  1.82  

QBE Insurance Group Ltd. (Australia)

  1.81  

Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd. (Hong Kong)

  1.66  
     

TOTAL

  32.78 %
     

 

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iSHARES® MSCI SINGAPORE INDEX FUND

Performance as of February 28, 2007

 

The iShares MSCI Singapore Index Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the aggregate in the Singaporean market, as represented by the MSCI Singapore Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities in the Index, which has a similar investment profile as the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index. For the six-month period ended February 28, 2007, the Fund returned 32.31%, while the Index returned 32.84%.

 

Average Annual Total Returns
Year Ended 2/28/07   Five Years Ended 2/28/07   Ten Years Ended 2/28/07
NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX
40.64%   40.76%   41.30%   19.93%   19.45%   19.65%   2.34%   2.29%   2.83%
Cumulative Total Returns
Year Ended 2/28/07   Five Years Ended 2/28/07   Ten Years Ended 2/28/07
NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX
40.64%   40.76%   41.30%   148.08%   143.18%   145.26%   26.03%   25.42%   32.20%

“Average Annual Total Returns” represent the average annual change in value of an investment over the periods indicated. “Cumulative Total Returns” represent the total change in value of an investment over the periods indicated.

Certain sectors and markets performed exceptionally well based on market conditions during the six-month and one-year periods. Achieving such exceptional returns involves the risk of volatility and investors should not expect that such exceptional returns will be repeated.

The Fund’s per share net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of the Fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund, and the market return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the stock exchange on which the shares of the Fund are listed for trading, as of the time that the Fund’s NAV is calculated. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

An index is a statistical composite that tracks a specified financial market or sector. Unlike the Fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not incur the expenses incurred by the Fund. These expenses negatively impact the performance of the Fund. Also, market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included, market returns would be lower. The returns shown in the tables above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares of the Fund will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares of the Fund may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. The Fund’s past performance is no guarantee of future results.

 

PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION

As of 2/28/07

 
Sector   Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Financial

  55.89 %

Communications

  15.22  

Industrial

  11.16  

Diversified

  5.67  

Consumer Cyclical

  5.23  

Consumer Non-Cyclical

  4.46  

Technology

  2.02  

Energy

  0.25  

Short-Term and Other Net Assets

  0.10  
     

TOTAL

  100.00 %
     

TEN LARGEST FUND HOLDINGS

As of 2/28/07

 
Security   Percentage of
Net Assets
 

United Overseas Bank Ltd.

  12.52 %

DBS Group Holdings Ltd.

  12.07  

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.

  11.78  

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp.

  10.60  

Keppel Corp. Ltd.

  4.56  

Singapore Airlines Ltd.

  4.41  

CapitaLand Ltd.

  4.30  

City Developments Ltd.

  3.76  

Singapore Press Holdings Ltd.

  3.44  

Singapore Exchange Ltd.

  2.69  
     

TOTAL

  70.13 %
     

 

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iSHARES® MSCI SOUTH AFRICA INDEX FUND

Performance as of February 28, 2007

 

The iShares MSCI South Africa Index Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the aggregate in the South African market, as represented by the MSCI South Africa Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities in the Index, which has a similar investment profile as the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index. For the six-month period ended February 28, 2007, the Fund returned 20.57%, while the Index returned 21.12%.

 

Average Annual Total Returns
Year Ended 2/28/07   Inception to 2/28/07
NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX
9.90%   10.81%   10.82%   33.38%   33.64%   34.99%

 

Cumulative Total Returns
Inception to 2/28/07
NAV   MARKET   INDEX
223.04%   225.62%   239.08%

Total returns for the periods since inception are calculated from the inception date of the Fund (2/3/03). “Average Annual Total Returns” represent the average annual change in value of an investment over the periods indicated. “Cumulative Total Returns” represent the total change in value of an investment over the periods indicated.

The Fund’s per share net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of the Fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund, and the market return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the stock exchange on which the shares of the Fund are listed for trading, as of the time that the Fund’s NAV is calculated. Since shares of the Fund did not trade in the secondary market until several days after the Fund’s inception, for the period from inception to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the Fund (2/7/03), the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for secondary market trading price to calculate market returns. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

An index is a statistical composite that tracks a specified financial market or sector. Unlike the Fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not incur the expenses incurred by the Fund. These expenses negatively impact the performance of the Fund. Also, market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included, market returns would be lower. The returns shown in the tables above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares of the Fund will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares of the Fund may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. The Fund’s past performance is no guarantee of future results.

 

PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION

As of 2/28/07

 
Sector   Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Basic Materials

  26.05 %

Financial

  21.60  

Communications

  14.85  

Consumer Cyclical

  9.95  

Energy

  9.40  

Diversified

  7.81  

Industrial

  5.31  

Consumer Non-Cyclical

  4.98  

Short-Term and Other Net Assets

  0.05  
     

TOTAL

  100.00 %
     

TEN LARGEST FUND HOLDINGS

As of 2/28/07

 
Security   Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Sasol Ltd.

  9.40 %

Standard Bank Group Ltd.

  8.37  

MTN Group Ltd.

  7.98  

Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd.

  7.37  

Gold Fields Ltd.

  5.15  

Anglo Platinum Ltd.

  4.60  

FirstRand Ltd.

  4.57  

Naspers Ltd.

  3.55  

Telkom South Africa Ltd.

  3.32  

AngloGold Ashanti Ltd.

  3.24  
     

TOTAL

  57.55 %
     

 

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Fund Performance Overview

iSHARES® MSCI SOUTH KOREA INDEX FUND

Performance as of February 28, 2007

 

The iShares MSCI South Korea Index Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the aggregate in the South Korean market, as represented by the MSCI Korea Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities in the Index, which has a similar investment profile as the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index. For the six-month period ended February 28, 2007, the Fund returned 8.13%, while the Index returned 7.61%.

 

Average Annual Total Returns
Year Ended 2/28/07   Five Years Ended 2/28/07   Inception to 2/28/07
NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX
6.38%   2.77%   6.30%   19.45%   18.62%   21.37%   14.46%   14.15%   15.09%
Cumulative Total Returns
Year Ended 2/28/07   Five Years Ended 2/28/07   Inception to 2/28/07
NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX
6.38%   2.77%   6.30%   143.17%   134.82%   163.40%   150.91%   146.35%   160.45%

Total returns for the periods since inception are calculated from the inception date of the Fund (5/9/00). “Average Annual Total Returns” represent the average annual change in value of an investment over the periods indicated. “Cumulative Total Returns” represent the total change in value of an investment over the periods indicated.

The Fund’s per share net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of the Fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund, and the market return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the stock exchange on which the shares of the Fund are listed for trading, as of the time that the Fund’s NAV is calculated. As the Fund has a NAV which is determined prior to the opening of the regular trading day on the stock exchange on which it is listed, the market return is calculated using the midpoint of the bid/ask spread as of the opening of regular trading on the exchange. Since shares of the Fund did not trade in the secondary market until several days after the Fund’s inception, for the period from inception to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the Fund (5/12/00), the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for secondary market trading price to calculate market returns. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

An index is a statistical composite that tracks a specified financial market or sector. Unlike the Fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not incur the expenses incurred by the Fund. These expenses negatively impact the performance of the Fund. Also, market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included, market returns would be lower. The returns shown in the tables above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares of the Fund will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares of the Fund may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. The Fund’s past performance is no guarantee of future results.

 

PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION
As of 2/28/07
 
Sector   Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Industrial

  35.43 %

Financial

  20.85  

Consumer Cyclical

  13.56  

Basic Materials

  9.95  

Communications

  6.87  

Consumer Non-Cyclical

  5.14  

Energy

  3.39  

Utilities

  3.00  

Technology

  0.49  

Short-Term and Other Net Assets

  1.32  
     

TOTAL

  100.00 %
     
TEN LARGEST FUND HOLDINGS
As of 2/28/07
 
Security   Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

  18.28 %

Kookmin Bank

  8.24  

POSCO

  7.59  

Shinhan Financial Group Ltd.

  3.29  

Hyundai Motor Co. Ltd.

  3.08  

Korea Electric Power Corp.

  3.00  

SK Corp.

  2.51  

Shinsegae Co. Ltd.

  2.33  

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd.

  2.21  

KT&G Corp.

  1.88  
     

TOTAL

  52.41 %
     

 

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Fund Performance Overview

iSHARES® MSCI TAIWAN INDEX FUND

Performance as of February 28, 2007

 

The iShares MSCI Taiwan Index Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the aggregate in the Taiwanese market, as represented by the MSCI Taiwan Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities in the Index, which has a similar investment profile as the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index. For the six-month period ended February 28, 2007, the Fund returned 16.42%, while the Index returned 16.42%.

 

Average Annual Total Returns
Year Ended 2/28/07   Five Years Ended 2/28/07   Inception to 2/28/07
NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX
14.96%   11.09%   15.85%   6.85%   5.56%   7.91%   (3.29)%   (3.77)%   (2.32)%
Cumulative Total Returns
Year Ended 2/28/07   Five Years Ended 2/28/07   Inception to 2/28/07
NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX
14.96%   11.09%   15.85%   39.24%   31.07%   46.31%   (20.05)%   (22.67)%   (14.58)%

Total returns for the periods since inception are calculated from the inception date of the Fund (6/20/00). “Average Annual Total Returns” represent the average annual change in value of an investment over the periods indicated. “Cumulative Total Returns” represent the total change in value of an investment over the periods indicated.

The Fund’s per share net asset value or “NAV” is the value of one share of the Fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund, and the market return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the stock exchange on which the shares of the Fund are listed for trading, as of the time that the Fund’s NAV is calculated. As the Fund has a NAV which is determined prior to the opening of the regular trading day on the stock exchange on which it is listed, the market return is calculated using the midpoint of the bid/ask spread as of the opening of regular trading on the exchange. Since shares of the Fund did not trade in the secondary market until several days after the Fund’s inception, for the period from inception to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the Fund (6/23/00), the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for secondary market trading price to calculate market returns. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

An index is a statistical composite that tracks a specified financial market or sector. Unlike the Fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not incur the expenses incurred by the Fund. These expenses negatively impact the performance of the Fund. Also, market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included, market returns would be lower. The returns shown in the tables above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares of the Fund will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares of the Fund may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. The Fund’s past performance is no guarantee of future results.

 

PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION
As of 2/28/07
 
Sector   Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Technology

  36.68 %

Industrial

  24.91  

Financial

  17.09  

Basic Materials

  10.74  

Communications

  4.65  

Consumer Cyclical

  3.56  

Energy

  1.24  

Consumer Non-Cyclical

  0.93  

Short-Term and Other Net Assets

  0.20  
     

TOTAL

  100.00 %
     
TEN LARGEST FUND HOLDINGS
As of 2/28/07
 
Security   Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

  14.09 %

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd.

  9.15  

Cathay Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

  3.89  

United Microelectronics Corp.

  3.42  

China Steel Corp.

  2.98  

Chunghwa Telecom Co. Ltd.

  2.96  

AU Optronics Corp.

  2.83  

MediaTek Inc.

  2.74  

Nan Ya Plastic Corp.

  2.73  

Formosa Plastic Co.

  2.30  
     

TOTAL

  47.09 %
     

 

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Shareholder Expenses (Unaudited)

iSHARES®, INC.

 

As a shareholder of a Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including brokerage commissions on purchases and sales of fund shares and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees and other fund expenses. The following Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars and cents) of investing in a Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other funds.

The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from September 1, 2006 to February 28, 2007.

ACTUAL EXPENSES

The first line under each Fund in the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line for your Fund under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLE FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES

The second line under each Fund in the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on each Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in your Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as brokerage commissions paid on purchases and sales of fund shares. Therefore, the second line under each Fund in the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

iShares MSCI Index Fund    Beginning
Account Value
(9/1/06)
   Ending
Account Value
(2/28/07)
   Annualized
Expense Ratio
    Expenses Paid
During Period a
(9/1/06 to 2/28/07)

Australia

          

Actual

   $1,000.00    $1,188.90    0.52 %   $2.82

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   1,000.00    1,022.20    0.52     2.61

Brazil

          

Actual

   1,000.00    1,195.70    0.69     3.76

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   1,000.00    1,021.40    0.69     3.46

Canada

          

Actual

   1,000.00    1,040.30    0.52     2.63

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   1,000.00    1,022.20    0.52     2.61

Emerging Markets

          

Actual

   1,000.00    1,160.90    0.75     4.02

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   1,000.00    1,021.10    0.75     3.76

 

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Shareholder Expenses (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES®, INC.

 

iShares MSCI Index Fund    Beginning
Account Value
(9/1/06)
   Ending
Account Value
(2/28/07)
   Annualized
Expense Ratio
    Expenses Paid
During Period a
(9/1/06 to 2/28/07)

Hong Kong

          

Actual

   $1,000.00    $1,141.30    0.52 %   $2.76

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   1,000.00    1,022.20    0.52     2.61

Malaysia

          

Actual

   1,000.00    1,339.60    0.52     3.02

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   1,000.00    1,022.20    0.52     2.61

Mexico

          

Actual

   1,000.00    1,234.30    0.52     2.88

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   1,000.00    1,022.20    0.52     2.61

Pacific ex-Japan

          

Actual

   1,000.00    1,192.30    0.50     2.72

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   1,000.00    1,022.30    0.50     2.51

Singapore

          

Actual

   1,000.00    1,323.10    0.52     3.00

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   1,000.00    1,022.20    0.52     2.61

South Africa

          

Actual

   1,000.00    1,205.70    0.68     3.72

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   1,000.00    1,021.40    0.68     3.41

South Korea

          

Actual

   1,000.00    1,081.30    0.68     3.51

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   1,000.00    1,021.40    0.68     3.41

Taiwan

          

Actual

   1,000.00    1,164.20    0.68     3.65

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   1,000.00    1,021.40    0.68     3.41

 

a

 

Expenses are calculated using each Fund’s annualized expense ratio (as disclosed in the table), multiplied by the average account value for the period, multiplied by the number of days in the period (181 days) and divided by the number of days in the year (365 days).

 

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

iSHARES® MSCI AUSTRALIA INDEX FUND

February 28, 2007

 

Security    Shares    Value

COMMON STOCKS – 99.28%

AIRLINES – 0.53%

     

Qantas Airways Ltd.

   1,194,246    $ 4,846,181
         
        4,846,181

APPAREL – 0.30%

     

Billabong International Ltd.

   206,727      2,793,573
         
        2,793,573

BANKS – 26.10%

     

Australia & New Zealand

     

Banking Group Ltd.

   2,280,622      52,652,572

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

   1,597,088      62,870,937

Macquarie Office Trust

   2,454,909      3,094,953

National Australia Bank Ltd.

   2,017,292      64,153,238

Suncorp-Metway Ltd.a

   700,660      12,018,891

Westpac Banking Corp.

   2,280,920      45,758,008
         
        240,548,599

BEVERAGES – 2.07%

     

Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd.

   647,903      4,221,960

Foster’s Group Ltd.

   2,510,487      12,501,834

Lion Nathan Ltd.

   365,389      2,386,759
         
        19,110,553

BIOTECHNOLOGY – 0.40%

Sonic Healthcare Ltd.

   327,868      3,632,311
         
        3,632,311

BUILDING MATERIALS – 3.11%

Boral Ltd.

   730,654      4,836,038

CSR Ltd.

   1,096,288      3,135,667

James Hardie Industries NV

   576,067      4,321,242

Rinker Group Ltd.

   1,112,796      16,379,140
         
        28,672,087

COMMERCIAL SERVICES – 3.24%

A.B.C. Learning Centres Ltd.

   441,811      2,381,175

Brambles Ltd.b

   1,925,629      20,119,390

Sydney Roads Group

   1,166,774      1,204,361

Transurban Group

   1,036,096      6,163,758
         
        29,868,684

COMPUTERS – 0.48%

     

Computershare Ltd.

   555,609      4,391,055
         
        4,391,055
Security    Shares    Value

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES – 3.98%

ASX Ltd.

   212,182    $ 6,996,852

Babcock & Brown Ltd.

   284,080      5,730,325

Challenger Financial Services

     

Group Ltd.

   449,959      1,630,908

Macquarie Bank Ltd.

   310,714      19,338,892

Perpetual Ltd.

   50,890      2,991,369
         
        36,688,346

ELECTRIC – 0.74%

     

AGL Energy Ltd.b

   537,067      6,783,607
         
        6,783,607
     

ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION – 1.44%

Downer EDI Ltd.

   372,481      2,154,264

Leighton Holdings Ltd.

   171,875      4,211,839

Multiplex Group

   784,006      2,724,311

WorleyParsons Ltd.

   194,405      4,197,171
         
        13,287,585

ENTERTAINMENT – 2.05%

Aristocrat Leisure Ltd.

   435,274      5,761,966

Tabcorp Holdings Ltd.

   649,209      8,261,439

Tattersall’s Ltd.

   1,340,103      4,857,297
         
        18,880,702

FOOD – 3.72%

     

Goodman Fielder Ltd.

   1,322,106      2,354,363

Woolworths Ltd.

   1,490,569      31,946,233
         
        34,300,596

FOREST PRODUCTS & PAPER – 0.19%

PaperlinX Ltd.

   556,721      1,772,220
         
        1,772,220

GAS – 0.75%

     

Alinta Ltd.

   610,826      6,858,530
         
        6,858,530

HEALTH CARE – PRODUCTS – 0.33%

Cochlear Ltd.

   67,607      3,022,593
         
        3,022,593

HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS & WARES – 0.16%

Pacific Brands Ltd.

   628,040      1,449,952
         
        1,449,952

 

SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS

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iSHARES® MSCI AUSTRALIA INDEX FUND

February 28, 2007

 

Security    Shares    Value

INSURANCE – 6.56%

  

AMP Ltd.

   2,322,607    $ 18,868,312

AXA Asia Pacific Holdings Ltd.

   1,080,758      6,344,295

Insurance Australia Group Ltd.

   2,145,980      10,111,731

QBE Insurance Group Ltd.

   998,042      25,165,030
         
        60,489,368
     

INVESTMENT COMPANIES – 1.55%

Macquarie Airports

   843,405      2,458,876

Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group

   394,287      1,845,430

Macquarie Infrastructure Group

   3,297,451      9,977,190
         
        14,281,496

IRON & STEEL – 1.02%

     

BlueScope Steel Ltd.

   899,589      6,613,395

OneSteel Ltd.

   710,264      2,809,456
         
        9,422,851

MANUFACTURING – 2.59%

Ansell Ltd.

   183,741      1,686,672

Futuris Corp. Ltd.

   766,181      1,267,796

Orica Ltd.

   384,143      7,491,465

Wesfarmers Ltd.

   468,507      13,455,885
         
        23,901,818

MEDIA – 0.97%

     

APN News & Media Ltd.

   345,839      1,621,398

John Fairfax Holdings Ltd.

   1,257,849      4,767,297

Publishing & Broadcasting Ltd.

   169,043      2,561,387
         
        8,950,082

MINING – 15.39%

     

Alumina Ltd.

   1,443,382      7,665,489

BHP Billiton Ltd.

   4,332,780      92,622,200

Iluka Resources Ltd.

   290,740      1,351,623

Newcrest Mining Ltd.

   414,695      7,368,414

Paladin Resources Ltd.a,b

   522,978      3,749,933

Rio Tinto Ltd.a

   354,476      21,115,788

Zinifex Ltd.

   604,023      7,957,715
         
        141,831,162

OIL & GAS – 3.56%

     

Caltex Australia Ltd.

   166,130      2,923,045

Origin Energy Ltd.

   1,058,758      7,391,440

Santos Ltd.

   743,097      5,480,498

Woodside Petroleum Ltd.

   578,984      16,998,401
         
        32,793,384

 

Security    Shares    Value

PACKAGING & CONTAINERS – 0.67%

Amcor Ltd.

   1,077,351    $ 6,188,472
         
        6,188,472

PHARMACEUTICALS – 1.76%

  

CSL Ltd.

   226,016      13,828,635

Symbion Health Ltd.

   802,673      2,397,047
         
        16,225,682

REAL ESTATE – 10.68%

  

Centro Properties Group

   1,020,967      7,907,949

CFS Retail Property Trust

   1,698,235      3,211,498

Commonwealth Property Office Fund

   1,807,341      1,965,250

DB RREEF Trust

   3,320,038      4,564,962

GPT Group

   2,404,998      9,569,842

ING Industrial Fund

   1,040,290      1,950,878

Investa Property Group

   1,882,291      3,515,068

Lend Lease Corp. Ltd.

   445,742      6,339,564

Macquarie Goodman Group

   1,747,234      9,857,409

Mirvac Group

   1,227,312      5,473,562

Stockland

   1,779,291      12,099,194

Westfield Group

   1,866,187      31,982,549
         
        98,437,725

RETAIL – 2.10%

  

Coles Group Ltd.

   1,409,062      17,053,753

Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd.

   659,961      2,262,071
         
        19,315,824

TELECOMMUNICATIONS – 1.74%

  

Telstra Corp. Ltd.

   3,552,465      11,924,442

Telstra Corp. Ltd.
Installment Receipt

   1,852,954      4,131,899
         
        16,056,341

TRANSPORTATION – 1.10%

  

Toll Holdings Ltd.

   665,375      10,155,347
         
        10,155,347
         

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost: $773,249,977)

     914,956,726

 

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® MSCI AUSTRALIA INDEX FUND

February 28, 2007

 

Security    Principal    Value

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 2.97%

CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSITc – 0.14%

Credit Suisse First Boston NY

     

5.28% - 5.43%,
04/23/07 - 08/21/07

   $ 292,607    $ 292,607

Deutsche Bank AG

     

5.35%, 08/08/07

     487,679      487,679

Washington Mutual Bank

     

5.33%, 03/19/07

     487,679      487,679
         
        1,267,965

COMMERCIAL PAPERc – 0.66%

Amstel Funding Corp.

     

5.22%, 04/16/07 - 04/17/07d

     185,535      184,280

BNP Paribas Finance Inc.

     

5.12%, 06/06/07

     68,275      67,334

Bryant Park Funding LLC

     

5.27%, 03/06/07d

     48,073      48,038

Cantabric Finance LLC

     

5.25%, 03/06/07d

     156,057      155,943

Cheyne Finance LLC

     

5.24%, 04/12/07 - 04/23/07d

     146,304      145,253

Concord Minutemen

     

Capital Co. LLC

     

5.29%, 03/19/07d

     99,422      99,159

Crown Point Capital Co. LLC

     

5.20%, 07/18/07d

     225,337      220,813

Edison Asset Securitization LLC

     

5.21%, 04/11/07d

     80,844      80,364

Five Finance Inc.

     

5.22%, 04/20/07d

     89,733      89,082

General Electric Capital Corp.

     

5.12% - 5.20%,
06/04/07 - 07/17/07
d

     341,375      335,512

Giro Funding Corp.

     

5.25%, 03/05/07 - 03/12/07d

     319,917      319,532

Grampian Funding LLC

     

5.14% - 5.23%,
04/23/07 - 06/06/07
d

     380,390      375,665

Harrier Finance Funding LLC

     

5.12%, 06/06/07d

     195,072      192,383

 

Security    Principal    Value

Irish Permanent Treasury PLC

     

5.18%, 07/10/07

   $ 97,536    $ 95,697

KKR Pacific Funding Trust

     

5.29%, 03/13/07d

     243,839      243,409

Lexington Parker Capital Co. LLC

     

5.18% - 5.20%,
05/17/07 - 07/25/07
d

     246,469      242,274

Liberty Street Funding Corp.

     

5.27%, 03/06/07d

     23,409      23,391

Lockhart Funding LLC

     

5.25%, 05/04/07 - 05/14/07d

     440,074      435,894

Nationwide Building Society

     

5.21%, 04/13/07d

     185,318      184,165

Nestle Capital Corp.

     

5.19%, 08/09/07

     117,043      114,326

Sedna Finance Inc.

     

5.22%, 04/17/07d

     111,191      110,433

Simba Funding Corp.

     

5.20%, 07/23/07d

     195,072      191,014

Societe Generale

     

5.18%, 05/16/07

     487,679      482,346

Thames Asset Global

     

Securitization No. 1 Inc.

     

5.25% - 5.28%,
03/02/07 - 03/12/07
d

     743,137      742,418

Thornburg Mortgage

     

Capital Resources LLC

     

5.28%, 03/12/07d

     142,792      142,562

Three Pillars Funding Corp.

     

5.26%, 03/01/07 - 03/12/07d

     102,409      102,328

Tulip Funding Corp.

     

5.29%, 03/15/07d

     374,461      373,691

Westpac Banking Corp.

     

5.20%, 07/12/07d

     175,564      172,192

Zela Finance Inc.

     

5.20%, 07/16/07d

     117,043      114,727
         
        6,084,225

MEDIUM-TERM NOTESc – 0.06%

Bank of America N.A.

     

5.28%, 04/20/07

     48,768      48,768

 

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iSHARES® MSCI AUSTRALIA INDEX FUND

February 28, 2007

 

Security    Shares or
Principal
   Value

Cullinan Finance Corp.

     

5.71%, 06/28/07d

   $ 146,304    $ 146,304

K2 USA LLC

     

5.39%, 06/04/07d

     146,304      146,304

Sigma Finance Inc.

     

5.13% - 5.51%,
03/30/07 - 06/18/07
d

     228,234      228,234
         
        569,610

MONEY MARKET FUNDS – 0.05%

  

Barclays Global Investors Funds Institutional Money Market Fund, Institutional Shares
5.30%
e,f

     462,881      462,881
         
        462,881

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTSc– 0.40%

  

Banc of America Securities LLC
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $390,201 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $402,165, 5.50% to 7.70%, 9/15/09 to 5/1/19).

   $ 390,143      390,143

Bear Stearns Companies Inc. (The)
5.37%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $292,651 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $322,122, 0.00% to 9.20%, 10/17/18 to 11/25/52).

     292,607      292,607

BNP Securities Corp.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $19,510 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $20,499, 5.43%, 3/15/08).

     19,507      19,507

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $292,651 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $315,293, 0.00% to 10.00%, 5/27/33 to 8/25/46).

     292,607      292,607

 

    
Security
   Principal    Value

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $390,201 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $409,974, 4.91% to 6.31%, 10/25/33 to 8/25/46).

   $ 390,143    $ 390,143

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.42%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $214,611 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $231,237, 0.00% to 10.00%, 5/27/33 to 8/25/46).

     214,579      214,579

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.46%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $117,061 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $130,391, 0.00% to 10.00%, 5/27/33 to 2/28/37).

     117,043      117,043

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (The)
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $72,396 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $76,064, 4.52% to 6.89%, 1/15/09 to 10/25/36).

     72,385      72,385

Greenwich Capital Markets Inc.
5.46%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $819,425 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $903,359, 0.00% to 10.00%, 4/1/07 to 12/31/49).

     819,301      819,301

HSBC Securities Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $97,551 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $102,500, 3.72% to 5.99%, 12/15/36 to 6/1/46).

     97,536      97,536

 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security    Principal    Value

JP Morgan Securities Inc.
5.41%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $48,775 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $51,253, 6.25% to 9.56%, 5/15/11 to 2/1/30.

   $ 48,768    $ 48,768

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $195,101 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $204,988, 1.63% to 14.50%, 5/1/07 to 9/18/37).

     195,072      195,072

Morgan Stanley
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $195,101 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $205,032, 0.00% to 10.00%, 3/1/07 to 2/28/37).

     195,072      195,072

Morgan Stanley
5.51%, due 2/4/08, maturity value $143,531 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $161,937, 0.00% to 10.00%, 3/1/07 to 2/28/37).
g

     136,550      136,550

Wachovia Capital
5.38%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $429,221 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $450,971, 0.00% to 8.32%, 2/15/08 to 3/15/49).

     429,157      429,157
         
        3,710,470

TIME DEPOSITSc – 0.12%

  

Bank of Nova Scotia

     

5.30%, 03/02/07

     81,805      81,805

Chase Bank USA N.A.

     

5.38%, 03/01/07

     292,607      292,607

 

Security    Principal    Value

Citibank N.A.
5.47%, 03/01/07

   $ 292,607    $ 292,607

Deutsche Bank AG
5.38%, 03/01/07

     458,167      458,167
         
        1,125,186

VARIABLE & FLOATING RATE NOTESc – 1.54%

Allstate Life Global Funding II
5.30% - 5.40%,

02/15/08 - 03/07/08d

     499,383      499,427

American Express Centurion Bank
5.41%, 07/19/07

     214,579      214,675

American Express Credit Corp.
5.42%, 03/05/08

     58,521      58,550

AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust
5.35%, 03/06/07

     8,890      8,890

Arkle Master Issuer PLC Series 2006-1A Class 1A
5.30%, 11/19/07
d

     146,304      146,304

ASIF Global Financing
5.40%, 05/03/07
d

     19,507      19,509

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.
5.32%, 02/22/08
d

     126,797      126,797

Bank of Ireland
5.30% - 5.32%,

08/14/07 - 02/20/08d

     282,854      282,862

Beta Finance Inc.
5.29% - 5.41%,

04/25/07 - 07/25/07d

     497,432      497,442

BMW US Capital LLC
5.32%, 01/15/08
d

     195,072      195,072

BNP Paribas
5.33%, 11/19/07
d

     360,882      360,882

Brigantine High Grade Funding Ltd.
5.40%, 09/05/07
d

     187,269      187,251

Carlyle Loan Investment Ltd.
5.37%, 04/13/07 - 07/15/07
d

     142,402      142,402

CC USA Inc.
5.36%, 07/30/07
d

     97,536      97,541

 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security    Principal    Value

Commodore CDO Ltd.
5.44%, 12/12/07
d

   $ 48,768    $ 48,768

Credit Agricole SA
5.33%, 11/23/07

     195,072      195,072

Credit Suisse First Boston NY
5.36%, 04/24/07

     97,536      97,536

Cullinan Finance Corp.
5.36%, 04/25/07
d

     48,768      48,768

DaimlerChrysler Auto Trust Series 2006-C Class A1
5.33%, 10/08/07
d

     14,964      14,964

DEPFA Bank PLC
5.40%, 12/14/07
d

     195,072      195,072

Dorada Finance Inc.
5.33% - 5.41%,

06/27/07 - 07/17/07d

     224,332      224,336

Eli Lilly Services Inc.
5.31%, 03/01/07
d

     130,210      130,210

Fifth Third Bancorp
5.32%, 02/22/08
d

     390,143      390,143

Five Finance Inc.
5.31% - 5.37%,

06/29/07 - 07/13/07d

     126,797      126,790

General Electric Capital Corp.
5.28% - 5.45%,

07/09/07 - 02/22/08d

     204,825      204,845

Granite Master Issuer PLC
5.29%, 08/20/07
d

     682,750      682,750

Harrier Finance Funding LLC
5.29% - 5.36%,

07/25/07 - 08/15/07d

     253,593      253,594

Hartford Life Global Funding Trust
5.36% - 5.40%,

07/13/07 - 03/14/08

     292,607      292,627

HBOS Treasury Services PLC
5.46%, 01/24/08
d

     195,072      195,072

Holmes Financing PLC
5.29%, 07/16/07
d

     341,375      341,375

JP Morgan Securities Inc.
5.40%, 11/16/07

     390,143      390,143

 

Security    Principal    Value

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
5.29% - 5.45%,

07/27/07 - 02/29/08g

   $ 536,447    $ 536,447

K2 USA LLC
5.20% - 5.33%,

04/02/07 - 06/28/07d

     146,304      146,301

Kestrel Funding LLC
5.30%, 07/11/07
d

     78,029      78,026

Kommunalkredit Austria AG
5.32%, 02/08/08
d

     117,043      117,043

Leafs LLC
5.32%, 01/22/08
d

     188,999      188,999

Links Finance LLC
5.28% - 5.35%,

05/10/07 - 05/16/07d

     214,579      214,574

Lothian Mortgages Master Issuer PLC
5.29%, 04/24/07
d

     68,773      68,773

Marshall & Ilsley Bank
5.32%, 02/15/08

     107,289      107,289

Master Funding LLC
5.35%, 04/25/07 - 05/25/07
d

     353,027      353,026

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.
5.46%, 05/30/07
g

     214,579      214,579

Metropolitan Life Global Funding I
5.33%, 03/06/08
d

     292,607      292,607

Metropolitan Life Insurance Funding Agreement
5.44%, 08/01/07
d,g

     19,507      19,507

Mound Financing PLC
5.29%, 05/08/07
d

     183,367      183,367

Natexis Banques Populaires
5.33% - 5.35%,

06/20/07 - 02/08/08d

     312,114      312,111

National City Bank of Indiana
5.34%, 05/21/07

     97,536      97,538

Nationwide Building Society
5.37% - 5.48%,

07/20/07 - 01/28/08d

     643,736      643,809

Newcastle Ltd.
5.34%, 04/24/07 - 01/24/08
d

     195,559      195,534

 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security    Principal    Value

Northern Rock PLC

     

5.38%, 02/01/08d

   $ 234,086    $ 234,090

Northlake CDO I

     

5.42%, 09/06/07d

     58,521      58,521

Pricoa Global Funding I

     

5.31%, 02/27/08d

     263,347      263,347

Sedna Finance Inc.

     

5.32% - 5.34%,

     

05/25/07 - 08/21/07d

     282,854      282,852

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken

     

5.32%, 02/15/08d

     195,072      195,072

Strips III LLC

     

5.37%, 07/24/07d

     39,694      39,694

SunTrust Bank

     

5.29%, 05/01/07

     195,072      195,073

Tango Finance Corp.

     

5.27% - 5.34%,

     

04/25/07 - 07/16/07d

     475,975      475,959

Union Hamilton Special Funding LLC

     

5.36% - 5.37%,

     

03/28/07 - 06/21/07d

     321,868      321,869

Wachovia Asset Securitization Inc.

     

5.31%, 03/25/07d

     220,201      220,201

Wachovia Bank N.A.

     

5.36%, 05/22/07

     390,143      390,143

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

     

5.50%, 07/16/07d

     146,304      146,341

Wells Fargo & Co.

     

5.33%, 11/15/07d

     97,536      97,541

WhistleJacket Capital Ltd.

     

5.28% - 5.35%,

     

04/18/07 - 06/13/07d

     146,304      146,305

White Pine Finance LLC

     

5.28% - 5.32%,

     

05/22/07 - 08/20/07d

     585,215      585,163

Wind MasterTrust

     

5.31%, 07/25/07d

     78,029      78,029
         
        14,169,399
         

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost: $27,389,736)

     27,389,736
         

 

            Value  

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES – 102.25%
(Cost: $800,639,713)

   $ 942,346,462  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities – (2.25)%

     (20,752,130 )
           

NET ASSETS – 100.00%

   $ 921,594,332  
           

 

a

 

All or a portion of this security represents a security on loan. See Note 5.

b

 

Non-income earning security.

c

 

All or a portion of this security (these securities) represent(s) an investment of securities lending collateral. See Note 5.

d

 

This security or a portion of these securities may be resold to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A or pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933.

e

 

Affiliated issuer. See Note 2.

f

 

The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.

g

 

The investment adviser has determined that this security or a portion of these securities is “illiquid,” in that it cannot be sold within seven (7) days for approximately the value at which it is carried in the Fund.

See notes to financial statements.


 

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iSHARES® MSCI BRAZIL INDEX FUND

February 28, 2007

 

Security    Shares    Value

COMMON STOCKS – 39.43%

AEROSPACE & DEFENSE – 1.87%

Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica SA

   4,795,600    $ 53,942,029
         
        53,942,029

AGRICULTURE – 0.71%

  

Souza Cruz SA

   1,135,800      20,597,409
         
        20,597,409

BANKS – 4.65%

  

Banco Nossa Caixa SA

   567,200      10,673,406

Unibanco Uniao de Bancos Brasileiros SA

   14,513,020      123,733,237
         
        134,406,643

CHEMICALS – 0.40%

  

Braskem SA Class A

   1,766,836      11,468,205
         
        11,468,205

COMMERCIAL SERVICES – 0.84%

Companhia de Concessoes Rodoviarias

   1,893,000      24,342,393
         
        24,342,393

COSMETICS & PERSONAL CARE – 0.74%

Natura Cosmeticos SA

   1,688,600      21,419,688
         
        21,419,688

ELECTRIC – 1.79%

Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA

   1,388,200,000      29,424,870

EDP - Energias do Brasil SA

   707,300      11,127,565

Tractebel Energia SA

   1,388,200      11,279,534
         
        51,831,969

FOOD – 0.85%

     

Cosan SA Industria e Comercioa

   757,190      13,988,220

Perdigao SA

   883,400      10,652,398
         
        24,640,618

HEALTH CARE - SERVICES – 0.40%

Diagnosticos da America SAa

   525,100      11,402,313
         
        11,402,313

INTERNET – 0.55%

  

Submarino SA

   484,530      15,953,202
         
        15,953,202

 

Security    Shares    Value

IRON & STEEL – 2.22%

Companhia Siderurgica Nacional SA

   1,556,184    $ 54,316,173

Gerdau SA

   693,100      9,944,336
         
        64,260,509

MINING – 9.01%

     

Companhia Vale do Rio Doce ADR

   7,628,784      260,294,110
         
        260,294,110

OIL & GAS – 9.98%

Petroleo Brasileiro SA

   12,792,300      288,323,860
         
        288,323,860

REAL ESTATE – 0.97%

  

Cyrela Brazil Realty SA

   2,019,200      18,736,806

Gafisa SA

   631,000      9,178,182
         
        27,914,988

RETAIL – 0.64%

     

Lojas Renner SA

   1,317,100      18,543,626
         
        18,543,626

TELECOMMUNICATIONS – 1.18%

Brasil Telecom Participacoes SA

   794,200,000      13,605,774

Tele Norte Leste Participacoes SA

   793,538      20,371,088
         
        33,976,862

TRANSPORTATION – 1.75%

All America Latina

     

Logistica SA

   4,417,000      50,661,305
         
        50,661,305

WATER – 0.88%

     

Companhia de Saneamento

     

Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo

   189,300,000      25,279,531
         
        25,279,531
         

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost: $752,799,859)

     1,139,259,260

 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security    Shares    Value

PREFERRED STOCKS – 60.00%

AIRLINES – 1.30%

Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA

   594,100    $ 16,986,279

Tam SAa

   705,300      20,697,216
         
        37,683,495

BANKS – 11.59%

Banco Bradesco SA

   5,388,600      198,233,471

Banco Itau Holding Financeira SA

   3,988,370      136,746,798
         
        334,980,269

BEVERAGES – 4.24%

     

Companhia de Bebidasdas Americas

   252,400,000      122,455,017
         
        122,455,017

BUILDING MATERIALS – 0.65%

  

Duratex SA

   1,009,620      18,737,178
         
        18,737,178

ELECTRIC – 4.50%

     

Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA Class B

   1,180,400,000      24,797,855

Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais

   1,189,500,000      56,583,896

Companhia Energetica de Sao Paulo Class Ba

   1,766,800,000      20,847,074

Companhia Paranaense de Energia Class B

   1,388,200,000      16,085,601

Eletropaulo Metropolitana Electricidade de Sao Paulo SA Class Ba

   239,780,000      11,813,937
         
        130,128,363

FOOD – 1.12%

     

Companhia Brasileira de Distribuicao Grupo Pao de Acucar

   454,320,000      13,449,839

Sadia SA

   6,005,000      18,922,963
         
        32,372,802

 

Security    Shares    Value

FOREST PRODUCTS & PAPER – 2.57%

Aracruz Celulose SA Class B

   6,233,200    $ 33,206,544

Klabin SA

   7,748,000      18,722,204

Votorantim Celulose e Papel SA

   1,226,900      22,243,703
         
        74,172,451

GAS – 0.22%

     

Companhia de Gas de Sao Paulo Class A

   37,860,000      6,259,473
         
        6,259,473

IRON & STEEL – 4.29%

     

Gerdau SA

   3,872,373      66,047,398

Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais SA Class A

   1,388,200      57,810,062
         
        123,857,460

MACHINERY – 0.68%

     

Weg SA

   2,650,200      19,598,747
         
        19,598,747

MEDIA – 0.53%

     

Net Servicos de Comunicacao SAa

   1,216,568      15,472,132
         
        15,472,132

MINING – 11.09%

     

Companhia Vale do Rio Doce Class A

   10,896,400      320,578,966
         
        320,578,966

OIL & GAS – 12.37%

     

Petroleo Brasileiro SA

   17,702,700      357,556,183
         
        357,556,183

RETAIL – 0.71%

     

Lojas Americanas SA

   365,400,000      20,395,619
         
        20,395,619

TELECOMMUNICATIONS – 3.92%

  

Brasil Telecom Participacoes SA

   2,902,600,000      23,447,754

Tele Norte Leste Participacoes SA

   3,097,539      40,269,466

Telemig Celular Participacoes SA

   2,650,200,000      4,818,541

 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security    Shares    Value

Telesp Celular Participacoes SAa

   5,805,283    $ 21,602,325

TIM Participacoes SA

   7,193,400,000      23,074,413
         
        113,212,499

TEXTILES – 0.22%

     

Companhia de Tecidos

     

Norte de Minas

   50,480,400      6,407,658
         
        6,407,658
         

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
(Cost: $1,201,232,787)

     1,733,868,312

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.17%

MONEY MARKET FUNDS – 0.17%

  

Barclays Global Investors Funds Institutional Money Market Fund, Institutional Shares

     

5.30%b,c

   4,775,657      4,775,657
         
        4,775,657
         

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost: $4,775,657)

     4,775,657
         

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES – 99.60%
(Cost: $1,958,808,303)

     2,877,903,229

Other Assets, Less Liabilities – 0.40%

     11,629,849
         

NET ASSETS – 100.00%

   $ 2,889,533,078
         

ADR – American Depositary Receipts

 

a

 

Non-income earning security.

b

 

Affiliated issuer. See Note 2.

c

 

The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.

See notes to financial statements.


 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security    Shares    Value

COMMON STOCKS – 99.79%

AEROSPACE & DEFENSE – 0.28%

  

CAE Inc.

   276,604    $ 2,870,897
         
        2,870,897

AIRLINES – 0.27%

     

ACE Aviation Holdings Inc.
Class A
a

   90,830      2,804,184
         
        2,804,184

APPAREL – 0.33%

     

Gildan Activewear Inc.a

   66,198      3,419,002
         
        3,419,002

AUTO PARTS & EQUIPMENT – 0.84%

  

Magna International Inc.
Class A

   119,508      8,747,918
         
        8,747,918

BANKS – 17.93%

  

Bank of Montreal

   551,124      33,258,739

Bank of Nova Scotia

   1,088,980      47,235,105

Canadian Imperial

     

Bank of Commerce

   369,941      31,758,357

National Bank of Canada

   178,302      9,929,743

Royal Bank of Canada

   1,410,100      65,048,236
         
        187,230,180

BEVERAGES – 0.11%

  

Cott Corp.a

   78,937      1,102,715
         
        1,102,715

CHEMICALS – 2.82%

  

Agrium Inc.

   145,792      5,581,513

Methanex Corp.

   117,501      2,956,189

NOVA Chemicals Corp.

   90,844      2,858,849

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc.

   114,634      18,001,414
         
        29,397,965

COAL – 0.39%

  

Fording Canadian Coal Trust

   162,217      4,074,275
         
        4,074,275

COMMERCIAL SERVICES – 0.29%

  

QuebecorWorld Inc.

   93,081      1,230,443

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc.

   32,373      1,846,770
         
        3,077,213

 

Security    Shares    Value

COMPUTERS – 2.68%

     

CGI Group Inc.a

   293,768    $ 2,475,313

Research In Motion Ltd.a

   182,506      25,535,742
         
        28,011,055

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES – 0.99%

CI Financial Income Fund

   68,310      1,546,740

IGM Financial Inc.

   131,156      5,665,474

TSX Group Inc.

   75,276      3,136,099
         
        10,348,313

ELECTRIC – 0.69%

     

Fortis Inc.

   117,946      2,645,499

TransAlta Corp.

   220,953      4,556,431
         
        7,201,930

ELECTRONICS – 0.13%

     

Celestica Inc.a

   222,419      1,394,209
         
        1,394,209

ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION – 0.49%

SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.

   165,914      5,085,454
         
        5,085,454

FOOD – 0.96%

  

George Weston Ltd.

   56,837      3,441,582

Loblaw Companies Ltd.

   120,607      4,757,216

Saputo Inc.

   51,293      1,837,283
         
        10,036,081

FOREST PRODUCTS & PAPER – 0.38%

  

Abitibi-Consolidated Inc.

   435,817      1,200,536

Canfor Corp.a

   87,543      859,341

Domtar Inc.a

   232,215      1,932,897
         
        3,992,774

HAND & MACHINE TOOLS – 0.43%

  

Finning International Inc.

   100,017      4,448,328
         
        4,448,328

HEALTH CARE – SERVICES – 0.27%

  

MDS Inc.

   154,037      2,863,849
         
        2,863,849

HOLDING COMPANIES - DIVERSIFIED – 2.26%

Brookfield Asset Management Inc.

     

Class A

   383,664      20,528,830

Onex Corp.

   120,623      3,069,712
         
        23,598,542

 

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Security    Shares    Value

INSURANCE – 11.34%

Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.

   18,782    $ 3,615,601

Great-West Lifeco Inc.

   294,150      9,081,259

Manulife Financial Corp.

   1,701,913      56,926,381

Power Corp. of Canada

   376,613      12,414,048

Power Financial Corp.

   271,470      9,279,363

Sun Life Financial Inc.

   630,257      27,117,364
         
        118,434,016

IRON & STEEL – 0.69%

Algoma Steel Inc.a

   34,977      1,501,933

IPSCO Inc.

   52,026      5,648,296
         
        7,150,229

LODGING – 0.23%

Four Seasons Hotels Inc.

