0001193125-12-408269.txt : 20120928 0001193125-12-408269.hdr.sgml : 20120928 20120928121711 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-12-408269 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-Q PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120731 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120928 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120928 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20120928 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: iSHARES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000930667 IRS NUMBER: 510396525 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 0831 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-Q SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-09102 FILM NUMBER: 121115404 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 400 HOWARD STREET CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94105 BUSINESS PHONE: (415) 670-2000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 400 HOWARD STREET CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94105 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ISHARES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20000516 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: WEBS INDEX FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19970211 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FOREIGN FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19950524 0000930667 S000033806 iShares Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond Fund C000104446 iShares Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond Fund LEMB 0000930667 S000036776 iShares Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund C000112502 iShares Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund CEMB 0000930667 S000036777 iShares Emerging Markets High Yield Bond Fund C000112503 iShares Emerging Markets High Yield Bond Fund EMHY 0000930667 S000036906 iShares Global High Yield Corporate Bond Fund C000112949 iShares Global High Yield Corporate Bond Fund GHYG 0000930667 S000036907 iShares Global ex USD High Yield Corporate Bond Fund C000112950 iShares Global ex USD High Yield Corporate Bond Fund HYXU N-Q 1 d410837dnq.htm FORM N-Q Form N-Q

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-Q

 

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number 811-09102

 

 

iShares, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

c/o: State Street Bank and Trust Company

200 Clarendon Street, Boston, MA 02116

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

The Corporation Trust Incorporated

351 West Camden Street, Baltimore, MD 21201

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (415) 670-2000

Date of fiscal year end: October 31, 2012

Date of reporting period: July 31, 2012

 

 

 


Item 1. Schedules of Investments.

Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

iSHARES® EMERGING MARKETS CORPORATE BOND FUND

July 31, 2012

 

                                         

Security

   Principal
(000s)
     Value  

CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES(a)—76.51%

  

  

BRAZIL—22.82%

  

  

Banco Bradesco SA

     

4.50%, 01/12/17(b)

     200       $ 211,000   

Banco do Brasil SA

     

4.50%, 01/22/15(b)

     100         105,750   

Banco Santander (Brasil) SA

     

4.50%, 04/06/15(b)

     100         101,875   

Braskem Finance Ltd.

     

7.00%, 05/07/20(b)

     100         112,750   

Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA

     

6.88%, 07/30/19(b)

     100         117,650   

Fibria Overseas Finance Ltd.

     

7.50%, 05/04/20(b) (Call 05/04/15)

     100         109,000   

Gerdau Trade Inc.

     

5.75%, 01/30/21(b)

     100         106,350   

Itau Unibanco Holding SA

     

6.20%, 04/15/20(b)

     100         108,350   

JBS USA LLC

     

7.25%, 06/01/21(b) (Call 06/01/15)

     46         43,700   

Odebrecht Drilling Norbe VIII/IX Ltd.

     

6.35%, 06/30/21(b) (Call 06/30/20)

     99         107,350   

Odebrecht Finance Ltd.

     

7.00%, 04/21/20(b) (Call 04/21/15)

     100         111,000   

Petrobras International Finance Co.

     

5.75%, 01/20/20

     450         508,427   

6.75%, 01/27/41

     50         62,765   

Telemar Norte Leste SA

     

5.50%, 10/23/20(b)

     100         102,750   

Vale Overseas Ltd.

     

4.63%, 09/15/20

     125         133,581   

6.88%, 11/21/36

     119         143,136   

6.88%, 11/10/39

     50         60,704   

Voto Votorantim Overseas Trading Co.

     

6.63%, 09/25/19(b)

     100         111,250   
     

 

 

 
        2,357,388   

CHILE—1.41%

     

Celulosa Arauco y Constitucion SA

     

4.75%, 01/11/22

     37         38,856   

Empresa Nacional del Petroleo

     

4.75%, 12/06/21(b)

     100         106,677   
     

 

 

 
        145,533   

CHINA—1.92%

     

Agile Property Holdings Ltd.

     

8.88%, 04/28/17(b) (Call 04/28/14)

     100         100,000   

Evergrande Real Estate Group Ltd.

     

13.00%, 01/27/15(b)

     100         98,300   
     

 

 

 
        198,300   

COLOMBIA—0.95%

     

Bancolombia SA

     

6.13%, 07/26/20

     47         50,525   


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® EMERGING MARKETS CORPORATE BOND FUND

July 31, 2012

 

                                         
               

Ecopetrol SA

     

7.63%, 07/23/19

     37         47,915   
     

 

 

 
        98,440   

HONG KONG—6.44%

     

Bank of China Hong Kong Ltd.

     

5.55%, 02/11/20(b)

     100         108,621   

Hutchison Whampoa Finance (CI) Ltd.

     

7.45%, 08/01/17(b)

     100         123,652   

Hutchison Whampoa International Ltd.

     

4.63%, 09/11/15(b)

     100         107,961   

Li & Fung Ltd.

     

5.25%, 05/13/20

     100         111,246   

Noble Group Ltd.

     

6.75%, 01/29/20(b)

     100         100,125   

Swire Pacific MTN Financing Ltd.

     

5.50%, 08/19/19

     100         113,613   
     

 

 

 
        665,218   

INDIA—4.08%

     

Axis Specialty Finance LLC

     

4.75%, 05/02/16(b)

     100         100,686   

ICICI Bank Ltd.

     

5.00%, 01/15/16(b)

     116         118,028   

State Bank of India

     

4.50%, 10/23/14

     100         102,366   

Vedanta Resources PLC

     

9.50%, 07/18/18(b)

     100         100,750   
     

 

 

 
        421,830   

ISRAEL—0.66%

     

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance LLC

     

6.15%, 02/01/36

     50         67,961   
     

 

 

 
        67,961   

JAMAICA—1.08%

     

Digicel Ltd.

     

12.00%, 04/01/14(b) (Call 08/30/12)

     100         111,250   
     

 

 

 
        111,250   

MEXICO—6.50%

     

America Movil SAB de CV

     

5.00%, 03/30/20

     100         116,264   

6.13%, 03/30/40

     100         130,913   

BBVA Bancomer SA Texas Agency

     

4.50%, 03/10/16(b)

     158         163,530   

Cemex Finance LLC

     

9.50%, 12/14/16(b) (Call 12/14/13)

     100         99,250   

Grupo Bimbo SAB de CV

     

4.50%, 01/25/22(b)

     100         108,933   

Grupo Televisa SAB

     

6.63%, 01/15/40

     41         52,571   
     

 

 

 
        671,461   

PERU—0.54%

     

Southern Copper Corp.

     

6.75%, 04/16/40

     48         55,418   
     

 

 

 
        55,418   


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® EMERGING MARKETS CORPORATE BOND FUND

July 31, 2012

 

                                         
               

QATAR—3.24%

     

Qatari Diar Finance QSC

     

5.00%, 07/21/20(b)

     100         113,650   

Qtel International Finance Ltd.

     

5.00%, 10/19/25(b)

     200         220,500   
     

 

 

 
        334,150   

RUSSIA—11.34%

     

ALROSA Finance SA

     

8.88%, 11/17/14(b)

     100         110,875   

Evraz Group SA

     

9.50%, 04/24/18(b)

     100         107,750   

Gazprom OAO Via Gaz Capital SA

     

4.95%, 05/23/16(b)

     259         273,548   

LUKOIL International Finance BV

     

6.38%, 11/05/14(b)

     100         108,836   

6.66%, 06/07/22(b)

     120         138,277   

TNK-BP Finance SA

     

6.63%, 03/20/17(b)

     119         131,793   

Vimpel Communications Via VIP Finance Ireland Ltd. OJSC

     

9.13%, 04/30/18(b)

     100         109,250   

VTB Bank OJSC Via VTB Capital SA

     

6.47%, 03/04/15(b)

     180         191,304   
     

 

 

 
        1,171,633   

SINGAPORE—1.04%

     

PSA International Pte Ltd.

     

3.88%, 02/11/21

     100         107,838   
     

 

 

 
        107,838   

SOUTH KOREA—8.34%

     

Export-Import Bank of Korea (The)

     

4.38%, 09/15/21

     200         216,966   

Hana Bank

     

4.00%, 11/03/16(b)

     200         212,459   

Korea Development Bank

     

3.88%, 05/04/17

     200         213,105   

Korea Gas Corp.

     

6.00%, 07/15/14(b)

     100         107,973   

POSCO

     

8.75%, 03/26/14(b)

     100         110,715   
     

 

 

 
        861,218   

UKRAINIAN SSR—0.96%

     

Metinvest BV

     

10.25%, 05/20/15(b)

     100         99,250   
     

 

 

 
        99,250   

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES—5.19%

     

Dolphin Energy Ltd.

     

5.89%, 06/15/19(b)

     94         105,781   

DP World Ltd.

     

6.85%, 07/02/37(b)

     100         106,000   

Dubai Electricity & Water Authority

     

7.38%, 10/21/20(b)

     100         112,750   


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® EMERGING MARKETS CORPORATE BOND FUND

July 31, 2012

 

                                         
               

Taqa Abu Dhabi National Energy Co.

     

4.75%, 09/15/14(b)

     200         211,100   
     

 

 

 
        535,631   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES

     

(Cost: $7,736,809)

        7,902,519   

FOREIGN AGENCY OBLIGATIONS(a)—21.66%

     

BRAZIL—1.17%

     

Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social

     

6.50%, 06/10/19(b)

     100         121,000   
     

 

 

 
        121,000   

CHILE—1.03%

  

Corporacion Nacional del Cobre de Chile

     

3.75%, 11/04/20(b)

     100         106,271   
     

 

 

 
        106,271   

CHINA—1.00%

  

Sinochem Overseas Capital Co. Ltd.

