NPORT-EX 2 NPORT_5632453730454270.htm iShares MSCI Germany ETF

Schedule of Investments (unaudited) 

November 30, 2020

   

iShares® MSCI Germany ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  

Common Stocks

    
Aerospace & Defense — 0.9%            

MTU Aero Engines AG

     105,781     $   25,047,637  
   

 

 

  
Air Freight & Logistics — 3.4%            

Deutsche Post AG, Registered

     1,970,781       95,476,608  
   

 

 

  
Airlines — 0.2%            

Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Registered(a)(b)

    603,854       6,967,593  
   

 

 

  
Auto Components — 1.1%            

Continental AG

     219,158       29,938,292  
   

 

 

  
Automobiles — 6.6%            

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

     659,641       57,633,102  

Daimler AG, Registered

     1,705,138       115,140,225  

Volkswagen AG

     64,669       12,029,017  
   

 

 

  
      184,802,344  
Banks — 0.4%            

Commerzbank AG(a)

    1,996,044       12,439,744  
   

 

 

  
Capital Markets — 3.8%            

Deutsche Bank AG, Registered(a)

    3,911,724       43,717,785  

Deutsche Boerse AG

     378,534       63,279,101  
   

 

 

  
      106,996,886  
Chemicals — 7.5%            

BASF SE

     1,829,873       134,244,811  

Covestro AG(c)

    365,664       20,448,780  

Evonik Industries AG

     417,783       12,648,718  

LANXESS AG

     165,510       11,613,681  

Symrise AG

     256,318       32,193,782  
   

 

 

  
      211,149,772  
Construction & Engineering — 0.2%            

HOCHTIEF AG

     49,318       4,772,628  
   

 

 

  
Construction Materials — 0.7%            

HeidelbergCement AG

     296,477       21,115,600  
   

 

 

  
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 4.8%  

Deutsche Telekom AG, Registered

     6,640,333       120,060,902  

Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG

     2,100,270       5,813,559  

United Internet AG, Registered(d)

    213,444       8,535,401  
   

 

 

  
      134,409,862  
Electrical Equipment — 0.8%            

Siemens Energy AG(a)

    799,773       23,821,531  
   

 

 

  
Food & Staples Retailing — 0.0%            

METRO AG

     54,606       500,349  
   

 

 

  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.3%            

Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, Bearer

     80,186       10,723,682  

Siemens Healthineers AG(c)

    535,427       24,690,407  
   

 

 

  
      35,414,089  
Health Care Providers & Services — 2.6%            

Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA

     424,806       35,824,765  

Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA

     832,976       37,365,203  
   

 

 

  
      73,189,968  
Household Products — 0.7%            

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

     207,035       20,035,302  
   

 

 

  
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.5%  

Uniper SE

     401,003       13,622,900  
   

 

 

  
Security   Shares     Value  
Industrial Conglomerates — 7.3%            

Siemens AG, Registered

     1,524,099     $   204,190,153  
   

 

 

  
Insurance — 10.5%            

Allianz SE, Registered

     831,128       196,512,553  

Hannover Rueck SE

     120,132       20,161,367  

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen, Registered

     279,117       77,994,274  
   

 

 

  
      294,668,194  
Interactive Media & Services — 0.6%            

Scout24 AG(c)

    214,370       16,437,116  
   

 

 

  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 2.8%            

Delivery Hero SE(a)(c)

    257,860       31,230,764  

HelloFresh SE(a)

    294,308       17,349,076  

Zalando SE(a)(c)

    305,376       30,976,643  
   

 

 

  
      79,556,483  
IT Services — 0.4%            

Bechtle AG

     54,367       11,881,671  
   

 

 

  
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.8%            

QIAGEN NV(a)

    458,425       22,159,540  
   

 

 

  
Machinery — 1.7%            

GEA Group AG

     305,653       10,497,006  

KION Group AG

     129,398       9,974,398  

Knorr-Bremse AG

     144,520       18,546,002  

Rational AG

     10,189       9,080,117  
   

 

 

  
      48,097,523  
Multi-Utilities — 3.6%            

E.ON SE

     4,472,925       48,561,232  

RWE AG

     1,279,863       53,231,876  
   

 

 

  
      101,793,108  
Personal Products — 0.8%            

Beiersdorf AG

     200,822       22,518,519  
   

 

 

  
Pharmaceuticals — 5.5%            

Bayer AG, Registered

     1,957,270       113,013,840  

Merck KGaA

     257,488       41,226,737  
   

 

 

