NPORT-EX 1 NPORT_6174337059647195.htm iShares MSCI Russia ETF

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited)

May 31, 2019

   

iShares® MSCI Russia ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

    
Banks — 16.8%            

Sberbank of Russia PJSC

     18,649,360     $ 66,774,536  

Sberbank of Russia PJSC, ADR

     2,082,229       30,088,209  

VTB Bank PJSC

     10,495,315,016       5,913,772  

VTB Bank PJSC, GDR(a)

    746,368       861,309  
   

 

 

  
      103,637,826  
Capital Markets — 1.9%            

Moscow Exchange MICEX-RTS PJSC

     8,791,940       11,438,480  
   

 

 

  
Chemicals — 1.8%            

PhosAgro PJSC, GDR(a)

    863,569       11,114,133  
   

 

 

  
Electric Utilities — 2.1%            

Inter RAO UES PJSC

     209,002,000       12,878,691  
   

 

 

  
Food & Staples Retailing — 6.2%            

Magnit PJSC, GDR(a)

    1,516,396       21,206,798  

X5 Retail Group NV, GDR(a)

    577,334       17,038,737  
   

 

 

  
      38,245,535  
Metals & Mining — 19.0%            

Alrosa PJSC

     12,703,010       17,189,881  

Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works PJSC

     15,846,700       10,863,077  

MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC

     131,148       27,618,264  

Novolipetsk Steel PJSC

     6,334,810       16,757,653  

Polymetal International PLC

     889,977       9,534,679  

Polymetal International PLC, New

     333,837       3,589,934  

Polyus PJSC

     175,350       13,918,173  

Severstal PJSC

     1,076,015       17,119,443  
   

 

 

  
          116,591,104  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 45.2%  

Gazprom PJSC

     28,235,130       93,233,956  

LUKOIL PJSC

     1,092,228       88,337,317  

Novatek PJSC, GDR(a)

    147,486       30,234,630  

Rosneft Oil Co. PJSC, GDR(a)

    2,213,382       14,749,978  

Rosneft Oil Co. PJSC

     1,469,060       9,764,980  

Surgutneftegas PJSC

     30,926,046       11,840,356  
Security   Shares     Value  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)  

Tatneft PJSC

     2,631,115     $ 30,232,603  
   

 

 

  
      278,393,820  
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 2.9%        

Mobile TeleSystems PJSC, ADR

     2,308,603       18,053,276  
   

 

 

  

Total Common Stocks — 95.9%
(Cost: $541,537,082)

 

     590,352,865  
   

 

 

  

Preferred Stocks

    
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 3.5%        

Surgutneftegas PJSC, Preference Shares, NVS

     26,858,900       16,684,442  

Transneft PJSC, Preference Shares

     1,978       4,899,358  
   

 

 

  
          21,583,800  
   

 

 

  

Total Preferred Stocks — 3.5%
(Cost: $19,859,374)

 

     21,583,800  
   

 

 

  

Short-Term Investments

    
Money Market Funds — 0.2%            

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

    1,557,712       1,557,712  
   

 

 

  

Total Short-Term Investments — 0.2%
(Cost: $1,557,712)

 

     1,557,712  
   

 

 

  

Total Investments in Securities — 99.6%
(Cost: $562,954,168)

 

     613,494,377  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.4%

 

     2,287,364  
   

 

 

  

Net Assets — 100.0%

     $ 615,781,741  
   

 

 

  

 

(a) 

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

(b) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(c) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period-end.

 

 

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: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

      349,697        1,208,015        1,557,712      $ 1,557,712      $ 21,293      $ —      $ —  
           

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

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 Russia 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

    $ 590,352,865      $             —      $             —      $ 590,352,865  

Preferred Stocks

      21,583,800        —        —        21,583,800  

Money Market Funds

      1,557,712        —        —        1,557,712  
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  
   $ 613,494,377      $ —      $ —      $ 613,494,377  
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

 

Portfolio Abbreviations — Equity
ADR    American Depositary Receipt
GDR    Global Depositary Receipt
NVS    Non-Voting Shares

 

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