0000897436-15-000329.txt : 20150610 0000897436-15-000329.hdr.sgml : 20150610 20150610143314 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000897436-15-000329 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497J PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20150610 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150610 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20150610 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: 15923270 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 S000044145 iShares Interest Rate Hedged 10+ Year Credit Bond ETF C000137261 iShares Interest Rate Hedged 10+ Year Credit Bond ETF CLYH 0001524513 S000044146 iShares Interest Rate Hedged Emerging Markets Bond ETF C000137262 iShares Interest Rate Hedged Emerging Markets Bond ETF EMBH 497J 1 irhetfs497j_2015-0610.htm ISHARES INTEREST RATE HEDGED 10+ YEAR CREDIT AND EMERGING MARKETS BOND ETFS 497(J) LETTER 2015-0610 irhetfs497j_2015-0610.htm
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Trace W. Rakestraw
State Street
1 Iron Street CCB 1102
Boston, MA 02210
Tel +1 617-662-1501
Fax +1 617-368-0205
twrakestraw@statestreet.com

June 10, 2015


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 following Prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information, each dated June 8, 2015, do not differ from those contained in the Post-Effective Amendments listed below to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed electronically on June 8, 2015:
 
Series
Post-Effective Amendment No.
iShares Interest Rate Hedged 10+ Year Credit Bond ETF
163
iShares Interest Rate Hedged Emerging Markets Bond ETF
164

 
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 (617) 662-1501.
 
Yours truly,
 
/s/ Trace W. Rakestraw
Trace W. Rakestraw
Assistant Secretary
 
cc:  Benjamin J. Haskin, Esq.
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