0000897436-12-000064.txt : 20120130 0000897436-12-000064.hdr.sgml : 20120130 20120130124114 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000897436-12-000064 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497J PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120130 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120130 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20120130 FILER: 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: 497J SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 033-97598 FILM NUMBER: 12554675 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 400 HOWARD STREET CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94105 BUSINESS PHONE: 6176621504 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 0000930667 S000035880 iShares MSCI Global Silver Miners Fund C000109983 iShares MSCI Global Silver Miners Fund 0000930667 S000035882 iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners Fund C000109985 iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners Fund 0000930667 S000035883 iShares MSCI Global Agriculture Producers Fund C000109986 iShares MSCI Global Agriculture Producers Fund 0000930667 S000035884 iShares MSCI Global Energy Producers Fund C000109987 iShares MSCI Global Energy Producers Fund 0000930667 S000035885 iShares MSCI Global Select Metals and Mining Producers Fund C000109988 iShares MSCI Global Select Metals and Mining Producers Fund 497J 1 isharesinccommodity_497j.htm ISHARES INC COMMODITY FUNDS 497J isharesinccommodity_497j.htm

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P.O. Box 7101
San Francisco, CA 94105
Tel +1 415 670 2059
Fax +1 415 618 1377
andrew.josef@blackrock.com

 January 30, 2012



Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20549

RE:
iShares, Inc. (the “Company”)
            Securities Act File No. 33-97598;
            Investment Company Act File No. 811-09102


Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Rule 497(j) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and on behalf of the Company, please accept this letter as certification that the Prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information, each dated January 30, 2012, do not differ from those contained in the following Post-Effective Amendments to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed electronically on January 30, 2012:

Series
Post-Effective Amendment No.
iShares MSCI Global Agriculture Producers Fund
200
iShares MSCI Global Energy Producers Fund
201
iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners Fund
202
iShares MSCI Global Select Metals & Mining Producers Fund
203
iShares MSCI Global Silver Miners Fund
204

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Benjamin J. Haskin of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP at (202) 303-1124 or me at (415) 670-2059.
 
Yours truly,
 
 

 
/s/ Andrew Josef
Andrew Josef, Esq.
 
cc:  Benjamin J. Haskin, Esq.