     

4.50%, 11/12/20(b)

     100         103,203   
     

 

 

 
        103,203   

INDONESIA—1.42%

  

Majapahit Holding BV

     

7.75%, 01/20/20(b)

     120         146,700   
     

 

 

 
        146,700   

KAZAKHSTAN—2.49%

  

KazMunaiGas National Co.

     

9.13%, 07/02/18(b)

     200         257,500   
     

 

 

 
        257,500   

MALAYSIA—2.45%

  

Penerbangan Malaysia Bhd

     

5.63%, 03/15/16(b)

     100         112,038   

Petronas Capital Ltd.

     

7.88%, 05/22/22(b)

     100         140,714   
     

 

 

 
        252,752   

MEXICO—4.22%

  

Petroleos Mexicanos

     

4.88%, 03/15/15

     50         53,750   

5.50%, 01/21/21

     100         116,500   

6.50%, 06/02/41(b)

     210         265,650   
     

 

 

 
        435,900   

PHILIPPINES—1.13%

  

Power Sector Assets & Liabilities Management Corp.

     

6.88%, 11/02/16(b)

     100         116,625   
     

 

 

 
        116,625   


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® EMERGING MARKETS CORPORATE BOND FUND

July 31, 2012

 

                                         
               

RUSSIA—1.03%

  

Vnesheconombank Via VEB Finance PLC

     

5.45%, 11/22/17(b)

     100         106,075   
     

 

 

 
        106,075   

SOUTH AFRICA—2.14%

  

Eskom Holdings Ltd.

     

5.75%, 01/26/21(b)

     200         221,750   
     

 

 

 
        221,750   

VENEZUELA—3.58%

  

Petroleos de Venezuela SA

     

8.50%, 11/02/17(b)

     130         108,875   

9.00%, 11/17/21(b)

     350         260,750   
     

 

 

 
        369,625   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL FOREIGN AGENCY OBLIGATIONS

     

(Cost: $2,189,312)

        2,237,401   

Security

   Shares      Value  

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS—1.05%

     

MONEY MARKET FUNDS—1.05%

     

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

     

0.06%(c)(d)

     108,184         108,184   
     

 

 

 
        108,184   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

     

(Cost: $108,184)

        108,184   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES—99.22%

     

(Cost: $10,034,305)

        10,248,104   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities—0.78%

        80,565   
     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS—100.00%

      $ 10,328,669   
     

 

 

 

 

(a)

Investments are denominated in U.S. dollars.

(b)

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

(c)

Affiliated issuer. See Note 2.

(d)

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

See accompanying notes to schedules of investments.


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

iSHARES® EMERGING MARKETS HIGH YIELD BOND FUND

July 31, 2012

 

                                         

Security

   Principal
(000s)
     Value  

CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES(a)—25.87%

  

  

BRAZIL—3.43%

  

  

Fibria Overseas Finance Ltd.

     

6.75%, 03/03/21(b) (Call 03/03/16)

     150       $ 156,750   

JBS USA LLC

     

7.25%, 06/01/21 (Call 06/01/15)(b)

     100         95,000   

8.25%, 02/01/20 (Call 02/01/15)(b)

     100         99,620   

OGX Austria GmbH

     

8.50%, 06/01/18(b) (Call 06/01/15)

     200         176,250   
     

 

 

 
        527,620   

CHINA—4.33%

     

Agile Property Holdings Ltd.

     

8.88%, 04/28/17(b) (Call 04/28/14)

     100         100,000   

CITIC Pacific Ltd.

     

6.63%, 04/15/21(b)

     100         99,703   

CITIC Resources Finance 2007 Ltd.

     

6.75%, 05/15/14(b)

     200         210,500   

Country Garden Holdings Co. Ltd.

     

11.25%, 04/22/17(b) (Call 04/22/14)

     150         157,875   

Evergrande Real Estate Group Ltd.

     

13.00%, 01/27/15(b)

     100         98,300   
     

 

 

 
        666,378   

INDIA—2.53%

     

ICICI Bank Ltd.

     

6.38%, 04/30/22(b)(c) (Call 04/30/17)

     100         93,250   

Vedanta Resources PLC

     

8.75%, 01/15/14(b)

     150         155,625   

9.50%, 07/18/18(b)

     140         141,050   
     

 

 

 
        389,925   

JAMAICA—1.56%

     

Digicel Ltd.

     

8.25%, 09/01/17(b) (Call 09/01/13)

     230         240,925   
     

 

 

 
        240,925   

KAZAKHSTAN—0.65%

     

Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan JSC

     

7.25%, 05/03/17(b)

     100         100,500   
     

 

 

 
        100,500   

MEXICO—3.68%

     

Cemex Espana SA (Luxembourg)

     

9.25%, 05/12/20(b) (Call 05/12/15)

     200         176,000   

Cemex Finance LLC

     

9.50%, 12/14/16(b) (Call 12/14/13)

     100         99,250   

Cemex SAB de CV

     

9.00%, 01/11/18(b) (Call 01/11/15)

     147         136,710   

NII Capital Corp.

     

7.63%, 04/01/21 (Call 04/01/16)

     130         99,450   


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® EMERGING MARKETS HIGH YIELD BOND FUND

July 31, 2012

 

                                         
               

8.88%, 12/15/19 (Call 12/15/14)

     70         55,650   
     

 

 

 
        567,060   

RUSSIA—6.48%

     

Alfa Bank OJSC Via Alfa Bond Issuance PLC

     

7.88%, 09/25/17(b)

     100         106,500   

ALROSA Finance SA

     

8.88%, 11/17/14(b)

     216         239,490   

Evraz Group SA

     

9.50%, 04/24/18(b)

     100         107,750   

Severstal OAO Via Steel Capital SA

     

6.70%, 10/25/17(b)

     100         102,233   

Vimpel Communications Via VIP Finance Ireland Ltd. OJSC

     

7.75%, 02/02/21(b)

     200         199,000   

VimpelCom Holdings BV

     

7.50%, 03/01/22(b)

     250         243,750   
     

 

 

 
        998,723   

SOUTH KOREA—0.67%

     

Woori Bank

     

6.21%, 05/02/37(b)(c) (Call 05/02/17)

     100         103,000   
     

 

 

 
        103,000   

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES—2.54%

     

Atlantic Finance Ltd.

     

10.75%, 05/27/14(b)(d)

     100         109,625   

Dubai Electricity & Water Authority

     

7.38%, 10/21/20(b)

     150         169,125   

8.50%, 04/22/15(b)

     100         112,250   
     

 

 

 
        391,000   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES

     

(Cost: $4,009,223)

        3,985,131   
     

 

 

 

FOREIGN AGENCY OBLIGATIONS(a)—8.20%

     

PHILIPPINES—1.33%

     

Power Sector Assets & Liabilities Management Corp.

     

7.25%, 05/27/19(b)

     160         204,800   
     

 

 

 
        204,800   

UKRAINE—0.64%

     

Naftogaz of Ukraine

     

9.50%, 09/30/14

     100         99,250   
     

 

 

 
        99,250   

VENEZUELA—6.23%

     

Petroleos de Venezuela SA

     

5.25%, 04/12/17(b)

     100         72,630   

5.38%, 04/12/27

     320         187,200   

5.50%, 04/12/37(b)

     850         489,855   

8.50%, 11/02/17(b)

     250         209,375   
     

 

 

 
        959,060   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL FOREIGN AGENCY OBLIGATIONS

     

(Cost: $1,292,378)

        1,263,110   


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® EMERGING MARKETS HIGH YIELD BOND FUND

July 31, 2012

 

                                         
               

FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS(a)—63.12%

     

ARGENTINA—2.95%

     

Argentina (Republic of)

     

2.50%, 12/31/38(d)

     200         65,000   

8.28%, 12/31/33(e)

     459         299,586   

8.75%, 06/02/17

     100         90,000   
     

 

 

 
        454,586   

BELARUS—1.25%

     

Belarus (Republic of)

     

8.75%, 08/03/15(b)

     100         98,000   

8.95%, 01/26/18(b)

     100         94,750   
     

 

 

 
        192,750   

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC—1.58%

     

Dominican Republic

     

9.04%, 01/23/18(b)

     219         243,734   
     

 

 

 
        243,734   

ECUADOR—0.65%

     

Ecuador (Republic of)

     

9.38%, 12/15/15(b)

     100         100,250   
     

 

 

 
        100,250   

EGYPT—0.62%

     

Egypt (Arab Republic of)

     

5.75%, 04/29/20(b)

     100         96,000   
     

 

 

 
        96,000   

EL SALVADOR—1.40%

     

El Salvador (Republic of)

     

7.63%, 02/01/41(b)

     150         162,225   

7.65%, 06/15/35(b)

     50         54,000   
     

 

 

 
        216,225   

HUNGARY—3.83%

     

Hungary (Republic of)

     

4.75%, 02/03/15

     130         128,375   

6.25%, 01/29/20

     140         143,150   

6.38%, 03/29/21

     158         161,160   

7.63%, 03/29/41

     150         157,125   
     

 

 

 
        589,810   

JAMAICA—0.66%

     

Jamaica (Government of)

     

8.00%, 06/24/19

     100         101,250   
     

 

 

 
        101,250   

LEBANON—4.13%

     

Lebanon (Republic of)

     

6.00%, 05/20/19(b)

     50         50,500   

6.38%, 03/09/20

     200         200,000   


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® EMERGING MARKETS HIGH YIELD BOND FUND

July 31, 2012

 

                                         
               

8.25%, 04/12/21(b)

     150         167,250   

8.50%, 08/06/15

     200         219,000   
     

 

