0001752724-19-084744.txt : 20190729 0001752724-19-084744.hdr.sgml : 20190729 20190729171505 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001752724-19-084744 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: 19982215 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 S000004259 iShares MSCI Sweden ETF C000011963 iShares MSCI Sweden ETF EWD ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001752724-19-078091 NPORT-EX 1 NPORT_6175863591793430.htm iShares MSCI Sweden ETF

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited)

May 31, 2019

   

iShares® MSCI Sweden ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

    
Banks — 17.8%            

Nordea Bank Abp

     1,874,748     $     13,196,042  

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, Class A

     981,050       8,685,672  

Svenska Handelsbanken AB, Class A

     921,623       9,056,254  

Swedbank AB, Class A

     556,292       7,943,521  
   

 

 

  
      38,881,489  
Building Products — 5.4%            

Assa Abloy AB, Class B

     609,625       11,863,001  
   

 

 

  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.7%            

Securitas AB, Class B

     226,176       3,737,042  
   

 

 

  
Communications Equipment — 8.3%            

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Class B

     1,887,780       18,145,475  
   

 

 

  
Construction & Engineering — 1.7%            

Skanska AB, Class B

     231,369       3,780,301  
   

 

 

  
Diversified Financial Services — 9.1%  

Industrivarden AB, Class C

     125,496       2,527,801  

Investor AB, Class B

     276,821       11,934,146  

Kinnevik AB, Class B

     144,698       3,679,330  

L E Lundbergforetagen AB, Class B

     48,022       1,574,293  
   

 

 

  
      19,715,570  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 3.6%  

Telia Co. AB

     1,876,138       7,833,998  
   

 

 

  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 3.7%  

Hexagon AB, Class B

     171,789       7,965,629  
   

 

 

  
Food & Staples Retailing — 1.2%            

ICA Gruppen AB

     63,134       2,509,519  
   

 

 

  
Household Durables — 2.8%            

Electrolux AB, Series B

     164,582       3,567,569  

Husqvarna AB, Class B

     312,552       2,604,928  
   

 

 

  
      6,172,497  
Household Products — 4.6%            

Essity AB, Class B

     341,126       9,982,305  
   

 

 

  
Machinery — 25.2%            

Alfa Laval AB

     205,401       4,207,427  

Atlas Copco AB, Class A

     412,969       11,103,977  
Security   Shares     Value  
Machinery (continued)            

Atlas Copco AB, Class B

     238,131     $ 5,762,364  

Epiroc AB, Class A

     412,969       3,838,444  

Epiroc AB, Class B

     238,133       2,151,834  

Sandvik AB

     684,020       10,532,838  

SKF AB, Class B

     260,815       4,042,178  

Volvo AB, Class B

     959,882       13,388,847  
   

 

 

  
      55,027,909  
Metals & Mining — 1.9%            

Boliden AB

     185,421       4,214,113  
   

 

 

  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.7%            

Lundin Petroleum AB

     138,870       3,776,274  
   

 

 

  
Specialty Retail — 3.7%            

Hennes & Mauritz AB, Class B

     539,806       8,054,097  
   

 

 

  
Tobacco — 2.6%            

Swedish Match AB

     123,782       5,582,234  
   

 

 

  
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 2.9%  

Millicom International Cellular SA, SDR

     37,903       2,120,723  

Tele2 AB, Class B

     298,517       4,112,090  
   

 

 

  
      6,232,813  
   

 

 

  

Total Common Stocks — 97.9%
(Cost: $285,614,472)

       213,474,266  
   

 

 

  

Short-Term Investments

    
Money Market Funds — 0.1%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares,
    2.33%(a)(b)

    295,020       295,020  
   

 

 

  

Total Short-Term Investments — 0.1%
(Cost: $295,020)

       295,020  
   

 

 

  

Total Investments in Securities — 98.0%
(Cost: $285,909,492)

       213,769,286  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 2.0%

       4,311,204  
   

 

 

  

Net Assets — 100.0%

     $   218,080,490  
   

 

 

  

 

(a) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(b) 

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

      —        —        —      $ —      $  2,402 (a)     $ 1,177      $             —  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

      16,853        278,167        295,020        295,020        3,977        —        —  
           

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  
            $ 295,020      $ 6,379      $ 1,177      $             —  
           

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

 

  (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 Sweden ETF

    

 

Futures Contracts

 

 

  
Description    Number of
Contracts		      Expiration
Date		      Notional
Amount
(000)		    Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)		  

 

  
Long Contracts                          

OMXS 30 Index

      261        06/20/19      $  4,140    $  (218,348 ) 
           

 

 

  

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

    $ 213,474,266        $ —        $ —        $ 213,474,266  

Money Market Funds

      295,020          —          —          295,020  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  
   $ 213,769,286        $ —        $ —        $ 213,769,286  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  

Derivative financial instruments(a)

                 

Liabilities

                  

Futures Contracts

    $ (218,348 )       $             —        $             —        $ (218,348 ) 
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  

 

  (a)

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

 

 

Portfolio Abbreviations — Equity
SDR    Swedish Depositary Receipt

 

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