   29,130      2,347,939
         
        2,347,939

MANUFACTURING – 0.58%

Bombardier Inc. Class Ba

   1,555,497      6,049,266
         
        6,049,266

MEDIA – 3.59%

Astral Media Inc. Class A

   55,246      1,931,761

Rogers Communications Inc.
Class B

   488,433      15,904,117

Shaw Communications Inc.
Class B

   190,598      6,531,259

Thomson Corp.

   246,783      9,923,516

Yellow Pages Income Fund

   276,578      3,179,627
         
        37,470,280

MINING – 13.76%

Aber Diamond Corp.

   65,161      2,322,911

Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd.

   131,428      5,160,501

Alcan Inc.

   413,161      21,430,602

Barrick Gold Corp.

   949,368      28,273,362

Bema Gold Corp.a

   537,598      3,356,119

Cameco Corp.

   387,364      14,288,084

Eldorado Gold Corp.a

   378,280      2,251,840

First Quantum Minerals Ltd.

   74,026      4,289,853

Goldcorp Inc.

   771,962      20,659,390

Ivanhoe Mines Ltd.a

   272,428      2,753,206

Kinross Gold Corp.a

   398,846      5,592,110

Lundin Mining Corp.a

   266,104      2,891,275

 

Security    Shares    Value

Meridian Gold Inc.a

   110,673    $ 3,027,922

Novelis Inc.

   81,440      3,542,228

Pan American Silver Corp.a

   82,031      2,456,977

Teck Cominco Ltd. Class B

   232,490      16,353,908

Yamana Gold Inc.

   339,407      5,004,773
         
        143,655,061

OIL & GAS – 23.68%

ARC Energy Trust

   106,118      1,945,791

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.

   593,191      29,711,405

Canadian Oil Sands Trust

   255,409      5,946,583

Canetic Resources Trust

   247,434      3,156,891

Duvernay Oil Corp.a

   45,621      1,248,542

EnCana Corp.

   885,542      42,934,683

Enerplus Resources Fund

   134,763      5,810,940

Ensign Resource Service Group

   142,156      2,290,160

First Calgary Petroleums Ltd.a

   257,286      1,360,431

Harvest Energy Trust

   134,179      3,145,777

Husky Energy Inc.

   140,598      9,101,009

Imperial Oil Ltd.

   370,269      13,183,856

Nexen Inc.

   288,559      16,500,687

Niko Resources Ltd.

   39,355      2,809,273

OPTI Canada Inc.a

   189,922      3,181,159

Penn West Energy Trust

   259,439      7,772,881

Petro-Canada

   548,113      20,217,379

Precision Drilling Trust

   67,682      1,583,316

PrimeWest Energy Trust

   91,226      1,781,651

Provident Energy Trust

   229,634      2,496,980

Shell Canada Ltd.

   227,131      8,643,201

Suncor Energy Inc.

   506,902      35,855,573

Talisman Energy Inc.

   1,199,943      20,641,210

UTS Energy Corp.a

   460,743      1,559,976

Western Oil Sands Inc. Class Aa

   159,547      4,347,385
         
        247,226,739

OIL & GAS SERVICES – 0.24%

Trican Well Service Ltd.

   127,821      2,539,959
         
        2,539,959

PHARMACEUTICALS – 0.43%

Angiotech Pharmaceuticals Inc.a

   94,503      624,620

Biovail Corp.

   155,437      3,212,007

QLT Inc.a

   82,660      691,565
         
        4,528,192

 

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Security    Shares    Value

PIPELINES – 2.79%

Enbridge Inc.

   381,265    $ 12,066,645

TransCanada Corp.

   537,509      17,098,704
         
        29,165,349

REAL ESTATE – 0.86%

Brookfield Properties Corp.

   158,312      7,090,995

MI Developments Inc. Class A

   51,402      1,885,025
         
        8,976,020

RETAIL – 2.13%

Alimentation Couche Tard Inc.
Class B

   149,200      3,149,290

Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd. Class A

   86,100      5,261,238

Jean Coutu Group Inc. Class A

   158,833      2,006,155

RONA Inc.a

   126,463      2,529,152

Shoppers Drug Mart Corp.

   213,830      9,311,466
         
        22,257,301

SOFTWARE – 0.47%

Cognos Inc.a

   98,929      3,736,783

Open Text Corp.a

   52,524      1,148,088
         
        4,884,871

TELECOMMUNICATIONS – 3.21%

BCE Inc.

   294,996      7,723,660

Nortel Networks Corp.a

   477,521      14,278,185

TELUS Corp.

   64,884      3,118,173

TELUS Corp. NVS

   178,404      8,410,876
         
        33,530,894

TRANSPORTATION – 3.25%

Canadian National Railway Co.

   569,169      24,804,517

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.

   171,661      9,142,663
         
        33,947,180
         

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost: $890,175,456)

        1,041,868,180

 

Security    Shares    Value

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.03%

MONEY MARKET FUNDS – 0.03%

Barclays Global Investors Funds
Institutional Money Market Fund,
Institutional Shares
5.30%
b,c

   300,977    $ 300,977
         
        300,977
         

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

(Cost: $300,977)

        300,977
         

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES – 99.82%

(Cost: $890,476,433)

        1,042,169,157

Other Assets, Less Liabilities – 0.18%

     1,887,693
         

NET ASSETS – 100.00%

      $ 1,044,056,850
         

NVS – Non-Voting Shares

 

a

 

Non-income earning security.

b

 

Affiliated issuer. See Note 2.

c

 

The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.

See notes to financial statements.


 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security    Shares    Value

COMMON STOCKS – 97.79%

  

ARGENTINA – 0.91%

  

BBVA Banco Frances SA ADR

   914,298    $ 10,688,144

Petrobras Energia

     

Participaciones SA ADRa

   1,720,261      18,200,361

Tenaris SA ADR

   2,201,996      99,992,638
         
        128,881,143

BRAZIL – 8.69%

  

Aracruz Celulose SA ADR

   560,444      30,073,425

Banco Bradesco SA ADR

   4,834,569      177,863,793

Banco Itau Holding
Financiera SA ADR

   5,506,569      188,379,725

Brasil Telecom
Participacoes SA ADR

   674,519      27,318,019

Companhia Brasileira de
Distribuicao Grupo Pao de
Acucar ADR

   821,337      24,599,043

Companhia de Bebidas das
Americas ADR

   1,044,028      50,499,634

Companhia Energetica de
Minas Gerais ADR

   139,260      6,705,369

Companhia Vale do Rio
Doce ADR

   4,893,568      166,968,540

Companhia Vale do Rio Doce
Sponsored ADR

   6,658,460      196,757,493

Empresa Brasileira de
Aeronautica SA ADR

   1,152,904      52,284,196

Gerdau SA Sponsored ADR

   1,835,700      31,482,255

Net Servicos de
Comunicacao SA ADR

   600,084      8,221,151

Petroleo Brasileiro SA ADR

   1,909,988      172,662,915

Tele Norte Leste
Participacoes SA ADR

   1,779,152      23,075,601

Unibanco-Uniao de Bancos
Brasileiros SA GDR

   651,568      55,696,033

Votorantim Celulose e
Papel ADR
b

   778,168      13,952,552
         
        1,226,539,744

CHILE – 2.04%

  

Banco Santander Chile
SA ADR

   1,672,037      79,588,961
Security    Shares    Value

Compania de

     

Telecomunicaciones de

     

Chile SA ADR

   2,019,316    $ 17,164,186

Enersis SA ADR

   4,917,780      76,963,257

LAN Airlines SA

     

Sponsored ADR

   453,339      30,908,653

Sociedad Quimica y Minera
de Chile SA ADR
c

   613,044      83,668,245
         
        288,293,302

CHINA – 7.04%

  

Angang New Steel Co.

     

Ltd. Class Hb

   11,816,000      18,603,587

Bank of China Ltd. Class Ha,b

   143,480,000      68,688,505

Bank of Communications Co.

     

Ltd. Class Hb

   39,774,000      40,067,762

Beijing Capital International

     

Airport Co. Ltd. Class Hb

   13,508,000      12,449,291

China Construction

     

Bank Class Hb

   169,644,000      95,545,947

China Eastern Airlines Corp.

     

Ltd. Class Ha,b

   59,080,000      17,696,094

China Life Insurance Co.

     

Ltd. Class H

   43,888,000      117,693,074

China Petroleum & Chemical

     

Corp. Class H

   109,804,000      87,845,449

China Shipping Development

     

Co. Ltd. Class H

   15,210,000      21,065,781

Cofco International Ltd.b

   5,070,000      4,231,328

COSCO Pacific Ltd.

   6,752,000      18,063,413

Datang International Power

     

Generation Co.

     

Ltd. Class Hb

   6,760,000      6,835,887

Guangshen Railway

     

Co. Ltd. Class Hb

   54,086,363      33,993,068

Huadian Power International

     

Corp. Ltd.b

   28,730,000      10,076,444

Huaneng Power International

     

Inc. Class Hb

   20,256,000      17,501,632

Hunan Non-Ferrous Metal

     

Corp. Ltd. Class Ha

   23,660,000      15,899,927

Industrial & Commercial

     

Bank of China Class Ha

   176,396,000      97,316,636

 

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Security    Shares    Value

Jiangsu Expressway Co.

     

Ltd. Class Hb

   5,070,000    $ 3,777,044

Jiangxi Copper Co. Ltd.b

   16,898,000      19,293,954

Maanshan Iron & Steel Co.

     

Ltd. Class Hb

   18,568,000      11,978,895

PetroChina Co. Ltd. Class H

   114,798,000      133,867,079

Ping An Insurance (Group)
Co. of China Ltd. Class H

   9,287,500      42,144,039

Shanghai Forte Land Co.

     

Class H

   5,064,000      2,119,642

Sinopec Shanghai

     

Petrochemical Co. Ltd.

     

Class H

   20,280,000      10,279,789

Sinotrans Ltd.

   20,256,000      7,830,360

Travelsky Technology Ltd.

     

Class H

   1,690,000      3,093,455

Tsingtao Brewery Co. Ltd.

     

Class Hb

   3,380,000      5,762,912

Weichai Power Co. Ltd.

     

Class Hb

   3,377,000      14,524,173

XinAo Gas Holdings Ltd.b

   3,388,000      3,304,604

Yanzhou Coal Mining Co.
Ltd. Class H
b

   20,256,800      18,617,286

Zhejiang Expressway Co.
Ltd. Class H

   20,280,000      15,212,011

Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd.

     

Class H

   27,008,000      18,253,554
         
        993,632,622

CZECH REPUBLIC – 1.83%

  

CEZ AS

   4,293,817      172,320,655

Komercni Banka AS

   239,343      39,126,809

Philip Morris CR AS

   10,131      5,272,273

Unipetrol ASa

   3,585,500      37,046,908

Zentiva NV

   86,835      4,886,152
         
        258,652,797

EGYPT – 0.70%

  

Orascom Construction

     

Industries Co. GDR

   469,063      45,030,048

Orascom Telecom Holding

     

SAE GDR

   756,242      53,390,685
         
        98,420,733

 

Security    Shares    Value

HONG KONG – 4.99%

  

Air China Ltd.b

   25,320,000    $ 18,960,102

AMP Ltd.

   2,322,607      18,868,312

Beijing Enterprises

     

Holdings Ltd.b

   3,380,000      8,220,371

Brilliance China Automotive

     

Holdings Ltd.a,b

   21,798,000      5,357,214

Chaoda Modern Agriculture

     

(Holdings) Ltd.

   1,688,000      1,222,953

China Agri-Industries Ltd.d

   5,274,000      2,356,062

China Everbright

     

Pacific Ltd.a,b

   18,796,000      17,346,897

China Mengniu Dairy Co. Ltd.b

   3,376,000      9,269,383

China Merchants Holdings

     

International Co. Ltd.

   6,752,000      26,317,269

China Mobile Ltd.

   29,118,000      270,594,678

China Overseas Land &

     

Investment Ltd.b

   27,008,000      27,242,046

China Resources

     

Enterprises Ltd.

   11,830,000      34,904,125

China Resources Land Ltd.b

   27,040,000      27,689,669

China Resources Power

     

Holdings Co. Ltd.

   5,064,000      7,130,295

China Travel International

     

Investment Hong Kong

Ltd.b

   59,366,951      26,065,133

Citic Pacific Ltd.

   9,295,000      31,231,999

CNOOC Ltd.

   101,280,000      81,674,282

Denway Motors Ltd.b

   32,072,000      12,726,495

GOME Electrical Appliances

     

Holdings Ltd.b

   7,495,000      8,317,864

Guangdong Investment Ltd.

   11,820,110      6,203,353

Guangzhou Investment

     

Co. Ltd.

   28,696,000      6,538,264

Lenovo Group Ltd.b

   35,448,000      13,612,381

Li Ning Co. Ltd.b

   3,376,000      6,352,444

Nine Dragons Paper

     

Holdings Ltd.b

   9,284,000      19,251,795

Shanghai Industrial

     

Holdings Ltd.

   3,380,000      7,917,515

Shenzhen Investment Ltd.

   27,030,000      12,109,750

Sinofert Holdings Ltd.b

   28,502,000      15,104,167
         
        703,716,506

 

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Security    Shares    Value

HUNGARY – 1.81%

  

Gedeon Richter Rtb

   403,528    $ 78,379,059

MagyarTelekom

     

Telecommunications PLC

   2,805,594      13,703,504

MOL Magyar Olaj-es

     

Gazipari Rtb

   546,068      58,562,157

OTP Bank Ltd.b

   2,470,388      105,435,650
         
        256,080,370

INDIA – 5.97%

  

HDFC Bank Ltd. ADR

   2,139,540      142,001,270

ICICI Bank Ltd. ADR

   3,426,640      131,343,111

Infosys Technologies Ltd. ADR

   3,398,334      184,393,603

Mahanagar Telephone

     

Nigam Ltd. ADR

   5,057,423      30,243,390

Reliance Industries Ltd. GDRe

   1,516,917      93,745,471

Satyam Computer Services

     

Ltd. ADR

   4,952,648      106,779,091

Videsh Sanchar Nigam

     

Ltd. ADRb

   4,634,404      78,136,051

Wipro Ltd. ADRb

   4,806,096      76,128,561
         
        842,770,548

INDONESIA – 2.18%

  

PT Aneka Tambang Tbk

   45,576,000      45,418,781

PT Astra Agro Lestari Tbk

   2,110,000      2,899,907

PT Astra International Inc. Tbk

   13,089,000      20,139,128

PT Bank Central Asia Tbk

   38,015,000      20,503,080

PT Bank Danamon

     

Indonesia Tbk

   13,092,987      8,244,502

PT Bank Internasional

     

Indonesia Tbk

   118,582,000      2,532,277

PT Bank Mandiri Tbk

   28,274,000      7,198,932

PT Bank Pan Indonesia Tbka

   213,606,522      13,333,595

PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia Tbk

   34,089,061      17,732,359

PT Berlian Laju Tanker Tbk

   22,392,500      4,291,395

PT Bumi Resources Tbk

   124,701,000      16,523,923

PT Indosat Tbk

   1,266,000      817,982

PT Kalbe Farma Tbka

   246,164,656      32,888,450

PT Perusahaan Gas

     

Negara Tbk

   16,036,000      15,717,265

PT Ramayana Lestari

     

Sentosa Tbk

   84,509,870      7,126,168

 

Security    Shares    Value

PT Semen

     

Gresik (Persero) Tbk

   438,000    $ 1,851,481

PTTelekomunikasi

     

Indonesia Tbk

   79,336,000      77,324,690

PT United Tractors Tbk

   16,521,771      12,574,748
         
        307,118,663

ISRAEL – 3.46%

  

Africa Israel Investments Ltd.

   76,895      6,810,387

AudioCodes Ltd.a

   33,300      324,675

Bank Hapoalim Ltd.

   9,803,227      45,342,250

Bank Leumi Le-Israel

   12,834,863      46,030,154

Check Point Software

     

Technologies Ltd.a

   1,366,436      30,854,125

Clal Industries and

     

Investments Ltd.

   459,980      2,657,759

Clal Insurance Co. Ltd.

   83,556      2,118,628

Discount Investment

     

Corp. Ltd.

   70,980      2,153,307

ECI Telecom Ltd.a

   414,404      3,323,520

Elbit Systems Ltd.

   646,504      22,143,069

Elite Industries Ltd.

   189,900      2,099,890

Israel Chemicals Ltd.

   6,903,076      42,407,417

Israel Corp. Ltd. (The)

   9,284      4,884,229

Israel Discount Bank Class Aa

   14,491,096      32,941,808

Koor Industries Ltd.a

   273,513      14,869,350

Makhteshim-Agan

     

Industries Ltd.

   2,967,628      17,759,311

Mizrahi Tefahot Bank Ltd.

   4,618,540      32,897,238

NICE Systems Ltd.a

   169,000      5,792,339

Orbotech Ltd.a

   570,456      12,749,692

Super-Sol Ltd.a

   1,658,603      6,440,069

Syneron Medical Ltd.a

   168,800      4,508,648

Teva Pharmaceutical

     

Industries Ltd.

   4,165,984      148,912,189
         
        488,020,054

MEXICO – 7.21%

  

Alfa SAB de CV Class Ab

   3,629,200      22,977,563

America Movil SAB de CV

     

Series Lb

   90,308,000      197,735,846

Carso Infraestructura y

     

Construccion SA de CVa,b

   2,849,700      2,524,954

 

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Security    Shares    Value

Cemex SA de CV
Series CPO
a,b

   39,414,800    $ 134,537,169

Consorcio Ara SA de CVb

   5,915,000      37,280,080

Controladora Comercial
Mexicana SA de CV
b

   9,452,800      24,102,015

Corporacion GEO SAB de
CV Series B
a,b

   5,645,700      30,545,048

Desarrolladora Homex SAB
de CV
a,b

   1,089,900      9,905,963

Empresas ICA SAB de CVa,b

   5,196,100      18,560,160

Fomento Economico
Mexicano SAB
b

   5,154,500      57,086,480

Grupo Carso SA de CV
Series A1
b

   761,241      2,568,387

Grupo Financiero Banorte
SAB de CV Series O
b

   10,144,456      39,634,449

Grupo Mexico SA de CV
Series B
b

   11,186,700      48,837,833

Grupo Modelo SA de CV
Series C
b

   11,083,698      57,037,056

Grupo Televisa SA Series CPOb

   17,470,800      95,633,926

Industrias Penoles SA de
CV Series CP
b

   761,488      7,405,440

Kimberly-Clark de Mexico
SA de CV Class A
b

   6,245,600      26,197,723

Telefonos de Mexico SA de
CV Series L
b

   47,524,900      69,103,129

TV Azteca SA de CV
Series CPO
b

   10,550,000      8,449,830

Urbi Desarrollos Urbanos
SA de CV
a,b

   3,436,300      13,441,037

Wal-Mart de Mexico SA de
CV Series V
b

   29,711,800      114,886,336
         
        1,018,450,424

PERU – 0.29%

     

Compania de Minas
Buenaventura SA ADR

   1,493,882      41,410,409
         
        41,410,409

PHILIPPINE ISLANDS – 1.58%

Ayala Corp.

   2,557,320      29,508,045

Ayala Land Inc. Class B

   31,228,000      9,812,538
Security    Shares    Value

Bank of the Philippine Islands

   20,053,800    $ 25,618,619

Filinvest Land Inc.a

   329,224,375      11,396,424

Globe Telecom Inc.

   388,240      10,359,466

Jollibee Foods Corp.

   32,494,000      33,476,536

Manila Electric Co. Class B

   9,368,400      13,801,898

Megaworld Corp.d

   237,841,040      14,946,999

Metropolitan Bank& Trust Co.

   40      51

Petron Corp.

   169,644,000      15,380,078

Philippine Long Distance
Telephone Co.

   540,160      25,821,279

SM Investments Corp.

   1,612,040      11,708,527

SM Prime Holdings Inc.

   94,528,000      21,424,983
         
        223,255,443

RUSSIA – 9.15%

  

JSC MMC Norilsk Nickel ADR

   512,427      90,955,792

LUKOIL ADR

   3,527,076      279,697,127

Mobile TeleSystems
Sponsored ADR

   759,600      38,967,480

OAO Gazprom ADR

   14,201,083      578,268,100

OAO Tatneft ADR

   208,957      17,970,302

Polyus Gold ADRa

   478,782      24,561,517

RAO Unified Energy
System of Russia GDR

   200,028      23,743,324

Rostelecom ADRb

   604,307      29,478,095

Sberbank GDR

   78,820      34,254,585

Surgutneftegaz ADRb

   1,796,933      106,378,434

Vimpel-Communications
Sponsored ADR
a

   844,000      67,908,240
         
        1,292,182,996

SOUTH AFRICA – 10.34%

  

African Bank Investments Ltd.

   8,215,591      31,175,713

Alexander Forbes Ltd.a

   8,164,152      18,464,837

Anglo Platinum Ltd.

   356,903      50,542,407

AngloGold Ashanti Ltd.

   930,130      40,283,083

AVI Ltd.

   3,403,408      9,358,635

Barloworld Ltd.

   1,782,732      42,501,440

Bidvest Group Ltd.

   2,105,974      40,826,356

Consol Ltd.

   3,403,408      8,960,893

Edgars Consolidated
Stores Ltd.

   3,828,150      23,316,383

FirstRand Ltd.

   22,306,088      73,450,952

 

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Security    Shares    Value

Foschini Ltd.

   4,871,828    $ 43,618,913

Gold Fields Ltd.

   2,781,026      47,779,826

Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd.

   3,194,088      90,465,418

Imperial Holdings Ltd.a

   2,029,457      45,760,652

Investec Ltd.

   3,701,085      43,507,454

JD Group Ltd.

   2,400,424      29,966,934

Liberty Group Ltd.

   625,406      6,878,924

Metropolitan Holdings Ltd.

   7,477,163      15,626,040

Mittal Steel South Africa Ltd.

   2,831,003      42,757,164

MTN Group Ltd.

   8,808,032      106,568,795

Nampak Ltd.

   5,844,973      18,684,177

Naspers Ltd.

   2,907,958      68,567,885

Nedbank Group Ltd.

   2,660,289      49,286,286

Network Healthcare
Holdings Ltd.
a

   14,603,032      28,309,399

Pick’n Pay Stores Ltd.

   3,868,910      17,479,326

Reunert Ltd.

   1,339,428      14,087,999

Sanlam Ltd.

   13,516,660      35,216,574

Sappi Ltd.

   345,690      4,871,685

Sasol Ltd.

   3,627,916      116,220,207

Shoprite Holdings Ltd.

   9,836,821      36,516,322

SPAR Group Ltd. (The)

   1,357,276      8,399,350

Standard Bank Group Ltd.

   7,589,330      104,866,796

Steinhoff International
Holdings Ltd.

   1,418,764      5,081,435

Telkom South Africa Ltd.

   1,022,235      22,909,038

Tiger Brands Ltd.

   1,302,864      31,276,045

Tongaat-Hulett Group Ltd.

   1,228,209      20,263,853

Truworths International Ltd.

   7,542,831      35,259,959

Woolworths Holdings Ltd.

   10,964,568      30,692,891
         
        1,459,800,046

SOUTH KOREA – 15.29%

  

Hyundai Heavy Industries
Co. Ltd.

   285,120      48,746,225

Kookmin Bank ADRa

   4,663,100      416,601,354

Korea Electric Power
Corp. ADR
a

   12,289,688      258,206,345

KT Corp. ADRa

   5,971,300      134,234,824

LG.Philips LCD Co.
Ltd. ADR
a,b

   5,291,880      85,516,781

POSCO ADR

   5,175,408      479,760,322
Security    Shares    Value

Samsung Electronics Co.
Ltd. GDR
e

   1,952,300    $ 586,178,075

Samsung Heavy Industries
Co. Ltd.

   1,080,000      26,492,514

SKTelecom Co. Ltd. ADR

   5,411,884      123,390,955
         
        2,159,127,395

TAIWAN – 10.93%

     

AU Optronics Corp. ADRb

   11,282,592      159,648,677

Chunghwa Telecom Co. Ltd.
Sponsored ADR

   14,277,948      275,421,617

Siliconware Precision
Industries Co. ADR
c

   34,833,568      316,288,797

Taiwan Semiconductor
Manufacturing Co.
Ltd. ADR

   46,741,044      518,825,588

United Microelectronics
Corp. ADR
b

   82,806,597      273,261,770
         
        1,543,446,449

THAILAND – 2.28%

     

Advanced Info Service PCL

   6,472,400      14,203,057

Aromatics Thailand PCL

   8,478,300      10,863,212

Bangkok Bank PCL

   7,865,600      26,180,053

Bangkok Expressway PCL

   15,628,400      10,817,891

Banpu PCL

   2,511,000      13,830,839

Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL

   28,000      3,827

Electricity Generating PCL

   3,378,700      9,902,228

Kasikornbank PCL

   12,016,400      23,360,306

Kiatnakin Bank PCL

   6,273,100      5,497,046

Krung Thai Bank PCL

   14,309,100      4,889,118

PTT Chemical PCL

   5,131,968      11,790,678

PTT Exploration &
Production PCL

   13,444,400      38,808,577

PTT PCL

   7,471,500      45,775,317

Ratchaburi Electricity
Generating Holding PCL

   27,707,600      36,113,735

Siam Cement PCL

   2,511,000      17,602,887

Siam City Cement PCL

   508,400      4,073,190

Siam Makro PCL

   10,876,800      26,431,105

Thai Airways
International PCL

   2,353,600      2,929,001

 

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Security
   Shares    Value

Thai Union Frozen
Products PCL

   10,044,000    $ 6,804,477

Thanachart Capital PCL

   15,118,900      5,388,474

Tisco Bank PCL

   6,344,700      3,961,933

United Broadcasting Corp. PCLa,d

   5,658,800      3,000,247
         
        322,227,198

TURKEY – 1.10%

  

Adana Cimento Sanayi
TAS Class A
b

   3,207,552      20,975,507

AkbankTAS b

   3,290,756      21,635,938

Akcansa Cimento Sanayi
ve Ticaret AS
b

   442,267      2,860,903

Arcelik ASb

   793,071      5,354,421

Dogan Yayin Holding ASa,b

   2,296,528      7,663,211

Eregli Demir ve Celik
Fabrikalari TAS
b

   1,468,972      12,046,713

Hurriyet Gazetecilik ve
Matbaacilik AS
b

   1,831,487      5,023,803

Tofas Turk Otomobil
Fabrikasi AS
b

   5,980,077      22,195,408

Trakya Cam Sanayii ASb

   141,872      411,223

Tupras-Turkiye Petrol
Rafinerileri AS
b

   729,326      14,050,289

Turk Sise ve Cam
Fabrikalari AS
a,b

   2,774,418      11,180,051

Turkiye Garanti Bankasi ASb

   3,980,304      15,195,222

Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi ASa,b

   7,510,168      16,246,811
         
        154,839,500
         

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost: $11,236,785,612)

     13,806,866,342

PREFERRED STOCKS – 1.43%

  

BRAZIL – 1.43%

  

Petroleo Brasileiro SA ADR

   2,483,208      202,580,109
         
        202,580,109
         

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
(Cost: $167,942,617)

     202,580,109
Security    Shares or
Principal
   Value

EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS – 0.55%

  

iShares MSCI Malaysia
Index Fund
b,c

     902,055    $ 9,083,694

iShares MSCI South Korea
Index Fund
b,c

     562,297      27,546,930

iShares MSCI Taiwan
Index Fund
b,c

     2,897,456      40,361,562
         

TOTAL EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS
(Cost: $67,335,463)

     76,992,186

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 7.21%

  

CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSITf – 0.34%

  

Credit Suisse First Boston NY
5.28% - 5.43%,
    04/23/07 - 08/21/07

   $ 10,997,597      10,997,597

Deutsche Bank AG
5.35%, 08/08/07

     18,329,327      18,329,327

Washington Mutual Bank
5.33%, 03/19/07

     18,329,327      18,329,327
         
        47,656,251

COMMERCIAL PAPERf – 1.62%

  

Amstel Funding Corp.
5.22%,
04/16/07 - 04/17/07
e

     6,973,283      6,926,135

BNP Paribas Finance Inc.
5.12%, 06/06/07

     2,566,106      2,530,740

Bryant Park Funding LLC
5.27%, 03/06/07
e

     1,806,832      1,805,509

Cantabric Finance LLC
5.25%, 03/06/07
e

     5,865,385      5,861,108

Cheyne Finance LLC
5.24%, 04/12/07 - 04/23/07
e

     5,498,798      5,459,312

Concord Minutemen
Capital Co. LLC
5.29%, 03/19/07
e

     3,736,763      3,726,880

Crown Point Capital Co. LLC
5.20%, 07/18/07
e

     8,469,249      8,299,205

Edison Asset Securitization LLC
5.21%, 04/11/07
e

     3,038,489      3,020,460

 

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Security
   Principal    Value

Five Finance Inc.
5.22%, 04/20/07
e

   $ 3,372,596    $ 3,348,145

General Electric Capital Corp.
5.12% - 5.20%,
    06/04/07 - 07/17/07
e

     12,830,529      12,610,161

Giro Funding Corp.
5.25%,
    03/05/07 - 03/12/07
e

     12,024,039      12,009,541

Grampian Funding LLC
5.14% - 5.23%,
    04/23/07 - 06/06/07
e

     14,296,875      14,119,309

Harrier Finance Funding LLC
5.12%, 06/06/07
e

     7,331,731      7,230,684

Irish Permanent Treasury PLC
5.18%, 07/10/07

     3,665,865      3,596,766

KKR Pacific Funding Trust
5.29%, 03/13/07
e

     9,164,664      9,148,503

Lexington Parker Capital Co. LLC
5.18% - 5.20%,
    05/17/07 - 07/25/07
e

     9,263,495      9,105,821

Liberty Street Funding Corp.
5.27%, 03/06/07
e

     879,808      879,164

Lockhart Funding LLC
5.25%,
    05/04/07 - 05/14/07
e

     16,540,092      16,382,981

Nationwide Building Society
5.21%, 04/13/07
e

     6,965,144      6,921,800

Nestle Capital Corp.
5.19%, 08/09/07

     4,399,039      4,296,933

Sedna Finance Inc.
5.22%, 04/17/07
e

     4,179,087      4,150,606

Simba Funding Corp.
5.20%, 07/23/07
e

     7,331,731      7,179,231

Societe Generale
5.18%, 05/16/07

     18,329,327      18,128,886

Thames Asset Global
Securitization No. 1 Inc.
5.25% - 5.28%,
    03/02/07 - 03/12/07
e

     27,930,669      27,903,659
Security    Shares or
Principal
   Value

Thornburg Mortgage
Capital Resources LLC
5.28%, 03/12/07
e

   $ 5,366,827    $ 5,358,169

Three Pillars Funding Corp.
5.26%,
    03/01/07 - 03/12/07
e

     3,849,012      3,845,982

Tulip Funding Corp.
5.29%, 03/15/07
e

     14,074,064      14,045,110

Westpac Banking Corp.
5.20%, 07/12/07
e

     6,598,558      6,471,792

Zela Finance Inc.
5.20%, 07/16/07
e

     4,399,039      4,311,987
         
        228,674,579

MEDIUM-TERM NOTES – 0.15%

  

Bank of America N.A.
5.28%, 04/20/07

     1,832,933      1,832,933

Cullinan Finance Corp.
5.71%, 06/28/07
e

     5,498,798      5,498,798

K2 USA LLC
5.39%, 06/04/07
e

     5,498,798      5,498,798

Sigma Finance Inc.
5.13% - 5.51%,
    03/30/07 - 06/18/07
e

     8,578,125      8,578,125
         
        21,408,654

MONEY MARKET FUNDS – 0.04%

  

Barclays Global Investors Funds
Institutional Money
Market Fund,
Institutional Shares
5.30%
c,g

     5,552,948      5,552,948
         
        5,552,948

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTSf – 0.99%

  

Banc of America Securities LLC
5.36%, due 3/1/07,
maturity value $ 14,665,645
(collateralized by non-U.S.
Government debt securities,
value $ 15,115,292, 5.50%
to 7.70%, 9/15/09 to
5/1/19).

   $ 14,663,462      14,663,462

 

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Security    Principal    Value

Bear Stearns Companies Inc. (The)
5.37%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $10,999,236 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $12,106,908, 0.00% to 9.20%, 10/17/18 to 11/25/52).

   $ 10,997,596    $ 10,997,596

BNP Securities Corp.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $733,282 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $770,440, 5.43%, 3/15/08).

     733,173      733,173

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $10,999,233 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $11,850,231, 0.00% to 10.00%, 5/27/33 to 8/25/46).

     10,997,596      10,997,596

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $14,665,645 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $15,408,792, 4.91% to 6.31%, 10/25/33 to 8/25/46).

     14,663,462      14,663,462

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.42%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $8,066,118 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $8,690,991, 0.00% to 10.00%, 5/27/33 to 8/25/46).

     8,064,904      8,064,904
Security    Principal    Value

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.46%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $4,399,706 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $4,900,706, 0.00% to 10.00%, 5/27/33 to 2/28/37).

   $ 4,399,039    $ 4,399,039

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (The)
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $2,720,990 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $2,858,870, 4.52% to 6.89%, 1/15/09 to 10/25/36).

     2,720,585      2,720,585

Greenwich Capital Markets Inc.
5.46%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $30,797,940 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $33,952,582, 0.00% to 10.00%, 4/1/07 to 12/31/49).

     30,793,270      30,793,270

HSBC Securities Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $3,666,411 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $3,852,445, 3.72% to 5.99%, 12/15/36 to 6/1/46).

     3,665,865      3,665,865

 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security    Principal    Value

JP Morgan Securities Inc.
5.41%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $1,833,208 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $1,926,329, 6.25% to 9.56%, 5/15/11 to 2/1/30).

   $ 1,832,933    $ 1,832,933

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $7,332,823 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $7,704,434, 1.63% to 14.50%, 5/1/07 to 9/18/37).

     7,331,731      7,331,731

Morgan Stanley 5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $7,332,823 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $7,706,093, 0.00% to 10.00%, 3/1/07 to 2/28/37).

     7,331,731      7,331,731

Morgan Stanley 5.51%, due 2/4/08, maturity value $5,394,574 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $6,086,369, 0.00% to 10.00%, 3/1/07 to 2/28/37).h

     5,132,212      5,132,212

Wachovia Capital 5.38%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $16,132,219 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $16,949,671, 0.00% to 8.32%, 2/15/08 to 3/15/49).

     16,129,808      16,129,808
         
        139,457,367

 

Security    Principal    Value

TIME DEPOSITSf – 0.30%

  

Bank of Nova Scotia

     

5.30%, 03/02/07

   $ 3,074,635    $ 3,074,635

Chase Bank USA N.A.

     

5.38%, 03/01/07

     10,997,596      10,997,596

Citibank N.A.

     

5.47%, 03/01/07

     10,997,596      10,997,596

Deutsche Bank AG

     

5.38%, 03/01/07

     17,220,110      17,220,110
         
        42,289,937

VARIABLE & FLOATING RATE NOTESf – 3.77%

Allstate Life Global Funding II

     

5.30% - 5.40%,
02/15/08 - 03/07/08
e

     18,769,231      18,771,099

American Express Centurion Bank

     

5.41%, 07/19/07

     8,064,904      8,068,537

American Express Credit Corp.

     

5.42%, 03/05/08

     2,199,519      2,200,590

AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust

     

5.35%, 03/06/07

     334,142      334,142

Arkle Master Issuer PLC

     

Series 2006-1A Class 1A 5.30%, 11/19/07e

     5,498,798      5,498,798

ASIF Global Financing

     

5.40%, 05/03/07e

     733,173      733,240

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.

     

5.32%, 02/22/08e

     4,765,625      4,765,625

Bank of Ireland

     

5.30% - 5.32%,
08/14/07 - 02/20/08
e

     10,631,010      10,631,315

Beta Finance Inc.

     

5.29% - 5.41%,
04/25/07 - 07/25/07
e

     18,695,914      18,696,255

BMW US Capital LLC

     

5.32%, 01/15/08e

     7,331,731      7,331,731

BNP Paribas

     

5.33%, 11/19/07e

     13,563,702      13,563,702

 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security    Principal    Value

Brigantine High Grade Funding Ltd.

     

5.40%, 09/05/07e

   $ 7,038,462    $ 7,037,803

Carlyle Loan Investment Ltd.

     

5.37%,
04/13/07 - 07/15/07
e

     5,352,164      5,352,163

CC USA Inc.

     

5.36%, 07/30/07e

     3,665,865      3,666,067

Commodore CDO Ltd.

     

5.44%, 12/12/07e

     1,832,933      1,832,933

Credit Agricole SA

     

5.33%, 11/23/07

     7,331,731      7,331,731

Credit Suisse First Boston NY

     

5.36%, 04/24/07

     3,665,865      3,665,890

Cullinan Finance Corp.

     

5.36%, 04/25/07e

     1,832,933      1,832,933

DaimlerChrysler Auto Trust

     

Series 2006-C Class A1 5.33%, 10/08/07e

     562,405      562,405

DEPFA Bank PLC

     

5.40%, 12/14/07e

     7,331,731      7,331,731

Dorada Finance Inc.

     

5.33% - 5.41%,
06/27/07 - 07/17/07
e

     8,431,491      8,431,633

Eli Lilly Services Inc.

     

5.31%, 03/01/07e

     4,893,930      4,893,930

Fifth Third Bancorp

     

5.32%, 02/22/08e

     14,663,462      14,663,462

Five Finance Inc.

     

5.31% - 5.37%,
06/29/07 - 07/13/07
e

     4,765,625      4,765,385

General Electric Capital Corp.

     

5.28% - 5.45%,
07/09/07 - 02/22/08
e

     7,698,318      7,699,075

Granite Master Issuer PLC

     

5.29%, 08/20/07e

     25,661,058      25,661,058

Harrier Finance Funding LLC

     

5.29% - 5.36%,
07/25/07 - 08/15/07
e

     9,531,250      9,531,302

Hartford Life Global Funding Trust

     

5.36% - 5.40%,
07/13/07 - 03/14/08

     10,997,596      10,998,303

 

Security    Principal    Value

HBOS Treasury Services PLC

     

5.46%, 01/24/08e

   $ 7,331,731    $ 7,331,731

Holmes Financing PLC

     

5.29%, 07/16/07e

     12,830,529      12,830,529

JP Morgan Securities Inc.

     

5.40%, 11/16/07

     14,663,462      14,663,462

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     

5.29% - 5.45%,
07/27/07 - 02/29/08
h

     20,162,260      20,162,260

K2 USA LLC

     

5.20% - 5.33%,
04/02/07 - 06/28/07
e

     5,498,798      5,498,703

Kestrel Funding LLC

     

5.30%, 07/11/07e

     2,932,692      2,932,579

Kommunalkredit Austria AG

     

5.32%, 02/08/08e

     4,399,039      4,399,039

Leafs LLC

     

5.32%, 01/22/08e

     7,103,494      7,103,494

Links Finance LLC

     

5.28% - 5.35%,
05/10/07 - 05/16/07
e

     8,064,904      8,064,742

Lothian Mortgages Master Issuer PLC

     

5.29%, 04/24/07e

     2,584,814      2,584,814

Marshall & Ilsley Bank

     

5.32%, 02/15/08

     4,032,452      4,032,452

Master Funding LLC

     

5.35%,
04/25/07 - 05/25/07
e

     13,268,453      13,268,454

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.

     

5.46%, 05/30/07h

     8,064,904      8,064,904

Metropolitan Life Global Funding I

     

5.33%, 03/06/08e

     10,997,596      10,997,596

Metropolitan Life Insurance Funding Agreement

     

5.44%, 08/01/07e,h

     733,173      733,173

Mound Financing PLC

     

5.29%, 05/08/07e

     6,891,827      6,891,827

Natexis Banques Populaires

     

5.33% - 5.35%,
06/20/07 - 02/08/08
e

     11,730,770      11,730,636

 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security   Principal   Value

National City Bank of Indiana

   

5.34%, 05/21/07

  $ 3,665,865   $ 3,665,934

Nationwide Building Society

   

5.37% - 5.48%,
07/20/07 - 01/28/08
e

    24,194,712     24,197,436

Newcastle Ltd.

   

5.34%,
04/24/07 - 01/24/08
e

    7,350,060     7,349,087

Northern Rock PLC

   

5.38%, 02/01/08e

    8,798,077     8,798,243

Northlake CDO I

   

5.42%, 09/06/07e

    2,199,519     2,199,519

Pricoa Global Funding I

   

5.31%, 02/27/08e

    9,897,837     9,897,837

Sedna Finance Inc.

   

5.32% - 5.34%,
05/25/07 - 08/21/07
e

    10,631,010     10,630,933

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken

   

5.32%, 02/15/08e

    7,331,731     7,331,731

Strips III LLC

   

5.37%, 07/24/07e

    1,491,880     1,491,880

SunTrust Bank

   

5.29%, 05/01/07

    7,331,731     7,331,795

Tango Finance Corp.

   

5.27% - 5.34%,
04/25/07 - 07/16/07
e

    17,889,424     17,888,833

Union Hamilton Special Funding LLC

   

5.36% - 5.37%,
03/28/07 - 06/21/07e

    12,097,356     12,097,356

Wachovia Asset Securitization Inc.

   

5.31%, 03/25/07e

    8,276,199     8,276,199

Wachovia Bank N.A.

   

5.36%, 05/22/07

    14,663,462     14,663,462

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

   

5.50%, 07/16/07e

    5,498,798     5,500,190

Wells Fargo & Co.

   

5.33%, 11/15/07e

    3,665,865     3,666,011

 

Security   Principal   Value  

WhistleJacket Capital Ltd.

   

5.28% - 5.35%,
04/18/07 - 06/13/07
e

  $ 5,498,798   $ 5,498,820  

White Pine Finance LLC

   

5.28% - 5.32%,
05/22/07 - 08/20/07
e

    21,995,193     21,993,221  

Wind Master Trust

   

5.31%, 07/25/07e

    2,932,692     2,932,692  
         
      532,554,412  
         

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost: $1,017,594,148)

    1,017,594,148  
         

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES – 106.98%
(Cost: $12,489,657,840)

    15,104,032,785  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities – (6.98)%

    (985,666,697 )
         

NET ASSETS – 100.00%

  $ 14,118,366,088  
         

ADR – American Depositary Receipts

GDR – Global Depositary Receipts

 

a

 

Non-income earning security.

b

 

All or a portion of this security represents a security on loan. See Note 5.

c

 

Affiliated issuer. See Note 2.

d

 

Security valued at fair value in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Directors. See Note 1.

e

 

This security or a portion of these securities may be resold to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A or pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933.

f

 

All or a portion of this security (these securities) represent(s) an investment of securities lending collateral. See Note 5.

g

 

The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.

h

 

The investment adviser has determined that this security or a portion of these securities is “illiquid,” in that it cannot be sold within seven (7) days for approximately the value at which it is carried in the Fund.

See notes to financial statements.


 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security    Shares    Value

COMMON STOCKS – 99.92%

  

AIRLINES – 1.05%

     

Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd.a

   5,705,000    $ 14,225,439
         
        14,225,439

APPAREL – 1.02%

  

Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd.a

   3,993,500      13,801,889
         
        13,801,889

BANKS – 13.08%

  

Bank of East Asia Ltd.

   8,671,700      49,617,269

BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.

   22,249,500      53,827,368

Hang Seng Bank Ltd.a

   4,593,700      62,564,121

Wing Hang Bank Ltd.

   1,047,000      11,847,318
         
        177,856,076

CHEMICALS – 1.02%

  

Kingboard Chemical Holdings Co. Ltd.

   3,288,500      13,806,792
         
        13,806,792

DISTRIBUTION & WHOLESALE – 7.96%

Esprit Holdings Ltd.

   6,220,500      64,814,293

Li & Fung Ltd.

   13,693,000      43,468,172
         
        108,282,465

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES – 4.83%

Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd.

   6,372,000      65,617,987
         
        65,617,987

ELECTRIC – 8.94%

     

CLP Holdings Ltd.

   10,839,700      79,435,355

Hongkong Electric Holdings Ltd.

   8,329,500      42,168,340
         
        121,603,695

ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS &
EQUIPMENT – 0.46%

Johnson Electric Holdings Ltd.a

   8,557,500      6,243,712
         
        6,243,712

ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION – 3.19%

Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Ltd.a

   2,677,000      9,389,015

New World Development Co. Ltd.a

   15,431,800      34,015,027
         
        43,404,042

 

Security    Shares    Value

GAS – 3.44%

  

Hong Kong & China Gas Co. Ltd. (The)a

   21,415,663    $ 46,766,152
         
        46,766,152

HAND & MACHINE TOOLS – 0.63%

Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd.

   6,275,500      8,595,145
         
        8,595,145

HOLDING COMPANIES - DIVERSIFIED – 16.11%

Hutchison Whampoa Ltd.

   12,749,800      121,340,403

Melco International Development Ltd.a

   4,397,000      8,498,739

Swire Pacific Ltd. Class A

   5,587,000      63,219,641

Wharf Holdings Ltd. (The)

   7,341,000      26,028,916
         
        219,087,699

LODGING – 1.45%

     

Shangri-La Asia Ltd.

   7,598,000      19,694,520
         
        19,694,520

MEDIA – 0.78%

     

Television Broadcasts Ltd.

   1,619,000      10,538,017
         
        10,538,017

REAL ESTATE – 25.56%

     

Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd.

   8,987,000      110,147,492

Hang Lung Properties Ltd.

   13,692,000      36,191,621

Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd.

   5,252,000      29,781,703

Hopewell Holdings Ltd.

   3,740,000      14,385,904

Hysan Development Co. Ltd.

