NPORT-EX 2 iShares_MSCI_Russia_ETF.htm iShares MSCI Russia ETF

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) 

November 30, 2019

   

iShares® MSCI Russia ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

 

Banks — 15.9%  

Sberbank of Russia PJSC

     20,197,587     $ 73,530,907  

Sberbank of Russia PJSC, ADR

     1,267,510       18,543,671  

Sberbank of Russia PJSC, ADR, New

     11,690       170,674  

VTB Bank PJSC

     11,113,765,016       7,838,602  

VTB Bank PJSC, GDR(a)

     51,778       71,454  
   

 

 

  
      100,155,308  
Capital Markets — 2.2%  

Moscow Exchange MICEX-RTS PJSC

     8,657,830       14,238,877  
   

 

 

  
Chemicals — 1.7%            

PhosAgro PJSC, GDR(a)

     871,572       10,737,767  
   

 

 

  
Electric Utilities — 2.3%            

Inter RAO UES PJSC

     205,988,000       14,292,881  
   

 

 

  
Food & Staples Retailing — 5.9%  

Magnit PJSC, GDR(a)

     1,576,995       18,001,398  

X5 Retail Group NV, GDR(a)

     569,750       19,006,442  
   

 

 

  
      37,007,840  
Metals & Mining — 18.8%        

Alrosa PJSC

     12,971,250       15,722,116  

Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works PJSC

     18,007,000       10,922,715  

MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC

     107,962       28,634,204  

Novolipetsk Steel PJSC

     6,849,520       13,792,825  

Polymetal International PLC

     1,194,442       17,949,153  

Polyus PJSC

     151,125       16,203,553  

Severstal PJSC

     1,089,825       15,396,936  
   

 

 

  
        118,621,502  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 46.9%  

Gazprom PJSC

     26,897,600       107,782,914  
Security   Shares     Value  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)  

LUKOIL PJSC

     979,813     $ 93,567,797  

Novatek PJSC, GDR(a)

     141,787       28,073,826  

Rosneft Oil Co. PJSC, GDR(a)

     1,805,113       12,238,666  

Rosneft Oil Co. PJSC

     1,677,650       11,511,493  

Surgutneftegas PJSC

     21,897,246       15,025,184  

Tatneft PJSC

     2,434,505       28,045,861  
   

 

 

  
      296,245,741  
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 3.4%  

Mobile TeleSystems PJSC, ADR

     2,281,433       21,536,728  
   

 

 

  

Total Common Stocks — 97.1%
(Cost: $513,166,050)

 

     612,836,644  
   

 

 

  

Preferred Stocks

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 2.7%  

Surgutneftegas PJSC, Preference Shares, NVS

     21,779,800       12,230,169  

Transneft PJSC, Preference Shares, NVS

     1,883       4,977,777  
   

 

 

  
      17,207,946  
   

 

 

  

Total Preferred Stocks — 2.7%
(Cost: $16,334,844)

 

     17,207,946  
   

 

 

  

Total Investments in Securities — 99.8%
(Cost: $529,500,894)

 

     630,044,590  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.2%

       956,178  
   

 

 

  

Net Assets — 100.0%

     $   631,000,768  
   

 

 

  

 

(a) 

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

 

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: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

      653,000        (653,000 )       —      $ —      $ 6,828      $ —      $ —  
           

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

Futures Contracts

 

Description   

Number of

Contracts

     

Expiration

Date

     

Notional

Amount

(000)

     

Value/

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

  

Long Contracts

            

MSCI Emerging Markets E-Mini

      1        12/20/19      $ 52      $ (790 ) 
           

 

 

  

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.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

November 30, 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 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

    $ 612,836,644        $ —        $ —        $ 612,836,644  

Preferred Stocks

      17,207,946          —          —          17,207,946  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  
   $ 630,044,590        $ —        $ —        $ 630,044,590  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  

Derivative financial instruments(a)

                  

Liabilities

                  

Futures Contracts

    $ (790 )       $ —        $ —        $ (790 ) 
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  

 

  (a) 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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