0000897436-13-000838.txt : 20131223 0000897436-13-000838.hdr.sgml : 20131223 20131223122019 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000897436-13-000838 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497J PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20131223 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20131223 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20131223 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: iSHARES TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001100663 IRS NUMBER: 943351276 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497J SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-92935 FILM NUMBER: 131293889 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 400 HOWARD STREET CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94105 BUSINESS PHONE: (415) 670-2000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 400 HOWARD STREET CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94105 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ISHARES TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19991213 0001100663 S000043040 iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF C000133231 iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF 0001100663 S000043042 iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Germany ETF C000133233 iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Germany ETF 0001100663 S000043043 iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Japan ETF C000133234 iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Japan ETF 497J 1 currencyhedged497j_2013-1223.htm ISHARES CURRENCY HEDGED ETFS 497J LETTER 2013-1223 currencyhedged497j_2013-1223.htm
 
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December 23, 2013



Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549

RE:
iShares Trust (the “Trust”)
           Securities Act File No. 333-92935;
           Investment Company Act File No. 811-09729


Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Rule 497(j) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and on behalf of the Trust, please accept this letter as certification that the Prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information, each dated December 20, 2013, do not differ from those contained in the following Post-Effective Amendments to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed electronically on December 20, 2013:

Series
Post-Effective Amendment No.
iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF
1,007
iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Germany ETF
1,008
iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Japan ETF
1,009

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Benjamin J. Haskin of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP at (202) 303-1124 or me at (415) 670-7897.
 
Yours truly,
 
 

 
/s/ Edward Baer
Edward Baer, Esq.
 

 
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