   3,788,000      10,424,843

Kerry Properties Ltd.a

   2,852,500      14,167,019

Shui On Land Ltd.b

   10,269,000      9,332,706

Shun Tak Holdings Ltd.a

   5,533,000      8,201,444

Sino Land Co. Ltd.

   7,756,000      17,830,570

Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.

   8,198,000      97,014,336
         
        347,477,638

REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS – 2.16%

Link REIT (The)

   12,551,000      29,335,952
         
        29,335,952

RETAIL – 0.31%

Giordano International Ltd.a

   9,128,000      4,241,343
         
        4,241,343

 

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Security   Shares or
Principal
  Value

SEMICONDUCTORS – 0.64%

 

ASM Pacific Technology Ltd.a

    1,039,500   $ 6,067,509

Solomon Systech International Ltd.a

    13,692,000     2,699,036
       
      8,766,545

TELECOMMUNICATIONS – 4.70%

Foxconn International Holdings Ltd.a,b

    12,551,000     33,175,653

Hutchison Telecommunications International Ltd.b

    8,585,000     17,912,202

PCCW Ltd.a

    21,679,576     12,793,012
       
      63,880,867

TEXTILES – 0.19%

Texwinca Holdings Ltd.a

    3,602,000     2,558,926
       
      2,558,926

TRANSPORTATION – 2.40%

MTR Corp. Ltd.a

    8,334,083     22,029,212

Orient Overseas International Ltd.

    1,301,200     10,626,392
       
      32,655,604
       

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost: $1,155,100,896)

    1,358,440,505

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 11.26%

CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSITc– 0.52%

 

Credit Suisse First Boston NY

   

5.28% - 5.43%,
04/23/07 - 08/21/07

  $ 1,641,824     1,641,824

Deutsche Bank AG

   

5.35%, 08/08/07

    2,736,373     2,736,373

Washington Mutual Bank

   

5.33%, 03/19/07

    2,736,373     2,736,373
       
      7,114,570

COMMERCIAL PAPERc – 2.51%

Amstel Funding Corp.

   

5.22%,
04/16/07 - 04/17/07
d

    1,041,037     1,034,011

BNP Paribas Finance Inc.

   

5.12%, 06/06/07

    383,092     377,812

 

    
Security
  Principal   Value

Bryant Park Funding LLC

   

5.27%, 03/06/07d

  $ 269,741   $ 269,543

Cantabric Finance LLC

   

5.25%, 03/06/07d

    875,639     875,001

Cheyne Finance LLC

   

5.24%,
04/12/07 - 04/23/07
d

    820,912     815,017

Concord Minutemen Capital Co. LLC

   

5.29%, 03/19/07d

    557,859     556,383

Crown Point Capital Co. LLC

   

5.20%, 07/18/07d

    1,264,369     1,238,983

Edison Asset Securitization LLC

   

5.21%, 04/11/07d

    453,614     450,922

Five Finance Inc.

   

5.22%, 04/20/07d

    503,493     499,842

General Electric Capital Corp.

   

5.12% - 5.20%,
06/04/07 - 07/17/07
d

    1,915,461     1,882,562

Giro Funding Corp.

   

5.25%, 03/05/07 - 03/12/07d

    1,795,061     1,792,896

Grampian Funding LLC

   

5.14% - 5.23%,
04/23/07 - 06/06/07
d

    2,134,371     2,107,863

Harrier Finance Funding LLC

   

5.12%, 06/06/07d

    1,094,549     1,079,464

Irish Permanent Treasury PLC

   

5.18%, 07/10/07

    547,275     536,959

KKR Pacific Funding Trust

   

5.29%, 03/13/07d

    1,368,187     1,365,774

Lexington Parker Capital Co. LLC

   

5.18% - 5.20%,
05/17/07 - 07/25/07
d

    1,382,941     1,359,402

Liberty Street Funding Corp.

   

5.27%, 03/06/07d

    131,346     131,250

Lockhart Funding LLC

   

5.25%,
05/04/07 - 05/14/07
d

    2,469,259     2,445,804

Nationwide Building Society

   

5.21%, 04/13/07d

    1,039,822     1,033,351

Nestle Capital Corp.

   

5.19%, 08/09/07

    656,730     641,486

 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security   Shares or
Principal
  Value

Sedna Finance Inc.
5.22%, 04/17/07
d

  $ 623,893   $ 619,641

Simba Funding Corp.
5.20%, 07/23/07
d

    1,094,549     1,071,783

Societe Generale
5.18%, 05/16/07

    2,736,373     2,706,449

Thames Asset Global Securitization No. 1 Inc.

   

5.25% - 5.28%,
03/02/07 - 03/12/07
d

    4,169,751     4,165,719

Thornburg Mortgage Capital Resources LLC
5.28%, 03/12/07
d

    801,210     799,917

Three Pillars Funding Corp.

   

5.26%,
03/01/07 - 03/12/07
d

    574,616     574,164

Tulip Funding Corp.
5.29%, 03/15/07
d

    2,101,108     2,096,785

Westpac Banking Corp.
5.20%, 07/12/07
d

    985,094     966,170

Zela Finance Inc.
5.20%, 07/16/07
d

    656,730     643,734
       
      34,138,687

MEDIUM-TERM NOTESc – 0.24%

 

Bank of America N.A.
5.28%, 04/20/07

    273,637     273,637

Cullinan Finance Corp.
5.71%, 06/28/07
d

    820,912     820,912

K2 USA LLC
5.39%, 06/04/07
d

    820,912     820,912

Sigma Finance Inc.
5.13% - 5.51%,
    03/30/07 - 06/18/07
d

    1,280,622     1,280,622
       
      3,196,083

MONEY MARKET FUNDS – 0.15%

 

Barclays Global Investors Funds Institutional Money Market Fund, Institutional Shares
5.30%
e,f

    2,063,042     2,063,042
       
      2,063,042
    
Security
  Principal   Value

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTSc – 1.53%

 

Banc of America Securities LLC
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $2,189,424 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $2,256,552, 5.50% to 7.70%, 9/15/09 to 5/1/19).

  $ 2,189,098   $ 2,189,098

Bear Stearns Companies Inc. (The)
5.37%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $1,642,069 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $1,807,432, 0.00% to 9.20%, 10/17/18 to 11/25/52).

    1,641,824     1,641,824

BNP Securities Corp.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $109,471 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $115,018, 5.43%, 3/15/08).

    109,455     109,455

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $ 1,642,068 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $1,769,113, 0.00% to 10.00%, 5/27/33 to 8/25/46).

    1,641,824     1,641,824

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $ 2,189,424 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $2,300,368, 4.91% to 6.31%, 10/25/33 to 8/25/46).

    2,189,098     2,189,098

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.42%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $ 1,204,185 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $1,297,472, 0.00% to 10.00%, 5/27/33 to 8/25/46).

    1,204,004     1,204,004

 

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Security    Principal    Value

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.46%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $ 656,830 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $731,623, 0.00% to 10.00%, 5/27/33 to 2/28/37).

   $ 656,730    $ 656,730

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (The)
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $406,214 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $426,799, 4.52% to 6.89%, 1/15/09 to 10/25/36).

     406,154      406,154

Greenwich Capital Markets Inc.
5.46%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $4,597,804 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $5,068,758, 0.00% to 10.00%, 4/1/07 to 12/31/49).

     4,597,107      4,597,107

HSBC Securities Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $547,356 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $575,129, 3.72% to 5.99%, 12/15/36 to 6/1/46).

     547,275      547,275

JP Morgan Securities Inc.
5.41%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $273,678 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $287,580, 6.25% to 9.56%, 5/15/11 to 2/1/30).

     273,637      273,637

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $1,094,712 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $1,150,190, 1.63% to 14.50%, 5/1/07 to 9/18/37).

     1,094,549      1,094,549

 

Security    Principal    Value

Morgan Stanley
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $1,094,712 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $1,150,437, 0.00% to 10.00%, 3/1/07 to 2/28/37).

   $ 1,094,549    $ 1,094,549

Morgan Stanley
5.51%, due 2/4/08, maturity value $805,352 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $908,630, 0.00% to 10.00%, 3/1/07 to 2/28/37).
g

     766,184      766,184

Wachovia Capital
5.38%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $2,408,368 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $2,530,405, 0.00% to 8.32%, 2/15/08 to 3/15/49).

     2,408,008      2,408,008
         
        20,819,496

TIME DEPOSITSc – 0.46%

  

Bank of Nova Scotia
5.30%, 03/02/07

     459,010      459,010

Chase Bank USA N.A.
5.38%, 03/01/07

     1,641,824      1,641,824

Citibank N.A.
5.47%, 03/01/07

     1,641,824      1,641,824

Deutsche Bank AG
5.38%, 03/01/07

     2,570,779      2,570,779
         
        6,313,437

VARIABLE & FLOATING RATE NOTESc– 5.85%

Allstate Life Global Funding II
5.30% - 5.40%,
    02/15/08 - 03/07/08
d

     2,802,046      2,802,324

American Express
Centurion Bank
5.41%, 07/19/07

     1,204,004      1,204,547

 

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Security    Principal    Value

American Express Credit Corp.
5.42%, 03/05/08

   $ 328,365    $ 328,525

AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust
5.35%, 03/06/07

     49,884      49,884

Arkle Master Issuer PLC Series 2006-1A Class 1A
5.30%, 11/19/07
d

     820,912      820,912

ASIF Global Financing
5.40%, 05/03/07
d

     109,455      109,465

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.
5.32%, 02/22/08
d

     711,457      711,457

Bank of Ireland
5.30% - 5.32%,
    08/14/07 - 02/20/08
d

     1,587,096      1,587,141

Beta Finance Inc.
5.29% - 5.41%,
    04/25/07 - 07/25/07
d

     2,791,101      2,791,151

BMW US Capital LLC
5.32%, 01/15/08
d

     1,094,549      1,094,549

BNP Paribas
5.33%, 11/19/07
d

     2,024,916      2,024,916

Brigantine High Grade Funding Ltd.
5.40%, 09/05/07
d

     1,050,767      1,050,669

Carlyle Loan Investment Ltd.
5.37%, 04/13/07 - 07/15/07
d

     799,021      799,021

CC USA Inc.
5.36%, 07/30/07
d

     547,275      547,305

Commodore CDO Ltd.
5.44%, 12/12/07
d

     273,637      273,637

Credit Agricole SA
5.33%, 11/23/07

     1,094,549      1,094,549

Credit Suisse First Boston NY
5.36%, 04/24/07

     547,275      547,278

Cullinan Finance Corp.
5.36%, 04/25/07
d

     273,637      273,637

DaimlerChrysler Auto Trust Series 2006-C Class A1
5.33%, 10/08/07
d

     83,961      83,961
Security    Principal    Value

DEPFA Bank PLC
5.40%, 12/14/07
d

   $ 1,094,549    $ 1,094,549

Dorada Finance Inc.
5.33% - 5.41%,
    06/27/07 - 07/17/07
d

     1,258,732      1,258,752

Eli Lilly Services Inc.
5.31%, 03/01/07
d

     730,612      730,612

Fifth Third Bancorp
5.32%, 02/22/08
d

     2,189,098      2,189,098

Five Finance Inc.
5.31% - 5.37%,
    06/29/07 - 07/13/07
d

     711,457      711,421

General Electric Capital Corp.
5.28% - 5.45%,
    07/09/07 - 02/22/08
d

     1,149,277      1,149,390

Granite Master Issuer PLC
5.29%, 08/20/07
d

     3,830,922      3,830,922

Harrier Finance Funding LLC
5.29% - 5.36%,
    07/25/07 - 08/15/07
d

     1,422,914      1,422,922

Hartford Life Global Funding Trust
5.36% - 5.40%,
    07/13/07 - 03/14/08

     1,641,824      1,641,929

HBOS Treasury Services PLC
5.46%, 01/24/08
d

     1,094,549      1,094,549

Holmes Financing PLC
5.29%, 07/16/07
d

     1,915,461      1,915,461

JP Morgan Securities Inc.
5.40%, 11/16/07

     2,189,098      2,189,098

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
5.29% - 5.45%,
    07/27/07 - 02/29/08
g

     3,010,010      3,010,010

K2 USA LLC
5.20% - 5.33%,
    04/02/07 - 06/28/07
d

     820,912      820,897

Kestrel Funding LLC
5.30%, 07/11/07
d

     437,820      437,803

Kommunalkredit Austria AG
5.32%, 02/08/08
d

     656,730      656,730

Leafs LLC
5.32%, 01/22/08
d

     1,060,476      1,060,476

 

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Security    Principal    Value

Links Finance LLC

     

5.28% - 5.35%,

     

    05/10/07 - 05/16/07d

   $ 1,204,004    $ 1,203,980

Lothian Mortgages Master

     

Issuer PLC

     

5.29%, 04/24/07d

     385,885      385,885

Marshall & Ilsley Bank

     

5.32%, 02/15/08

     602,002      602,002

Master Funding LLC

     

5.35%, 04/25/07 - 05/25/07d

     1,980,839      1,980,838

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.

     

5.46%, 05/30/07g

     1,204,004      1,204,004

Metropolitan Life Global Funding I

     

5.33%, 03/06/08d

     1,641,824      1,641,824

Metropolitan Life Insurance

     

Funding Agreement

     

5.44%, 08/01/07d,g

     109,455      109,455

Mound Financing PLC

     

5.29%, 05/08/07d

     1,028,876      1,028,876

Natexis Banques Populaires

     

5.33% - 5.35%,

     

    06/20/07 - 02/08/08d

     1,751,279      1,751,259

National City Bank of Indiana

     

5.34%, 05/21/07

     547,275      547,285

Nationwide Building Society

     

5.37% - 5.48%,

     

    07/20/07 - 01/28/08d

     3,612,013      3,612,419

Newcastle Ltd.

     

5.34%, 04/24/07 - 01/24/08d

     1,097,286      1,097,141

Northern Rock PLC

     

5.38%, 02/01/08d

     1,313,459      1,313,484

Northlake CDO I

     

5.42%, 09/06/07d

     328,365      328,365

Pricoa Global Funding I

     

5.31%, 02/27/08d

     1,477,641      1,477,641

Sedna Finance Inc.

     

5.32% - 5.34%,

     

    05/25/07 - 08/21/07d

     1,587,096      1,587,085

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken

     

5.32%, 02/15/08d

     1,094,549      1,094,549

 

Security    Principal    Value  

Strips III LLC

     

5.37%, 07/24/07d

   $ 222,722    $ 222,722  

SunTrust Bank

     

5.29%, 05/01/07

     1,094,549      1,094,559  

Tango Finance Corp.

     

5.27% - 5.34%,

     

    04/25/07 - 07/16/07d

     2,670,700      2,670,611  

Union Hamilton Special

     

Funding LLC

     

5.36% - 5.37%,

     

    03/28/07 - 06/21/07d

     1,806,006      1,806,006  

Wachovia Asset

     

Securitization Inc.

     

5.31%, 03/25/07d

     1,235,548      1,235,548  

Wachovia Bank N.A.

     

5.36%, 05/22/07

     2,189,098      2,189,098  

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

     

5.50%, 07/16/07d

     820,912      821,120  

Wells Fargo & Co.

     

5.33%, 11/15/07d

     547,275      547,296  

WhistleJacket Capital Ltd.

     

5.28% - 5.35%,

     

    04/18/07 - 06/13/07d

     820,912      820,915  

White Pine Finance LLC

     

5.28% - 5.32%,

     

    05/22/07 - 08/20/07d

     3,283,648      3,283,352  

Wind Master Trust

     

5.31%, 07/25/07d

     437,820      437,820  
           
        79,504,686  
           

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost: $153,150,001)

     153,150,001  
           

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES – 111.18%
(Cost: $1,308,250,897)

     1,511,590,506  
           

Other Assets, Less Liabilities – (11.18)%

     (151,994,449 )
           

NET ASSETS – 100.00%

   $ 1,359,596,057  

 

a

 

All or a portion of this security represents a security on loan. See Note 5.

b

 

Non-income earning security.

c

 

All or a portion of this security (these securities) represent(s) an investment of securities lending collateral. See Note 5.


 

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d

 

This security or a portion of these securities may be resold to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A or pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933.

e

 

Affiliated issuer. See Note 2.

f

 

The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.

g

 

The investment adviser has determined that this security or a portion of these securities is “illiquid,” in that it cannot be sold within seven (7) days for approximately the value at which it is carried in the Fund.

See notes to financial statements.


 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security    Shares    Value

COMMON STOCKS – 99.79%

  

AGRICULTURE – 10.80%

  

British American Tobacco

     

(Malaysia) Bhd

   1,784,700    $ 22,671,753

Golden Hope Plantations Bhd

   5,987,800      11,196,143

Highlands & Lowlands Bhd

   2,079,400      3,442,912

IOI Corp. Bhd

   9,432,800      51,970,608

Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd

   5,181,300      15,530,588
         
        104,812,004

AIRLINES – 1.11%

  

AirAsia Bhda

   11,338,600      5,276,025

Malaysian Airline System Bhda

   3,471,800      5,500,568
         
        10,776,593

AUTO MANUFACTURERS – 1.36%

  

DRB-Hicom Bhd

   8,408,400      4,512,644

Proton Holdings Bhd

   3,439,800      7,070,100

Tan Chong Motor Holdings Bhd

   4,713,800      1,655,145
         
        13,237,889

AUTO PARTS & EQUIPMENT– 0.76%

  

UMW Holdings Bhd

   2,802,800      7,361,050
         
        7,361,050

BANKS – 26.17%

  

AMMB Holdings Bhd

   19,237,400      18,342,254

Bumiputra-Commerce

     

Holdings Bhd

   30,600,032      81,675,792

Hong Leong Bank Bhd

   6,497,400      11,407,082

Malayan Banking Bhd

   26,499,200      94,558,949

Public Bank Bhd

   14,141,400      37,139,846

RHB Capital Bhd

   8,790,600      10,991,387
         
        254,115,310

BEVERAGES – 0.34%

  

Guinness Anchor Bhd

   1,911,000      3,273,194
         
        3,273,194

BUILDING MATERIALS – 0.69%

  

Lafarge Malayan Cement Bhd

   16,052,400      6,690,409
         
        6,690,409

COMMERCIAL SERVICES – 1.79%

  

PLUS Expressways Bhd

   20,766,200      17,428,669
         
        17,428,669

 

Security    Shares    Value

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES – 2.32%

Bursa Malaysia Bhd

   4,331,600    $ 13,230,979

Hong Leong Credit Bhd

   2,930,200      4,767,953

TA Enterprise Bhd

   9,300,200      4,486,822
         
        22,485,754

ELECTRIC – 7.45%

  

Malakoff Bhd

   7,516,600      21,672,184

Tenaga Nasional Bhd

   14,778,450      50,625,578
         
        72,297,762

ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION – 7.26%

Gamuda Bhd

   7,898,800      15,107,611

IJM Corp. Bhd

   4,862,200      12,075,690

Malaysian Resources Corp. Bhda

   10,701,600      5,285,118

MMC Corp. Bhd

   4,236,200      6,590,719

Road Builder (Malaysia)

     

Holdings Bhd

   4,585,500      5,550,248

Transmile Group Bhd

   1,979,800      7,912,418

YTL Corp. Bhd

   9,172,888      17,937,277
         
        70,459,081

ENTERTAINMENT – 6.53%

  

Berjaya Sports Toto Bhd

   9,300,200      12,053,357

Magnum Corp. Bhd

   11,083,800      9,492,264

Resorts World Bhd

   6,808,800      29,155,581

Tanjong PLC

   3,091,600      12,708,833
         
        63,410,035

FOOD – 1.08%

  

PPB Group Bhd

   6,497,466      10,479,784
         
        10,479,784

GAS – 1.40%

  

Petronas Gas Bhd

   5,505,200      13,594,057
         
        13,594,057

HOLDING COMPANIES - DIVERSIFIED – 5.80%

Mulpha International Bhda

   10,446,800      5,039,992

Multi-Purpose Holdings Bhda

   8,026,200      5,590,616

Sime Darby Bhd

   20,511,400      45,671,973
         
        56,302,581

INSURANCE – 0.18%

  

Kurnia Asia Bhd

   5,223,431      1,729,712
         
        1,729,712

 

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Security    Shares    Value

LODGING – 5.10%

  

Genting Bhd

   4,881,800    $ 49,472,995
         
        49,472,995

MEDIA – 2.17%

  

Astro All Asia Networks PLC

   6,624,800      9,928,690

Media Prima Bhd

   8,281,000      5,673,537

Star Publications (Malaysia) Bhd

   6,115,360      5,516,568
         
        21,118,795

OIL & GAS – 1.20%

     

Petronas Dagangan Bhd

   3,439,800      5,597,162

Shell Refining Co.

   2,066,400      6,016,923
         
        11,614,085

OIL & GAS SERVICES – 0.29%

  

Scomi Group Bhd

   8,281,000      2,860,408
         
        2,860,408

REAL ESTATE – 2.81%

  

IGB Corp. Bhd

   9,172,800      5,760,822

IOI Properties Bhd

   1,146,650      3,404,271

KLCC Property Holdings Bhd

   5,860,400      5,286,573

SP Setia Bhd

   7,007,000      12,801,827
         
        27,253,493

SEMICONDUCTORS – 0.35%

  

Malaysian Pacific Industries Bhd

   1,163,500      3,421,082
         
        3,421,082

TELECOMMUNICATIONS – 7.67%

  

Maxis Communications Bhd

   12,177,600      40,673,114

Telekom Malaysia Bhd

   11,720,800      33,793,914
         
        74,467,028

TRANSPORTATION – 5.16%

  

Malaysia International
Shipping Corp. Bhd

   15,449,400      41,016,106

Malaysian Bulk Carriers Bhd

   3,312,400      3,479,769

Pos Malaysia & Services
Holdings Bhd

   4,331,600      5,638,623
         
        50,134,498
         

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost: $751,143,281)

     968,796,268
Security    Shares    Value

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.18%

  

MONEY MARKET FUNDS – 0.18%

  

Barclays Global Investors Funds
Institutional Money Market
Fund, Institutional Shares
5.30%
b,c

   1,749,437    $ 1,749,437
         
        1,749,437
         

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost: $1,749,437)

     1,749,437
         

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES – 99.97%
(Cost: $752,892,718)

     970,545,705

Other Assets, Less Liabilities – 0.03%

     249,600
         

NET ASSETS – 100.00%

      $ 970,795,305
         

 

a

 

Non-income earning security.

b

 

Affiliated issuer. See Note 2.

c

 

The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.

See notes to financial statements.


 

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February 28, 2007

    
Security
   Shares    Value

COMMON STOCKS – 99.92%

  

BEVERAGES – 8.35%

     

Coca-Cola FEMSA

     

SAB de CV ADR

   247,200    $ 8,528,400

Fomento Economico

     

Mexicano SABa

   4,476,236      49,574,654

Grupo Modelo SA de CV

     

Series Ca

   5,603,200      28,834,242
         
        86,937,296

BUILDING MATERIALS – 16.24%

  

Cemex SA de CV Series CPOa,b

   49,496,676      168,950,310
         
        168,950,310

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES – 4.39%

Grupo Financiero Banorte

     

SAB de CV Series Oa

   11,680,200      45,634,611
         
        45,634,611

ENGINEERING& CONSTRUCTION – 3.97%

Carso Infraestructura y

     

Construccion SA de CVa,b

   5,586,600      4,949,962

Empresas ICA SAB de CVa,b

   2,637,774      9,421,972

Grupo Aeroportuario del

     

Pacifico SA de CV Class Ha

   3,626,100      15,047,568

Grupo Aeroportuario del

     

Sureste SA de CV ADR

   267,554      11,924,882
         
        41,344,384

FOOD – 1.71%

     

Grupo Bimbo SA de CV
Series A
a

   3,832,100      17,807,833
         
        17,807,833

FOREST PRODUCTS & PAPER – 2.22%

  

Kimberly-Clark de Mexico

     

SA de CV Class Aa

   5,505,200      23,092,050
         
        23,092,050

HOLDING COMPANIES - DIVERSIFIED – 4.53%

Alfa SAB de CV Class Aa

   2,722,200      17,235,072

Grupo Carso SA de CV
Series A1
a

   8,858,030      29,886,526
         
        47,121,598

HOME BUILDERS – 4.23%

     

Corporacion Geo SAB de CV

     

Series Ba,b

   3,481,400      18,835,491
Security    Shares or
Principal
   Value

Desarrolladora Homex

     

SAB de CVa,b

     1,297,830    $ 11,795,812

Urbi Desarrollos Urbanos

     

SA de CVa,b

     3,419,600      13,375,715
         
        44,007,018

MEDIA – 6.05%

     

Grupo Televisa SA Series CPOa

     8,858,000      48,488,067

TV Azteca SA de CV Series CPOa

     18,030,900      14,441,520
         
        62,929,587

MINING – 4.05%

     

Grupo Mexico SA de CVSeries Ba

     7,951,600      34,714,340

Industrias Penoles SA de CV

     

Series CP a

     762,200      7,412,364
         
        42,126,704

REAL ESTATE – 1.35%

  

Consorcio Ara SA de CVa

     2,224,800      14,022,100
         
        14,022,100

RETAIL – 7.22%

     

Controladora Comercial

     

Mexicana SA de CVa

     4,490,800      11,450,293

Organizacion Soriana SAB de

     

CV Class Ba

     4,980,578      14,265,282

Wal-Mart de Mexico SA de

     

CV Series Va

     12,779,500      49,414,372
         
        75,129,947

TELECOMMUNICATIONS – 35.61%

America Movil SAB de

     

CV Series La

     114,877,040      251,531,523

Carso Global Telecom

     

Class A1a,b

     7,605,342      26,239,179

Telefonos de Mexico SA de

     

CV Series La

     63,839,400      92,825,072
         
        370,595,774
         

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost: $958,459,436)

     1,039,699,212

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 6.22%

CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSITc – 0.29%

Credit Suisse First Boston NY

     

5.28% - 5.43%,

     

04/23/07 - 08/21/07

   $ 690,707      690,707

 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security   Principal   Value

Deutsche Bank AG

   

5.35%, 08/08/07 $

  1,151,177   $ 1,151,177

Washington Mutual Bank

   

5.33%, 03/19/07

  1,151,177     1,151,177
       
      2,993,061

COMMERCIAL PAPERc – 1.38%

 

Amstel Funding Corp.

   

5.22%, 04/16/07 - 04/17/07d

  437,959     435,004

BNP Paribas Finance Inc.

   

5.12%, 06/06/07

  161,165     158,944

Bryant Park Funding LLC

   

5.27%, 03/06/07d

  113,478     113,395

Cantabric Finance LLC

   

5.25%, 03/06/07d

  368,377     368,108

Cheyne Finance LLC

   

5.24%, 04/12/07 - 04/23/07d

  345,353     342,873

Concord Minutemen

   

Capital Co. LLC

   

5.29%, 03/19/07d

  234,688     234,067

Crown Point Capital Co. LLC

   

5.20%, 07/18/07d

  531,913     521,233

Edison Asset Securitization LLC

   

5.21%, 04/11/07d

  190,833     189,701

Five Finance Inc.

   

5.22%, 04/20/07d

  211,817     210,281

General Electric Capital Corp.

   

5.12% - 5.20%,

   

    06/04/07 - 07/17/07d

  805,824     791,984

Giro Funding Corp.

   

5.25%, 03/05/07 - 03/12/07d

  755,172     754,262

Grampian Funding LLC

   

5.14% - 5.23%,

   

    04/23/07 - 06/06/07d

  897,918     886,766

Harrier Finance Funding LLC

   

5.12%, 06/06/07d

  460,471     454,125

Irish Permanent Treasury PLC

   

5.18%, 07/10/07

  230,235     225,896

KKR Pacific Funding Trust

   

5.29%, 03/13/07d

  575,589     574,574

Lexington Parker Capital Co. LLC

   

5.18% - 5.20%,

   

    05/17/07 - 07/25/07d

  581,796     571,893
Security   Principal   Value

Liberty Street Funding Corp.

   

5.27%, 03/06/07d

  $ 55,257   $ 55,216

Lockhart Funding LLC

   

5.25%,
05/04/07 - 05/14/07
d

    1,038,804     1,028,936

Nationwide Building Society

   

5.21%, 04/13/07d

    437,447     434,725

Nestle Capital Corp.

   

5.19%, 08/09/07

    276,283     269,870

Sedna Finance Inc.

   

5.22%, 04/17/07d

    262,468     260,680

Simba Funding Corp.

   

5.20%, 07/23/07d

    460,471     450,893

Societe Generale

   

5.18%, 05/16/07

    1,151,177     1,138,589

Thames Asset Global

   

Securitization No. 1 Inc.

   

5.25% - 5.28%,

   

    03/02/07 - 03/12/07d

    1,754,192     1,752,495

Thornburg Mortgage

   

Capital Resources LLC

   

5.28%, 03/12/07d

    337,065     336,521

Three Pillars Funding Corp.

   

5.26%, 03/01/07 - 03/12/07d

    241,738     241,547

Tulip Funding Corp.

   

5.29%, 03/15/07d

    883,925     882,106

Westpac Banking Corp.

   

5.20%, 07/12/07d

    414,424     406,462

Zela Finance Inc.

   

5.20%, 07/16/07d

    276,283     270,815
       
      14,361,961

MEDIUM-TERM NOTESc – 0.13%

 

Bank of America N.A.

   

5.28%, 04/20/07

    115,118     115,118

Cullinan Finance Corp.

   

5.71%, 06/28/07d

    345,353     345,353

K2 USA LLC

   

5.39%, 06/04/07d

    345,353     345,353

Sigma Finance Inc.

   

5.13% - 5.51%,

   

    03/30/07 - 06/18/07d

    538,751     538,751
       
      1,344,575

 

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Security    Shares or
Principal
   Value

MONEY MARKET FUNDS – 0.11%

  

Barclays Global Investors Funds
Institutional Money Market Fund, Institutional Shares 5.30%
e,f

     1,138,909    $ 1,138,909
         
        1,138,909

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTSc – 0.84%

  

Banc of America Securities LLC
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $921,079 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $949,319, 5.50% to 7.70%, 9/15/09 to 5/1/19).

   $ 920,942      920,942

BearStearns Companies Inc. (The)
5.37%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $690,809 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $760,377, 0.00% to 9.20%, 10/17/18 to 11/25/52).

     690,706      690,706

BNP Securities Corp.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $46,054 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $48,388, 5.43%, 3/15/08).

     46,047      46,047

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $690,809 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $744,256, 0.00% to 10.00%, 5/27/33 to 8/25/46).

     690,706      690,706

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $921,079 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $967,753, 4.91% to 6.31%, 10/25/33 to 8/25/46).

     920,942      920,942
    
Security
   Principal    Value

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.42%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $506,594 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $545,840, 0.00% to 10.00%, 5/27/33 to 8/25/46).

   $ 506,518    $ 506,518

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.46%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $276,325 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $307,790, 0.00% to 10.00%, 5/27/33 to 2/28/37).

     276,283      276,283

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (The)
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $170,892 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $179,552, 4.52% to 6.89%, 1/15/09 to 10/25/36).

     170,867      170,867

Greenwich Capital Markets Inc.
5.46%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $1,934,271 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $2,132,399, 0.00% to 10.00%, 4/1/07 to 12/31/49).

     1,933,978      1,933,978

HSBC Securities Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $230,269 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $241,954, 3.72% to 5.99%, 12/15/36 to 6/1/46).

     230,235      230,235

JP Morgan Securities Inc.
5.41%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $115,135 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $120,984, 6.25% to 9.56%, 5/15/11 to 2/1/30).

     115,118      115,118

 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security    Principal    Value

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $ 460,540 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $483,879, 1.63% to 14.50%, 5/1/07 to 9/18/37).

   $ 460,471    $ 460,471

Morgan Stanley
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $460,540 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $483,983, 0.00% to 10.00%, 3/1/07 to 2/28/37).

     460,471      460,471

Morgan Stanley
5.51%, due 2/4/08, maturity value $338,808 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $382,256, 0.00% to 10.00%, 3/1/07 to 2/28/37).
g

     322,330      322,330

Wachovia Capital
5.38%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $1,013,187 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $1,064,528, 0.00% to 8.32%, 2/15/08 to 3/15/49).

     1,013,036      1,013,036
         
        8,758,650

TIME DEPOSITSc – 0.26%

     

Bank of Nova Scotia
5.30%, 03/02/07

     193,103      193,103

Chase Bank USA N.A.
5.38%, 03/01/07

     690,706      690,706

Citibank N.A.
5.47%, 03/01/07

     690,706      690,706

Deutsche Bank AG
5.38%, 03/01/07

     1,081,513      1,081,513
         
        2,656,028

 

Security    Principal    Value

VARIABLE& FLOATING RATE NOTESc– 3.21%

Allstate Life Global Funding II
5.30% - 5.40%,
    02/15/08 - 03/07/08
d

   $ 1,178,806    $ 1,178,923

American Express
Centurion Bank
    5.41%, 07/19/07

     506,518      506,746

American Express Credit Corp.
5.42%, 03/05/08

     138,141      138,209

AmeriCredit Automobile
Receivables Trust
5.35%, 03/06/07

     20,986      20,986

Arkle Master Issuer PLC
Series 2006-1A Class 1A
5.30%, 11/19/07
d

     345,353      345,353

ASIF Global Financing
5.40%, 05/03/07
d

     46,047      46,051

Australia & New Zealand
Banking Group Ltd.
5.32%, 02/22/08
d

     299,306      299,306

Bank of Ireland
5.30% - 5.32%,
    08/14/07 - 02/20/08
d

     667,683      667,702

Beta Finance Inc.
5.29% - 5.41%,
    04/25/07 - 07/25/07
d

     1,174,201      1,174,221

BMW US Capital LLC
5.32%, 01/15/08
d

     460,471      460,471

BNP Paribas
5.33%, 11/19/07
d

     851,871      851,871

Brigantine High Grade
Funding Ltd.
5.40%, 09/05/07
d

     442,052      442,011

Carlyle Loan Investment Ltd.
5.37%, 04/13/07 - 07/15/07
d

     336,144      336,144

CC USA Inc.
5.36%, 07/30/07
d

     230,235      230,248

Commodore CDO Ltd.
5.44%, 12/12/07
d

     115,118      115,118

Credit Agricole SA
5.33%, 11/23/07

     460,471      460,471

 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security   Principal   Value

Credit Suisse First Boston NY

   

5.36%, 04/24/07

  $ 230,235   $ 230,237

Cullinan Finance Corp.

   

5.36%, 04/25/07d

    115,118     115,118

DaimlerChrysler Auto Trust

   

Series 2006-C Class A1

   

5.33%, 10/08/07d

    35,322     35,322

DEPFA Bank PLC

   

5.40%, 12/14/07d

    460,471     460,471

Dorada Finance Inc.

   

5.33% - 5.41%,
06/27/07 - 07/17/07
d

    529,542     529,551

Eli Lilly Services Inc.

   

5.31%, 03/01/07d

    307,364     307,364

Fifth Third Bancorp

   

5.32%, 02/22/08d

    920,942     920,942

Five Finance Inc.

   

5.31% - 5.37%,
06/29/07 - 07/13/07
d

    299,306     299,291

General Electric Capital Corp.

   

5.28% - 5.45%,
07/09/07 - 02/22/08
d

    483,495     483,542

Granite Master Issuer PLC

   

5.29%, 08/20/07d

    1,611,648     1,611,648

Harrier Finance Funding LLC

   

5.29% - 5.36%,
07/25/07 - 08/15/07
d

    598,612     598,615

Hartford Life Global Funding Trust

   

5.36% - 5.40%,
07/13/07 - 03/14/08

    690,706     690,751

HBOS Treasury Services PLC

   

5.46%, 01/24/08d

    460,471     460,471

Holmes Financing PLC

   

5.29%, 07/16/07d

    805,824     805,824

JP Morgan Securities Inc.

   

5.40%, 11/16/07

    920,942     920,942

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

   

5.29% - 5.45%,
07/27/07 - 02/29/08
g

    1,266,295     1,266,295

K2 USA LLC

   

5.20% - 5.33%,
04/02/07 - 06/28/07
d

    345,353     345,347

 

Security   Principal   Value

Kestrel Funding LLC

   

5.30%, 07/11/07d

  $ 184,188   $ 184,181

Kommunalkredit Austria AG

   

5.32%, 02/08/08d

    276,283     276,283

Leafs LLC

   

5.32%, 01/22/08d

    446,137     446,136

Links Finance LLC

   

5.28% - 5.35%,
05/10/07 - 05/16/07
d

    506,518     506,508

Lothian Mortgages Master Issuer PLC

   

5.29%, 04/24/07d

    162,340     162,340

Marshall & Ilsley Bank

   

5.32%, 02/15/08

    253,259     253,259

Master Funding LLC

   

5.35%,
04/25/07 - 05/25/07
d

    833,328     833,328

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.

   

5.46%, 05/30/07g

    506,518     506,518

Metropolitan Life Global Funding I

   

5.33%, 03/06/08d

    690,706     690,706

Metropolitan Life Insurance Funding Agreement

   

5.44%, 08/01/07d,g

    46,047     46,047

Mound Financing PLC

   

5.29%, 05/08/07d

    432,843     432,843

Natexis Banques Populaires

   

5.33% - 5.35%,
06/20/07 - 02/08/08
d

    736,754     736,745

National City Bank of Indiana

   

5.34%, 05/21/07

    230,235     230,240

Nationwide Building Society

   

5.37% - 5.48%,
07/20/07 - 01/28/08
d

    1,519,554     1,519,725

Newcastle Ltd.

   

5.34%,
04/24/07 – 01/24/08
d

    461,622     461,561

Northern Rock PLC

   

5.38%, 02/01/08d

    552,565     552,576

Northlake CDO I

   

5.42%, 09/06/07d

    138,141     138,141

Pricoa Global Funding I

   

5.31%, 02/27/08d

    621,636     621,636

 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security   Principal   Value  

Sedna Finance Inc.

   

5.32% - 5.34%,
05/25/07 - 08/21/07
d

  $ 667,683   $ 667,678  

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken

   

5.32%, 02/15/08d

    460,471     460,471  

Strips III LLC

   

5.37%, 07/24/07d

    93,698     93,698  

SunTrust Bank

   

5.29%, 05/01/07

    460,471     460,475  

Tango Finance Corp.

   

5.27% - 5.34%,
04/25/07 - 07/16/07
d

    1,123,549     1,123,512  

Union Hamilton Special Funding LLC

   

5.36% - 5.37%,
03/28/07 - 06/21/07
d

    759,777     759,777  

Wachovia Asset Securitization Inc.

   

5.31%, 03/25/07d

    519,788     519,788  

Wachovia Bank N.A.

   

5.36%, 05/22/07

    920,942     920,942  

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

   

5.50%, 07/16/07d

    345,353     345,441  

Wells Fargo & Co.

   

5.33%, 11/15/07d

    230,235     230,245  

WhistleJacket Capital Ltd.

   

5.28% - 5.35%,
04/18/07 - 06/13/07
d

    345,353     345,355  

White Pine Finance LLC

   

5.28% - 5.32%,
05/22/07 - 08/20/07
d

    1,381,413     1,381,289  

Wind Master Trust

   

5.31%, 07/25/07d

    184,188     184,188  
         
      33,447,194  
         

TOTAL SHORT-TERM
INVESTMENTS
(Cost: $64,700,378)

    64,700,378  
         

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES – 106.14%
(Cost: $1,023,159,814)

    1,104,399,590  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities – (6.14)%

    (63,838,564 )
         

NET ASSETS – 100.00%

  $ 1,040,561,026  
         

 

ADR – American Depositary Receipts

 

a

 

All or a portion of this security represents a security on loan. See Note 5.

b

 

Non-income earning security.

c

 

All or a portion of this security (these securities) represent(s) an investment of securities lending collateral. See Note 5.

d

 

This security or a portion of these securities may be resold to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A or pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933.

e

 

Affiliated issuer. See Note 2.

f

 

The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.

g

 

The investment adviser has determined that this security or a portion of these securities is “illiquid,” in that it cannot be sold within seven (7) days for approximately the value at which it is carried in the Fund.

See notes to financial statements.


 

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iSHARES® MSCI PACIFIC EX-JAPAN INDEX FUND

February 28, 2007

 

Security    Shares    Value

COMMON STOCKS – 99.47%

  

AUSTRALIA – 66.02%

  

A.B.C. Learning Centres Ltd.a

   958,205    $ 5,164,321

AGL Energy Ltd.b

   1,111,040      14,033,367

Alinta Ltd.

   1,269,258      14,251,594

Alumina Ltd.

   3,006,152      15,965,021

Amcor Ltd.

   2,225,216      12,781,987

AMP Ltd.

   4,829,961      39,237,466

Ansell Ltd.

   399,302      3,665,440

APN News & Media Ltd.

   719,823      3,374,748

Aristocrat Leisure Ltd.

   908,792      12,030,189

ASX Ltd.

   439,945      14,507,498

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.

   4,701,269      108,537,892

AXA Asia Pacific Holdings Ltd.

   2,249,077      13,202,594

Babcock & Brown Ltd.

   588,357      11,868,055

BHP Billiton Ltd.

   8,967,168      191,691,899

Billabong International Ltd.

   439,821      5,943,452

BlueScope Steel Ltd.

   1,845,040      13,563,947

Boral Ltd.

   1,563,105      10,345,848

Brambles Ltd.b

   3,982,272      41,607,642

Caltex Australia Ltd.

   360,358      6,340,471

Centro Properties Group

   2,085,810      16,155,743

CFS Retail Property Trust

   3,641,982      6,887,279

Challenger Financial Services Group Ltd.

   921,312      3,339,360

Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd.

   1,374,756      8,958,387

Cochlear Ltd.

   140,691      6,290,053

Coles Group Ltd.

   2,890,028      34,977,754

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

   3,288,824      129,467,786

Commonwealth Property

     

Office Fund

   3,732,960      4,059,113

Computershare Ltd.

   1,180,609      9,330,516

CSL Ltd.

   470,728      28,801,172

CSR Ltd.

   2,251,872      6,440,936

DB RREEF Trust

   6,923,922      9,520,204

Downer EDI Ltd.

   794,798      4,596,756

Foster’s Group Ltd.

   5,120,295      25,498,270

Futuris Corp. Ltd.

   1,588,246      2,628,063

Goodman Fielder Ltd.

   2,732,681      4,866,268

GPT Group

   4,881,597      19,424,595

 

Security    Shares    Value

Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd.

   1,458,364    $ 4,998,663

Iluka Resources Ltd.

   631,597      2,936,235

ING Industrial Fund

   2,161,774      4,054,020

Insurance Australia Group Ltd.

   4,446,762      20,952,880

Investa Property Group

   3,998,193      7,466,392

James Hardie Industries NV

   1,215,761      9,119,769

John Fairfax Holdings Ltd.

   2,593,514      9,829,521

Leighton Holdings Ltd.

   365,006      8,944,561

Lend Lease Corp. Ltd.

   939,921      13,368,024

Lion Nathan Ltd.

   759,004      4,957,894

Macquarie Airports

   1,769,222      5,158,016

Macquarie Bank Ltd.

   644,492      40,113,292

Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group

   847,813      3,968,124

Macquarie Goodman Group

   3,524,782      19,885,840

Macquarie Infrastructure Group

   6,828,192      20,660,252

Macquarie Office Trust

   5,175,553      6,524,923

Mirvac Group

   2,571,116      11,466,655

Multiplex Group

   1,627,427      5,655,080

National Australia Bank Ltd.

   4,176,928      132,833,253

Newcrest Mining Ltd.

   863,676      15,346,030

OneSteel Ltd.

   1,509,488      5,970,793

Orica Ltd.

   799,794      15,597,393

Origin Energy Ltd.

   2,139,499      14,936,349

Pacific Brands Ltd.

   1,351,001      3,119,047

Paladin Resources Ltd.a,b

   1,097,934      7,872,566

PaperlinX Ltd.

   1,195,225      3,804,781

Perpetual Ltd.

   106,943      6,286,224

Publishing & Broadcasting Ltd.

   344,252      5,216,202

Qantas Airways Ltd.

   2,531,893      10,274,276

QBE Insurance Group Ltd.

   2,063,488      52,029,612

Rinker Group Ltd.

   2,299,808      33,850,658

Rio Tinto Ltd.a

   732,704      43,646,459

Santos Ltd.

   1,556,128      11,476,774

Sonic Healthcare Ltd.

   697,449      7,726,742

Stockland

   3,690,970      25,098,627

Suncorp-Metway Ltd.a

   1,437,925      24,665,693

Sydney Roads Group

   2,410,513      2,488,166

Symbion Health Ltd.

   1,666,158      4,975,699

Tabcorp Holdings Ltd.

   1,347,136      17,142,834

Tattersall’s Ltd.

   2,758,112      9,996,970

 

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Security    Shares    Value

Telstra Corp. Ltd.

   7,295,144    $ 24,487,369

Telstra Corp. Ltd.

     

Installment Receipt

   3,816,960      8,511,433

Toll Holdings Ltd.

   1,384,938      21,137,743

Transurban Groupa

   2,151,569      12,799,732

Wesfarmers Ltd.

   973,383      27,956,317

Westfield Group

   3,862,656      66,197,860

Westpac Banking Corp.

   4,688,568      94,058,333

Woodside Petroleum Ltd.a

   1,197,504      35,157,540

Woolworths Ltd.

   3,086,272      66,145,722

WorleyParsons Ltd.

   375,746      8,112,292

Zinifex Ltd.

   1,266,381      16,683,967
         
        1,895,019,283

HONG KONG – 20.37%

  

ASM Pacific Technology Ltd.a

   450,000      2,626,627

Bank of East Asia Ltd.

