# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000930667
**File Stem:** 0001193125-23-088009
**Filing Date:** 2023-3
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-23-088009.hdr.sgml**: 20230331

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-23-088009

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 497

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 13

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230331

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230331

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20230331

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** iShares, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000930667
- **IRS NUMBER:** 510396525
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** MD
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0831

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 497
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 033-97598
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23787494

**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 INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20070126

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** ISHARES INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20000516

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** WEBS INDEX FUND INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19970211

## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### iShares MSCI Frontier and Select EM ETF (Series ID: S000036005)

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| Class Name                              | Ticker Symbol | Class ID   |
| iShares MSCI Frontier and Select EM ETF | FM            | C000110342 |

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## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### iShares MSCI Frontier and Select EM ETF (Series ID: S000036005)

| Class ID   | Class Name                              | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000110342 | iShares MSCI Frontier and Select EM ETF | FM              |

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#### IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING CHANGE IN INVESTMENT POLICY

## iShares<sup>®</sup>

#### iShares, Inc.

#### Supplement dated March 31, 2023 (the "Supplement")
**to the Summary Prospectus (the "Summary Prospectus") and Prospectus (the "Prospectus"), each dated December 29, 2022, and Statement of Additional Information (the "SAI"), dated December 29, 2022 (as revised March 1, 2023), for the iShares MSCI Frontier and Select EM ETF (FM) (the "Fund")**

**The information in this Supplement updates information in, and should be read in conjunction with, the Summary Prospectus, Prospectus and the SAI for the Fund.** 

The Board of Directors has approved the below changes for the Fund that are expected to be implemented on or around June 1, 2023 (the "Effective Date"). As a result of these changes, the Fund's adviser will actively manage the Fund rather than seek to track the performance of an index. The Fund will continue to be managed by the same Portfolio Managers and is not expected to experience significant portfolio turnover due to the changes. The Fund will, however, start to decrease its exposure to certain industries to the extent such industries would exceed applicable concentration limits once the changes are effective. This may lead to elevated tracking error prior to the Effective Date.

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|  | **Fund Name** | **Investment Objective** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; **Current** | iShares MSCI Frontier and Select EM ETF | The iShares MSCI Frontier and Select EM ETF (the "Fund") seeks to track the investment results of an index composed primarily of frontier market equities along with select emerging market equities. |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; **New** | iShares Frontier and Select EM ETF | The iShares Frontier and Select EM ETF (the "Fund") seeks to provide exposure to frontier market equities along with select emerging market equities. |

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**Accordingly, the following changes will take effect on the Effective Date:** 

**All references to the "iShares MSCI Frontier and Select EM ETF" in the Summary Prospectus, Prospectus, and SAI shall be deleted and replaced with "iShares Frontier and Select EM ETF."**

**Changes related to the Fund's "Underlying Index" and "Index Provider"** 

**All references to the "MSCI Frontier and Emerging Markets Select Index" (the "Underlying Index") in the Prospectus, Summary Prospectus and, with respect to the Fund, the SAI, shall be deleted and, as applicable, replaced with the**

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#### "MSCI Frontier and Emerging Markets Select Index" (the "Benchmark" in the Prospectus and Summary Prospectus and the "FM Benchmark" in the SAI).
**All references to the "Index Provider" in the Prospectus and Summary Prospectus and, with respect to the Fund, the SAI, shall be deleted and, as applicable, replaced with "MSCI, Inc." ("MSCI" or the "Benchmark Provider" in the Prospectus and Summary Prospectus and "FM Benchmark Provider" in the SAI).**

**Change in the Fund's "Principal Investment Strategies"** 

#### The section of the Summary Prospectus and Prospectus entitled "Principal Investment Strategies" shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the value of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in equity securities of issuers economically tied to frontier markets and issuers economically tied to emerging markets, or in depositary receipts representing such securities.

