0001752724-19-084743.txt : 20190729 0001752724-19-084743.hdr.sgml : 20190729 20190729171505 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001752724-19-084743 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: NPORT-EX PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20190531 FILED AS OF DATE: 20190729 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: NPORT-EX SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-09102 FILM NUMBER: 19982213 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: 20070126 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 0000930667 S000004248 iShares MSCI Italy ETF C000011952 iShares MSCI Italy ETF EWI ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001752724-19-078078 NPORT-EX 1 NPORT_6177277319997721.htm iShares MSCI Italy ETF

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) 

May 31, 2019

   

iShares® MSCI Italy ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

    
Aerospace & Defense — 1.8%            

Leonardo SpA

     409,142     $ 4,532,831  
   

 

 

  
Auto Components — 1.2%            

Pirelli & C SpA(a)

    518,950       2,952,759  
   

 

 

  
Automobiles — 9.1%            

Ferrari NV

     81,983       11,657,251  

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV

     860,705       10,970,492  
   

 

 

  
      22,627,743  
Banks — 20.1%            

FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA

     381,711       3,945,637  

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA

     11,407,591       23,311,359  

Mediobanca Banca di Credito Finanziario SpA

     636,615       5,868,256  

UniCredit SpA

     1,473,966       16,733,935  
   

 

 

  
          49,859,187  
Beverages — 2.4%            

Davide Campari-Milano SpA

     600,380       5,850,698  
   

 

 

  
Diversified Financial Services — 2.8%            

EXOR NV

     108,945       6,825,270  
   

 

 

  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 2.0%        

Telecom Italia SpA/Milano(b)

    9,914,713       4,859,113  
   

 

 

  
Electric Utilities — 19.3%            

Enel SpA

     6,381,450       39,609,216  

Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale SpA

     1,359,483       8,280,662  
   

 

 

  
      47,889,878  
Electrical Equipment — 1.8%            

Prysmian SpA

     259,728       4,321,159  
   

 

 

  
Energy Equipment & Services — 2.3%            

Tenaris SA

     477,392       5,612,408  
   

 

 

  
Insurance — 6.6%            

Assicurazioni Generali SpA

     620,468       10,865,644  

Poste Italiane SpA(a)

    550,935       5,341,230  
   

 

 

  
      16,206,874  
Machinery — 3.4%            

CNH Industrial NV

     969,068       8,420,913  
   

 

 

  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 16.0%            

Eni SpA

     1,972,036       29,842,575  
Security   Shares     Value  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)            

Snam SpA

     1,960,714     $ 9,840,888  
   

 

 

  
      39,683,463  
Pharmaceuticals — 1.9%            

Recordati SpA

     116,187       4,790,501  
   

 

 

  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 2.7%            

Moncler SpA

     179,806       6,612,106  
   

 

 

  
Transportation Infrastructure — 4.6%            

Atlantia SpA

     458,756       11,481,885  
   

 

 

  

Total Common Stocks — 98.0%
(Cost: $308,012,862)

       242,526,788  
   

 

 

  

Preferred Stocks

    
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.4%        

Telecom Italia SpA/Milano, Preference Shares, NVS

     7,426,642       3,463,456  
   

 

 

  

Total Preferred Stocks — 1.4%
(Cost: $5,685,552)

       3,463,456  
   

 

 

  

Short-Term Investments

    
Money Market Funds — 0.1%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares,
    2.33%(c)(d)

    236,265       236,265  
   

 

 

  

Total Short-Term Investments — 0.1%
(Cost: $236,265)

       236,265  
   

 

 

  

Total Investments in Securities — 99.5%
(Cost: $313,934,679)

       246,226,509  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.5%

       1,349,246  
   

 

 

  

Net Assets — 100.0%

     $   247,575,755  
   

 

 

  

 

(a) 

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

(b) 

Non-income producing security.

(c) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(d) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period-end.

 

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliates of the Fund during the nine months ended May 31, 2019, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

 

  
Affiliated Issuer    Shares
Held at
08/31/18		      Net Activity      Shares
Held at
05/31/19		      Value at
05/31/19		      Income      Net Realized
Gain (Loss)		      Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)		  

 

  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares

      9,072,916        (9,072,916 )       —      $ —      $ 11,385 (a)     $ 29      $ (704 ) 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

      142,515        93,750        236,265        236,265        3,645        —        —  
           

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  
            $ 236,265      $ 15,030      $ 29      $ (704 ) 
           

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

 

  (a)

Includes securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities (excluding collateral investment fees), net of fees and other payments to and from borrowers of securities, and less fees paid to BTC as securities lending agent.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

May 31, 2019

   

iShares® MSCI Italy ETF

    

 

Futures Contracts

 

 

  
Description    Number of
Contracts		        Expiration
Date		       

Notional
Amount

(000)

   Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)		  

 

  
Long Contracts                             

FTSE/MIB Index

      12          06/21/19        $ 1,324   $ (51,305 ) 
              

 

 

  

Fair Value Measurements

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

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of May 31, 2019. The breakdown of the Fund’s investments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

 

  
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

 

  

Investments

            

Assets

            

Common Stocks

    $ 242,526,788      $ —      $ —      $ 242,526,788  

Preferred Stocks

      3,463,456        —        —        3,463,456  

Money Market Funds

      236,265        —        —        236,265  
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  
   $ 246,226,509      $ —      $ —      $ 246,226,509  
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

Derivative financial instruments(a)

           

Liabilities

            

Futures Contracts

    $ (51,305 )     $             —      $             —      $ (51,305 ) 
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

 

  (a)

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

 

 

Portfolio Abbreviations — Equity
NVS    Non-Voting Shares

 

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