   3,763,200      21,532,077

BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.

   9,520,000      23,031,374

Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd.a

   2,464,000      6,143,993

Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd.

   3,888,000      47,652,548

Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Ltd.a

   1,125,000      3,945,701

CLP Holdings Ltd.

   4,647,000      34,054,088

Esprit Holdings Ltd.

   2,689,500      28,023,156

Foxconn International Holdings Ltd.a,b

   5,376,000      14,210,207

Giordano International Ltd.

   4,032,000      1,873,477

Hang Lung Properties Ltd.

   5,850,736      15,465,062

Hang Seng Bank Ltd.

   1,948,800      26,541,776

Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd.

   2,250,000      12,758,727

Hong Kong & China Gas Co. Ltd. (The)a

   9,183,836      20,055,072

Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd.

   2,688,000      27,680,657

Hongkong Electric Holdings Ltd.

   3,584,000      18,144,106

Hopewell Holdings Ltd.

   1,568,000      6,031,310

Hutchinson Telecommunications International Ltd.b

   3,584,000      7,477,849

Hutchison Whampoa Ltd.a

   5,491,000      52,258,087

Hysan Development Co. Ltd.

   1,568,000      4,315,246

Johnson Electric Holdings Ltd.

   3,808,000      2,778,388

 

Security    Shares    Value

Kerry Properties Ltd.a

   1,232,000    $ 6,118,761

Kingboard Chemical Holdings Co. Ltd.

   1,462,500      6,140,317

Li & Fung Ltd.

   5,823,600      18,486,909

Link REIT (The)

   5,488,000      12,827,321

Melco International Development Ltd.

   1,800,000      3,479,129

MTR Corp. Ltd.a

   3,648,000      9,642,640

New World Development Co. Ltd.

   6,719,941      14,812,204

Noble Group Ltd.

   2,464,000      2,255,009

Orient Overseas International Ltd.

   450,000      3,674,974

PCCW Ltd.a

   10,125,845      5,975,212

Shangri-La Asia Ltd.

   3,136,000      8,128,720

Shui On Land Ltd.b

   4,704,000      4,275,105

Shun Tak Holdings Ltd.

   2,700,000      4,002,151

Sino Land Co. Ltd.

   3,492,000      8,027,894

Solomon Systech International Ltd.

   6,272,000      1,236,368

Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.

   3,522,000      41,679,006

Swire Pacific Ltd. Class A

   2,427,000      27,462,693

Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd.

   2,250,000      3,081,679

Television Broadcasts Ltd.

   675,000      4,393,553

Wharf Holdings Ltd. (The)

   3,136,000      11,119,286

Wing Hang Bank Ltd.

   450,000      5,091,970

Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd.

   1,800,000      6,220,959
         
        584,731,388

NEW ZEALAND – 1.75%

     

Auckland International Airport Ltd.

   2,671,158      4,191,068

Contact Energy Ltd.

   686,823      4,262,415

Fisher & Paykel Appliances Holdings Ltd.

   675,941      1,728,139

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corp. Ltd.

   1,361,126      3,718,263

Fletcher Building Ltd.

   1,209,626      8,998,141

Kiwi Income Property Trust

   1,596,346      1,744,330

Sky City Entertainment Group Ltd.

   1,164,625      3,956,444

Sky Network Television Ltd.

   533,465      2,111,210

 

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Security
   Shares    Value

Telecom Corp. of New Zealand Ltd.

   4,918,714    $ 16,606,410

Tower Ltd.b

   390,051      674,832

Vector Ltd.

   459,846      869,668

Warehouse Group Ltd. (The)

   270,060      1,318,470
         
        50,179,390

SINGAPORE – 11.33%

     

Allgreen Properties Ltd.a

   1,568,000      1,619,506

Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trusta

   2,475,000      3,915,346

CapitaCommercial Trust

   2,464,000      4,542,232

CapitaLand Ltd.

   3,300,000      15,100,507

CapitaMall Trust Management Ltd.a

   2,250,000      5,147,900

Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd.a,b

   2,475,000      2,362,151

City Developments Ltd.

   1,302,000      11,490,113

ComfortDelGro Corp. Ltd.

   4,725,000      5,745,056

COSCO Corp. (Singapore) Ltd.

   2,025,000      3,587,351

Creative Technology Ltd.

   146,250      946,478

DBS Group Holdings Ltd.

   2,878,000      40,072,822

Fraser and Neave Ltd.

   2,016,150      6,431,647

Haw Par Corp. Ltd.

   225,397      1,068,232

Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd.

   358,000      3,042,327

Keppel Corp. Ltd.

   1,433,000      16,674,228

Keppel Land Ltd.a

   900,000      5,000,817

Neptune Orient Lines Ltd.a

   1,125,000      2,117,993

Olam International Ltd.

   1,800,000      2,906,357

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp.

   6,495,600      36,092,564

Parkway Holdings Ltd.

   1,568,251      3,034,498

SembCorp Industries Ltd.

   2,016,240      5,799,285

SembCorp Marine Ltd.a

   1,350,000      3,071,090

Singapore Airlines Ltd.

   1,350,000      13,943,455

Singapore Exchange Ltd.

   2,025,000      9,001,471

Singapore Land Ltd.

   224,000      1,332,505

Singapore Petroleum Co. Ltd.a

   192,000      562,288

Singapore Post Ltd.

   3,360,000      2,460,010

Singapore Press Holdings Ltd.

   3,807,517      10,951,512

Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd.a

   3,360,000      7,116,457

 

Security    Shares or
Principal
   Value

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.a

     18,225,328    $ 38,124,562

SMRT Corp. Ltd.

     1,800,000      1,706,161

STATS ChipPAC Ltd.a,b

     3,375,000      3,265,240

Suntec REIT a

     2,250,000      2,779,866

United Overseas Bank Ltd.

     2,959,000      39,459,781

United Overseas Land Ltd.

     1,350,000      4,394,836

Venture Corp. Ltd.

     675,000      6,133,355

Want Want Holdings Ltd.

     1,125,000      1,732,500

Wing Tai Holdings Ltd.

     1,350,333      2,453,947
         
        325,186,446
         

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost: $2,046,041,611)

     2,855,116,507

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 6.36%

CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSITc– 0.30%

Credit Suisse First Boston NY

     

5.28% - 5.43%,
04/23/07 - 08/21/07

   $ 1,950,475      1,950,475

Deutsche Bank AG

     

5.35%, 08/08/07

     3,250,791      3,250,791

Washington Mutual Bank

     

5.33%, 03/19/07

     3,250,791      3,250,791
         
        8,452,057

COMMERCIAL PAPERc – 1.41%

Amstel Funding Corp.

     

5.22%,
04/16/07 - 04/17/07
d

     1,236,744      1,228,379

BNP Paribas Finance Inc.

     

5.12%, 06/06/07

     455,111      448,838

Bryant Park Funding LLC

     

5.27%, 03/06/07d

     320,450      320,215

Cantabric Finance LLC

     

5.25%, 03/06/07d

     1,040,253      1,039,495

Cheyne Finance LLC

     

5.24%,
04/12/07 - 04/23/07
d

     975,237      968,235

Concord Minutemen Capital Co. LLC

     

5.29%, 03/19/07d

     662,732      660,979

Crown Point Capital Co. LLC

     

5.20%, 07/18/07d

     1,502,060      1,471,902

 

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Security
   Principal    Value

Edison Asset Securitization LLC

     

5.21%, 04/11/07d

   $ 538,890    $ 535,693

Five Finance Inc.

     

5.22%, 04/20/07d

     598,146      593,809

General Electric Capital Corp.

     

5.12% - 5.20%,
06/04/07 - 07/17/07
d

     2,275,554      2,236,471

Giro Funding Corp.

     

5.25%,
03/05/07 - 03/12/07
d

     2,132,519      2,129,947

Grampian Funding LLC

     

5.14% - 5.23%,
04/23/07 - 06/06/07
d

     2,535,617      2,504,125

Harrier Finance Funding LLC

     

5.12%, 06/06/07d

     1,300,316      1,282,395

Irish Permanent Treasury PLC

     

5.18%, 07/10/07

     650,158      637,903

KKR Pacific Funding Trust

     

5.29%, 03/13/07d

     1,625,395      1,622,529

Lexington Parker Capital Co. LLC

     

5.18% - 5.20%,
05/17/07 - 07/25/07
d

     1,642,924      1,614,960

Liberty Street Funding Corp.

     

5.27%, 03/06/07d

     156,038      155,924

Lockhart Funding LLC

     

5.25%,
05/04/07 - 05/14/07
d

     2,933,462      2,905,597

Nationwide Building Society

     

5.21%, 04/13/07d

     1,235,301      1,227,613

Nestle Capital Corp.

     

5.19%, 08/09/07

     780,190      762,081

Sedna Finance Inc.

     

5.22%, 04/17/07d

     741,180      736,129

Simba Funding Corp.

     

5.20%, 07/23/07d

     1,300,316      1,273,270

Societe Generale

     

5.18%, 05/16/07

     3,250,791      3,215,242

Thames Asset Global Securitization No. 1 Inc.

     

5.25% - 5.28%,
03/02/07 - 03/12/07
d

     4,953,633      4,948,843

 

Security    Shares or
Principal
   Value

Thornburg Mortgage Capital Resources LLC

     

5.28%, 03/12/07d

   $ 951,832    $ 950,296

Three Pillars Funding Corp.

     

5.26%,
03/01/07- 03/12/07
d

     682,640      682,103

Tulip Funding Corp.

     

5.29%, 03/15/07d

     2,496,100      2,490,965

Westpac Banking Corp.

     

5.20%, 07/12/07d

     1,170,285      1,147,802

Zela Finance Inc.

     

5.20%, 07/16/07d

     780,190      764,751
         
        40,556,491

MEDIUM-TERM NOTESc – 0.13%

  

Bank of America N.A.

     

5.28%, 04/20/07

     325,079      325,079

Cullinan Finance Corp.

     

5.71%, 06/28/07d

     975,237      975,237

K2 USA LLC

     

5.39%, 06/04/07d

     975,237      975,237

Sigma Finance Inc.

     

5.13% - 5.51%,
03/30/07 - 06/18/07
d

     1,521,370      1,521,370
         
        3,796,923

MONEY MARKET FUNDS – 0.11%

  

Barclays Global Investors Funds Institutional Money Market Fund, Institutional Shares
5.30%
e,f

     3,176,265      3,176,265
         
        3,176,265

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTSc– 0.86%

  

Banc of America Securities LLC
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $2,601,020 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $2,680,767, 5.50% to 7.70%, 9/15/09 to 5/1/19).

   $ 2,600,633      2,600,633

 

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Security    Principal    Value

Bear Stearns Companies Inc. (The)
5.37%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $1,950,766 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $2,147,216, 0.00% to 9.20%, 10/17/18 to 11/25/52).

   $ 1,950,475    $ 1,950,475

BNP Securities Corp.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $130,051 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $136,641, 5.43%, 3/15/08).

     130,032      130,032

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $1,950,765 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $2,101,693, 0.00% to 10.00%, 5/27/33 to 8/25/46).

     1,950,475      1,950,475

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $2,601,020 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $2,732,820, 4.91% to 6.31%, 10/25/33 to 8/25/46).

     2,600,633      2,600,633

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.42%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $1,430,563 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $1,541,387, 0.00% to 10.00%, 5/27/33 to 8/25/46).

     1,430,348      1,430,348
Security    Principal    Value

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.46%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $780,308 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $869,163, 0.00% to 10.00%, 5/27/33 to 2/28/37).

   $ 780,190    $ 780,190

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (The)
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $482,580 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $507,034, 4.52% to 6.89%, 1/15/09 to 10/25/36).

     482,508      482,508

Greenwich Capital Markets Inc.
5.46%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $5,462,157 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $6,021,647, 0.00% to 10.00%, 4/1/07 to 12/31/49).

     5,461,329      5,461,329

HSBC Securities Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $650,255 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $683,249, 3.72% to 5.99%, 12/15/36 to 6/1/46).

     650,158      650,158

JP Morgan Securities Inc.
5.41%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $325,128 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $341,643, 6.25% to 9.56%, 5/15/11 to 2/1/30).

     325,079      325,079

 

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Security    Principal    Value

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $1,300,510 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $1,366,417, 1.63% to 14.50%, 5/1/07 to 9/18/37).

   $ 1,300,316    $ 1,300,316

Morgan Stanley
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $1,300,510 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $1,366,711, 0.00% to 10.00%, 3/1/07 to 2/28/37).

     1,300,316      1,300,316

Morgan Stanley
5.51%, due 2/4/08, maturity value $956,752 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $1,079,446, 0.00% to 10.00%, 3/1/07 to 2/28/37).
g

     910,221      910,221

Wachovia Capital
5.38%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $2,861,124 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $3,006,103, 0.00% to 8.32%, 2/15/08 to 3/15/49).

     2,860,696      2,860,696
         
        24,733,409

TIME DEPOSITSc – 0.26%

  

Bank of Nova Scotia

     

5.30%, 03/02/07

     545,301      545,301

Chase Bank USA N.A.

     

5.38%, 03/01/07

     1,950,475      1,950,475

Citibank N.A.

     

5.47%, 03/01/07

     1,950,475      1,950,475

Deutsche Bank AG

     

5.38%, 03/01/07

     3,054,066      3,054,066
         
        7,500,317
Security    Principal    Value

VARIABLE & FLOATING RATE NOTESc– 3.29%

Allstate Life Global Funding II

     

5.30% - 5.40%,
02/15/08 - 03/07/08
d

   $ 3,328,810    $ 3,329,141

American Express Centurion Bank
5.41%, 07/19/07

     1,430,348      1,430,992

American Express Credit Corp.
5.42%, 03/05/08

     390,095      390,285

AmeriCredit Automobile
Receivables Trust
5.35%, 03/06/07

     59,262      59,262

Arkle Master Issuer PLC

     

Series 2006-1A Class 1A

     

5.30%, 11/19/07d

     975,237      975,237

ASIF Global Financing

     

5.40%, 05/03/07d

     130,032      130,044

Australia & New Zealand

     

Banking Group Ltd.

     

5.32%, 02/22/08d

     845,206      845,206

Bank of Ireland

     

5.30% - 5.32%,
08/14/07 - 02/20/08
d

     1,885,459      1,885,512

Beta Finance Inc.

     

5.29% - 5.41%,
04/25/07 - 07/25/07
d

     3,315,807      3,315,867

BMW US Capital LLC

     

5.32%, 01/15/08d

     1,300,316      1,300,316

BNP Paribas

     

5.33%, 11/19/07d

     2,405,585      2,405,585

Brigantine High Grade

     

Funding Ltd.

     

5.40%, 09/05/07d

     1,248,304      1,248,187

Carlyle Loan Investment Ltd.

     

5.37%, 04/13/07 - 07/15/07d

     949,231      949,231

CC USA Inc.

     

5.36%, 07/30/07d

     650,158      650,194

Commodore CDO Ltd.

     

5.44%, 12/12/07d

     325,079      325,079

Credit Agricole SA

     

5.33%, 11/23/07

     1,300,316      1,300,316

 

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Security    Principal    Value

Credit Suisse First Boston NY

     

5.36%, 04/24/07

   $ 650,158    $ 650,162

Cullinan Finance Corp.

     

5.36%, 04/25/07d

     325,079      325,079

DaimlerChrysler Auto Trust

     

Series 2006-C Class A1

     

5.33%, 10/08/07d

     99,745      99,745

DEPFA Bank PLC

     

5.40%, 12/14/07d

     1,300,316      1,300,316

Dorada Finance Inc.

     

5.33% - 5.41%,
06/27/07 - 07/17/07
d

     1,495,364      1,495,389

Eli Lilly Services Inc.

     

5.31%, 03/01/07d

     867,961      867,961

Fifth Third Bancorp

     

5.32%, 02/22/08d

     2,600,633      2,600,633

Five Finance Inc.

     

5.31% - 5.37%,
06/29/07 - 07/13/07
d

     845,206      845,163

General Electric Capital Corp.

     

5.28% - 5.45%,
07/09/07 - 02/22/08
d

     1,365,332      1,365,467

Granite Master Issuer PLC

     

5.29%, 08/20/07d

     4,551,107      4,551,107

Harrier Finance Funding LLC

     

5.29% - 5.36%,
07/25/07 - 08/15/07
d

     1,690,411      1,690,420

Hartford Life Global Funding Trust

     

5.36% - 5.40%,
07/13/07 - 03/14/08

     1,950,475      1,950,599

HBOS Treasury Services PLC

     

5.46%, 01/24/08d

     1,300,316      1,300,316

Holmes Financing PLC

     

5.29%, 07/16/07d

     2,275,554      2,275,554

JP Morgan Securities Inc.

     

5.40%, 11/16/07

     2,600,633      2,600,633

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     

5.29% - 5.45%,
07/27/07 - 02/29/08
g

     3,575,870      3,575,870
Security    Principal    Value

K2 USA LLC

     

5.20% - 5.33%,
04/02/07 - 06/28/07
d

   $ 975,237    $ 975,221

Kestrel Funding LLC

     

5.30%, 07/11/07d

     520,127      520,106

Kommunalkredit Austria AG

     

5.32%, 02/08/08d

     780,190      780,190

Leafs LLC

     

5.32%, 01/22/08d

     1,259,838      1,259,838

Links Finance LLC

     

5.28% - 5.35%,
05/10/07 - 05/16/07
d

     1,430,348      1,430,319

Lothian Mortgages Master

     

Issuer PLC

     

5.29%, 04/24/07d

     458,429      458,429

Marshall & Ilsley Bank

     

5.32%, 02/15/08

     715,174      715,174

Master Funding LLC

     

5.35%, 04/25/07 - 05/25/07d

     2,353,222      2,353,222

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.

     

5.46%, 05/30/07g

     1,430,348      1,430,348

Metropolitan Life Global Funding I

     

5.33%, 03/06/08d

     1,950,475      1,950,475

Metropolitan Life Insurance

     

Funding Agreement

     

5.44%, 08/01/07d,g

     130,032      130,032

Mound Financing PLC

     

5.29%, 05/08/07d

     1,222,297      1,222,297

Natexis Banques Populaires

     

5.33% - 5.35%,
06/20/07 - 02/08/08
d

     2,080,506      2,080,482

National City Bank of Indiana

     

5.34%, 05/21/07

     650,158      650,170

Nationwide Building Society

     

5.37% - 5.48%,
07/20/07 - 01/28/08
d

     4,291,044      4,291,526

Newcastle Ltd.

     

5.34%, 04/24/07 - 01/24/08d

     1,303,567      1,303,394

Northern Rock PLC

     

5.38%, 02/01/08d

     1,560,380      1,560,409

 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security    Principal    Value

Northlake CDO I

     

5.42%, 09/06/07d

   $ 390,095    $ 390,095

Pricoa Global Funding I

     

5.31%, 02/27/08d

     1,755,427      1,755,427

Sedna Finance Inc.

     

5.32% - 5.34%,
05/25/07 - 08/21/07
d

     1,885,459      1,885,445

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken

     

5.32%, 02/15/08d

     1,300,316      1,300,316

Strips III LLC

     

5.37%, 07/24/07d

     264,592      264,592

SunTrust Bank

     

5.29%, 05/01/07

     1,300,316      1,300,328

Tango Finance Corp.

     

5.27% - 5.34%,
04/25/07 - 07/16/07
d

     3,172,772      3,172,668

Union Hamilton Special

     

Funding LLC

     

5.36% - 5.37%,
03/28/07 - 06/21/07
d

     2,145,522      2,145,522

Wachovia Asset

     

Securitization Inc.

     

5.31%, 03/25/07d

     1,467,822      1,467,822

Wachovia Bank N.A.

     

5.36%, 05/22/07

     2,600,633      2,600,633

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

     

5.50%, 07/16/07d

     975,237      975,484

Wells Fargo & Co.

     

5.33%, 11/15/07d

     650,158      650,184

WhistleJacket Capital Ltd.

     

5.28% - 5.35%,
04/18/07 - 06/13/07
d

     975,237      975,241

White Pine Finance LLC

     

5.28% - 5.32%,
05/22/07 - 08/20/07
d

     3,900,949      3,900,600
Security    Principal    Value  

Wind Master Trust

     

5.31%, 07/25/07d

   $ 520,127    $ 520,127  
           
        94,450,984  
           

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost: $182,666,446)

     182,666,446  
           

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES – 105.83%
(Cost: $2,228,708,057)

     3,037,782,953  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities – (5.83)%

     (167,353,477 )
           

NET ASSETS – 100.00%

      $ 2,870,429,476  
           

 

a

 

All or a portion of this security represents a security on loan. See Note 5.

b

 

Non-income earning security.

c

 

All or a portion of this security (these securities) represent(s) an investment of securities lending collateral. See Note 5.

d

 

This security or a portion of these securities may be resold to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A or pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933.

e

 

Affiliated issuer. See Note 2.

f

 

The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.

g

 

The investment adviser has determined that this security or a portion of these securities is “illiquid,” in that it cannot be sold within seven (7) days for approximately the value at which it is carried in the Fund.

See notes to financial statements.


 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security    Shares    Value

COMMON STOCKS – 99.90%

  

AIRLINES – 4.41%

     

Singapore Airlines Ltd.

   6,405,000    $ 66,153,947
         
        66,153,947

BANKS – 35.19%

     

DBS Group Holdings Ltd.

   13,007,000      181,107,436

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp.

   28,638,000      159,126,001

United Overseas Bank Ltd.

   14,091,000      187,910,704
         
        528,144,141

BEVERAGES – 2.18%

     

Fraser and Neave Ltd.

   10,248,000      32,691,773
         
        32,691,773

COMPUTERS – 0.30%

     

Creative Technology Ltd.a

   704,550      4,559,598
         
        4,559,598

DISTRIBUTION & WHOLESALE – 0.82%

Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd.

   1,442,000      12,254,290
         
        12,254,290

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES – 2.69%

Singapore Exchange Ltd.

   9,096,000      40,433,273
         
        40,433,273

ELECTRONICS – 1.64%

     

Venture Corp. Ltd.

   2,710,000      24,624,285
         
        24,624,285

ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION – 3.89%

SembCorp Industries Ltd.

   8,967,000      25,791,665

Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd.a

   15,372,000      32,557,791
         
        58,349,456

FOOD – 1.36%

     

Olam International Ltd.a

   7,686,000      12,410,146

Want Want Holdings Ltd.a

   5,170,000      7,961,800
         
        20,371,946

HEALTH CARE - SERVICES – 0.92%

Parkway Holdings Ltd.a

   7,138,500      13,812,688
         
        13,812,688

HOLDING COMPANIES - DIVERSIFIED – 5.67%

Haw Par Corp. Ltd.

   1,281,000      6,071,090

Keppel Corp. Ltd.

   5,887,000      68,500,474
Security    Shares    Value

Noble Group Ltd.a

   11,529,000    $ 10,551,136
         
        85,122,700

MEDIA – 3.44%

     

Singapore Press Holdings Ltd.

   17,940,000      51,600,588
         
        51,600,588

OIL & GAS – 0.25%

     

Singapore Petroleum Co. Ltd.a

   1,281,000      3,751,515
         
        3,751,515

REAL ESTATE – 14.21%

     

Allgreen Properties Ltd.a

   7,686,000      7,938,473

CapitaCommercial Trusta

   11,529,000      21,253,002

CapitaLand Ltd.a

   14,097,000      64,506,619

City Developments Ltd.

   6,405,000      56,523,942

Keppel Land Ltd.a

   3,944,000      21,914,692

Singapore Land Ltd.

   1,860,000      11,064,553

UOL Group Ltd.

   6,405,000      20,851,054

Wing Tai Holdings Ltd.a

   5,124,000      9,311,796
         
        213,364,131

REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS – 3.80%

Ascendas Real Estate

     

Investment Trusta

   11,529,000      18,238,392

CapitaMall Trust

     

Management Ltd.a

   10,748,000      24,590,946

Suntec REITa

   11,529,000      14,244,033
         
        57,073,371

SEMICONDUCTORS – 1.72%

  

Chartered Semiconductor

     

Manufacturing Ltd.a,b

   11,529,000      11,003,328

STATS ChipPAC Ltd.a,b

   15,372,000      14,872,077
         
        25,875,405

SHIPBUILDING – 0.97%

     

SembCorp Marine Ltd.a

   6,405,000      14,570,616
         
        14,570,616

TELECOMMUNICATIONS – 11.78%

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.a

   84,558,568      176,883,424
         
        176,883,424

 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security   Shares or
Principal
  Value

TRANSPORTATION – 4.66%

 

ComfortDelGro Corp. Ltd.

    20,502,000   $ 24,928,073

COSCO Corp. (Singapore) Ltd.

    8,967,000     15,885,321

Neptune Orient Lines Ltd.a

    5,124,000     9,646,753

Singapore Post Ltd.a

    16,653,000     12,192,424

SMRT Corp. Ltd.

    7,686,000     7,285,308
       
      69,937,879
       

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost: $1,265,195,809)

    1,499,575,026

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 11.40%

CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSITc– 0.53%

Credit Suisse First Boston NY

   

5.28% - 5.43%,

   

04/23/07 - 08/21/07

  $ 1,845,971     1,845,971

Deutsche Bank AG

   

5.35%, 08/08/07

    3,076,619     3,076,619

Washington Mutual Bank

   

5.33%, 03/19/07

    3,076,619     3,076,619
       
      7,999,209

COMMERCIAL PAPERc – 2.56%

Amstel Funding Corp.

   

5.22%,
04/16/07 - 04/17/07
d

    1,170,481     1,162,569

BNP Paribas Finance Inc.

   

5.12%, 06/06/07

    430,727     424,790

Bryant Park Funding LLC

   

5.27%, 03/06/07d

    303,281     303,059

Cantabric Finance LLC

   

5.25%, 03/06/07d

    984,518     983,800

Cheyne Finance LLC

   

5.24%,
04/12/07 - 04/23/07
d

    922,986     916,358

Concord Minutemen

   

Capital Co. LLC

   

5.29%, 03/19/07d

    627,224     625,565

Crown Point Capital Co. LLC

   

5.20%, 07/18/07d

    1,421,582     1,393,040

Edison Asset Securitization LLC

   

5.21%, 04/11/07d

    510,017     506,991

Five Finance Inc.

   

5.22%, 04/20/07d

    566,098     561,994
Security   Principal   Value

General Electric Capital Corp.

   

5.12% - 5.20%,

   

06/04/07 - 07/17/07d

  $ 2,153,633   $ 2,116,643

Giro Funding Corp.

   

5.25%, 03/05/07 - 03/12/07d

    2,018,262     2,015,828

Grampian Funding LLC

   

5.14% - 5.23%,

   

04/23/07 - 06/06/07d

    2,399,762     2,369,957

Harrier Finance Funding LLC

   

5.12%, 06/06/07d

    1,230,647     1,213,687

Irish Permanent Treasury PLC

   

5.18%, 07/10/07

    615,324     603,725

KKR Pacific Funding Trust

   

5.29%, 03/13/07d

    1,538,309     1,535,597

Lexington Parker Capital

   

Co. LLC

   

5.18% - 5.20%,

   

05/17/07 - 07/25/07d

    1,554,898     1,528,433

Liberty Street Funding Corp.

   

5.27%, 03/06/07d

    147,678     147,570

Lockhart Funding LLC

   

5.25%, 05/04/07 - 05/14/07d

    2,776,291     2,749,920

Nationwide Building Society

   

5.21%, 04/13/07d

    1,169,115     1,161,840

Nestle Capital Corp.

   

5.19%, 08/09/07

    738,388     721,250

Sedna Finance Inc.

   

5.22%, 04/17/07d

    701,469     696,688

Simba Funding Corp.

   

5.20%, 07/23/07d

    1,230,647     1,205,050

Societe Generale

   

5.18%, 05/16/07

    3,076,619     3,042,974

Thames Asset Global

   

Securitization No. 1 Inc.

   

5.25% - 5.28%,

   

03/02/07 - 03/12/07d

    4,688,225     4,683,691

Thornburg Mortgage

   

Capital Resources LLC

   

5.28%, 03/12/07d

    900,834     899,381

Three Pillars Funding Corp.

   

5.26%, 03/01/07 - 03/12/07d

    646,065     645,556

 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security    Shares or
Principal
   Value

Tulip Funding Corp.

     

5.29%, 03/15/07d

   $ 2,362,363    $ 2,357,503

Westpac Banking Corp.

     

5.20%, 07/12/07d

     1,107,583      1,086,305

Zela Finance Inc.

     

5.20%, 07/16/07d

     738,388      723,777
         
        38,383,541

MEDIUM-TERM NOTESc – 0.24%

Bank of America N.A.

     

5.28%, 04/20/07

     307,662      307,662

Cullinan Finance Corp.

     

5.71%, 06/28/07d

     922,986      922,986

K2 USA LLC

     

5.39%, 06/04/07d

     922,986      922,986

Sigma Finance Inc.

     

5.13% - 5.51%,

     

    03/30/07 - 06/18/07d

     1,439,858      1,439,858
         
        3,593,492

MONEY MARKET FUNDS – 0.08%

Barclays Global Investors Funds Institutional Money Market Fund, Institutional Shares
5.30%
e,f

     1,244,278      1,244,278
         
        1,244,278

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTSc– 1.56%

Banc of America Securities LLC
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $ 2,461,661 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $2,537,135, 5.50% to 7.70%, 9/15/09 to 5/1/19).

   $ 2,461,295      2,461,295

Bear Stearns Companies Inc. (The)
5.37%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $1,846,246 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $2,032,172, 0.00% to 9.20%, 10/17/18 to 11/25/52).

     1,845,971      1,845,971
Security    Principal    Value

BNP Securities Corp.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $123,083 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $129,320, 5.43%, 3/15/08).

   $ 123,065    $ 123,065

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $1,846,246 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $1,989,088, 0.00% to 10.00%, 5/27/33 to 8/25/46).

     1,845,971      1,845,971

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $2,461,661 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $2,586,400, 4.91% to 6.31%, 10/25/33 to 8/25/46).

     2,461,295      2,461,295

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.42%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $1,353,916 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $1,458,802, 0.00% to 10.00%, 5/27/33 to 8/25/46).

     1,353,712      1,353,712

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.46%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $738,500 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $822,594, 0.00% to 10.00%, 5/27/33 to 2/28/37).

     738,388      738,388

 

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Security    Principal    Value

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (The)
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $456,724 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $479,868, 4.52% to 6.89%, 1/15/09 to 10/25/36).

   $ 456,656    $ 456,656

Greenwich Capital Markets Inc.
5.46%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $5,169,503 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $5,699,017, 0.00% to 10.00%, 4/1/07 to 12/31/49).

     5,168,719      5,168,719

HSBC Securities Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $615,416 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $646,641, 3.72% to 5.99%, 12/15/36 to 6/1/46).

     615,324      615,324

JP Morgan Securities Inc.
5.41%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $307,708 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $323,339, 6.25% to 9.56%, 5/15/11 to 2/1/30).

     307,662      307,662

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $1,230,830 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $1,293,206, 1.63% to 14.50%, 5/1/07 to 9/18/37).

     1,230,647      1,230,647
Security    Principal    Value

Morgan Stanley
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $1,230,830 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $1,293,485, 0.00% to 10.00%, 3/1/07 to 2/28/37).

   $ 1,230,647    $ 1,230,647

Morgan Stanley
5.51%, due 2/4/08, maturity value $905,491 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $1,021,611, 0.00% to 10.00%, 3/1/07 to 2/28/37).
g

     861,453      861,453

Wachovia Capital
5.38%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $2,707,829 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $2,845,040, 0.00% to 8.32%, 2/15/08 to 3/15/49).

     2,707,424      2,707,424
         
        23,408,229

TIME DEPOSITSc – 0.47%

Bank of Nova Scotia

     

5.30%, 03/02/07

     516,084      516,084

Chase Bank USA N.A.

     

5.38%, 03/01/07

     1,845,971      1,845,971

Citibank N.A.

     

5.47%, 03/01/07

     1,845,971      1,845,971

Deutsche Bank AG

     

5.38%, 03/01/07

     2,890,434      2,890,434
         
        7,098,460

VARIABLE & FLOATING RATE NOTESc – 5.96%

Allstate Life Global Funding II

     

5.30% - 5.40%,

     

    02/15/08 - 03/07/08d

     3,150,457      3,150,770

American Express Centurion Bank

     

5.41%, 07/19/07

     1,353,712      1,354,322

 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security    Principal    Value

American Express Credit Corp.

     

5.42%, 03/05/08

   $ 369,194    $ 369,374

AmeriCredit Automobile

     

Receivables Trust

     

5.35%, 03/06/07

     56,086      56,086

Arkle Master Issuer PLC

     

Series 2006-1A Class 1A

     

5.30%, 11/19/07d

     922,986      922,986

ASIF Global Financing

     

5.40%, 05/03/07d

     123,065      123,076

Australia & New Zealand

     

Banking Group Ltd.

     

5.32%, 02/22/08d

     799,921      799,921

Bank of Ireland

     

5.30% - 5.32%,

     

    08/14/07 - 02/20/08d

     1,784,439      1,784,490

Beta Finance Inc.

     

5.29% - 5.41%,

     

    04/25/07 - 07/25/07d

     3,138,151      3,138,208

BMW US Capital LLC

     

5.32%, 01/15/08d

     1,230,647      1,230,647

BNP Paribas

     

5.33%, 11/19/07d

     2,276,698      2,276,698

Brigantine High Grade

     

Funding Ltd.

     

5.40%, 09/05/07d

     1,181,422      1,181,311

Carlyle Loan Investment Ltd.

     

5.37%, 04/13/07 - 07/15/07d

     898,373      898,373

CC USA Inc.

     

5.36%, 07/30/07d

     615,324      615,358

Commodore CDO Ltd.

     

5.44%, 12/12/07d

     307,662      307,662

Credit Agricole SA

     

5.33%, 11/23/07

     1,230,647      1,230,647

Credit Suisse First Boston NY

     

5.36%, 04/24/07

     615,324      615,328

Cullinan Finance Corp.

     

5.36%, 04/25/07d

     307,662      307,662

DaimlerChrysler Auto Trust

     

Series 2006-C Class A1

     

5.33%, 10/08/07d

     94,401      94,401

DEPFA Bank PLC

     

5.40%, 12/14/07d

     1,230,647      1,230,647
Security    Principal    Value

Dorada Finance Inc.

     

5.33% - 5.41%,

     

    06/27/07 - 07/17/07d

   $ 1,415,245    $ 1,415,268

Eli Lilly Services Inc.

     

5.31%, 03/01/07d

     821,457      821,457

Fifth Third Bancorp

     

5.32%, 02/22/08d

     2,461,295      2,461,295

Five Finance Inc.

     

5.31% - 5.37%,

     

    06/29/07 - 07/13/07d

     799,921      799,881

General Electric Capital Corp.

     

5.28% - 5.45%,

     

    07/09/07 - 02/22/08d

     1,292,180      1,292,306

Granite Master Issuer PLC

     

5.29%, 08/20/07d

     4,307,266      4,307,266

Harrier Finance Funding LLC

     

5.29% - 5.36%,

     

    07/25/07 - 08/15/07d

     1,599,842      1,599,851

Hartford Life Global Funding Trust

     

5.36% - 5.40%,

     

    07/13/07 - 03/14/08

     1,845,971      1,846,089

HBOS Treasury Services PLC

     

5.46%, 01/24/08d

     1,230,647      1,230,647

Holmes Financing PLC

     

5.29%, 07/16/07d

     2,153,633      2,153,633

JP Morgan Securities Inc.

     

5.40%, 11/16/07

     2,461,295      2,461,295

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     

5.29% - 5.45%,

     

    07/27/07 - 02/29/08g

     3,384,280      3,384,281

K2 USA LLC

     

5.20% - 5.33%,

     

    04/02/07 - 06/28/07d

     922,986      922,970

Kestrel Funding LLC

     

5.30%, 07/11/07d

     492,259      492,240

Kommunalkredit Austria AG

     

5.32%, 02/08/08d

     738,388      738,388

Leafs LLC

     

5.32%, 01/22/08d

     1,192,337      1,192,337

Links Finance LLC

     

5.28% - 5.35%,

     

    05/10/07 - 05/16/07d

     1,353,712      1,353,685

 

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iSHARES® MSCI SINGAPORE INDEX FUND

February 28, 2007

 

Security    Principal    Value

Lothian Mortgages Master

     

Issuer PLC

     

5.29%, 04/24/07d

   $ 433,867    $ 433,867

Marshall & Ilsley Bank

     

5.32%, 02/15/08

     676,856      676,856

Master Funding LLC

     

5.35%, 04/25/07 - 05/25/07d

     2,227,140      2,227,140

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.

     

5.46%, 05/30/07g

     1,353,712      1,353,712

Metropolitan Life Global Funding I

     

5.33%, 03/06/08d

     1,845,971      1,845,971

Metropolitan Life Insurance

     

Funding Agreement

     

5.44%, 08/01/07d,g

     123,065      123,065

Mound Financing PLC

     

5.29%, 05/08/07d

     1,156,809      1,156,809

Natexis Banques Populaires

     

5.33% - 5.35%,

     

    06/20/07 - 02/08/08d

     1,969,036      1,969,013

National City Bank of Indiana

     

5.34%, 05/21/07

     615,324      615,335

Nationwide Building Society

     

5.37% - 5.48%,

     

    07/20/07 - 01/28/08d

     4,061,136      4,061,594

Newcastle Ltd.

     

5.34%, 04/24/07 - 01/24/08d

     1,233,724      1,233,560

Northern Rock PLC

     

5.38%, 02/01/08d

     1,476,777      1,476,805

Northlake CDO I

     

5.42%, 09/06/07d

     369,194      369,194

Pricoa Global Funding I

     

5.31%, 02/27/08d

     1,661,374      1,661,374

Sedna Finance Inc.

     

5.32% - 5.34%,

     

    05/25/07 - 08/21/07d

     1,784,439      1,784,425

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken

     

5.32%, 02/15/08d

     1,230,647      1,230,647

Strips III LLC

     

5.37%, 07/24/07d

     250,415      250,415

SunTrust Bank

     

5.29%, 05/01/07

     1,230,647      1,230,658
Security    Principal    Value  

Tango Finance Corp.

     

5.27% - 5.34%,

     

    04/25/07 - 07/16/07d

   $ 3,002,780    $ 3,002,680  

Union Hamilton Special

     

Funding LLC

     

5.36% - 5.37%,

     

    03/28/07 - 06/21/07d

     2,030,568      2,030,568  

Wachovia Asset

     

Securitization Inc.

     

5.31%, 03/25/07d

     1,389,178      1,389,178  

Wachovia Bank N.A.

     

5.36%, 05/22/07

     2,461,295      2,461,295  

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

     

5.50%, 07/16/07d

     922,986      923,219  

Wells Fargo & Co.

     

5.33%, 11/15/07d

     615,324      615,348  

WhistleJacket Capital Ltd.

     

5.28% - 5.35%,

     

    04/18/07 - 06/13/07d

     922,986      922,989  

White Pine Finance LLC

     

5.28% - 5.32%,

     

    05/22/07 - 08/20/07d

     3,691,942      3,691,611  

Wind Master Trust

     

5.31%, 07/25/07d

     492,259      492,259  
           
        89,390,443  
           

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost: $171,117,652)

     171,117,652  
           

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES – 111.30%
(Cost: $1,436,313,461)

     1,670,692,678  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities – (11.30)%

     (169,674,860 )
           

NET ASSETS – 100.00%

   $ 1,501,017,818  
           

 

a

 

All or a portion of this security represents a security on loan. See Note 5.

b

 

Non-income earning security.

c

 

All or a portion of this security (these securities) represent(s) an investment of securities lending collateral. See Note 5.

d

 

This security or a portion of these securities may be resold to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A or pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933.

e

 

Affiliated issuer. See Note 2.

f

 

The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.

g

 

The investment adviser has determined that this security or a portion of these securities is “illiquid,” in that it cannot be sold within seven (7) days for approximately the value at which it is carried in the Fund.

See notes to financial statements.


 

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iSHARES® MSCI SOUTH AFRICA INDEX FUND

February 28, 2007

 

Security    Shares    Value

COMMON STOCKS – 99.95%

  

BANKS – 14.79%

  

FirstRand Ltd.

   4,959,628    $ 16,331,389

Nedbank Group Ltd.

   357,182      6,617,392

Standard Bank Group Ltd.

   2,162,498      29,880,666
         
        52,829,447

BUILDING MATERIALS – 0.39%

  

Pretoria Portland Cement Co. Ltd.

   23,870      1,381,272
         
        1,381,272

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES – 2.24%

African Bank Investments Ltd.

   833,218      3,161,813

Alexander Forbes Ltd.a

   631,284      1,427,773

Investec Ltd.

   291,648      3,428,417
         
        8,018,003

ELECTRONICS – 0.91%

  

Reunert Ltd.

   309,318      3,253,382
         
        3,253,382

ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION – 2.15%

Aveng Ltd.

   697,996      3,790,692

Murray & Roberts Holdings Ltd.

   526,070      3,876,831
         
        7,667,523

FOOD – 3.24%

  

Shoprite Holdings Ltd.

   764,150      2,836,683

SPAR Group Ltd. (The)

   300,762      1,861,232

Tiger Brands Ltd.

   286,688      6,882,120
         
        11,580,035

FOREST PRODUCTS & PAPER – 1.42%

Sappi Ltd.

   360,220      5,076,451
         
        5,076,451

HEALTH CARE – PRODUCTS – 0.51%

Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd.a

   377,394      1,827,481
         
        1,827,481

HEALTH CARE - SERVICES – 1.23%

Network Healthcare Holdings Ltd.a

   2,265,666      4,392,214
         
        4,392,214

HOLDING COMPANIES - DIVERSIFIED – 7.81%

AVI Ltd.

   561,658      1,544,438

Barloworld Ltd.

   354,454      8,450,404

Bidvest Group Ltd.

   459,668      8,911,112

 

Security    Shares    Value

Imperial Holdings Ltd.a

   330,522    $ 7,452,684

Tongaat-Hulett Group Ltd.

   93,868      1,548,700
         
        27,907,338

HOME FURNISHINGS – 2.07%

Lewis Group Ltd.

   168,888      1,578,978

Steinhoff International

     

    Holdings Ltd.

   1,618,882      5,798,176
         
        7,377,154

INSURANCE – 4.13%

  

Liberty Group Ltd.

   195,672      2,152,223

Metropolitan Holdings Ltd.

   983,320      2,054,977

Sanlam Ltd.

   4,040,974      10,528,434
         
        14,735,634

IRON & STEEL – 2.04%

  

Kumba Iron Ore Ltd.a

   109,492      1,919,381

Mittal Steel South Africa Ltd.

   354,392      5,352,448
         
        7,271,829

MEDIA – 3.55%

  

Naspers Ltd.

   538,284      12,692,410
         
        12,692,410

MINING – 22.59%

  

Anglo Platinum Ltd.

   116,126      16,445,050

AngloGold Ashanti Ltd.

   267,158      11,570,370

Gold Fields Ltd.

   1,071,546      18,409,854

Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd.a

   597,432      7,950,372

Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd.

   928,760      26,305,055
         
        80,680,701

OIL & GAS – 9.40%

  

Sasol Ltd.

   1,047,552      33,558,304
         
        33,558,304

PACKAGING & CONTAINERS – 1.24%

  

Consol Ltd.

   561,782      1,479,126

Nampak Ltd.

   919,832      2,940,356
         
        4,419,482

REAL ESTATE – 0.44%

  

Allan Gray Property Trust

   1,771,464      1,558,765
         
        1,558,765

 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security    Shares    Value

RETAIL – 7.88%

  

Edgars Consolidated Stores Ltd.

   888,336    $ 5,410,650

Ellerine Holdings Ltd.

   183,086      2,016,305

Foschini Ltd.

   359,600      3,219,605

JD Group Ltd.

   314,464      3,925,774

Massmart Holdings Ltd.

   353,028      4,072,299

Pick’n Pay Stores Ltd.

   388,306      1,754,325

Truworths International Ltd.

   810,774      3,790,070

Woolworths Holdings Ltd.

   1,409,694      3,946,128
         
        28,135,156

TELECOMMUNICATIONS – 11.30%

  

MTN Group Ltd.

   2,353,582      28,476,100

Telkom South Africa Ltd.

   529,480      11,866,036
         
        40,342,136

TRANSPORTATION – 0.62%

  

Grindrod Ltd.

   580,382      1,376,485

Super Group Ltd.

   492,528      846,466
         
        2,222,951
         

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost: $346,621,973)

     356,927,668

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.00%

  

MONEY MARKET FUNDS – 0.00%

  

Barclays Global Investors
Funds Institutional

     

Money Market Fund,

     

Institutional Shares

     

5.30%b,c

   2,130      2,130
         
        2,130
         

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost: $2,130)

     2,130
         

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES – 99.95%
(Cost: $346,624,103)

     356,929,798

Other Assets, Less Liabilities – 0.05%

     170,315
         

NET ASSETS – 100.00%

   $ 357,100,113

 

a

 

Non-income earning security.

b

 

Affiliated issuer. See Note 2.

c

 

The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.

See notes to financial statements.


 

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iSHARES® MSCI SOUTH KOREA INDEX FUND

February 28, 2007

 

Security    Shares    Value

COMMON STOCKS – 96.44%

  

ADVERTISING – 0.20%

  

Cheil Communications Inc.a

   13,500    $ 3,268,557
         
        3,268,557

AEROSPACE& DEFENSE – 0.42%

  

Hanjin Heavy Industries &
Construction Co. Ltd.

   222,750      6,977,939
         
        6,977,939

AGRICULTURE – 1.88%

  

KT&G Corp.

