NPORT-EX 2 NPORT_11635023156722406.htm iShares MSCI South Africa ETF

 

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) 

May 31, 2020

   

iShares® MSCI South Africa ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

    
Banks — 9.3%            

Absa Group Ltd

     987,248     $   4,547,181  

Capitec Bank Holdings Ltd.

     68,468       3,284,732  

Nedbank Group Ltd.

     581,056       3,255,720  

Standard Bank Group Ltd.

     1,586,892       9,146,266  
   

 

 

  
      20,233,899  
Capital Markets — 1.6%            

Investec Ltd.

     36,389       62,769  

Reinet Investments SCA

     214,642       3,348,169  
   

 

 

  
      3,410,938  
Chemicals — 1.9%            

Sasol Ltd.(a)

    802,845       4,121,358  
   

 

 

  
Diversified Financial Services — 9.6%            

FirstRand Ltd.

     4,106,995       9,348,745  

PSG Group Ltd.

     289,310       2,666,224  

Remgro Ltd.

     693,881       5,469,339  

RMB Holdings Ltd.

     1,168,564       3,510,431  
   

 

 

  
      20,994,739  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 1.5%        

Growthpoint Properties Ltd.

     4,484,601       3,174,669  

Redefine Properties Ltd.

     655,417       71,380  
   

 

 

  
      3,246,049  
Food & Staples Retailing — 9.0%            

Bid Corp. Ltd.

     435,342       6,082,120  

Clicks Group Ltd.

     342,083       4,516,477  

Pick n Pay Stores Ltd.

     691,383       2,089,895  

Shoprite Holdings Ltd.

     702,055       4,120,459  

SPAR Group Ltd. (The)

     290,167       2,883,483  
   

 

 

  
      19,692,434  
Food Products — 1.1%            

Tiger Brands Ltd.

     263,939       2,350,666  
   

 

 

  
Health Care Providers & Services — 1.2%            

Life Healthcare Group Holdings Ltd.

     2,437,151       2,531,225  
   

 

 

  
Industrial Conglomerates — 1.7%            

Bidvest Group Ltd. (The)

     422,253       3,637,036  
   

 

 

  
Insurance — 8.7%            

Discovery Ltd.

     589,513       3,285,383  

Momentum Metropolitan Holdings

     1,971,577       1,928,018  

Old Mutual Ltd.

     6,359,478       4,050,990  

Rand Merchant Investment Holdings Ltd.

     1,464,858       2,257,590  

Sanlam Ltd.

     2,322,850       7,453,622  
   

 

 

  
      18,975,603  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 20.8%            

Naspers Ltd., Class N

     287,008       45,393,320  
   

 

 

  
Media — 1.5%            

MultiChoice Group Ltd.(a)

    661,878       3,247,912  
   

 

 

  
Security   Shares     Value  
Metals & Mining — 19.5%            

Anglo American Platinum Ltd.

     72,500     $ 4,564,586  

AngloGold Ashanti Ltd.

     484,586       11,668,326  

Gold Fields Ltd.

     1,063,629       8,271,564  

Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd.

     995,195       6,609,231  

Kumba Iron Ore Ltd.

     105,608       2,841,373  

Northam Platinum Ltd.(a)

    541,062       3,364,317  

Sibanye Stillwater Ltd.(a)

    2,874,219       5,277,431  
   

 

 

  
      42,596,828  
Multiline Retail — 1.2%            

Woolworths Holdings Ltd.

     1,609,593       2,640,428  
   

 

 

  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.3%            

Exxaro Resources Ltd.

     413,394       2,906,034  
   

 

 

  
Pharmaceuticals — 1.9%            

Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd.(a)

    536,524       4,250,924  
   

 

 

  
Real Estate Management & Development — 1.4%        

NEPI Rockcastle PLC

     607,172       3,082,441  
   

 

 

  
Specialty Retail — 2.2%            

Mr. Price Group Ltd.

     406,697       2,998,985  

Pepkor Holdings Ltd.(b)

    2,489,608       1,694,620  
   

 

 

  
      4,693,605  
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 5.7%        

MTN Group Ltd.

     2,125,166       6,497,430  

Vodacom Group Ltd.

     820,298       5,873,463  
   

 

 

  
      12,370,893  
   

 

 

  

Total Common Stocks — 101.1%
(Cost: $388,183,887)

       220,376,332  
   

 

 

  

Short-Term Investments

    
Money Market Funds — 0.0%            

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

    40,000       40,000  
   

 

 

  

Total Short-Term Investments — 0.0%
(Cost: $40,000)

       40,000  
   

 

 

  

Total Investments in Securities — 101.1%
(Cost: $388,223,887)

       220,416,332  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (1.1)%

       (2,462,008 ) 
   

 

 

  

Net Assets — 100.0%

     $   217,954,324  
   

 

 

  

 

(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) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(d) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period-end.

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

May 31, 2020

   

iShares® MSCI South Africa 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

      14,416,634        (14,416,634 )       —      $ —      $ 40,770 (b)     $ 4,980      $ (1,584 ) 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

      242,000        (202,000 )       40,000        40,000        3,660        —        —  
           

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  
            $ 40,000      $ 44,430      $ 4,980      $ (1,584 ) 
           

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

 

  (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

            

FTSE/JSE Top 40 Index

      13        06/18/20      $ 344      $ 15,001  
           

 

 

  

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

    $ 220,376,332        $ —        $ —        $ 220,376,332  

Money Market Funds

      40,000          —          —          40,000  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  
   $ 220,416,332        $ —        $ —        $ 220,416,332  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  

Derivative financial instruments(a)

                 

Assets

                  

Futures Contracts

    $ 15,001        $ —        $ —        $ 15,001  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  

 

  (a) 

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

 

 

 

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