0001752724-19-084863.txt : 20190729 0001752724-19-084863.hdr.sgml : 20190729 20190729171645 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001752724-19-084863 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: 19982361 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 S000054183 iShares ESG MSCI EM ETF C000170244 iShares ESG MSCI EM ETF ESGE ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001752724-19-078132 NPORT-EX 1 NPORT_6176485313042800.htm iShares ESG MSCI EM ETF

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) 

May 31, 2019

  

iShares® ESG MSCI EM ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

   
Argentina — 0.2%            

BBVA Banco Frances SA, ADR

    153,970     $ 1,379,571  
   

 

 

 
Brazil — 4.4%            

Atacadao SA

    178,000       1,052,703  

B3 SA - Brasil, Bolsa, Balcao

    640,800       5,986,628  

Banco Bradesco SA

    124,642       1,039,642  

Banco do Brasil SA

    160,200       2,122,003  

Banco Santander Brasil SA

    231,400       2,701,558  

Cielo SA

    249,200       426,538  

Cosan SA

    71,200       857,441  

Engie Brasil Energia SA

    213,600       2,527,578  

Klabin SA

    124,600       494,975  

Localiza Rent a Car SA

    106,830       1,038,170  

Lojas Renner SA

    58,410       657,157  

M. Dias Branco SA

    53,400       527,807  

Natura Cosmeticos SA

    124,600       1,909,235  

Petrobras Distribuidora SA

    89,000       580,919  

Ultrapar Participacoes SA

    409,400       2,162,884  

WEG SA

    195,880       953,279  
   

 

 

 
              25,038,517  
Chile — 0.8%            

Banco Santander Chile

    10,527,276       743,881  

Empresas COPEC SA

    243,326       2,526,165  

Enel Americas SA

    8,701,708       1,390,747  
   

 

 

 
          4,660,793  
China — 28.1%            

3SBio Inc.(a)

    356,000       580,276  

AAC Technologies Holdings Inc.

    123,000       654,176  

Agricultural Bank of China Ltd., Class H

    1,780,000       762,804  

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., ADR(b)(c)

    150,588       22,476,765  

Alibaba Health Information Technology
Ltd.(b)

    712,000       674,718  

Alibaba Pictures Group Ltd.(b)

    3,560,000       740,101  

Autohome Inc., ADR(b)

    5,518       473,996  

BAIC Motor Corp. Ltd., Class H(a)

    979,000       605,589  

Baidu Inc., ADR(b)

    14,952       1,644,720  

Bank of China Ltd., Class H

    3,560,000       1,475,662  

Bank of Shanghai Co. Ltd., Class A

    498,400       809,442  

Baozun Inc., ADR(b)(c)

    18,690       733,209  

BBMG Corp., Class H

    2,314,000       699,464  

BOC Aviation Ltd.(a)

    160,200       1,335,247  

BOE Technology Group Co. Ltd., Class A

    1,210,400       600,561  

Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd.

    712,000       724,663  

BYD Co. Ltd., Class A

    89,000       619,379  

BYD Co. Ltd., Class H(c)

    178,000       1,042,044  

BYD Electronic International Co. Ltd.

    534,000       702,869  

China Agri-Industries Holdings Ltd.

    1,602,000       484,244  

China Aoyuan Group Ltd.

    534,000       576,870  

China Construction Bank Corp., Class H

    10,146,000       8,023,060  

China Everbright Bank Co. Ltd., Class H

    3,026,000       1,366,236  

China Everbright International Ltd.

    1,246,666       1,179,798  

China Everbright Ltd.

    400,000       639,751  

China First Capital Group Ltd.(b)

    1,424,000       435,888  

China International Capital Corp. Ltd.,
Class H(a)

    569,600       1,034,507  

China Life Insurance Co. Ltd., Class H

    356,000       826,371  

China Longyuan Power Group Corp. Ltd., Class H

    1,424,000       899,019  

China Mengniu Dairy Co. Ltd.

    273,000       997,564  

China Merchants Bank Co. Ltd., Class H

    979,000       4,713,604  

China Merchants Securities Co. Ltd., Class A

    284,800       635,066  
Security   Shares     Value  
China (continued)            

China Merchants Shekou Industrial Zone Holdings Co. Ltd., Class A

    195,800     $ 613,397  

China Minsheng Banking Corp. Ltd., Class H

    3,471,000       2,523,382  

China Mobile Ltd.

