0000897436-14-000077.txt : 20140206 0000897436-14-000077.hdr.sgml : 20140206 20140206094707 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000897436-14-000077 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497J PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20140206 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140206 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20140206 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: iShares U.S. ETF Trust CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001524513 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497J SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-179904 FILM NUMBER: 14578291 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 0001524513 S000042862 iShares Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond ETF C000132817 iShares Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond ETF 0001524513 S000042863 iShares Interest Rate Hedged High Yield Bond ETF C000132818 iShares Interest Rate Hedged High Yield Bond ETF 497J 1 irhedgedetfs497j_2014-0206.htm ISHARES INTEREST RATE HEDGED ETFS 497J LETTER 2014-0206 irhedgedetfs497j_2014-0206.htm
 
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February 6, 2014



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

RE:
iShares U.S. ETF Trust (the “Trust”)
           Securities Act File No. 333-179904;
           Investment Company Act File No. 811-22649


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 February 5, 2014, 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 February 5, 2014.

Series
Post-Effective Amendment No.
iShares Interest Rate Hedged Corporate Bond ETF
53
iShares Interest Rate Hedged High Yield Bond ETF
54


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.
 

 
 
cc:  Benjamin J. Haskin, Esq.
 
 

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