0001752724-19-084783.txt : 20190729 0001752724-19-084783.hdr.sgml : 20190729 20190729171534 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001752724-19-084783 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: 19982268 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 S000021462 iShares MSCI Israel ETF C000061365 iShares MSCI Israel ETF EIS ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001752724-19-078021 NPORT-EX 1 NPORT_6177008391695297.htm iShares MSCI Israel ETF

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) 

May 31, 2019

  

iShares® MSCI Israel ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

   
Aerospace & Defense — 3.2%            

Elbit Systems Ltd.

    25,402     $ 3,640,659  
   

 

 

 
Banks — 24.4%            

Bank Hapoalim BM

    1,109,157       8,046,142  

Bank Leumi Le-Israel BM

    1,498,253       10,104,804  

First International Bank of Israel Ltd.

    53,966       1,302,966  

Israel Discount Bank Ltd., Class A

    1,224,747       4,705,631  

Mizrahi Tefahot Bank Ltd.

    152,411       3,355,546  
   

 

 

 
      27,515,089  
Biotechnology — 0.3%            

UroGen Pharma Ltd.(a)(b)

    10,844       369,347  
   

 

 

 
Building Products — 0.3%            

Caesarstone Ltd.

    28,516       395,517  
   

 

 

 
Chemicals — 3.6%            

Israel Chemicals Ltd.

    670,479       3,387,322  

Israel Corp. Ltd. (The)

    2,884       639,961  
   

 

 

 
      4,027,283  
Communications Equipment — 1.8%  

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd.

    16,518       136,626  

Ituran Location and Control Ltd.

    22,271       692,851  

Radware Ltd.(a)

    49,730       1,159,703  
   

 

 

 
      1,989,180  
Construction & Engineering — 2.1%  

Ashtrom Group Ltd.

    17,872       147,973  

Elco Ltd.

    8,857       188,726  

Electra Ltd./Israel

    2,566       747,550  

Shapir Engineering and Industry Ltd.

    136,282       494,314  

Shikun & Binui Ltd.(a)

    276,179       783,276  
   

 

 

 
      2,361,839  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.3%  

Bezeq The Israeli Telecommunication Corp. Ltd.

    2,377,706       1,473,205  
   

 

 

 
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.9%  

REIT 1 Ltd.

    213,055       992,401  
   

 

 

 
Food & Staples Retailing — 1.1%  

Rami Levy Chain Stores Hashikma Marketing 2006 Ltd.

    9,288       475,382  

Shufersal Ltd.

    107,301       716,287  
   

 

 

 
      1,191,669  
Food Products — 1.3%            

Strauss Group Ltd.

    56,039       1,488,937  
   

 

 

 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.1%  

Fattal Holdings 1998 Ltd.(a)

    1,170       130,924  
   

 

 

 
Household Durables — 0.2%            

Maytronics Ltd.

    27,255       176,682  
   

 

 

 
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.6%  

Energix-Renewable Energies Ltd.(a)

    73,508       132,887  

Kenon Holdings Ltd./Singapore

    26,527       505,213  
   

 

 

 
      638,100  
Insurance — 3.2%            

Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd.(a)

    29,165       461,405  

Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd.

    138,986       1,056,128  

IDI Insurance Co. Ltd.

    9,368       349,086  

Menora Mivtachim Holdings Ltd.

    38,330       556,642  

Migdal Insurance & Financial Holding Ltd.

    526,051       564,154  
Security   Shares     Value  
Insurance (continued)            

Phoenix Holdings Ltd. (The)

    97,027     $ 601,704  
   

 

 

 
      3,589,119  
IT Services — 5.7%            

Formula Systems 1985 Ltd.

    5,494       258,634  

Matrix IT Ltd.

    49,279       727,056  

Wix.com Ltd.(a)

    39,289       5,395,951  
   

 

 

 
      6,381,641  
Machinery — 0.9%            

Kornit Digital Ltd.(a)(b)

    36,988       1,049,350  
   

 

 

 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 3.1%            

Delek Group Ltd.

