0000897436-13-000896.txt : 20131230 0000897436-13-000896.hdr.sgml : 20131230 20131230125630 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000897436-13-000896 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497J PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20131230 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20131230 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20131230 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: 131302134 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 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400 Howard Street
P.O. Box 7101
San Francisco, CA 94105
Tel +1 415 670 7897
Fax +1 415 618 5462
edward.baer@blackrock.com
  
 December 30, 2013



Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 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 December 30, 2013, do not differ from those contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 344 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed electronically on December 23, 2013.

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) 670-7897.
 
Yours truly,
 
 

 
/s/ Edward Baer__
Edward Baer, Esq.
 

 
 
cc:  Benjamin J. Haskin, Esq.
 
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