0000897436-12-000359.txt : 20120817 0000897436-12-000359.hdr.sgml : 20120817 20120817111202 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000897436-12-000359 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497J PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120817 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120817 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20120817 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: 121041792 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 0000930667 S000037851 iShares Latin America Bond Fund C000116781 iShares Latin America Bond Fund 497J 1 latinamerica497j_2012-0817.htm ISHARES LATIN AMERICA BOND FUND 497J LETTER 2012-0817 latinamerica497j_2012-0817.htm

 
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400 Howard Street
P.O. Box 7101
San Francisco, CA 94105
Tel +1 415 670 7987
Fax +1 415 618 5462
edward.baer@blackrock.com
 
August 17, 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 Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information for the iShares Latin America Bond Fund, each dated August 17, 2012, do not differ from those contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 245 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed electronically on August 17, 2012.

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) 670-7987.
 

 
 
Yours truly,
 
 

 
/s/ Edward Baer                    
Edward Baer, Esq.
 

 
 
cc:  Benjamin J. Haskin, Esq.
 
 

 
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