NPORT-EX 2 NPORT_8697948520354140.htm iShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited)

April 30, 2020

   

iShares® MSCI Europe Financials ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

    
Austria — 0.8%            

Erste Group Bank AG

     101,143     $     2,196,251  

Raiffeisen Bank International AG

     50,150       864,038  
   

 

 

  
      3,060,289  
Belgium — 2.3%            

Ageas

     59,948       2,156,965  

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA

     27,051       2,159,358  

KBC Group NV

     83,686       4,517,067  
   

 

 

  
      8,833,390  
Denmark — 1.0%            

Danske Bank A/S(a)

    217,560       2,581,082  

Tryg A/S

     40,603       1,074,893  
   

 

 

  
      3,655,975  
Finland — 3.1%            

Nordea Bank Abp

     1,086,884       7,037,283  

Sampo OYJ, Class A

     148,622       4,922,638  
   

 

 

  
      11,959,921  
France — 9.4%            

Amundi SA(b)

    20,353       1,350,934  

AXA SA

     648,574       11,505,363  

BNP Paribas SA

     377,463       11,855,253  

CNP Assurances(a)

    57,633       594,957  

Credit Agricole SA

     385,914       3,078,040  

Eurazeo SE

     13,170       629,800  

Natixis SA

     319,286       755,732  

SCOR SE

     53,111       1,495,033  

Societe Generale SA

     271,857       4,246,128  

Wendel SE

     9,046       772,830  
   

 

 

  
      36,284,070  
Germany — 14.4%            

Allianz SE, Registered

     139,906       25,879,006  

Commerzbank AG

     334,171       1,234,943  

Deutsche Bank AG, Registered

     660,173       4,901,086  

Deutsche Boerse AG

     63,667       9,884,859  

Hannover Rueck SE

     20,262       3,229,076  

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen, Registered

     48,412       10,647,552  
   

 

 

  
      55,776,522  
Ireland — 0.3%            

AIB Group PLC(a)

    277,454       379,869  

Bank of Ireland Group PLC

     325,776       657,624  
   

 

 

  
      1,037,493  
Italy — 6.0%            

Assicurazioni Generali SpA

     368,088       5,247,215  

FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA

     203,958       2,265,227  

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA

     4,991,340       7,779,561  

Mediobanca Banca di Credito Finanziario SpA

     208,590       1,208,142  

Poste Italiane SpA(b)

    175,431       1,489,543  

UniCredit SpA(a)

    673,883       5,188,133  
   

 

 

  
      23,177,821  
Netherlands — 3.8%            

ABN AMRO Bank NV, CVA(b)

    142,300       1,091,028  

Aegon NV

     599,894       1,544,100  

EXOR NV

     36,480       1,993,432  

ING Groep NV

     1,308,361       7,176,702  

NN Group NV

     103,475       2,993,208  
   

 

 

  
      14,798,470  
Security   Shares     Value  
Norway — 1.3%            

DNB ASA

     317,438     $ 3,857,880  

Gjensidige Forsikring ASA

     67,175       1,189,747  
   

 

 

  
      5,047,627  
Spain — 6.4%            

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA

     2,233,590       7,307,549  

Banco de Sabadell SA

     1,891,025       783,136  

Banco Santander SA

     5,575,710       12,443,164  

Bankia SA

     406,766       413,809  

Bankinter SA

     226,985       935,793  

CaixaBank SA

     1,204,225       2,164,458  

Mapfre SA

     355,750       651,110  
   

 

 

  
      24,699,019  
Sweden — 6.3%            

Industrivarden AB, Class C(a)

    56,179       1,163,014  

Investor AB, Class B

     152,775       7,683,172  

Kinnevik AB, Class B

     80,928       1,673,709  

L E Lundbergforetagen AB, Class B

     25,374       1,070,846  

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, Class A

     545,086       4,483,599  

Svenska Handelsbanken AB, Class A(a)

    521,002       4,816,783  

Swedbank AB, Class A

     303,227       3,581,402  
   

 

 

  
      24,472,525  
Switzerland — 15.5%            

Baloise Holding AG, Registered

     16,374       2,451,477  

Credit Suisse Group AG, Registered

     857,571       7,753,369  

Julius Baer Group Ltd.