 

 
        636,750   

PAKISTAN—0.52%

     

Pakistan (Islamic Republic of)

     

6.88%, 06/01/17(b)

     100         79,500   
     

 

 

 
        79,500   

PHILIPPINES—9.79%

     

Philippines (Republic of the)

     

4.00%, 01/15/21

     100         110,625   

6.38%, 01/15/32

     100         133,500   

6.38%, 10/23/34

     100         136,000   

7.75%, 01/14/31

     100         150,250   

8.00%, 01/15/16

     100         120,000   

8.38%, 06/17/19

     200         274,000   

9.50%, 02/02/30

     313         533,274   

10.63%, 03/16/25

     30         51,450   
     

 

 

 
        1,509,099   

ROMANIA—1.03%

     

Romania (Republic of)

     

6.75%, 02/07/22(b)

     150         158,625   
     

 

 

 
        158,625   

SERBIA—1.03%

     

Serbia (Republic of)

     

6.75%, 11/01/24(b)(d) (Call 11/01/12)

     167         158,333   
     

 

 

 
        158,333   

SRI LANKA—2.28%

     

Sri Lanka (Democratic Socialist Republic of)

     

6.25%, 10/04/20(b)

     100         104,000   

7.40%, 01/22/15(b)

     230         246,675   
     

 

 

 
        350,675   

TURKEY—14.10%

     

Turkey (Republic of)

     

5.13%, 03/25/22

     642         702,187   

6.88%, 03/17/36

     206         262,907   

7.00%, 06/05/20

     150         184,500   

7.25%, 03/05/38

     10         13,344   

7.38%, 02/05/25

     200         262,000   

7.50%, 07/14/17

     100         119,250   

7.50%, 11/07/19

     150         186,375   

8.00%, 02/14/34

     143         202,703   

9.50%, 01/15/14

     46         50,600   

11.88%, 01/15/30

     100         188,000   
     

 

 

 
        2,171,866   

UKRAINE—3.42%

     

Ukraine (Government of)

     

7.75%, 09/23/20(b)

     377         340,243   


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® EMERGING MARKETS HIGH YIELD BOND FUND

July 31, 2012

 

                                         
               

7.95%, 02/23/21(b)

     200         186,250   
     

 

 

 
        526,493   

URUGUAY—2.45%

     

Uruguay (Republic of)

     

7.63%, 03/21/36

     150         231,000   

8.00%, 11/18/22

     100         146,000   
     

 

 

 
        377,000   

VENEZUELA—10.72%

     

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

     

5.75%, 02/26/16(b)

     1,000         880,000   

6.00%, 12/09/20(b)

     130         90,675   

7.65%, 04/21/25

     130         92,820   

11.95%, 08/05/31(b)

     200         186,250   

12.75%, 08/23/22(b)

     404         402,179   
     

 

 

 
        1,651,924   

VIETNAM—0.71%

     

Vietnam (Socialist Republic of)

     

6.75%, 01/29/20(b)

     100         109,000   
     

 

 

 
        109,000   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS

     

(Cost: $9,455,937)

        9,723,870   

Security

   Shares      Value  

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS—1.45%

     

MONEY MARKET FUNDS—1.45%

     

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

     

0.06%(f)(g)

     224,275         224,275   
     

 

 

 
        224,275   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

     

(Cost: $224,275)

        224,275   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES—98.64%

     

(Cost: $14,981,813)

        15,196,386   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities—1.36%

        209,922   
     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS—100.00%

      $ 15,406,308   
     

 

 

 

 

(a)

Investments are denominated in U.S. dollars.

(b)

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

(c)

Variable rate security. Rate shown is as of report date.

(d)

Step coupon security. Coupon rate increases in increments until maturity. Interest rate shown reflects the rate currently in effect. Maturity date shown reflects final maturity date.

(e)

Payment-in-kind (PIK) security. Income may be paid in cash or additional securities at the issuer’s discretion.

(f)

Affiliated issuer. See Note 2.

(g)

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

See accompanying notes to schedules of investments.


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

iSHARES® EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL CURRENCY BOND FUND

July 31, 2012

 

                                                              

Security

     Principal
(000s)
     Value  

FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS — 97.13%

        

BRAZIL—11.90%

        

Brazil (Federative Republic of)

        

0.00%, 01/01/15

     BRL         4,230       $ 1,691,742   

9.76%, 01/01/13

     BRL         5,706         2,808,347   

10.00%, 01/01/21

     BRL         3,063         1,529,474   
        

 

 

 
           6,029,563   

CHILE—0.22%

        

Chile (Republic of)

        

5.50%, 08/05/20

     CLP         50,000         113,452   
        

 

 

 
           113,452   

COLOMBIA—4.41%

        

Colombia (Republic of)

        

9.25%, 05/14/14

     COP         2,500,000         1,484,155   

9.85%, 06/28/27

     COP         862,000         747,604   
        

 

 

 
           2,231,759   

CZECH REPUBLIC—4.26%

        

Czech (Republic of)

        

2.80%, 09/16/13

     CZK         15,400         765,135   

4.60%, 08/18/18

     CZK         15,510         879,080   

5.70%, 05/25/24

     CZK         8,170         513,851   
        

 

 

 
           2,158,066   

EGYPT—2.02%

        

Egypt (Arab Republic of)

        

11.60%, 10/05/13

     EGP         6,554         1,026,026   
        

 

 

 
           1,026,026   

HUNGARY—3.97%

        

Hungary (Republic of)

        

5.50%, 02/12/16

     HUF         357,950         1,485,549   

6.00%, 11/24/23

     HUF         56,300         218,826   

6.75%, 02/12/13

     HUF         70,250         307,216   
        

 

 

 
           2,011,591   

INDONESIA—4.27%

        

Indonesia (Republic of)

        

9.50%, 06/15/15

     IDR         2,580,000         303,276   

9.50%, 07/15/31

     IDR         8,188,000         1,147,774   

10.00%, 07/15/17

     IDR         2,121,000         268,019   

10.00%, 09/15/24

     IDR         3,168,000         443,359   
        

 

 

 
           2,162,428   

ISRAEL—4.46%

        

Israel (State of)

        

3.50%, 09/30/13

     ILS         2,947         753,451   


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL CURRENCY BOND FUND

July 31, 2012

 

                                                              
                     

6.00%, 02/28/19

    ILS         5,164         1,504,248   
       

 

 

 
          2,257,699   

MALAYSIA—4.26%

       

Malaysia (Federation of)

       

3.70%, 02/25/13

    MYR         1,974         633,226   

5.73%, 07/30/19

    MYR         4,153         1,526,544   
       

 

 

 
          2,159,770   

MEXICO—8.01%

       

United Mexican States

       

6.25%, 06/16/16

    MXN         17,206         1,363,584   

6.50%, 06/10/21

    MXN         15,482         1,280,856   

8.50%, 11/18/38

    MXN         8,709         827,828   

9.00%, 06/20/13

    MXN         7,464         583,185   
       

 

 

 
          4,055,453   

PERU—1.16%

       

Peru (Republic of)

       

8.20%, 08/12/26

    PEN         1,185         587,250   
       

 

 

 
          587,250   

PHILIPPINES—4.14%

       

Philippines (Republic of the)

       

7.00%, 01/27/16

    PHP         44,190         1,164,448   

8.13%, 12/16/35

    PHP         29,600         931,757   
       

 

 

 
          2,096,205   

POLAND—4.32%

       

Poland (Republic of)

       

5.25%, 04/25/13

    PLN         1,998         603,153   

5.75%, 04/25/14

    PLN         1,827         561,618   

5.75%, 09/23/22

    PLN         3,202         1,024,164   
       

 

 

 
          2,188,935   

RUSSIA—4.26%

       

Russian Federation (The)

       

7.85%, 03/10/18(a)

    RUB         65,000         2,158,418   
       

 

 

 
          2,158,418   

SOUTH AFRICA—4.37%

       

South Africa (Republic of)

       

6.25%, 03/31/36

    ZAR         6,050         598,217   

8.25%, 09/15/17

    ZAR         12,065         1,615,060   
       

 

 

 
          2,213,277   

SOUTH KOREA—22.23%

       

Korea (Republic of)

       

3.00%, 12/10/13

    KRW         590,000         522,968   

3.75%, 06/10/13

    KRW         1,413,570         1,259,947   

4.25%, 12/10/12

    KRW         2,146,290         1,907,745   

4.75%, 09/17/13

    KRW         1,396,960         1,261,536   

4.75%, 12/10/30

    KRW         525,000         561,699   

5.25%, 09/10/15

    KRW         2,887,710         2,727,250   

5.50%, 09/10/17

    KRW         481,600         475,907   


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL CURRENCY BOND FUND

July 31, 2012

 

                                                              
                     

5.50%, 12/10/29

    KRW         1,735,030         1,994,749   

5.75%, 09/10/13

    KRW         600,300         547,644   
       

 

 

 
          11,259,445   

THAILAND—4.43%

       

Thailand (Kingdom of)

       

3.63%, 05/22/15

    THB         43,303         1,392,989   

6.15%, 07/07/26

    THB         20,873         850,003   
       

 

 

 
          2,242,992   

TURKEY—4.44%

       

Turkey (Republic of)

       

9.00%, 01/27/16

    TRY         2,525         1,456,934   

10.00%, 01/09/13

    TRY         1,405         792,256   
       

 

 

 
          2,249,190   
       

 

 

 

TOTAL FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS

       

(Cost: $48,771,480)

          49,201,519   
       

 

 

 

Security

     Shares      Value  

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS—0.18%

       

MONEY MARKET FUNDS—0.18%

       

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

       

0.06%(b)(c)

       92,227         92,227   
       

 

 

 
          92,227   
       

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

       

(Cost: $92,227)

          92,227   
       

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES—97.31%

       

(Cost: $48,863,707)

          49,293,746   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities—2.69%

          1,362,989   
       

 

 

 

NET ASSETS—100.00%

        $ 50,656,735   
       

 

 

 

 

BRL

  

- Brazilian Real

CLP

  

- Chilean Peso

COP

  

- Colombian Peso

CZK

  

- Czech Koruna

EGP

  

- Egyptian Pound

HUF

  

- Hungarian Forint

IDR

  

- Indonesian Rupiah

ILS

  

- Israeli Shekel

KRW

  

- South Korean Won

MXN

  

- Mexican Peso

MYR

  

- Malaysian Ringgit

PEN

  

- Peru Nuevo

PHP

  

- Philippine Peso

PLN

  

- Polish Zloty

RUB

  

- New Russian Ruble

THB

  

- Thai Baht


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL CURRENCY BOND FUND

July 31, 2012

 

TRY

  

- Turkish Lira

ZAR

  

- South African Rand

 

(a)

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

(b)

Affiliated issuer. See Note 2.

