-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Vy1OXl07pGbfT2CLBTxaFaBpwcLFkVDguKJztbeJV9rsGKDaNMoaY3cCxhERaKo4 usfP27Th+qxq9HTuhh6aCg== 0001193125-09-230592.txt : 20091110 0001193125-09-230592.hdr.sgml : 20091110 20091110150154 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-09-230592 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20091110 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20091110 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20091110 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: 497 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 033-97598 FILM NUMBER: 091171691 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 400 HOWARD STREET CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94105 BUSINESS PHONE: 617 937 5525 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 S000004246 iShares MSCI Australia Index Fund C000011950 iShares MSCI Australia Index Fund EWA 0000930667 S000004247 iShares MSCI Hong Kong Index Fund C000011951 iShares MSCI Hong Kong Index Fund EWH 0000930667 S000004248 iShares MSCI Italy Index Fund C000011952 iShares MSCI Italy Index Fund EWI 0000930667 S000004249 iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund C000011953 iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund EWJ 0000930667 S000004250 iShares MSCI Malaysia Index Fund C000011954 iShares MSCI Malaysia Index Fund EWM 0000930667 S000004251 iShares MSCI Mexico Investable Market Index Fund C000011955 iShares MSCI Mexico Investable Market Index Fund EWW 0000930667 S000004252 iShares MSCI Netherlands Investable Market Index Fund C000011956 iShares MSCI Netherlands Investable Market Index Fund EWN 0000930667 S000004253 iShares MSCI Pacific Ex-Japan Index Fund C000011957 iShares MSCI Pacific Ex-Japan Index Fund EPP 0000930667 S000004254 iShares MSCI Singapore Index Fund C000011958 iShares MSCI Singapore Index Fund EWS 0000930667 S000004255 iShares MSCI South Africa Index Fund C000011959 iShares MSCI South Africa Index Fund EZA 0000930667 S000004256 iShares MSCI Spain Index Fund C000011960 iShares MSCI Spain Index Fund EWP 0000930667 S000004257 iShares MSCI Austria Investable Market Index Fund C000011961 iShares MSCI Austria Investable Market Index Fund EWO 0000930667 S000004258 iShares MSCI South Korea Index Fund C000011962 iShares MSCI South Korea Index Fund EWY 0000930667 S000004259 iShares MSCI Sweden Index Fund C000011963 iShares MSCI Sweden Index Fund EWD 0000930667 S000004260 iShares MSCI Switzerland Index Fund C000011964 iShares MSCI Switzerland Index Fund EWL 0000930667 S000004261 iShares MSCI Taiwan Index Fund C000011965 iShares MSCI Taiwan Index Fund EWT 0000930667 S000004262 iShares MSCI United Kingdom Index Fund C000011966 iShares MSCI United Kingdom Index Fund EWU 0000930667 S000004263 iShares MSCI Belgium Investable Market Index Fund C000011967 iShares MSCI Belgium Investable Market Index Fund EWK 0000930667 S000004264 iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fund C000011968 iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fund EWZ 0000930667 S000004265 iShares MSCI Canada Index Fund C000011969 iShares MSCI Canada Index Fund EWC 0000930667 S000004266 iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund C000011970 iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund EEM 0000930667 S000004267 iShares MSCI France Index Fund C000011971 iShares MSCI France Index Fund EWQ 0000930667 S000004268 iShares MSCI EMU Index Fund C000011972 iShares MSCI EMU Index Fund EZU 0000930667 S000004269 iShares MSCI Germany Index Fund C000011973 iShares MSCI Germany Index Fund EWG 0000930667 S000018069 iShares MSCI BRIC Index Fund C000050065 iShares MSCI BRIC Index Fund BKF 0000930667 S000018070 iShares MSCI Chile Investable Market Index Fund C000050066 iShares MSCI Chile Investable Market Index Fund ECH 0000930667 S000018072 iShares MSCI Thailand Investable Market Index Fund C000050068 iShares MSCI Thailand Investable Market Index Fund THD 0000930667 S000018073 iShares MSCI Turkey Investable Market Index Fund C000050069 iShares MSCI Turkey Investable Market Index Fund TUR 0000930667 S000019126 iShares MSCI Japan Small Cap Index Fund C000052898 iShares MSCI Japan Small Cap Index Fund SCJ 0000930667 S000021462 iShares MSCI Israel Capped Investable Market Index Fund C000061365 iShares MSCI Israel Capped Investable Market Index Fund EIS 0000930667 S000022494 iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Eastern Europe Index Fund C000065070 iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Eastern Europe Index Fund 497 1 d497.htm FORM 497 FOR ISHARES INC. Form 497 for iShares Inc.

 

iShares®

iShares Trust

iShares, Inc.

(each, a “Company”)

Supplement dated November 10, 2009

to the Prospectuses and Statements of Additional

Information (“SAI”) for all series of iShares Trust

and iShares, Inc.

The information in this Supplement updates information in, and should be read in conjunction with, each Prospectus and SAI as supplemented.

Barclays Global Fund Advisors (the “Adviser”) serves as the investment adviser for each iShares fund (each, a “Fund”). On June 16, 2009, Barclays PLC (“Barclays”), the ultimate parent company of the Adviser, accepted a binding offer and entered into an agreement to sell its interests in the Adviser and certain affiliated companies to BlackRock, Inc. (the “Transaction”).

