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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) iShares® MSCI Sweden ETF
May 31, 2021 (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

  

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Common Stocks          
           
Banks — 13.2%          
Nordea Bank Abp   2,540,616   $27,190,109 
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, Class A   1,276,215    16,291,066 
Svenska Handelsbanken AB, Class A   1,143,748    12,794,446 
Swedbank AB, Class A   710,130    12,742,277 
         69,017,898 
Building Products — 7.0%          
Assa Abloy AB, Class B   785,952    24,073,655 
Nibe Industrier AB, Class B   1,117,844    12,140,883 
         36,214,538 
Capital Markets — 1.3%          
EQT AB   187,303    6,758,795 
           
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.8%          
Securitas AB, Class B   246,170    3,931,275 
           
Communications Equipment — 5.8%          
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Class B   2,288,758    30,317,634 
           
Construction & Engineering — 1.4%          
Skanska AB, Class B   266,545    7,479,931 
           
Diversified Financial Services — 10.7%          
Industrivarden AB, Class A   83,999    3,407,538 
Industrivarden AB, Class C   125,547    4,919,455 
Investor AB, Class B   1,428,671    32,936,445 
Kinnevik AB(a)   194,138    3,693,792 
Kinnevik AB, Class B   188,234    7,172,295 
L E Lundbergforetagen AB, Class B   59,749    3,748,013 
         55,877,538 
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.7%
Telia Co. AB   2,084,202    9,077,350 
           
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 4.2%
Hexagon AB, Class B   1,544,842    21,989,045 
           
Entertainment — 1.1%          
Embracer Group AB(a)   200,745    5,970,096 
           
Food & Staples Retailing — 0.7%          
ICA Gruppen AB   79,068    3,819,218 
           
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 4.9%          
Evolution AB(b)   133,197    25,465,518 
           
Household Durables — 1.9%          
Electrolux AB, Series B   176,402    4,990,053 
Husqvarna AB, Class B   328,768    4,805,025 
         9,795,078 
Household Products — 3.2%          
Essity AB, Class B   477,215    16,448,490 
           
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.8%          
Investment AB Latour, Class B   116,394    3,971,401 
           
Machinery — 26.8%          
Alfa Laval AB   246,624    9,283,293 
Security  Shares   Value 
         
Machinery (continued)          
Atlas Copco AB, Class A   526,569   $31,910,905 
Atlas Copco AB, Class B   305,990    15,745,442 
Epiroc AB, Class A   516,765    11,675,825 
Epiroc AB, Class B   305,342    6,081,073 
Sandvik AB   885,264    23,266,569 
SKF AB, Class B   299,057    8,048,158 
Volvo AB, Class A   157,427    4,217,870 
Volvo AB, Class B   1,121,035    29,268,626 
         139,497,761 
Metals & Mining — 1.7%          
Boliden AB   214,383    8,583,737 
           
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.0%          
Lundin Energy AB   156,591    5,372,785 
           
Paper & Forest Products — 1.5%          
Svenska Cellulosa AB SCA, Class B   474,808    7,864,529 
           
Real Estate Management & Development — 1.0%
Fastighets AB Balder, Class B(a)   82,273    5,220,641 
           
Software — 1.4%          
Sinch AB(a)   39,661    7,306,467 
           
Specialty Retail — 2.8%          
H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB, Class B(a)   572,693    14,595,059 
           
Tobacco — 2.3%          
Swedish Match AB   1,271,891    11,776,597 
           
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 1.0%
Tele2 AB, Class B   389,372    5,228,640 
           
Total Common Stocks — 98.2%          
(Cost: $427,071,967)       511,580,021 

  

Short-Term Investments 

 

Money Market Funds — 0.0%        
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 0.00%(c)(d)   210,000    210,000 
           
Total Short-Term Investments — 0.0%          
(Cost: $210,000)       210,000 
           
Total Investments in Securities — 98.2%          
(Cost: $427,281,967)       511,790,021 
           
Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 1.8%       9,362,836 
           
Net Assets—100.0%      $521,152,857 

 

(a)Non-income producing security.

(b)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.

(c)Affiliate of the Fund.

(d)Annualized 7-day yield as of period-end.


 

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) iShares® MSCI Sweden ETF
May 31, 2021

    

Affiliates 

 

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the period ended May 31, 2021 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 05/31/21   Shares Held at 05/31/21   Income   Capital Gain Distributions from Underlying Funds 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Institutional, SL Agency Shares(a)  $3,686,386   $   $(3,685,184)(b)  $(2,003)  $801    $   $   $1,832(c)  $ 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares   80,000    130,000(b)               210,000    210,000    69     
                  $(2,003)  $801   $210,000        $1,901   $ 

  

(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                  
OMXS 30 Index   351   06/18/21  $9,486   $(20,282)

 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

 

Currency Purchased  Currency Sold  Counterparty   Settlement Date  Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 
USD  1,184,491   EUR   991,191    SCB   06/18/21  $(27,958)
USD  7,662,871   SEK   65,192,175    SCB   06/18/21   (202,425)
                        (230,383)
  Net unrealized depreciation  .   .  $(230,383)

 

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.

  

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) iShares® MSCI Sweden ETF
May 31, 2021

   

Fair Value Measurements (continued) 

 

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of May 31, 2021. 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  $25,682,837   $485,897,184   $   $511,580,021 
Money Market Funds   210,000            210,000 
   $25,892,837   $485,897,184   $   $511,790,021 
Derivative financial instruments(a)                    
Liabilities                    
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts  $   $(230,383)  $   $(230,383)
Futures Contracts   (20,282)           (20,282)
   $(20,282)  $(230,383)  $   $(250,665)

  

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

 

Counterparty Abbreviations

 

SCBStandard Chartered Bank

 

Currency Abbreviations 

 

EUR Euro
SEK Swedish Krona
USD United States Dollar

 

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