    295,500       2,579,790  

China Molybdenum Co. Ltd., Class A

    996,800       579,405  

China Molybdenum Co. Ltd., Class H

    2,730,000       856,547  

China Oilfield Services Ltd., Class H

    582,000       520,349  

China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd.

    356,000       1,235,015  

China Pacific Insurance Group Co. Ltd.,
Class H

    284,800       1,053,395  

China Shenhua Energy Co. Ltd., Class H

    356,000       731,020  

China Tower Corp. Ltd., Class H(a)

    7,476,000       1,678,168  

China Vanke Co. Ltd., Class H

    231,400       818,992  

CNOOC Ltd.

    1,424,000       2,321,102  

Country Garden Services Holdings Co. Ltd.

    890,000       1,825,280  

CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Ltd.

    712,000       1,147,838  

Ctrip.com International Ltd., ADR(b)

    39,160       1,353,370  

Fosun International Ltd.

    1,068,000       1,378,495  

GDS Holdings Ltd., ADR(b)(c)

    20,648       670,854  

Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd.

    1,638,000       2,686,633  

Genscript Biotech Corp.(b)

    356,000       769,160  

Greentown Service Group Co. Ltd.

    712,000       560,297  

Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. Ltd.,
Class H

    713,200       687,680  

HengTen Networks Group Ltd.(b)(c)

    16,376,000       405,194  

Huaneng Renewables Corp. Ltd., Class H

    3,308,000       894,447  

Huaxia Bank Co. Ltd., Class A

    489,474       529,493  

Huazhu Group Ltd., ADR

    18,690       571,914  

Hutchison China MediTech Ltd., ADR(b)(c)

    22,784       629,066  

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., Class H

    4,628,000           3,305,482  

Industrial Bank Co. Ltd., Class A

    373,800       947,285  

iQIYI Inc., ADR(b)

    28,124       512,701  

JD.com Inc., ADR(b)

    52,332       1,348,072  

Kingboard Laminates Holdings Ltd.

    534,000       455,639  

Kingdee International Software Group Co. Ltd.

    1,602,000       1,783,735  

Legend Holdings Corp., Class H(a)

    569,600       1,374,500  

Lenovo Group Ltd.

    2,492,000       1,732,200  

Meituan Dianping, Class B(b)

    284,800       2,199,417  

MMG Ltd.(b)

    3,560,000       1,085,179  

NetEase Inc., ADR

    4,450       1,106,315  

New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc., ADR(b)

    13,172       1,128,182  

Orient Securities Co. Ltd./China, Class A

    373,797       552,623  

Pinduoduo Inc., ADR(b)

    37,380       725,920  

Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China Ltd., Class H

    623,000       6,881,124  

Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd., Class H

    178,000       523,292  

Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co. Ltd., Class H

    925,600       1,827,460  

Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co. Ltd., Class A

    480,600       771,522  

Shenzhou International Group Holdings Ltd.

    160,200       1,888,961  

Shui On Land Ltd.

    5,696,000       1,293,134  

Sino Biopharmaceutical Ltd.

    890,000       897,883  

Sinopharm Group Co. Ltd., Class H

    142,400       534,871  

Sinotrans Ltd., Class H

    1,780,000       653,832  

SOHO China Ltd.

    2,937,000       917,748  

Sunac China Holdings Ltd.

    188,000       810,453  

Suning.com Co. Ltd., Class A

    605,196       946,226  

Sunny Optical Technology Group Co. Ltd.

    89,000       758,831  

TAL Education Group, ADR(b)

    24,564       845,247  

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

    658,600       27,383,742  

Tong Ren Tang Technologies Co. Ltd.,
Class H

    356,000       455,866  

Towngas China Co. Ltd.

    896,000       675,381  

TravelSky Technology Ltd., Class H

    190,000       393,544  

Vipshop Holdings Ltd., ADR(b)

    92,026       693,876  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

May 31, 2019

  

iShares® ESG MSCI EM ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
China (continued)            

Wuxi Biologics Cayman Inc.(a)(b)

    178,000     $ 1,682,254  

Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co. Ltd., Class H

    758,136       797,727  

Xinyi Solar Holdings Ltd.

