NPORT-EX 1 NPORT_6178200683244120.htm iShares MSCI Frontier 100 ETF

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) 

May 31, 2019

  

iShares® MSCI Frontier 100 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

   
Argentina — 8.8%            

Adecoagro SA(a)(b)

    239,807     $ 1,594,717  

Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc., Class A

    278,005       1,807,032  

Banco Macro SA, ADR

    99,449       4,960,516  

BBVA Banco Frances SA, ADR

    153,762       1,377,708  

Central Puerto SA, ADR

    167,884       1,354,824  

Corp. America Airports SA(a)(b)

    70,273       527,047  

Cresud SACIF y A, ADR(a)

    72,284       721,394  

Despegar.com Corp.(a)(b)

    45,951       551,412  

Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte SA, ADR(a)(b)

    49,361       867,273  

Globant SA(a)(b)

    70,349       6,531,201  

Grupo Financiero Galicia SA, ADR

    226,110       5,790,677  

Grupo Supervielle SA, ADR

    119,609       698,517  

IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones SA, ADR(a)

    47,384       440,671  

Loma Negra Cia Industrial Argentina SA,
ADR(a)

    128,576       1,279,331  

Pampa Energia SA, ADR(a)(b)

    147,189       3,720,938  

Telecom Argentina SA, ADR(b)

    236,507       3,507,399  

Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA, Class B, ADR(b)

    171,906       2,250,250  

YPF SA, ADR

    381,254       5,653,997  
   

 

 

 
      43,634,904  
Bahrain — 6.3%            

Ahli United Bank BSC

    29,639,960       24,440,309  

Aluminium Bahrain BSC(a)

    760,814       847,591  

Bahrain Telecommunications Co. BSC

    1,342,590       1,225,069  

GFH Financial Group BSC

    16,848,672       4,201,732  

Ithmaar Holding BSC(a)(c)

    7,341,331       537,818  
   

 

 

 
      31,252,519  
Bangladesh — 6.2%            

Acme Laboratores Ltd. (The)

    885,952       746,671  

Bangladesh Export Import Co. Ltd.

    4,677,184       1,271,575  

Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

    2,570,119       2,372,651  

BRAC Bank Ltd.(a)

    4,543,999       3,469,768  

City Bank Ltd. (The)

    4,207,963       1,352,915  

Eastern Bank Ltd.

    2,526,640       1,113,991  

GrameenPhone Ltd.

    703,511       2,952,917  

International Finance Investment & Commerce Bank Ltd.(a)

    5,810,082       776,051  

Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd.

    5,606,109       1,636,772  

LafargeHolcim Bangladesh Ltd.

    2,770,890       1,310,113  

National Bank Ltd.(a)

    12,077,229       1,427,568  

Olympic Industries Ltd.

    117,399       313,341  

Pubali Bank Ltd.

    2,714,340       847,028  

Renata Ltd.

    65,932       912,839  

Square Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

    2,956,907       8,905,673  

Summit Power Ltd.

    3,101,425       1,484,725  
   

 

 

 
      30,894,598  
Jordan — 1.7%            

Arab Bank PLC

    523,224       4,398,329  

Bank of Jordan

    287,345       879,462  

Jordan Islamic Bank

    250,976       1,079,657  

Jordan Petroleum Refinery Co.

    512,912       1,880,918  
   

 

 

 
      8,238,366  
Kazakhstan — 1.9%            

Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan JSC,
GDR(d)

    415,696       4,801,289  

KCell JSC, GDR(d)

    235,821       1,143,732  

NAC Kazatomprom JSC, GDR(a)

    232,275       3,542,193  
   

 

 

 
      9,487,214  
Security   Shares      Value  
Kenya — 7.8%             

Co-operative Bank of Kenya Ltd. (The)

    8,155,510      $ 1,002,826  

East African Breweries Ltd.

    2,426,542        4,859,075  

Equity Group Holdings PLC/Kenya

    17,429,000        6,687,572  

KCB Group Ltd.