Under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, completion of the Transaction will cause the automatic termination of each Fund’s current investment advisory agreement with the Adviser. In order for the management of each Fund to continue uninterrupted, each Fund’s Board of Trustees or Directors (the “Board”) approved a new investment advisory agreement. On November 4, 2009, special meetings of shareholders of the Funds were called and held to consider the approval of the new investment advisory agreement, to elect a Board of each Company and, for certain Funds, an additional proposal. The results of those special meetings of shareholders are described below.

 

  1)   At the first special meeting of shareholders, shareholders of record as of August 25, 2009 (the “Record Date”) of each Fund (except as noted below) approved a new investment advisory agreement between the respective Company, on behalf of each of the Funds, and the Adviser, which will take effect upon the consummation of the Transaction.

 

  2)   The first special meeting of shareholders of the Funds listed below has been adjourned until November 19, 2009, at 5:00 p.m. (Pacific Time).


 

iShares, Inc.

iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fund

iShares MSCI BRIC Index Fund

iShares MSCI Canada Index Fund

iShares MSCI Chile Investable Market Index Fund

iShares MSCI EMU Index Fund

iShares MSCI Germany Index Fund

iShares MSCI Hong Kong Index Fund

iShares MSCI Malaysia Index Fund

  

iShares MSCI Mexico Investable Market Index Fund

iShares MSCI Pacific ex-Japan Index Fund

iShares MSCI Singapore Index Fund

iShares MSCI South Korea Index Fund

iShares MSCI Taiwan Index Fund

iShares MSCI United Kingdom Index Fund

 

iShares Trust

iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology Index Fund

iShares Russell 3000 Growth Index Fund

iShares S&P 100 Index Fund

iShares S&P 1500 Index Fund

iShares S&P 500 Index Fund

iShares S&P Asia 50 Index Fund

iShares S&P Europe 350 Index Fund

iShares S&P Global 100 Index Fund

iShares S&P Global Consumer Discretionary Sector Index Fund

iShares S&P Global Consumer Staples Sector Index Fund

iShares S&P Global Energy Sector Index Fund

iShares S&P Global Financials Sector Index Fund

iShares S&P Global Healthcare Sector Index Fund

iShares S&P Global Industrials Sector Index Fund

iShares S&P Global Materials Sector Index Fund

iShares S&P Global Nuclear Energy Index Fund

iShares S&P Global Technology Sector Index Fund

iShares S&P Global Timber & Forestry Index Fund

iShares S&P Latin America 40 Index Fund

  

iShares S&P/TOPIX 150 Index Fund

iShares Dow Jones Transportation Average Index Fund

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Financial Sector Index Fund

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Home Construction Index Fund

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Index Fund

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Insurance Index Fund

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Medical Devices Index Fund

iShares Dow Jones U.S. Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Index Fund

iShares FTSE NAREIT Industrial/Office Capped Index Fund

iShares FTSE NAREIT Retail Capped Index Fund

iShares FTSE China (HK Listed) Index Fund

iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index Fund

iShares MSCI ACWI Index Fund

iShares S&P Growth Allocation Fund

iShares S&P Aggressive Allocation Fund

iShares MSCI All Peru Capped Index Fund

iShares S&P Emerging Markets Infrastructure Index Fund

 

  3)   At the first special meeting of shareholders, shareholders as of the Record Date of the Funds listed below approved a change in the classification of each Fund’s investment objective from a fundamental investment policy to a non-fundamental investment policy. Accordingly, each Fund’s investment objective may, in the future, be changed without shareholder approval. Any reference to the contrary in each such Fund’s Prospectus or SAI is hereby deleted.


 

iShares Russell 1000 Index Fund

iShares Russell Midcap Index Fund

iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Growth Index Fund

iShares MSCI Australia Index Fund

iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund

iShares MSCI Switzerland Index Fund

iShares Russell Midcap Growth Index Fund

  

iShares S&P MidCap 400 Index Fund

iShares S&P North American Technology-Multimedia Networking Index Fund

iShares MSCI France Index Fund

iShares MSCI Spain Index Fund

iShares S&P North American Natural Resources Sector Index Fund

 

  4)   At the second special meeting of shareholders, shareholders as of the Record Date of each Company approved the election of each of the nominees to serve on the Board of Trustees and Directors. With the exception of Mr. Robert Kapito, each Trustee’s/Director’s term of office commenced immediately upon their election at the November 4, 2009 special meeting of shareholders. Mr. Kapito’s term of office will commence only upon the consummation of the Transaction.

 

  5)   The Funds listed below commenced operations after the Record Date (the “New Funds”). As a result, shareholders were not entitled to notice of and to vote at the special meetings of shareholders meetings. Prior to the commencement of operations, the Board of Trustees or Directors and the sole shareholder of each New Fund approved a new investment advisory agreement between the respective Company, on behalf of each of the New Funds, and the Adviser. The new investment advisory agreement will take effect upon the consummation of the Transaction. Since the shareholders as of the Record Date of each Company approved the election of each of the nominees to serve on the Board of Trustees and Directors, the New Funds will also be overseen by the elected Trustees and Directors.

 

iShares 10+ Year Credit Bond Fund

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Eastern Europe Index Fund

iShares Russell Top 200 Growth Index Fund

  

iShares 10+ Year Government/Credit Bond Fund

iShares Russell Top 200 Index Fund

iShares Russell Top 200 Value Index Fund

If you have any additional questions, please call 1-800-iShares (1-800-474-2737).

 

 

iShares® is a registered trademark of Barclays Global Investors, N.A.

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