    1,424,000       780,966  

Yanzhou Coal Mining Co. Ltd., Class H

    712,000       669,269  

Yuzhou Properties Co. Ltd.

    1,246,000       567,335  

Zhongsheng Group Holdings Ltd.(c)

    445,000       1,120,368  
   

 

 

 
          161,816,108  
Colombia — 0.6%            

Bancolombia SA

    55,002       610,336  

Cementos Argos SA

    958,174       2,072,484  

Grupo Argos SA/Colombia

    164,472       845,199  
   

 

 

 
          3,528,019  
Czech Republic — 0.3%            

Komercni Banka AS

    39,338       1,481,434  
   

 

 

 
Egypt — 0.1%            

Commercial International Bank Egypt SAE

    113,050       484,143  
   

 

 

 
Greece — 0.2%            

OPAP SA

    86,152       900,033  
   

 

 

 
Hungary — 0.8%            

MOL Hungarian Oil & Gas PLC

    417,944           4,696,207  
   

 

 

 
India — 10.2%            

Asian Paints Ltd.

    214,846       4,338,461  

Axis Bank Ltd.(b)

    128,872       1,494,696  

Axis Bank Ltd., GDR(b)(d)

    46,636       2,704,888  

Bajaj Finance Ltd.

    21,716       1,080,359  

Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd.

    142,934       839,561  

Bharti Airtel Ltd.

    247,537       1,238,906  

Dabur India Ltd.

    360,272       2,046,881  

Eicher Motors Ltd.

    2,492       713,286  

HCL Technologies Ltd.

    98,434       1,543,150  

Hero MotoCorp Ltd.

    15,486       595,575  

Hindalco Industries Ltd.

    265,754       751,221  

Hindustan Unilever Ltd.

    134,034       3,439,740  

Housing Development Finance Corp. Ltd.

    197,224       6,176,829  

Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd.

    96,654       1,090,857  

Indian Oil Corp. Ltd.

    483,626       1,148,843  

Infosys Ltd.

    554,826       5,873,376  

Infosys Ltd., ADR

    37,024       387,641  

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.

    54,468       505,709  

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., GDR

    183,162       1,694,249  

Marico Ltd.

    279,460       1,491,509  

Nestle India Ltd.

    11,214       1,850,156  

Power Grid Corp. of India Ltd.

    215,380       585,029  

REC Ltd.

    285,690       592,563  

Reliance Industries Ltd.

    219,474       4,188,953  

Reliance Industries Ltd., GDR(a)

    41,652       1,605,685  

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.

    195,800       6,171,284  

Titan Co. Ltd.

    99,502       1,764,348  

Wipro Ltd.

    360,628       1,482,020  

Wipro Ltd., ADR(c)

    89,178       394,167  

Yes Bank Ltd.

    438,058       929,026  
   

 

 

 
          58,718,968  
Indonesia — 1.7%            

Astra International Tbk PT

    6,052,000       3,159,040  

Bank Mandiri Persero Tbk PT

    2,509,800       1,349,638  

Bank Negara Indonesia Persero Tbk PT

    1,477,400       869,516  
Security   Shares     Value  
Indonesia (continued)            

Bank Rakyat Indonesia Persero Tbk PT

    2,296,200     $ 659,620  

Kalbe Farma Tbk PT

    5,518,000       543,198  

Telekomunikasi Indonesia Persero Tbk PT

    3,221,800       880,366  

Unilever Indonesia Tbk PT

    320,400       998,970  

United Tractors Tbk PT

    747,600       1,327,844  
   

 

 

 
          9,788,192  
Malaysia — 3.0%            

Axiata Group Bhd

    801,000       896,478  

CIMB Group Holdings Bhd

    1,085,800       1,365,509  

DiGi.Com Bhd

    462,800       548,888  

Malayan Banking Bhd

    818,800       1,762,457  

Maxis Bhd(c)

    1,548,600       2,047,308  

Nestle Malaysia Bhd

    49,200       1,725,904  

Petronas Dagangan Bhd

    160,200       984,788  

Public Bank Bhd

    925,600       5,212,781  

RHB Bank Bhd

    623,000       866,744  

Sime Darby Plantation Bhd

    907,800       1,009,509  

Telekom Malaysia Bhd

    1,032,400       889,384  
   

 

 

 
          17,309,750  
Mexico — 2.5%            

Alsea SAB de CV

    391,600       764,570  

Arca Continental SAB de CV

    391,600       2,091,635  

Cemex SAB de CV, CPO(b)

    3,524,400       1,435,890  

Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV

    516,200       3,216,988  

Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV

    71,200       661,481  

Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV, Class O

    445,000       2,418,609  

Infraestructura Energetica Nova SAB de CV

    587,400       2,390,155  

Kimberly-Clark de Mexico SAB de CV, Class A

    712,000       1,283,390  
   

 

 

 
          14,262,718  
Peru — 0.1%            

Credicorp Ltd.