   517,725      31,282,311
         
        31,282,311

AIRLINES – 0.53%

  

Asiana Airlines Inc.

   418,500      2,755,335

Korean Air Co. Ltd.

   170,392      6,052,472
         
        8,807,807

APPAREL – 0.15%

  

LG Fashion Corp.

   109,954      2,487,013
         
        2,487,013

AUTO MANUFACTURERS – 3.73%

  

Hyundai Motor Co. Ltd.

   702,000      51,436,763

Kia Motors Corp.a,b

   837,000      10,799,140
         
        62,235,903

AUTO PARTS & EQUIPMENT – 1.78%

  

Hankook Tire Co. Ltd.

   486,000      7,947,754

Hyundai Mobis

   263,256      21,805,212
         
        29,752,966

BANKS – 9.58%

  

Daegu Bank

   540,000      9,203,568

Kookmin Bank

   1,525,509      137,371,948

Korea Exchange Banka

   445,500      6,410,242

Pusan Bank

   486,000      6,734,947
         
        159,720,705

BEVERAGES – 0.26%

  

Hite Brewery Co. Ltd.

   40,500      4,365,244
         
        4,365,244

CHEMICALS – 2.02%

  

Hanwha Chemical Corp.

   222,750      3,169,640

Honam Petrochemical Corp.b

   60,750      5,225,390

KCC Corp.

   20,250      5,483,434

 

Security    Shares    Value

Korea Zinc Co. Ltd.a

   60,750    $ 5,922,109

LG Chem Ltd.

   202,500      9,354,094

LG Petrochemical Co. Ltd.

   94,515      2,955,789

Samsung Fine Chemicals Co. Ltd.a

   60,750      1,619,226
         
        33,729,682

COMMERCIAL SERVICES – 0.23%

S1 Corp.

   94,500      3,773,176
         
        3,773,176

COSMETICS & PERSONAL CARE – 0.60%

AmorePacific Corp.

   15,250      8,971,541

Pacific Corp.

   6,759      1,022,786
         
        9,994,327

DISTRIBUTION & WHOLESALE – 1.89%

Daewoo International Corp.

   195,750      7,795,078

Hyosung Corp.

   5      148

LG International Corp.

   145,715      3,172,090

Samsung Corp.

   627,750      20,598,359
         
        31,565,675

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES – 8.58%

Daewoo Securities Co. Ltd.a

   526,500      9,728,257

Daishin Securities Co. Ltd.a

   168,750      3,879,620

Hana Financial Group Inc.

   519,751      27,596,421

Hyundai Securities Co. Ltd.

   499,500      6,868,987

Korea Investment Holdings Co. Ltd.

   168,755      8,422,518

Mirae Asset Securities Co. Ltd.a

   60,750      4,386,747

Mirae Asset Securities Co. Ltd.
Rights
c

   12,318      235,451

Samsung Securities Co.a

   243,000      13,547,308

Shinhan Financial Group Ltd.

   972,000      54,808,538

Tong Yang Investment Bankb

   371,250      4,100,032

Woori Investment & Securities Co.a

   425,250      9,483,116
         
        143,056,995

ELECTRIC – 3.00%

  

Korea Electric Power Corp.

   1,188,000      49,957,311
         
        49,957,311

ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS &
EQUIPMENT – 20.27%

LG Electronics Inc.

   472,506      29,954,984

LS Cable Ltd.

   87,750      3,186,843

 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security    Shares    Value

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

   506,250    $ 304,814,431
         
        337,956,258

ELECTRONICS – 3.02%

  

Daeduck Electronics Co. Ltd.a

   438,751      3,573,559

Hyundai Autonet Co. Ltd.a

   445,500      3,491,335

LG.Philips LCD Co. Ltd.b

   445,500      14,641,845

Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd.a

   438,750      16,516,606

Samsung SDI Co. Ltd.a

   182,250      12,211,931
         
        50,435,276

ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION – 3.39%

Daelim Industrial Co. Ltd.

   114,750      9,809,255

Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd.a

   702,000      14,238,293

GS Engineering & Construction Corp.

   162,000      14,794,520

Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. Inc.b

   175,500      9,579,165

Samsung Engineering Co. Ltd.

   148,500      8,105,448
         
        56,526,681

ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL – 0.32%

Woongjin Coway Co. Ltd.

   189,000      5,268,398
         
        5,268,398

FOOD – 1.23%

  

CJ Corp.a

   87,750      9,094,616

Lotte Confectionery Co. Ltd.

   3,500      4,493,469

Nong Shim Co. Ltd.a

   13,502      3,713,516

ORION Corp.

   13,509      3,292,254
         
        20,593,855

HOME BUILDERS – 1.05%

  

Hyundai Development Co.

   290,257      17,568,917
         
        17,568,917

HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS & WARES – 0.39%

LG Household & Health Care Ltd.a

   54,000      6,537,114
         
        6,537,114

INSURANCE – 2.69%

  

Dongbu Insurance Co. Ltd.

   175,500      4,780,264

Hyundai Marine &

     

Fire Insurance Co. Ltd.

   330,750      4,495,699

 

Security    Shares    Value

Korean Reinsurance Co.

   337,500    $ 4,694,967

Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd.

   175,500      30,936,604
         
        44,907,534

INTERNET – 1.86%

  

Daum Communications Corp.a,b

   51,975      3,604,086

NCsoft Corp.a,b

   67,500      3,727,302

NHN Corp.b

   172,800      23,671,233
         
        31,002,621

IRON & STEEL – 7.82%

  

Dongkuk Steel Mill Co. Ltd.

   155,261      3,808,569

POSCOa

   337,500      126,513,221
         
        130,321,790

LODGING – 0.56%

  

Kangwon Land Inc.a

   486,002      9,263,816
         
        9,263,816

MACHINERY- DIVERSIFIED – 0.37%

  

Doosan Infracore Co. Ltd.

   290,250      6,118,151
         
        6,118,151

MANUFACTURING – 0.51%

  

Cheil Industries Inc.

   209,250      8,588,205
         
        8,588,205

MINING – 0.11%

  

Poongsan Corp.

   87,768      1,812,772
         
        1,812,772

MULTIPLE UTILITIES – 0.72%

  

KT Freetel Co. Ltd.

   438,750      12,020,548
         
        12,020,548

OIL & GAS – 3.39%

  

SK Corp.a

   492,750      41,860,465

S-Oil Corp.

   202,500      14,622,491
         
        56,482,956

PHARMACEUTICALS – 0.55%

  

Hanmi Pharm Co. Ltd.a

   28,313      3,472,604

Yuhan Corp.a

   35,398      5,638,420
         
        9,111,024

RETAIL – 3.42%

  

Hyundai Department Store Co. Ltd.

   67,500      6,056,865

Lotte Shopping Co. Ltd.

   33,750      12,203,329

 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security    Shares    Value

Shinsegae Co. Ltd.

   67,500    $ 38,849,952
         
        57,110,146

SEMICONDUCTORS – 0.49%

  

Samsung Techwin Co. Ltd.a

   222,750      8,231,602
         
        8,231,602

SHIPBUILDING – 4.89%

  

Daewoo Shipbuilding &

     

Marine Engineering Co.

Ltd.

   452,250      15,944,250

Hyundai Heavy

     

Industries Co. Ltd.a

   216,000      36,928,958

Hyundai Mipo Dockyard

   54,000      8,773,495

Samsung Heavy

     

Industries Co. Ltd.

   810,000      19,869,385
         
        81,516,088

TELECOMMUNICATIONS – 4.09%

  

KT Corp.

   452,261      20,218,953

KT Corp. ADRb

   405,000      9,104,400

SKTelecom Co. Ltd.

   119,920      25,023,128

SKTelecom Co. Ltd. ADR

   608,175      13,866,390
         
        68,212,871

TRANSPORTATION – 0.45%

  

Hanjin Shipping Co. Ltd.a

   222,750      7,521,981
         
        7,521,981
         

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost: $989,487,546)

     1,608,084,215

PREFERRED STOCKS – 2.24%

  

AUTO MANUFACTURERS – 0.45%

  

Hyundai Motor Co. Ltd.

   182,250      7,528,432
         
        7,528,432

ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS &
EQUIPMENT – 1.79%

LG Electronics Inc.

   141,750      4,937,241

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

   54,000      24,944,250
         
        29,881,491
         

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
(Cost: $37,356,021)

     37,409,923

 

Security    Principal    Value

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 7.44%

  

CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSITd – 0.35%

  

Credit Suisse First Boston NY

     

5.28% – 5.43%,

     

    04/23/07 – 08/21/07

   $ 1,338,032    $ 1,338,032

Deutsche Bank AG

     

5.35%, 08/08/07

     2,230,054      2,230,054

Washington Mutual Bank

     

5.33%, 03/19/07

     2,230,054      2,230,054
         
        5,798,140

COMMERCIAL PAPERd – 1.67%

  

Amstel Funding Corp.

     

5.22%, 04/16/07 - 04/17/07e

     848,411      842,668

BNP Paribas Finance Inc.

     

5.12%, 06/06/07

     312,208      307,905

Bryant Park Funding LLC

     

5.27%, 03/06/07e

     219,830      219,669

Cantabric Finance LLC

     

5.25%, 03/06/07e

     713,617      713,097

Cheyne Finance LLC

     

5.24%, 04/12/07 - 04/23/07 e

     669,016      664,212

Concord Minutemen Capital

     

Co. LLC

     

5.29%, 03/19/07e

     454,637      453,434

Crown Point Capital Co. LLC

     

5.20%, 07/18/07e

     1,030,419      1,009,730

Edison Asset Securitization LLC

     

5.21%, 04/11/07e

     369,680      367,487

Five Finance Inc.

     

5.22%, 04/20/07e

     410,330      407,355

General Electric Capital Corp.

     

5.12% - 5.20%,

     

    06/04/07 - 07/17/07e

     1,561,038      1,534,227

Giro Funding Corp.

     

5.25%, 03/05/07 - 03/12/07 e

     1,462,915      1,461,152

Grampian Funding LLC

     

5.14% - 5.23%,

     

    04/23/07 - 06/06/07e

     1,739,442      1,717,838

Harrier Finance Funding LLC

     

5.12%, 06/06/07e

     892,022      879,728

 

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Security    Principal    Value

Irish Permanent Treasury PLC

     

5.18%, 07/10/07

   $ 446,011    $ 437,604

KKR Pacific Funding Trust

     

5.29%, 03/13/07e

     1,115,027      1,113,061

Lexington Parker Capital Co. LLC

     

5.18% - 5.20%,

     

    05/17/07 - 07/25/07e

     1,127,051      1,107,867

Liberty Street Funding Corp.

     

5.27%, 03/06/07e

     107,043      106,964

Lockhart Funding LLC

     

5.25%,

    05/04/07 - 05/14/07e

     2,012,365      1,993,250

Nationwide Building Society

     

5.21%, 04/13/07e

     847,420      842,147

Nestle Capital Corp.

     

5.19%, 08/09/07

     535,213      522,790

Sedna Finance Inc.

     

5.22%, 04/17/07e

     508,452      504,987

Simba Funding Corp.

     

5.20%, 07/23/07e

     892,022      873,467

Societe Generale

     

5.18%, 05/16/07

     2,230,054      2,205,667

Thames Asset Global

     

Securitization No. 1 Inc.

     

5.25% - 5.28%,

     

    03/02/07 - 03/12/07e

     3,398,209      3,394,924

Thornburg Mortgage

     

Capital Resources LLC

     

5.28%, 03/12/07e

     652,960      651,906

Three Pillars Funding Corp.

     

5.26%,
03/01/07 - 03/12/07
e

     468,293      467,925

Tulip Funding Corp.

     

5.29%, 03/15/07e

     1,712,333      1,708,811

Westpac Banking Corp.

     

5.20%, 07/12/07e

     802,819      787,396

Zela Finance Inc.

     

5.20%, 07/16/07e

     535,213      524,622
         
        27,821,890

 

Security    Shares or
Principal
   Value

MEDIUM-TERM NOTESd – 0.15%

  

Bank of America N.A.

     

5.28%, 04/20/07

   $ 223,005    $ 223,005

Cullinan Finance Corp.

     

5.71%, 06/28/07 e

     669,016      669,016

K2 USA LLC

     

5.39%, 06/04/07 e

     669,016      669,016

Sigma Finance Inc.

     

5.13% – 5.51%,

     

    03/30/07 – 06/18/07e

     1,043,666      1,043,666
         
        2,604,703

MONEY MARKET FUNDS – 0.06%

  

Barclays Global Investors Funds

     

Institutional Money Market

     

Fund, Institutional Shares

     

5.30%f,g

     946,492      946,492
         
        946,492

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTSd – 1.02%

  

Banc of America Securities LLC
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $1,784,309 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $1,839,015, 5.50% to 7.70%, 9/15/09 to 5/1/19).

   $ 1,784,043      1,784,043

Bear Stearns Companies Inc. (The)
5.37%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $1,338,232 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $1,472,998, 0.00% to 9.20%, 10/17/18 to 11/25/52).

     1,338,032      1,338,032

BNP Securities Corp.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $89,215 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $93,736, 5.43%, 3/15/08).

     89,202      89,202

 

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Security    Principal    Value

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $1,338,231 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $1,441,769, 0.00% to 10.00%,
5/27/33 to 8/25/46).

   $ 1,338,032    $ 1,338,032

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $1,784,309 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $1,874,724, 4.91% to 6.31%, 10/25/33 to 8/25/46).

     1,784,043      1,784,043

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.42%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $981,372 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $1,057,397, 0.00% to 10.00%, 5/27/33 to 8/25/46).

     981,224      981,224

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.46%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $535,294 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $596,249, 0.00% to 10.00%, 5/27/33 to 2/28/37).

     535,213      535,213

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (The)
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $331,051 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $347,827, 4.52% to 6.89%, 1/15/09 to 10/25/36).

     331,002      331,002

Greenwich Capital Markets Inc.
5.46%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $ 3,747,058 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $4,130,871, 0.00% to 10.00%, 4/1/07 to 12/31/49).

     3,746,490      3,746,490
Security    Principal    Value

HSBC Securities Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $446,077 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $468,711, 3.72% to 5.99%, 12/15/36 to 6/1/46).

   $ 446,011    $ 446,011

JP Morgan Securities Inc.
5.41%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $223,039 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $234,369, 6.25% to 9.56%, 5/15/11 to 2/1/30).

     223,005      223,005

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $892,155 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $937,367, 1.63% to 14.50%, 5/1/07 to 9/18/37).

     892,022      892,022

Morgan Stanley
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $892,155 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $937,569, 0.00% to 10.00%, 3/1/07 to 2/28/37).

     892,022      892,022

Morgan Stanley
5.51%, due 2/4/08, maturity value $656,335 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $740,503, 0.00% to 10.00%, 3/1/07 to 2/28/37).
h

     624,415      624,415

Wachovia Capital
5.38%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $1,962,740 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $2,062,197, 0.00% to 8.32%, 2/15/08 to 3/15/49).

     1,962,447      1,962,447
         
        16,967,203

 

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Security    Principal    Value

TIME DEPOSITSd – 0.31%

     

Bank of Nova Scotia

     

5.30%, 03/02/07

   $ 374,078    $ 374,078

Chase Bank USA N.A.

     

5.38%, 03/01/07

     1,338,032      1,338,032

Citibank N.A.

     

5.47%, 03/01/07

     1,338,032      1,338,032

Deutsche Bank AG

     

5.38%, 03/01/07

     2,095,100      2,095,100
         
        5,145,242

VARIABLE & FLOATING RATE NOTESd – 3.88%

Allstate Life Global Funding II

     

5.30% - 5.40%,
02/15/08 - 03/07/08
e

     2,283,575      2,283,802

American Express Centurion Bank

     

5.41%, 07/19/07

     981,224      981,666

American Express Credit Corp.

     

5.42%, 03/05/08

     267,606      267,737

AmeriCredit Automobile

     

Receivables Trust

     

5.35%, 03/06/07

     40,654      40,654

Arkle Master Issuer PLC

     

Series 2006-1A Class 1A

     

5.30%, 11/19/07e

     669,016      669,016

ASIF Global Financing

     

5.40%, 05/03/07e

     89,202      89,210

Australia & New Zealand

     

Banking Group Ltd.

     

5.32%, 02/22/08e

     579,814      579,814

Bank of Ireland

     

5.30% - 5.32%,
08/14/07 - 02/20/08
e

     1,293,431      1,293,468

Beta Finance Inc.

     

5.29% - 5.41%,
04/25/07 - 07/25/07
e

     2,274,655      2,274,696

BMW US Capital LLC

     

5.32%, 01/15/08e

     892,022      892,022

BNP Paribas

     

5.33%, 11/19/07e

     1,650,240      1,650,240
Security    Principal    Value

Brigantine High Grade

     

Funding Ltd.

     

5.40%, 09/05/07e

   $ 856,341    $ 856,261

Carlyle Loan Investment Ltd.

     

5.37%, 04/13/07 - 07/15/07e

     651,176      651,176

CC USA Inc.

     

5.36%, 07/30/07e

     446,011      446,035

Commodore CDO Ltd.

     

5.44%, 12/12/07e

     223,005      223,005

Credit Agricole SA

     

5.33%, 11/23/07

     892,022      892,022

Credit Suisse First Boston NY

     

5.36%, 04/24/07

     446,011      446,014

Cullinan Finance Corp.

     

5.36%, 04/25/07e

     223,005      223,005

DaimlerChrysler Auto Trust

     

Series 2006-C Class A1

     

5.33%, 10/08/07e

     68,425      68,425

DEPFA Bank PLC

     

5.40%, 12/14/07e

     892,022      892,022

Dorada Finance Inc.

     

5.33% - 5.41%,

     

    06/27/07 - 07/17/07e

     1,025,825      1,025,842

Eli Lilly Services Inc.

     

5.31%, 03/01/07e

     595,424      595,424

Fifth Third Bancorp

     

5.32%, 02/22/08e

     1,784,043      1,784,043

Five Finance Inc.

     

5.31% - 5.37%,
06/29/07 - 07/13/07
e

     579,814      579,785

General Electric Capital Corp.

     

5.28% - 5.45%,
07/09/07 - 02/22/08
e

     936,623      936,715

Granite Master Issuer PLC

     

5.29%, 08/20/07e

     3,122,075      3,122,075

Harrier Finance Funding LLC

     

5.29% - 5.36%,
07/25/07 - 08/15/07
e

     1,159,628      1,159,635

Hartford Life Global

     

Funding Trust

     

5.36% - 5.40%,
07/13/07 - 03/14/08

     1,338,032      1,338,119

 

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Security    Principal    Value

HBOS Treasury Services PLC

     

5.46%, 01/24/08e

   $ 892,022    $ 892,022

Holmes Financing PLC

     

5.29%, 07/16/07e

     1,561,038      1,561,038

JP Morgan Securities Inc.

     

5.40%, 11/16/07

     1,784,043      1,784,043

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     

5.29% - 5.45%,
07/27/07 - 02/29/08
h

     2,453,059      2,453,059

K2 USA LLC

     

5.20% - 5.33%,
04/02/07 - 06/28/07
e

     669,016      669,005

Kestrel Funding LLC

     

5.30%, 07/11/07e

     356,809      356,795

Kommunalkredit Austria AG

     

5.32%, 02/08/08e

     535,213      535,213

Leafs LLC

     

5.32%, 01/22/08e

     864,253      864,253

Links Finance LLC

     

5.28% - 5.35%,
05/10/07 - 05/16/07
e

     981,224      981,204

Lothian Mortgages

     

Master Issuer PLC

     

5.29%, 04/24/07e

     314,484      314,484

Marshall & Ilsley Bank

     

5.32%, 02/15/08

     490,612      490,612

Master Funding LLC

     

5.35%,
04/25/07 - 05/25/07
e

     1,614,318      1,614,318

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.

     

5.46%, 05/30/07h

     981,224      981,224

Metropolitan Life

     

Global Funding I

     

5.33%, 03/06/08e

     1,338,032      1,338,032

Metropolitan Life Insurance

     

Funding Agreement

     

5.44%, 08/01/07e,h

     89,202      89,202

Mound Financing PLC

     

5.29%, 05/08/07e

     838,500      838,500
Security    Principal    Value

Natexis Banques Populaires

     

5.33% - 5.35%,
06/20/07 - 02/08/08
e

   $ 1,427,234    $ 1,427,218

National City Bank of Indiana

     

5.34%, 05/21/07

     446,011      446,019

Nationwide Building Society

     

5.37% - 5.48%,
07/20/07 - 01/28/08
e

     2,943,671      2,944,003

Newcastle Ltd.

     

5.34%,
04/24/07 - 01/24/08
e

     894,252      894,133

Northern Rock PLC

     

5.38%, 02/01/08e

     1,070,426      1,070,446

Northlake CDO I

     

5.42%, 09/06/07e

     267,606      267,606

Pricoa Global Funding I

     

5.31%, 02/27/08e

     1,204,229      1,204,229

Sedna Finance Inc.

     

5.32% - 5.34%,
05/25/07 - 08/21/07
e

     1,293,431      1,293,422

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken

     

5.32%, 02/15/08e

     892,022      892,022

Strips III LLC

     

5.37%, 07/24/07e

     181,511      181,511

SunTrust Bank

     

5.29%, 05/01/07

     892,022      892,029

Tango Finance Corp.

     

5.27% - 5.34%,
04/25/07 - 07/16/07
e

     2,176,532      2,176,460

Union Hamilton

     

Special Funding LLC

     

5.36% - 5.37%,
03/28/07 - 06/21/07
e

     1,471,835      1,471,836

Wachovia Asset Securitization Inc.

     

5.31%, 03/25/07e

     1,006,931      1,006,932

Wachovia Bank N.A.

     

5.36%, 05/22/07

     1,784,043      1,784,043

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

     

5.50%, 07/16/07e

     669,016      669,185

Wells Fargo & Co.

     

5.33%, 11/15/07e

     446,011      446,028

 

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Security    Principal    Value  

WhistleJacket Capital Ltd.

     

5.28% - 5.35%,
04/18/07 - 06/13/07
e

   $ 669,016    $ 669,019  

White Pine Finance LLC

     

5.28% - 5.32%,
05/22/07 - 08/20/07
e

     2,676,064      2,675,824  

Wind Master Trust

     

5.31%, 07/25/07e

     356,809      356,809  
           
        64,793,706  
           

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost: $124,077,376)

        124,077,376  
           

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES - 106.12%
(Cost: $1,150,920,943)

     1,769,571,514  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities – (6.12)%

     (102,098,043 )
           

NET ASSETS – 100.00%

      $ 1,667,473,471  
           

ADR - American Depositary Receipts

 

a

 

All or a portion of this security represents a security on loan. See Note 5.

b

 

Non-income earning security.

c

 

Security valued at fair value in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Directors. See Note 1.

d

 

All or a portion of this security (these securities) represent(s) an investment of securities lending collateral. See Note 5.

e

 

This security or a portion of these securities may be resold to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A or pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933.

f

 

Affiliated issuer. See Note 2.

g

 

The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.

h

 

The investment adviser has determined that this security or a portion of these securities is “illiquid,” in that it cannot be sold within seven (7) days for approximately the value at which it is carried in the Fund.

See notes to financial statements.


 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security    Shares    Value

COMMON STOCKS – 99.80%

  

AIRLINES – 0.38%

     

China Airlinesa

   9,684,907    $ 4,541,178

EVA Airways Corp.

   9,684,396      4,158,853
         
        8,700,031

APPAREL – 0.66%

     

Pou Chen Corp.

   13,719,541      15,197,671
         
        15,197,671

AUTO MANUFACTURERS – 0.43%

  

China Motor Co. Ltd.

   3,286,759      3,157,084

Yulon Motor Co. Ltd.

   5,649,483      6,738,230
         
        9,895,314

AUTO PARTS & EQUIPMENT – 0.15%

  

Cheng Shin Rubber

     

Industry Co. Ltd.

   3,642,039      3,559,140
         
        3,559,140

BANKS – 7.58%

     

Chang Hwa

     

Commercial Bank Ltd.a

   29,052,446      19,309,517

Chinatrust Financial

     

Holding Co. Ltd.

   46,806,566      37,360,021

E.Sun Financial

     

Holding Co. Ltd.

   22,596,378      14,949,956

First Financial

     

Holding Co. Ltd.

   31,473,867      23,115,860

Hua Nan Financial

     

Holdings Co. Ltd.

   25,824,965      19,750,808

Mega Financial

     

Holding Co. Ltd.

   62,946,136      42,027,769

Taishin Financial

     

Holdings Co. Ltd.a

   35,508,439      18,858,807
         
        175,372,738

BUILDING MATERIALS – 1.36%

  

Asia Cement Corp.

   10,491,860      10,714,752

Taiwan Cement Corp.

   19,651,156      16,490,272

Taiwan Glass Industrial Corp.

   5,220,288      4,333,077
         
        31,538,101
Security    Shares    Value

CHEMICALS – 7.60%

     

Eternal Chemical Co. Ltd.

   3,534,911    $ 6,136,477

Formosa Chemicals &

     

Fibre Co.

   20,982,393      40,436,478

Formosa Plastic Co.

   29,859,111      53,103,002

Nan Ya Plastic Corp.

   37,122,447      63,203,924

Oriental Union Chemical Corp.

   3,680,063      2,585,537

Taiwan Fertilizer Co. Ltd.

   5,649,000      10,440,792
         
        175,906,210

COMMERCIAL SERVICES – 0.18%

Taiwan Secom Co. Ltd.

   2,421,610      4,064,189
         
        4,064,189

COMPUTERS – 10.27%

     

Acer Inc.

   16,947,663      32,403,726

Advantech Co. Ltd.

   1,614,733      5,782,655

Benq Corp.a

   16,140,019      7,812,847

CMC Magnetics Corp.a

   22,596,400      6,926,362

Compal Electronics Inc.

   24,210,547      21,344,959

Foxconn Technology Co. Ltd.

   2,681,065      30,024,673

High Tech Computer Corp.

   2,421,200      35,601,560

Innolux Display Corp.a

   10,719,000      29,765,964

Inventec Co. Ltd.

   11,298,284      9,069,487

Lite-On Technology Corp.

   16,213,284      23,692,553

MiTAC International Corp.

   7,263,059      8,188,851

Quanta Computer Inc.

   13,151,075      22,550,402

Ritek Corp.a

   17,754,389      4,353,732
         
        237,517,771

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES – 3.27%

Fubon Financial

     

Holding Co. Ltd.

   25,824,000      23,825,481

Fuhwa Financial

     

Holdings Co. Ltd.a

   10,491,821      5,094,663

Polaris Securities Co. Ltd.a

   13,945,227      6,602,292

SinoPac Financial

     

Holdings Co. Ltd.

   41,964,193      21,141,293

Waterland Financial Holdings

   12,105,000      3,783,961

Yuanta Core Pacific

     

Securities Co. Ltd.

   19,569,644      15,263,728
         
        75,711,418

 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security    Shares    Value

ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS &
EQUIPMENT – 2.52%

Delta Electronics Inc.

   10,157,834    $ 32,985,986

Pacific Electric Wire &

     

Cable Co. Ltd.b

   986     

Phoenixtec Power Co. Ltd.

   3,228,438      3,399,903

Tatung Co. Ltd.a

   26,631,120      12,002,189

Walsin Lihwa Corp.a

   19,368,069      10,022,020
         
        58,410,098

ELECTRONICS – 18.65%

  

Asia Optical Co. Inc.

   807,000      3,783,961

Asustek Computer Inc.

   19,368,556      51,727,858

AU Optronics Corp.

   45,192,710      65,423,134

Cheng Uei Precision

     

Industry Co. Ltd.

   1,075,000      4,012,898

Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corp.

   27,438,216      27,812,941

Chunghwa Picture Tubes Ltd.a

   45,192,105      8,654,391

Compeq Manufacturing Co. Ltd.a

   6,456,200      2,841,120

Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd.

   3,228,017      2,547,145

HannStar Display Corp.a

   37,929,000      6,503,759

Hon Hai Precision

     

Industry Co. Ltd.

   30,339,550      211,778,346

Micro-Star International Co. Ltd.

   6,456,429      4,898,656

Nan Ya Printed Circuit

     

Board Corp.

   1,340,000      8,926,555

Optimax Technology Corp.a

   3,228,157      1,861,456

Phoenix Precision

     

Technology Corp.

   3,228,814      3,669,775

Synnex Technology

     

International Corp.

   5,649,946      6,481,577

Wintek Corp.

   7,093,537      6,243,174

Ya Hsin Industrial Co. Ltd.

   6,757,461      5,680,779

Yageo Corp.a

   19,368,100      8,523,140
         
        431,370,665

FOOD – 0.75%

  

Uni-President Enterprises Co.

   17,754,637      17,350,510
         
        17,350,510

FOREST PRODUCTS & PAPER – 0.17%

  

Yuen Foong Yu Paper
Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

   9,684,360      3,909,013
         
        3,909,013
Security    Shares    Value

HOME FURNISHINGS – 0.42%

Nien Made Enterprise Co. Ltd.

   2,421,443    $ 2,270,792

Teco Electric and

     

Machinery Co. Ltd.

   13,719,092      7,369,588
         
        9,640,380

INSURANCE – 4.78%

  

Cathay Financial

     

Holding Co. Ltd.

   41,157,905      89,935,331

Shin Kong Financial

     

Holding Co. Ltd.

   20,582,832      20,614,065
         
        110,549,396

INVESTMENT COMPANIES – 1.27%

China Development Financial

     

Holding Co.

   63,753,808      29,409,951
         
        29,409,951

IRON & STEEL – 2.97%

  

China Steel Corp.

   62,139,468      68,834,312
         
        68,834,312

LEISURE TIME – 0.11%

     

Giant Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

   1,614,914      2,470,157
         
        2,470,157

MANUFACTURING – 0.31%

  

Largan Precision Co. Ltd.

   523,000      7,182,322
         
        7,182,322

METAL FABRICATE & HARDWARE – 1.20%

CatcherTechnology Co. Ltd.

   2,421,707      24,253,818

Yieh Phui Enterprise Co. Ltd.

   8,070,413      3,441,253
         
        27,695,071

MULTIPLE UTILITIES – 0.19%

  

Fu Sheng Industrial Co. Ltd.

   4,842,292      4,526,331
         
        4,526,331

OFFICE & BUSINESS EQUIPMENT – 0.13%

Kinpo Electronics Inc.

   8,070,181      3,061,525
         
        3,061,525

OIL & GAS – 1.24%

Formosa Petrochemical Corp.

   13,719,000      28,603,803
         
        28,603,803

 

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February 28, 2007

 

Security    Shares    Value

REAL ESTATE – 0.19%

  

Cathay Real Estate
Development Co. Ltd.
a

   6,456,493    $ 4,369,645
         
        4,369,645

RETAIL – 0.34%

  

President Chain Store Corp.

   3,228,640      7,838,883
         
        7,838,883

SEMICONDUCTORS – 26.28%

  

Advanced Semiconductor

     

Engineering Inc.a

   24,210,690      28,692,790

Macronix

     

International Co. Ltd.a

   22,596,492      9,258,047

MediaTek Inc.

   5,649,462      63,438,572

Novatek Microelectronics

     

Corp. Ltd.

   3,228,284      15,969,963

Powerchip

     

Semiconductor Corp.

   45,258,000      29,531,017

Realtek

     

Semiconductor Corp.

   5,649,903      9,430,794

Siliconware Precision

     

Industries Co. Ltd.

   16,947,240      30,808,488

Taiwan Semiconductor

     

Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

   154,944,136      325,876,438

United Microelectronics Corp.

   129,120,262      79,157,187

Via Technologies Inc.a

   6,590,861      6,820,891

Winbond Electronics Corp.a

   24,210,280      9,037,525
         
        608,021,712

TELECOMMUNICATIONS – 4.65%

  

Accton Technology Corp.a

   4,842,259      3,188,985

Chunghwa Telecom Co. Ltd.

   36,315,800      68,443,435

Compal Communications Inc.

   878,000      2,997,724

D-Link Corp.

   4,842,001      7,031,555

Inventec Appliances Corp.

   952,000      2,418,282

Taiwan Cellular Corp.

   19,368,920      18,751,701

Zyxel Communications Corp.

   3,228,250      4,737,053
         
        107,568,735

TEXTILES – 0.88%

  

Far Eastern Textile Ltd.

   17,754,612      15,249,029

Formosa Taffeta Co. Ltd.

   6,456,515      5,094,671
         
        20,343,700

 

Security    Shares    Value

TRANSPORTATION – 0.87%

  

Evergreen Marine Corp. Ltd.

   6,877,467    $ 4,487,573

U-Ming Marine Transport Corp.

   3,228,800      4,860,348

Wan Hai Lines Ltd.

   7,263,794      4,772,721

Yang Ming Marine

     

Transport Corp.

   8,877,667      6,062,140
         
        20,182,782
         

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost: $1,815,828,889)

     2,308,801,574

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.04%

MONEY MARKET FUNDS – 0.04%

  

Barclays Global Investors Funds Institutional Money Market Fund, Institutional Shares

     

5.30%c,d

   868,857      868,857
         
        868,857
         

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost: $868,857)

     868,857
         

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES – 99.84%
(Cost: $1,816,697,746)

     2,309,670,431

Other Assets, Less Liabilities – 0.16%

     3,710,447
         

NET ASSETS – 100.00%

   $ 2,313,380,878

 

a

 

Non-income earning security.

b

 

Security valued at fair value in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Directors. See Note 1.

c

 

Affiliated issuer. See Note 2.

d

 

The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.

See notes to financial statements.


 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities (Unaudited)

iSHARES®, INC.

February 28, 2007

 

     iShares MSCI  
      Australia
Index Fund
    Brazil
Index Fund
    Canada
Index Fund
   Emerging Markets
Index Fund
    Hong Kong
Index Fund
    Malaysia
Index Fund
 

ASSETS

             

Investments, at cost:

             

Unaffiliated issuers

   $ 800,176,832     $ 1,954,032,646     $ 890,175,456    $ 12,159,920,067     $ 1,306,187,855     $ 751,143,281  

Affiliated issuers
(Note 2)

     462,881       4,775,657       300,977      329,737,773       2,063,042       1,749,437  
                                               

Total cost of investments

   $ 800,639,713     $ 1,958,808,303     $ 890,476,433    $ 12,489,657,840     $ 1,308,250,897     $ 752,892,718  
                                               

Investments in securities, at value (including securities on loana)
(Note 1):

             

Unaffiliated issuers

   $ 941,883,581     $ 2,873,127,572     $ 1,041,868,180    $ 14,621,530,609     $ 1,509,527,464     $ 968,796,268  

Affiliated issuers
(Note 2)

     462,881       4,775,657       300,977      482,502,176       2,063,042       1,749,437  
                                               

Total value of investments

     942,346,462       2,877,903,229       1,042,169,157      15,104,032,785       1,511,590,506       970,545,705  

Foreign currencies, at valueb

     866,539       76,548       1,614,774      17,601,025       335,856       52  

Receivables:

             

Investment securities sold

     2,825,387       20,005,712       19,059,007      75,172,746       8,845,236       13,188,060  

Dividends and interest

     5,894,047       13,566,293       1,151,122      22,869,004       317,448       336,503  

Capital shares sold

     176,075                        180,916       25,711,964  
                                               

Total Assets

     952,108,510       2,911,551,782       1,063,994,060      15,219,675,560       1,521,269,962       1,009,782,284  
                                               

LIABILITIES

             

Payables:

             

Investment securities purchased

     3,247,664       20,430,404       19,511,792      72,595,646       9,379,383       29,501,940  

Collateral for securities on loan (Note 5)

     26,926,855                  1,012,041,200       151,086,959        

Capital shares redeemed

                 7,650      7,872,631       647,834       9,144,407  

Investment advisory fees (Note 2)

     339,659       1,588,300       417,768      8,799,995       559,729       340,632  
                                               

Total Liabilities

     30,514,178       22,018,704       19,937,210      1,101,309,472       161,673,905       38,986,979  
                                               

NET ASSETS

   $ 921,594,332     $ 2,889,533,078     $ 1,044,056,850    $ 14,118,366,088     $ 1,359,596,057     $ 970,795,305  
                                               

Net assets consist of:

             

Paid-in capital

   $ 743,026,579     $ 2,006,138,989     $ 857,444,873    $ 10,550,852,671     $ 1,146,301,615     $ 807,157,887  

Undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income

     (8,620,956 )     6,732,702       1,852,400      (9,985,998 )     (2,705,876 )     (1,857,096 )

Undistributed net realized gain (accumulated net realized loss)

     45,472,962       (42,452,875 )     33,076,625      963,273,264       12,660,932       (52,157,011 )

Net unrealized appreciation on investments and translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

     141,715,747       919,114,262       151,682,952      2,614,226,151       203,339,386       217,651,525  
                                               

NET ASSETS

   $ 921,594,332     $ 2,889,533,078     $ 1,044,056,850    $ 14,118,366,088     $ 1,359,596,057     $ 970,795,305  
                                               

Shares outstanding

     37,600,000       63,100,000       41,100,000      126,600,000       85,575,000       95,550,000  
                                               

Net asset value per share

   $ 24.51     $ 45.79     $ 25.40    $ 111.52     $ 15.89     $ 10.16  
                                               

 

a

 

Securities on loan with market values of $25,613,280, $–, $–, $943,693,567, $142,949,306 and $–, respectively. See Note 5.

b

 

Cost of foreign currencies: $865,109, $76,011, $1,619,049, $17,699,753, $335,953 and $52, respectively.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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February 28, 2007

 

     iShares MSCI  
      Mexico
Index Fund
    Pacific ex-Japan
Index Fund
    Singapore
Index Fund
    South Africa
Index Fund
   South Korea
Index Fund
    Taiwan
Index Fund
 

ASSETS

             

Investments, at cost:

             

Unaffiliated issuers

   $ 1,022,020,905     $ 2,225,531,792     $ 1,435,069,183     $ 346,621,973    $ 1,149,974,451     $ 1,815,828,889  

Affiliated issuers (Note 2)

     1,138,909       3,176,265       1,244,278       2,130      946,492       868,857  
                                               

Total cost of investments

   $ 1,023,159,814     $ 2,228,708,057     $ 1,436,313,461     $ 346,624,103    $ 1,150,920,943     $ 1,816,697,746  
                                               

Investments in securities, at value (including securities on loana) (Note 1):

             

Unaffiliated issuers

   $ 1,103,260,681     $ 3,034,606,688     $ 1,669,448,400     $ 356,927,668    $ 1,768,625,022     $ 2,308,801,574  

Affiliated issuers (Note 2)

     1,138,909       3,176,265       1,244,278       2,130      946,492       868,857  
                                               

Total value of investments

     1,104,399,590       3,037,782,953       1,670,692,678       356,929,798      1,769,571,514       2,309,670,431  

Foreign currencies, at valueb

     1,285,141       2,029,107       880,401       336,114            4,761,119  

Receivables:

             

Investment securities sold

     40,367,940       23,559,020             534,469      2,426,720       68,092,781  

Dividends and interest

     75,316       12,963,644       653,054       296      21,963,388       5,396  

Capital shares sold

           205,738       501,117                   
                                               

Total Assets

     1,146,127,987       3,076,540,462       1,672,727,250       357,800,677      1,793,961,622       2,382,529,727  
                                               

LIABILITIES

             

Payables:

             

Investment securities purchased

     41,424,506       25,537,677             508,888            68,006,052  

Collateral for securities on loan (Note 5)

     63,561,469       179,490,181       169,873,374            123,130,884        

Capital shares redeemed

     100,594             1,259,117            2,470,331        

Investment advisory fees (Note 2)

     480,392       1,083,128       576,941       191,676      886,936       1,142,797  
                                               

Total Liabilities

     105,566,961       206,110,986       171,709,432       700,564      126,488,151       69,148,849  
                                               

NET ASSETS

   $ 1,040,561,026     $ 2,870,429,476     $ 1,501,017,818     $ 357,100,113    $ 1,667,473,471     $ 2,313,380,878  
                                               

Net assets consist of:

             

Paid-in capital

   $ 846,820,466     $ 2,093,467,945     $ 1,229,462,724     $ 341,151,394    $ 1,109,950,370     $ 1,992,952,582  

Undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income (accumulated net investment loss)

     (1,131,513 )     (29,477,729 )     (4,987,676 )     385,000      17,243,015       (5,639,785 )

Undistributed net realized gain (accumulated net realized loss)

     113,654,114       (2,652,611 )     42,160,298       5,259,264      (78,107,122 )     (166,904,752 )

Net unrealized appreciation on investments and translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

     81,217,959       809,091,871       234,382,472       10,304,455      618,387,208       492,972,833  
                                               

NET ASSETS

   $ 1,040,561,026     $ 2,870,429,476     $ 1,501,017,818     $ 357,100,113    $ 1,667,473,471     $ 2,313,380,878  
                                               

Shares outstanding

     20,600,000       22,400,000       128,100,000       3,100,000      33,750,000       161,400,000  
                                               

Net asset value per share

   $ 50.51     $ 128.14     $ 11.72     $ 115.19    $ 49.41     $ 14.33  
                                               

 

a

 

Securities on loan with market values of $60,172,575, $169,155,837, $160,437,731, $–, $116,797,452 and $–, respectively. See Note 5.

b

 

Cost of foreign currencies: $1,307,091, $2,023,795, $879,487, $337,354, $– and $4,760,974, respectively.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Operations (Unaudited)

iSHARES®, INC.

Six months ended February 28, 2007

 

     iShares MSCI
      Australia
Index Fund
   

Brazil

Index Fund

    Canada
Index Fund
    Emerging Markets
Index Fund
    Hong Kong
Index Fund
    Malaysia
Index Fund

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

            

Dividends from unaffiliated issuersa

   $ 15,777,658     $ 40,253,994     $ 9,541,116     $ 87,948,339     $ 11,443,871     $ 5,339,224

Dividends from affiliated issuers (Note 2)

                       1,284,241            

Interest from affiliated issuers (Note 2)

     15,601       170,726       9,885       562,694       47,830       23,580

Securities lending income

     53,455                   4,680,656       157,617      
                                              

Total investment income

     15,846,714       40,424,720       9,551,001       94,475,930       11,649,318       5,362,804
                                              

EXPENSES

            

Investment advisory fees
(Note 2)

     1,929,536       9,353,296       2,764,546       51,386,005       2,958,817       1,309,872

Foreign taxes (Note 1)

           110,842       1,367       293,974            
                                              

Total expenses

     1,929,536       9,464,138       2,765,913       51,679,979       2,958,817       1,309,872

Less investment advisory fees waived

                       (253,832 )          
                                              

Net expenses

     1,929,536       9,464,138       2,765,913       51,426,147       2,958,817       1,309,872
                                              

Net investment income

     13,917,178       30,960,582       6,785,088       43,049,783       8,690,501       4,052,932
                                              

NET REALIZED AND
UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

            

Net realized gain (loss) from:

            

Investments in unaffiliated issuers

     (2,285,842 )     25,814,635       (9,690,976 )     (32,864,625 )     (4,781,426 )     6,164,716

Investments in affiliated issuers (Note 2)

                       42,475,138            

In-kind redemptions

     59,898,854             54,152,024       1,079,506,510       38,929,428      

Foreign currency transactions

     72,252       (254,189 )     (172,002 )     670,670       (5,806 )     149,540
                                              

Net realized gain

     57,685,264       25,560,446       44,289,046       1,089,787,693       34,142,196       6,314,256
                                              

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

            

Investments

     56,789,490       425,893,023       (10,391,386 )     837,228,621       98,811,441       112,346,885

Translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

     (16,734 )     6,065       (20,814 )     (408,480 )     (375 )     17
                                              

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     56,772,756       425,899,088       (10,412,200 )     836,820,141       98,811,066       112,346,902
                                              

Net realized and unrealized gain

     114,458,020       451,459,534       33,876,846       1,926,607,834       132,953,262       118,661,158
                                              

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 128,375,198     $ 482,420,116     $ 40,661,934     $ 1,969,657,617     $ 141,643,763     $ 122,714,090
                                              

 

a

 

Net of foreign withholding tax of $518,238, $6,293,201, $1,567,547, $8,114,915, $– and $–, respectively.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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iSHARES®, INC.

Six months ended February 28, 2007

 

     iShares MSCI  
      Mexico Index
Fund
    Pacific ex-Japan
Index Fund
    Singapore Index
Fund
    South Africa
Index Fund
    South Korea
Index Fund
    Taiwan Index
Fund
 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

            

Dividends from unaffiliated issuersa

   $ 6,866,166     $ 40,803,269     $ 7,724,917     $ 4,442,123     $ 22,282,064     $ 1,208,408  

Interest from affiliated issuers (Note 2)

     28,126       56,472       40,604       4,008       53,542       80,692  

Securities lending income

     458,551       177,855       131,562             407,778        
                                                

Total investment income

     7,352,843       41,037,596       7,897,083       4,446,131       22,743,384       1,289,100  
                                                

EXPENSES

            

Investment advisory fees
(Note 2)

     2,759,008       5,905,917       2,446,751       1,159,414       5,500,273       6,928,885  

Foreign taxes (Note 1)

                             96        
                                                

Total expenses

     2,759,008       5,905,917       2,446,751       1,159,414       5,500,369       6,928,885  
                                                

Net investment income (loss)

     4,593,835       35,131,679       5,450,332       3,286,717       17,243,015       (5,639,785 )
                                                

NET REALIZED AND
UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

            

Net realized gain (loss) from:

            

Investments in unaffiliated issuers

     (2,011,944 )     (4,474,398 )     (1,654,265 )     (1,828,721 )     9,278,373       (8,616,332 )

In-kind redemptions

     124,560,064       18,669,017       61,450,794       11,763,327              

Foreign currency transactions

     (34,260 )     263,014       25,030       (22,968 )     35,941       (108,084 )
                                                

Net realized gain (loss)

     122,513,860       14,457,633       59,821,559       9,911,638       9,314,314       (8,724,416 )
                                                

Net change in unrealized appreciation
(depreciation) on:

            

Investments

     61,248,827       357,848,578       162,179,367       53,303,216       101,729,889       312,390,625  

Translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

     (21,863 )     (96,481 )     (18,855 )     8,512       (263,363 )     126,431  
                                                

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     61,226,964       357,752,097       162,160,512       53,311,728       101,466,526       312,517,056  
                                                

Net realized and unrealized gain

     183,740,824       372,209,730       221,982,071       63,223,366       110,780,840       303,792,640  
                                                

NET INCREASE IN NET
ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 188,334,659     $ 407,341,409     $ 227,432,403     $ 66,510,083     $ 128,023,855     $ 298,152,855  
                                                

a Net of foreign withholding tax of $–, $1,242,785, $–, $–, $4,365,200 and $268,356, respectively.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

iSHARES®, INC.

