NPORT-EX 1 NPORT_6173317003715262.htm iShares MSCI South Africa ETF

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) 

May 31, 2019

   

iShares® MSCI South Africa ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

    
Banks — 12.9%            

Absa Group Ltd.

     990,689     $ 11,501,043  

Capitec Bank Holdings Ltd.

     67,651       6,130,577  

Nedbank Group Ltd.

     548,505       9,874,032  

Standard Bank Group Ltd.

     1,718,077       23,456,487  
   

 

 

  
      50,962,139  
Capital Markets — 1.7%            

Investec Ltd.

     490,079       2,884,759  

Reinet Investments SCA

     236,816       3,757,822  
   

 

 

  
      6,642,581  
Chemicals — 4.7%            

Sasol Ltd.

     744,589       18,750,395  
   

 

 

  
Diversified Financial Services — 10.2%            

FirstRand Ltd.

     4,480,495       20,590,425  

PSG Group Ltd.

     238,376       3,979,893  

Remgro Ltd.

     736,405       9,366,495  

RMB Holdings Ltd.

     1,128,910       6,387,657  
   

 

 

  
      40,324,470  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.9%  

Telkom SA SOC Ltd.

     538,444       3,392,484  
   

 

 

  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 3.8%  

Fortress REIT Ltd., Series A

     2,098,569       2,875,937  

Growthpoint Properties Ltd.

     4,269,396       7,094,397  

Redefine Properties Ltd.

     8,150,371       5,078,061  
   

 

 

  
      15,048,395  
Food & Staples Retailing — 7.6%            

Bid Corp. Ltd.

     468,326       9,790,209  

Clicks Group Ltd.

     392,181       5,136,675  

Pick n Pay Stores Ltd.

     633,115       3,086,531  

Shoprite Holdings Ltd.

     669,663       7,912,213  

SPAR Group Ltd. (The)

     303,990       3,998,698  
   

 

 

  
          29,924,326  
Food Products — 1.0%            

Tiger Brands Ltd.

     252,337       3,813,266  
   

 

 

  
Health Care Providers & Services — 1.5%  

Life Healthcare Group Holdings Ltd.

     2,233,034       3,551,072  

Netcare Ltd.

     2,031,513       2,595,648  
   

 

 

  
      6,146,720  
Industrial Conglomerates — 1.7%            

Bidvest Group Ltd. (The)

     483,189       6,874,013  
   

 

 

  
Insurance — 9.0%            

Discovery Ltd.

     582,011       5,546,446  

Liberty Holdings Ltd.

     276,570       2,068,362  

MMI Holdings Ltd./South Africa

     1,783,216       2,296,775  

Old Mutual Ltd.

     6,817,470       9,853,310  

Rand Merchant Investment Holdings Ltd.

     1,305,920       2,953,178  

Sanlam Ltd.

     2,430,334       12,714,699  
   

 

 

  
      35,432,770  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 22.3%  

Naspers Ltd., Class N

     391,922       88,187,094  
   

 

 

  
Media — 1.4%            

MultiChoice Group Ltd.(a)

    650,642       5,447,828  
   

 

 

  
Security   Shares     Value  
Metals & Mining — 5.5%            

Anglo American Platinum Ltd.

     90,146     $ 4,537,674  

AngloGold Ashanti Ltd.

     597,787       7,994,310  

Gold Fields Ltd.

     1,289,176       5,795,204  

Kumba Iron Ore Ltd.

     119,277       3,621,858  
   

 

 

  
      21,949,046  
Multiline Retail — 1.2%            

Woolworths Holdings Ltd./South Africa

     1,512,917       4,754,659  
   

 

 

  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.2%            

Exxaro Resources Ltd.

     395,815       4,618,997  
   

 

 

  
Paper & Forest Products — 1.8%            

Mondi Ltd.

     189,054       3,890,168  

Sappi Ltd.

     869,818       3,292,253  
   

 

 

  
      7,182,421  
Pharmaceuticals — 1.0%            

Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd.

     604,482       4,066,836  
   

 

 

  
Real Estate Management & Development — 1.2%  

NEPI Rockcastle PLC

     577,394       4,880,928  
   

 

 

  
Specialty Retail — 3.3%            

Foschini Group Ltd. (The)

     365,008       4,415,450  

Mr. Price Group Ltd.

     384,625       5,208,918  

Truworths International Ltd.

     724,211       3,564,466  
   

 

 

  
      13,188,834  
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 6.0%  

MTN Group Ltd.(b)

    2,280,592       16,079,682  

Vodacom Group Ltd.

     919,414       7,503,100  
   

 

 

  
      23,582,782  
   

 

 

  

Total Common Stocks — 99.9%
(Cost: $518,684,450)

 

     395,170,984  
   

 

 

  

Short-Term Investments

    
Money Market Funds — 3.9%            

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

    15,169,537       15,175,605  

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

    306,051       306,051  
   

 

 

  
      15,481,656  
   

 

 

  

Total Short-Term Investments — 3.9%
(Cost: $15,481,514)

 

     15,481,656  
   

 

 

  

Total Investments in Securities — 103.8%
(Cost: $534,165,964)

 

     410,652,640  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (3.8)%

 

     (15,185,589 ) 
   

 

 

  

Net Assets — 100.0%

     $   395,467,051  
   

 

 

  

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(d) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period-end.

(e) 

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 South Africa 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

      —        15,169,537        15,169,537      $ 15,175,605      $ 32,535 (a)     $ 3,898      $ 142  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

      173,320        132,731        306,051        306,051        5,053        —        —  
           

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  
            $ 15,481,656      $ 37,588      $ 3,898      $ 142  
           

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

 

  (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

    $ 395,170,984        $ —        $ —        $ 395,170,984  

Money Market Funds

      15,481,656          —          —          15,481,656  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  
   $ 410,652,640        $               —        $               —        $ 410,652,640  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  

 

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