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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