(c)

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

See accompanying notes to schedules of investments.


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

iSHARES® GLOBAL EX USD HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND FUND

July 31, 2012

 

Security

     Principal
(000s)
     Value  

CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES—96.96%

        

AUSTRALIA—0.51%

        

Santos Finance Ltd.

        

8.25%, 09/22/70(a) (Call 09/22/17)

     EUR         100       $ 121,154   
        

 

 

 
           121,154   

BELGIUM—0.36%

        

Ideal Standard International SA

        

11.75%, 05/01/18(b) (Call 05/01/14)

     EUR         100         85,605   
        

 

 

 
           85,605   

CANADA—5.17%

        

Air Canada

        

10.13%, 08/01/15(c) (Call 08/30/12)

     CAD         150         149,184   

Bombardier Inc.

        

6.13%, 05/15/21(b)

     EUR         200         252,776   

Connacher Oil and Gas Ltd.

        

8.75%, 08/01/18(c) (Call 08/01/15)

     CAD         100         86,355   

Corus Entertainment Inc.

        

7.25%, 02/10/17 (Call 02/10/13)

     CAD         100         104,732   

Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Ltd.

        

8.88%, 11/15/17(c) (Call 11/15/13)

     CAD         100         105,248   

Great Canadian Gaming Corp.

        

6.63%, 07/25/22(c) (Call 07/25/17)

     CAD         25         25,317   

Paramount Resources Ltd.

        

8.25%, 12/13/17 (Call 12/13/13)

     CAD         150         152,361   

Quebecor Media Inc.

        

7.38%, 01/15/21(c) (Call 01/15/16)

     CAD         150         157,513   

Vermilion Energy Inc.

        

6.50%, 02/10/16 (Call 02/10/14)

     CAD         100         105,258   

Yellow Media Inc.

        

7.75%, 03/02/20

     CAD         150         80,814   
        

 

 

 
           1,219,558   

FINLAND—1.54%

        

Nokia OYJ

        

5.50%, 02/04/14(b)

     EUR         200         242,820   

Stora Enso OYJ

        

5.50%, 03/07/19(b)

     EUR         100         121,006   
        

 

 

 
           363,826   

FRANCE—15.36%

        

Alcatel-Lucent

        

8.50%, 01/15/16

     EUR         100         105,612   

Cegedim SA

        

7.00%, 07/27/15

     EUR         100         124,391   

CMA CGM SA

        

8.88%, 04/15/19(b) (Call 04/15/15)

     EUR         100         71,430   

Crown European Holdings SA

        

7.13%, 08/15/18(b) (Call 08/15/14)

     EUR         100         134,136   

Faurecia SA

        

9.38%, 12/15/16(b)

     EUR         100         133,167   


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® GLOBAL EX USD HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND FUND

July 31, 2012

 

                                                              
                      

Groupama SA

        

7.88%, 10/27/39(a) (Call 10/27/19)

     EUR         150         106,221   

Labco SAS

        

8.50%, 01/15/18(b) (Call 01/15/14)

     EUR         125         143,591   

Lafarge SA

        

5.38%, 06/26/17(b)

     EUR         550         704,023   

Nexans SA

        

5.75%, 05/02/17

     EUR         100         128,555   

Numericable Finance & Co.

        

12.38%, 02/15/19(b) (Call 02/15/16)

     EUR         100         121,031   

PagesJaunes Finance & Co.

        

8.88%, 06/01/18(b) (Call 06/01/14)

     EUR         100         101,917   

Peugeot SA

        

5.63%, 07/11/17

     EUR         300         343,602   

Renault SA

        

5.63%, 06/30/15

     EUR         500         637,276   

Rexel SA

        

8.25%, 12/15/16 (Call 12/15/13)

     EUR         250         339,200   

Wendel SA

        

4.38%, 08/09/17

     EUR         150         177,121   

4.88%, 09/21/15

     EUR         100         125,778   

6.75%, 04/20/18

     EUR         100         127,419   
        

 

 

 
           3,624,470   

GERMANY—10.35%

        

ATU Auto-Teile-Unger Handels GmbH & Co. KG

        

11.00%, 05/15/14(b)

     EUR         100         113,155   

Beverage Packaging Holdings (Luxembourg) II SA

        

9.50%, 06/15/17(b) (Call 08/30/12)

     EUR         150         175,527   

Deutsche Lufthansa AG

        

6.75%, 03/24/14

     EUR         150         199,225   

Franz Haniel & Cie GmbH

        

5.88%, 02/01/17

     EUR         250         329,516   

Hapag-Lloyd AG

        

9.00%, 10/15/15(b) (Call 10/15/13)

     EUR         100         126,665   

Heckler & Koch GmbH

        

9.50%, 05/15/18(b) (Call 05/15/14)

     EUR         100         90,580   

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG

        

9.25%, 04/15/18(b) (Call 04/15/14)

     EUR         50         46,963   

Kabel Deutschland Vertrieb und Service GmbH

        

6.50%, 06/29/18(b) (Call 06/30/14)

     EUR         100         131,776   

Kinove German Bondco GmbH

        

10.00%, 06/15/18(b) (Call 06/15/14)

     EUR         90         115,977   

Styrolution Group GmbH

        

7.63%, 05/15/16(b) (Call 05/15/13)

     EUR         125         131,245   

Unitymedia Hessen GmbH & Co. KG/Unitymedia NRW GmbH

        

7.50%, 03/15/19 (Call 03/15/15)(b)

     EUR         100         131,172   

8.13%, 12/01/17 (Call 12/01/12)(b)

     EUR         500         664,011   

UPCB Finance II Ltd.

        

6.38%, 07/01/20(b) (Call 07/01/15)

     EUR         150         187,065   
        

 

 

 
           2,442,877   

GREECE—0.68%

        

OTE PLC

        

7.25%, 02/12/15(d)

     EUR         200         161,333   
        

 

 

 
           161,333   

IRELAND—2.71%

        

Ardagh Glass Finance PLC

        

7.13%, 06/15/17(b) (Call 06/15/13)

     EUR         150         178,276   


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® GLOBAL EX USD HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND FUND

July 31, 2012

 

                                                              
                      

Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC

        

7.38%, 10/15/17(b) (Call 10/15/14)

     EUR         150         193,821   

Smurfit Kappa Acquisitions

        

7.75%, 11/15/19(b) (Call 11/15/14)

     EUR         200         268,281   
        

 

 

 
           640,378   

ITALY—5.65%

        

Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA

        

4.88%, 05/31/16

     EUR         150         160,717   

Banco Popolare

        

6.00%, 11/05/20

     EUR         150         157,009   

Edison SpA

        

4.25%, 07/22/14

     EUR         350         443,326   

Italcementi Finance SA

        

6.63%, 03/19/20(d)

     EUR         150         163,184   

Wind Acquisition Finance SA

        

11.75%, 07/15/17(b) (Call 07/15/13)

     EUR         400         409,302   
        

 

 

 
           1,333,538   

JAPAN—0.77%

        

Tokyo Electric Power Co. Inc.

        

4.50%, 03/24/14

     EUR         150         181,269   
        

 

 

 
           181,269   

JERSEY—0.55%

        

Aston Martin Capital Ltd.

