N-Q 1 d62227dnq.htm FORM N-Q FOR ISHARES INC. Form N-Q for iShares Inc.

 

 

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

1 Iron Street, Boston, MA 02210

(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: April 30, 2016

Date of reporting period: July 31, 2015

 

 

 


Item 1. Schedules of Investments.


Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

iSHARES® ASIA/PACIFIC DIVIDEND ETF

July 31, 2015

 

Security   Shares     Value  
   

COMMON STOCKS — 99.52%

  

AUSTRALIA — 57.44%

   

ALS Ltd.

    445,720      $ 1,754,405   

Amcor Ltd./Australia

    82,521        873,236   

AusNet Services

    1,643,752        1,677,855   

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.

    76,748        1,841,842   

Bendigo & Adelaide Bank Ltd.

    215,842        2,082,738   

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

    27,242        1,751,653   

Mineral Resources Ltd.

    620,048        2,467,902   

Monadelphous Group Ltd.a

    692,851        4,350,200   

National Australia Bank Ltd.

    76,340        1,949,217   

Suncorp Group Ltd.

    213,862        2,241,098   

Sydney Airport

    334,092        1,376,360   

Telstra Corp. Ltd.

    387,970        1,849,039   

Westpac Banking Corp.

    69,516        1,779,571   

WorleyParsons Ltd.

    375,232        2,535,076   
   

 

 

 
      28,530,192   

HONG KONG — 15.33%

  

Giordano International Ltd.

    5,456,000        2,765,899   

Hang Seng Bank Ltd.

    61,600        1,262,624   

PCCW Ltd.

    1,870,000        1,119,255   

Sino Land Co. Ltd.

    708,000        1,099,586   

VTech Holdings Ltd.a

    110,000        1,369,271   
   

 

 

 
      7,616,635   

JAPAN — 5.99%

  

Accordia Golf Co. Ltd.

    94,600        998,723   

NTT DOCOMO Inc.

    46,200        974,938   

TonenGeneral Sekiyu KK

    100,000        1,001,654   
   

 

 

 
      2,975,315   

NEW ZEALAND — 11.79%

  

Sky Network Television Ltd.

    550,088        2,236,392   

SKYCITY Entertainment Group Ltd.

    610,456        1,792,425   

Spark New Zealand Ltd.

    928,950        1,826,620   
   

 

 

 
      5,855,437   

SINGAPORE — 8.97%

  

SATS Ltd.

    492,800        1,354,182   

Singapore Post Ltd.a

    602,800        861,269   

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.

    368,800        1,102,384   

StarHub Ltd.a

    407,082        1,139,461   
   

 

 

 
      4,457,296   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

   

(Cost: $55,145,577)

  

    49,434,875   
Security   Shares     Value  
   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 5.04%

  

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 5.04%

   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,

   

SL Agency Shares

   

0.18%b,c,d

    2,360,152      $ 2,360,152   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Prime,

   

SL Agency Shares

   

0.17%b,c,d

    130,392        130,392   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,

   

SL Agency Shares

   

0.02%b,c

    14,769        14,769   
   

 

 

 
      2,505,313   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

  

(Cost: $2,505,313)

      2,505,313   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES — 104.56%

   

(Cost: $57,650,890)

      51,940,188   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (4.56)%

  

    (2,266,297
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

    $ 49,673,891   
   

 

 

 

 

a 

All or a portion of this security represents a security on loan. See Note 1.

b 

Affiliated issuer. See Note 2.

c 

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

d 

All or a portion of this security represents an investment of securities lending collateral. See Note 1.

