NPORT-EX 2 NPORT_11634794800228909.htm iShares MSCI Russia ETF

 

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited)

May 31, 2020

   

iShares® MSCI Russia ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares      Value  

Common Stocks

 

Banks — 14.4%  

Sberbank of Russia PJSC

     19,834,850      $ 56,296,957  

VTB Bank PJSC

     8,743,825,016        4,494,375  
    

 

 

  
       60,791,332  
Capital Markets — 2.2%             

Moscow Exchange MICEX-RTS PJSC

     5,744,060        9,293,276  
    

 

 

  
Chemicals — 2.1%             

PhosAgro PJSC, GDR(a)

    643,585        8,881,473  
    

 

 

  
Electric Utilities — 2.4%             

Inter RAO UES PJSC

     145,518,000        10,184,432  
    

 

 

  
Food & Staples Retailing — 6.2%             

Magnit PJSC, GDR(a)

    1,192,429        13,593,691  

X5 Retail Group NV, GDR(a)

    420,775        12,443,140  
    

 

 

  
       26,036,831  
Metals & Mining — 21.0%             

Alrosa PJSC

     10,294,560        9,618,190  

Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works PJSC

     13,175,800        7,542,751  

MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC

     61,097        19,122,746  

Novolipetsk Steel PJSC

     5,139,450        10,022,623  

Polymetal International PLC

     726,029        14,527,517  

Polyus PJSC

     99,955        16,516,904  

Severstal PAO

     824,104        10,903,086  
    

 

 

  
       88,253,817  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 45.8%         

Gazprom PJSC

     24,362,293        68,957,450  

LUKOIL PJSC

     852,425        63,261,028  

Novatek PJSC, GDR(a)

    124,264        17,981,001  

Rosneft Oil Co. PJSC, GDR(a)

    840,350        4,373,181  

Rosneft Oil Co. PJSC

     1,868,800        9,952,295  

Surgutneftegas PJSC

     17,607,254        9,872,749  
Security   Shares      Value  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)  

Tatneft PJSC

     2,436,713      $ 18,350,911  
    

 

 

  
       192,748,615  
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 3.1%         

Mobile TeleSystems PJSC, ADR

     1,467,618        13,047,124  
    

 

 

  

Total Common Stocks — 97.2%
(Cost: $405,263,446)

        409,236,900  
    

 

 

  

Preferred Stocks

     
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 2.1%             

Surgutneftegas PJSC, Preference Shares, NVS

     17,595,974        8,820,249  
    

 

 

  

Total Preferred Stocks — 2.1%
(Cost: $9,767,116)

        8,820,249  
    

 

 

  

Short-Term Investments

     
Money Market Funds — 0.2%             

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

    770,000        770,000  
    

 

 

  

Total Short-Term Investments — 0.2%
(Cost: $770,000)

 

      770,000  
    

 

 

  

Total Investments in Securities — 99.5%
(Cost: $415,800,562)

 

      418,827,149  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.5%

        2,106,859  
    

 

 

  

Net Assets — 100.0%

      $   420,934,008  
    

 

 

  

 

(a)

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

(b) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(c)

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: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

      653,000        117,000        770,000      $ 770,000      $ 15,424      $ —      $ —  
           

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

 

  (a)

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

 

Futures Contracts

 

Description    Number of
Contracts		      Expiration
Date		      Notional
Amount
(000)		      Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)		  

Long Contracts

            

MSCI Emerging Markets E-Mini Index

      67        06/19/20      $ 3,125      $ 91,264  
           

 

 

  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

May 31, 2020

   

iShares® MSCI Russia ETF

 

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

    $ 409,236,900        $ —        $ —        $ 409,236,900  

Preferred Stocks

      8,820,249          —          —          8,820,249  

Money Market Funds

      770,000          —          —          770,000  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  
   $ 418,827,149        $ —        $ —        $ 418,827,149  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  

Derivative financial instruments(a)

                 

Assets

                  

Futures Contracts

    $ 91,264        $ —        $ —        $ 91,264  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  

 

  (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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