        

9.25%, 07/15/18(c) (Call 07/15/14)

     GBP         100         128,477   
        

 

 

 
           128,477   

LUXEMBOURG—11.16%

        

Capsugel FinanceCo SCA

        

9.88%, 08/01/19(b) (Call 08/01/14)

     EUR         100         137,933   

ConvaTec Healthcare E SA

        

7.38%, 12/15/17(b) (Call 12/15/13)

     EUR         150         194,200   

Fiat Finance & Trade SA

        

6.38%, 04/01/16(b)

     EUR         550         650,428   

Fiat Industrial Finance Europe SA

        

5.25%, 03/11/15(b)

     EUR         550         695,189   

FMC Finance VIII SA

        

6.50%, 09/15/18(b)

     EUR         250         352,931   

KION Finance SA

        

7.88%, 04/15/18(b) (Call 04/15/14)

     EUR         100         117,839   

Ontex IV SA

        

7.50%, 04/15/18(b) (Call 04/15/14)

     EUR         100         122,847   

Telenet Finance III Luxembourg SCA

        

6.63%, 02/15/21(b) (Call 02/15/16)

     EUR         100         127,948   

Xefin Lux SCA

        

8.00%, 06/01/18(b) (Call 06/01/14)

     EUR         100         118,697   

Zinc Capital SA

        

8.88%, 05/15/18(b) (Call 05/15/14)

     EUR         100         115,920   
        

 

 

 
           2,633,932   

NETHERLANDS—12.02%

        

Conti-Gummi Finance BV

        

7.50%, 09/15/17(b) (Call 09/15/13)

     EUR         500         663,518   

Goodyear Dunlop Tires Europe BV

        

6.75%, 04/15/19(b) (Call 04/15/15)

     EUR         100         125,834   


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® GLOBAL EX USD HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND FUND

July 31, 2012

 

                                                              
                      

HeidelbergCement Finance BV

        

8.00%, 01/31/17(b)

     EUR         500         706,941   

OI European Group BV

        

6.75%, 09/15/20(b)

     EUR         100         131,985   

Phoenix PIB Finance BV

        

9.63%, 07/15/14(b)

     EUR         125         171,652   

Refresco Group BV

        

7.38%, 05/15/18(b) (Call 05/15/14)

     EUR         100         114,538   

Schaeffler Finance BV

        

7.75%, 02/15/17(b)

     EUR         250         322,575   

UPC Holding BV

        

8.38%, 08/15/20(b) (Call 08/15/15)

     EUR         200         263,347   

Ziggo Bond Co. BV

        

8.00%, 05/15/18(b) (Call 05/15/14)

     EUR         250         335,864   
        

 

 

 
           2,836,254   

NORWAY—0.30%

        

Norske Skogindustrier ASA

        

7.00%, 06/26/17

     EUR         100         70,229   
        

 

 

 
           70,229   

PORTUGAL—8.12%

        

Banco Comercial Portugues SA

        

5.63%, 04/23/14

     EUR         350         410,029   

Banco Espirito Santo SA

        

5.63%, 06/05/14

     EUR         400         472,299   

Caixa Geral de Depositos SA

        

5.13%, 02/19/14

     EUR         400         488,310   

Espirito Santo Financial Group SA

        

6.88%, 10/21/19

     EUR         100         79,435   

Portugal Telecom International Finance BV

        

4.38%, 03/24/17

     EUR         250         277,099   

REN - Redes Energeticas Nacionais SA

        

7.88%, 12/10/13(b)

     EUR         150         189,423   
        

 

 

 
           1,916,595   

SPAIN—4.99%

        

Abengoa SA

        

9.63%, 02/25/15

     EUR         200         244,216   

Campofrio Food Group SA

        

8.25%, 10/31/16(b) (Call 10/31/13)

     EUR         125         150,742   

Cirsa Funding Luxembourg SA

        

8.75%, 05/15/18(b) (Call 05/15/14)

     EUR         150         153,642   

Inaer Aviation Finance Ltd.

        

9.50%, 08/01/17(b) (Call 08/01/13)

     EUR         100         103,635   

Nara Cable Funding Ltd.

        

8.88%, 12/01/18(b) (Call 12/01/13)

     EUR         200         216,383   

Obrascon Huarte Lain SA

        

7.38%, 04/28/15

     EUR         150         187,051   

8.75%, 03/15/18 (Call 03/15/15)

     EUR         100         122,238   
        

 

 

 
           1,177,907   

SWEDEN—0.78%

        

Verisure Holding AB

        

8.75%, 09/01/18(b) (Call 09/01/14)

     EUR         150         183,125   
        

 

 

 
           183,125   


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® GLOBAL EX USD HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND FUND

July 31, 2012

 

                                                              
                      

SWITZERLAND—1.13%

        

Sunrise Communications Holdings SA

        

8.50%, 12/31/18(b) (Call 12/31/14)

     EUR         200         266,844   
        

 

 

 
           266,844   

UNITED KINGDOM—12.87%

        

Anglian Water Osprey Financing PLC

        

7.00%, 01/31/18

     GBP         100         162,947   

BAA (SH) PLC

        

7.13%, 03/01/17

     GBP         100         161,380   

Bakkavor Finance (2) PLC

        

8.25%, 02/15/18(c) (Call 02/15/15)

     GBP         100         136,312   

EC Finance PLC

        

9.75%, 08/01/17(b) (Call 08/01/14)

     EUR         200         248,034   

Gala Group Finance PLC

        

8.88%, 09/01/18(c) (Call 06/01/14)

     GBP         150         213,868   

Ineos Group Holdings SA

        

7.88%, 02/15/16(b) (Call 02/15/13)

     EUR         150         157,946   

Investec Bank PLC

        

9.63%, 02/17/22(b)

     GBP         125         191,776   

Jaguar Land Rover PLC

        

8.13%, 05/15/18(c) (Call 05/15/14)

     GBP         125         201,236   

Kerling PLC

        

10.63%, 02/01/17(b) (Call 02/01/14)

     EUR         200         211,371   

Matalan Finance PLC

        

8.88%, 04/29/16(c) (Call 04/30/13)

     GBP         100         140,229   

Phones4u Finance PLC

        

9.50%, 04/01/18(c) (Call 04/01/14)

     GBP         100         144,929   

Priory Group No. 3 PLC

        

7.00%, 02/15/18(c) (Call 02/15/14)

     GBP         150         232,082   

R & R Ice Cream PLC

        

8.38%, 11/15/17(b) (Call 11/15/13)

     EUR         100         125,008   

Rexam PLC

        

6.75%, 06/29/67(a) (Call 06/29/17)

     EUR         150         177,421   

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC

        

4.63%, 09/22/21(a) (Call 09/22/16)

     EUR         150         140,999   

Thames Water Kemble Finance PLC

        

7.75%, 04/01/19(b)

     GBP         100         162,727   

Thomas Cook Group PLC

        

6.75%, 06/22/15

     EUR         100         54,816   

Virgin Media Finance PLC

        

8.88%, 10/15/19 (Call 10/15/14)

     GBP         100         174,903   
        

 

 

 
           3,037,984   

UNITED STATES—1.94%

        

GMAC International Finance BV

        

7.50%, 04/21/15

     EUR         250         327,140   

Levi Strauss & Co.

        

7.75%, 05/15/18 (Call 05/15/14)

     EUR         100         129,473   
        

 

 

 
           456,613   
        

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES

        

(Cost: $24,430,539)

           22,881,968   


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® GLOBAL EX USD HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND FUND

July 31, 2012

 

                                         
               

Security

   Shares      Value  

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS—0.06%

     

MONEY MARKET FUNDS—0.06%

     

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

     

0.06%(e)(f)

     13,046         13,046   
     

 

 

 
        13,046   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

     

(Cost: $13,046)

        13,046   
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES—97.02%

     

(Cost: $24,443,585)

        22,895,014   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities—2.98%

        703,294   
     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS—100.00%

      $ 23,598,308   
     

 

 

 

 

CAD

  

- Canadian Dollar

EUR

  

- Euro

GBP

  

- British Pound

 

(a)

Variable rate security. Rate shown is as of report date.

(b)

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

(c)

This security may be resold to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.

(d)

Step coupon security. Coupon rate increases in increments until maturity. Interest rate shown reflects the rate currently in effect. Maturity date shown reflects final maturity date.

(e)

Affiliated issuer. See Note 2.

(f)

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

See accompanying notes to schedules of investments.


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

iSHARES® GLOBAL HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND FUND

July 31, 2012

 

                                                              

Security

     Principal
(000s)
     Value  

CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES—95.52%

        

AUSTRALIA—0.41%

        

FMG Resources (August 2006) Pty Ltd.

        

7.00%, 11/01/15(a)(b) (Call 11/01/12)

     USD         100       $ 102,062   
        

 

 

 
           102,062   

CANADA—2.39%

        

Bombardier Inc.

        

7.75%, 03/15/20(b)

     USD         150         169,250   

Great Canadian Gaming Corp.

        

6.63%, 07/25/22(b) (Call 07/25/17)

     CAD         50         50,634   

Novelis Inc.

        

8.75%, 12/15/20 (Call 12/15/15)

     USD         150         166,750   

Precision Drilling Corp.

        

6.63%, 11/15/20 (Call 11/15/15)

     USD         100         104,375   

Quebecor Media Inc.

        

7.38%, 01/15/21(b) (Call 01/15/16)

     CAD         100         105,008   
        

 

 

 
           596,017   

CAYMAN ISLANDS—1.50%

        

Offshore Group Investments Ltd.

        

11.50%, 08/01/15 (Call 02/01/13)

     USD         100         110,000   

Seagate HDD Cayman

        

7.75%, 12/15/18 (Call 12/15/14)

     USD         100         110,144   

UPCB Finance III Ltd.

        

6.63%, 07/01/20(a)(b) (Call 07/01/15)

     USD         150         154,687   
        

 

 

 
           374,831   

FRANCE—3.41%

        

Lafarge SA

        

5.38%, 06/26/17(c)

     EUR         250         320,011   

Peugeot SA

        

5.63%, 06/29/15

     EUR         75         88,308   

5.63%, 07/11/17

     EUR         50         57,267   

Renault SA

        

5.63%, 06/30/15

     EUR         150         191,183   

Rexel SA

        

8.25%, 12/15/16 (Call 12/15/13)

     EUR         100         135,680   

Wendel SA

        

4.38%, 08/09/17

     EUR         50         59,040   
        

 

 

 
           851,489   

GERMANY—1.71%

        

ATU Auto-Teile-Unger Handels GmbH & Co. KG

        

11.00%, 05/15/14(c)

     EUR         100         113,155   

Beverage Packaging Holdings (Luxembourg) II SA

        

9.50%, 06/15/17(c) (Call 08/30/12)

     EUR         100         117,018   

Deutsche Lufthansa AG

        

6.75%, 03/24/14

     EUR         50         66,408   

Unitymedia Hessen GmbH & Co. KG/Unitymedia NRW GmbH

        

7.50%, 03/15/19(c) (Call 03/15/15)

     EUR         100         131,172   
        

 

 

 
           427,753   


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® GLOBAL HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND FUND

July 31, 2012

 

                                                              
                      

GREECE—0.32%

        

OTE PLC

        

7.25%, 02/12/15(d)

     EUR         100         80,667   
        

 

 

 
           80,667   

IRELAND—1.31%

        

Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC

        

7.38%, 10/15/17(c) (Call 10/15/14)

     EUR         150         193,821   

Smurfit Kappa Acquisitions

        

7.75%, 11/15/19(c) (Call 11/15/14)

     EUR         100         134,141   
        

 

 

 
           327,962   

ITALY—2.04%

        

Banco Popolare

        

6.00%, 11/05/20

     EUR         50         52,336   

Edison SpA

        

4.25%, 07/22/14

     EUR         100         126,665   

Wind Acquisition Finance SA

        

7.25%, 02/15/18 (Call 11/15/13)(b)

     USD         200         177,750   

11.75%, 07/15/17 (Call 07/15/13)(c)

     EUR         150         153,488   
        

 

 

 
           510,239   

JAMAICA—0.43%

        

Digicel Group Ltd.