See accompanying notes to schedules of investments.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

iSHARES® EMERGING MARKETS DIVIDEND ETF

July 31, 2015

 

Security   Shares     Value  
   

COMMON STOCKS — 90.37%

  

BRAZIL — 12.53%

   

Banco do Brasil SA

    349,800      $ 2,261,075   

CCR SA

    328,600        1,466,117   

CPFL Energia SA

    339,610        1,919,437   

EcoRodovias Infraestrutura e Logistica SA

    1,049,400        2,134,947   

EDP – Energias do Brasil SA

    1,113,000        4,257,867   

Light SA

    1,388,600        5,735,544   

Souza Cruz SA

    180,200        1,283,124   

Tractebel Energia SA

    169,600        1,802,272   

Transmissora Alianca de Energia Eletrica SA Units

    625,400        3,840,859   
   

 

 

 
      24,701,242   

CHILE — 2.38%

   

CAP SA

    790,866        2,131,163   

CorpBanca SA

    115,537,456        1,182,556   

Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones SA

    133,030        1,379,578   
   

 

 

 
      4,693,297   

CHINA — 12.07%

   

Agile Property Holdings Ltd.

    6,360,000        3,667,195   

Anta Sports Products Ltd.

    636,000        1,630,959   

China Shanshui Cement Group Ltd.a,b

    1,012,000        821,109   

Dongyue Group Ltd.

    2,544,000        702,264   

Evergrande Real Estate Group Ltd.a

    10,282,000        6,804,001   

Guangzhou R&F Properties Co. Ltd. Class Hb

    2,247,200        2,246,533   

PetroChina Co. Ltd. Class H

    1,272,000        1,261,778   

Shenzhen Investment Ltd.a

    9,116,000        3,515,968   

Shougang Fushan Resources Group Ltd.a

    12,720,000        1,919,740   

Zhejiang Expressway Co. Ltd. Class H

    1,060,000        1,221,031   
   

 

 

 
      23,790,578   

COLOMBIA — 1.90%

   

Ecopetrol SA

    693,558        390,798   

Ecopetrol SA ADR

    297,012        3,353,266   
   

 

 

 
      3,744,064   

CZECH REPUBLIC — 2.36%

   

CEZ AS

    98,792        2,406,086   

Komercni Banka AS

    9,964        2,241,787   
   

 

 

 
      4,647,873   

INDIA — 0.47%

   

Reliance Industries Ltd. GDRc

    29,680        924,532   
   

 

 

 
      924,532   

INDONESIA — 2.10%

   

AKR Corporindo Tbk PT

    1,197,800        509,137   

Indo Tambangraya Megah Tbk PT

    3,551,000        2,552,835   

Matahari Putra Prima Tbk PT

    4,971,400        1,065,759   
   

 

 

 
      4,127,731   
Security   Shares     Value  
   

MALAYSIA — 5.18%

   

Berjaya Sports Toto Bhd

    2,003,448      $ 1,744,406   

British American Tobacco Malaysia Bhd

    84,800        1,496,666   

Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd

    148,400        853,654   

Malayan Banking Bhd

    837,400        2,014,402   

PPB Group Bhd

    159,000        641,904   

Public Bank Bhd

    201,400        1,000,549   

Sime Darby Bhd

    572,400        1,305,093   

Telekom Malaysia Bhd

    678,400        1,161,857   
   

 

 

 
      10,218,531   

MOROCCO — 0.74%

   

Maroc Telecom

    122,642        1,465,372   
   

 

 

 
      1,465,372   

PHILIPPINES — 0.70%

   

Globe Telecom Inc.

    24,380        1,375,323   
   

 

 

 
      1,375,323   

POLAND — 4.07%

   

KGHM Polska Miedz SA

    51,092        1,292,521   

Orange Polska SA

    745,074        1,613,062   

Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA

    20,458        2,351,016   

Synthos SA

    2,203,528        2,763,762   
   

 

 

 
      8,020,361   

RUSSIA — 3.07%

   

Gazprom Neft OAO ADR

    190,588        2,182,232   

Mobile TeleSystems PJSC

    1,050,460        3,872,222   
   

 

 

 
      6,054,454   

SOUTH AFRICA — 8.90%

   

African Bank Investments Ltd.a,b

    2,216,313        1,757   

Barloworld Ltd.

    187,938        1,340,606   

Exxaro Resources Ltd.a

    194,510        1,154,850   

Foschini Group Ltd. (The)

    80,348        917,280   

Grindrod Ltd.

    522,580        553,768   

Kumba Iron Ore Ltd.a

    443,186        3,814,343   

Lewis Group Ltd.a

    304,538        1,389,091   

Nampak Ltd.

