0001752724-19-084764.txt : 20190729 0001752724-19-084764.hdr.sgml : 20190729 20190729171522 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001752724-19-084764 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: 19982244 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 S000004246 iShares MSCI Australia ETF C000011950 iShares MSCI Australia ETF EWA ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001752724-19-078054 NPORT-EX 1 NPORT_6179243360608166.htm iShares MSCI Australia ETF

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) 

May 31, 2019

   

iShares® MSCI Australia ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares      Value  

Common Stocks

     
Banks — 28.4%             

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.

     4,103,594      $ 79,267,713  

Bank of Queensland Ltd.

     576,781        3,700,506  

Bendigo & Adelaide Bank Ltd.

     703,664        5,475,002  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

     2,542,656            138,309,420  

National Australia Bank Ltd.

     3,989,345        73,218,821  

Westpac Banking Corp.(a)

    4,951,864        94,143,858  
    

 

 

  
       394,115,320  
Beverages — 1.1%             

Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd.

     726,480        4,796,845  

Treasury Wine Estates Ltd.

     1,034,028        10,782,215  
    

 

 

  
       15,579,060  
Biotechnology — 6.7%             

CSL Ltd.

     650,646        92,634,899  
    

 

 

  
Capital Markets — 3.8%             

ASX Ltd.

     278,582        14,620,925  

Macquarie Group Ltd.

     464,460        38,715,888  
    

 

 

  
       53,336,813  
Chemicals — 0.9%             

Incitec Pivot Ltd.

     2,306,444        5,241,504  

Orica Ltd.

     544,636        7,796,072  
    

 

 

  
       13,037,576  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.4%  

Brambles Ltd.

     2,289,181        19,207,173  
    

 

 

  
Construction & Engineering — 0.3%  

CIMIC Group Ltd.

     139,710        4,371,401  
    

 

 

  
Construction Materials — 1.0%  

Boral Ltd.

     1,682,857        6,331,203  

James Hardie Industries PLC

     634,557        8,063,232  
    

 

 

  
       14,394,435  
Containers & Packaging — 1.4%             

Amcor Ltd./Australia

     1,663,477        18,993,858  
    

 

 

  
Diversified Financial Services — 0.8%  

AMP Ltd.

     4,213,526        6,334,970  

Challenger Ltd.

     792,173        4,429,276  
    

 

 

  
       10,764,246  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.3%  

Telstra Corp. Ltd.

     5,974,855        15,109,824  

TPG Telecom Ltd.

     533,060        2,323,090  
    

 

 

  
       17,432,914  
Electric Utilities — 0.2%             

AusNet Services

     2,623,222        3,235,149  
    

 

 

  
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.3%  

WorleyParsons Ltd.

     461,497        4,214,281  
    

 

 

  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 6.9%  

BGP Holdings PLC(b)(c)

    18,888,372        210  

Dexus

     1,568,570        13,997,773  

Goodman Group

     2,344,807        21,769,631  

GPT Group (The)

     2,592,425        10,345,890  

Mirvac Group

     5,248,827        11,019,048  

Scentre Group

     7,645,622        20,129,621  

Stockland

     3,461,003        10,622,944  
Security   Shares      Value  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (continued)  

Vicinity Centres

     4,692,438      $ 8,387,981  
    

 

 

  
       96,273,098  
Food & Staples Retailing — 3.8%             

Coles Group Ltd.(c)

    1,627,375        14,037,707  

Woolworths Group Ltd.

     1,810,389        39,348,265  
    

 

 

  
       53,385,972  
Gas Utilities — 0.9%             

APA Group

     1,694,722        11,906,267  
    

 

 

  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.8%  

Cochlear Ltd.

     82,900        11,494,919  
    

 

 

  
Health Care Providers & Services — 1.6%  

Ramsay Health Care Ltd.

     202,639        9,804,022  

Sonic Healthcare Ltd.

     646,473        11,712,814  
    

 

 

  
       21,516,836  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.5%  

Aristocrat Leisure Ltd.

     824,949        16,643,998  

Crown Resorts Ltd.

     536,708        4,659,382  

Domino’s Pizza Enterprises Ltd.

     86,201        2,335,819  

Flight Centre Travel Group Ltd.

     80,227        2,422,962  

Tabcorp Holdings Ltd.

     2,895,107        9,046,495  
    

 

 

  
       35,108,656  
Insurance — 4.2%             

Insurance Australia Group Ltd.

