0001752724-19-084842.txt : 20190729 0001752724-19-084842.hdr.sgml : 20190729 20190729171626 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001752724-19-084842 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: 19982336 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 S000004252 iShares MSCI Netherlands ETF C000011956 iShares MSCI Netherlands ETF EWN ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001752724-19-078017 NPORT-EX 1 NPORT_6176541003552232.htm iShares MSCI Netherlands ETF

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) 

May 31, 2019

   

iShares® MSCI Netherlands ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

    
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.2%            

PostNL NV

     207,581     $ 370,571  
   

 

 

  
Banks — 9.6%            

ABN AMRO Group NV, CVA(a)

    158,249       3,339,970  

ING Groep NV

     1,274,279       13,766,832  

NIBC Holding NV(a)

    9,289       82,603  
   

 

 

  
          17,189,405  
Beverages — 6.9%            

Coca-Cola European Partners PLC(b)

    78,581       4,353,387  

Heineken Holding NV

     13,598       1,342,550  

Heineken NV

     63,546       6,657,791  
   

 

 

  
      12,353,728  
Biotechnology — 0.1%            

Pharming Group NV(b)(c)

    180,327       150,268  

ProQR Therapeutics NV(b)(c)

    8,690       105,410  
   

 

 

  
      255,678  
Capital Markets — 0.5%            

BinckBank NV

     62,725       441,753  

Flow Traders(a)

    17,448       490,746  
   

 

 

  
      932,499  
Chemicals — 8.8%            

Akzo Nobel NV

     80,082       6,739,358  

Corbion NV

     30,470       932,384  

Koninklijke DSM NV

     65,009       7,302,233  

OCI NV(b)

    37,802       855,131  
   

 

 

  
      15,829,106  
Construction & Engineering — 1.2%  

Arcadis NV

     41,406       766,860  

Boskalis Westminster

     39,732       893,919  

Koninklijke BAM Groep NV

     96,669       408,917  

Koninklijke Volkerwessels NV

     10,006       181,302  
   

 

 

  
      2,250,998  
Diversified Financial Services — 0.0%            

SNS REAAL NV(b)(c)(d)

    68,952       1  
   

 

 

  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 2.2%  

Koninklijke KPN NV

     1,273,781       3,886,422  
   

 

 

  
Electrical Equipment — 1.2%            

Kendrion NV

     12,849       260,306  

SIF Holding NV(c)

    3,867       46,626  

Signify NV(a)

    36,929       985,998  

TKH Group NV

     19,660       917,512  
   

 

 

  
      2,210,442  
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.9%  

Fugro NV, CVA(b)(c)

    39,339       324,397  

SBM Offshore NV

     78,683       1,388,419  
   

 

 

  
      1,712,816  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 1.1%  

Eurocommercial Properties NV

     22,625       589,460  

NSI NV

     13,774       557,171  

Vastned Retail NV

     12,864       421,449  

Wereldhave NV

     19,847       483,467  
   

 

 

  
      2,051,547  
Food & Staples Retailing — 4.5%            

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV

     359,056       8,056,298  
   

 

 

  
Security   Shares     Value  
Food Products — 0.4%            

ForFarmers NV

     11,980     $ 94,651  

Wessanen

     43,711       553,338  
   

 

 

  
      647,989  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 6.5%  

Koninklijke Philips NV

     293,835       11,607,574  
   

 

 

  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.2%            

Basic-Fit NV(a)(b)

    10,368       336,209  
   

 

 

  
Household Durables — 0.2%            

TomTom NV(b)

    35,026       303,468  
   

 

 

  
Insurance — 5.1%            

Aegon NV

     668,642       3,051,935  

ASR Nederland NV

     47,350       1,791,882  

NN Group NV

     111,613       4,231,270  
   

 

 

  
      9,075,087  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.6%  

Takeaway.com NV(a)(b)

    11,805       1,041,868  
   

 

 

  
IT Services — 2.8%            

Adyen NV(a)(b)

    3,399       2,730,157  

InterXion Holding NV(b)

    30,502       2,248,303  
   

 

 

  
      4,978,460  
Leisure Products — 0.3%            

Accell Group NV

     17,942       486,846  
   

 

 

  
Machinery — 0.8%            

Aalberts NV

     42,284       1,390,487  
   

 

 

  
Media — 0.3%            

Altice NV, Class A(b)

    172,438       529,775  
   

 

 

  
Metals & Mining — 0.3%            

AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group NV(c)

    9,389       237,816  

Constellium NV, Class A(b)

    40,003       326,824  
   

 

 

  
      564,640  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.7%  

Koninklijke Vopak NV

     31,089       1,271,436  
   

 

 

  
Personal Products — 16.2%            

Unilever NV, CVA

     482,974           29,062,916  
   

 

 

  
Professional Services — 5.7%            

Brunel International NV

     20,950       312,365  

Intertrust NV(a)

    25,395       479,950  

Randstad NV

     46,478       2,392,826  

Wolters Kluwer NV

     101,039       7,041,555  
   

 

 

  
      10,226,696  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 19.7%  

ASM International NV

     21,629       1,262,477  

ASML Holding NV

     136,585       25,768,055  

BE Semiconductor Industries NV

     34,948       788,233  

NXP Semiconductors NV

     85,704       7,555,665  
   

 

 

  
      35,374,430  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 2.3%  

AerCap Holdings NV(b)(c)

    49,549       2,220,786  

IMCD NV

     23,185       1,887,335  
   

 

 

  
      4,108,121  
   

 

 

  

Total Common Stocks — 99.3%
(Cost: $190,918,223)

 

     178,105,513  
   

 

 

  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

May 31, 2019

   

iShares® MSCI Netherlands ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Short-Term Investments

    
Money Market Funds — 1.0%            

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

    1,683,645     $ 1,684,318  

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

    84,934       84,934  
   

 

 

  
      1,769,252  
   

 

 

  

Total Short-Term Investments — 1.0%
(Cost: $1,769,147)

 

     1,769,252  
   

 

 

  

Total Investments in Securities — 100.3%
(Cost: $192,687,370)

 

     179,874,765  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (0.3)%

 

     (566,122 ) 
   

 

 

  

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

   $   179,308,643  
   

 

 

  

 

 

(a) 

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.

(b) 

Non-income producing security.

(c) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(d) 

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

(e) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(f) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period-end.

(g) 

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

     3,959,407        (2,275,762 )      1,683,645      $ 1,684,318      $ 14,387 (a)    $ 1,148      $ (224 ) 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

     10,009        74,925       84,934        84,934        1,563       —        —  
         

 

 

     

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

  
          $ 1,769,252      $ 15,950     $ 1,148      $ (224 ) 
         

 

 

     

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

  

 

  (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

           

Euro STOXX 50 Index

     32        06/21/19      $ 1,168      $ (28,547 ) 
          

 

 

  

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 Netherlands 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

   $ 178,105,512     $ —      $ 1      $ 178,105,513  

Money Market Funds

     1,769,252       —        —        1,769,252  
 

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  
  $ 179,874,764     $ —      $ 1      $ 179,874,765  
 

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

Derivative financial instruments(a)

         

Liabilities

          

Futures Contracts

   $ (28,547 )    $             —      $             —      $ (28,547 ) 
 

 

 

    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

 

  (a) 

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

 

 

 

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