    414,460        1,047,894   

PPC Ltd.

    1,592,968        2,842,015   

RMB Holdings Ltd.

    218,572        1,184,069   

Tiger Brands Ltd.

    34,344        775,455   

Truworths International Ltd.

    216,240        1,466,223   

Woolworths Holdings Ltd./South Africa

    134,832        1,061,280   
   

 

 

 
      17,548,631   

TAIWAN — 23.45%

   

A-DATA Technology Co. Ltd.

    2,650,000        2,769,903   

AmTRAN Technology Co. Ltd.

    5,618,000        3,096,248   

Asutek Computer Inc.

    212,000        1,913,751   

China Steel Corp.

    1,166,388        834,942   

Chong Hong Construction Co. Ltd.

    1,696,250        3,105,435   

Chunghwa Telecom Co. Ltd.

    530,000        1,645,155   

Dynapack International Technology Corp.

    954,000        1,541,074   

Far EasTone Telecommunications Co. Ltd.

    742,000        1,736,813   
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES® EMERGING MARKETS DIVIDEND ETF

July 31, 2015

 

Security   Shares     Value  
   

Farglory Land Development Co. Ltd.

    1,272,263      $ 1,194,831   

Formosa Plastics Corp.

    424,840        941,951   

Formosan Rubber Group Inc.

    2,226,000        1,540,570   

Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd.

    2,226,000        1,769,716   

Highwealth Construction Corp.

    318,000        654,704   

Huaku Development Co. Ltd.

    1,696,000        2,836,381   

IEI Integration Corp.

    1,802,000        2,511,379   

Inventec Corp.

    3,286,475        1,868,528   

Lite-On Technology Corp.

    1,914,344        2,104,041   

Novatek Microelectronics Corp.

    212,000        768,858   

Oriental Union Chemical Corp.

    1,696,000        1,111,990   

Ruentex Development Co. Ltd.

    1,744,000        2,209,588   

Ruentex Industries Ltd.

    1,272,000        2,659,107   

Taiwan Mobile Co. Ltd.

    530,000        1,754,272   

TSRC Corp.

    1,272,925        884,998   

U-Ming Marine Transport Corp.

    1,060,000        1,359,771   

Wistron NeWeb Corp.

    646,577        1,607,662   

WPG Holdings Ltd.

    1,590,000        1,805,473   
   

 

 

 
      46,227,141   

THAILAND — 6.42%

   

Advanced Info Service PCL NVDR

    265,000        1,879,699   

Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL NVDR

    1,717,200        1,018,286   

Intouch Holdings PCL NVDRa

    816,200        1,893,158   

Land & Houses PCL NVDRa

    7,483,600        1,688,030   

PTT Global Chemical PCL NVDR

    1,325,000        2,321,429   

Sansiri PCL NVDRa

    34,397,066        1,678,620   

Siam Cement PCL (The) NVDR

    53,000        790,977   

Thai Oil PCL NVDR

    1,007,000        1,378,571   
   

 

 

 
      12,648,770   

TURKEY — 4.03%

   

Ford Otomotiv Sanayi AS

    86,390        1,031,914   

Tofas Turk Otomobil Fabrikasi AS

    358,810        2,357,260   

Turk Telekomunikasyon AS

    950,396        2,366,788   

Turk Traktor ve Ziraat Makineleri AS

    83,104        2,189,876   
   

 

 

 
      7,945,838   

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

   

(Cost: $222,176,295)

      178,133,738   

PREFERRED STOCKS — 8.04%

  

BRAZIL — 8.04%

   

AES Tiete SA

    922,200        4,947,236   

Cia. Energetica de Minas Gerais

    773,863        2,141,522   

Petroleo Brasileiro SA

    1,293,200        3,980,535   

Telefonica Brasil SA

    137,800        1,823,060   

Vale SA

    689,000        2,958,989   
   

 

 

 
      15,851,342   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS

   

(Cost: $20,943,541)

      15,851,342   
Security   Shares     Value  
   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 7.29%

  

MONEY MARKET FUNDS — 7.29%

  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,

   