     75,255       2,950,473  

Pargesa Holding SA, Bearer

     12,936       920,123  

Partners Group Holding AG

     6,270       4,935,964  

Swiss Life Holding AG, Registered

     11,273       3,993,409  

Swiss Re AG

     98,750       7,127,312  

UBS Group AG, Registered

     1,294,592       13,869,431  

Zurich Insurance Group AG

     50,173       15,974,888  
   

 

 

  
      59,976,446  
United Kingdom — 28.0%            

3i Group PLC

     325,656       3,220,408  

Admiral Group PLC

     64,103       1,883,953  

Aviva PLC

     1,312,428       4,002,834  

Barclays PLC

     5,790,029       7,734,149  

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

     460,107       1,581,471  

Hargreaves Lansdown PLC

     110,921       2,015,407  

HSBC Holdings PLC

     6,812,140       35,229,237  

Legal & General Group PLC

     1,999,485       5,160,117  

Lloyds Banking Group PLC

     23,492,795       9,553,567  

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

     105,517       9,923,483  

M&G PLC

     873,427       1,456,995  

Prudential PLC

     872,321       12,416,915  

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC

     1,619,080       2,257,683  

RSA Insurance Group PLC

     347,038       1,581,105  

Schroders PLC

     41,619       1,393,248  

St. James’s Place PLC

     178,749       1,919,610  

Standard Chartered PLC

     909,458       4,674,617  

Standard Life Aberdeen PLC

     789,712       2,202,385  
   

 

 

  
      108,207,184  
   

 

 

  

Total Common Stocks — 98.6%
(Cost: $721,503,629)

       380,986,752  
   

 

 

  
 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

April 30, 2020

   

iShares® MSCI Europe Financials ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Short-Term Investments

    

Money Market Funds — 0.0%

    

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares,
    0.18%(c)(d)

    150,000     $ 150,000  
   

 

 

  

Total Short-Term Investments — 0.0%
(Cost: $150,000)

       150,000  
   

 

 

  

Total Investments in Securities — 98.6%
(Cost: $721,653,629)

       381,136,752  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 1.4%

       5,377,194  
   

 

 

  

Net Assets — 100.0%

     $   386,513,946  
   

 

 

  

 

(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.

 

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliates of the Fund during the nine months ended April 30, 2020, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

                                                      Change in
     Shares             Shares                           Unrealized
     Held at             Held at      Value at             Net Realized      Appreciation
Affiliated Issuer      07/31/19        Net Activity        04/30/20        04/30/20        Income        Gain (Loss) (a)        (Depreciation)  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares

      10,109,786        (10,109,786 )       —      $ —      $ 10,993 (b)     $ (639 )     $ —  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

      396,000        (246,000 )       150,000        150,000        3,451        —        —  
           

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

            $ 150,000      $ 14,444      $ (639 )     $ —  
           

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

  (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

 

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

Long Contracts

                  

Euro STOXX 50 Index

      118          06/19/20        $ 3,731        $        317,668

FTSE 100 Index

      25          06/19/20          1,856        94,672
                 

 

                  $        412,340
                 

 

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)

April 30, 2020

   

iShares® MSCI Europe Financials ETF

 

Fair Value Measurements (continued)

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of April 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

    $ 380,986,752        $ —        $ —        $ 380,986,752  

Money Market Funds

      150,000          —          —          150,000  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  
   $ 381,136,752        $ —        $ —        $ 381,136,752  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  

Derivative financial instruments(a)

                 

Assets

                  

Futures Contracts

    $ 412,340        $ —        $ —        $ 412,340  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  

 

  (a) 

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

 

 

 

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