 

    

iShares MSCI

Australia

Index Fund

   

iShares MSCI

Brazil

Index Fund

   

iShares MSCI

Canada

Index Fund

 
      Six months ended
February 28, 2007
(Unaudited)
    Year ended
August 31, 2006
    Six months ended
February 28,
2007 (Unaudited)
    Year ended
August 31, 2006
    Six months ended
February 28, 2007
(Unaudited)
    Year ended
August 31, 2006
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

 

       

OPERATIONS:

            

Net investment income

   $ 13,917,178     $ 20,156,434     $ 30,960,582     $ 43,261,595     $ 6,785,088     $ 9,118,778  

Net realized gain (loss)

     57,685,264       30,254,258       25,560,446       (13,454,900 )     44,289,046       88,304,312  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     56,772,756       40,835,313       425,899,088       276,489,590       (10,412,200 )     43,740,392  
                                                

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     128,375,198       91,246,005       482,420,116       306,296,285       40,661,934       141,163,482  
                                                

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:

 

       

From net investment income

     (35,850,508 )     (16,397,050 )     (59,308,876 )     (20,219,476 )     (12,092,201 )     (4,108,502 )
                                                

Total distributions to shareholders

     (35,850,508 )     (16,397,050 )     (59,308,876 )     (20,219,476 )     (12,092,201 )     (4,108,502 )
                                                

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

 

       

Proceeds from shares sold

     331,074,426       336,128,324             1,649,177,320       37,046,247       727,046,964  

Cost of shares redeemed

     (188,411,790 )     (93,925,541 )     (1,873,086 )     (19,244,643 )     (122,719,865 )     (183,241,984 )
                                                

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from capital share transactions

     142,662,636       242,202,783       (1,873,086 )     1,629,932,677       (85,673,618 )     543,804,980  
                                                

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

     235,187,326       317,051,738       421,238,154       1,916,009,486       (57,103,885 )     680,859,960  

NET ASSETS

            

Beginning of period

     686,407,006       369,355,268       2,468,294,924       552,285,438       1,101,160,735       420,300,775  
                                                

End of period

   $ 921,594,332     $ 686,407,006     $ 2,889,533,078     $ 2,468,294,924     $ 1,044,056,850     $ 1,101,160,735  
                                                

Undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income included in net assets at end of period

   $ (8,620,956 )   $ 13,312,374     $ 6,732,702     $ 35,080,996     $ 1,852,400     $ 7,159,513  
                                                

SHARES ISSUED AND REDEEMED

 

       

Shares sold

     14,000,000       16,200,000             44,050,000       1,500,000       31,900,000  

Shares redeemed

     (8,200,000 )     (4,600,000 )     (50,000 )     (500,000 )     (5,000,000 )     (8,000,000 )
                                                

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

     5,800,000       11,600,000       (50,000 )     43,550,000       (3,500,000 )     23,900,000  
                                                

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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iSHARES®, INC.

 

    

iShares MSCI

Emerging Markets

Index Fund

   

iShares

MSCI

Hong Kong

Index Fund

   

iShares MSCI

Malaysia

Index Fund

 
      Six months ended
February 28, 2007
(Unaudited)
    Year ended
August 31, 2006
   

Six months ended

February 28, 2007

(Unaudited)

   

Year ended

August 31, 2006

   

Six months ended

February 28, 2007

(Unaudited)

   

Year ended

August 31, 2006

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

 

       

OPERATIONS:

            

Net investment income

   $ 43,049,783     $ 192,922,376     $ 8,690,501     $ 21,409,153     $ 4,052,932     $ 14,348,448  

Net realized gain (loss)

     1,089,787,693       1,340,943,115       34,142,196       45,228,751       6,314,256       (17,343,416 )

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     836,820,141       667,014,214       98,811,066       17,114,750       112,346,902       40,249,132  
                                                

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     1,969,657,617       2,200,879,705       141,643,763       83,752,654       122,714,090       37,254,164  
                                                

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:

 

       

From net investment income

     (209,458,860 )     (113,762,995 )     (25,623,625 )     (17,872,090 )     (11,518,123 )     (14,088,338 )
                                                

Total distributions to shareholders

     (209,458,860 )     (113,762,995 )     (25,623,625 )     (17,872,090 )     (11,518,123 )     (14,088,338 )
                                                

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

 

       

Proceeds from shares sold

     3,390,992,123       6,532,568,942       480,715,455       385,690,233       541,143,365       210,424,492  

Cost of shares redeemed

     (3,002,204,950 )     (3,651,163,544 )     (119,851,515 )     (206,843,656 )     (55,877,969 )     (246,831,356 )
                                                

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from capital share transactions

     388,787,173       2,881,405,398       360,863,940       178,846,577       485,265,396       (36,406,864 )
                                                

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

     2,148,985,930       4,968,522,108       476,884,078       244,727,141       596,461,363       (13,241,038 )

NET ASSETS

            

Beginning of period

     11,969,380,158       7,000,858,050       882,711,979       637,984,838       374,333,942       387,574,980  
                                                

End of period

   $ 14,118,366,088     $ 11,969,380,158     $ 1,359,596,057     $ 882,711,979     $ 970,795,305     $ 374,333,942  
                                                

Undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income included in net assets at end of period

   $ (9,985,998 )   $ 156,423,079     $ (2,705,876 )   $ 14,227,248     $ (1,857,096 )   $ 5,608,095  
                                                

SHARES ISSUED AND REDEEMED

 

       

Shares sold

     31,650,000       71,850,000       31,050,000       28,575,000       54,150,000       27,900,000  

Shares redeemed

     (27,900,000 )     (38,850,000 )     (7,650,000 )     (15,450,000 )     (6,900,000 )     (33,525,000 )
                                                

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

     3,750,000       33,000,000       23,400,000       13,125,000       47,250,000       (5,625,000 )
                                                

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (Continued)

iSHARES®, INC.

 

    

iShares MSCI

Mexico

Index Fund

   

iShares MSCI

Pacific ex-Japan

Index Fund

   

iShares MSCI

Singapore

Index Fund

 
      Six months ended
February 28, 2007
(Unaudited)
    Year ended
August 31, 2006
    Six months ended
February 28, 2007
(Unaudited)
    Year ended
August 31, 2006
    Six months ended
February 28,
2007 (Unaudited)
    Year ended
August 31, 2006
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

 

       

OPERATIONS:

            

Net investment income

   $ 4,593,835     $ 9,375,502     $ 35,131,679     $ 67,346,500     $ 5,450,332     $ 22,841,028  

Net realized gain

     122,513,860       128,613,827       14,457,633       71,241,794       59,821,559       31,826,561  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     61,226,964       (14,767,360 )     357,752,097       163,112,452       162,160,512       28,410,392  
                                                

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     188,334,659       123,221,969       407,341,409       301,700,746       227,432,403       83,077,981  
                                                

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:

 

       

From net investment income

     (11,694,155 )     (6,377,728 )     (101,866,512 )     (62,872,256 )     (29,331,787 )     (14,378,298 )
                                                

Total distributions to shareholders

     (11,694,155 )     (6,377,728 )     (101,866,512 )     (62,872,256 )     (29,331,787 )     (14,378,298 )
                                                

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

 

       

Proceeds from shares sold

     806,959,257       939,038,789       506,566,059       508,919,684       867,493,068       245,347,020  

Cost of shares redeemed

     (707,145,887 )     (547,333,327 )     (36,542,402 )     (174,924,729 )     (139,195,629 )     (80,563,776 )
                                                

Net increase in net assets from capital share transactions

     99,813,370       391,705,462       470,023,657       333,994,955       728,297,439       164,783,244  
                                                

INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

     276,453,874       508,549,703       775,498,554       572,823,445       926,398,055       233,482,927  

NET ASSETS

            

Beginning of period

     764,107,152       255,557,449       2,094,930,922       1,522,107,477       574,619,763       341,136,836  
                                                

End of period

   $ 1,040,561,026     $ 764,107,152     $ 2,870,429,476     $ 2,094,930,922     $ 1,501,017,818     $ 574,619,763  
                                                

Undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income included in net assets at end of period

   $ (1,131,513 )   $ 5,968,807     $ (29,477,729 )   $ 37,257,104     $ (4,987,676 )   $ 18,893,779  
                                                

SHARES ISSUED AND REDEEMED

 

       

Shares sold

     17,000,000       24,400,000       4,000,000       4,800,000       77,300,000       28,700,000  

Shares redeemed

     (14,900,000 )     (14,700,000 )     (300,000 )     (1,700,000 )     (12,300,000 )     (9,500,000 )
                                                

Net increase in shares outstanding

     2,100,000       9,700,000       3,700,000       3,100,000       65,000,000       19,200,000  
                                                

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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iSHARES®, INC.

 

    

iShares MSCI

South Africa

Index Fund

   

iShares MSCI

South Korea

Index Fund

   

iShares MSCI

Taiwan

Index Fund

 
      Six months ended
February 28, 2007
(Unaudited)
    Year ended
August 31, 2006
    Six months ended
February 28, 2007
(Unaudited)
    Year ended
August 31, 2006
    Six months ended
February 28, 2007
(Unaudited)
    Year ended
August 31, 2006
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

 

       

OPERATIONS:

            

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 3,286,717     $ 8,177,584     $ 17,243,015     $ 10,350,623     $ (5,639,785 )   $ 45,072,947  

Net realized gain (loss)

     9,911,638       99,303,479       9,314,314       (54,701,832 )     (8,724,416 )     (76,184,152 )

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     53,311,728       (95,009,170 )     101,466,526       299,045,492       312,517,056       123,093,505  
                                                

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     66,510,083       12,471,893       128,023,855       254,694,283       298,152,855       91,982,300  
                                                

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:

 

       

From net investment income

     (9,144,852 )     (4,618,354 )     (10,954,387 )     (7,841,332 )     (44,460,389 )     (16,050,567 )
                                                

Total distributions to shareholders

     (9,144,852 )     (4,618,354 )     (10,954,387 )     (7,841,332 )     (44,460,389 )     (16,050,567 )
                                                

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

 

       

Proceeds from shares sold

     70,402,175       395,411,010       93,568,219       1,159,560,093       432,036,989       1,391,773,216  

Cost of shares redeemed

     (68,565,161 )     (258,896,840 )     (164,497,904 )     (483,534,641 )     (266,099,142 )     (326,594,755 )
                                                

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from capital share transactions

     1,837,014       136,514,170       (70,929,685 )     676,025,452       165,937,847       1,065,178,461  
                                                

INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

     59,202,245       144,367,709       46,139,783       922,878,403       419,630,313       1,141,110,194  

NET ASSETS

            

Beginning of period

     297,897,868       153,530,159       1,621,333,688       698,455,285       1,893,750,565       752,640,371  
                                                

End of period

   $ 357,100,113     $ 297,897,868     $ 1,667,473,471     $ 1,621,333,688     $ 2,313,380,878     $ 1,893,750,565  
                                                

Undistributed net investment income (accumulated net investment loss) included in net assets at end of period

   $ 385,000     $ 6,243,135     $ 17,243,015     $ 10,954,387     $ (5,639,785 )   $ 44,460,389  
                                                

SHARES ISSUED AND REDEEMED

 

       

Shares sold

     650,000       3,650,000       1,950,000       26,100,000       30,300,000       111,950,000  

Shares redeemed

     (600,000 )     (2,450,000 )     (3,450,000 )     (10,950,000 )     (19,550,000 )     (26,350,000 )
                                                

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

     50,000       1,200,000       (1,500,000 )     15,150,000       10,750,000       85,600,000  
                                                

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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iSHARES®, INC.

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    iShares MSCI Australia Index Fund  
    Six months ended
Feb. 28, 2007
(Unaudited)
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2006
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2005
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2004
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2003
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2002
 
   

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 21.59     $ 18.28     $ 13.56     $ 11.22     $ 9.36     $ 9.24  
                                               

Income from investment operations:

           

Net investment incomea

    0.43       0.75       0.70       0.45       0.32       0.23  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)b

    3.59       3.23       4.60       2.32       1.81       (0.07 )
                                               

Total from investment operations

    4.02       3.98       5.30       2.77       2.13       0.16  
                                               

Less distributions from:

           

Net investment income

    (1.10 )     (0.67 )     (0.58 )     (0.43 )     (0.27 )     (0.04 )
                                               

Total distributions

    (1.10 )     (0.67 )     (0.58 )     (0.43 )     (0.27 )     (0.04 )
                                               

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 24.51     $ 21.59     $ 18.28     $ 13.56     $ 11.22     $ 9.36  
                                               

Total return

    18.89 %c     22.35 %     39.58 %     24.95 %     23.33 %     1.74 %
                                               

Ratios/Supplemental data:

           

Net assets, end of period (000s)

  $ 921,594     $ 686,407     $ 369,355     $ 178,998     $ 87,541     $ 76,731  

Ratio of expenses to average net assetsd

    0.52 %     0.54 %     0.57 %     0.79 %     0.84 %     0.84 %

Ratio of net investment income to average net assetsd

    3.77 %     3.75 %     4.13 %     3.37 %     3.21 %     2.47 %

Portfolio turnover ratee

    4 %     7 %     17 %     9 %     8 %     5 %

 

a

 

Based on average shares outstanding throughout each period.

b

 

The amounts reported may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities due to the timing of capital share transactions.

c

 

Not annualized.

d

 

Annualized for periods of less than one year.

e

 

Portfolio turnover rates exclude portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of processing capital share transactions in Creation Units.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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iSHARES®, INC.

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

     iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fund  
     Six months
ended
Feb. 28, 2007
(Unaudited)
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2006
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2005
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2004
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2003
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2002
 
   

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 39.09     $ 28.18     $ 16.96     $ 12.19     $ 8.30     $ 11.20  
                                                

Income from investment operations:

            

Net investment incomea

     0.49       1.00       0.89       0.55       0.32       0.38  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)b

     7.15       10.49       10.79       4.49       3.68       (3.28 )
                                                

Total from investment operations

     7.64       11.49       11.68       5.04       4.00       (2.90 )
                                                

Less distributions from:

            

Net investment income

     (0.94 )     (0.58 )     (0.46 )     (0.27 )     (0.11 )      
                                                

Total distributions

     (0.94 )     (0.58 )     (0.46 )     (0.27 )     (0.11 )      
                                                

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 45.79     $ 39.09     $ 28.18     $ 16.96     $ 12.19     $ 8.30  
                                                

Total return

     19.57 %c     41.13 %     69.72 %     41.42 %     48.85 %     (25.89 )%
                                                

Ratios/Supplemental data:

            

Net assets, end of period (000s)

   $ 2,889,533     $ 2,468,295     $ 552,285     $ 209,504     $ 103,035     $ 83,788  

Ratio of expenses to average net assetsd

     0.69 %     0.70 %     0.74 %     0.96 %     0.99 %     0.99 %

Ratio of expenses to average net assets exclusive of foreign taxesd

     0.68 %     n/a       n/a       n/a       n/a       n/a  

Ratio of net investment income to average net assetsd

     2.27 %     2.65 %     3.94 %     3.59 %     3.59 %     3.50 %

Portfolio turnover ratee

     4 %     15 %     48 %     106 %     85 %     103 %

 

a

 

Based on average shares outstanding throughout each period.

b

 

The amounts reported may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities due to the timing of capital share transactions.

c

 

Not annualized.

d

 

Annualized for periods of less than one year.

e

 

Portfolio turnover rates include portfolio transactions that are executed as a result of the Fund processing capital share transactions in Creation Units solely for cash in U.S. dollars. Excluding such transactions, the portfolio turnover rate for the six months ended February 28, 2007 and the years ended August 31, 2006 and August 31, 2005 would have been 4%, 13% and 9%, respectively. See Note 4.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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iSHARES®, INC.

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

     iShares MSCI Canada Index Fund  
     Six months
ended
Feb. 28, 2007
(Unaudited)
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2006
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2005
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2004
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2003
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2002
 
   

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 24.69     $ 20.30     $ 14.33     $ 12.25     $ 9.49     $ 10.70  
                                                

Income from investment operations:

            

Net investment incomea

     0.16       0.25       0.17       0.11       0.10       0.07  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)b

     0.83       4.29       6.00       2.17       2.69       (1.27 )
                                                

Total from investment operations

     0.99       4.54       6.17       2.28       2.79       (1.20 )
                                                

Less distributions from:

            

Net investment income

     (0.28 )     (0.15 )     (0.20 )     (0.20 )     (0.03 )     (0.01 )
                                                

Total distributions

     (0.28 )     (0.15 )     (0.20 )     (0.20 )     (0.03 )     (0.01 )
                                                

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 25.40     $ 24.69     $ 20.30     $ 14.33     $ 12.25     $ 9.49  
                                                

Total return

     4.03 %c     22.46 %     43.35 %     18.70 %     29.47 %     (11.23 )%
                                                

Ratios/Supplemental data:

            

Net assets, end of period (000s)

   $ 1,044,057     $ 1,101,161     $ 420,301     $ 325,298     $ 503,407     $ 66,420  

Ratio of expenses to average net assetsd

     0.52 %     0.54 %     0.57 %     0.70 %e     0.84 %     0.84 %

Ratio of expenses to average net assets exclusive of foreign taxesd

     0.52 %     n/a       n/a       n/a       n/a       n/a  

Ratio of net investment income to average net assetsd

     1.28 %     1.09 %     1.00 %     0.81 %     0.98 %     0.70 %

Portfolio turnover ratef

     5 %     20 %     9 %     10 %     10 %     5 %

 

a

 

Based on average shares outstanding throughout each period.

b

 

The amounts reported may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities due to the timing of capital share transactions.

c

 

Not annualized.

d

 

Annualized for periods of less than one year.

e

 

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to voluntary reimbursed distribution fees for the year ended August 31, 2004 was 0.80%.

f

 

Portfolio turnover rates exclude portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of processing capital share transactions in Creation Units.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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iSHARES®, INC.

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

     iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund  
     Six months
ended
Feb. 28, 2007
(Unaudited)
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2006
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2005b
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2004b
    Period from
Apr. 7, 2003a
to
Aug. 31, 2003b
 
   

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 97.43     $ 77.92     $ 53.96     $ 45.13     $ 33.75  
                                        

Income from investment operations:

          

Net investment incomec

     0.33       1.65       1.65       1.13       0.26  

Net realized and unrealized gaind

     15.33       18.85       24.72       7.97       11.12  
                                        

Total from investment operations

     15.66       20.50       26.37       9.10       11.38  
                                        

Less distributions from:

          

Net investment income

     (1.57 )     (0.99 )     (2.41 )     (0.27 )      
                                        

Total distributions

     (1.57 )     (0.99 )     (2.41 )     (0.27 )      
                                        

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 111.52     $ 97.43     $ 77.92     $ 53.96     $ 45.13  
                                        

Total return

     16.09 %e     26.44 %     46.17 %     20.21 %     33.72 %e
                                        

Ratios/Supplemental data:

          

Net assets, end of period (000s)

   $ 14,118,366     $ 11,969,380     $ 7,000,858     $ 1,958,596     $ 297,846  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to waived feesf

     0.75 %     0.77 %     0.78 %     0.77 %     0.78 %

Ratio of expenses to average net assets after waived feesf

     0.75 %     0.77 %     0.77 %     0.76 %     0.78 %

Ratio of expenses to average net assets after waived fees and exclusive of foreign taxesf

     0.74 %     0.75 %     0.74 %     0.74 %     0.72 %

Ratio of net investment income to average net assetsf

     0.63 %     1.77 %     2.40 %     2.10 %     1.58 %

Portfolio turnover rateg

     4 %     12 %     9 %     8 %     10 %

 

a

 

Commencement of operations.

b

 

Per share amounts were adjusted to reflect a three-for-one stock split effective June 9, 2005.

c

 

Based on average shares outstanding throughout each period.

d

 

The amounts reported may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities due to the timing of capital share transactions.

e

 

Not annualized.

f

 

Annualized for periods of less than one year.

g

 

Portfolio turnover rates exclude portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of processing capital share transactions in Creation Units.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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iSHARES®, INC.

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

     iShares MSCI Hong Kong Index Fund  
     Six months
ended
Feb. 28, 2007
(Unaudited)
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2006
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2005
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2004
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2003
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2002
 
   

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 14.20     $ 13.01     $ 10.91     $ 9.03     $ 7.99     $ 8.93  
                                                

Income from investment operations:

            

Net investment incomea

     0.12       0.38       0.33       0.28       0.23       0.23  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)b

     1.88       1.17       2.04       1.75       0.95       (1.11 )
                                                

Total from investment operations

     2.00       1.55       2.37       2.03       1.18       (0.88 )
                                                

Less distributions from:

            

Net investment income

     (0.31 )     (0.36 )     (0.27 )     (0.15 )     (0.14 )     (0.06 )
                                                

Total distributions

     (0.31 )     (0.36 )     (0.27 )     (0.15 )     (0.14 )     (0.06 )
                                                

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 15.89     $ 14.20     $ 13.01     $ 10.91     $ 9.03     $ 7.99  
                                                

Total return

     14.13 %c     12.20 %     21.96 %     22.69 %     15.14 %     (9.94 )%
                                                

Ratios/Supplemental data:

            

Net assets, end of period (000s)

   $ 1,359,596     $ 882,712     $ 637,985     $ 449,923     $ 250,627     $ 99,502  

Ratio of expenses to average net assetsd

     0.52 %     0.54 %     0.57 %     0.80 %     0.84 %     0.84 %

Ratio of net investment income to average net assetsd

     1.53 %     2.87 %     2.75 %     2.78 %     3.06 %     2.56 %

Portfolio turnover ratee

     4 %     10 %     6 %     5 %     10 %     15 %

 

a

 

Based on average shares outstanding throughout each period.

b

 

The amounts reported may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities due to the timing of capital share transactions.

c

 

Not annualized.

d

 

Annualized for periods of less than one year.

e

 

Portfolio turnover rates exclude portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of processing capital share transactions in Creation Units.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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iSHARES®, INC.

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

     iShares MSCI Malaysia Index Fund  
     Six months
ended
Feb. 28, 2007
(Unaudited)
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2006
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2005
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2004
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2003
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2002
 
   

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 7.75     $ 7.19     $ 6.54     $ 5.99     $ 5.68     $ 5.11  
                                                

Income from investment operations:

            

Net investment incomea

     0.07       0.26       0.20       0.13       0.10       0.08  

Net realized and unrealized gainb

     2.54       0.59       0.61       0.52       0.30       0.52  
                                                

Total from investment operations

     2.61       0.85       0.81       0.65       0.40       0.60  
                                                

Less distributions from:

            

Net investment income

     (0.20 )     (0.29 )     (0.16 )     (0.10 )     (0.09 )     (0.03 )
                                                

Total distributions

     (0.20 )     (0.29 )     (0.16 )     (0.10 )     (0.09 )     (0.03 )
                                                

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 10.16     $ 7.75     $ 7.19     $ 6.54     $ 5.99     $ 5.68  
                                                

Total return

     33.96 %c     12.35 %     12.39 %     11.01 %     7.39 %     11.82 %
                                                

Ratios/Supplemental data:

            

Net assets, end of period (000s)

   $ 970,795     $ 374,334     $ 387,575     $ 224,218     $ 99,730     $ 93,262  

Ratio of expenses to average net assetsd

     0.52 %     0.54 %     0.57 %     0.79 %     0.84 %     0.84 %

Ratio of net investment income to average net assetsd

     1.61 %     3.46 %     2.85 %     1.97 %     1.91 %     1.53 %

Portfolio turnover ratee

     15 %     60 %     15 %     39 %     35 %     37 %

 

a

 

Based on average shares outstanding throughout each period.

b

 

The amounts reported may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities due to the timing of capital share transactions.

c

 

Not annualized.

d

 

Annualized for periods of less than one year.

e

 

Portfolio turnover rates include portfolio transactions that are executed as a result of the Fund processing capital share transactions in Creation Units solely for cash in U.S. dollars. Excluding such transactions, the portfolio turnover rate for the six months ended February 28, 2007 and the years ended August 31, 2006 and August 31, 2005 would have been 3%, 9% and 9%, respectively. See Note 4.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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iSHARES®, INC.

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

     iShares MSCI Mexico Index Fund  
     Six months
ended
Feb. 28, 2007
(Unaudited)
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2006
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2005
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2004
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2003
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2002
 
   

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 41.30     $ 29.04     $ 19.35     $ 15.04     $ 13.65     $ 15.35  
                                                

Income from investment operations:

            

Net investment incomea

     0.21       0.76       0.42       0.26       0.19       0.32  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)b

     9.46       11.98       9.55       4.26       1.72       (1.95 )
                                                

Total from investment operations

     9.67       12.74       9.97       4.52       1.91       (1.63 )
                                                

Less distributions from:

            

Net investment income

     (0.46 )     (0.48 )     (0.28 )     (0.21 )     (0.52 )     (0.07 )
                                                

Total distributions

     (0.46 )     (0.48 )     (0.28 )     (0.21 )     (0.52 )     (0.07 )
                                                

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 50.51     $ 41.30     $ 29.04     $ 19.35     $ 15.04     $ 13.65  
                                                

Total return

     23.43 %c     44.11 %     51.77 %     30.28 %     14.60 %     (10.67 )%
                                                

Ratios/Supplemental data:

            

Net assets, end of period (000s)

   $ 1,040,561     $ 764,107     $ 255,557     $ 129,623     $ 60,155     $ 70,994  

Ratio of expenses to average net assetsd

     0.52 %     0.54 %     0.57 %     0.78 %     0.84 %     0.84 %

Ratio of net investment income to average net assetsd

     0.87 %     2.06 %     1.70 %     1.40 %     1.43 %     2.05 %

Portfolio turnover ratee

     16 %     12 %     9 %     12 %     13 %     8 %

 

a

 

Based on average shares outstanding throughout each period.

b

 

The amounts reported may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities due to the timing of capital share transactions.

c

 

Not annualized.

d

 

Annualized for periods of less than one year.

e

 

Portfolio turnover rates exclude portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of processing capital share transactions in Creation Units.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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iSHARES®, INC.

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

     iShares MSCI Pacific ex-Japan Index Fund  
     Six months
ended
Feb. 28, 2007
(Unaudited)
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2006
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2005
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2004
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2003
    Period from
Oct. 25, 2001a
to
Aug. 31, 2002
 
   

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 112.03     $ 97.57     $ 75.73     $ 62.03     $ 52.51     $ 50.03  
                                                

Income from investment operations:

            

Net investment incomeb

     1.79       3.83       3.70       2.68       1.87       1.35  

Net realized and unrealized gainc

     19.52       14.33       21.15       12.53       8.53       1.40  
                                                

Total from investment operations

     21.31       18.16       24.85       15.21       10.40       2.75  
                                                

Less distributions from:

            

Net investment income

     (5.20 )     (3.70 )     (3.01 )     (1.51 )     (0.88 )     (0.27 )
                                                

Total distributions

     (5.20 )     (3.70 )     (3.01 )     (1.51 )     (0.88 )     (0.27 )
                                                

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 128.14     $ 112.03     $ 97.57     $ 75.73     $ 62.03     $ 52.51  
                                                

Total return

     19.23 %d     19.17 %     33.27 %     24.74 %     20.15 %     5.51 %d
                                                

Ratios/Supplemental data:

            

Net assets, end of period (000s)

   $ 2,870,429     $ 2,094,931     $ 1,522,107     $ 651,250     $ 223,298     $ 105,029  

Ratio of expenses to average net assetse

     0.50 %     0.50 %     0.50 %     0.50 %     0.50 %     0.50 %

Ratio of net investment income to average net assetse

     2.97 %     3.67 %     4.09 %     3.68 %     3.47 %     2.87 %

Portfolio turnover ratef

     4 %     8 %     16 %     8 %     8 %     5 %

 

a

 

Commencement of operations.

b

 

Based on average shares outstanding throughout each period.

c

 

The amounts reported may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities due to the timing of capital share transactions.

d

 

Not annualized.

e

 

Annualized for periods of less than one year.

f

 

Portfolio turnover rates exclude portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of processing capital share transactions in Creation Units.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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iSHARES®, INC.

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

     iShares MSCI Singapore Index Fund  
     Six months
ended
Feb. 28, 2007
(Unaudited)
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2006
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2005
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2004
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2003
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2002
 
   

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 9.11     $ 7.77     $ 6.52     $ 5.38     $ 5.01     $ 5.34  
                                                

Income from investment operations:

            

Net investment incomea

     0.06       0.40       0.38       0.22       0.12       0.07  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)b

     2.86       1.23       1.15       1.04       0.33       (0.36 )
                                                

Total from investment operations

     2.92       1.63       1.53       1.26       0.45       (0.29 )
                                                

Less distributions from:

            

Net investment income

     (0.31 )     (0.29 )     (0.28 )     (0.12 )     (0.08 )     (0.04 )
                                                

Total distributions

     (0.31 )     (0.29 )     (0.28 )     (0.12 )     (0.08 )     (0.04 )
                                                

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 11.72     $ 9.11     $ 7.77     $ 6.52     $ 5.38     $ 5.01  
                                                

Total return

     32.31 %c     21.61 %     24.06 %     23.47 %     9.30 %     (5.42 )%
                                                

Ratios/Supplemental data:

            

Net assets, end of period (000s)

   $ 1,501,018     $ 574,620     $ 341,137     $ 170,047     $ 108,202     $ 88,126  

Ratio of expenses to average net assetsd

     0.52 %     0.54 %     0.57 %     0.79 %     0.84 %     0.84 %

Ratio of net investment income to average net assetsd

     1.16 %     4.74 %     5.19 %     3.50 %     2.67 %     1.44 %

Portfolio turnover ratee

     4 %     6 %     8 %     9 %     14 %     9 %

 

a

 

Based on average shares outstanding throughout each period.

b

 

The amounts reported may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities due to the timing of capital share transactions.

c

 

Not annualized.

d

 

Annualized for periods of less than one year.

e

 

Portfolio turnover rates exclude portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of processing capital share transactions in Creation Units.

 

See notes to the financial statements.

 

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iSHARES®, INC.

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

     iShares MSCI South Africa Index Fund  
     Six months
ended
Feb. 28, 2007
(Unaudited)
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2006
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2005
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2004
    Period from
Feb. 3, 2003a
to
Aug. 31, 2003
 
   

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 97.67     $ 82.99     $ 59.92     $ 46.81     $ 38.72  
                                        

Income from investment operations:

          

Net investment incomeb

     1.02       2.87       1.92       1.23       0.89  

Net realized and unrealized gainc

     19.01       13.78       22.36       13.24       7.20  
                                        

Total from investment operations

     20.03       16.65       24.28       14.47       8.09  
                                        

Less distributions from:

          

Net investment income

     (2.51 )     (1.97 )     (1.21 )     (1.36 )      
                                        

Total distributions

     (2.51 )     (1.97 )     (1.21 )     (1.36 )      
                                        

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 115.19     $ 97.67     $ 82.99     $ 59.92     $ 46.81  
                                        

Total return

     20.57 %d     20.06 %     40.62 %     31.30 %     20.89 %d
                                        

Ratios/Supplemental data:

          

Net assets, end of period (000s)

   $ 357,100     $ 297,898     $ 153,530     $ 92,882     $ 81,914  

Ratio of expenses to average net assetse

     0.68 %     0.70 %     0.74 %     0.95 %     0.99 %

Ratio of net investment income to average net assetse

     1.94 %     2.79 %     2.62 %     2.23 %     3.86 %

Portfolio turnover ratef

     3 %     7 %     32 %     13 %     17 %

 

a

 

Commencement of operations.

b

 

Based on average shares outstanding throughout each period.

c

 

The amounts reported may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities due to the timing of capital share transactions.

d

 

Not annualized.

e

 

Annualized for periods of less than one year.

f

 

Portfolio turnover rates exclude portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of processing capital share transactions in Creation Units.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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iSHARES®, INC.

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

     iShares MSCI South Korea Index Fund  
     Six months
ended
Feb. 28, 2007
(Unaudited)
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2006
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2005
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2004
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2003
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2002
 
   

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 46.00     $ 34.75     $ 24.17     $ 23.06     $ 21.17     $ 13.25  
                                                

Income from investment operations:

            

Net investment income (loss)a

     0.51       0.31       0.46       0.22       0.19       (0.00 )b

Net realized and unrealized gainc

     3.23       11.20       10.22       1.13       1.70       7.92  
                                                

Total from investment operations

     3.74       11.51       10.68       1.35       1.89       7.92  
                                                

Less distributions from:

            

Net investment income

     (0.33 )     (0.26 )     (0.10 )     (0.24 )            
                                                

Total distributions

     (0.33 )     (0.26 )     (0.10 )     (0.24 )            
                                                

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 49.41     $ 46.00     $ 34.75     $ 24.17     $ 23.06     $ 21.17  
                                                

Total return

     8.13 %d     33.16 %     44.29 %     5.83 %     8.93 %     59.77 %
                                                

Ratios/Supplemental data:

            

Net assets, end of period (000s)

   $ 1,667,473     $ 1,621,334     $ 698,455     $ 315,464     $ 154,486     $ 96,336  

Ratio of expenses to average net assetse

     0.68 %     0.70 %     0.74 %     0.94 %     0.99 %     1.00 %

Ratio of expenses to average net assets exclusive of foreign taxese

     0.68 %     0.70 %     0.74 %     0.94 %     0.99 %     0.99 %

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assetse

     2.15 %     0.71 %     1.49 %     0.87 %     0.98 %     (0.01 )%

Portfolio turnover ratef

     6 %     47 %     30 %     29 %     39 %     25 %

 

a

 

Based on average shares outstanding throughout each period.

b

 

Rounds to less than $0.01.

c

 

The amounts reported may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities due to the timing of capital share transactions.

d

 

Not annualized.

e

 

Annualized for periods of less than one year.

f

 

Portfolio turnover rates include portfolio transactions that are executed as a result of the Fund processing capital share transactions in Creation Units solely for cash in U.S. dollars. Excluding such transactions, the portfolio turnover rate for the six months ended February 28, 2007 and the years ended August 31, 2006 and August 31, 2005 would have been 0% and 14% and 9%, respectively. See Note 4.

 

See notes to the financial statements.

 

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iSHARES®, INC.

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

     iShares MSCI Taiwan Index Fund  
     Six months
ended
Feb. 28, 2007
(Unaudited)
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2006
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2005
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2004
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2003
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2002
 
   

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 12.57     $ 11.57     $ 10.66     $ 10.79     $ 8.82     $ 9.01  
                                                

Income from investment operations:

            

Net investment income (loss)a

     (0.04 )     0.34       0.27       0.14       0.04       (0.03 )

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)b

     2.10       0.80       0.72       (0.25 )     1.93       (0.16 )
                                                

Total from investment operations

     2.06       1.14       0.99       (0.11 )     1.97       (0.19 )
                                                

Less distributions from:

            

Net investment income

     (0.30 )     (0.14 )     (0.08 )     (0.02 )            
                                                

Total distributions

     (0.30 )     (0.14 )     (0.08 )     (0.02 )            
                                                

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 14.33     $ 12.57     $ 11.57     $ 10.66     $ 10.79     $ 8.82  
                                                

Total return

     16.42 %c     9.84 %     9.28 %     (1.10 )%     22.45 %     (2.11 )%
                                                

Ratios/Supplemental data:

            

Net assets, end of period (000s)

   $ 2,313,381     $ 1,893,751     $ 752,640     $ 390,228     $ 234,727     $ 142,043  

Ratio of expenses to average net assetsd

     0.68 %     0.85 %     1.03 %     1.19 %e     1.31 %     1.33 %

Ratio of expenses to average net assets exclusive of foreign taxesd

     n/a       0.70 %     0.74 %     0.92 %     0.99 %     0.99 %

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assetsd

     (0.56 )%     2.74 %     2.34 %     1.23 %     0.43 %     (0.28 )%

Portfolio turnover ratef

     19 %     29 %     20 %     19 %     15 %     11 %

 

a

 

Based on average shares outstanding throughout each period.

b

 

The amounts reported may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities due to the timing of capital share transactions.

c

 

Not annualized.

d

 

Annualized for periods of less than one year.

e

 

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to voluntary reimbursed distribution fees for the year ended August 31, 2004 was 1.22%.

f

 

Portfolio turnover rates include portfolio transactions that are executed as a result of the Fund processing capital share transactions in Creation Units solely for cash in U.S. dollars. Excluding such transactions, the portfolio turnover rate for the six months ended February 28, 2007 and the years ended August 31, 2006 and August 31, 2005 would have been 5%, 10% and 10%, respectively. See Note 4.

 

See notes to the financial statements.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited)

iSHARES®, INC.

 

iShares, Inc. (the “Company”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Company was incorporated under the laws of the State of Maryland on September 1, 1994 pursuant to amended and restated Articles of Incorporation. As of February 28, 2007, the Company offered 24 investment portfolios or funds.

These financial statements relate only to the iShares MSCI Australia, iShares MSCI Brazil, iShares MSCI Canada, iShares MSCI Emerging Markets, iShares MSCI Hong Kong, iShares MSCI Malaysia, iShares MSCI Mexico, iShares MSCI Pacific ex-Japan, iShares MSCI Singapore, iShares MSCI South Africa, iShares MSCI South Korea and iShares MSCI Taiwan Index Funds (each, a “Fund,” collectively, the “Funds”).

The investment objective of each Fund is to seek investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded equity securities in the aggregate in a particular market, as measured by that market’s equity securities index compiled by Morgan Stanley Capital International Inc. (“MSCI”). The investment adviser uses a “passive” or index approach to achieve each Fund’s investment objective. Each of the Funds is classified as a non-diversified fund under the 1940 Act. Non-diversified funds generally hold securities of fewer companies than diversified funds and may be more susceptible to the risks associated with these particular companies, or to a single economic, political or regulatory occurrence affecting these companies.

Each Fund invests in the securities of foreign issuers of a single country or region, which may involve certain considerations and risks not typically associated with securities of U.S. issuers. Such risks include, but are not limited to: generally less liquid and less efficient securities markets; generally greater price volatility; exchange rate fluctuations and exchange controls; imposition of restrictions on the expatriation of funds or other assets of the Fund; less publicly available information about issuers; the imposition of withholding or other taxes; higher transaction and custody costs; settlement delays and risk of loss attendant in settlement procedures; difficulties in enforcing contractual obligations; less regulation of securities markets; different accounting, disclosure and reporting requirements; more substantial governmental involvement in the economy; higher inflation rates; greater social, economic and political uncertainties; the risk of nationalization or expropriation of assets and the risk of war.

Pursuant to the Company’s organizational documents, the Funds’ officers and directors are indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of the performance of their duties to the Funds. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Funds that have not yet occurred.

1. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The following significant accounting policies are consistently followed by the Company in the preparation of its financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for investment companies. The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

SECURITY VALUATION

The securities and other assets of each Fund are generally valued using market valuations. A market valuation generally means a valuation (i) obtained from an exchange, a pricing service or a major market maker (or dealer), (ii) based on a price quotation or other equivalent indication of value supplied by an exchange, a pricing service or a major market maker (or dealer) or (iii) based on amortized cost. In the case of shares of funds that are not traded on an exchange, a market valuation means such fund’s published net asset value per share. The investment adviser may use various pricing services or discontinue the use of any pricing service. A price obtained from a pricing service based on such pricing service’s valuation matrix may be considered a market valuation. In the event that current market valuations are not readily available or such valuations do not reflect current market values, the affected investments will be valued using fair value pricing pursuant to the pricing policy and procedures approved by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”).

 

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iSHARES®, INC.

 

SECURITY TRANSACTIONS AND INCOME RECOGNITION

Security transactions are accounted for on trade date. Dividend income is recognized on the ex-dividend date, net of any foreign taxes withheld at source, and interest income is accrued daily. Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined using the specific identification method.

FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATION

The accounting records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. Foreign currencies, as well as investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars using exchange rates deemed appropriate by the investment adviser. Any use of a rate different from the rates used by MSCI may adversely affect a Fund’s ability to track its underlying index. Purchases and sales of securities, income receipts and expense payments are translated into U.S. dollars on the respective dates of such transactions.

Each Fund does not isolate the effect of fluctuations in foreign exchange rates from the effect of fluctuations in the market prices of securities. Such fluctuations are reflected by the Funds as a component of realized and unrealized gains and losses from investments for financial reporting purposes.

FOREIGN TAXES

Certain countries may levy taxes on stock dividends (based on the par value of the stock dividends received) and other taxable corporate events (i.e. spin-offs and tender offers) by companies whose securities are held by the Funds. These foreign taxes, if any, are paid by the Funds receiving the stock dividends or holding the securities subject to the taxable corporate event, and are disclosed in their respective Statements of Operations.

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income, if any, including any net foreign currency gains, are declared and distributed at least annually by each Fund. Distributions of net realized capital gains, if any, generally are declared and distributed once a year. Distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from net investment income and net realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Dividends and distributions are paid in U.S. dollars and cannot be automatically reinvested in additional shares of the Funds.

The tax character of current year distributions will be determined at the end of the current fiscal year.

FEDERAL INCOME TAXES

Each Fund is treated as a separate entity for federal income tax purposes. It is the policy of each Fund to qualify as a regulated investment company by complying with the provisions applicable to regulated investment companies, as defined under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and to annually distribute substantially all of its net income and any net gains (taking into account any capital loss carryforwards) sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income and excise taxes. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes was required for the six months ended February 28, 2007.

 

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iSHARES®, INC.

 

The Funds had tax basis net capital loss carryforwards as of August 31, 2006, the tax year-end of the Funds, as follows:

 

iShares MSCI
Index Fund
   Expiring
2007
   Expiring
2008
   Expiring
2009
   Expiring
2010
   Expiring
2011
   Expiring
2012
   Expiring
2013
   Expiring
2014
   Total

Australia

   $    $ 71,019    $ 1,971,994    $ 3,625,203    $ 650,082    $ 596,240    $ 384,424    $    $ 7,298,962

Brazil

                         45,165,910                     45,165,910

Canada

                                   2,931,648           2,931,648

Emerging Markets

                              840,778      20,296,564      11,239,258      32,376,600

Hong Kong

     4,085,707                4,971,970      2,870,602      2,330,414      468,716      425,440      15,152,849

Malaysia

     8,654,333                9,819,029      2,898,105      775,477      6,820,474      1,543,708      30,511,126

Mexico

                    1,319,032      2,329,290      3,136,171      12,912      632,766      7,430,171

Pacific ex-Japan

                         329,461      2,563,114      1,175,692      853,529      4,921,796

Singapore

                    3,754,702      4,428,316      4,256,421      2,558,348           14,997,787

South Africa

                              527,613           260,738      788,351

South Korea

               556,540      666,642      504,041      3,363,449      11,590,303      3,172,573      19,853,548

Taiwan

                    12,532,361      8,689,663      9,129,874      12,022,719      14,435,986      56,810,603

Net capital loss carryforwards may be applied against any net realized taxable gains in each succeeding year or until their respective expiration dates, whichever occurs first.

The Funds may own shares in certain foreign investment entities, referred to, under U.S. tax law, as “passive foreign investment companies.” The Funds may elect to mark-to-market annually the shares of each passive foreign investment company and would be required to distribute to shareholders any such marked-to-market gains.

Each Fund reclassifies at the end of its tax year certain amounts to paid-in-capital from accumulated net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions and accumulated net investment income (loss), respectively, as a result of permanent book and tax differences primarily attributed to net investment loss, return of capital, passive foreign investment companies, realized foreign currency gains and losses and gains and losses on in-kind redemptions. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset values per share.

As of February 28, 2007, gross unrealized appreciation and gross unrealized depreciation based on cost for federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

iShares MSCI Index Fund    Tax
Cost
   Gross
Unrealized
Appreciation
   Gross
Unrealized
Depreciation
    Net
Unrealized
Appreciation

Australia

   $ 817,754,528    $ 125,373,100    $ (781,166 )   $ 124,591,934

Brazil

     1,981,939,958      909,121,908      (13,158,637 )     895,963,271

Canada

     900,135,841      159,909,030      (17,875,714 )     142,033,316

Emerging Markets

     12,544,303,209      2,727,686,992      (167,957,416 )     2,559,729,576

Hong Kong

     1,317,631,230      207,056,616      (13,097,340 )     193,959,276

Malaysia

     778,223,898      192,321,807            192,321,807

Mexico

     1,025,425,089      79,238,132      (263,631 )     78,974,501

Pacific ex-Japan

     2,276,648,447      764,518,287      (3,383,781 )     761,134,506

Singapore

     1,443,282,303      228,711,603      (1,301,228 )     227,410,375

South Africa

     350,069,386      27,060,739      (20,200,327 )     6,860,412

South Korea

     1,176,939,961      607,850,849      (15,219,296 )     592,631,553

Taiwan

     1,864,789,717      474,368,787      (29,488,073 )     444,880,714

 

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REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS

Each Fund may enter into repurchase agreements with banks and securities dealers. These transactions involve the purchase of securities with a simultaneous commitment to resell the securities to the bank or the dealer at an agreed-upon date and price. A repurchase agreement is accounted for as an investment by the Fund, collateralized by securities, which are delivered to the Fund’s custodian or to an agent bank under a tri-party agreement. The securities are marked-to-market daily and additional securities are acquired as needed, to ensure that their value equals or exceeds the repurchase price plus accrued interest.