Frontier markets are those markets that are considered to be among the smallest, least mature and least liquid investable equity markets. Additionally, the emerging markets in which the Fund seeks to invest are those markets selected from the lower size spectrum of emerging markets (i.e., emerging market countries with lower gross national income per capita and total stock market capitalizations relative to those of the full spectrum of emerging market countries). For this purpose, frontier markets and select emerging markets include, but are not limited to, the markets included in the MSCI Frontier and Emerging Markets Select Index (the "Benchmark"). As of February 28, 2023, the Benchmark consisted of securities in the following countries or regions: Bahrain, Bangladesh, Colombia, Egypt, Estonia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Lithuania, Morocco, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, Romania, Slovenia, Sri Lanka and Vietnam. To the extent that markets restrict or delay repatriation of the applicable local currency, the Fund may choose not to invest in, or limit their investments in, such markets.

The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund ("ETF") and does not seek to replicate the performance of a specified index. In selecting investments for the Fund, BFA uses optimization techniques relative to the Benchmark in order to provide exposure to frontier markets and select emerging markets while taking into account, among other things, regulatory requirements, market limitations, and repatriation restrictions as determined by BFA. As a result of the optimization techniques, the performance of the Fund may materially differ from that of the Benchmark.

The Fund may also invest in other securities, including but not limited to, cash and cash equivalents, including shares of money market funds advised by BFA or its affiliates. In certain situations or market conditions, the Fund may temporarily depart from its normal investment process, provided that the alternative, in the opinion of BFA, is consistent with the Fund's investment objective and is in the best interest of the Fund.

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The Fund may lend securities representing up to one-third of the value of the Fund's total assets (including the value of any collateral received).

**Changes to the Summary of Principal Risks and a Further Discussion of Principal Risks** 

**The following sections in the section of the Prospectus and Summary Prospectus entitled "Summary of Principal Risks" and in the section of the Prospectus entitled "A Further Discussion of Principal Risks" shall be deleted in their entirety:**

· Calculation Methodology Risk

· Index-Related Risk

· Passive Investment Risk

· Tracking Error Risk

**The section entitled "Management Risk" in the section of the Prospectus and Summary Prospectus entitled "Summary of Principal Risks" shall be deleted and replaced with the following:**

**Management Risk.** The Fund is subject to management risk, which is the risk that the investment process, techniques and risk analyses applied by BFA will not produce the desired results, and that securities selected by BFA may underperform the market or any relevant benchmark. In addition, legislative, regulatory, or tax developments may affect the investment techniques available to BFA in connection with managing the Fund and may also adversely affect the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objective.

**The section entitled "Management Risk" in the section of the Prospectus entitled "A Further Discussion of Principal Risks" shall be deleted and replaced with the following:**

**Management Risk.** The Fund is subject to management risk because it does not seek to replicate the performance of a specified index. BFA and the portfolio managers will utilize a proprietary investment process, techniques and risk analyses in making investment decisions for the Fund, but there can be no guarantee that these decisions will produce the desired results. In addition, legislative, regulatory, or tax developments may affect the investment techniques available to BFA in connection with managing the Fund and may also adversely affect the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objective.

**The first paragraph of the section entitled "Threshold/Underinvestment Risk" in the section of the Prospectus entitled "A Further Discussion of Principal Risks" shall be deleted and replaced with the following:**

If certain aggregate and/or fund-level ownership thresholds are reached through transactions undertaken by BFA, its affiliates or the Fund, or as a result of third-party transactions or actions by an issuer or regulator, the ability of BFA and its affiliates on behalf of clients (including the Fund) to purchase or dispose of investments, or exercise rights or undertake business transactions, may be restricted by regulation or otherwise impaired. The capacity of the Fund to make

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investments in certain securities may be affected by the relevant threshold limits, and such limitations may have adverse effects on the liquidity and performance of the Fund's portfolio holdings.

