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: (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.
 
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.