NPORT-EX 2 NPORT_11634005074158032.htm iShares MSCI Australia ETF

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited)

May 31, 2020

   

iShares® MSCI Australia ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

 

Airlines — 0.2%  

Qantas Airways Ltd.

     975,997     $ 2,584,988  
   

 

 

  
Banks — 22.7%            

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.

     3,753,976       44,579,895  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

     2,343,096       99,153,369  

National Australia Bank Ltd.

     4,230,455       50,013,610  

Westpac Banking Corp.

     4,780,441       54,643,476  
   

 

 

  
      248,390,350  
Beverages — 0.9%            

Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd.

     667,979       3,884,223  

Treasury Wine Estates Ltd.

     951,979       6,104,382  
   

 

 

  
      9,988,605  
Biotechnology — 10.1%            

CSL Ltd.

     601,102           110,214,948  
   

 

 

  
Capital Markets — 4.9%            

ASX Ltd.

     256,243       14,998,897  

Macquarie Group Ltd.

     445,608       32,528,528  

Magellan Financial Group Ltd.

     168,887       6,541,454  
   

 

 

  
      54,068,879  
Chemicals — 0.6%            

Orica Ltd.

     534,082       6,090,715  
   

 

 

  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.4%  

Brambles Ltd.

     2,042,662       15,782,896  
   

 

 

  
Construction & Engineering — 0.2%  

CIMIC Group Ltd.

     130,647       2,162,883  
   

 

 

  
Construction Materials — 0.9%  

James Hardie Industries PLC

     586,357       10,100,356  
   

 

 

  
Diversified Financial Services — 0.4%  

AMP Ltd.(a)

    4,548,697       4,921,662  
   

 

 

  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.3%  

Telstra Corp. Ltd.

     5,509,706       11,849,789  

TPG Telecom Ltd.

     496,500       2,801,402  
   

 

 

  
      14,651,191  
Electric Utilities — 0.3%            

AusNet Services

     2,452,993       2,857,661  
   

 

 

  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 6.2%  

BGP Holdings PLC(a)(b)

    18,888,372       210  

Dexus

     1,451,201       8,669,764  

Goodman Group

     2,178,086       22,222,151  

GPT Group (The)

     2,578,287       6,828,752  

Mirvac Group

     5,206,984       8,122,530  

Scentre Group

     6,934,041       10,264,280  

Stockland

     3,155,937       7,478,832  

Vicinity Centres

     4,221,212       4,511,285  
   

 

 

  
      68,097,804  
Food & Staples Retailing — 5.2%            

Coles Group Ltd.

     1,765,595       18,001,949  

Woolworths Group Ltd.

     1,669,351       39,160,787  
   

 

 

  
      57,162,736  
Gas Utilities — 1.1%            

APA Group

     1,561,712       12,035,673  
   

 

 

  
Security   Shares     Value  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.0%        

Cochlear Ltd.

     84,863     $ 10,872,650  
   

 

 

  
Health Care Providers & Services — 2.0%  

Ramsay Health Care Ltd.

     236,671       11,005,009  

Sonic Healthcare Ltd.

     597,539       11,173,528  
   

 

 

  
      22,178,537  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.0%  

Aristocrat Leisure Ltd.

     760,662       12,986,732  

Crown Resorts Ltd.

     490,229       3,120,720  

Tabcorp Holdings Ltd.

     2,680,676       5,729,773  
   

 

 

  
      21,837,225  
Insurance — 3.7%            

Insurance Australia Group Ltd.

     3,058,911       12,406,385  

Medibank Pvt Ltd.

     3,645,210       6,896,117  

QBE Insurance Group Ltd.

     1,920,362       11,255,920  

Suncorp Group Ltd.

     1,669,000       10,225,752  
   

 

 

  
      40,784,174  
Interactive Media & Services — 1.0%  

REA Group Ltd.

     69,557       4,638,894  

Seek Ltd.

     442,691       5,915,367  
   

 

 

  
      10,554,261  
IT Services — 1.3%            

Afterpay Ltd.(a)

    282,694       8,896,594  

Computershare Ltd.

     648,226       5,636,830  
   

 

 

  
          14,533,424  
Metals & Mining — 17.7%            

BHP Group Ltd.

     3,901,234       89,705,091  

BlueScope Steel Ltd.

     669,125       4,899,141  

Evolution Mining Ltd.

     2,143,159       8,678,036  

Fortescue Metals Group Ltd.

     2,241,432       20,681,288  

Newcrest Mining Ltd.

     1,069,347       21,706,677  

Northern Star Resources Ltd.

     979,532       9,623,156  

Rio Tinto Ltd.

     491,343       30,462,732  

South32 Ltd.

     6,485,304       8,222,444  
   

 

 

  
      193,978,565  
Multi-Utilities — 0.9%            

AGL Energy Ltd.

     845,788       9,409,634  
   

 

 

  
Multiline Retail — 3.7%            

Wesfarmers Ltd.

     1,500,756       40,216,664  
   

 

 

  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 4.6%  

Ampol Ltd.

     330,513       5,943,397  

Oil Search Ltd.

     2,604,898       6,017,376  

Origin Energy Ltd.

     2,331,146       9,114,272  

Santos Ltd.

     2,343,616       8,338,510  

Washington H Soul Pattinson & Co. Ltd.

     142,589       1,792,682  

Woodside Petroleum Ltd.

     1,247,215       18,768,521  
   

 

 

  
      49,974,758  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.7%  

Lendlease Group

     875,454       7,513,963  
   

 

 

  
Road & Rail — 0.7%            

Aurizon Holdings Ltd.

     2,584,953       8,150,485  
   

 

 

  
Software — 0.2%            

WiseTech Global Ltd.

     189,272       2,561,774  
   

 

 

  
Transportation Infrastructure — 3.7%  

Sydney Airport

     1,465,647       5,691,444  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

May 31, 2020

   

iShares® MSCI Australia ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Transportation Infrastructure (continued)  

Transurban Group

     3,621,127     $ 34,348,928  
   

 

 

  
      40,040,372  
   

 

 

  

Total Common Stocks — 99.6%
(Cost: $1,510,096,468)

       1,091,717,833  
   

 

 

  

Short-Term Investments

 

Money Market Funds — 0.1%  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares,

    

0.16%(c)(d)

    424,000       424,000  
   

 

 

  

Total Short-Term Investments — 0.1%
(Cost: $424,000)

       424,000  
   

 

 

  

Total Investments in Securities — 99.7%
(Cost: $1,510,520,468)

 

     1,092,141,833  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.3%

       3,565,110  
   

 

 

  

Net Assets — 100.0%

     $     1,095,706,943  
   

 

 

  

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs and is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

(c) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(d) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period-end.

 

 

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

      —        —        —      $ —      $ 2,211 (b)     $ 91      $ —  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

      603,000        (179,000 )       424,000        424,000        9,400        —        —  
           

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  
            $ 424,000      $ 11,611      $ 91      $ —  
           

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

 

  (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

                  

ASX SPI 200 Index

      73          06/18/20        $ 6,965        $ 354,198  
                 

 

 

  

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)

May 31, 2020

   

iShares® MSCI Australia 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, 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

    $ 1,091,717,623        $ —        $ 210        $ 1,091,717,833  

Money Market Funds

      424,000          —          —          424,000  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  
   $ 1,092,141,623        $ —        $ 210        $ 1,092,141,833  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  

Derivative financial instruments(a)

                 

Assets

                  

Futures Contracts

    $ 354,198        $             —        $             —        $ 354,198  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  

 

  (a) 

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

 

 

 

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