NPORT-EX 2 NPORT_5625792226305483.htm iShares MSCI Switzerland ETF

Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

November 30, 2020

   

iShares® MSCI Switzerland ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

 

Banks — 0.4%  

Banque Cantonale Vaudoise, Registered

     65,550     $ 6,777,289  
   

 

 

  
Building Products — 1.7%  

Geberit AG, Registered

     48,079       29,050,274  
   

 

 

  
Capital Markets — 8.7%  

Credit Suisse Group AG, Registered

     3,090,680       39,192,540  

Julius Baer Group Ltd.

     318,385       18,442,626  

Partners Group Holding AG

     24,818       26,728,764  

UBS Group AG, Registered

     4,452,875       63,401,700  
   

 

 

  
      147,765,630  
Chemicals — 6.6%  

Clariant AG, Registered

     396,679       7,992,295  

EMS-Chemie Holding AG, Registered

     13,122       12,037,801  

Givaudan SA, Registered

     11,467       46,916,788  

Sika AG, Registered

     176,110       45,112,017  
   

 

 

  
      112,058,901  
Construction Materials — 2.1%  

LafargeHolcim Ltd., Registered

     667,172       35,123,625  
   

 

 

  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.1%  

Swisscom AG, Registered

     36,087       19,133,724  
   

 

 

  
Electrical Equipment — 3.5%  

ABB Ltd., Registered

     2,242,386       59,372,575  
   

 

 

  
Food Products — 21.9%  

Barry Callebaut AG, Registered

     4,983       10,738,797  

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG, Participation

    

Certificates, NVS

     1,564       13,397,570  

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG, Registered

     153       13,655,584  

Nestle SA, Registered(a)

     2,970,667       332,013,793  
   

 

 

  
          369,805,744  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 4.5%  

Alcon Inc.(b)

     618,620       39,619,560  

Sonova Holding AG, Registered(b)

     76,358       18,986,177  

Straumann Holding AG, Registered

     14,804       17,039,399  
   

 

 

  
      75,645,136  
Insurance — 8.2%  

Baloise Holding AG, Registered

     72,358       12,524,576  

Swiss Life Holding AG, Registered

     42,522       19,060,452  

Swiss Re AG

     365,638       33,530,616  

Zurich Insurance Group AG

     181,413       73,923,844  
   

 

 

  
      139,039,488  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 3.4%  

Lonza Group AG, Registered

     90,998       57,254,458  
   

 

 

  
Machinery — 1.5%  

Schindler Holding AG, Participation Certificates, NVS

     58,956       16,150,544  

Schindler Holding AG, Registered

     35,479       9,429,192  
   

 

 

  
      25,579,736  
Marine — 1.1%  

Kuehne + Nagel International AG, Registered

     77,862       17,691,609  
   

 

 

  
Security   Shares     Value  
Pharmaceuticals — 25.4%  

Novartis AG, Registered

     2,094,522     $ 190,341,682  

Roche Holding AG, NVS

     691,009       228,262,721  

Vifor Pharma AG

     76,598       11,278,597  
   

 

 

  
      429,883,000  
Professional Services — 2.2%  

Adecco Group AG, Registered

     234,912       14,282,068  

SGS SA, Registered

     8,117       23,213,204  
   

 

 

  
      37,495,272  
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.7%  

Swiss Prime Site AG, Registered

     123,091       11,122,107  
   

 

 

  
Software — 0.8%  

Temenos AG, Registered

     103,761       13,157,807  
   

 

 

  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 1.2%  

Logitech International SA, Registered

     230,693       20,482,827  
   

 

 

  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 4.2%  

Cie. Financiere Richemont SA, Class A, Registered

     641,260       53,465,487  

Swatch Group AG (The), Bearer

     46,169       11,433,878  

Swatch Group AG (The), Registered

     127,040       6,115,545  
   

 

 

  
      71,014,910  
   

 

 

  

Total Common Stocks — 99.2%
(Cost: $1,472,681,629)

 

         1,677,454,112  
   

 

 

  

Warrants

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.0%  

Cie. Financiere Richemont SA, (Expires 11/29/23)(b)

     1,321,770       262,806  
   

 

 

  

Total Warrants — 0.0%
(Cost: $0)

 

     262,806  
   

 

 

  

Short-Term Investments

 

Money Market Funds — 0.0%  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 0.04%(c)(d)

     620,000       620,000  
   

 

 

  

Total Short-Term Investments — 0.0%
(Cost: $620,000)

 

     620,000  
   

 

 

  

Total Investments in Securities — 99.2%
(Cost: $1,473,301,629)

 

     1,678,336,918  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.8%

 

     12,738,917  
   

 

 

  

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

   $ 1,691,075,835  
   

 

 

  

 

(a) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(b) 

Non-income producing security.

(c) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(d) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period-end.

 

 

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

November 30, 2020

   

iShares® MSCI Switzerland ETF

 

Affiliates

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the period ended November 30, 2020 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer    Value at
08/31/20		      Purchases
at Cost		      Proceeds
from Sales		      Net Realized
Gain (Loss)		      Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)		      Value at
11/30/20		      Shares
Held at
11/30/20		      Income      Capital
Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds		  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares(a)

    $ 4,438,176      $ —      $ (4,437,730 )(b)     $ (1,261 )     $ 815      $ —        —      $ 3,300 (c)     $ —  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

      1,330,000        —        (710,000 )(b)       —        —        620,000        620,000        210        —  
           

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

        

 

 

     

 

 

  
            $ (1,261 )     $ 815      $ 620,000         $ 3,510      $ —  
           

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

        

 

 

     

 

 

  

 

  (a) 

As of period end, the entity is no longer held.

 
  (b) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (c) 

All or a portion represents securities lending income earned from the reinvestment of cash collateral from loaned securities, net of fees and collateral investment expenses, and other payments to and from borrowers of securities.

 

Futures Contracts

 

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

Long Contracts

            

Euro STOXX 50 Index

      260        12/18/20      $10,901    $ 546,238  
           

 

 

  

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, 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

    $ 1,677,454,112        $ —        $ —        $ 1,677,454,112  

Warrants

      262,806          —          —          262,806  

Money Market Funds

      620,000          —          —          620,000  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  
   $ 1,678,336,918        $ —        $ —        $ 1,678,336,918  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  

Derivative financial instruments(a)

                  

Assets

                  

Futures Contracts

    $ 546,238        $             —        $             —        $ 546,238  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  

 

  (a) 

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

 

 

Portfolio Abbreviations - Equity
NVS    Non-Voting Shares

 

 

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