    15,487,836        6,042,168  

Safaricom PLC

    73,213,367        19,848,957  
    

 

 

 
       38,440,598  
Kuwait — 26.1%             

Agility Public Warehousing Co. KSC

    3,569,859        8,549,367  

Alimtiaz Investment Group KSC

    2,776,477        1,185,749  

Boubyan Bank KSCP

    3,147,780        5,883,991  

Boubyan Petrochemicals Co. KSCP

    1,449,675        4,471,895  

Burgan Bank SAK

    2,858,767        3,005,274  

Gulf Bank KSCP

    5,050,897        5,193,596  

Humansoft Holding Co. KSC

    333,341        3,649,887  

Integrated Holding Co. KCSC

    557,173        1,059,800  

Jazeera Airways Co. KSC

    93,098        281,374  

Kuwait Finance House KSCP

    13,812,223        30,855,163  

Kuwait International Bank KSCP

    2,002,579        1,848,636  

Kuwait Projects Co. Holding KSCP

    1,924,195        1,359,073  

Mabanee Co. SAK

    1,894,730        4,394,479  

Mezzan Holding Co. KSCC

    443,730        779,880  

Mobile Telecommunications Co. KSC

    7,851,085        13,515,008  

National Bank of Kuwait SAKP

    11,759,210        37,433,228  

National Industries Group Holding SAK

    3,697,901        2,672,596  

National Real Estate Co. KPSC(a)

    2,382,654        568,268  

Warba Bank KSCP(a)

    2,821,366        2,289,347  
    

 

 

 
       128,996,611  
Mauritius — 0.2%             

Lighthouse Capital Ltd.

    2,291,947        1,064,301  
    

 

 

 
Morocco — 7.9%             

Attijariwafa Bank

    251,311        11,448,483  

Banque Centrale Populaire

    183,830        5,018,959  

Cosumar

    178,467        3,505,290  

Douja Promotion Groupe Addoha SA

    655,225        690,632  

Maroc Telecom

    1,081,878        15,102,570  

Societe d’Exploitation des Ports

    137,505        2,561,472  

TOTAL Maroc SA

    7,987        947,812  
    

 

 

 
       39,275,218  
Nigeria — 6.6%             

Access Bank PLC

    110,356,720        1,866,046  

Afriland Properties PLC(a)

    8,020        44  

Dangote Cement PLC

    12,715,126        7,031,650  

FBN Holdings PLC

    110,794,124        2,165,208  

Guaranty Trust Bank PLC

    94,641,223        8,290,125  

Nestle Nigeria PLC

    1,451,979        5,836,090  

United Bank for Africa PLC

    112,430,482        1,947,860  

Zenith Bank PLC

    99,041,990        5,518,348  
    

 

 

 
       32,655,371  
Oman — 2.1%             

Bank Muscat SAOG

    5,356,003        5,842,912  

Bank Nizwa SAOG(a)

    4,044,396        945,443  

Oman Telecommunications Co. SAOG

    1,188,089        1,758,989  

Ooredoo

    1,039,769        1,328,744  

Sohar International Bank SAOG

    2,400,938        698,455  
    

 

 

 
       10,574,543  
Romania — 6.4%             

Banca Transilvania SA

    22,004,135        11,810,173  

BRD-Groupe Societe Generale SA

    1,252,035        3,376,168  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

May 31, 2019

  

iShares® MSCI Frontier 100 ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Romania (continued)            

OMV Petrom SA

    69,868,293     $ 6,310,187  

Societatea Energetica Electrica SA

    924,015       2,409,172  

Societatea Nationala de Gaze Naturale ROMGAZ SA

    703,771       5,223,772  

Transgaz SA Medias

    28,650       2,489,958  
   

 

 

 
          31,619,430  
Slovenia — 0.3%            

Zavarovalnica Triglav DD

    34,224       1,285,235  
   

 

 