        

10.50%, 04/15/18(b) (Call 04/15/14)

     USD         100         107,000   
        

 

 

 
           107,000   

JAPAN—0.24%

        

Tokyo Electric Power Co. Inc.

        

4.50%, 03/24/14

     EUR         50         60,423   
        

 

 

 
           60,423   

LUXEMBOURG—4.58%

        

CHC Helicopter SA

        

9.25%, 10/15/20 (Call 10/15/15)

     USD         100         101,422   

ConvaTec Healthcare E SA

        

7.38%, 12/15/17(c) (Call 12/15/13)

     EUR         100         129,467   

Fiat Finance & Trade SA

        

6.38%, 04/01/16(c)

     EUR         250         295,649   

Fiat Industrial Finance Europe SA

        

5.25%, 03/11/15(c)

     EUR         100         126,398   

Intelsat (Luxembourg) SA

        

11.25%, 02/04/17 (Call 02/15/13)

     USD         150         156,281   

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA

        

7.25%, 04/01/19 (Call 04/01/15)

     USD         200         213,401   

Ontex IV SA

        

7.50%, 04/15/18(c) (Call 04/15/14)

     EUR         100         122,847   
        

 

 

 
           1,145,465   

MEXICO—0.31%

        

NII Capital Corp.

        

7.63%, 04/01/21 (Call 04/01/16)

     USD         100         76,750   
        

 

 

 
           76,750   


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® GLOBAL HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND FUND

July 31, 2012

 

                                                              
                      

NETHERLANDS—4.44%

        

Conti-Gummi Finance BV

        

7.50%, 09/15/17(c) (Call 09/15/13)

     EUR         150         199,055   

HeidelbergCement Finance BV

        

8.00%, 01/31/17(c)

     EUR         300         424,164   

LyondellBasell Industries NV

        

5.00%, 04/15/19 (Call 01/15/19)

     USD         100         107,750   

NXP BV/NXP Funding LLC

        

9.75%, 08/01/18(b) (Call 08/01/14)

     USD         100         114,000   

Schaeffler Finance BV

        

7.75%, 02/15/17(c)

     EUR         100         129,030   

Ziggo Bond Co. BV

        

8.00%, 05/15/18(c) (Call 05/15/14)

     EUR         100         134,346   
        

 

 

 
           1,108,345   

PORTUGAL—0.93%

        

Banco Espirito Santo SA

        

5.63%, 06/05/14

     EUR         150         177,112   

Portugal Telecom International Finance BV

        

4.38%, 03/24/17

     EUR         50         55,420   
        

 

 

 
           232,532   

SPAIN—1.66%

        

Abengoa SA

        

9.63%, 02/25/15

     EUR         50         61,054   

Campofrio Food Group SA

        

8.25%, 10/31/16(c) (Call 10/31/13)

     EUR         100         120,593   

Nara Cable Funding Ltd.

        

8.88%, 12/01/18(c) (Call 12/01/13)

     EUR         100         108,192   

Obrascon Huarte Lain SA

        

7.38%, 04/28/15

     EUR         100         124,701   
        

 

 

 
           414,540   

SWEDEN—0.49%

        

Verisure Holding AB

        

8.75%, 09/01/18(c) (Call 09/01/14)

     EUR         100         122,084   
        

 

 

 
           122,084   

UNITED KINGDOM—4.97%

        

Boparan Finance PLC

        

9.88%, 04/30/18(b) (Call 04/30/14)

     GBP         100         162,164   

CEVA Group PLC

        

11.50%, 04/01/18(b) (Call 04/01/14)

     USD         100         92,563   

EC Finance PLC

        

9.75%, 08/01/17(c) (Call 08/01/14)

     EUR         100         124,017   

Ineos Finance PLC

        

9.00%, 05/15/15 (Call 05/15/13)(b)

     USD         100         105,625   

9.25%, 05/15/15 (Call 05/15/13)(c)

     EUR         100         130,667   

Investec Bank PLC

        

9.63%, 02/17/22(c)

     GBP         100         153,420   

Kerling PLC

        

10.63%, 02/01/17(c) (Call 02/01/14)

     EUR         100         105,685   

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC

        

4.63%, 09/22/21(e) (Call 09/22/16)

     EUR         100         94,000   

Thames Water Kemble Finance PLC

        

7.75%, 04/01/19(c)

     GBP         100         162,727   


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® GLOBAL HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND FUND

July 31, 2012

 

                                                              
                      

Virgin Media Finance PLC

        

9.50%, 08/15/16 (Call 08/15/13)

     USD         100         111,953   
        

 

 

 
           1,242,821   

UNITED STATES—64.38%

        

Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

        

8.13%, 12/15/17 (Call 12/15/13)

     USD         100         105,083   

AES Corp. (The)

        

8.00%, 10/15/17

     USD         250         289,875   

Ally Financial Inc.

        

6.75%, 12/01/14

     USD         100         107,583   

8.00%, 03/15/20

     USD         250         295,937   

AMC Entertainment Inc.

        

9.75%, 12/01/20 (Call 12/01/15)

     USD         100         108,583   

AmeriGas Finance LLC/AmeriGas Finance Corp.

        

6.75%, 05/20/20 (Call 05/20/16)

     USD         100         105,286   

Arch Coal Inc.

        

7.00%, 06/15/19(a) (Call 06/15/15)

     USD         200         171,500   

ATP Oil & Gas Corp.

        

11.88%, 05/01/15 (Call 05/01/13)

     USD         100         38,400   

Avaya Inc.

        

9.75%, 11/01/15 (Call 08/31/12)

     USD         100         77,875   

Ball Corp.

        

5.75%, 05/15/21 (Call 11/15/15)

     USD         100         108,531   

Berry Plastics Corp.

        

9.50%, 05/15/18 (Call 05/15/14)

     USD         100         109,167   

Biomet Inc.

        

11.63%, 10/15/17 (Call 10/15/12)

     USD         100         107,563   

Cablevision Systems Corp.

        

7.75%, 04/15/18

     USD         150         163,219   

Calpine Corp.

        

7.50%, 02/15/21(b) (Call 11/01/15)

     USD         350         388,500   

Case New Holland Inc.

        

7.88%, 12/01/17

     USD         100         117,875   

CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp.

        

6.50%, 04/30/21 (Call 04/30/15)

     USD         150         162,187   

7.88%, 04/30/18 (Call 04/30/13)

     USD         150         163,725   

CDW LLC/CDW Finance Corp.

        

8.50%, 04/01/19 (Call 04/01/15)

     USD         100         106,250   

Cequel Communications Holdings I LLC/Cequel Capital Corp.

        

8.63%, 11/15/17(b) (Call 11/15/12)

     USD         100         107,504   

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

        

6.63%, 08/15/20

     USD         200         198,250   

Chrysler Group LLC/CG Co-Issuer Inc.

        

8.00%, 06/15/19 (Call 06/15/15)

     USD         200         208,200   

Cincinnati Bell Inc.

        

8.38%, 10/15/20 (Call 10/15/15)

     USD         100         104,375   

CIT Group Inc.

        

5.50%, 02/15/19 (b)

     USD         150         156,875   

7.00%, 05/02/16 (Call 08/31/12)(b)

     USD         350         351,094   

CityCenter Holdings LLC/CityCenter Finance Corp.

        

7.63%, 01/15/16 (Call 01/15/14)

     USD         100         105,167   

Clear Channel Communications Inc.

        

9.00%, 03/01/21 (Call 03/01/16)

     USD         100         82,850   

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings Inc.

        

9.25%, 12/15/17 (Call 12/15/12)

     USD         150         162,000   

Clearwire Communications LLC/Clearwire Finance Inc.

        

12.00%, 12/01/15(b) (Call 12/01/12)

     USD         150         141,000   

CommScope Inc.

        

8.25%, 01/15/19(b) (Call 01/15/15)

     USD         100         104,750   

Community Health Systems Inc.

        

8.00%, 11/15/19 (Call 11/15/15)

     USD         100         107,667   


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® GLOBAL HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND FUND

July 31, 2012

 

                                                              
                      

Concho Resources Inc.

        

6.50%, 01/15/22 (Call 01/15/17)

     USD         100         107,000   

CONSOL Energy Inc.

        

8.00%, 04/01/17 (Call 04/01/14)

     USD         150         158,700   

Cricket Communications Inc.

        

7.75%, 10/15/20 (Call 10/15/15)

     USD         100         95,450   

DaVita Inc.

        

6.38%, 11/01/18 (Call 11/01/13)

     USD         100         106,208   

Denbury Resources Inc.

