NPORT-EX 2 NPORT_11635087833020865.htm iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) 

May 31, 2020

   

iShares® MSCI Switzerland ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

 

Banks — 0.5%  

Banque Cantonale Vaudoise

     77,704     $ 7,554,443  
   

 

 

  
Building Products — 1.7%  

Geberit AG, Registered

     51,684       25,139,933  
   

 

 

  
Capital Markets — 8.1%  

Credit Suisse Group AG, Registered

     3,278,844       29,924,955  

Julius Baer Group Ltd.

     374,935       15,962,154  

Partners Group Holding AG

     27,129       22,432,890  

UBS Group AG, Registered

     4,689,697       50,279,879  
   

 

 

  
          118,599,878  
Chemicals — 6.5%  

Clariant AG, Registered

     510,589       9,361,950  

EMS-Chemie Holding AG, Registered

     16,412       12,137,739  

Givaudan SA, Registered

     11,823       42,421,027  

Sika AG, Registered

     188,246       32,233,233  
   

 

 

  
      96,153,949  
Construction Materials — 2.0%  

LafargeHolcim Ltd., Registered

     709,342       29,342,408  
   

 

 

  
Diversified Financial Services — 0.6%  

Pargesa Holding SA, Bearer

     116,557       8,796,068  
   

 

 

  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.4%  

Swisscom AG, Registered

     38,772       20,170,964  
   

 

 

  
Electrical Equipment — 3.1%  

ABB Ltd., Registered

     2,299,873       45,221,818  
   

 

 

  
Food Products — 22.6%  

Barry Callebaut AG, Registered

     5,994       12,054,136  

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG, Participation Certificates, NVS

     1,788       14,907,755  

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG, Registered

     176       15,278,859  

Nestle SA, Registered

     2,679,695       289,698,264  
   

 

 

  
      331,939,014  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 4.9%  

Alcon Inc.(a)

    609,307       39,246,297  

Sonova Holding AG, Registered

     84,456       18,505,244  

Straumann Holding AG, Registered

     18,020       14,593,067  
   

 

 

  
      72,344,608  
Insurance — 7.9%  

Baloise Holding AG, Registered

     88,243       12,547,095  

Swiss Life Holding AG, Registered

     50,588       17,766,619  

Swiss Re AG

     404,495       27,418,252  

Zurich Insurance Group AG

     181,927       58,609,770  
   

 

 

  
      116,341,736  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 3.2%  

Lonza Group AG, Registered

     95,661       46,949,268  
   

 

 

  
Machinery — 1.8%  

Schindler Holding AG, Participation Certificates, NVS

     67,814       15,748,208  

Schindler Holding AG, Registered

     45,148       10,451,666  
   

 

 

  
      26,199,874  
Security   Shares     Value  
Marine — 0.9%  

Kuehne + Nagel International AG, Registered(a)

    95,610     $ 13,773,732  
   

 

 

  
Pharmaceuticals — 24.3%  

Novartis AG, Registered

     1,606,354       138,831,657  

Roche Holding AG, NVS

     592,939       205,340,695  

Vifor Pharma AG

     83,687       12,726,835  
   

 

 

  
      356,899,187  
Professional Services — 2.4%  

Adecco Group AG, Registered

     287,203       13,638,182  

SGS SA, Registered

     8,948       21,003,164  
   

 

 

  
      34,641,346  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.9%  

Swiss Prime Site AG, Registered

     138,337       12,873,246  
   

 

 

  
Software — 1.1%  

Temenos AG, Registered

     108,720       16,601,670  
   

 

 

  
Specialty Retail — 0.0%  

Dufry AG, Registered(b)

    12,631       372,474  
   

 

 

  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 1.1%  

Logitech International SA, Registered

     272,727       16,090,524  
   

 

 

  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 4.0%  

Cie. Financiere Richemont SA, Registered

     665,707       38,721,461  

Swatch Group AG (The), Bearer

     59,386       11,862,364  

Swatch Group AG (The), Registered

     199,328       7,747,379  
   

 

 

  
      58,331,204  
   

 

 

  

Total Common Stocks — 99.0%
(Cost: $1,423,124,180)

       1,454,337,344  
   

 

 

  
Short-Term Investments  
Money Market Funds — 0.3%  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional,
SL Agency Shares,
    0.69%(c)(d)(e)

    3,028,324       3,032,866  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury,
SL Agency Shares,
    0.16%(c)(d)

    580,000       580,000  
   

 

 

  
      3,612,866  
   

 

 

  

Total Short-Term Investments — 0.3%
(Cost: $3,612,603)

       3,612,866  
   

 

 

  

Total Investments in Securities — 99.3%
(Cost: $1,426,736,783)

       1,457,950,210  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.7%

       10,748,095  
   

 

 

  

Net Assets — 100.0%

     $   1,468,698,305  
   

 

 

  

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(d) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period-end.

(e) 

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, 2020

   

iShares® MSCI Switzerland ETF

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliates of the Fund during the period ended May 31, 2020, 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
05/31/20		  
 
 		     
 Value at
05/31/20		  
 		      Income       
 Net Realized
Gain (Loss)		  
(a) 		     


 Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)		  
 
 
 

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares

      —        3,028,324        3,028,324      $ 3,032,866      $ 2,063 (b)     $ 57      $ 263  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

      516,000        64,000        580,000        580,000        4,872        —        —  
           

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  
            $ 3,612,866      $ 6,935      $ 57      $ 263  
           

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

  

 

  (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

 

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

Long Contracts

            

Euro STOXX 50 Index

      317        06/19/20      $ 10,741      $ 722,753  
           

 

 

  

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 May 31, 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

    $ 1,454,337,344        $ —        $ —        $ 1,454,337,344  

Money Market Funds

      3,612,866          —          —          3,612,866  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  
   $ 1,457,950,210        $ —        $ —        $ 1,457,950,210  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  

Derivative financial instruments(a)

                 

Assets

                  

Futures Contracts

    $ 722,753        $ —        $ —        $ 722,753  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  

 

  (a) 

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

 

 

Portfolio Abbreviations — Equity
NVS    Non-Voting Shares

 

 

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