Designate a New Effective Date for a Post-effective Amendment Previously Filed Pursuant to Rule 485(a) (485bxt)

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 13, 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. 310		x
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940		x
Amendment No. 312		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: [phone]

 

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 July 12, 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. 310 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 July 12, 2013, the effectiveness of the registration statement for the iShares MSCI Vietnam Investable Market Index Fund (the “Fund”), filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 173 on December 5, 2011, 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
	216	February 17, 2012	March 16, 2012
	222	March  15, 2012	March 30, 2012
	225	March 29, 2012	April 6, 2012
	229	April 5, 2012	May 4, 2012
	235	May 3, 2012	June 1, 2012
	238	May 31, 2012	June 29, 2012
	240	June 28, 2012	July 27, 2012
	242	July 26, 2012	August 24, 2012
	250	August 23, 2012	September 21, 2012
	254	September 20, 2012	October 19, 2012
	256	October 18, 2012	November 16, 2012
	262	November 15, 2012	December 14, 2012
	266	December 13, 2012	December 28, 2012
	271	December 27, 2012	January 25, 2013
	278	January 24, 2013	February 22, 2013
	282	February 21, 2013	March 22, 2013
	288	March 21, 2013	April 19, 2013
	295	April 18, 2013	May 17, 2013
	301	May 16, 2013	June 14, 2013

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 310 incorporates by reference the information contained in Parts A, B and C of Post-Effective Amendment No. 173.

 

 

 

 

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. 310 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 13 th day of June, 2013.

 

iSHARES, INC.

By:
	Michael Latham*
	President and Director
	Date: June 13, 2013

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 310 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: June 13, 2013
	John E. Martinez*
	Director
	Date: June 13, 2013
	George G.C. Parker*
	Director
	Date: June 13, 2013
	Cecilia H. Herbert*
	Director
	Date: June 13, 2013
	Charles A. Hurty*
	Director
	Date: June 13, 2013

 

 

 

 

	John E. Kerrigan*
	Director
	Date: June 13, 2013
	Robert H. Silver*
	Director
	Date: June 13, 2013
	Robert S. Kapito*
	Director
	Date: June 13, 2013
	Madhav V. Rajan*
	Director
	Date: June 13, 2013
	/s/ Jack Gee
	Jack Gee
	Treasurer
	Date: June 13, 2013
*By:	/s/ Jack Gee
	Jack Gee
	Attorney-in-fact
	Date: June 13, 2013

*

Powers of Attorney, each dated December 6, 2011, for Michael A. 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. 221, filed March 15, 2012.