NPORT-EX 2 NPORT_11634577393086999.htm iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited)

May 31, 2020

   

iShares® MSCI Hong Kong ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares      Value  

Common Stocks

     
Banks — 5.9%  

Bank of East Asia Ltd. (The)(a)

    3,383,010      $ 6,101,726  

BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.

     9,599,000        26,749,891  

Hang Seng Bank Ltd.

     1,983,200        30,166,337  
    

 

 

  
       63,017,954  
Beverages — 1.2%  

Budweiser Brewing Co. APAC Ltd.(a)(b)

    4,459,500        12,484,989  
    

 

 

  
Biotechnology — 1.5%  

BeiGene Ltd., ADR(c)

    100,068        16,565,257  
    

 

 

  
Capital Markets — 10.1%  

Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd.

     3,105,900          108,271,730  
    

 

 

  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.9%         

HKT Trust & HKT Ltd.

     9,824,500        13,968,003  

PCCW Ltd.

     11,000,169        6,031,572  
    

 

 

  
       19,999,575  
Electric Utilities — 7.2%  

CK Infrastructure Holdings Ltd.

     1,713,000        8,552,845  

CLP Holdings Ltd.

     4,257,200        41,715,177  

HK Electric Investments & HK Electric Investments Ltd.

     6,876,000        6,813,015  

Power Assets Holdings Ltd.

     3,594,000        20,007,883  
    

 

 

  
       77,088,920  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 3.7%  

Link REIT

     5,358,300        40,061,087  
    

 

 

  
Food & Staples Retailing — 0.3%  

Dairy Farm International Holdings Ltd.

     864,800        3,649,456  
    

 

 

  
Food Products — 2.0%  

WH Group Ltd.(b)

    24,828,000        21,397,373  
    

 

 

  
Gas Utilities — 4.1%  

Hong Kong & China Gas Co. Ltd.

     26,304,100        44,253,059  
    

 

 

  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 7.9%  

Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd.

     5,618,000        37,907,548  

Melco Resorts & Entertainment Ltd., ADR

     566,462        9,080,386  

Sands China Ltd.

     6,282,800        24,438,965  

SJM Holdings Ltd.

     5,143,000        5,712,970  

Wynn Macau Ltd.

     4,047,600        6,840,867  
    

 

 

  
       83,980,736  
Industrial Conglomerates — 7.5%  

CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd.

     6,992,767        42,763,147  

Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd.

     569,700        22,873,455  

Jardine Strategic Holdings Ltd.

     574,400        11,459,280  

NWS Holdings Ltd.

     4,051,000        3,177,665  
    

 

 

  
       80,273,547  
Insurance — 23.8%  

AIA Group Ltd.

     31,332,200        254,061,253  
    

 

 

  
Security   Shares      Value  
Machinery — 2.9%  

Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd.

     3,557,647      $ 30,614,766  
    

 

 

  
Real Estate Management & Development — 16.6%  

CK Asset Holdings Ltd.

     6,697,267        36,419,792  

Hang Lung Properties Ltd.

     5,248,000        11,036,305  

Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd.

     3,764,762        13,429,966  

Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd.

     3,027,900        11,384,904  

Kerry Properties Ltd.

     1,687,500        3,984,163  

New World Development Co. Ltd.

     15,906,066        16,027,142  

Sino Land Co. Ltd.

     8,124,000        9,464,549  

Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.

     3,381,000        38,821,958  

Swire Pacific Ltd., Class A

     1,294,500        6,713,831  

Swire Properties Ltd.

     3,032,600        6,753,022  

Wharf Real Estate Investment Co. Ltd.

     2,757,150        10,600,319  

Wheelock & Co. Ltd.

     1,862,357        12,578,298  
    

 

 

  
       177,214,249  
Road & Rail — 1.8%  

MTR Corp. Ltd.

     3,990,583        19,126,585  
    

 

 

  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.7%  

ASM Pacific Technology Ltd.

     796,100        7,241,008  
    

 

 

  

Total Common Stocks — 99.1%
(Cost: $1,409,924,131)

        1,059,301,544  
    

 

 

  

Short-Term Investments

     
Money Market Funds — 0.3%             

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares, 0.69%(d)(e)(f)

    1,934,434        1,937,335  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares, 0.16%(d)(e)

    1,075,000        1,075,000  
    

 

 

  
       3,012,335  
    

 

 

  

Total Short-Term Investments — 0.3%
(Cost: $3,009,461)

 

      3,012,335  
    

 

 

  

Total Investments in Securities — 99.4%
(Cost: $1,412,933,592)

 

      1,062,313,879  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.6%

 

      6,288,368  
    

 

 

  

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

    $   1,068,602,247  
    

 

 

  

 

(a) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(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) 

Non-income producing security.

(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)

May 31, 2020

   

iShares® MSCI Hong Kong ETF

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliates of the Fund during the period ended May 31, 2020, 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
05/31/20		      Value at
05/31/20		      Income      Net Realized
Gain (Loss) (a)		     

Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation

(Depreciation)

  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

      16,773,322        (14,838,888 )       1,934,434      $ 1,937,335      $ 89,545  (b)     $ (94,035 )     $ 4,552  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

      613,000        462,000        1,075,000        1,075,000        22,528        —        —  
           

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  
            $ 3,012,335      $ 112,073      $     (94,035 )     $ 4,552  
           

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

 

  (a) 

Includes realized capital gain distributions from an affiliated fund, if any.

 
  (b) 

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

                  

Hang Seng Index

      71          06/29/20        $ 10,428        $ 84,973  
                 

 

 

  

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 May 31, 2020. 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

    $ 1,059,301,544        $ —        $ —        $ 1,059,301,544  

Money Market Funds

      3,012,335          —          —          3,012,335  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  
   $ 1,062,313,879        $ —        $ —        $ 1,062,313,879  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  

Derivative financial instruments(a)

                 

Assets

                  

Futures Contracts

    $ 84,973        $         —        $         —        $ 84,973  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  

 

  (a)

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

 

 

Portfolio Abbreviations — Equity
ADR    American Depositary Receipt

 

 

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