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

 

Security  Shares   Value 
         
Common Stocks          
           
Banks — 14.6%          
Nordea Bank Abp   3,390,519   $40,153,799 
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, Class A   1,699,264    24,710,572 
Svenska Handelsbanken AB, Class A   1,528,253    16,168,868 
Swedbank AB, Class A   948,547    19,098,787 
         100,132,026 
           
Building Products — 7.4%          
Assa Abloy AB, Class B   1,049,167    29,397,268 
Nibe Industrier AB, Class B   1,488,815    21,220,891 
         50,618,159 
           
Capital Markets — 2.6%          
EQT AB   309,969    18,224,433 
           
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.7%          
Securitas AB, Class B   327,385    4,730,155 
           
Communications Equipment — 4.4%          
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Class B   3,048,366    30,643,590 
           
Construction & Engineering — 1.2%          
Skanska AB, Class B   354,202    8,149,885 
           
Diversified Financial Services — 11.6%          
Industrivarden AB, Class A   141,546    4,202,151 
Industrivarden AB, Class C   166,967    4,921,257 
Investor AB   526,830    12,727,367 
Investor AB, Class B   1,906,436    44,298,960 
Kinnevik AB, Class B(a)   256,663    9,150,873 
L E Lundbergforetagen AB, Class B   79,460    4,358,131 
         79,658,739 
           
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.6%          
Telia Co. AB   2,769,963    10,705,838 
           
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 4.4%          
Hexagon AB, Class B   2,071,664    30,127,516 
           
Entertainment — 0.8%          
Embracer Group AB(a)   495,763    5,357,342 
           
Food & Staples Retailing — 0.9%          
ICA Gruppen AB   105,766    6,264,660 
           
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.5%          
Getinge AB, Class B   242,436    10,189,008 
           
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.7%          
Evolution AB(b)   179,954    18,894,741 
           
Household Durables — 0.8%          
Electrolux AB, Class B   235,815    5,294,528 
           
Household Products — 3.0%          
Essity AB, Class B   637,393    20,353,271 
           
Industrial Conglomerates — 1.8%          
Investment AB Latour, Class B   154,794    5,834,638 
Lifco AB, Class B   247,453    6,732,873 
         12,567,511 
           
Machinery — 26.7%          
Alfa Laval AB   329,776    12,724,553 
Security   Shares    Value 
           
Machinery (continued)          
Atlas Copco AB, Class A   708,299   $43,332,916 
Atlas Copco AB, Class B   408,663    21,225,778 
Epiroc AB, Class A   690,492    16,716,610 
Epiroc AB, Class B   407,737    8,199,161 
Husqvarna AB, Class B   435,048    6,124,839 
Sandvik AB   1,181,771    29,177,012 
SKF AB, Class B   401,130    9,156,449 
Volvo AB, Class A   209,363    4,573,966 
Volvo AB, Class B   1,493,201    32,147,992 
         183,379,276 
           
Metals & Mining — 1.4%          
Boliden AB   284,906    9,821,576 
           
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.1%          
Lundin Energy AB   210,276    7,431,032 
           
Paper & Forest Products — 1.5%          
Svenska Cellulosa AB SCA, Class B   635,732    10,340,493 
           
Real Estate Management & Development — 2.1%          
Fastighets AB Balder, Class B(a)   109,489    8,178,501 
Sagax AB, Class B   169,276    6,631,721 
         14,810,222 
           
Software — 1.0%          
Sinch AB(a)(b)   546,298    7,264,347 
           
Specialty Retail — 1.9%          
H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB, Class B   761,641    13,425,860 
           
Tobacco — 1.7%          
Swedish Match AB   1,647,014    12,016,372 
           
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 1.1%          
Tele2 AB, Class B   521,014    7,435,202 
           
Total Common Stocks — 98.5%          
(Cost: $655,188,836)        677,835,782 
           
Short-Term Investments          
           
Money Market Funds — 0.1%          
BlackRock Cash Funds: Treasury, SL Agency Shares, 0.00%(c)(d)   320,000    320,000 
           
Total Short-Term Investments — 0.1%          
(Cost: $320,000)        320,000 
           
Total Investments in Securities — 98.6%          
(Cost: $655,508,836)        678,155,782 
           
Other Assets, Less Liabilities — 1.4%        9,679,757 
           
Net Assets — 100.0%       $687,835,539 

 

(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
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  $260,000   $60,000(a)  $   $   $   $320,000    320,000   $3   $ 

 

(a)Represents net amount purchased (sold).

 

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

 

Futures Contracts

 

Description  Number of
Contracts
   Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
(000)
   Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Long Contracts                  
OMXS30 Index   383   12/17/21  $9,483   $(622,050)

 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

 

Currency Purchased  Currency Sold  Counterparty   Settlement Date  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
USD  3,219,727   EUR  2,760,670   SCB   12/17/21  $87,127 
USD  9,420,460   SEK  81,133,258   SCB   12/17/21   416,235 
                      503,362 
EUR  1,741,396   USD  2,027,774   SCB   12/17/21   (51,769)
SEK  15,599,458   USD  1,771,760   SCB   12/17/21   (40,521)
                      (92,290)
   Net unrealized appreciation           $411,072 

 

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.

 

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

 

Fair Value Measurements (continued)

 

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  $18,992,027   $658,843,755   $   $677,835,782 
Money Market Funds   320,000            320,000 
   $19,312,027   $658,843,755   $   $678,155,782 
Derivative financial instruments(a)                    
Assets                    
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts  $   $503,362   $   $503,362 
Liabilities                    
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts       (92,290)       (92,290)
Futures Contracts       (622,050)       (622,050)
   $   $(210,978)  $   $(210,978)

 

(a)Derivative financial instruments are futures contracts and forward foreign currency exchange contracts. Futures contracts and forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

 

Counterparty Abbreviations

 

SCBStandard Chartered Bank

 

Currency Abbreviations

 

EUREuro

SEKSwedish Krona

USDUnited States Dollar

 

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