        

8.25%, 02/15/20 (Call 02/15/15)

     USD         100         112,507   

DISH DBS Corp.

        

7.88%, 09/01/19

     USD         150         174,125   

E*Trade Financial Corp.

        

12.50%, 11/30/17 (Call 11/30/12)

     USD         150         171,765   

Edison Mission Energy

        

7.00%, 05/15/17

     USD         100         54,313   

El Paso Corp.

        

7.00%, 06/15/17

     USD         100         113,482   

Energy Future Holdings Corp.

        

10.00%, 01/15/20 (Call 01/15/15)

     USD         150         161,875   

Energy Transfer Equity LP

        

7.50%, 10/15/20

     USD         150         171,437   

Equinix Inc.

        

7.00%, 07/15/21 (Call 07/15/16)

     USD         100         111,500   

Everest Acquisition LLC/Everest Acquisition Finance Inc.

        

9.38%, 05/01/20(b) (Call 05/01/16)

     USD         100         107,250   

First Data Corp.

        

7.38%, 06/15/19 (Call 06/15/15)(a)(b)

     USD         150         156,125   

12.63%, 01/15/21 (Call 01/15/16)

     USD         150         151,163   

Freescale Semiconductor Inc.

        

9.25%, 04/15/18(b) (Call 04/15/14)

     USD         200         213,500   

Fresenius Medical Care US Finance II Inc.

        

5.63%, 07/31/19(b)

     USD         200         213,875   

Frontier Communications Corp.

        

8.25%, 04/15/17

     USD         200         219,042   

GenOn Energy Inc.

        

9.50%, 10/15/18

     USD         100         109,833   

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The)

        

8.25%, 08/15/20 (Call 08/15/15)

     USD         100         108,917   

Hanesbrands Inc.

        

6.38%, 12/15/20 (Call 12/15/15)

     USD         100         107,125   

Harrah’s Operating Co. Inc.

        

10.00%, 12/15/18 (Call 12/15/13)

     USD         250         159,583   

11.25%, 06/01/17 (Call 06/01/13)

     USD         150         161,625   

HCA Holdings Inc.

        

7.75%, 05/15/21 (Call 11/15/15)

     USD         100         108,875   

HCA Inc.

        

6.50%, 02/15/20

     USD         400         446,375   

Hertz Corp. (The)

        

6.75%, 04/15/19 (Call 04/15/15)

     USD         150         157,562   

Hexion U.S. Finance Corp./Hexion Nova Scotia Finance ULC

        

9.00%, 11/15/20 (Call 11/15/15)

     USD         100         83,625   

Host Hotels & Resorts LP

        

5.88%, 06/15/19 (Call 06/15/15)

     USD         100         109,917   

Hughes Satellite Systems Corp.

        

7.63%, 06/15/21

     USD         100         110,375   

Huntsman International LLC

        

5.50%, 06/30/16 (Call 08/31/12)

     USD         100         100,125   

Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp.

        

7.75%, 01/15/16 (Call 01/15/13)

     USD         100         105,358   

Inergy LP/Inergy Finance Corp.

        

7.00%, 10/01/18 (Call 10/01/14)

     USD         100         102,005   

International Lease Finance Corp.

        


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® GLOBAL HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND FUND

July 31, 2012

 

                                                              
                      

4.88%, 04/01/15

     USD         200         204,300   

5.65%, 06/01/14

     USD         100         103,600   

8.25%, 12/15/20

     USD         200         234,000   

Kinetic Concepts Inc./KCI USA Inc.

        

10.50%, 11/01/18(b) (Call 11/01/15)

     USD         100         104,917   

Level 3 Financing Inc.

        

8.13%, 07/01/19 (Call 07/01/15)

     USD         200         210,500   

Limited Brands Inc.

        

6.90%, 07/15/17

     USD         200         225,500   

Linn Energy LLC/Linn Energy Finance Corp.

        

6.25%, 11/01/19(b) (Call 11/01/15)

     USD         200         197,750   

MarkWest Energy Partners LP/MarkWest Energy Finance Corp.

        

6.75%, 11/01/20 (Call 11/01/15)

     USD         150         160,250   

McClatchy Co. (The)

        

11.50%, 02/15/17 (Call 02/15/13)

     USD         100         105,600   

MGM Resorts International

        

7.50%, 06/01/16

     USD         100         103,313   

9.00%, 03/15/20 (Call 03/15/14)

     USD         100         111,500   

Mylan Inc.

        

6.00%, 11/15/18(b) (Call 11/15/14)

     USD         200         215,500   

NRG Energy Inc.

        

7.63%, 05/15/19 (Call 05/15/14)

     USD         250         260,781   

Peabody Energy Corp.

        

6.00%, 11/15/18(b)

     USD         150         149,625   

Pinnacle Foods Finance LLC

        

9.25%, 04/01/15 (Call 08/31/12)

     USD         150         153,750   

Plains Exploration & Production Co.

        

6.63%, 05/01/21 (Call 05/01/16)

     USD         100         106,000   

Quicksilver Resources Inc.

        

8.25%, 08/01/15 (Call 08/31/12)

     USD         100         94,750   

RBS Global Inc./Rexnord LLC

        

8.50%, 05/01/18 (Call 05/01/14)

     USD         100         109,875   

Realogy Corp.

        

7.88%, 02/15/19(a)(b) (Call 02/15/15)

     USD         100         100,917   

Reynolds Group Issuer Inc./Reynolds Group Issuer LLC

        

7.13%, 04/15/19 (Call 10/15/14)

     USD         350         369,460   

9.88%, 08/15/19 (Call 08/15/15)(b)

     USD         150         157,500   

Rite Aid Corp.

        

9.50%, 06/15/17(a) (Call 08/31/12)

     USD         150         153,241   

Sabine Pass LNG LP

        

7.50%, 11/30/16

     USD         100         105,438   

Samson Investment Co.

        

9.75%, 02/15/20(b) (Call 02/15/16)

     USD         150         155,062   

SandRidge Energy Inc.

        

7.50%, 03/15/21 (Call 03/15/16)

     USD         100         101,667   

Sealed Air Corp.

        

8.13%, 09/15/19(b) (Call 09/15/15)

     USD         100         111,962   

Sears Holdings Corp.

        

6.63%, 10/15/18

     USD         100         89,500   

Springleaf Finance Corp.

        

6.90%, 12/15/17

     USD         150         121,531   

Sprint Nextel Corp.

        

9.00%, 11/15/18(b)

     USD         150         174,609   

11.50%, 11/15/21(b)

     USD         100         119,071   

Standard Pacific Corp.

        

8.38%, 05/15/18

     USD         100         111,917   

SunGard Data Systems Inc.

        

7.38%, 11/15/18 (Call 11/15/13)

     USD         100         106,063   

SUPERVALU Inc.

        

8.00%, 05/01/16(a)

     USD         50         43,050   

Tenet Healthcare Corp.

        

8.88%, 07/01/19 (Call 07/01/14)

     USD         150         170,187   


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® GLOBAL HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND FUND

July 31, 2012

 

                                                              
                      

Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Co. LLC/TCEH Finance Inc.

        

11.50%, 10/01/20(b) (Call 04/01/16)

     USD         150         110,625   

Toys R Us Property Co. I LLC

        

10.75%, 07/15/17 (Call 07/15/13)

     USD         100         110,125   

TransDigm Inc.

        

7.75%, 12/15/18 (Call 12/15/14)

     USD         150         167,125   

United States Steel Corp.

        

7.38%, 04/01/20

     USD         100         98,500   

Univision Communications Inc.

        

6.88%, 05/15/19(a)(b) (Call 05/15/15)

     USD         150         155,437   

UR Financing Escrow Corp.

        

7.38%, 05/15/20(b) (Call 05/15/16)

     USD         150         158,531   

USG Corp.

        

6.30%, 11/15/16

     USD         100         96,333   

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc.

        

6.88%, 12/01/18(b) (Call 12/01/14)

     USD         200         212,000   

Vulcan Materials Co.

        

7.50%, 06/15/21

     USD         100         110,750   

West Corp.

        

8.63%, 10/01/18 (Call 10/01/14)

     USD         100         109,333   

Windstream Corp.

        

7.75%, 10/15/20(a) (Call 10/15/15)

     USD         200         212,800   

WMG Acquisition Corp.

        

9.50%, 06/15/16 (Call 06/15/13)

     USD         100         109,875   

WPX Energy Inc.

        

6.00%, 01/15/22 (Call 10/15/21)

     USD         100         101,625   

XM Satellite Radio Inc.

        

7.63%, 11/01/18(b) (Call 11/01/14)

     USD         150         162,375   
        

 

 

 
           16,085,608   
        

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES

        

(Cost: $24,131,813)

           23,866,588   

Security

     Shares      Value  

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS—4.92%

        

MONEY MARKET FUNDS—4.92%

        

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

        

0.25%(f)(g)(h)

        718,806         718,806   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Prime, SL Agency Shares

        

0.22%(f)(g)(h)

        66,264         66,264   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

        

0.06%(g)(h)

        443,932         443,932   
        

 

 

 
           1,229,002   
        

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

        

(Cost: $1,229,002)

           1,229,002   
        

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES—100.44%

        

(Cost: $25,360,815)

           25,095,590   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities—(0.44)%

           (109,151
        

 

 

 

NET ASSETS—100.00%

         $ 24,986,439   
        

 

 

 

 


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® GLOBAL HIGH YIELD CORPORATE BOND FUND

July 31, 2012

 

CAD

  

- Canadian Dollar

EUR

  

- Euro

GBP

  

- British Pound

USD

  

- United States Dollar

 

(a)

All or a portion of this security represents a security on loan. See Note 3.

