485BXT 1 exsouthafricabxt_2013-1003.htm ISHARES MSCI EFM AFRICA EX SOUTH AFRICA INDEX FUND BXT 2013-1003 exsouthafricabxt_2013-1003.htm
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 3, 2013
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        File Nos. 33-97598 and 811-09102
 

 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM N-1A
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  
x
 
   
Post-Effective Amendment No. 331
  
x
 
   
and/or
  
   
   
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
  
x
 
   
Amendment No. 333
  
x
 
 
(Check appropriate box or boxes)
 
iShares, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
c/o State Street Bank & Trust Company
200 Clarendon Street
Boston, MA 02116
(Address of Principal Executive Office)(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: (415) 670-2000
 
The Corporation Trust Incorporated
351 West Camden Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
 (Name and Address of Agent for Service)
 
With Copies to:
         
MARGERY K. NEALE, ESQ.
 
BENJAMIN J. HASKIN, ESQ.
 
EDWARD BAER, ESQ.
WILLKIE FARR &
GALLAGHER LLP
 
WILLKIE FARR &
GALLAGHER LLP
 
BLACKROCK FUND
ADVISORS
787 SEVENTH AVENUE
 
1875 K STREET, N.W.
 
400 HOWARD STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10019-6099
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20006-1238
 
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105
 
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):
 
     
¨   Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
  
x    On November 1, 2013, pursuant to paragraph (b)
   
¨     60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
  
¨        On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
   
¨        75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
  
¨        On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
 
If appropriate, check the following box:
 
x
The post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment
 



 
 
 
 

Explanatory Note


This Post-Effective Amendment No. 331 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A is being filed pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), solely for the purpose of delaying, until November 1, 2013, the effectiveness of the registration statement for the iShares MSCI EFM Africa ex South Africa Index Fund (the “Fund”), filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 249 on August 20, 2012, pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485 of the 1933 Act.

The effectiveness of the Registration Statement of the Fund was previously delayed pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 of the 1933 Act as follows:

 
PEA No.
Date Filed
Automatic Effective Date
 
258
November 2, 2012
November 30, 2012
 
263
November 29, 2012
December 28, 2012
 
268
December 27, 2012
January 25, 2013
 
275
January 24, 2013
February 22, 2013
 
279
February 21, 2013
March 22, 2013
 
285
March 21, 2013
April 19, 2013
 
292
April 18, 2013
May 17, 2013
 
298
May 16, 2013
June 14, 2013
 
307
June 13, 2013
July 12, 2013
 
314
July 11, 2013
August 9, 2013
 
320
August 8, 2013
September 6, 2013
 
326
September 5, 2013
October 4, 2013


This Post-Effective Amendment No. 331 incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts A, B and C of Post-Effective Amendment No. 249.




 
 
 
 


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it meets all the requirements for the effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 331 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of San Francisco and the State of California on the 3rd day of October, 2013.
 

iSHARES, INC.
   
By:
 
 
Michael Latham*
 
President and Director
   
 
Date: October 3, 2013

 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 331 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:
 
 

 
By:
 
 
Michael Latham*
 
President and Director
   
 
Date:  October 3, 2013
   
   
 
John E. Martinez*
 
Director
   
 
Date:  October 3, 2013
   
   
 
George G.C. Parker*
 
Director
   
 
Date:  October 3, 2013
   
   
 
Cecilia H. Herbert*
 
Director
   
 
Date:  October 3, 2013
   
   
 
Charles A. Hurty*
 
Director
   
 
Date:  October 3, 2013
   


 
 
 
 


   
 
John E. Kerrigan*
 
Director
   
 
Date:  October 3, 2013
   
   
 
Robert H. Silver*
 
Director
   
 
Date:  October 3, 2013
   
   
 
Robert S. Kapito*
 
Director
   
 
Date:  October 3, 2013
   
   
 
Madhav V. Rajan*
 
Director
   
 
Date:  October 3, 2013
   
 
/s/ Jack Gee
 
Jack Gee
 
Treasurer
   
 
Date:  October 3, 2013
   
*By:
/s/ Jack Gee
 
Jack Gee
 
Attorney-in-fact
   
 
Date:  October 3, 2013
   


*
Powers of Attorney, each dated June 11, 2013, for Michael Latham, Charles A. Hurty, Cecilia H. Herbert, John E. Kerrigan, Robert H. Silver, George G.C. Parker, John E. Martinez, Madhav V. Rajan and Robert S. Kapito are incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 313, filed July 5, 2013.