    2,670       597,546  
   

 

 

 
Philippines — 0.6%            

BDO Unibank Inc.

    473,480       1,252,665  

Globe Telecom Inc.

    16,910       703,489  

SM Prime Holdings Inc.

    1,833,400       1,398,925  
   

 

 

 
          3,355,079  
Poland — 0.9%            

Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA

    40,762       1,127,399  

KGHM Polska Miedz SA(b)

    64,080       1,584,673  

Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA

    72,446       1,825,129  

Santander Bank Polska SA

    9,256       879,929  
   

 

 

 
          5,417,130  
Qatar — 0.7%            

Commercial Bank PQSC (The)

    53,222       676,008  

Ooredoo QPSC

    58,562       1,031,761  

Qatar National Bank QPSC

    47,882       2,461,530  
   

 

 

 
          4,169,299  
Russia — 4.0%            

Alrosa PJSC

    517,980       700,937  

Gazprom PJSC

    402,280       1,328,351  

Gazprom PJSC, ADR

    113,564       746,115  

Inter RAO UES PJSC

    34,888,000       2,149,797  

LUKOIL PJSC

    63,546       5,139,479  

LUKOIL PJSC, ADR

    2,136       172,076  

Novatek PJSC, GDR(d)

    17,088       3,503,040  

Novolipetsk Steel PJSC

    259,880       687,468  

Polymetal International PLC

    102,272       1,095,681  

Polymetal International PLC, New

    19,599       210,759  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

May 31, 2019

  

iShares® ESG MSCI EM ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Russia (continued)            

Polyus PJSC

    11,748     $ 932,482  

Rosneft Oil Co. PJSC

    2,040       13,560  

Rosneft Oil Co. PJSC, GDR(d)

    100,570       670,198  

Sberbank of Russia PJSC

    1,117,840       4,002,456  

Sberbank of Russia PJSC, ADR

    54,824       792,207  

Tatneft PJSC

    97,900       1,124,912  
   

 

 

 
          23,269,518  
Saudi Arabia — 1.0%            

Almarai Co. JSC

    38,982       530,106  

Banque Saudi Fransi

    104,130       1,112,005  

National Commercial Bank

    38,626       561,312  

Saudi Arabian Mining Co.(b)

    61,054       777,348  

Saudi Basic Industries Corp.

    100,570       2,998,047  
   

 

 

 
          5,978,818  
South Africa — 6.6%            

Absa Group Ltd.

    65,504       760,445  

Bidvest Group Ltd. (The)

    42,542       605,217  

Clicks Group Ltd.

    79,744       1,044,464  

Exxaro Resources Ltd.

    87,220       1,017,821  

FirstRand Ltd.

    294,946       1,355,445  

Growthpoint Properties Ltd.

    1,011,574       1,680,919  

Investec Ltd.

    503,028       2,960,980  

Kumba Iron Ore Ltd.

    50,552       1,535,017  

Mondi Ltd.

    151,300       3,113,304  

Mr. Price Group Ltd.

    37,558       508,642  

MTN Group Ltd.

    124,422       877,257  

MultiChoice Group Ltd.(b)

    50,730       424,763  

Naspers Ltd., Class N

    47,170       10,613,809  

NEPI Rockcastle PLC

    109,292       923,886  

Netcare Ltd.

    653,794       835,347  

Old Mutual Ltd.

    1,750,096       2,529,419  

Standard Bank Group Ltd.

    228,552       3,120,365  

Vodacom Group Ltd.

    437,524       3,570,520  

Woolworths Holdings Ltd./South Africa

    213,244       670,164  
   

 

 

 
              38,147,784  
South Korea — 11.2%            

Amorepacific Corp.