SL Agency Shares

   

0.18%d,e,f

    12,935,934      $ 12,935,934   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Prime,

   

SL Agency Shares

   

0.17%d,e,f

    714,673        714,673   

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,

   

SL Agency Shares

   

0.02%d,e

    715,034        715,034   
   

 

 

 
      14,365,641   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

  

(Cost: $14,365,641)

      14,365,641   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
IN SECURITIES — 105.70% (Cost: $257,485,477)

      208,350,721   

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (5.70)%

  

    (11,231,020
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

    $ 197,119,701   
   

 

 

 

ADR — American Depositary Receipts

GDR — Global Depositary Receipts

NVDR — Non-Voting Depositary Receipts

 

a 

All or a portion of this security represents a security on loan. See Note 1.

b 

Non-income earning security.

c 

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

d 

Affiliated issuer. See Note 2.

e 

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

f 

All or a portion of this security represents an investment of securities lending collateral. See Note 1.

See accompanying notes to schedules of investments.

 

 

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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 Articles of Incorporation as subsequently amended and restated.

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

 

iShares ETF

Asia/Pacific Dividend

Emerging Markets Dividend

 

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 and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date should the reporting date end on a day that the Fund’s listing exchange is not open. Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) define 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”).

 

   

Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange are valued at that day’s last reported trade price or the official closing price, as applicable, on the exchange where the stock is primarily traded. Equity investments traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day are valued at the last traded price.

 

   

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

 

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Notes to Schedules of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES®, INC.

 

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 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, reviews of 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 NAV 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 is not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in the 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 Global Valuation Committee’s 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.

 

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Notes to Schedules of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES®, INC.

 

The following table summarizes the value of each of the Funds’ investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of July 31, 2015. The breakdown of each Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in its respective schedule of investments.

 

iShares ETF    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Asia/Pacific Dividend

           

Investments:

           

Assets:

           

Common Stocks

   $ 49,434,875       $       $       $ 49,434,875   

Money Market Funds

     2,505,313                         2,505,313   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 51,940,188       $       $       $ 51,940,188   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Emerging Markets Dividend

           

Investments:

           

Assets:

           

Common Stocks

   $ 177,310,872       $ 821,109       $ 1,757       $ 178,133,738   

Preferred Stocks

     15,851,342                         15,851,342   

Money Market Funds

     14,365,641                         14,365,641   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 207,527,855       $ 821,109       $ 1,757       $ 208,350,721   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                                     

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, 2015, gross unrealized appreciation and gross unrealized depreciation based on cost for federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

iShares ETF   

Tax

Cost

     Gross
Unrealized
Appreciation
     Gross
Unrealized
Depreciation
    Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Asia/Pacific Dividend

   $ 58,893,601       $ 2,665,169       $ (9,618,582   $ (6,953,413

Emerging Markets Dividend

     264,983,153         5,485,547         (62,117,979     (56,632,432

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 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

 

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Notes to Schedules of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

iSHARES®, INC.

 

loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of each business day of the Funds and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Funds on the next business day. During the term of the loan, each Fund is entitled to all distributions made on or in respect of the loaned securities. Loans of securities are terminable at any time and the borrower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within the standard time period for settlement of securities transactions.

Any cash received as collateral for securities on loan 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 BlackRock Fund Advisors (“BFA”), the Funds’ investment adviser, or its affiliates. As of July 31, 2015, any securities on loan were collateralized by cash. The cash collateral received was invested in money market funds managed by BFA and is disclosed in the schedules of investments.

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. To mitigate these risks, the Funds benefit from a borrower default indemnity provided by BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). BlackRock’s indemnity allows for full replacement of securities lent. Each Fund could suffer a loss if the value of the investments purchased with cash collateral falls below the value of the cash collateral received.

 

2. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

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

 

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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/ Manish Mehta

  Manish Mehta, President (Principal Executive Officer)
Date:   September 24, 2015

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/ Manish Mehta

  Manish Mehta, President (Principal Executive Officer)
Date:   September 24, 2015

 

By:  

/s/ Jack Gee

  Jack Gee, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
Date:   September 24, 2015