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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) iShares®  MSCI Switzerland ETF
November 30, 2021 (Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Common Stocks        
         
Building Products — 1.8%        
Geberit AG, Registered   38,370   $29,295,912 
           
Capital Markets — 8.3%          
Credit Suisse Group AG, Registered   2,551,129    24,632,176 
Julius Baer Group Ltd.   254,848    15,816,882 
Partners Group Holding AG   20,066    34,630,857 
UBS Group AG, Registered   3,572,695    61,777,164 
         136,857,079 
Chemicals — 7.2%          
Clariant AG, Registered   303,219    5,937,475 
EMS-Chemie Holding AG, Registered   9,731    9,276,521 
Givaudan SA, Registered   9,535    46,614,216 
Sika AG, Registered   144,798    56,543,752 
         118,371,964 
Construction Materials — 1.6%          
Holcim Ltd   552,022    26,593,033 
           
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.0%          
Swisscom AG, Registered   29,764    16,534,220 
           
Electrical Equipment — 3.5%          
ABB Ltd., Registered   1,674,105    57,895,216 
           
Food Products — 22.7%          
Barry Callebaut AG, Registered   4,577    10,828,377 
Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG, Participation          
Certificates, NVS   1,256    15,473,406 
Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG, Registered   123    15,193,290 
Nestle SA, Registered   2,606,632    334,096,559 
         375,591,632 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 5.3%          
Alcon Inc.   511,329    40,389,217 
Sonova Holding AG, Registered   60,250    22,643,060 
Straumann Holding AG, Registered   11,346    24,120,998 
         87,153,275 
Insurance — 7.2%          
Baloise Holding AG, Registered   58,656    8,750,282 
Swiss Life Holding AG, Registered   34,433    19,762,479 
Swiss Re AG   303,496    28,486,297 
Zurich Insurance Group AG   152,243    62,588,542 
         119,587,600 
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 3.9%          
Bachem Holding AG, Class B, Registered   4,075    2,947,334 
Lonza Group AG, Registered   75,833    61,147,744 
         64,095,078 
Machinery — 1.4%          
Schindler Holding AG, Participation Certificates, NVS   48,040    12,373,569 
Schindler Holding AG, Registered   28,041    6,959,541 
VAT Group AG(a)   9,427    4,548,947 
         23,882,057 
Security  Shares   Value 
           
Marine — 1.1%          
Kuehne + Nagel International AG, Registered   61,643   $17,621,813 
           
Pharmaceuticals — 25.0%          
Novartis AG, Registered   1,919,021    152,956,986 
Roche Holding AG, NVS.   639,617    249,712,970 
Roche Holding AG, Bearer   7,383    3,061,334 
Vifor Pharma AG   62,103    6,962,333 
         412,693,623 
Professional Services — 1.7%          
Adecco Group AG, Registered   187,321    8,681,083 
SGS SA, Registered   6,656    20,079,627 
         28,760,710 
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.6%          
Swiss Prime Site AG, Registered   98,484    9,328,963 
           
Software — 0.6%          
Temenos AG, Registered   84,343    10,786,989 
           
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.9%          
Logitech International SA, Registered   180,106    14,364,135 
           
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 5.5%          
Cie. Financiere Richemont SA, Class A, Registered   498,680    74,211,292 
Swatch Group AG (The), Bearer   36,105    10,604,380 
Swatch Group AG (The), Registered   92,215    5,266,265 
         90,081,937 
Total Common Stocks — 99.3%          
(Cost: $1,385,549,374)        1,639,495,236 
           

Short-Term Investments

 

Money Market Funds — 0.0%        
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares,        
0.00%(b)(c)   840,000    840,000 
           
Total Short-Term Investments — 0.0%          
(Cost: $840,000)        840,000 
           
Total Investments in Securities — 99.3%          
(Cost: $1,386,389,374)        1,640,335,236 
           
Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 0.7%        11,161,120 
           
Net Assets — 100.0%       $1,651,496,356 

 

(a)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.
(b)Affiliate of the Fund.
(c)Annualized 7-day yield as of period end.


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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) iShares®  MSCI Switzerland ETF
November 30, 2021

 

Affiliates

 

Investments in issuers considered to be affiliate(s) of the Fund during the period ended November 30, 2021 for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, were as follows:

 

Affiliated Issuer   Value at
08/31/21
  Purchases
at Cost
  Proceeds
from Sales
  Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
  Change in
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
  Value at
11/30/21
  Shares
Held at
11/30/21
  Income  

Capital
Gain
Distributions

from
Underlying
Funds 

 
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares   $ 730,000   $ 110,000 (a)  $ $   $ 110,000   $ 840,000     840,000   $ 8 $  

 

(a)Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

 

Futures Contracts

 

               Value/ 
           Notional   Unrealized 
   Number of   Expiration   Amount   Appreciation 
Description  Contracts   Date   (000)   (Depreciation) 
Long Contracts                
Swiss Market Index   89    12/17/21   $11,793   $190,584 

 

Fair Value Measurements

 

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of financial instruments. These inputs to valuation techniques are categorized into a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes as follows:

Level 1 – Unadjusted price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical assets or liabilities that each Fund has the ability to access;
Level 2 – Other observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs); and
Level 3 – Unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the BlackRock Global Valuation Methodologies Committee’s (the “Global Valuation Committee’s”) assumptions used in determining the fair value of financial instruments).

 

The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the fair value hierarchy classification is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Investments classified within Level 3 have significant unobservable inputs used by the Global Valuation Committee in determining the price for Fair Valued Investments. Level 3 investments include equity or debt issued by privately held companies or funds. There may not be a secondary market, and/or there are a limited number of investors. The categorization of a value determined for financial instruments is based on the pricing transparency of the financial instruments and is not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. For information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of financial instruments, refer to its most recent financial statements.

 

The following table summarizes the Fund’s financial instruments categorized in the fair value hierarchy. The breakdown of the Fund’s financial instruments into major categories is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments above.

 

   Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total 
Investments                    
Assets                    
Common Stocks  $30,666,696   $1,608,828,540   $   $1,639,495,236 
Money Market Funds   840,000            840,000 
   $31,506,696   $1,608,828,540   $   $1,640,335,236 
Derivative financial instruments(a)                    
Assets                    
Futures Contracts  $   $190,584   $   $190,584 

 

(a)Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts. Futures contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued) iShares®  MSCI Switzerland ETF
November 30, 2021

 

Portfolio Abbreviations - Equity

 

NVS Non-Voting Shares

 

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