    6,408       963,164  

AMOREPACIFIC Group

    18,334       997,601  

BNK Financial Group Inc.

    111,250       644,576  

Celltrion Inc.(b)

    4,806       766,765  

GS Engineering & Construction Corp.

    18,690       630,115  

GS Holdings Corp.

    46,280       1,946,954  

Hana Financial Group Inc.

    32,029       976,281  

Hankook Tire & Technology Co. Ltd.

    38,982       1,145,663  

Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co. Ltd.

    21,004       542,340  

KB Financial Group Inc.

    81,702       3,004,910  

LG Chem Ltd.

    8,722       2,438,850  

LG Corp.

    22,962       1,413,313  

LG Display Co. Ltd.(b)(c)

    105,910       1,520,750  

LG Electronics Inc.

    34,354       2,267,381  

LG Household & Health Care Ltd.

    1,424       1,528,148  

LG Innotek Co. Ltd.

    6,586       523,717  

Lotte Chemical Corp.

    3,560       771,249  

NAVER Corp.

    14,062       1,316,578  

NCSoft Corp.

    1,958       784,252  

POSCO

    19,580       3,904,820  

Samsung Card Co. Ltd.

    17,800       550,038  

Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd.

    7,654       611,857  

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

    524,388       18,713,989  
Security   Shares     Value  
South Korea (continued)            

Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd.

    8,010     $ 1,822,747  

Samsung SDI Co. Ltd.

    7,120       1,306,340  

Shinhan Financial Group Co. Ltd.

    130,652       4,876,548  

SK Holdings Co. Ltd.

    9,078       1,764,680  

SK Hynix Inc.

    48,594       2,664,530  

SK Innovation Co. Ltd.

    9,790       1,356,411  

SK Telecom Co. Ltd.

    6,408       1,347,891  

S-Oil Corp.

    16,376       1,148,204  
   

 

 

 
          64,250,662  
Taiwan — 11.9%            

Acer Inc.

    1,780,000       1,072,645  

ASE Technology Holding Co. Ltd.

    534,186       1,010,497  

Cathay Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

    2,492,000       3,216,247  

Chailease Holding Co. Ltd.

    178,000       655,975  

China Steel Corp.

    1,958,000       1,505,082  

Chunghwa Telecom Co. Ltd.

    715,000       2,544,484  

Delta Electronics Inc.

    356,000       1,604,745  

E.Sun Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

    8,010,514       6,943,079  

Eva Airways Corp.

    4,272,606       2,034,092  

Far Eastern New Century Corp.

    1,068,000       1,108,119  

Far EasTone Telecommunications Co. Ltd.

    890,000       2,210,043  

Fubon Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

    2,548,000       3,485,994  

Hiwin Technologies Corp.

    18,496       139,543  

Hotai Motor Co. Ltd.

    124,000       1,984,785  

Inventec Corp.

    1,958,000       1,474,113  

Lite-On Technology Corp.

    890,039       1,269,775  

MediaTek Inc.

    184,000       1,810,170  

President Chain Store Corp.

    179,000       1,704,357  

Taishin Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

    7,298,000       3,255,098  

Taiwan Business Bank

    2,492,000       1,020,843  

Taiwan Mobile Co. Ltd.

    178,000       664,421  

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

    3,029,000       22,564,792  

Tatung Co. Ltd.(b)

    712,000       489,870  

United Microelectronics Corp.

    1,780,000       726,358  

Win Semiconductors Corp.

    178,000       982,554  

Wistron Corp.

    2,670,768       1,900,902  

Yuanta Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

    1,602,000       899,502  
   

 

 

 
          68,278,085  
Thailand — 4.1%            

BTS Group Holdings PCL, NVDR

    10,460,500       3,768,060  

Central Pattana PCL, NVDR

    1,068,000       2,404,455  

Kasikornbank PCL, Foreign

    89,000       527,293  

Kasikornbank PCL, NVDR

    445,000       2,622,403  

Minor International PCL, NVDR

    2,812,400       3,443,574  

PTT Exploration & Production PCL, NVDR

    302,600       1,199,978  

PTT PCL, NVDR

    1,623,700       2,372,893  

Siam Cement PCL (The), NVDR

    302,600       4,321,833  

Siam Commercial Bank PCL (The), NVDR

    747,600       3,059,142  
   

 

