0001752724-19-084763.txt : 20190729 0001752724-19-084763.hdr.sgml : 20190729 20190729171522 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001752724-19-084763 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: NPORT-EX PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20190531 FILED AS OF DATE: 20190729 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: iShares, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000930667 IRS NUMBER: 510396525 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 0831 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: NPORT-EX SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-09102 FILM NUMBER: 19982240 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 400 HOWARD STREET CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94105 BUSINESS PHONE: (415) 670-2000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 400 HOWARD STREET CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94105 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: iSHARES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20070126 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ISHARES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20000516 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: WEBS INDEX FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19970211 0000930667 S000004260 iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF C000011964 iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF EWL ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001752724-19-078071 NPORT-EX 1 NPORT_6174681868436391.htm iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) 

May 31, 2019

  

iShares® MSCI Switzerland ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

   
Building Products — 1.6%            

Geberit AG, Registered

    37,411     $ 16,435,772  
   

 

 

 
Capital Markets — 8.7%            

Credit Suisse Group AG, Registered

    2,374,991       26,893,818  

Julius Baer Group Ltd

    253,649       10,003,734  

Partners Group Holding AG

    18,900       13,209,425  

UBS Group AG, Registered

    3,412,212       39,181,835  
   

 

 

 
      89,288,812  
Chemicals — 5.3%            

Clariant AG, Registered

    315,170       5,716,833  

EMS-Chemie Holding AG, Registered

    11,788       7,031,665  

Givaudan SA, Registered

    8,829       23,269,552  

Sika AG, Registered

    125,222       18,537,114  
   

 

 

 
      54,555,164  
Construction Materials — 2.2%            

LafargeHolcim Ltd., Registered

    460,039       21,985,460  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Financial Services — 0.5%            

Pargesa Holding SA, Bearer

    71,694       5,285,192  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.3%  

Swisscom AG, Registered

    27,798       13,254,383  
   

 

 

 
Electrical Equipment — 3.0%            

ABB Ltd., Registered

    1,687,963       30,835,930  
   

 

 

 
Food Products — 23.9%            

Barry Callebaut AG, Registered

    3,385       6,619,571  

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG, Participation Certificates, NVS

    1,339       8,732,753  

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG, Registered

    125       9,320,475  

Nestle SA, Registered

    2,219,370       219,653,312  
   

 

 

 
      244,326,111  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 4.0%  

Alcon Inc.(a)

    299,244       17,323,635  

Sonova Holding AG, Registered

    60,512       13,421,710  

Straumann Holding AG, Registered

    12,159       9,965,581  
   

 

 

 
      40,710,926  
Insurance — 9.4%            

Baloise Holding AG, Registered

    58,327       9,660,763  

Swiss Life Holding AG, Registered

    34,946       15,832,273  

Swiss Re AG

    285,683       26,982,040  

Zurich Insurance Group AG

    135,083       43,619,783  
   

 

 

 
      96,094,859  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 2.1%  

Lonza Group AG, Registered

    71,388       21,888,014  
   

 

 

 
Machinery — 1.6%            

Schindler Holding AG, Participation Certificates, NVS

    47,983       10,075,070  

Schindler Holding AG, Registered

    31,201       6,383,821  
   

 

 

 
      16,458,891  
Security   Shares     Value  
Marine — 0.9%            

Kuehne + Nagel International AG, Registered

    67,477     $ 8,932,308  
   

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 24.4%            

Novartis AG, Registered

    1,409,660       120,665,831  

Roche Holding AG, NVS

    459,836       120,279,218  

Vifor Pharma AG

    59,433       8,177,688  
   

 

 

 
      249,122,737  
Professional Services — 2.4%  

Adecco Group AG, Registered

    184,375       9,894,678  

SGS SA, Registered

    5,621       14,166,362  
   

 

 

 
      24,061,040  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.8%  

Swiss Prime Site AG, Registered

    99,513       8,073,033  
   

 

 

 
Software — 1.2%            

Temenos AG, Registered

    70,555       12,233,227  
   

 

 

 
Specialty Retail — 0.5%            

Dufry AG, Registered

    58,205       4,746,209  
   

 

 

 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 4.8%  

Cie. Financiere Richemont SA, Registered

    476,626       34,941,991  

Swatch Group AG (The), Bearer

    35,141       8,793,547  

Swatch Group AG (The), Registered

    102,147       4,911,099  
   

 

 

 
      48,646,637  
   

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks — 98.6%
(Cost: $1,024,444,454)

 

    1,006,934,705  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

   
Money Market Funds — 0.1%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares,
    2.53%(b)(c)(d)

    989,358       989,754  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares,
    2.33%(b)(c)

    547,771       547,771  
   

 

 

 
      1,537,525  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments — 0.1%
(Cost: $1,537,426)

 

    1,537,525  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities — 98.7%
(Cost: $1,025,981,880)

 

    1,008,472,230  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 1.3%

 

    13,005,610  
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $ 1,021,477,840  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(c) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period-end.

(d) 

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)

May 31, 2019

  

iShares® MSCI Switzerland ETF

    

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliates of the Fund during the nine months ended May 31, 2019, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

 

 
Affiliated Issuer   

Shares

Held at

08/31/18

     Net Activity      Shares
Held at
05/31/19
    

Value at

05/31/19

     Income     

Net Realized

Gain (Loss)

    

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 

 

 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares

     5,419,657        (4,430,299      989,358      $ 989,754      $ 75,722 (a)     $ 143      $ 99  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

     404,567        143,204        547,771        547,771        7,293                
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
            $ 1,537,525      $ 83,015      $ 143      $ 99  
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

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

                 

Euro STOXX 50 Index

     388          06/21/19        $ 14,160        $ (482,499
                 

 

 

 

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 www.iShares.com and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of May 31, 2019. 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

   $ 1,006,934,705      $      $      $ 1,006,934,705  

Money Market Funds

     1,537,525                      1,537,525  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 1,008,472,230      $      $      $ 1,008,472,230  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivative financial instruments(a)

           

Liabilities

           

Futures Contracts

   $ (482,499    $                 —      $                 —      $ (482,499
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (a) 

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

 

 

Portfolio Abbreviations — Equity
NVS    Non-Voting Shares

 

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