0000897436-15-000512.txt : 20151201 0000897436-15-000512.hdr.sgml : 20151201 20151201124654 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000897436-15-000512 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497J PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20151201 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20151201 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20151201 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: 151261860 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 S000036359 iShares Enhanced U.S. Small-Cap ETF C000111160 iShares Enhanced U.S. Small-Cap ETF IESM 0001524513 S000036361 iShares Enhanced U.S. Large-Cap ETF C000111162 iShares Enhanced U.S. Large-Cap ETF IELG 497J 1 etftrust731fye497j_2015-1201.htm ISHARES U.S. ETF TRUST 7/31 FYE 497J LETTER 2015-1201 etftrust731fye497j_2015-1201.htm
 State Street Logo        Trace W. Rakestraw
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Boston, MA 02210
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December 1, 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 Prospectuses for iShares Enhanced U.S. Large-Cap ETF and iShares Enhanced U.S. Small-Cap ETF, each dated December 1, 2015, do not differ from those contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 178 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed electronically on November 23, 2015.

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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