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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000315066-13-002567
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1
FILED AS OF DATE: 20130214
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20130214
SUBJECT COMPANY:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: iSHARES INC
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000930667
IRS NUMBER: 510396525
STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD
FISCAL YEAR END: 0831
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A
SEC ACT: 1934 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-49345
FILM NUMBER: 13611168
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 400 HOWARD STREET
CITY: SAN FRANCISCO
STATE: CA
ZIP: 94105
BUSINESS PHONE: (415) 670-2000
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 400 HOWARD STREET
CITY: SAN FRANCISCO
STATE: CA
ZIP: 94105
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ISHARES INC
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20000516
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: WEBS INDEX FUND INC
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19970211
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FOREIGN FUND INC
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19950524
FILED BY:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FMR LLC
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000315066
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000]
IRS NUMBER: 061209781
STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE
FISCAL YEAR END: 1231
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 82 DEVONSHIRE ST
CITY: BOSTON
STATE: MA
ZIP: 02109
BUSINESS PHONE: 6175706339
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 82 DEVONSHIRE STREET
CITY: BOSTON
STATE: MA
ZIP: 02109
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FMR CORP
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920717
SC 13G/A
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filing.txt
SCHEDULE 13G
Amendment No. 1
ISHARES MSCI JAPAN INDEX ETF
Common Stock
Cusip #464286848
Cusip #464286848
Item 1: Reporting Person - FMR LLC
Item 4: Delaware
Item 5: 41,554,846
Item 6: 0
Item 7: 41,554,846
Item 8: 0
Item 9: 41,554,846
Item 11: 7.773%
Item 12: HC
Cusip #464286848
Item 1: Reporting Person - Edward C. Johnson 3d
Item 4: United States of America
Item 5: 0
Item 6: 0
Item 7: 41,554,846
Item 8: 0
Item 9: 41,554,846
Item 11: 7.773%
Item 12: IN
SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN
STATEMENTS
FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b)
Item 1(a). Name of Issuer:
ISHARES MSCI JAPAN INDEX ETF
Item 1(b). Name of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
400 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
Item 2(a). Name of Person Filing:
FMR LLC
Item 2(b). Address or Principal Business Office or, if None,
Residence:
82 Devonshire Street, Boston,
Massachusetts 02109
Item 2(c). Citizenship:
Not applicable
Item 2(d). Title of Class of Securities:
Common Stock
Item 2(e). CUSIP Number:
464286848
Item 3. This statement is filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b)
and the person filing, FMR LLC, is a parent holding company
in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(ii)(G). (Note: See
Item 7).
Item 4. Ownership
(a) Amount Beneficially Owned: 41,554,846
(b) Percent of Class: 7.773%
(c) Number of shares as to which such
person has:
(i) sole power to vote or to direct
the vote: 41,554,846
(ii) shared power to vote or to
direct the vote: 0
(iii) sole power to dispose or to
direct the disposition of: 41,554,846
(iv) shared power to dispose or to
direct the disposition of: 0
Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another
Person.
Various persons have the right to receive or the power to
direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the
sale of, the Common Stock of ISHARES MSCI JAPAN
INDEX ETF. The interest of one person, Strategic Advisers
International Fund, an investment company registered under
the Investment Company Act of 1940, in the Common Stock
of ISHARES MSCI JAPAN INDEX ETF, amounted to
41,518,900 shares or 7.766% of the total outstanding Common
Stock at December 31, 2012.
Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which
Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent
Holding Company.
See attached Exhibit A.
Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of
the Group.
Not applicable. See attached Exhibit A.
Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group.
Not applicable.
Item 10. Certification.
By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge
and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in the
ordinary course of business and were not acquired for the
purpose of and do not have the effect of changing or
influencing the control of the issuer of such securities and
were not acquired in connection with or as a participant in any
transaction having such purpose or effect.
Signature
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and
belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement
is true, complete and correct.
February 13, 2013
Date
/s/ Scott C. Goebel
Signature
Scott C. Goebel
Duly authorized under Power of Attorney
effective as of June 1, 2008 by and on behalf of FMR LLC
and its direct and indirect subsidiaries
SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN
STATEMENTS
FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b)
The ownership of one investment company, Strategic
Advisers International Fund, amounted to 41,518,900 shares
or 7.766% of the Common Stock outstanding. Strategic
Advisers International Fund has its principal business office at
82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.
Strategic Advisers, Inc., 82 Devonshire Street, Boston,
MA 02109, a wholly-owned subsidiary of FMR LLC and an
investment adviser registered under Section 203 of the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940, provides investment
advisory services to individuals. As such, FMR LLC's
beneficial ownership includes 41,523,946 shares, or 7.767%,
of the Common Stock outstanding of ISHARES MSCI
JAPAN INDEX ETF, beneficially owned through Strategic
Advisers, Inc.
Pyramis Global Advisors, LLC ("PGALLC"), 900
Salem Street, Smithfield, Rhode Island, 02917, an indirect
wholly-owned subsidiary of FMR LLC and an investment
adviser registered under Section 203 of the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940, is the beneficial owner of 30,900 shares
or 0.006% of the outstanding Common Stock of ISHARES
MSCI JAPAN INDEX ETF as a result of its serving as
investment adviser to institutional accounts, non-U.S. mutual
funds, or investment companies registered under Section 8 of
the Investment Company Act of 1940 owning such shares.
Edward C. Johnson 3d and FMR LLC, through its
control of PGALLC, each has sole dispositive power over
30,900 shares and sole power to vote or to direct the voting of
30,900 shares of Common Stock owned by the institutional
accounts or funds advised by PGALLC as reported above.
Members of the family of Edward C. Johnson 3d,
Chairman of FMR LLC, are the predominant owners, directly
or through trusts, of Series B voting common shares of FMR
LLC, representing 49% of the voting power of FMR LLC.
The Johnson family group and all other Series B shareholders
have entered into a shareholders' voting agreement under
which all Series B voting common shares will be voted in
accordance with the majority vote of Series B voting common
shares. Accordingly, through their ownership of voting
common shares and the execution of the shareholders' voting
agreement, members of the Johnson family may be deemed,
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, to form a
controlling group with respect to FMR LLC.
SCHEDULE 13G - TO BE INCLUDED IN
STATEMENTS
FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b)
RULE 13d-1(f)(1) AGREEMENT
The undersigned persons, on February 13, 2013, agree
and consent to the joint filing on their behalf of this Schedule
13G in connection with their beneficial ownership of the
Common Stock of ISHARES MSCI JAPAN INDEX ETF at
December 31, 2012.
FMR LLC
By /s/ Scott C. Goebel
Scott C. Goebel
Duly authorized under Power of Attorney effective as
of June 1, 2008, by and on behalf of FMR LLC and its direct
and indirect subsidiaries
Edward C. Johnson 3d
By /s/ Scott C. Goebel
Scott C. Goebel
Duly authorized under Power of Attorney effective as
of June 1, 2008, by and on behalf of Edward C. Johnson 3d
Strategic Advisers International Fund
By /s/ Scott C. Goebel
Scott C. Goebel
Secretary