2. AGREEMENTS AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

Pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Company, Barclays Global Fund Advisors (“BGFA”) manages the investment of each Fund’s assets. BGFA is a California corporation indirectly owned by Barclays Bank PLC. Under the Investment Advisory Agreement, BGFA is responsible for all expenses (“Covered Expenses”) of each of the Funds, including the cost of transfer agency, custody, fund administration, legal, audit and other services, except interest, taxes, brokerage commissions and other expenses connected with the execution of portfolio transactions, distribution fees and extraordinary expenses.

For its investment advisory services to the iShares MSCI Australia, iShares MSCI Canada, iShares MSCI Hong Kong, iShares MSCI Malaysia, iShares MSCI Mexico and iShares MSCI Singapore Index Funds, BGFA is entitled to an annual investment advisory fee based on each Fund’s allocable portion of the aggregate of the average daily net assets of all the funds offered by the Company (except for the iShares MSCI Brazil, iShares MSCI Emerging Markets, iShares MSCI Pacific ex-Japan, iShares MSCI South Africa, iShares MSCI South Korea and iShares MSCI Taiwan Index Funds) as follows:

 

Investment Advisory Fee   Aggregate Average Daily Net Assets
    0.59%  

First $7 billion

0.54  

Over $7 billion, up to and including $11 billion

0.49  

Over $11 billion, up to and including $24 billion

0.44  

Over $24 billion

For its investment advisory services to the iShares MSCI Brazil, iShares MSCI South Africa, iShares MSCI South Korea and iShares MSCI Taiwan Index Funds, BGFA is entitled to an annual investment advisory fee based on each Fund’s allocable portion of the aggregate of the average daily net assets of these four Funds as follows:

 

Investment Advisory Fee   Aggregate Average Daily Net Assets
    0.74%  

First $2 billion

0.69  

Over $2 billion, up to and including $4 billion

0.64  

Over $4 billion

For its investment advisory services to the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund, BGFA is entitled to an annual investment advisory fee based on the average daily net assets of the Fund excluding any investments in other iShares MSCI Index Funds, as follows:

 

Investment Advisory Fee   Average Daily Net Assets
    0.75%  

First $14 billion

0.68  

Over $14 billion, up to and including $28 billion

0.61  

Over $28 billion

 

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BGFA voluntarily waived its advisory fees for the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund in an amount equal to the investment advisory fees payable on the amount of the Fund’s investment in other iShares MSCI Index Funds.

For its investment advisory services to the iShares MSCI Pacific ex-Japan Index Fund, BGFA is entitled to an annual investment advisory fee of 0.50% of the average daily net assets of the Fund.

Investors Bank & Trust Company (“Investors Bank”) serves as administrator, custodian and transfer agent for the Company. As compensation for its services, Investors Bank receives certain out-of-pocket costs, transaction fees and asset-based fees which are accrued daily and paid monthly. These fees and expenses are Covered Expenses as defined above.

SEI Investments Distribution Co. (“SEI”) serves as each Fund’s underwriter and distributor of the shares of each Fund, pursuant to a Distribution Agreement with the Company. SEI does not receive a fee from the Funds for its distribution services.

Pursuant to an exemptive order issued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), the Funds are permitted to lend portfolio securities to Barclays Capital Inc. (“BarCap”). Pursuant to the same exemptive order, Barclays Global Investors, N.A. (“BGI”) serves as securities lending agent for the Company. BarCap and BGI are affiliates of BGFA, the Funds’ investment adviser. As securities lending agent, BGI receives, as fees, a share of the income earned on investment of the cash collateral received for the loan of securities. For the six months ended February 28, 2007, BGI earned securities lending agent fees as follows:

 

iShares MSCI Index Fund    Securities Lending
Agent Fees

Australia

   $ 53,455

Emerging Markets

     4,680,656

Hong Kong

     157,617

Mexico

     458,551
iShares MSCI Index Fund   

Securities Lending

Agent Fees

Pacific ex-Japan

   $ 177,855

Singapore

     131,562

South Korea

     407,778

 

Cross trades for the six months ended February 28, 2007, if any, were executed by the Funds pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act. Cross trading is the buying or selling of portfolio securities between funds to which BGFA (or an affiliate) serves as investment adviser. At its regularly scheduled quarterly meetings, the Board reviews such transactions as of the most recent calendar quarter for compliance with the requirements and restrictions set forth by Rule 17a-7.

Each Fund may invest in the Institutional Shares of certain money market funds managed by BGFA, the Funds’ investment adviser, including the Government Money Market Fund (“GMMF”), Institutional Money Market Fund (“IMMF”), Prime Money Market Fund (“PMMF”) and Treasury Money Market Fund (“TMMF”) of Barclays Global Investors Funds. The GMMF, IMMF, PMMF and TMMF are feeder funds in a master/feeder fund structure that invest substantially all of their assets in the Government Money Market Master Portfolio, Money Market Master Portfolio, Prime Money Market Master Portfolio and Treasury Money Market Master Portfolio (collectively, the “Money Market Master Portfolios”), respectively, which are also managed by BGFA. While the GMMF, IMMF, PMMFand TMMF do not directly charge an investment advisory fee, the Money Market Master Portfolios in which they invest do charge an investment advisory fee. Income distributions from the GMMF, IMMF, PMMFand TMMFare declared daily and paid monthly from net investment income. Income distributions earned by the Funds from temporary cash investments are recorded as interest from affiliated issuers in the accompanying Statements of Operations. Income distributions earned by the Funds from the investment of securities lending collateral, if any, are included in securities lending income in the accompanying Statements of Operations.

The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund, in order to improve its portfolio liquidity and its ability to track the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, may invest in shares of other iShares MSCI Index Funds that invest in securities in the Fund’s benchmark index. As of February 28,

 

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2007, the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund held shares of the iShares MSCI Malaysia, iShares MSCI South Korea and iShares MSCI Taiwan Index Funds.

The following table provides information about the direct investment by the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund (exclusive of short-term investments) in issuers of which BGFA is an affiliate, or issuers of which the Fund owns 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities, for the six months ended February 28, 2007.

 

Name of Affiliated Issuer    Number of
Shares Held
Beginning
of Period
(in 000s)
   Gross
Additions
(in 000s)
   Gross
Reductions
(in 000s)
   Number of
Shares Held
End of
Period
(in 000s)
   Value at
End of
Period
   Dividend
Income
   Net
Realized
Gain

iShares MSCI Malaysia

                    

Index Fund

   1,039       137    902    $ 9,083,694    $ 176,251    $ 101,664

iShares MSCI South Korea

                    

Index Fund

   546    140    124    562      27,546,930      197,279      2,693,944

iShares MSCI Taiwan Index Fund

   2,812    724    639    2,897      40,361,562      910,711      1,447,929

Siliconware Precision

                    

Industries Co. ADR

   33,802    8,708    7,676    34,834      316,288,797           29,010,853

Sociedad Quimica y

                    

Minera de Chile SA ADR

   595    153    135    613      83,668,245           9,220,748

As of February 28, 2007, certain directors and officers of the Company are also officers of BGI and/or BGFA.

3. INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS

Purchases and sales of investments (excluding in-kind transactions and short-term investments) for the six months ended February 28, 2007, were as follows:

 

iShares MSCI Index Fund    Purchases    Sales

Australia

   $ 29,638,371    $ 51,056,331

Brazil

     119,462,067      157,402,562

Canada

     56,327,114      60,052,296

Emerging Markets

     488,614,871      654,904,620

Hong Kong

     43,838,296      45,011,216

Malaysia

     555,285,942      77,817,962

Mexico

     159,522,777      171,740,630

Pacific ex-Japan

     97,665,138      156,881,531

Singapore

     41,242,318      43,955,489

South Africa

     9,541,711      15,244,654

South Korea

     92,486,111      177,896,965

Taiwan

     533,476,049      394,617,655

 

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In-kind transactions (see Note 4) for the six months ended February 28, 2007, were as follows:

 

iShares MSCI Index Fund    In-kind
Purchases
   In-kind
Sales

Australia

   $ 328,228,675    $ 187,119,604

Canada

     36,772,067      122,248,221

Emerging Markets

     3,346,003,381      2,962,131,369

Hong Kong

     461,519,299      115,385,238

Mexico

     804,688,320      700,295,694

Pacific ex-Japan

     500,897,145      36,310,702

Singapore

     850,279,670      136,161,055

South Africa

     70,331,944      68,462,949

4. CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

The Company has been authorized to issue 10.9 billion shares of $.001 par value capital stock. The number of shares authorized to each Fund are as follows:

 

iShares MSCI Index Fund    Authorized Shares

Australia

   127,800,000

Brazil

   500,000,000

Canada

   340,200,000

Emerging Markets

   500,000,000

Hong Kong

   191,400,000

Malaysia

   127,800,000
iShares MSCI Index Fund    Authorized Shares

Mexico

   255,000,000

Pacific ex-Japan

   500,000,000

Singapore

   191,400,000

South Africa

   200,000,000

South Korea

   200,000,000

Taiwan

   200,000,000

 

The Company issues and redeems capital shares of each Fund only in aggregations of a specified number of shares (each, a “Creation Unit”) at net asset value. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, shares of each Fund are not redeemable. Transactions in capital shares for each Fund are disclosed in detail in the Statements of Changes in Net Assets.

The consideration for the purchase of Creation Units of a Fund generally consists of the in-kind contribution of a designated portfolio of equity securities constituting a portfolio sampling representation of the corresponding MSCI Index and an amount of cash (except for the iShares MSCI Brazil, iShares MSCI Malaysia, iShares MSCI South Korea and iShares MSCI Taiwan Index Funds which are offered in Creation Units solely for cash in U.S. dollars). Investors purchasing and redeeming Creation Units pay a purchase transaction fee and a redemption transaction fee directly to Investors Bank, the administrator, to offset transfer and other transaction costs associated with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units, including Creation Units for cash. Investors transacting in Creation Units for cash pay an additional variable charge to compensate the relevant Fund for brokerage and market impact expenses relating to investing in portfolio securities.

5. LOANS OF PORTFOLIO SECURITIES

Each Fund may lend its investment securities to approved borrowers, such as brokers, dealers and other financial institutions. The borrower pledges and maintains with the Fund collateral consisting of cash, an irrevocable letter of credit issued by a bank, or securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government. The initial collateral received by each Fund is required to have a value of at least 102% of the market

 

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value of the loaned securities for securities traded on U.S. exchanges and a value of at least 105% for all other securities. The collateral is maintained thereafter, at a value equal to at least 100% of the current market value of the securities on loan. The risks to the Funds of securities lending are that the borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or may not return the securities when due.

As of February 28, 2007, certain Funds had loaned securities which were collateralized by cash. Pursuant to an exemptive order issued by the SEC, the cash collateral received was invested in a joint account with other investment funds managed by BGFA. The joint account invests in securities with remaining maturities of 397 days or less, repurchase agreements and money market mutual funds, including money market funds managed by BGFA. Repurchase agreements held in the joint account are fully collateralized by U.S. Government securities or non-U.S. Government debt securities. The market value of the securities on loan as of February 28, 2007 and the value of the related collateral are disclosed in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Securities lending income, as disclosed in the Funds’ Statements of Operations, represents the income earned from the investment of the cash collateral, net of rebates paid to, or fees paid by, borrowers and less the fees paid to BGI as securities lending agent.

6. RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

In June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued FASB Interpretation No. 48 (“FIN 48”), “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes - an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109.” FIN 48 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in accordance with FASB Statement No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes.” This interpretation prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. It also provides guidance on de-recognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition. FIN 48 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. The SEC staff has stated that it would not object if a fund does not implement FIN 48 in its NAV calculation until the date of the fund’s last NAV calculation in the first required financial statement reporting period for its fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2006. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of applying the various provisions of FIN 48.

In September 2006, FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157 (“FAS 157”), “Fair Value Measurements.” FAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and expands disclosure about fair value measurements. FAS 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of FAS 157 will have on the Funds’ financial statement disclosures.

 

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The iShares® Family of Funds

 

The following is a list of iShares Funds being offered, along with their respective exchange trading symbols. Please call 1-800-iShares (1-800-474-2737) to obtain a prospectus for any iShares Fund. The prospectus contains more complete information, including charges, expenses, investment objectives and risk factors that should be carefully considered to determine if the Fund(s) are an appropriate investment for you. Read the prospectus(es) carefully before investing. Investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal.

 

iShares S&P Domestic Index Funds

iShares S&P 1500 (ISI)

iShares S&P 100 (OEF)

iShares S&P 500 (IVV)

iShares S&P 500 Growth (IVW)

iShares S&P 500 Value (IVE)

iShares S&P MidCap 400 (IJH)

iShares S&P MidCap 400 Growth (IJK)

iShares S&P MidCap 400 Value (IJJ)

iShares S&P SmallCap 600 (IJR)

iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Growth (IJT)

iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Value (IJS)

iShares Domestic Sector Index Funds

iShares Cohen & Steers Realty Majors (ICF)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Basic Materials Sector (IYM)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Services Sector (IYC)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Goods Sector (IYK)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Energy Sector (IYE)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Financial Sector (IYF)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Financial Services (IYG)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Healthcare Sector (IYH)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Industrial Sector (IYJ)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate (IYR)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Technology Sector (IYW)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Telecommunications Sector (IYZ)

iShares Dow Jones Transportation Average (IYT)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Utilities Sector (IDU)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Total Market (IYY)

iShares Goldman Sachs Natural Resources (IGE)

iShares Goldman Sachs Networking (IGN)

iShares Goldman Sachs Semiconductor (IGW)

iShares Goldman Sachs Software (IGV)

iShares Goldman Sachs Technology (IGM)

iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology (IBB)

iShares Domestic Subsector Index Funds

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Aerospace & Defense (ITA)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Broker-Dealers (IAI)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Healthcare Providers (IHF)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Home Construction (ITB)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Insurance (IAK)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Medical Devices (IHI)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Oil & Gas Exploration & Production (IEO)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Oil Equipment & Services (IEZ)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Pharmaceuticals (IHE)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Regional Banks (IAT)

 

iShares Global Index Funds

iShares S&P Global 100 (IOO)

iShares S&P Global Consumer

    Discretionary Sector (RXI)

iShares S&P Global Consumer Staples

    Sector (KXI)

iShares S&P Global Energy Sector (IXC)

iShares S&PGlobal Financials Sector(IXG)

iShares S&PGlobal Healthcare Sector(IXJ)

iShares S&PGlobal Industrials Sector(EXI)

iShares S&PGlobal Materials Sector(MXI)

iShares S&PGlobal Technology Sector(IXN)

iShares S&P Global Telecommunications Sector (IXP)

iShares S&P Global Utilities Sector (JXI)

iShares Russell Index Funds

iShares Russell 3000 (IWV)

iShares Russell 3000 Growth (IWZ)

iShares Russell 3000 Value (IWW)

iShares Russell 1000 (IWB)

iShares Russell 1000 Growth (IWF)

iShares Russell 1000 Value (IWD)

iShares Russell Midcap (IWR)

iShares Russell Midcap Growth (IWP)

iShares Russell Midcap Value (IWS)

iShares Russell 2000 (IWM)

iShares Russell 2000 Growth (IWO)

iShares Russell 2000 Value (IWN)

iShares Russell Microcap™ (IWC)

iShares International Country

Index Funds

iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 (FXI)

iShares MSCI Australia (EWA)

iShares MSCI Austria (EWO)

iShares MSCI Belgium (EWK)

iShares MSCI Brazil (EWZ)

iShares MSCI Canada (EWC)

iShares MSCI Germany (EWG)

iShares MSCI Hong Kong (EWH)

iShares MSCI Italy (EWI)

iShares MSCI Japan (EWJ)

iShares MSCI Malaysia (EWM)

iShares MSCI Mexico (EWW)

iShares MSCI Netherlands (EWN)

iShares MSCI Singapore (EWS)

iShares MSCI South Africa (EZA)

iShares MSCI South Korea (EWY)

iShares MSCI Spain (EWP)

iShares MSCI Sweden (EWD)

iShares MSCI Switzerland (EWL)

iShares MSCI Taiwan (EWT)

iShares MSCI United Kingdom (EWU)

iShares S&P/TOPIX 150 (ITF)

iShares Bond Funds

iShares Lehman Aggregate (AGG)

iShares Lehman Short Treasury (SHV)

iShares Lehman 1-3 YearTreasury (SHY)

iShares Lehman 3-7 YearTreasury (IEI)

iShares Lehman 7-10 YearTreasury (IEF)

iShares Lehman 10-20 YearTreasury (TLH)

iShares Lehman 20+ YearTreasury (TLT)

iShares Lehman TIPS (TIP)

iShares Lehman Credit (CFT)

iShares Lehman 1-3 Year Credit (CSJ)

iShares Lehman Intermediate Credit (CIU)

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate (LQD)

iShares Lehman Government/Credit (GBF)

iShares Lehman Intermediate Government/Credit (GVI)

iShares Lehman MBS Fixed-Rate (MBB)

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate (HYG)

iShares Specialty Index Funds

iShares KLD Select Social SM (KLD)

iShares KLD 400 Social (DSI)

iShares Dow Jones Select Dividend (DVY)

iShares S&P U.S. Preferred Stock (PFF)

iShares International Index Funds

iShares MSCI EAFE (EFA)

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth (EFG)

iShares MSCI EAFEValue (EFV)

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets (EEM)

iShares MSCI EMU (EZU)

iShares MSCI Pacific ex-Japan (EPP)

iShares S&P Europe 350 (IEV)

iShares S&P Latin America 40 (ILF)

iShares Morningstar Index Funds

iShares Morningstar Large Core (JKD)

iShares Morningstar Large Value (JKF)

iShares Morningstar Mid Core (JKG)

iShares Morningstar Mid Growth (JKH)

iShares Morningstar Mid Value (JKI)

iShares Morningstar Small Core (JKJ)

iShares Morningstar Small Growth (JKK)

iShares Morningstar Small Value (JKL)

iShares NYSE Index Funds

iShares NYSE Composite (NYC)

iShares NYSE 100 (NY)


 

iShares® is a registered trademarkof Barclays Global Investors, N.A. The iShares Funds are not sponsored, endorsed or issued by Goldman, Sachs & Co. or Lehman Brothers, nor are they sponsored, endorsed, issued, sold or promoted by Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc., Dow Jones & Company, Inc., FTSE/Xinhua Index Limited (“FXI”), iBoxx, KLD Research & Analytics, Inc., Morgan Stanley Capital International, Morningstar, Inc., The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., New York Stock Exchange LLC, Frank Russell Company, or Standard & Poor’s. None of these companies make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in the iShares Funds. Neither SEI nor BGI, nor any of their affiliates, are affiliated with the companies listed above. iBoxx is a registered trademarkof International Index Company Limited. “Goldman Sachs®” is a trademarkof Goldman, Sachs & Co. FXI does not make any warranty regarding the FTSE/Xinhua Index. All rights in the FTSE/Xinhua Index vest in FXI. “FTSE” is a trade and service mark of London Stock Exchange and The Financial Times; “Xinhua” is a trade and service mark of Xinhua Financial Network Limited.

An investment in the Fund(s) is not a deposit of a bank and it is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.

This advertising section does not constitute part of the 2007 Semi-Annual Report.

 

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Fund Performance Overview

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Shareholder Expenses

   2

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Financial Statements

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Financial Highlights

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Notes to Financial Statements

   19

iShares Family of Funds

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iSHARES® MSCI JAPAN INDEX FUND

Performance as of February 28, 2007

 

The iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the aggregate in the Japanese market, as represented by the MSCI Japan Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities in the Index, which has a similar investment profile as the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index. For the six-month period ended February 28, 2007, the Fund returned 8.15%, while the Index returned 8.35%.

 

Average Annual Total Returns
Year Ended 2/28/07   Five Years Ended 2/28/07   Ten Years Ended 2/28/07
NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX
6.53%   7.50%   7.01%   15.04%   14.90%   15.63%   2.82%   2.74%   3.58%
Cumulative Total Returns
Year Ended 2/28/07   Five Years Ended 2/28/07   Ten Years Ended 2/28/07
NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX   NAV   MARKET   INDEX
6.53%   7.50%   7.01%   101.51%   100.27%   106.67%   32.06%   31.00%   42.13%

“Average Annual Total Returns” represent the average annual change in value of an investment over the periods indicated. “Cumulative Total Returns” represent the total change in value of an investment over the periods indicated.

The Fund’s per share net asset value or ”NAV” is the value of one share of the Fund as calculated in accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund shares. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund, and the market return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The price used to calculate market return (“Market Price”) is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the stock exchange on which the shares of the Fund are listed for trading, as of the time that the Fund’s NAV is calculated. Market and NAV returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at Market Price and NAV, respectively.

An index is a statistical composite that tracks a specified financial market or sector. Unlike the Fund, an index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not incur the expenses incurred by the Fund. These expenses negatively impact the performance of the Fund. Also, market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included, market returns would be lower. The returns shown in the tables above do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption or sale of fund shares. The investment return and principal value of shares of the Fund will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares of the Fund may be worth more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the market. The Fund’s past performance is no guarantee of future results.

 

PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION
As of 2/28/07
 
Sector   Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Consumer Cyclical

  25.06 %

Financial

  20.66  

Industrial

  20.37  

Consumer Non-Cyclical

  9.93  

Basic Materials

  8.78  

Utilities

  4.79  

Technology

  4.75  

Communications

  4.56  

Energy

  0.95  

Short-Term and Other Net Assets

  0.15  
     

TOTAL

  100.00 %
     
TEN LARGEST FUND HOLDINGS
As of 2/28/07
 
Security   Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Toyota Motor Corp.

  6.48 %

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.

  3.47  

Mizuho Financial Group Inc.

  2.21  

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.

  2.07  

Canon Inc.

  1.93  

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

  1.93  

Honda Motor Co. Ltd.

  1.93  

Sony Corp.

  1.76  

Nippon Steel Corp.

  1.38  

Tokyo Electric Power Co. Inc. (The)

  1.37  
     

TOTAL

  24.53 %
     

 

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Shareholder Expenses (Unaudited)

iSHARES® MSCI JAPAN INDEX FUND

 

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including brokerage commissions on purchases and sales of fund shares and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees and other fund expenses. The following Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars and cents) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other funds.

The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from September 1, 2006 to February 28, 2007.

ACTUAL EXPENSES

The first line in the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLE FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES

The second line in the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in your Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as brokerage commissions paid on purchases and sales of fund shares. Therefore, the second line in the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

      Beginning
Account Value
(9/1/06)
   Ending
Account Value
(2/28/07)
   Annualized
Expense Ratio
    Expenses Paid
During Period a
(9/1/06 to 2/28/07)

Actual

   $ 1,000.00    $ 1,081.50    0.52 %   $ 2.68

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     1,000.00      1,022.20    0.52       2.61

 

a

 

Expenses are calculated using the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (as disclosed in the table), multiplied by the average account value for the period, multiplied by the number of days in the period (181 days) and divided by the number of days in the year (365 days).

 

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

iSHARES® MSCI JAPAN INDEX FUND

February 28, 2007

 

Security    Shares    Value

COMMON STOCKS – 99.85%

  

ADVERTISING – 0.24%

     

Asatsu-DK Inc.

   167,800    $ 5,225,826

Dentsu Inc.

   8,390      23,367,515

Hakuhodo DY Holdings Inc.

   117,460      7,930,793
         
        36,524,134

AGRICULTURE – 0.72%

  

Japan Tobacco Inc.

   23,492      107,263,974
         
        107,263,974

AIRLINES – 0.14%

     

All Nippon Airways Co. Ltd.

   3,356,000      13,114,133

Japan Airlines Corp.a,b

   3,356,000      7,420,956
         
        20,535,089

APPAREL – 0.20%

     

Asics Corp.

   461,000      5,384,850

Gunze Ltd.

   1,678,000      9,573,600

Onward Kashiyama Co. Ltd.

   1,105,000      15,416,002
         
        30,374,452

AUTO MANUFACTURERS – 9.34%

  

Hino Motors Ltd.

   1,678,000      9,304,520

Honda Motor Co. Ltd.

   7,718,800      287,944,431

Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.

   11,227,100      130,004,483

Toyota Motor Corp.

   14,263,000      965,432,418
         
        1,392,685,852

AUTO PARTS & EQUIPMENT – 1.66%

Aisin Seiki Co. Ltd.

   1,007,000      34,760,771

Bridgestone Corp.

   3,020,400      63,474,668

Denso Corp.

   2,517,700      97,958,366

JTEKT Corp.

   503,400      8,879,656

NGK Spark Plug Co. Ltd.

   629,000      11,918,007

NHK Spring Co. Ltd.

   406,000      4,153,032

NOK Corp.

   503,400      8,603,494

Sumitomo Rubber Industries Inc.

   503,400      5,990,581

Tokai Rika Co. Ltd.

   167,800      4,114,099

Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd.

   335,600      7,590,902
         
        247,443,576

BANKS – 11.11%

Bank of Fukuoka Ltd. (The)

   3,356,000      28,295,936

Bank of Kyoto Ltd. (The)

   433,000      4,849,483

Bank of Yokohama Ltd. (The)

   6,712,000      54,835,768
Security    Shares    Value

Chiba Bank Ltd. (The)

   3,356,000    $ 32,006,414

Gunma Bank Ltd.

   1,678,000      11,556,299

Hokuhoku Financial Group Inc.

   6,717,000      25,284,061

Joyo Bank Ltd. (The)

   3,356,000      22,007,951

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.

   41,950      516,917,753

Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Co. Ltd.

   1,678,000      20,039,414

Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc.

   3,361,000      37,472,093

Mizuho Financial Group Inc.

   46,984      329,127,906

Nishi-Nippon City Bank Ltd. (The)

   3,356,000      16,116,504

Resona Holdings Inc.

   23,493      66,621,497

Sapporo Hokuyo Holdings Inc.

   1,128      11,709,837

77 Bank Ltd. (The)

   1,678,000      11,882,028

Shinsei Bank Ltd.

   6,712,000      35,915,162

Shizuoka Bank Ltd. (The)

   3,356,000      35,830,189

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.

   31,882      309,442,546

Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co. Ltd. (The)

   6,712,000      76,022,315

Suruga Bank Ltd.

   776,000      10,695,092
         
        1,656,628,248

BEVERAGES – 0.81%

Asahi Breweries Ltd.

   1,678,000      27,474,532

Coca-Cola West Japan Co. Ltd.

   335,600      7,520,091

Ito En Ltd.b

   335,600      10,876,516

Kirin Brewery Co. Ltd.

   4,038,000      62,400,962

Sapporo Holdings Ltd.b

   1,678,000      12,490,999
         
        120,763,100

BUILDING MATERIALS – 1.30%

Asahi Glass Co. Ltd.

   5,034,000      67,213,470

Daikin Industries Ltd.

   1,174,600      41,934,068

JS Group Corp.

   1,342,400      30,137,013

Matsushita Electric Works Ltd.

   1,678,000      19,090,552

Nippon Sheet Glass Co. Ltd.

   1,678,000      8,610,575

Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co. Ltd.

   1,678,000      5,480,745

Taiheiyo Cement Corp.

   5,034,000      22,092,923
         
        194,559,346

CHEMICALS – 3.79%

Asahi Kasei Corp.

   6,712,000      49,170,916

 

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iSHARES® MSCI JAPAN INDEX FUND

February 28, 2007

 

Security    Shares    Value

Daicel Chemical Industries Ltd.

   1,678,000    $ 12,080,297

Dainippon Ink & Chemical Inc.

   3,356,000      13,652,293

Denki Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

   3,356,000      15,153,480

Hitachi Chemical Co. Ltd.

   335,600      7,803,334

JSR Corp.

   839,000      19,402,118

Kaneka Corp.

   1,678,000      15,649,155

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp.

   5,873,000      47,535,190

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co. Inc.

   1,678,000      18,212,499

Mitsui Chemicals Inc.

   3,356,000      29,145,664

Nippon Kayaku Co. Ltd.

   1,678,000      14,431,210

Nissan Chemical Industries Ltd.

   1,103,000      14,122,049

Nitto Denko Corp.

   839,000      42,840,444

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd.

   2,013,600      126,099,608

Showa Denko K.K.

   5,034,000      19,033,903

Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd.

   6,712,000      50,983,669

Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corp.

   1,678,000      14,983,533

Tokuyama Corp.

   908,000      15,748,323

Tosoh Corp.

   3,356,000      17,249,474

Ube Industries Ltd.

   5,042,000      16,255,593

Zeon Corp.

   566,000      5,933,004
         
        565,485,756

COMMERCIAL SERVICES – 0.91%

Benesse Corp.

   335,600      12,915,863

Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd.

   3,356,000      50,700,427

Goodwill Group Inc. (The)b

   6,712      5,149,351

Kamigumi Co. Ltd.

   1,678,000      14,955,209

KK DaVinci Advisorsa

   5,034      5,948,095

Park 24 Co. Ltd.b

   335,600      4,704,660

TIS Inc.

   335,600      6,925,281

Toppan Printing Co. Ltd.

   3,356,000      33,904,140
         
        135,203,026

COMPUTERS – 1.04%

CSK Holdings Corp.

   335,600      14,700,291

Fujitsu Ltd.

   8,390,000      58,206,355

Itochu Techno-Science Corp.

   167,800      8,114,901

Meitec Corp.b

   167,800      5,254,150

Net One Systems Co. Ltd.

   3,356      4,163,666

Obic Co. Ltd.

   16,780      3,400,327
Security    Shares    Value

Otsuka Corp.

   62,000    $ 6,049,036

TDK Corp.

   671,200      55,912,090
         
        155,800,816

COSMETICS & PERSONAL CARE – 0.84%

Aderans Co. Ltd.

   167,800      4,319,450

Kao Corp.

   2,608,000      76,158,839

Shiseido Co. Ltd.

   1,678,000      35,546,947

Uni-Charm Corp.

   167,800      9,998,464
         
        126,023,700

DISTRIBUTION & WHOLESALE – 3.79%

Canon Marketing Japan Inc.

   167,800      3,646,749

Hitachi High-Technologies Corp.

   167,800      4,687,665

ITOCHU Corp.

   8,390,000      80,794,952

Marubeni Corp.

   6,716,000      42,114,935

Mitsubishi Corp.

   6,701,900      156,114,647

Mitsui & Co. Ltd.

   8,390,000      150,826,687

Sojitz Corp.a

   2,855,600      12,725,297

Sumitomo Corp.

   5,034,000      90,496,012

Toyota Tsusho Corp.

   839,000      23,296,704
         
        564,703,648

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES – 3.60%

ACOM Co. Ltd.

   352,380      13,056,068

Aeon Credit Service Co. Ltd.

   504,270      9,575,959

AIFUL Corp.

   335,600      9,120,412

Credit Saison Co. Ltd.

   839,000      27,616,154

Daiwa Securities Group Inc.

   6,712,000      85,029,430

Nikko Cordial Corp.

   4,195,000      40,609,909

Nomura Holdings Inc.

   8,725,600      189,630,924

ORIX Corp.

   419,500      115,421,361

Promise Co. Ltd.

   419,700      14,310,571

SFCG Co. Ltd.

   16,780      2,733,291

Shinko Securities Co. Ltd.

   1,678,000      8,907,980

Takefuji Corp.

   552,870      21,557,660
         
        537,569,719

ELECTRIC – 4.08%

Chubu Electric Power Co. Inc.

   3,349,900      112,808,381

Electric Power Development Co. Ltd.

   839,000      42,273,958

Hokkaido Electric Power Co. Inc.

   839,000      22,942,651

Kansai Electric Power Co. Inc. (The)

   3,852,700      114,457,559

 

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® MSCI JAPAN INDEX FUND

February 28, 2007

 

Security    Shares    Value

Kyushu Electric Power Co. Inc.

   1,845,800    $ 52,810,583

Tohoku Electric Power Co. Inc.

   2,181,500      58,180,698

Tokyo Electric Power Co. Inc. (The)

   5,873,000      204,713,593
         
        608,187,423

ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS &
EQUIPMENT – 3.71%

Casio Computer Co. Ltd.

   1,174,600      25,973,347

Fujikura Ltd.

   1,678,000      11,797,055

Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd. (The)

   3,356,000      22,234,544

Hitachi Cable Ltd.

   1,678,000      10,083,437

Hitachi Ltd.

   16,780,000      117,687,302

Mitsubishi Electric Corp.

   10,068,000      100,692,746

SANYO Electric Co. Ltd.a,b

   6,712,000      10,083,437

Sharp Corp.

   5,034,000      93,257,628

Stanley Electric Co. Ltd.

   672,400      13,364,578

Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.

   3,356,000      50,020,644

Toshiba Corp.

   15,102,000      95,339,461

Ushio Inc.

   167,800      3,236,047
         
        553,770,226

ELECTRONICS – 4.19%

Advantest Corp.

   671,200      31,383,281

Alps Electric Co. Ltd.

   839,000      10,033,869

Dainippon Screen Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

   815,000      6,672,153

Fanuc Ltd.

   839,000      74,917,669

Hirose Electric Co. Ltd.

   167,800      21,172,384

IBIDEN Co. Ltd.

   671,200      33,592,573

Keyence Corp.

   184,292      43,349,099

Kyocera Corp.

   839,000      76,333,882

Mabuchi Motor Co. Ltd.

   167,800      10,437,490

Minebea Co. Ltd.

   1,678,000      11,074,785

Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

   1,006,800      72,906,646

NEC Corp.

   10,068,000      53,362,906

NGK Insulators Ltd.

   1,678,000      31,723,172

Nippon Electric Glass Co. Ltd.

   1,259,000      30,761,742

Omron Corp.

   1,174,600      32,912,791

Secom Co. Ltd.

   1,006,800      50,728,750

Tokyo Seimitsu Co. Ltd.b

   167,800      6,316,310

Yaskawa Electric Corp.

   1,142,000      12,433,473

Yokogawa Electric Corp.

   1,006,800      14,861,739
         
        624,974,714
Security    Shares    Value

ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION – 0.96%

Chiyoda Corp.

   609,000    $ 13,517,914

JGC Corp.

   1,202,000      18,240,250

Kajima Corp.

   5,034,000      26,681,453

Nishimatsu Construction Co. Ltd.

   1,678,000      5,749,824

Obayashi Corp.

   3,356,000      22,574,436

Okumura Corp.b

   1,678,000      9,262,033

Shimizu Corp.

   3,356,000      20,166,874

Taisei Corp.

   5,034,000      19,118,876

Toda Corp.

   1,678,000      7,874,145
         
        143,185,805

ENTERTAINMENT – 0.22%

Oriental Land Co. Ltd.

   335,600      19,855,306

Toho Co. Ltd.

   672,400      13,392,953
         
        33,248,259

ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL – 0.05%

Kurita Water Industries Ltd.

   335,600      7,690,037
         
        7,690,037

FOOD – 1.00%

Ajinomoto Co. Inc.

   3,356,000      41,438,393

Katokichi Co. Ltd.

   671,200      5,024,724

Kikkoman Corp.

   1,678,000      23,778,216

Meiji Dairies Corp.

   1,678,000      14,487,859

Meiji Seika Kaisha Ltd.

   1,678,000      8,440,630

Nichirei Corp.

   1,678,000      10,225,058

Nippon Meat Packers Inc.

   1,118,000      13,974,410

Nisshin Seifun Group Inc.

   841,000      8,787,256

Nissin Food Products Co. Ltd.

   504,200      18,000,304

Yakult Honsha Co. Ltd.

   167,800      5,070,043
         
        149,226,893

FOREST PRODUCTS & PAPER – 0.26%

Nippon Paper Group Inc.

   5,034      19,373,795

Oji Paper Co. Ltd.

   3,356,000      18,778,985
         
        38,152,780

GAS – 0.71%

Osaka Gas Co. Ltd.

   10,068,000      39,512,343

Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd.

   11,746,000      65,924,716
         
        105,437,059

HAND & MACHINE TOOLS – 0.73%

Fuji Electric Holdings Co. Ltd.

   3,356,000      16,456,396

Makita Corp.

   335,600      12,321,053

 

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® MSCI JAPAN INDEX FUND

February 28, 2007

 

Security    Shares    Value

Nidec Corp.

   552,200    $ 36,118,918

OSG Corp.b

   335,600      5,401,436

SMC Corp.

   168,500      22,469,511

THK Co. Ltd.

   671,800      16,896,350
         
        109,663,664

HEALTH CARE - PRODUCTS – 0.68%

Hoya Corp.

   2,013,600      69,677,680

Terumo Corp.

   839,000      32,077,225
         
        101,754,905

HOME BUILDERS – 0.72%

Daiwa House Industry Co. Ltd.

   2,664,000      47,553,361

Haseko Corp.a

   3,356,000      12,887,539

Sekisui Chemical Co. Ltd.

   2,654,000      21,884,273

Sekisui House Ltd.

   1,678,000      25,066,971
         
        107,392,144

HOME FURNISHINGS – 3.32%

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd.

   10,068,015      203,085,250

Pioneer Corp.

   839,400      11,498,048

Sony Corp.

   5,034,000      262,141,031

Yamaha Corp.

   839,000      19,154,281
         
        495,878,610

HOUSEWARES – 0.12%

TOTO Ltd.

   1,678,000      17,730,987
         
        17,730,987

INSURANCE – 2.36%

Millea Holdings Inc.

   3,524,000      131,757,775

Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. Ltd.

   6,180,000      77,090,265

Sompo Japan Insurance Inc.

   4,345,000      58,234,038

T&D Holdings Inc.

   1,174,600      84,958,619
         
        352,040,697

INTERNET – 1.34%

Access Co. Ltd.a,b

   995      4,870,659

E*Trade Securities Co. Ltd.

   6,712      9,120,412

eAccess Ltd.

   5,034      3,662,327

Index Corp.b

   5,034      3,033,528

Matsui Securities Co. Ltd.

   503,400      5,128,107

Rakuten Inc.

   31,882      16,575,357

SBI Holdings Inc.

   46,984      20,064,906
Security    Shares    Value

SoftBank Corp.b

   3,685,100    $ 93,149,973

Trend Micro Inc.

   533,500      15,083,977

Yahoo! Japan Corp.

   75,510      28,646,449
         
        199,335,695

IRON & STEEL – 3.83%

Daido Steel Co. Ltd.

   1,678,000      12,009,486

JFE Holdings Inc.

   2,685,050      165,202,469

Kobe Steel Ltd.

   13,424,000      53,929,392

Nippon Steel Corp.

   30,204,000      205,209,267

Nisshin Steel Co. Ltd.

   5,042,000      22,085,479

Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd.

   20,136,000      101,627,446

Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

   671,800      11,209,424
         
        571,272,963

LEISURE TIME – 0.64%

Namco Bandai Holdings Inc.

   1,006,898      14,854,688

Round One Corp.

   1,678      4,092,856

Sankyo Co. Ltd.

   335,600      15,040,182

Sega Sammy Holdings Inc.

   839,000      20,995,358

Shimano Inc.

   335,600      10,140,085

Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd.

   1,007,000      29,916,361
         
        95,039,530

MACHINERY – 0.21%

Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. Ltd.

   335,600      9,601,924

Japan Steel Works Ltd. (The)

   1,678,000      16,116,504

Okuma Corp.

   493,000      5,675,419
         
        31,393,847

MACHINERY - CONSTRUCTION & MINING – 0.68%

Komatsu Ltd.

   4,530,600      100,756,476
         
        100,756,476

MACHINERY – DIVERSIFIED – 1.08%

Amada Co. Ltd.

   1,678,000      19,019,741

Ebara Corp.b

   1,678,000      7,859,982

Kubota Corp.

   5,034,000      50,006,481

Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd.

   3,356,000      34,385,653

Toyota Industries Corp.

   1,006,800      49,963,995
         
        161,235,852

 

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Security    Shares    Value

MANUFACTURING – 2.63%

ARRK Corp.

   336,600    $ 4,653,338

FUJIFILM Holdings Corp.

   2,517,000      108,127,865

Glory Ltd.

   167,800      3,328,101

Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co. Ltd.

   6,718,000      26,875,402

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd.

   6,712,000      27,361,236

Konica Minolta Holdings Inc.a

   2,517,000      32,247,170

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.

   16,780,000      94,744,651

Nikon Corp.

   1,678,000      38,520,994

Olympus Corp.

   1,678,000      56,223,657
         
        392,082,414

MEDIA – 0.06%

  

Fuji Television Network Inc.

   1,655      3,757,396

Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc.

   167,800      5,551,555
         
        9,308,951

METAL FABRICATE & HARDWARE – 0.29%

NSK Ltd.

   3,356,000      29,230,637

NTN Corp.

   1,678,000      13,708,942
         
        42,939,579

MINING – 0.90%

  

DOWA HOLDINGS Co. Ltd.

   1,678,000      17,320,285

Mitsubishi Materials Corp.

   5,034,000      23,070,111

Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co. Ltd.

   3,356,000      18,948,930

Nippon Light Metal Co. Ltd.

   1,678,000      5,140,853

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd.

   2,885,000      51,498,291

Sumitomo Titanium Corp.

   78,400      9,627,548

Toho Titanium Co. Ltd.b

   167,800      9,106,250
         
        134,712,268

OFFICE & BUSINESS EQUIPMENT – 2.56%

Canon Inc.

   5,285,050      288,595,801

Ricoh Co. Ltd.

   3,356,000      74,209,562

Seiko Epson Corp.

   671,200      19,373,794
         
        382,179,157

OIL & GAS – 0.95%

INPEX Holdings Inc.a

   4,054      33,941,580

Nippon Mining Holdings Inc.

   4,195,000      35,086,678

Nippon Oil Corp.

   6,712,500      49,004,621

Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K.

   503,400      5,816,387
Security    Shares    Value

TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K.b

   1,678,000    $ 18,410,769
         
        142,260,035

PACKAGING & CONTAINERS – 0.11%

Toyo Seikan Kaisha Ltd.

   839,000      16,357,261
         
        16,357,261

PHARMACEUTICALS – 4.97%

Astellas Pharma Inc.

   2,684,830      117,603,644

Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

   1,342,400      33,252,682

Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd.

   3,523,869      113,313,423

Eisai Co. Ltd.

   1,342,400      68,318,116

Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co. Ltd.

   1,678,000      15,309,263

Mediceo Paltac Holdings Co. Ltd.

   671,200      12,519,323

Santen Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

   167,800      4,588,530

Shionogi & Co. Ltd.

   1,678,000      32,431,278

Suzuken Co. Ltd.

   335,600      12,009,486

Taisho Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

   1,098,000      20,387,391

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

   4,195,700      288,247,441

Tanabe Seiyaku Co. Ltd.

   1,678,000      22,631,084
         
        740,611,661

REAL ESTATE – 3.00%

Daito Trust Construction Co. Ltd.

   503,400      24,387,189

Leopalace21 Corp.

   671,200      21,243,195

Mitsubishi Estate Co. Ltd.

   5,333,000      166,086,593

Mitsui Fudosan Co. Ltd.

   4,210,000      116,189,391

NTT Urban Development Corp.

   4,197      9,493,151

Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. Ltd.

   1,678,000      66,845,255

Tokyo Tatemono Co. Ltd.

   1,678,000      23,310,866

Tokyu Land Corp.

   1,678,000      19,954,441
         
        447,510,081

REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS – 0.52%

Japan Real Estate

     

Investment Corp.

   1,678      20,535,089

Japan Retail Fund Investment Corp.

   1,678      15,578,343

Nippon Building Fund Inc.

   2,456      35,652,783

Nomura Real Estate Office Fund Inc.

   520      6,144,238
         
        77,910,453

 

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Security    Shares    Value

RETAIL – 2.97%

AEON Co. Ltd.

   2,852,600    $ 59,466,785

Aoyama Trading Co. Ltd.

   335,600      10,621,598

Autobacs Seven Co. Ltd.

   167,800      6,670,363

Citizen Watch Co. Ltd.

   1,845,800      17,369,853

Daimaru Inc. (The)

   1,678,000      23,240,055

FamilyMart Co. Ltd.

   335,600      9,205,385

Fast Retailing Co. Ltd.

   277,000      22,630,375

Isetan Co. Ltd.

   1,006,800      18,354,121

Lawson Inc.

   335,600      12,859,214

Marui Co. Ltd.

   1,510,200      18,965,925

Mitsukoshi Ltd.

   1,678,000      7,775,010

Nitori Co. Ltd.

   167,800      7,874,144

Ryohin Keikaku Co. Ltd.

   91,300      6,241,550

Seven & I Holdings Co. Ltd.

   4,027,280      129,161,193

Shimachu Co. Ltd.

   335,600      10,055,113

Shimamura Co. Ltd.

   47,700      5,402,659

Takashimaya Co. Ltd.

   1,678,000      21,979,626

UNY Co. Ltd.

   1,245,000      17,348,145

USS Co. Ltd.

   117,460      7,385,551

Yamada Denki Co. Ltd.

   335,600      29,938,743
         
        442,545,408

SEMICONDUCTORS – 0.98%

Elpida Memory Inc.a,b

   335,600      15,011,858

NEC Electronics Corp.a,b

   167,800      4,531,882

Rohm Co. Ltd.

