| 400 Howard Street P.O. Box 7101 San Francisco, CA 94105 Tel +1 800 474 2737 |
December 15, 2011
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20549
| RE: | iShares Trust |
File Nos. 333-92935 and 811-09729
iShares Taxable Municipal Bond Fund (S0000 30623)
Request for Withdrawal of Amendments
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 477 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, iShares Trust (the “Trust”) hereby requests the withdrawal of the Trust’s post-effective amendments filed with respect to iShares Taxable Municipal Bond Fund (the “Fund”), a series of the Trust.
The Trust filed the following post-effective amendments relating to the Fund on the dates shown:
| 485APOS | September 30, 2010 |
| 485BXT | December 13, 2010 |
| 485BXT | December 30, 2010 |
| 485BXT | January 27, 2011 |
| 485BXT | February 24, 2011 |
| 485BXT | March 24, 2011 |
| 485BXT | April 21, 2011 |
| 485BXT | May 19, 2011 |
| 485BXT | June 16, 2011 |
| 485BXT | July 14, 2011 |
| 485BXT | July 28, 2011 |
| 485BXT | August 25, 2011 |
| 485BXT | September 22, 2011 |
| 485BXT | October 20, 2011 |
| 485BXT | November 17, 2011 |
The Trust made the filing on September 30, 2010 for the purpose of adding the Fund as a new series of the Trust. The fourteen additional filings were made for the purpose of delaying the automatic effectiveness date of the amendment. As of the last filing shown, the amendment was scheduled to become effective on December 16, 2011.
Subsequent to these filings, the Trust decided not to go forward with the offering of the Fund as a series of the Trust. No securities were sold in connection with this offering.
If you have any questions, please call Benjamin Haskin of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP at (202) 303-1124.
Very Truly Yours,
iShares Trust
By: /s/ Eilleen M. Clavere
Eilleen M. Clavere
Secretary
SEI Investments Distribution Co.
By: /s/ John Munch
John Munch
Secretary