    5,326       945,357  

Equital Ltd.(a)

    11,473       365,848  

Naphtha Israel Petroleum Corp. Ltd.

    55,696       354,148  

Oil Refineries Ltd.(a)

    1,228,655       604,473  

Paz Oil Co. Ltd.

    8,732       1,215,385  
   

 

 

 
      3,485,211  
Paper & Forest Products — 0.1%            

Hadera Paper Ltd.

    1,667       98,599  
   

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 7.8%            

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., ADR(a)

    1,020,185       8,824,600  
   

 

 

 
Real Estate Management & Development — 10.8%  

ADO Group Ltd.(a)

    7,660       160,982  

Africa Israel Properties Ltd.(a)

    19,853       550,457  

Airport City Ltd.(a)

    90,307       1,612,888  

Alony Hetz Properties & Investments Ltd.

    128,122       1,631,453  

Amot Investments Ltd.

    160,806       992,351  

Azrieli Group Ltd.

    47,348       2,825,324  

Bayside Land Corp.

    1,051       537,058  

Big Shopping Centers Ltd.

    3,045       216,277  

Blue Square Real Estate Ltd.

    4,802       199,322  

Brack Capital Properties NV(a)

    1,594       164,777  

Gazit-Globe Ltd.

    116,892       948,487  

Industrial Buildings Corp. Ltd.(a)

    109,308       194,321  

Jerusalem Economy Ltd.(a)

    124,527       430,054  

Melisron Ltd.

    22,102       1,131,216  

Norstar Holdings Inc.

    19,694       273,627  

Property & Building Corp. Ltd.

    1,477       131,083  

Summit Real Estate Holdings Ltd.

    18,576       168,957  
   

 

 

 
      12,168,634  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.8%  

Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd.(a)

    18,505       475,707  

Tower Semiconductor Ltd.(a)

    100,951       1,531,721  
   

 

 

 
      2,007,428  
Software — 23.9%            

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.(a)(b)

    124,539       13,734,161  

CyberArk Software Ltd.(a)

    34,687       4,580,418  

Hilan Ltd.

    6,602       206,529  

Nice Ltd.(a)

    56,737       7,862,677  

Sapiens International Corp. NV

    38,541       545,259  
   

 

 

 
      26,929,044  
Specialty Retail — 0.2%            

Delek Automotive Systems Ltd.

    57,067       243,795  
   

 

 

 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.3%  

Delta-Galil Industries Ltd.(b)

    13,771       397,773  
   

 

 

 
 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

May 31, 2019

  

iShares® MSCI Israel ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.9%  

Cellcom Israel Ltd.(a)(b)

    92,274     $ 348,425  

Partner Communications Co. Ltd.(a)

    148,446       677,135  
   

 

 

 
      1,025,560  
   

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks — 99.9%
(Cost: $130,658,768)

      112,591,586  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

   
Money Market Funds — 7.2%            

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

    7,986,786       7,989,981  

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

    134,857       134,857  
   

 

 

 
      8,124,838  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments — 7.2%
(Cost: $8,122,865)

 

    8,124,838  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities — 107.1%
(Cost: $138,781,633)

 

    120,716,424  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (7.1)%

 

    (8,031,047
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $   112,685,377  
   

 

 

 

 

 

(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.

 

 

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

     7,120,644        866,142        7,986,786      $ 7,989,981      $ 34,373 (a)     $ 3,378      $ 973  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

     15,507        119,350        134,857        134,857        1,633                
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
            $ 8,124,838      $ 36,006      $ 3,378      $ 973  
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (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

   $ 112,591,586        $             —        $             —        $ 112,591,586  

Money Market Funds

     8,124,838                            8,124,838  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 120,716,424        $        $        $ 120,716,424  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

Portfolio Abbreviations — Equity
ADR   American Depositary Receipt

 

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