NPORT-EX 2 NPORT_5624637631989912.htm iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF

Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

November 30, 2020

   

iShares® MSCI Hong Kong ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

 

  

Common Stocks

    
Banks — 6.2%            

Bank of East Asia Ltd. (The)

     4,612,210     $ 10,244,728  

BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.

     11,056,500       36,011,174  

Hang Seng Bank Ltd.

     2,273,600       39,621,201  
   

 

 

  
      85,877,103  
Beverages — 1.4%            

Budweiser Brewing Co. APAC Ltd.(a)

     5,437,200       18,725,990  
   

 

 

  
Building Products — 1.0%            

Xinyi Glass Holdings Ltd.

     6,012,000       13,493,557  
   

 

 

  
Capital Markets — 12.3%            

Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd.

     3,443,400           171,181,730  
   

 

 

  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.8%  

HKT Trust & HKT Ltd.

     12,109,500       15,838,804  

PCCW Ltd.

     15,108,169       9,178,907  
   

 

 

  
      25,017,711  
Electric Utilities — 6.4%            

CK Infrastructure Holdings Ltd.

     2,240,000       11,456,433  

CLP Holdings Ltd.

     4,839,700       45,447,296  

HK Electric Investments & HK Electric Investments Ltd.

     9,349,000       9,406,282  

Power Assets Holdings Ltd.

     4,273,000       22,488,023  
   

 

 

  
      88,798,034  
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 3.8%  

Link REIT

     6,051,900       53,083,418  
   

 

 

  
Food Products — 1.7%            

WH Group Ltd.(a)

     29,235,000       23,870,693  
   

 

 

  
Gas Utilities — 3.5%            

Hong Kong & China Gas Co. Ltd.

     31,334,805       48,260,248  
   

 

 

  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 7.8%            

Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd.

     6,364,000       48,432,893  

Melco Resorts & Entertainment Ltd., ADR

     708,856       12,851,559  

Sands China Ltd.

     7,288,000       29,894,666  

SJM Holdings Ltd.

     7,173,000       8,392,017  

Wynn Macau Ltd.(b)(c)

     5,474,400       9,335,255  
   

 

 

  
      108,906,390  
Industrial Conglomerates — 7.8%            

CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd.

     7,881,767       57,187,926  

Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd.

     654,600       34,739,622  

Jardine Strategic Holdings Ltd.

     703,200       16,799,448  
   

 

 

  
      108,726,996  
Insurance — 21.6%            

AIA Group Ltd.

     27,460,600       300,906,542  
   

 

 

  
Machinery — 3.7%            

Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd.

     4,025,147       51,583,148  
   

 

 

  
Security   Shares     Value  

 

  
Real Estate Management & Development — 18.0%  

CK Asset Holdings Ltd.

     7,641,267     $ 41,840,927  

ESR Cayman Ltd.(a)(b)

     5,336,600       16,073,474  

Hang Lung Properties Ltd.

     6,437,000       15,958,612  

Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd.

     4,569,762       19,157,338  

Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd.

     3,737,100       15,209,997  

New World Development Co. Ltd.

     4,685,266       23,751,171  

Sino Land Co. Ltd.

     10,420,000       14,247,275  

Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.

     4,258,000       56,846,566  

Swire Pacific Ltd., Class A

     1,719,500       9,870,074  

Swire Properties Ltd.

     3,911,400       11,932,230  

Wharf Real Estate Investment Co. Ltd.

     5,479,150       25,478,666  
   

 

 

  
      250,366,330  
Road & Rail — 1.8%            

MTR Corp. Ltd.

     4,709,083       25,542,334  
   

 

 

  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.9%  

ASM Pacific Technology Ltd.

     1,033,300       12,928,746  
   

 

 

  

Total Common Stocks — 99.7%
(Cost: $1,509,512,299)

 

       1,387,268,970  
   

 

 

  

Short-Term Investments

    
Money Market Funds — 0.3%            

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

     3,813,327       3,815,615  

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

     880,000       880,000  
   

 

 

  
      4,695,615  
   

 

 

  

Total Short-Term Investments — 0.3%
(Cost: $4,695,996)

 

     4,695,615  
   

 

 

  

Total Investments in Securities — 100.0%
(Cost: $1,514,208,295)

 

     1,391,964,585  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.0%

 

     34,499  
   

 

 

  

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

   $ 1,391,999,084  
   

 

 

  

 

(a) 

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.

(b) 

Non-income producing security.

(c) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(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)

November 30, 2020

   

iShares® MSCI Hong Kong 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

    $ 21,124,049      $ —      $ (17,302,996 )(a)     $ (7,167 )     $ 1,729      $ 3,815,615        3,813,327      $ 26,884 (b)     $ —  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

      495,000        385,000 (a)       —        —        —        880,000        880,000        100        —  
           

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

        

 

 

     

 

 

  
            $ (7,167 )     $ 1,729      $ 4,695,615         $ 26,984      $ —  
           

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

        

 

 

     

 

 

  

 

  (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.

 

Futures Contracts

 

 

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

 

  

Long Contracts

            

Hang Seng Index

      34        12/30/20      $ 5,796      $ (14,671 ) 
           

 

 

  

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

    $ 1,387,268,970      $ —      $ —      $ 1,387,268,970  

Money Market Funds

      4,695,615        —        —        4,695,615  
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  
   $ 1,391,964,585      $ —      $ —      $ 1,391,964,585  
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

Derivative financial instruments(a)

            

Liabilities

            

Futures Contracts

    $ (14,671 )     $             —      $             —      $ (14,671 ) 
  

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

 

  (a) 

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

 

Portfolio Abbreviations - Equity

 

ADR    American Depositary Receipt

 

 

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