0000897436-15-000473.txt : 20151023 0000897436-15-000473.hdr.sgml : 20151023 20151023125240 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000897436-15-000473 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497J PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20151023 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20151023 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20151023 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: 151172376 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 S000051285 iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EM Minimum Volatility ETF C000161697 iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EM Minimum Volatility ETF HEMV 497J 1 chmsciemmin497j_2015-1023.htm ISHARES CURRENCY HEDGED MSCI EM MINIMUM VOLATILITY ETF 497J 2015-1023 chmsciemmin497j_2015-1023.htm
 
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Trace W. Rakestraw
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October 23, 2015


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

RE:
iShares, Inc. (the “Company”)
    Securities Act File No. 033-97598;
    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 Currency Hedged MSCI EM Minimum Volatility ETF, each dated October 21, 2015, do not differ from those contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 448 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed electronically on October 21, 2015.

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 (617) 662-1501.
 
Yours truly,
 
 

 
/s/ Trace W. Rakestraw
Trace W. Rakestraw
Assistant Secretary
 
cc:  Benjamin J. Haskin, Esq.
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