  
      154,240,577  
Real Estate Management & Development — 5.0%  

Aroundtown SA(a)

    1,990,427       13,852,353  

Deutsche Wohnen SE

     681,037       34,248,141  

LEG Immobilien AG

     142,150       20,312,949  

Vonovia SE

     1,038,415       71,398,865  
   

 

 

  
      139,812,308  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 3.3%  

Infineon Technologies AG

     2,600,693       91,835,170  
   

 

 

  
Software — 9.9%            

Nemetschek SE

     115,055       9,124,784  

SAP SE

     2,080,403       253,785,072  

TeamViewer AG(a)(c)

    302,562       14,451,645  
   

 

 

  
      277,361,501  
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 5.0%            

adidas AG(a)

    379,322       121,285,975  

Puma SE(a)

    195,316       19,475,971  
   

 

 

  
      140,761,946  
 

 

 

    

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

November 30, 2020

   

iShares® MSCI Germany ETF

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security   Shares     Value  
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.8%            

Brenntag AG

     307,808     $ 23,586,876  
   

 

 

  

Total Common Stocks — 93.5%
(Cost: $2,934,130,709)

       2,628,601,790  
   

 

 

  

Preferred Stocks

    
Automobiles — 3.2%            

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, Preference Shares, NVS

     114,310       7,575,261  

Porsche Automobil Holding SE, Preference Shares, NVS

     305,069       19,450,415  

Volkswagen AG, Preference Shares, NVS

     369,738       62,511,910  
   

 

 

  
      89,537,586  
Chemicals — 0.3%            

Fuchs Petrolub SE, Preference Shares, NVS

     140,158       8,034,120  
   

 

 

  
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.1%            

Sartorius AG, Preference Shares, NVS

     70,862       32,380,262  
   

 

 

  
Household Products — 1.4%            

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Preference Shares, NVS

     354,952       38,315,307  
   

 

 

  

Total Preferred Stocks — 6.0%
(Cost: $190,013,258)

       168,267,275  
   

 

 

  

Rights

    
Machinery — 0.0%            

KION Group AG, (Expires 12/03/20)(a)

    130,963       39,196  
   

 

 

  

Total Rights — 0.0%
(Cost: $0)

       39,196  
   

 

 

  
Security   Shares     Value  

Short-Term Investments

    
Money Market Funds — 0.3%            

BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares, 0.19%(e)(f)(g)

    5,197,408     $ 5,200,526  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 0.04%(e)(f)

    1,654,000       1,654,000  
   

 

 

  
      6,854,526  
   

 

 

  

Total Short-Term Investments — 0.3%
(Cost: $6,848,986)

       6,854,526  
   

 

 

  

Total Investments in Securities — 99.8%
(Cost: $3,130,992,953)

       2,803,762,787  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.2%

       6,434,255  
   

 

 

  

Net Assets — 100.0%

     $ 2,810,197,042  
   

 

 

  

 

(a) 

Non-income producing security.

(b) 

All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c) 

Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors.

(d) 

This security may be resold to qualified foreign investors and foreign institutional buyers under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933.

(e) 

Affiliate of the Fund.

(f) 

Annualized 7-day yield as of period-end.

(g) 

All or a portion of this security was purchased with cash collateral received from loaned securities.

 

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

   $ 96,021,836     $ —     $ (90,818,415 )(a)    $ (4,982 )    $ 2,087     $ 5,200,526       5,197,408     $ 96,573 (b)    $ —  

BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares

     2,194,000       —       (540,000 )(a)       —       —       1,654,000       1,654,000       357       —  
       

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

  
        $ (4,982 )    $ 2,087     $ 6,854,526       $ 96,930     $ —  
       

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

  

 

  (a) 

Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 
  (b) 

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

            

Dax Index

      34        12/18/20      $ 13,556      $ 555,668  
           

 

 

  

 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

November 30, 2020

   

iShares® MSCI Germany ETF

 

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

    $ 2,628,601,790        $ —        $ —        $ 2,628,601,790  

Preferred Stocks

      168,267,275          —          —          168,267,275  

Rights

      39,196          —          —          39,196  

Money Market Funds

      6,854,526          —          —          6,854,526  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  
   $ 2,803,762,787        $ —        $ —        $ 2,803,762,787  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  

Derivative financial instruments(a)

                 

Assets

                  

Futures Contracts

    $ 555,668        $ —        $ —        $ 555,668  
  

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

       

 

 

  

 

  (a) 

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

 

Portfolio Abbreviations - Equity
NVS    Non-Voting Shares

 

 

    

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