 

 
          23,719,631  
Turkey — 0.4%            

Arcelik AS(b)

    467,072       1,394,257  

Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS

    362,764       723,582  
   

 

 

 
          2,117,839  
 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

May 31, 2019

  

iShares® ESG MSCI EM ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
United Arab Emirates — 1.0%            

Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC

    1,126,562     $ 2,754,221  

First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC

    750,448       3,036,034  
   

 

 

 
          5,790,255  
   

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks — 95.4%
(Cost: $561,034,120)

          549,156,099  
   

 

 

 

Preferred Stocks

   
Brazil — 3.0%            

Banco Bradesco SA, Preference Shares, NVS

    534,046       5,047,952  

Cia. Brasileira de Distribuicao, Preference Shares, NVS

    71,200       1,586,284  

Cia. Energetica de Minas Gerais, Preference Shares, NVS

    516,282       1,946,741  

Itau Unibanco Holding SA, Preference Shares, NVS

    569,610       5,093,079  

Itausa-Investimentos Itau SA, Preference Shares, NVS

    480,631       1,521,311  

Telefonica Brasil SA, Preference Shares, NVS

    195,800       2,403,482  
   

 

 

 
          17,598,849  
Chile — 0.3%            

Embotelladora Andina SA, Class B, Preference Shares

    306,516       1,023,042  

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA, Series B, Preference Shares

    21,004       635,802  
   

 

 

 
          1,658,844  
Colombia — 0.1%            

Bancolombia SA, Preference Shares, NVS

    43,788       513,182  
   

 

 

 
South Korea — 0.7%            

LG Household & Health Care Ltd., Preference Shares, NVS

    890       544,806  

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Preference Shares, NVS

    113,386       3,313,320  
   

 

 

 
          3,858,126  
   

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stocks — 4.1%
(Cost: $22,064,430)

      23,629,001  
   

 

 

 

Rights

   
China — 0.0%            

Legend Holdings Corp.
(Expires 07/04/19)(b)

    29,546        
   

 

 

 

Total Rights — 0.0%
(Cost: $0)

       
   

 

 

 
Security   Shares     Value  

Warrants

   
Thailand — 0.0%            

Minor International PCL
(Expires 12/31/21)(b)

    113,600     $  
   

 

 

 

Total Warrants — 0.0%
(Cost: $0)

       
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

   
Money Market Funds — 2.6%            

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

    14,742,469       14,748,366  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments — 2.6%
(Cost: $14,744,255)

 

    14,748,366  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities — 102.1%
(Cost: $597,842,805)

      587,533,466  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (2.1)%

      (12,151,607
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $ 575,381,859  
   

 

 

 

 

(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)

This security may be resold to qualified foreign investors and foreign institutional buyers under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933.

(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 Section2(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

    18,597,393        (3,854,924     14,742,469      $ 14,748,366      $ 72,094 (a)    $ (848   $ 1,618  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

                               9,407              
         

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
          $     14,748,366      $     81,501     $ (848   $ 1,618  
         

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (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.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

May 31, 2019

  

iShares® ESG MSCI EM ETF

    

 

Futures Contracts

 

 

 
Description  

Number of

Contracts

    

Expiration

Date

    

Notional

Amount

(000)

    

Value/

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 

 

 

Long Contracts

          

MSCI Emerging Markets E-Mini

    40        06/21/19      $ 2,000      $ (41,385
          

 

 

 

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

   $ 549,156,099        $      $        $ 549,156,099  

Preferred Stocks

     23,629,001                

 
       23,629,001  

Rights

              0 (a)                0 (a) 

Warrants

              0 (a)                0 (a) 

Money Market Funds

     14,748,366                          14,748,366  
  

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 587,533,466        $ 0 (a)     $             —        $ 587,533,466  
  

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative financial instruments(b)

               

Liabilities

               

Futures Contracts

   $ (41,385      $             —      $        $ (41,385
  

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

Rounds to less than $1.

 
  (b) 

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

 

 

Portfolio Abbreviations — Equity
ADR    American Depositary Receipt
CPO    Certificates of Participation (Ordinary)
GDR    Global Depositary Receipt
NVDR    Non-Voting Depositary Receipt
NVS    Non-Voting Shares

 

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