-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, WG5D0DVtK031NRVyKfpcqlyshS7ouhromtchG6tRc3ZZx2sm/HNRkylhkuL6OTKt Mgzu0BYvw2+nN5z/5PMcRA== 0000897436-10-000483.txt : 20101108 0000897436-10-000483.hdr.sgml : 20101108 20101108110153 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000897436-10-000483 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-A12B PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20101108 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20101108 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: iShares MSCI Russia Capped Index Fund, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001492195 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 0831 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-A12B SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-34957 FILM NUMBER: 101171140 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 400 HOWARD STREET CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94105 BUSINESS PHONE: 617-937-5524 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 400 HOWARD STREET CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94105 8-A12B 1 isharesrussia_form8-a.htm ISHARES MSCI RUSSIA FORM 8-A FILED ON 2010-1108 isharesrussia_form8-a.htm
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-A

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) or (g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

iShares MSCI Russia Capped Index Fund, Inc.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

State of Maryland
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(State of incorporation or organization)
 
See Below
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
c/o State Street Bank and Trust Company
200 Clarendon Street, Boston, MA
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(Address of principal executive offices)
 
 
 
02116
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(Zip Code)
 
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class
to be Registered
 
 
Exchange
 
I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number
iShares MSCI Russia Capped Index Fund
 
NYSE Arca, Inc.
 
27-1829598

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant
to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General
Instruction A.(c), check the following box.                                                                                                                                [X]

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant
to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General
Instruction A.(d), check the following box.                                                                                                                                [   ]


Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form
relates:                                                                                                                                            &# 160;                                                 333-167296

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act:                                                                          None.


INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 1. Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered:


For the iShares MSCI Russia Capped Index Fund, reference is made to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registrant’s registration statement on Form N-1A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on November 1, 2010, under the Securities Act of 1933 (Securities Act file number 333-167296 and Investment Company Act file number 811-22421). Any form of supplement to the registration statement that is subsequently filed is hereby also incorporated by reference herein.

Item 2. Exhibits

1.           Registrant's Articles of Incorporation, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (a) to the Registrant’s initial registration statement on Form N-1A, filed with the SEC on June 3, 2010 (“Initial Registration Statement”) (File Nos. 333-167296; 811-22421).

2.           By-Laws, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (b) to the Registrant’s Initial Registration Statement (File Nos. 333-167296; 811-22421).

3.           Form of Global Certificate for the Registrant's Securities being registered hereunder, attached hereto as Exhibit 3.

 
 
 

 

SIGNATURE

          Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this amendment to its registration statement on Form 8-A to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.
 
 
 
 
 
Date: November 8, 2010
 
 
 
 
iSHARES MSCI RUSSIA CAPPED INDEX FUND, INC.
 
 
           By: /s/ Eilleen M. Clavere
                 Eilleen M. Clavere
                         Secretary
 
   
 
EX-99.J OTH MAT CONT 2 exhibit3.htm FORM OF GLOBAL CERTIFICATE FOR ISHARES MSCI RUSSIA CAPPED INDEX FUND exhibit3.htm
Form of Global Certificate for iShares MSCI Russia Capped Index Fund

Unless this Certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company (55 Water Street, New York, New York) to the issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co., or in such other name as requested by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), any transfer, pledge or other use hereof for value or otherwise by or to any person is wrongful since the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.

Common Stock                                                                CUSIP:  _________

Certificate No. [001]                                                                           See Reverse for Certain Definitions

iShares MSCI Russia Capped Index Fund, Inc.
Incorporated Under The Laws of the State of Maryland
iShares MSCI Russia Capped Index Fund

This is to certify that

CEDE & CO.

is the owner and registered Holder of the number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of the common stock, par value $.001 per share ("iShares"), of the iShares MSCI Russia Capped Index Fund of iShares MSCI Russia Capped Index Fund, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the "Corporation"), shown from time to time on the records of the transfer agent thereof as represented by this Certificate which shall be all of the outstanding iShares of the iShares MSCI Russia Capped Index Fund of the Corporation (other than outstanding iShares held in registered form). This Certificate and the iShares represented hereby are issued and shall be held subject to the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Maryland and the Articles of Incorporation and By-laws of the Corporation, as they may be amended from time to time.

This certificate is not valid unless manually countersigned and registered by the transfer agent and registrar.

Witness the facsimile seal of the corporation and the signatures of its duly authorized officers.

                               Dated:                         0;       _______________________  ______________________
                                SECRETARY                ;         PRESIDENT

TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR
State Street Bank and Trust Company

By:_________________________________
Authorized Signature
[Reverse of Form of Global Certificate]

iShares MSCI Russia Capped Index Fund, Inc.
Incorporated Under The Laws of the State of Maryland
iShares MSCI Russia Capped Index Fund

This Certificate represents all iShares of the iShares MSCI Russia Capped Index Fund of iShares MSCI Russia Capped Index Fund, Inc. (the "Corporation") recorded from time to time on the books of State Street Bank and Trust Company, as transfer agent (the "Transfer Agent"), located in Boston, Massachusetts. The registered Holder is entitled to all the rights, interests and privileges of a stockholder as provided in the Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws of the Corporation, as amended, which are incorporated by reference herein.

This Certificate shall be transferable by Cede & Co. as the registered Holder hereof by presentation and surrender hereof at the office of the Transfer Agent, properly endorsed or accompanied by an instrument of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Transfer Agent, and executed in blank by the registered Holder hereof or his authorized attorney. Except as otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, iShares represented hereby may be redeemed by the Corporation only in aggregations of a specified number of shares (each, a "Creation Unit") at their net asset value next determined after receipt of a redemption request in proper form by the Distributor thereof in kind, in cash or a combination thereof pursuant to Article V of the Articles of Incorporation, as amended in accordance with the requirements thereof, by the registered H older when tendered together with an instrument of assignment and transfer duly endorsed or executed in blank, together with an irrevocable instruction in writing to redeem the same, and the Corporation will thereafter redeem said iShares at net asset value next determined after receipt of a redemption request in proper form by the Distributor, provided that the iShares to be redeemed represented by this Certificate shall equal one or more Creation Units of iShares as provided in the Articles of Incorporation, as amended from time to time.

The Corporation has authority to issue stock of more than one series. The Corporation will furnish without charge to the registered Holder hereof a full statement of: (1) the designations and any preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends, qualifications, and terms and conditions of redemption of the stock of each series which the Corporation is authorized to issue; (2) the differences in the relative rights and preferences between the iShares of each series which the Corporation is authorized to issue to the extent such rights and preferences have been set; and (3) the authority of the Board of Directors to set the relative rights and preferences of subsequent Index Series.

The registered Holder hereof may be required to pay taxes or other governmental charges that may be imposed in connection with the transfer, redemption or other surrender of this Certificate.

The Transfer Agent, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, may treat the person in whose name this Certificate is registered upon the books of the Transfer Agent as the absolute owner hereof for all purposes.

See current prospectus and Statement of Additional Information for further information concerning redemption of iShares
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[Form of Assignment]

For value received _______________________ hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto _________________________________ [________] (please insert Social Security Number or other identifying number of the Assignee) all iShares of the iShares __________ Fund of iShares MSCI Russia Capped Index Fund, Inc. represented by the within Certificate, and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint _____________________________ Attorney to transfer the said iShares on the books of the Transfer Agent for such ___________ with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated:_________         _____________________________________
 (Signature)

Signature Guaranteed By: _____________________________________

NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within instrument in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
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