As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 22, 2017
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 | ☒ | |||
| Post-Effective Amendment No. 473 | ☒ |
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
| THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 | ☒ | |||
| Amendment No. 475 | ☒ |
(Check appropriate box or boxes)
iShares, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
c/o State Street Bank & Trust Company
1 Iron Street
Boston, MA 02210
(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. | DEEPA DAMRE, ESQ. | |
| WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER LLP |
BLACKROCK FUND ADVISORS | |
| 787 SEVENTH AVENUE | 400 HOWARD STREET | |
| NEW YORK, NY 10019-6099 | SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105 |
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)
| ☐ | Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) | ☒ | On June 30, 2017, 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:
| ☒ | The post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment |
Explanatory Note
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 473 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 June 30, 2017, the effectiveness of the registration statement for the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF (the “Fund”), filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 471 on March 16, 2017, 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 | ||
| 472 |
May 26, 2017 | June 23, 2017 |
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 473 incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts A, B and C of Post-Effective Amendment No. 471.
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. 473 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 22nd day of June, 2017.
| iSHARES, INC. | ||
| By: |
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| Martin Small* | ||
| President | ||
| Date: June 22, 2017 | ||
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 473 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
| By: |
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| Mark K. Wiedman* | ||
| Director | ||
| Date: June 22, 2017 | ||
| John E. Martinez* | ||
| Director | ||
| Date: June 22, 2017 | ||
| Cecilia H. Herbert* | ||
| Director | ||
| Date: June 22, 2017 | ||
| Charles A. Hurty* | ||
| Director | ||
| Date: June 22, 2017 | ||
| John E. Kerrigan* | ||
| Director | ||
| Date: June 22, 2017 | ||
| Robert S. Kapito* | ||
| Director | ||
| Date: June 22, 2017 | ||
| Madhav V. Rajan* | ||
| Director | ||
| Date: June 22, 2017 | ||
| Jane D. Carlin* | ||
| Director | ||
| Date: June 22, 2017 | ||
| Drew E. Lawton | ||
| Trustee | ||
| Date: June 22, 2017 | ||
| Richard L. Fagnani | ||
| Trustee | ||
| Date: June 22, 2017 | ||
| /s/ Jack Gee | ||
| Jack Gee* | ||
| Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer | ||
| Date: June 22, 2017 | ||
| *By: |
/s/ Jack Gee | |
| Jack Gee | ||
| Attorney-in-fact | ||
| Date: June 22, 2017 | ||
| * | Powers of Attorney, each dated October 15, 2016, for Martin Small, Mark K. Wiedman, John E. Martinez, Cecilia H. Herbert, Charles A. Hurty, John E. Kerrigan, Robert S. Kapito, Madhav V. Rajan, Jane D. Carlin and Jack Gee are incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 465, filed on October 21, 2016. |