NPORT-EX 1 NPORT_6176779420045113.htm iShares MSCI Belgium ETF

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) 

May 31, 2019

   

iShares® MSCI Belgium ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

    
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.7%            

bpost SA

     34,148     $ 334,789  
   

 

 

  
Banks — 9.6%            

KBC Group NV

     68,493       4,492,500  
   

 

 

  
Beverages — 22.2%            

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV

     129,191       10,453,227  
   

 

 

  
Biotechnology — 5.3%            

Argenx SE(a)

    8,206       1,013,195  

Galapagos NV(a)(b)

    12,791       1,456,723  
   

 

 

  
      2,469,918  
Capital Markets — 1.0%            

Gimv NV

     8,116       485,666  
   

 

 

  
Chemicals — 9.0%            

Recticel SA

     19,624       167,946  

Solvay SA

     19,987       1,872,673  

Tessenderlo Group SA(a)

    11,866       384,786  

Umicore SA

     60,342       1,795,365  
   

 

 

  
      4,220,770  
Construction & Engineering — 0.7%            

Cie. d’Entreprises CFE

     3,704       337,221  
   

 

 

  
Distributors — 1.0%            

D’ieteren SA/NV

     11,013       475,553  
   

 

 

  
Diversified Financial Services — 10.2%            

Ackermans & van Haaren NV

     7,358       1,124,136  

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA

     22,530       2,095,373  

KBC Ancora

     13,283       635,298  

Sofina SA

     4,784       923,338  
   

 

 

  
          4,778,145  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 2.9%  

Proximus SADP

     46,498       1,344,601  
   

 

 

  
Electric Utilities — 1.4%            

Elia System Operator SA/NV

     9,715       674,454  
   

 

 

  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.5%  

Barco NV

     3,574       694,581  
   

 

 

  
Entertainment — 0.8%            

Kinepolis Group NV

     6,865       377,911  
   

 

 

  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 8.5%  

Aedifica SA

     9,012       827,504  

Befimmo SA

     8,649       483,828  

Cofinimmo SA

     7,283       917,087  

Intervest Offices & Warehouses NV

     12,151       335,127  

Montea CVA

     3,150       273,445  

Retail Estates NV

     2,986       262,203  

Warehouses De Pauw CVA

     5,696       883,549  
   

 

 

  
      3,982,743  
Food & Staples Retailing — 2.9%            

Colruyt SA

     18,527       1,373,343  
   

 

 

  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.9%            

Biocartis NV(a)(b)(c)

    20,955       253,594  

Ion Beam Applications(a)

    11,247       181,605  
   

 

 

  
      435,199  
Security   Shares     Value  
Health Care Providers & Services — 0.8%  

Fagron

     19,424     $ 370,132  
   

 

 

  
Health Care Technology — 0.7%            

AGFA-Gevaert NV(a)

    86,464       350,140  
   

 

 

  
Insurance — 5.1%            

Ageas

     49,183       2,393,973  
   

 

 

  
IT Services — 0.5%            

Econocom Group SA/NV(b)

    65,756       232,869  
   

 

 

  
Media — 2.0%            

Telenet Group Holding NV

     17,843       959,173  
   

 

 

  
Metals & Mining — 0.8%            

Bekaert SA

     15,141       370,517  
   

 

 

  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.5%            

Euronav NV

     62,338       526,902  

Exmar NV(a)

    31,723       197,963  
   

 

 

  
      724,865  
Personal Products — 1.0%            

Ontex Group NV

     27,926       474,570  
   

 

 

  
Pharmaceuticals — 6.0%            

Mithra Pharmaceuticals SA(a)(b)

    5,797       158,267  

UCB SA

     34,895       2,662,862  
   

 

 

  
      2,821,129  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.2%  

Melexis NV

     7,774       543,601  
   

 

 

  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.6%  

Sioen Industries NV

     5,936       167,023  

Van de Velde NV

     4,663       130,165  
   

 

 

  
      297,188  
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.7%  

Orange Belgium SA

     16,454       312,437  
   

 

 

  

Total Common Stocks — 99.5%
(Cost: $57,601,647)

 

         46,781,215  
   

 

 

  

Short-Term Investments

    
Money Market Funds — 2.2%            

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

    1,020,791       1,021,200  

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

    26,173       26,173  
   

 

 

  
      1,047,373  
   

 

 

  

Total Short-Term Investments — 2.2%
(Cost: $1,047,123)

 

     1,047,373  
   

 

 

  

Total Investments in Securities — 101.7%
(Cost: $58,648,770)

 

     47,828,588  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (1.7)%

       (788,808 ) 
   

 

 

  

Net Assets — 100.0%

     $ 47,039,780  
   

 

 

  

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c) 

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.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

May 31, 2019

   

iShares® MSCI Belgium ETF

    

 

(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

      1,512,858          (492,067 )         1,020,791        $ 1,021,200        $ 31,748 (a)     $ (87 )       $ (105 ) 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

      15,487          10,686          26,173          26,173          405        —          —  
                 

 

 

       

 

 

     

 

 

       

 

 

  
                  $ 1,047,373        $ 32,153      $ (87 )       $ (105 ) 
                 

 

 

       

 

 

     

 

 

       

 

 

  

 

  (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

    $ 46,781,215        $ —        $ —        $ 46,781,215  

Money Market Funds

      1,047,373          —          —          1,047,373  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  
   $ 47,828,588        $                 —        $                 —        $ 47,828,588  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  

 

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