400 Howard Street P.O.Box 7101 San Francisco, CA 94105 Tel +1 800 474 2737 |
December 21, 2011
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20549
RE: | iShares, Inc. | |
File Nos. 333-97598 and 811-09102 | ||
Post-Effective Amendment No. 160 |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the iShares, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby respectfully requests acceleration of the effective date of Post-Effective Amendment No. 160 to its Registration Statement on Form N-1A, relating to the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Energy Sector Capped Index Fund (the “Fund”), a series of the Company, so that it will become effective on December 28, 2011, or as soon thereafter as practicable.
Previous filings relating to the Fund are:
PEA No. | Date Filed | Form Type | Automatic Effective Date | |||
160 | November 1, 2011 | 485APOS | 75 days after filing |
We request that we be notified of such effectiveness by a telephone call to Benjamin Haskin of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP at (202) 303-1124.
The Company hereby acknowledges that, if the Securities and Exchange Commission (or its staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority) declares the filing effective, such action:
(i) | does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; |
(ii) | does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and |
(iii) | may not be asserted by the Company as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. |
Very Truly Yours,
iShares, Inc.
By: | /s/ Jack Gee | |
Jack Gee | ||
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer |
SEI Investments Distribution Co.
By: | /s/ John Munch | |
John Munch | ||
Secretary |
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