NPORT-EX 2 NPORT_5626675165401131.htm iShares MSCI South Africa ETF

Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

November 30, 2020

   

iShares® MSCI South Africa ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

    

Banks — 11.4%

    

Absa Group Ltd.

     1,194,621     $ 8,506,404  

Capitec Bank Holdings Ltd.(a)

     126,958       10,627,680  

Nedbank Group Ltd.

     670,436       5,306,738  

Standard Bank Group Ltd.

     1,938,135       15,170,708  
   

 

 

  
          39,611,530  
Capital Markets — 1.4%            

Reinet Investments SCA

     263,242       4,691,708  
   

 

 

  
Chemicals — 2.1%            

Sasol Ltd.(a)(b)

     929,732       7,256,430  
   

 

 

  
Diversified Financial Services — 7.5%            

FirstRand Ltd.

     7,016,232       20,614,042  

Remgro Ltd.

     909,100       5,414,803  
   

 

 

  
      26,028,845  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 1.3%  

Growthpoint Properties Ltd.

     6,075,725       4,659,970  
   

 

 

  
Food & Staples Retailing — 7.8%            

Bid Corp. Ltd.

     528,662       9,542,817  

Clicks Group Ltd.

     413,236       6,268,931  

Shoprite Holdings Ltd.

     827,370       6,830,664  

SPAR Group Ltd. (The)

     357,593       4,411,613  
   

 

 

  
      27,054,025  
Food Products — 1.2%            

Tiger Brands Ltd.

     312,456       3,977,309  
   

 

 

  
Industrial Conglomerates — 1.5%            

Bidvest Group Ltd. (The)

     508,236       5,357,803  
   

 

 

  
Insurance — 7.1%            

Discovery Ltd.

     682,717       5,434,826  

Old Mutual Ltd.

     7,928,468       5,988,776  

Rand Merchant Investment Holdings Ltd.

     1,581,154       3,116,078  

Sanlam Ltd.

     2,786,197       9,982,691  
   

 

 

  
      24,522,371  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 23.4%        

Naspers Ltd., Class N

     400,611       80,994,543  
   

 

 

  
Media — 1.8%            

MultiChoice Group

     760,724       6,394,972  
   

 

 

  
Metals & Mining — 21.4%            

African Rainbow Minerals Ltd.

     227,424       3,524,457  

Anglo American Platinum Ltd.

     89,899       6,541,853  

AngloGold Ashanti Ltd.

     630,277       13,291,153  

Gold Fields Ltd.

     1,345,093       11,432,584  

Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd.(a)

     994,169       4,064,361  

Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd.

     1,218,318       12,809,609  
Security   Shares     Value  
Metals & Mining (continued)        

Kumba Iron Ore Ltd.

     123,340     $ 4,200,075  

Northam Platinum Ltd.(a)

     595,989       6,786,987  

Sibanye Stillwater Ltd.

     3,510,534       11,681,932  
   

 

 

  
      74,333,011  
Multiline Retail — 1.2%            

Woolworths Holdings Ltd.

     1,840,927       4,162,122  
   

 

 

  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.1%            

Exxaro Resources Ltd.

     481,478       3,711,203  
   

 

 

  
Pharmaceuticals — 1.6%            

Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd.(a)

     673,827       5,376,248  
   

 

 

  
Real Estate Management & Development — 1.2%  

NEPI Rockcastle PLC

     798,674       4,065,555  
   

 

 

  
Specialty Retail — 1.4%            

Mr. Price Group Ltd.

     473,984       4,983,857  
   

 

 

  
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 5.6%  

MTN Group Ltd.

     2,618,372       11,206,911  

Vodacom Group Ltd.

     1,031,998       8,217,308  
   

 

 

  
      19,424,219  
   

 

 

  

Total Common Stocks — 100.0%
(Cost: $426,579,546)

 

     346,605,721  
   

 

 

  

Short-Term Investments

    
Money Market Funds — 0.5%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares, 0.19%(c)(d)(e)

     1,804,897       1,805,980  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares, 0.04%(c)(d)

     10,000       10,000  
   

 

 

  
      1,815,980  
   

 

 

  

Total Short-Term Investments — 0.5%
(Cost: $1,816,161)

 

     1,815,980  
   

 

 

  

Total Investments in Securities — 100.5%
(Cost: $428,395,707)

 

     348,421,701  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (0.5)%

 

     (1,716,111 ) 
   

 

 

  

Net Assets — 100.0%

     $ 346,705,590  
   

 

 

  

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(d) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period-end.

(e) 

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)

November 30, 2020

   

iShares® MSCI South Africa ETF

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the period ended November 30, 2020 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer   Value at
08/31/20		     Purchases
at Cost		     Proceeds
from Sales		     Net Realized
Gain (Loss)		     Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)		     Value at
11/30/20		     Shares
Held at
11/30/20		     Income     Capital
Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds		  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

   $ 4,406,550     $ —     $ (2,597,593 )(a)    $ (2,796 )    $ (181 )    $ 1,805,980       1,804,897     $ 7,384 (b)    $ —  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

     130,000       —       (120,000 )(a)      —       —       10,000       10,000       17       —  
       

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

  
        $ (2,796 )    $ (181 )    $ 1,815,980       $ 7,401     $ —  
       

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

  

 

  (a)

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b) 

All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 

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 November 30, 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

    $ 346,605,721        $ —        $ —        $ 346,605,721  

Money Market Funds

      1,815,980          —          —          1,815,980  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  
   $ 348,421,701        $             —        $             —        $ 348,421,701  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  

 

 

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