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Ann Frechette Ann Frechette Assistant Treasurer XXXX NPORT-EX 2 iShares_MSCI_Switzerland_ETF.htm iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) 

November 30, 2019

  

iShares® MSCI Switzerland ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

   

Building Products — 1.8%

   

Geberit AG, Registered

    38,651     $ 20,761,352  
   

 

 

 
Capital Markets — 9.0%            

Credit Suisse Group AG, Registered

    2,498,530       32,764,532  

Julius Baer Group Ltd.

    262,911       12,385,901  

Partners Group Holding AG

    20,338       17,160,156  

UBS Group AG, Registered

    3,665,165       44,450,693  
   

 

 

 
      106,761,282  
Chemicals — 5.4%            

Clariant AG, Registered

    323,895       6,696,023  

EMS-Chemie Holding AG, Registered

    12,183       7,564,469  

Givaudan SA, Registered

    9,237       27,165,200  

Sika AG, Registered

    130,802       22,780,896  
   

 

 

 
      64,206,588  
Construction Materials — 2.1%  

LafargeHolcim Ltd., Registered

    494,041       25,489,322  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Financial Services — 0.5%  

Pargesa Holding SA, Bearer

    72,593       5,731,313  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.3%  

Swisscom AG, Registered

    28,893       14,964,744  
   

 

 

 
Electrical Equipment — 3.3%            

ABB Ltd., Registered

    1,769,676       38,727,987  
   

 

 

 
Food Products — 22.6%            

Barry Callebaut AG, Registered

    4,209       8,465,593  

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG, Participation Certificates, NVS

    1,354       10,330,965  

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG, Registered

    127       10,840,146  

Nestle SA, Registered

    2,286,902       237,809,432  
   

 

 

 
        267,446,136  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 4.2%  

Alcon Inc.(a)

    419,173       23,157,594  

Sonova Holding AG, Registered

    62,137       14,195,104  

Straumann Holding AG, Registered

    12,529       12,060,737  
   

 

 

 
      49,413,435  
Insurance — 9.5%            

Baloise Holding AG, Registered

    60,501       10,521,913  

Swiss Life Holding AG, Registered

    35,895       17,808,316  

Swiss Re AG

    289,238       31,344,850  

Zurich Insurance Group AG

    133,462       52,391,197  
   

 

 

 
      112,066,276  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 2.1%  

Lonza Group AG, Registered

    74,761       25,405,349  
   

 

 

 
Machinery — 1.6%            

Schindler Holding AG, Participation Certificates, NVS

    48,485       12,095,172  
Security   Shares     Value  
Machinery (continued)            

Schindler Holding AG, Registered

    30,746     $ 7,359,227  
   

 

 

 
      19,454,399  
Marine — 0.9%            

Kuehne + Nagel International AG, Registered

    66,718       10,855,403  
   

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 25.6%            

Novartis AG, Registered

    1,495,700       137,783,701  

Roche Holding AG, NVS

    500,020       154,206,398  

Vifor Pharma AG

    59,598       10,633,235  
   

 

 

 
      302,623,334  
Professional Services — 2.3%  

Adecco Group AG, Registered

    187,806       11,617,718  

SGS SA, Registered

    5,876       15,299,297  
   

 

 

 
      26,917,015  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.9%  

Swiss Prime Site AG, Registered

    96,556       10,202,945  
   

 

 

 
Software — 1.0%            

Temenos AG, Registered

    78,240       11,876,728  
   

 

 

 
Specialty Retail — 0.6%            

Dufry AG, Registered

    67,821       6,622,278  
   

 

 

 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 4.6%  

Cie. Financiere Richemont SA, Registered

    500,773       38,163,678  

Swatch Group AG (The), Bearer

    36,775       10,303,697  

Swatch Group AG (The), Registered

    105,417       5,622,381  
   

 

 

 
      54,089,756  
   

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks — 99.3%
(Cost: $1,098,874,754)

 

      1,173,615,642  
   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

 

Money Market Funds — 0.0%

 

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

    451,000       451,000  
   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments — 0.0%
(Cost: $451,000)

 

    451,000  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities — 99.3%
(Cost: $1,099,325,754)

 

    1,174,066,642  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.7%

      8,262,633  
   

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $ 1,182,329,275  
   

 

 

 

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(c) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period-end.

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

November 30, 2019

  

iShares® MSCI Switzerland ETF

 

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: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares

     516,000        (65,000      451,000      $ 451,000      $ 2,466      $      $  
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Futures Contracts

 

Description   

Number of

Contracts

     Expiration
Date
    

Notional

Amount

(000)

    

Value/

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 

Long Contracts

           

Euro STOXX 50 Index

     160        12/20/19      $ 6,531      $ 350,133  
           

 

 

 

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

   $ 1,173,615,642        $        $        $ 1,173,615,642  

Money Market Funds

     451,000                            451,000  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
   $ 1,174,066,642        $        $        $ 1,174,066,642  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Derivative financial instruments(a)

                 

Assets

                 

Futures Contracts

   $ 350,133        $        $        $ 350,133  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

  (a)

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

 

 

Portfolio Abbreviations — Equity
NVS    Non-Voting Shares

 

 

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