NPORT-EX 2 iSharesMSCISouthAfricaETF.htm iShares MSCI South Africa ETF

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) 

November 30, 2019

   

iShares® MSCI South Africa ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

    
Banks — 12.1%            

Absa Group Ltd.

     1,067,564     $   10,728,825  

Capitec Bank Holdings Ltd.

     69,499       6,722,094  

Nedbank Group Ltd.

     555,845       8,307,518  

Standard Bank Group Ltd.

     1,900,601       21,497,687  
   

 

 

  
      47,256,124  
Capital Markets — 1.8%        

Investec Ltd.

     458,517       2,635,073  

Reinet Investments SCA

     225,891       4,396,958  
   

 

 

  
      7,032,031  
Chemicals — 3.8%            

Sasol Ltd.

     828,057       14,918,928  
   

 

 

  
Diversified Financial Services — 10.6%        

FirstRand Ltd.

     4,937,986       21,102,619  

PSG Group Ltd.

     233,103       3,710,272  

Remgro Ltd.

     787,466       10,329,009  

RMB Holdings Ltd.

     1,168,861       6,433,402  
   

 

 

  
      41,575,302  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.4%  

Telkom SA SOC Ltd.

     468,600       1,499,533  
   

 

 

  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 3.6%  

Fortress REIT Ltd., Series A

     1,897,471       2,557,500  

Growthpoint Properties Ltd.

     4,461,816       6,945,610  

Redefine Properties Ltd.

     8,392,362       4,713,652  
   

 

 

  
      14,216,762  
Food & Staples Retailing — 7.9%        

Bid Corp. Ltd.

     497,057       10,944,209  

Clicks Group Ltd.

     393,741       6,729,846  

Pick n Pay Stores Ltd.

     588,414       2,725,827  

Shoprite Holdings Ltd.

     712,157       6,228,761  

SPAR Group Ltd. (The)

     296,632       4,168,598  
   

 

 

  
      30,797,241  
Food Products — 0.9%            

Tiger Brands Ltd.

     248,217       3,460,775  
   

 

 

  
Health Care Providers & Services — 0.9%        

Life Healthcare Group Holdings Ltd.

     2,161,246       3,646,079  
   

 

 

  
Industrial Conglomerates — 1.5%            

Bidvest Group Ltd. (The)

     434,144       6,013,663  
   

 

 

  
Insurance — 8.8%            

Discovery Ltd.

     599,089       4,826,892  

Liberty Holdings Ltd.

     217,397       1,653,956  

Momentum Metropolitan Holdings

     1,470,444       2,042,144  

Old Mutual Ltd.

     7,184,995       9,090,958  

Rand Merchant Investment Holdings Ltd.

     1,225,925       2,525,809  

Sanlam Ltd.

     2,763,924       14,412,846  
   

 

 

  
      34,552,605  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 22.7%        

Naspers Ltd., Class N

     619,930       88,628,879  
   

 

 

  
Media — 1.4%            

MultiChoice Group Ltd.(a)

     663,978       5,492,896  
   

 

 

  
Security   Shares     Value  
Metals & Mining — 10.0%            

Anglo American Platinum Ltd.

     81,144     $ 6,714,357  

AngloGold Ashanti Ltd.

     614,190       11,487,822  

Gold Fields Ltd.

     1,244,981       6,537,998  

Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd.(a)

     833,802       6,407,296  

Kumba Iron Ore Ltd.

     102,952       2,640,933  

Northam Platinum Ltd.(a)

     199,109       1,453,946  

Sibanye Gold Ltd.(a)

     2,001,328       3,944,472  
   

 

 

  
      39,186,824  
Multiline Retail — 1.4%        

Woolworths Holdings Ltd./South Africa

     1,507,822       5,369,423  
   

 

 

  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.9%        

Exxaro Resources Ltd.

     392,027       3,567,117  
   

 

 

  
Pharmaceuticals — 1.2%            

Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd.(a)

     592,649       4,748,310  
   

 

 

  
Real Estate Management & Development — 1.3%  

NEPI Rockcastle PLC

     579,144       4,901,757  
   

 

 

  
Specialty Retail — 2.6%            

Foschini Group Ltd. (The)

     365,857       3,874,544  

Mr. Price Group Ltd.

     394,077       4,706,440  

Pepkor Holdings Ltd.(b)

     1,216,943       1,468,338  
   

 

 

  
        10,049,322  
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 6.1%        

MTN Group Ltd.(c)

     2,497,189       15,741,851  

Vodacom Group Ltd.

     958,864       7,925,859  
   

 

 

  
      23,667,710  
   

 

 

  

Total Common Stocks — 99.9%
(Cost: $528,457,352)

 

     390,581,281  
   

 

 

  

Short-Term Investments

    
Money Market Funds — 3.5%  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares,
    1.82%(d)(e)(f)

     13,663,432       13,668,897  
   

 

 

  

Total Short-Term Investments — 3.5%
(Cost: $13,668,773)

 

     13,668,897  
   

 

 

  

Total Investments in Securities — 103.4%
(Cost: $542,126,125)

 

     404,250,178  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (3.4)%

 

     (13,165,147 ) 
   

 

 

  

Net Assets — 100.0%

     $   391,085,031  
   

 

 

  

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

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.

(c) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(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.

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

November 30, 2019

   

iShares® MSCI South Africa ETF

    

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliates of the Fund during the three months ended November 30, 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
08/31/19		      Net Activity      Shares
Held at
11/30/19		      Value at
11/30/19		      Income     

Net Realized

Gain (Loss)

      Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)		  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares

      14,416,634        (753,202 )       13,663,432      $ 13,668,897      $ 24,073 (a)     $ 65      $ (1,460 ) 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

      242,000        (242,000 )       —        —        1,002        —        —  
           

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  
            $ 13,668,897      $ 25,075      $ 65      $ (1,460 ) 
           

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

 

  (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

            

FTSE/JSE Top 40 index

      5        12/19/19      $ 168      $ (5,000 ) 
           

 

 

  

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 iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 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

    $ 390,581,281        $ —        $ —        $ 390,581,281  

Money Market Funds

      13,668,897          —          —          13,668,897  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  
   $ 404,250,178        $ —        $ —        $ 404,250,178  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  

Derivative financial instruments(a)

                  

Liabilities

                  

Futures Contracts

    $ (5,000 )       $ —        $ —        $ (5,000 ) 
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  

 

  (a) 

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

 

 

 

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