     3,319,435        17,594,008  

Medibank Pvt Ltd.

     3,951,988        9,063,225  

QBE Insurance Group Ltd.

     1,906,667        15,416,468  

Suncorp Group Ltd.

     1,865,085        16,837,679  
    

 

 

  
       58,911,380  
Interactive Media & Services — 0.3%  

REA Group Ltd.

     75,613        4,661,525  
    

 

 

  
IT Services — 0.6%             

Computershare Ltd.

     701,880        8,111,442  
    

 

 

  
Metals & Mining — 15.0%             

Alumina Ltd.

     3,511,378        5,814,530  

BHP Group Ltd.

     4,231,227            110,697,417  

BlueScope Steel Ltd.

     766,189        5,595,201  

Fortescue Metals Group Ltd.

     1,990,089        11,099,606  

Newcrest Mining Ltd.

     1,103,467        20,803,053  

Rio Tinto Ltd.

     533,192        37,053,030  

South32 Ltd.

     7,255,595        16,689,768  
    

 

 

  
       207,752,605  
Multi-Utilities — 1.0%             

AGL Energy Ltd.

     941,172        13,400,469  
    

 

 

  
Multiline Retail — 3.2%             

Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd.

     762,525        2,197,792  

Wesfarmers Ltd.

     1,628,573        41,805,615  
    

 

 

  
       44,003,407  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 5.5%  

Caltex Australia Ltd.

     358,985        6,563,793  

Oil Search Ltd.

     1,974,421        9,644,241  

Origin Energy Ltd.

     2,525,411        12,563,067  

Santos Ltd.

     2,548,384        11,900,465  

Washington H Soul Pattinson & Co. Ltd.

     171,928        2,658,765  

Woodside Petroleum Ltd.

     1,344,627        32,998,148  
    

 

 

  
       76,328,479  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

May 31, 2019

   

iShares® MSCI Australia ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Professional Services — 0.5%            

Seek Ltd.

     477,411     $ 6,913,180  
   

 

 

  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.6%  

Lendlease Group

     809,882       7,996,055  
   

 

 

  
Road & Rail — 0.7%            

Aurizon Holdings Ltd.

     2,858,491       10,259,017  
   

 

 

  
Transportation Infrastructure — 3.3%            

Sydney Airport

     1,585,364       8,139,287  

Transurban Group

     3,844,742       37,107,141  
   

 

 

  
      45,246,428  
   

 

 

  

Total Common Stocks — 99.0%
(Cost: $1,611,618,189)

           1,374,586,860  
   

 

 

  

Short-Term Investments

    
Money Market Funds — 0.3%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares,
    2.53%(d)(e)(f)

    2,931,900       2,933,073  
Security   Shares     Value  
Money Market Funds (continued)            

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

    936,858     $ 936,858  
   

 

 

  
      3,869,931  
   

 

 

  

Total Short-Term Investments — 0.3%
(Cost: $3,869,659)

       3,869,931  
   

 

 

  

Total Investments in Securities — 99.3%
(Cost: $1,615,487,848)

       1,378,456,791  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.7%

       10,371,797  
   

 

 

  

Net Assets — 100.0%

     $     1,388,828,588  
   

 

 

  

 

(a) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(b) 

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

(c) 

Non-income producing security.

(d) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(e) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period-end.

(f) 

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

 

 

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

      5,082,269        (2,150,369 )       2,931,900      $ 2,933,073      $ 30,248 (a)     $ 1,306      $ (872 ) 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

      358,813        578,045        936,858        936,858        20,619        —        —  
           

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  
            $ 3,869,931      $ 50,867      $ 1,306      $ (872 ) 
           

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

 

  (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.

 

Futures Contracts

 

 

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

 

  

Long Contracts

            

ASX SPI 200 Index

      127        06/20/19      $ 14,083      $ 182,964  
           

 

 

  

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.

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

May 31, 2019

   

iShares® MSCI Australia ETF

    

 

Fair Value Measurements (continued)

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

    $ 1,374,586,650        $ —        $ 210        $ 1,374,586,860  

Money Market Funds

      3,869,931          —          —          3,869,931  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  
   $ 1,378,456,581        $ —        $ 210        $ 1,378,456,791  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  

Derivative financial instruments(a)

                 

Assets

                  

Futures Contracts

    $ 182,964        $                 —        $                 —        $ 182,964  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  

 

  (a) 

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

 

 

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