NPORT-EX 2 iShares_MSCI_Sweden_ETF.htm iShares MSCI Sweden ETF

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) 

November 30, 2019

   

iShares® MSCI Sweden ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

    

Banks — 16.1%

    

Nordea Bank Abp

     1,778,452     $ 12,602,435  

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, Class A

     885,171       7,593,930  

Svenska Handelsbanken AB, Class A

     834,632       8,196,216  

Swedbank AB, Class A

     491,143       6,398,305  
   

 

 

  
      34,790,886  
Building Products — 6.0%            

Assa Abloy AB, Class B

     550,016       13,066,410  
   

 

 

  
Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.5%            

Securitas AB, Class B

     199,745       3,313,728  
   

 

 

  
Communications Equipment — 7.0%            

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Class B

     1,690,299       15,239,293  
   

 

 

  
Construction & Engineering — 2.1%            

Skanska AB, Class B

     204,483       4,520,260  
   

 

 

  
Diversified Financial Services — 9.4%            

Industrivarden AB, Class C

     110,622       2,566,732  

Investor AB, Class B

     250,089       13,225,352  

Kinnevik AB, Class B

     125,896       2,884,304  

L E Lundbergforetagen AB, Class B

     42,355       1,679,660  
   

 

 

  
        20,356,048  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 3.3%  

Telia Co. AB

     1,656,301       7,172,232  
   

 

 

  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 4.0%  

Hexagon AB, Class B

     151,660       8,577,877  
   

 

 

  
Food & Staples Retailing — 1.1%            

ICA Gruppen AB

     55,819       2,437,524  
   

 

 

  
Household Durables — 2.7%            

Electrolux AB, Series B

     145,149       3,731,781  

Husqvarna AB, Class B

     275,591       2,152,985  
   

 

 

  
      5,884,766  
Household Products — 4.4%            

Essity AB, Class B

     304,440       9,573,235  
   

 

 

  
Machinery — 27.0%            

Alfa Laval AB

     181,333       4,463,162  

Atlas Copco AB, Class A

     368,908       13,523,588  
Security   Shares     Value  
Machinery (continued)            

Atlas Copco AB, Class B

     210,940     $ 6,822,608  

Epiroc AB, Class A

     364,141       4,253,064  

Epiroc AB, Class B

     209,907       2,360,649  

Sandvik AB

     523,396       9,522,355  

SKF AB, Class B

     230,467       4,403,652  

Volvo AB, Class B

     846,996       13,100,271  
   

 

 

  
      58,449,349  
Metals & Mining — 2.0%            

Boliden AB

     163,860       4,228,248  
   

 

 

  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.7%            

Lundin Petroleum AB

     122,477       3,777,125  
   

 

 

  
Specialty Retail — 4.2%            

Hennes & Mauritz AB, Class B

     476,554       9,202,346  
   

 

 

  
Tobacco — 2.4%            

Swedish Match AB

     109,335       5,239,363  
   

 

 

  
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 2.8%  

Millicom International Cellular SA, SDR

     48,548       2,172,758  

Tele2 AB, Class B

     265,638       3,921,235  
   

 

 

  
      6,093,993  
   

 

 

  

Total Common Stocks — 97.7%
(Cost: $259,502,030)

         211,922,683  
   

 

 

  

Short-Term Investments

    

Money Market Funds — 0.1%

    

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares,
    1.57%(a)(b)

     149,000       149,000  
   

 

 

  

Total Short-Term Investments — 0.1%
(Cost: $149,000)

       149,000  
   

 

 

  

Total Investments in Securities — 97.8%
(Cost: $259,651,030)

       212,071,683  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 2.2%

       4,777,660  
   

 

 

  

Net Assets — 100.0%

     $ 216,849,343  
   

 

 

  

 

(a) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(b) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period-end.

 

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliates of the Fund during the three months ended November 30, 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
08/31/19		      Net Activity      Shares
Held at
11/30/19		      Value at
11/30/19		      Income      Net Realized
Gain (Loss)		      Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)		  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares

      —        —        —      $ —      $ 364 (a)     $ —      $ —  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

      78,000        71,000        149,000        149,000        713        —        —  
           

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  
            $ 149,000      $ 1,077      $ —      $ —  
           

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

 

(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.

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

November 30, 2019

   

iShares® MSCI Sweden ETF

 

Futures Contracts

 

Description    Number of
Contracts		      Expiration
Date		      Notional
Amount
(000)		     

Value/

Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

  

Long Contracts

            

OMXS 30 Index

      261        12/20/19      $ 4,718      $ (107,107 ) 
           

 

 

  

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

 

Currency Purchased        Currency Sold        Counterparty      Settlement Date             

Unrealized
Appreciation

(Depreciation)

  

USD

     787,260        EUR     710,086        SCB      12/20/19           $ 3,306  
                            

 

 

  

USD

     7,998,741        SEK             77,306,278        SCB      12/20/19             (86,648 ) 
                            

 

 

  
   

Net unrealized depreciation

                       $ (83,342 ) 
                            

 

 

  

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, 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

    $ 211,922,683        $ —        $ —        $ 211,922,683  

Money Market Funds

      149,000          —          —          149,000  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  
   $ 212,071,683        $ —        $ —        $ 212,071,683  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  

Derivative financial instruments(a)

                  

Assets

                  

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

    $ —        $ 3,306        $ —        $ 3,306  

Liabilities

                  

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

      —          (86,648 )         —          (86,648 ) 

Futures Contracts

      (107,107 )         —          —          (107,107 ) 
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  
   $ (107,107 )       $ (83,342 )       $ —        $ (190,449 ) 
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  

 

  (a) 

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

 

 

Portfolio Abbreviations — Equity
SDR    Swedish Depositary Receipt
Counterparty Abbreviations
SCB    Standard Chartered Bank
Currency Abbreviations
EUR    Euro
SEK    Swedish Krona
USD    United States Dollar

 

 

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