 
Sri Lanka — 0.9%            

John Keells Holdings PLC

    4,891,374       3,809,442  

Sampath Bank PLC

    1,009,554       789,685  
   

 

 

 
      4,599,127  
Vietnam — 15.7%            

Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam JSC

    1,073,745       3,081,468  

Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam JSC(a)

    654,020       879,810  

Bao Viet Holdings

    217,640       713,818  

FLC Faros Construction JSC(a)

    615,192       786,855  

Hoa Phat Group JSC(a)

    4,212,340       5,774,518  

Hoang Huy Investment Financial Services JSC

    651,690       576,101  

Kinh Bac City Development Share Holding Corp.(a)

    936,110       575,674  

Masan Group Corp.(a)

    1,797,730       6,587,173  

No Va Land Investment Group Corp.(a)

    922,679       2,372,108  

PetroVietnam Drilling & Well
Services JSC(a)

    206,830       165,174  

PetroVietnam Fertilizer & Chemicals JSC

    730,460       556,829  

PetroVietnam Gas JSC

    226,680       1,009,682  

PetroVietnam Power Corp.(a)

    604,910       393,956  

PetroVietnam Technical Services Corp.

    783,798       756,484  

Saigon Beer Alcohol Beverage Corp.

    265,460       3,026,897  

Saigon Thuong Tin Commercial JSB(a)

    2,173,849       1,090,824  

SSI Securities Corp.

    1,198,620       1,272,024  

Thanh Thanh Cong - Bien Hoa JSC

    882,688       680,412  

Viet Capital Securities JSC

    413,130       534,585  

Vietjet Aviation JSC

    209,880       1,115,906  

Vietnam Dairy Products JSC

    2,676,308       14,801,071  

Vietnam Electrical Equipment JSC

    173,660       165,754  

Vietnam National Petroleum Group

    86,080       231,963  

Viglacera Corp. JSC(a)

    234,100       200,449  

Vincom Retail JSC

    3,675,197       5,461,943  

Vingroup JSC(a)

    3,154,168       15,436,781  

Vinh Hoan Corp.

    58,310       226,606  

Vinhomes JSC(a)(e)

    2,676,005       9,371,046  
   

 

 

 
      77,845,911  
   

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks — 98.9%
(Cost: $424,980,292)

      489,863,946  
   

 

 

 
Security   Shares     Value  

Rights

   
Sri Lanka — 0.0%            

Sampath Bank PLC (Expires 06/07/19)(a)

    338,056     $ 2,109  
   

 

 

 

Total Rights — 0.0%
(Cost: $0)

      2,109  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

   
Money Market Funds — 4.5%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares,
    2.53%(f)(g)(h)

    14,387,721       14,393,476  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares,
    2.33%(f)(g)

    7,896,885       7,896,885  
   

 

 

 
      22,290,361  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments — 4.5%
(Cost: $22,289,827)

      22,290,361  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities — 103.4%
(Cost: $447,270,119)

 

    512,156,416  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (3.4)%

      (17,005,522
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $   495,150,894  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c) 

Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs and is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

(d) 

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

(e) 

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.

(f) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(g) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period-end.

(h) 

All or a portion of this security was purchased with cash collateral received from loaned securities.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

May 31, 2019

  

iShares® MSCI Frontier 100 ETF

    

 

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

    2,634,883        11,752,838        14,387,721      $ 14,393,476      $ 70,414 (a)    $ 680      $ 221  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

           7,896,885        7,896,885        7,896,885        9,967               
          

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
           $ 22,290,361      $ 80,381     $ 680      $ 221  
          

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (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.

 

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

   $ 489,326,084        $ 44        $ 537,818        $ 489,863,946  

Rights

     2,109                            2,109  

Money Market Funds

     22,290,361                            22,290,361  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 511,618,554        $             44        $     537,818        $ 512,156,416  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

Portfolio Abbreviations — Equity
ADR    American Depositary Receipt
GDR    Global Depositary Receipt

 

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