   503,800      46,219,403

Sanken Electric Co. Ltd.

   332,000      3,213,943

Shinko Electric Industries Co. Ltd.

   167,800      3,823,775

Sumco Corp.

   335,600      12,434,350

Tokyo Electron Ltd.

   839,052      60,900,934
         
        146,136,145

SHIPBUILDING – 0.09%

Mitsui Engineering &

     

Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.

   3,356,000      13,425,700
         
        13,425,700

SOFTWARE – 0.17%

Fuji Soft ABC Inc.

   167,800      4,900,097

Konami Corp.

   504,200      13,404,482

Nomura Research Institute Ltd.

   42,000      6,377,010
         
        24,681,589
Security    Shares    Value

STORAGE & WAREHOUSING – 0.04%

Mitsubishi Logistics Corp.

   319,000    $ 5,532,726
         
        5,532,726

TELECOMMUNICATIONS – 2.92%

Hikari Tsushin Inc.

   167,800      7,590,902

KDDI Corp.

   11,746      91,898,063

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

   25,170      133,407,267

NTT Data Corp.

   6,712      33,989,112

NTT DoCoMo Inc.

   88,934      162,878,660

Oki Electric Industry Co. Ltd.b

   3,356,000      5,919,770
         
        435,683,774

TEXTILES – 1.00%

Kuraray Co. Ltd.

   1,678,000      18,325,796

Mitsubishi Rayon Co. Ltd.

   3,356,000      22,121,247

Nisshinbo Industries Inc.

   1,678,000      22,092,923

Teijin Ltd.

   5,034,000      27,361,235

Toray Industries Inc.

   6,712,000      48,434,485

Toyobo Co. Ltd.

   3,356,000      10,734,894
         
        149,070,580

TOYS, GAMES & HOBBIES – 0.90%

Nintendo Co. Ltd.

   503,400      133,832,129
         
        133,832,129

TRANSPORTATION – 4.34%

Central Japan Railway Co.

   8,390      100,551,125

East Japan Railway Co.

   16,780      128,592,142

Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc.

   5,039,800      33,730,526

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd.

   3,356,000      33,365,979

Keihin Electric Express Railway Co. Ltd.b

   1,682,000      13,784,209

Keio Corp.

   3,356,000      23,622,433

Kintetsu Corp.

   8,394,000      27,629,320

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd.

   5,034,000      56,846,791

Nippon Express Co. Ltd.

   5,034,000      32,119,711

Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha

   5,034,000      39,724,775

Odakyu Electric Railway Co. Ltd.

   1,678,000      12,561,810

Seino Holdings Co. Ltd.

   1,243,000      12,484,028

Tobu Railway Co. Ltd.

   5,034,000      26,044,157

Tokyu Corp.

   5,034,000      40,574,503

West Japan Railway Co.

   8,390      39,653,965

 

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Security   Shares or
Principal
  Value

Yamato Holdings Co. Ltd.

    1,678,000   $ 26,837,237
       
      648,122,711

VENTURE CAPITAL – 0.07%

JAFCO Co. Ltd.

    167,800     10,310,031
       
      10,310,031
       

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost: $11,301,973,460)

    14,894,145,655

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.95%

CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSITc – 0.04%

Credit Suisse First Boston NY

   

5.28% - 5.43%,
04/23/07 - 08/21/07

  $ 1,450,374     1,450,374

Deutsche Bank AG

   

5.35%, 08/08/07

    2,417,289     2,417,289

Washington Mutual Bank

   

5.33%, 03/19/07

    2,417,289     2,417,289
       
      6,284,952

COMMERCIAL PAPERc – 0.20%

Amstel Funding Corp.

   

5.22%,
04/16/07 - 04/17/07
d

    919,643     913,426

BNP Paribas Finance Inc.

   

5.12%, 06/06/07

    338,421     333,756

Bryant Park Funding LLC

   

5.27%, 03/06/07d

    238,287     238,112

Cantabric Finance LLC

   

5.25%, 03/06/07d

    773,533     772,969

Cheyne Finance LLC

   

5.24%,
04/12/07 - 04/23/07
d

    725,187     719,979

Concord Minutemen Capital Co. LLC

   

5.29%, 03/19/07d

    492,808     491,504

Crown Point Capital Co. LLC

   

5.20%, 07/18/07d

    1,116,933     1,094,507

Edison Asset Securitization LLC

   

5.21%, 04/11/07d

    400,719     398,341

Five Finance Inc.

   

5.22%, 04/20/07d

    444,781     441,557
    
Security
  Principal   Value

General Electric Capital Corp.

   

5.12% - 5.20%,
06/04/07 - 07/17/07
d

  $ 1,692,103   $ 1,663,040

Giro Funding Corp.

   

5.25%, 03/05/07 - 03/12/07d

    1,585,742     1,583,830

Grampian Funding LLC

   

5.14% - 5.23%,
04/23/07 - 06/06/07
d

    1,885,486     1,862,068

Harrier Finance Funding LLC

   

5.12%, 06/06/07d

    966,916     953,590

Irish Permanent Treasury PLC

   

5.18%, 07/10/07

    483,458     474,345

KKR Pacific Funding Trust

   

5.29%, 03/13/07d

    1,208,645     1,206,513

Lexington Parker Capital Co. LLC

   

5.18% - 5.20%,
05/17/07 - 07/25/07
d

    1,221,679     1,200,884

Liberty Street Funding Corp.

   

5.27%, 03/06/07d

    116,030     115,945

Lockhart Funding LLC

   

5.25%,
05/04/07 - 05/14/07
d

    2,181,323     2,160,603

Nationwide Building Society

   

5.21%, 04/13/07d

    918,570     912,854

Nestle Capital Corp.

   

5.19%, 08/09/07

    580,149     566,684

Sedna Finance Inc.

   

5.22%, 04/17/07d

    551,142     547,386

Simba Funding Corp.

   

5.20%, 07/23/07d

    966,916     946,804

Societe Generale

   

5.18%, 05/16/07

    2,417,289     2,390,855

Thames Asset Global Securitization No. 1 Inc.

   

5.25% - 5.28%,
03/02/07 - 03/12/07
d

    3,683,524     3,679,961

Thornburg Mortgage Capital Resources LLC

   

5.28%, 03/12/07d

    707,782     706,640

 

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Security    Shares or
Principal
   Value

Three Pillars Funding Corp.

     

5.26%,
03/01/07 - 03/12/07
d

   $ 507,611    $ 507,212

Tulip Funding Corp.

     

5.29%, 03/15/07d

     1,856,101      1,852,282

Westpac Banking Corp.

     

5.20%, 07/12/07d

     870,224      853,506

Zela Finance Inc.

     

5.20%, 07/16/07d

     580,149      568,669
         
        30,157,822

MEDIUM-TERM NOTESc – 0.02%

Bank of America N.A.

     

5.28%, 04/20/07

     241,729      241,729

Cullinan Finance Corp.

     

5.71%, 06/28/07d

     725,187      725,187

K2 USA LLC

     

5.39%, 06/04/07d

     725,187      725,187

Sigma Finance Inc.

     

5.13% - 5.51%,
03/30/07 - 06/18/07
d

     1,131,292      1,131,292
         
        2,823,395

MONEY MARKET FUNDS – 0.06%

Barclays Global Investors Funds Institutional Money Market Fund, Institutional Shares

     

5.30%e,f

     8,015,452      8,015,452
         
        8,015,452

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTSc – 0.12%

Banc of America Securities LLC
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $1,934,120 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $1,993,419, 5.50% to 7.70%, 9/15/09 to 5/1/19).

   $ 1,933,832      1,933,832
    
Security
   Principal    Value

Bear Stearns Companies Inc. (The)
5.37%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $1,450,590 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $1,596,671, 0.00% to 9.20%, 10/17/18 to 11/25/52).

   $ 1,450,374    $ 1,450,374

BNP Securities Corp.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $96,706 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $101,606, 5.43%, 3/15/08).

     96,692      96,692

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $1,450,590 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $1,562,820, 0.00% to 10.00%, 5/27/33 to 8/25/46).

     1,450,374      1,450,374

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $1,934,120 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $2,032,126, 4.91% to 6.31%, 10/25/33 to 8/25/46).

     1,933,832      1,933,832

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.42%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $1,063,767 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $1,146,176, 0.00% to 10.00%, 5/27/33 to 8/25/46).

     1,063,607      1,063,607

 

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Security    Principal    Value

Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.
5.46%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $580,237 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $646,310, 0.00% to 10.00%, 5/27/33 to 2/28/37).

   $ 580,149    $ 580,149

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (The)
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $358,846 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $377,031, 4.52% to 6.89%, 1/15/09 to 10/25/36).

     358,793      358,793

Greenwich Capital Markets Inc.
5.46%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $4,061,662 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $4,477,699, 0.00% to 10.00%, 4/1/07 to 12/31/49).

     4,061,046      4,061,046

HSBC Securities Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $483,530 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $508,064, 3.72% to 5.99%, 12/15/36 to 6/1/46).

     483,458      483,458

JP Morgan Securities Inc.
5.41%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $241,765 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $254,046, 6.25% to 9.56%, 5/15/11 to 2/1/30).

     241,729      241,729
Security    Principal    Value

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $967,060 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $1,016,068, 1.63% to 14.50%, 5/1/07 to 9/18/37).

   $ 966,916    $ 966,916

Morgan Stanley
5.36%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $967,060 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $1,016,287, 0.00% to 10.00%, 3/1/07 to 2/28/37).

     966,916      966,916

Morgan Stanley
5.51%, due 2/4/08, maturity value $711,441 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $802,676, 0.00% to 10.00%, 3/1/07 to 2/28/37).
g

     676,841      676,841

Wachovia Capital
5.38%, due 3/1/07, maturity value $2,127,533 (collateralized by non-U.S. Government debt securities, value $2,235,339, 0.00% to 8.32%, 2/15/08 to 3/15/49).

     2,127,215      2,127,215
         
        18,391,774

TIME DEPOSITSc – 0.04%

Bank of Nova Scotia

     

5.30%, 03/02/07

     405,486      405,486

Chase Bank USA N.A.

     

5.38%, 03/01/07

     1,450,374      1,450,374

Citibank N.A.

     

5.47%, 03/01/07

     1,450,374      1,450,374

 

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Security    Principal    Value

Deutsche Bank AG

     

5.38%, 03/01/07

   $ 2,271,005    $ 2,271,005
         
        5,577,239

VARIABLE & FLOATING RATE NOTESc – 0.47%

Allstate Life Global Funding II

     

5.30% - 5.40%,
02/15/08 - 03/07/08
d

     2,475,304      2,475,550

American Express Centurion Bank

     

5.41%, 07/19/07

     1,063,607      1,064,086

American Express Credit Corp.

     

5.42%, 03/05/08

     290,075      290,216

AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust

     

5.35%, 03/06/07

     44,067      44,067

Arkle Master Issuer PLC Series 2006-1A Class 1A

     

5.30%, 11/19/07d

     725,187      725,187

ASIF Global Financing

     

5.40%, 05/03/07d

     96,692      96,700

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.

     

5.32%, 02/22/08d

     628,495      628,495

Bank of Ireland

     

5.30% - 5.32%,
08/14/07 - 02/20/08
d

     1,402,028      1,402,068

Beta Finance Inc.

     

5.29% - 5.41%,
04/25/07 - 07/25/07
d

     2,465,635      2,465,680

BMW US Capital LLC

     

5.32%, 01/15/08d

     966,916      966,916

BNP Paribas

     

5.33%, 11/19/07d

     1,788,794      1,788,794

Brigantine High Grade Funding Ltd.

     

5.40%, 09/05/07d

     928,239      928,152

Carlyle Loan Investment Ltd.

     

5.37%,
04/13/07 - 07/15/07
d

     705,849      705,849

CC USA Inc.

     

5.36%, 07/30/07d

     483,458      483,485
Security    Principal    Value

Commodore CDO Ltd.

     

5.44%, 12/12/07d

   $ 241,729    $ 241,729

Credit Agricole SA

     

5.33%, 11/23/07

     966,916      966,916

Credit Suisse First Boston NY

     

5.36%, 04/24/07

     483,458      483,461

Cullinan Finance Corp.

     

5.36%, 04/25/07d

     241,729      241,729

DaimlerChrysler Auto Trust Series 2006-C Class A1

     

5.33%, 10/08/07d

     74,170      74,170

DEPFA Bank PLC

     

5.40%, 12/14/07d

     966,916      966,916

Dorada Finance Inc.

     

5.33% - 5.41%,
06/27/07 - 07/17/07
d

     1,111,953      1,111,971

Eli Lilly Services Inc.

     

5.31%, 03/01/07d

     645,416      645,416

Fifth Third Bancorp

     

5.32%, 02/22/08d

     1,933,832      1,933,832

Five Finance Inc.

     

5.31% - 5.37%,
06/29/07 - 07/13/07
d

     628,495      628,464

General Electric Capital Corp.

     

5.28% - 5.45%,
07/09/07 - 02/22/08
d

     1,015,262      1,015,361

Granite Master Issuer PLC

     

5.29%, 08/20/07d

     3,384,205      3,384,205

Harrier Finance Funding LLC

     

5.29% - 5.36%,
07/25/07 - 08/15/07
d

     1,256,991      1,256,998

Hartford Life Global Funding Trust

     

5.36% - 5.40%,
07/13/07 - 03/14/08

     1,450,374      1,450,467

HBOS Treasury Services PLC

     

5.46%, 01/24/08d

     966,916      966,916

Holmes Financing PLC

     

5.29%, 07/16/07d

     1,692,103      1,692,103

JP Morgan Securities Inc.

     

5.40%, 11/16/07

     1,933,832      1,933,832

 

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® MSCI JAPAN INDEX FUND

February 28, 2007

 

Security    Principal    Value

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     

5.29% - 5.45%,
07/27/07 - 02/29/08
g

   $ 2,659,018    $ 2,659,019

K2 USA LLC

     

5.20% - 5.33%,
04/02/07 - 06/28/07
d

     725,187      725,175

Kestrel Funding LLC

     

5.30%, 07/11/07d

     386,766      386,751

Kommunalkredit Austria AG

     

5.32%, 02/08/08d

     580,149      580,149

Leafs LLC

     

5.32%, 01/22/08d

     936,816      936,816

Links Finance LLC

     

5.28% - 5.35%,
05/10/07 - 05/16/07
d

     1,063,607      1,063,586

Lothian Mortgages Master Issuer PLC

     

5.29%, 04/24/07d

     340,888      340,888

Marshall & Ilsley Bank

     

5.32%, 02/15/08

     531,804      531,804

Master Funding LLC

     

5.35%,
04/25/07 - 05/25/07
d

     1,749,856      1,749,856

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.

     

5.46%, 05/30/07g

     1,063,607      1,063,607

Metropolitan Life Global Funding I

     

5.33%, 03/06/08d

     1,450,374      1,450,374

Metropolitan Life Insurance Funding Agreement

     

5.44%, 08/01/07d,g

     96,692      96,692

Mound Financing PLC

     

5.29%, 05/08/07d

     908,901      908,901

Natexis Banques Populaires

     

5.33% - 5.35%,
06/20/07 - 02/08/08
d

     1,547,065      1,547,047

National City Bank of Indiana

     

5.34%, 05/21/07

     483,458      483,467

Nationwide Building Society

     

5.37% - 5.48%,
07/20/07 - 01/28/08
d

     3,190,822      3,191,181
Security    Principal    Value

Newcastle Ltd.

     

5.34%,
04/24/07 - 01/24/08
d

   $ 969,333    $ 969,205

Northern Rock PLC

     

5.38%, 02/01/08d

     1,160,299      1,160,321

Northlake CDO I

     

5.42%, 09/06/07d

     290,075      290,075

Pricoa Global Funding I

     

5.31%, 02/27/08d

     1,305,336      1,305,336

Sedna Finance Inc.

     

5.32% - 5.34%,
05/25/07 - 08/21/07
d

     1,402,028      1,402,018

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken

     

5.32%, 02/15/08d

     966,916      966,916

Strips III LLC

     

5.37%, 07/24/07d

     196,751      196,751

SunTrust Bank

     

5.29%, 05/01/07

     966,916      966,924

Tango Finance Corp.

     

5.27% - 5.34%,
04/25/07 - 07/16/07
d

     2,359,275      2,359,196

Union Hamilton Special Funding LLC

     

5.36% - 5.37%,
03/28/07 - 06/21/07
d

     1,595,411      1,595,411

Wachovia Asset Securitization Inc.

     

5.31%, 03/25/07d

     1,091,473      1,091,473

Wachovia Bank N.A.

     

5.36%, 05/22/07

     1,933,832      1,933,832

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

     

5.50%, 07/16/07d

     725,187      725,370

Wells Fargo & Co.

     

5.33%, 11/15/07d

     483,458      483,477

WhistleJacket Capital Ltd.

     

5.28% - 5.35%,
04/18/07 - 06/13/07
d

     725,187      725,190

White Pine Finance LLC

     

5.28% - 5.32%,
05/22/07 - 08/20/07
d

     2,900,747      2,900,487

 

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iSHARES® MSCI JAPAN INDEX FUND

February 28, 2007

 

Security    Principal    Value  

Wind Master Trust

     

5.31%, 07/25/07d

   $386,766    $ 386,766  
           
        70,233,792  
           

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost: $141,484,426)

     141,484,426  
           

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES – 100.80%
(Cost: $11,443,457,886)

     15,035,630,081  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities – (0.80)%

     (119,634,157 )
           

NET ASSETS – 100.00%

   $ 14,915,995,924  
           

 

a

 

Non-income earning security.

b

 

All or a portion of this security represents a security on loan. See Note 5.

c

 

All or a portion of this security (these securities) represent(s) an investment of securities lending collateral. See Note 5.

d

 

This security or a portion of these securities may be resold to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A or pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933.

e

 

Affiliated issuer. See Note 2.

f

 

The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.

g

 

The investment adviser has determined that this security or a portion of these securities is “illiquid,” in that it cannot be sold within seven (7) days for approximately the value at which it is carried in the Fund.

See notes to financial statements.


 

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities (Unaudited)

iSHARES®, INC.

February 28, 2007

      iShares MSCI
Japan Index Fund
 

ASSETS

  

Investments, at cost:

  

Unaffiliated issuers

   $ 11,435,442,434  

Affiliated issuers (Note 2)

     8,015,452  
        

Total cost of investments

   $ 11,443,457,886  
        

Investments in securities, at value (including securities on loana) (Note 1):

  

Unaffiliated issuers

   $ 15,027,614,629  

Affiliated issuers (Note 2)

     8,015,452  
        

Total value of investments

     15,035,630,081  

Foreign currency, at valueb

     12,428,015  

Receivables:

  

Investment securities sold

     11,532,326  

Dividends and interest

     8,424,200  

Capital shares sold

     3,448,881  
        

Total Assets

     15,071,463,503  
        

LIABILITIES

  

Payables:

  

Investment securities purchased

     16,260,831  

Collateral for securities on loan (Note 5)

     133,468,974  

Investment advisory fees (Note 2)

     5,737,774  
        

Total Liabilities

     155,467,579  
        

NET ASSETS

   $ 14,915,995,924  
        

Net assets consist of:

  

Paid-in capital

   $ 11,401,193,554  

Distributions in excess of net investment income

     (33,330,905 )

Accumulated net realized loss

     (44,169,848 )

Net unrealized appreciation on investments and translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

     3,592,303,123  
        

NET ASSETS

   $ 14,915,995,924  
        

Shares outstanding

     1,006,800,000  
        

Net asset value per share

   $ 14.82  
        

 

a

 

Securities on loan with market value of $126,654,327. See Note 5.

b

 

Cost of foreign currency: $12,368,802.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Statement of Operations (Unaudited)

iSHARES®, INC.

Six months ended February 28, 2007

 

      iShares MSCI
Japan Index Fund
 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

  

Dividends from unaffiliated issuersa

   $ 68,574,053  

Interest from affiliated issuers (Note 2)

     148,979  

Securities lending income

     1,172,987  
        

Total investment income

     69,896,019  
        

EXPENSES

  

Investment advisory fees (Note 2)

     35,600,110  
        

Total expenses

     35,600,110  
        

Net investment income

     34,295,909  
        

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

  

Net realized gain (loss) from:

  

Investments in unaffiliated issuers

     (11,253,251 )

In-kind redemptions

     194,619,021  

Foreign currency transactions

     29,467  
        

Net realized gain

     183,395,237  
        

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

  

Investments

     865,881,198  

Translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

     367,242  
        

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     866,248,440  
        

Net realized and unrealized gain

     1,049,643,677  
        

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 1,083,939,586  
        

 

a

 

Net of foreign withholding tax of $5,127,454.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

iSHARES®, INC.

 

     iShares MSCI
Japan Index Fund
 
      Six months ended
February 28, 2007
(Unaudited)
    Year ended
August 31, 2006
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

    

OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment income

   $ 34,295,909     $ 60,448,936  

Net realized gain

     183,395,237       448,842,325  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     866,248,440       1,877,307,601  
                

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     1,083,939,586       2,386,598,862  
                

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:

    

From net investment income

     (97,091,876 )     (55,636,178 )
                

Total distributions to shareholders

     (97,091,876 )     (55,636,178 )
                

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:

    

Proceeds from shares sold

     778,036,389       5,381,707,859  

Cost of shares redeemed

     (573,478,584 )     (1,236,187,530 )
                

Net increase in net assets from capital share transactions

     204,557,805       4,145,520,329  
                

INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

     1,191,405,515       6,476,483,013  

NET ASSETS

    

Beginning of period

     13,724,590,409       7,248,107,396  
                

End of period

   $ 14,915,995,924     $ 13,724,590,409  
                

Undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income included in net assets at end of period

   $ (33,330,905 )   $ 29,465,062  
                

SHARES ISSUED AND REDEEMED

    

Shares sold

     54,600,000       426,600,000  

Shares redeemed

     (42,000,000 )     (91,800,000 )
                

Net increase in shares outstanding

     12,600,000       334,800,000  
                

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

iSHARES®, INC.

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

     iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund  
     Six months
ended
Feb. 28, 2007
(Unaudited)
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2006
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2005
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2004
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2003
    Year ended
Aug. 31, 2002
 
   

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 13.80     $ 10.99     $ 9.89     $ 8.29     $ 7.77     $ 9.07  
                                                

Income from investment operations:

            

Net investment income (loss)a

     0.03       0.06       0.06       0.03       0.00 b     (0.01 )

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)c

     1.09       2.81       1.08       1.57       0.52       (1.29 )
                                                

Total from investment operations

     1.12       2.87       1.14       1.60       0.52       (1.30 )
                                                

Less distributions from:

            

Net investment income

     (0.10 )     (0.06 )     (0.04 )     (0.00 )b            
                                                

Total distributions

     (0.10 )     (0.06 )     (0.04 )     (0.00 )b            
                                                

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 14.82     $ 13.80     $ 10.99     $ 9.89     $ 8.29     $ 7.77  
                                                

Total return

     8.15 %d     26.10 %     11.58 %     19.32 %     6.69 %     (14.33 )%
                                                

Ratios/Supplemental data:

            

Net assets, end of period (000s)

   $ 14,915,996     $ 13,724,590     $ 7,248,107     $ 5,863,332     $ 1,726,855     $ 666,376  

Ratio of expenses to average net assetse

     0.52 %     0.54 %     0.57 %     0.64 %f     0.84 %     0.84 %

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assetse

     0.50 %     0.48 %     0.59 %     0.28 %     0.03 %     (0.12 )%

Portfolio turnover rateg

     1 %     8 %     6 %     5 %     2 %     2 %

 

a

 

Based on average shares outstanding throughout each period.

b

 

Rounds to less than $0.01.

c

 

The amounts reported may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities due to the timing of capital share transactions.

d

 

Not annualized.

e

 

Annualized for periods of less than one year.

f

 

Ratio of expenses to average net assets prior to voluntarily reimbursed distribution fees for the year ended August 31, 2004 was 0.78%.

g

 

Portfolio turnover rates exclude portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of processing capital share transactions in Creation Units.

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited)

iSHARES®, INC.

 

iShares, Inc. (the “Company”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Company was incorporated under the laws of the State of Maryland on September 1, 1994 pursuant to amended and restated Articles of Incorporation. As of February 28, 2007, the Company offered 24 investment portfolios or funds.

These financial statements relate only to the iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund (the “Fund”).

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded equity securities in the aggregate in the Japanese equity market, as measured by the MSCI Japan Index compiled by Morgan Stanley Capital International Inc. (“MSCI”). The investment adviser uses a “passive” or index approach to achieve the Fund’s investment objective. The Fund is classified as a non-diversified fund under the 1940 Act. Non-diversified funds generally hold securities of fewer companies than diversified funds and may be more susceptible to the risks associated with these particular companies, or to a single economic, political or regulatory occurrence affecting these companies.

The Fund invests in the securities of foreign issuers of a single country, which may involve certain considerations and risks not typically associated with securities of U.S. issuers. Such risks include, but are not limited to: generally less liquid and less efficient securities markets; generally greater price volatility; exchange rate fluctuations and exchange controls; imposition of restrictions on the expatriation of funds or other assets of the Fund; less publicly available information about issuers; the imposition of withholding or other taxes; higher transaction and custody costs; settlement delays and risk of loss attendant in settlement procedures; difficulties in enforcing contractual obligations; less regulation of securities markets; different accounting, disclosure and reporting requirements; more substantial governmental involvement in the economy; higher inflation rates; greater social, economic and political uncertainties; the risk of nationalization or expropriation of assets and the risk of war.

Pursuant to the Company’s organizational documents, the Fund’s officers and directors are indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of the performance of their duties to the Fund. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred.

1. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The following significant accounting policies are consistently followed by the Company in the preparation of its financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for investment companies. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

SECURITY VALUATION

The securities and other assets of the Fund are generally valued using market valuations. A market valuation generally means a valuation (i) obtained from an exchange, a pricing service or a major market maker (or dealer), (ii) based on a price quotation or other equivalent indication of value supplied by an exchange, a pricing service or a major market maker (or dealer) or (iii) based on amortized cost. In the case of shares of funds that are not traded on an exchange, a market valuation means such fund’s published net asset value per share. The investment adviser may use various pricing services or discontinue the use of any pricing service. A price obtained from a pricing service based on such pricing service’s valuation matrix may be considered a market valuation. In the event that current market valuations are not readily available or such valuations do not reflect current market values, the affected investments will be valued using fair value pricing pursuant to the pricing policy and procedures approved by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”).

 

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iSHARES®, INC.

 

SECURITY TRANSACTIONS AND INCOME RECOGNITION

Security transactions are accounted for on trade date. Dividend income is recognized on the ex-dividend date, net of any foreign taxes withheld at source, and interest income is accrued daily. Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined using the specific identification method.

FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATION

The accounting records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. Foreign currencies, as well as investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars using exchange rates deemed appropriate by the investment adviser. Any use of a rate different from the rates used by MSCI may adversely affect the Fund’s ability to track its underlying index. Purchases and sales of securities, income receipts and expense payments are translated into U.S. dollars on the respective dates of such transactions.

The Fund does not isolate the effect of fluctuations in foreign exchange rates from the effect of fluctuations in the market prices of securities. Such fluctuations are reflected by the Fund as a component of realized and unrealized gains and losses from investments for financial reporting purposes.

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income, if any, including any net foreign currency gains, are declared and distributed at least annually by the Fund. Distributions of net realized capital gains, if any, generally are declared and distributed once a year. Distributions are determined on a tax basis and may differ from net investment income and net realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes. Dividends and distributions are paid in U.S. dollars and cannot be automatically reinvested in additional shares of the Fund.

The tax character of current year distributions will be determined at the end of the current fiscal year.

FEDERAL INCOME TAXES

The Fund is treated as an entity separate from the Company’s other funds for federal income tax purposes. It is the policy of the Fund to qualify as a regulated investment company by complying with the provisions applicable to regulated investment companies, as defined under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and to annually distribute substantially all of its net income and any net gains (taking into account any capital loss carryforwards) sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income and excise taxes. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes was required for the six months ended February 28, 2007.

As of August 31, 2006, the tax year-end of the Fund, the Fund had tax basis net capital loss carryforwards of $2,959,030, $62,572,173, $3,621,148, $5,594,562, $8,733,802 and $68,122,871 expiring in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014, respectively. Such losses may be applied against any net realized taxable gains in each succeeding year or until their respective expiration dates, whichever occurs first.

The Fund may own shares in certain foreign investment entities, referred to, under U.S. tax law, as “passive foreign investment companies.” The Fund may elect to mark-to-market annually the shares of each passive foreign investment company and would be required to distribute to shareholders any such marked-to-market gains.

The Fund reclassifies at the end of its tax year certain amounts to paid-in-capital from accumulated net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions and accumulated net investment income (loss), respectively, as a result of permanent book and tax

 

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iSHARES®, INC.

 

differences primarily attributed to net investment loss, return of capital, passive foreign investment companies, realized foreign currency gains and losses and gains and losses on in-kind redemptions. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value per share.

As of February 28, 2007, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $11,521,442,973. Net unrealized appreciation was $3,514,187,108, of which $3,773,549,916 represented gross unrealized appreciation on securities and $259,362,808 represented gross unrealized depreciation on securities.

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS

The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements with banks and securities dealers. These transactions involve the purchase of securities with a simultaneous commitment to resell the securities to the bank or the dealer at an agreed-upon date and price. A repurchase agreement is accounted for as an investment by the Fund, collateralized by securities, which are delivered to the Fund’s custodian or to an agent bank under a tri-party agreement. The securities are marked-to-market daily and additional securities are acquired as needed, to ensure that their value equals or exceeds the repurchase price plus accrued interest.

2. AGREEMENTS AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

Pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Company, Barclays Global Fund Advisors (“BGFA”) manages the investment of the Fund’s assets. BGFA is a California corporation indirectly owned by Barclays Bank PLC. Under the Investment Advisory Agreement, BGFA is responsible for all expenses (“Covered Expenses”) of the Company, including the cost of transfer agency, custody, fund administration, legal, audit and other services, except interest, taxes, brokerage commissions and other expenses connected with the execution of portfolio transactions, distribution fees and extraordinary expenses.

For its investment advisory services to the Fund, BGFA is entitled to an annual investment advisory fee based on the Fund’s allocable portion of the aggregate of the average daily net assets of all the funds offered by the Company (except for the iShares MSCI Brazil, iShares MSCI Emerging Markets, iShares MSCI Pacific ex-Japan, iShares MSCI South Africa, iShares MSCI South Korea and iShares MSCI Taiwan Index Funds) as follows:

 

Investment Advisory Fee         Aggregate Average Daily Net Assets

    0.59%

     First $7 billion
0.54      Over $7 billion, up to and including $11 billion
0.49      Over $11 billion, up to and including $24 billion
0.44        Over $24 billion

Investors Bank & Trust Company (“Investors Bank”) serves as administrator, custodian and transfer agent for the Company. As compensation for its services, Investors Bank receives certain out-of-pocket costs, transaction fees and asset-based fees which are accrued daily and paid monthly. These fees and expenses are Covered Expenses as defined above.

SEI Investments Distribution Co. (“SEI”) serves as the Fund’s underwriter and distributor of the shares of the Fund, pursuant to a Distribution Agreement with the Company. SEI does not receive a fee from the Fund for its distribution services.

Pursuant to an exemptive order issued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), the Fund is permitted to lend portfolio securities to Barclays Capital Inc. (“BarCap”). Pursuant to the same exemptive order, Barclays Global Investors, N.A. (“BGI”) serves as securities lending agent for the Company. Bar Cap and BGI are affiliates of BGFA, the Fund’s investment adviser. As securities lending agent,

 

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iSHARES®, INC.

 

BGI receives, as fees, a share of the income earned on investment of the cash collateral received for the loan of securities. For the six months ended February 28, 2007, BGI earned securities lending agent fees of $1,172,987.

Cross trades for the six months ended February 28, 2007 were executed by the Fund pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act. Cross trading is the buying or selling of portfolio securities between funds to which BGFA (or an affiliate) serves as investment adviser. At its regularly scheduled quarterly meetings, the Board reviews such transactions as of the most recent calendar quarter for compliance with the requirements and restrictions set forth by Rule 17a-7.

The Fund may invest in the Institutional Shares of certain money market funds managed by BGFA, the Fund’s investment adviser, including the Government Money Market Fund (“GMMF”), Institutional Money Market Fund (“IMMF”), Prime Money Market Fund (“PMMF”) and Treasury Money Market Fund (“TMMF”) of Barclays Global Investors Funds. The GMMF, IMMF, PMMF and TMMF are feeder funds in a master/feeder fund structure that invest substantially all of their assets in the Government Money Market Master Portfolio, Money Market Master Portfolio, Prime Money Market Master Portfolio and Treasury Money Market Master Portfolio (collectively, the “Money Market Master Portfolios”), respectively, which are also managed by BGFA.While the GMMF, IMMF, PMMF and TMMF do not directly charge an investment advisory fee, the Money Market Master Portfolios in which they invest do charge an investment advisory fee. Income distributions from the GMMF, IMMF, PMMF and TMMF are declared daily and paid monthly from net investment income. Income distributions earned by the Fund from temporary cash investments are recorded as interest from affiliated issuers in the accompanying Statement of Operations. Income distributions earned by the Fund from the investment of securities lending collateral, if any, are included in securities lending income in the accompanying Statement of Operations.

As of February 28, 2007, certain directors and officers of the Company are also officers of BGI and/or BGFA.

3. INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS

Purchases and sales of investments (excluding in-kind transactions and short-term investments) for the six months ended February 28, 2007, aggregated $137,184,094 and $209,831,330, respectively.

In-kind purchases and sales (see Note 4) for the six months ended February 28, 2007, aggregated $745,135,317 and $541,965,252, respectively.

4. CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

The Company is authorized to issue 10.9 billion shares of $.001 par value capital stock. As of February 28, 2007, 2,124,600,000 shares were authorized to the Fund.

The Company issues and redeems capital shares of the Fund only in aggregations of a specified number of shares (each, a “Creation Unit”) at net asset value. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, shares of the Fund are not redeemable. Transactions in capital shares for the Fund are disclosed in detail in the Statements of Changes in Net Assets.

The consideration for the purchase of Creation Units of the Fund generally consists of the in-kind contribution of a designated portfolio of equity securities constituting a portfolio sampling representation of the securities involved in the MSCI Japan Index and an amount of cash. Investors purchasing and redeeming Creation Units pay a purchase transaction fee and a redemption transaction fee directly to Investors Bank, the administrator, to offset transfer and other transaction costs associated with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units.

 

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5. LOANS OF PORTFOLIO SECURITIES

The Fund may lend its investment securities to approved borrowers, such as brokers, dealers and other financial institutions. The borrower pledges and maintains with the Fund collateral consisting of cash, an irrevocable letter of credit issued by a bank, or securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government. The initial collateral received by the Fund is required to have a value of at least 102% of the market value of the loaned securities for securities traded on U.S. exchanges and a value of at least 105% for all other securities. The collateral is maintained thereafter, at a value equal to at least 100% of the current market value of the securities on loan. The risks to the Fund of securities lending are that the borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or may not return the securities when due.

As of February 28, 2007, the Fund had loaned securities which were collateralized by cash. Pursuant to an exemptive order issued by the SEC, the cash collateral received was invested in a joint account with other investment funds managed by BGFA. The joint account invests in securities with remaining maturities of 397 days or less, repurchase agreements and money market mutual funds, including money market funds managed by BGFA. Repurchase agreements held in the joint account are fully collateralized by U.S. Government securities or non-U.S. Government debt securities. The market value of the securities on loan as of February 28, 2007 and the value of the related collateral are disclosed in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Securities lending income, as disclosed in the Fund’s Statement of Operations, represents the income earned from the investment of the cash collateral, net of rebates paid to, or fees paid by, borrowers and less the fees paid to BGI as securities lending agent.

6. RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

In June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued FASB Interpretation No. 48 (“FIN 48”), “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes – an interpretation of FASB Statement No.109.” FIN 48 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in accordance with FASB Statement No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes.” This interpretation prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. It also provides guidance on de-recognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition. FIN 48 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. The SEC staff has stated that it would not object if a fund does not implement FIN 48 in its NAV calculation until the date of the fund’s last NAV calculation in the first required financial statement reporting period for its fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2006. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of applying the various provisions of FIN 48.

In September 2006, FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157 (“FAS 157”), “Fair Value Measurements.” FAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and expands disclosure about fair value measurements. FAS 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of FAS 157 will have on the Fund’s financial statement disclosures.

 

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The iShares® Family of Funds

The following is a list of iShares Funds being offered, along with their respective exchange trading symbols. Please call 1-800-iShares (1-800-474-2737) to obtain a prospectus for any iShares Fund. The prospectus contains more complete information, including charges, expenses, investment objectives and risk factors that should be carefully considered to determine if the Fund(s) are an appropriate investment for you. Read the prospectus(es) carefully before investing. Investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal.

 

iShares S&P Domestic Index Funds

iShares S&P 1500 (ISI)

iShares S&P 100 (OEF)

iShares S&P 500 (IVV)

iShares S&P 500 Growth (IVW)

iShares S&P 500 Value (IVE)

iShares S&P MidCap 400 (IJH)

iShares S&P MidCap 400 Growth (IJK)

iShares S&P MidCap 400 Value (IJJ)

iShares S&P SmallCap 600 (IJR)

iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Growth (IJT)

iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Value (IJS)

iShares Domestic Sector Index Funds

iShares Cohen & Steers Realty Majors (ICF)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Basic Materials Sector (IYM)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Services Sector (IYC)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Goods Sector (IYK)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Energy Sector (IYE)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Financial Sector (IYF)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Financial Services (IYG)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Healthcare Sector (IYH)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Industrial Sector (IYJ)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate (IYR)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Technology Sector (IYW)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Telecommunications Sector (IYZ)

iShares Dow Jones Transportation Average (IYT)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Utilities Sector (IDU)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Total Market (IYY)

iShares Goldman Sachs Natural Resources (IGE)

iShares Goldman Sachs Networking (IGN)

iShares Goldman Sachs Semiconductor (IGW)

iShares Goldman Sachs Software (IGV)

iShares Goldman Sachs Technology (IGM)

iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology (IBB)

iShares Domestic Subsector Index Funds

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Aerospace & Defense (ITA)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Broker-Dealers (IAI)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Healthcare Providers (IHF)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Home Construction (ITB)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Insurance (IAK)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Medical Devices (IHI)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Oil & Gas Exploration & Production (IEO)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Oil Equipment & Services (IEZ)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Pharmaceuticals (IHE)

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Regional Banks (IAT)

 

iShares Global Index Funds

iShares S&P Global 100 (IOO)

iShares S&P Global Consumer Discretionary Sector (RXI)

iShares S&P Global Consumer Staples Sector (KXI)

iShares S&P Global Energy Sector (IXC)

iShares S&P Global Financials Sector (IXG)

iShares S&P Global Healthcare Sector (IXJ)

iShares S&P Global Industrials Sector (EXI)

iShares S&P Global Materials Sector (MXI)

iShares S&P Global Technology Sector (IXN)

iShares S&P Global Telecommunications Sector (IXP)

iShares S&P Global Utilities Sector (JXI)

iShares Russell Index Funds

iShares Russell 3000 (IWV)

iShares Russell 3000 Growth (IWZ)

iShares Russell 3000 Value (IWW)

iShares Russell 1000 (IWB)

iShares Russell 1000 Growth (IWF)

iShares Russell 1000 Value (IWD)

iShares Russell Midcap (IWR)

iShares Russell Midcap Growth (IWP)

iShares Russell Midcap Value (IWS)

iShares Russell 2000 (IWM)

iShares Russell 2000 Growth (IWO)

iShares Russell 2000 Value (IWN)

iShares Russell Microcap™ (IWC)

iShares International Country Index Funds

iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 (FXI)

iShares MSCI Australia (EWA)

iShares MSCI Austria (EWO)

iShares MSCI Belgium (EWK)

iShares MSCI Brazil (EWZ)

iShares MSCI Canada (EWC)

iShares MSCI France (EWQ)

iShares MSCI Germany (EWG)

iShares MSCI Hong Kong (EWH)

iShares MSCI Italy (EWI)

iShares MSCI Japan (EWJ)

iShares MSCI Malaysia (EWM)

iShares MSCI Mexico (EWW)

iShares MSCI Netherlands (EWN)

iShares MSCI Singapore (EWS)

iShares MSCI South Africa (EZA)

iShares MSCI South Korea (EWY)

iShares MSCI Spain (EWP)

iShares MSCI Sweden (EWD)

iShares MSCI Switzerland (EWL)

 

iShares MSCI Taiwan (EWT)

iShares MSCI United Kingdom (EWU)

iShares S&P / TOPIX 150 (ITF)

iShares Bond Funds

iShares Lehman Aggregate (AGG)

iShares Lehman Short Treasury (SHV)

iShares Lehman 1-3 Year Treasury (SHY)

iShares Lehman 3-7 Year Treasury (IEI)

iShares Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury (IEF)

iShares Lehman 10-20 Year Treasury (TLH)

iShares Lehman 20+ Year Treasury (TLT)

iShares Lehman TIPS (TIP)

iShares Lehman Credit (CFT)

iShares Lehman 1-3 Year Credit (CSJ)

iShares Lehman Intermediate Credit (CIU)

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate (LQD)

iShares Lehman Government / Credit (GBF)

iShares Lehman Intermediate Government / Credit (GVI)

iShares Lehman MBS Fixed-Rate (MBB)

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate (HYG)

iShares Specialty Index Funds

iShares KLD Select SocialSM (KLD)

iShares KLD 400 Social (DSI)

iShares Dow Jones Select Dividend (DVY)

iShares S&P U.S. Preferred Stock (PFF)

iShares International Index Funds

iShares MSCI EAFE (EFA)

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth (EFG)

iShares MSCI EAFE Value (EFV)

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets (EEM)

iShares MSCI EMU (EZU)

iShares MSCI Pacific ex-Japan (EPP)

iShares S&P Europe 350 (IEV)

iShares S&P Latin America 40 (ILF)

iShares Morningstar Index Funds

iShares Morningstar Large Core (JKD)

iShares Morningstar Large Growth (JKE)

iShares Morningstar Large Value (JKF)

iShares Morningstar Mid Core (JKG)

iShares Morningstar Mid Growth (JKH)

iShares Morningstar Mid Value (JKI)

iShares Morningstar Small Core (JKJ)

iShares Morningstar Small Growth (JKK)

iShares Morningstar Small Value (JKL)

iShares NYSE Index Funds

iShares NYSE Composite (NYC)

iShares NYSE 100 (NY)


 

iShares® is a registered trademark of Barclays Global Investors, N.A. The iShares Funds are not sponsored, endorsed or issued by Goldman, Sachs & Co. or Lehman Brothers, nor are they sponsored, endorsed, issued, sold or promoted by Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc., Dow Jones & Company, Inc., FTSE / Xinhua Index Limited (“FXI”), iBoxx, KLD Research & Analytics, Inc., Morgan Stanley Capital International, Morningstar, Inc., The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., New York Stock Exchange LLC, Frank Russell Company, or Standard & Poor’s. None of these companies make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in the iShares Funds. Neither SEI nor BGI, nor any of their affiliates, are affiliated with the companies listed above. iBoxx is a registered trademark of International Index Company Limited. “Goldman Sachs®” is a trademark of Goldman, Sachs & Co. FXI does not make any warranty regarding the FTSE / Xinhua Index. All rights in the FTSE / Xinhua Index vest in FXI. “FTSE” is a trade and service mark of London Stock Exchange and The Financial Times; “Xinhua” is a trade and service mark of Xinhua Financial Network Limited.

An investment in the Fund(s) is not a deposit of a bank and it is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.

This advertising section does not constitute part of the 2007 Semi-Annual Report.

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Item 2. Code of Ethics.

Not applicable to this semi-annual filing.

 

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

Not applicable to this semi-annual filing.

 

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

Not applicable to this semi-annual filing.

 

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

Not applicable to this semi-annual filing.


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Item 6. Schedule of Investments.

The Funds’ full schedules of investments are included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.

 

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable to the Registrant.

 

Item 8: Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable to the Registrant.

 

Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

Not applicable to the Registrant.

 

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The Nominating Committee of Registrant’s Board of Directors (the “Nominating Committee”) is charged with identifying nominees to serve as Board members and recommending such nominees to the Board. The Board believes that shareholders as a group are best served by the efficient allocation of Registrant and Board resources. As such, the Board is not required to consider any person nominated by any shareholder of the Registrant (acting solely in the capacity as shareholder and not in any other capacity) to serve as an independent Director, although the Nominating Committee may consider any such person if the Nominating Committee of the Board deems it appropriate after considering all circumstances the Nominating Committee’s members deem relevant.

 

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

(a) The Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer have concluded that, based on their evaluation as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, the disclosure controls and procedures of the Registrant (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) are reasonably designed to achieve the purposes described in Section 4(a) of the attached certification.

(b) There were no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) that occurred during the Registrant’s second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 12. Exhibits.

(a) (1) Not applicable to this semi-annual filing.

(a) (2) Section 302 Certifications are attached.

(a) (3) Not applicable to the Registrant.

(b) Section 906 Certifications are attached.


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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

iShares, Inc.
By:  

/s/ Lee T. Kranefuss

  Lee T. Kranefuss, President and Principal Executive Officer
  Date: April 20, 2007

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

 

By:  

/s/ Lee T. Kranefuss

  Lee T. Kranefuss, President and Principal Executive Officer
  Date: April 20, 2007
By:  

/s/ Michael A. Latham

  Michael A. Latham, Principal Financial Officer
  Date: April 20, 2007