(b)

This security may be resold to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.

(c)

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

(d)

Step coupon security. Coupon rate increases in increments until maturity. Interest rate shown reflects the rate currently in effect. Maturity date shown reflects final maturity date.

(e)

Variable rate security. Rate shown is as of report date.

(f)

All or a portion of this security represents an investment of securities lending collateral. See Note 3.

(g)

Affiliated issuer. See Note 2.

(h)

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

See accompanying notes to schedules of investments.


Notes to Schedules of Investments (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.

These schedules of investments relate only to the following funds (each, a “Fund,” and collectively, the “Funds”):

 

iShares Bond Fund

Emerging Markets Corporatea

Emerging Markets High Yieldb

Emerging Markets Local Currency

Global ex USD High Yield Corporateb

Global High Yield Corporateb

 

a

Fund commenced operations on April 17, 2012.

b

Fund commenced operations on April 3, 2012.

1. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

SECURITY VALUATION

Each Fund’s investments are valued at fair value each day that the Fund’s listing exchange is open. U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The BlackRock Global Valuation Methodologies Committee (the “Global Valuation Committee”) provides oversight of the valuation of investments for the Funds. The investments of each Fund are valued pursuant to policies and procedures developed by the Global Valuation Committee and approved by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”).

 

   

Fixed income investments are valued at the last available bid price received from independent pricing services. In determining the value of a fixed income investment, pricing services may use certain information with respect to transactions in such investments, quotations from dealers, pricing matrixes, market transactions in comparable investments, various relationships observed in the market between investments and calculated yield measures.

 

   

Open-end U.S. mutual funds are valued at that day’s published net asset value (NAV).

In the event that application of these methods of valuation results in a price for an investment which is deemed not to be representative of the fair value of such investment or if a price is not available, the investment will be valued based upon other available factors deemed relevant by the Global Valuation Committee, in accordance with policies approved by the Board. These factors include but are not limited to (i) attributes specific to the investment; (ii) the principal market for the investment; (iii) the customary participants in the principal market for the investment; (iv) data assumptions by market participants for the investment, if reasonably available; (v) quoted prices for similar investments in active markets; and (vi) other factors, such as future cash flows, interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and/or other default rates. Valuations based on such factors are reported to the Board on a quarterly basis.


The Global Valuation Committee employs various methods for calibrating valuation approaches for investments where an active market does not exist, including regular due diligence of the Company’s pricing vendors, a regular review of key inputs and assumptions, transactional back-testing or disposition analysis to compare unrealized gains and losses to realized gains and losses, reviews of missing or stale prices and large movements in market values, and reviews of market related activity.

Fair value pricing could result in a difference between the prices used to calculate a Fund’s net asset value and the prices used by the Fund’s underlying index, which in turn could result in a difference between the Fund’s performance and the performance of the Fund’s underlying index.

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. Inputs may be based on independent market data (“observable inputs”) or they may be internally developed (“unobservable inputs”). These inputs are categorized into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes. The level of a value determined for a financial instrument within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The categorization of a value determined for a financial instrument within the hierarchy is based upon the pricing transparency of the instrument and does not necessarily correspond to the Funds’ perceived risk of that instrument. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:

 

   

Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

 

   

Level 2 – Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability either directly or indirectly, including quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not considered to be active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (such as exchange rates, financing terms, interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs; and

 

   

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, including the Funds’ assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. In accordance with the Company’s policy, transfers between different levels of the fair value hierarchy are deemed to have occurred as of the beginning of the reporting period.

The following table summarizes the value of each of the Funds’ investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of July 31, 2012. The breakdown of each Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in its respective schedule of investments.

 

iShares Bond Fund and

Investment Type

   Investments  
   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Emerging Markets Corporate

           

Assets:

           

Corporate Bonds & Notes

   $ —         $ 7,902,519       $ —         $ 7,902,519   

Foreign Agency Obligations

     —           2,237,401         —           2,237,401   

Short-Term Investments

     108,184         —           —           108,184   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 108,184       $ 10,139,920       $ —         $ 10,248,104   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 


Emerging Markets High Yield

           

Assets:

           

Corporate Bonds & Notes

   $ —         $ 3,985,131       $  —         $ 3,985,131   

Foreign Agency Obligations

     —           1,263,110         —           1,263,110   

Foreign Government Obligations

     —           9,723,870         —           9,723,870   

Short-Term Investments

     224,275         —           —           224,275   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 224,275       $ 14,972,111       $ —         $ 15,196,386   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Emerging Markets Local Currency

           

Assets:

           

Foreign Government Obligations

   $ —         $ 49,201,519       $ —         $ 49,201,519   

Short-Term Investments

     92,227         —           —           92,227   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 92,227       $ 49,201,519       $ —         $ 49,293,746   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Global ex USD High Yield Corporate

           

Assets:

           

Corporate Bonds & Notes

   $ —         $ 22,881,968       $ —         $ 22,881,968   

Short-Term Investments

     13,046         —           —           13,046   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 13,046       $ 22,881,968       $ —         $ 22,895,014   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Global High Yield Corporate

           

Assets:

           

Corporate Bonds & Notes

   $ —         $ 23,866,588       $ —         $ 23,866,588   

Short-Term Investments

     1,229,002         —           —           1,229,002   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 1,229,002       $ 23,866,588       $ —         $ 25,095,590   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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. Purchases and sales of securities, income receipts and expense payments are translated into U.S. dollars on the respective dates of such transactions.

FEDERAL INCOME TAXES

As of July 31, 2012, gross unrealized appreciation and gross unrealized depreciation based on cost for federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

iShares Bond Fund    Tax Cost      Gross
Unrealized
Appreciation
     Gross
Unrealized
Depreciation
    Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Emerging Markets Corporate

   $ 10,034,305       $ 242,753       $ (28,954   $ 213,799   

Emerging Markets High Yield

     14,981,813         463,210         (248,637     214,573   

Emerging Markets Local Currency

     48,863,702         1,165,359         (735,315     430,044   

Global ex USD High Yield Corporate

     24,443,585         38,155         (1,586,726     (1,548,571

Global High Yield Corporate

     25,360,815         398,437         (663,662     (265,225
                                    


2. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

Each Fund may invest its positive cash balances in certain money market funds managed by BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”), the Funds’ investment adviser, or an affiliate. BFA is a California corporation owned by BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”).

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. is the largest stockholder of BlackRock and is considered to be an affiliate of the Funds for 1940 Act purposes.

3. 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 current value of the loaned securities plus the interest accrued on such securities, if any, 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 value of the securities on loan plus accrued interest, if any. The risks of securities lending include the risk that the borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or may not return the securities when due. Any securities lending cash collateral may be reinvested in certain short-term instruments either directly on behalf of a fund or through one or more joint accounts or money market funds, including those managed by BFA or its affiliates. Each Fund could suffer a loss if the value of an investment purchased with cash collateral falls below the value of the cash collateral received.

As of July 31, 2012, any securities on loan were collateralized by cash. The cash collateral received was invested in money market funds managed by BFA.


Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

 

  (a)

The President (the Registrant’s Principal Executive Officer) and Chief Financial Officer (the Registrant’s 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 certifications filed with this Form N-Q.

 

  (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 last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 3. Exhibits.

 

  (a)

Certifications of the President (the Registrant’s Principal Executive Officer) and Chief Financial Officer (the Registrant’s Principal Financial Officer) as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 are filed with this Form N-Q as exhibits.


SIGNATURES

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/    Michael Latham

 

Michael Latham, President

(Principal Executive Officer)

Date:

 

September 19, 2012

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/    Michael Latham

 

Michael Latham, President

(Principal Executive Officer)

Date:

 

September 19, 2012

 

By:

 

/s/    Jack Gee

 

Jack Gee, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

Date:

 

September 19, 2012

EX-99.CERT 2 d410837dex99cert.htm CERTIFICATIONS Certifications

EX-99.CERT

Form N-Q Exhibit for Item 3(a)

I, Michael Latham, certify that:

 

  1.

I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q for the following five series of iShares, Inc.: iShares Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund, iShares Emerging Markets High Yield Bond Fund, iShares Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond Fund, iShares Global ex USD High Yield Corporate Bond Fund and iShares Global High Yield Corporate Bond Fund;

 

  2.

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

  3.

Based on my knowledge, the schedules of investments included in this report fairly presents in all material respects the investments of the Registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;

 

  4.

The Registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the Registrant and have:

 

  (a)

Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  (b)

Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

  (c)

Evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and

 

  (d)

Disclosed in this report any change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

  5.

The Registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed to the Registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the Registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  (a)

All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

 

  (b)

Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date:

  

September 19, 2012

   

/s/    Michael Latham

 

President (Principal Executive Officer)

      

Michael Latham

[Signature]

 

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EX-99.CERT

Form N-Q Exhibit for Item 3(a)

I, Jack Gee, certify that:

 

  1.

I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q for the following five series of iShares, Inc.: iShares Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund, iShares Emerging Markets High Yield Bond Fund, iShares Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond Fund, iShares Global ex USD High Yield Corporate Bond Fund and iShares Global High Yield Corporate Bond Fund;

 

  2.

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

  3.

Based on my knowledge, the schedules of investments included in this report fairly presents in all material respects the investments of the Registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;

 

  4.

The Registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the Registrant and have:

 

  (a)

Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  (b)

Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

  (c)

Evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and

 

  (d)

Disclosed in this report any change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

  5.

The Registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed to the Registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the Registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  (a)

All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

 

  (b)

Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date:

  

September 19, 2012

   

/s/    Jack Gee

 

Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

      

Jack Gee

[Signature]

 

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