**Changes in "More Information About the Fund"** 

**The third paragraph of the section of the Prospectus entitled "More Information About the Fund" shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:**

ETFs are funds that trade like other publicly traded securities. Similar to shares of a mutual fund, each share of the Fund represents an ownership interest in an underlying portfolio of securities and other instruments. Unlike shares of a mutual fund, which can be bought and redeemed from the issuing fund by all shareholders at a price based on NAV, shares of the Fund may be purchased or redeemed directly from the Fund at NAV solely by Authorized Participants and only in aggregations of a specified number of shares ("Creation Units"). Also unlike shares of a mutual fund, shares of the Fund are listed on a national securities exchange and trade in the secondary market at market prices that change throughout the day.

**The fourth paragraph of the section of the Prospectus entitled "More Information About the Fund" shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:**

The Fund invests in a particular segment of the securities markets that is not representative of the market as a whole. The Fund is designed to be used as part of broader asset allocation strategies. Accordingly, an investment in the Fund should not constitute a complete investment program.

#### The fifth, sixth and ninth paragraph of the section of the Prospectus entitled "More Information About the Fund" shall be deleted in its entirety.

#### The following shall be added to the section of the Prospectus entitled "More Information about the Fund":
The Fund is an actively managed ETF and, thus, does not seek to replicate the performance of a specified index. Accordingly, the management team has discretion on a daily basis to manage the Fund's portfolio in accordance with the Fund's investment objective.

**Change in the "Investment Strategies and Risks of the Funds"** 

**The first two paragraphs of section of the SAI entitled "Investment Strategies and Risks of the Funds" shall be deleted in their entirety and replaced with the following:**

Except for the iShares Frontier and Select EM ETF, each Fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing primarily in securities issued by issuers that compose its relevant Underlying Index and in investments that provide substantially similar exposure to securities in the relevant Underlying Index. Each such Fund operates as an index fund and is not actively managed. Adverse performance of a security in such a Fund's portfolio will ordinarily not result in the elimination of the security from the Fund's portfolio.

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Except for the iShares Frontier and Select EM ETF, each Fund engages in representative sampling, which is investing in a sample of securities selected by BFA to have a collective investment profile similar to that of the Fund's Underlying Index. Securities selected have aggregate investment characteristics (based on market capitalization and industry weightings), fundamental characteristics (such as return variability, earnings valuation and yield) and liquidity measures similar to those of such a Fund's Underlying Index. A fund that uses representative sampling generally does not hold all of the securities that are in its underlying index.

#### The following shall be added following the last paragraph of section of the SAI entitled "Investment Strategies and Risks of the Funds":
The iShares Frontier and Select EM ETF seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the value of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in equity securities of issuers economically tied to frontier markets and issuers economically tied to emerging markets, or in depositary receipts representing such securities.

Frontier markets are those markets that are considered to be among the smallest, least mature and least liquid investable equity markets. Additionally, the emerging markets in which the Fund seeks to invest are those markets selected from the lower size spectrum of emerging markets (i.e., emerging market countries with lower gross national income per capita and total stock market capitalizations relative to those of the full spectrum of emerging market countries).

The iShares Frontier and Select EM ETF is an actively managed exchange-traded fund ("ETF") and does not seek to replicate the performance of a specified index. In selecting investments for the Fund, BFA uses optimization techniques relative to the MSCI Frontier and Emerging Markets Select Index (the "FM Benchmark") in order to provide exposure to frontier markets and select emerging markets while taking into account, among other things, regulatory requirements, market limitations, and repatriation restrictions as determined by BFA. As a result of the optimization techniques, the performance of the Fund may materially differ from that of the FM Benchmark.

**Changes to Construction and Maintenance of the Underlying Indexes** 

#### The section of the SAI entitled "MSCI Frontier and Emerging Markets Select Index" shall be deleted in its entirety.
**Changes to the Fund's "Non-Fundamental Investment Policies"** 

**The third paragraph under the subsection entitled "All Funds" in the section of the SAI entitled "Non-Fundamental Investment Policies" shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:** 

Except for the iShares Frontier and Select EM ETF, each Fund has adopted a non-fundamental investment policy in accordance with Rule 35d-1 under the 1940 Act to invest, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the value of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in the component securities of its Underlying Index or in depositary receipts representing component securities in its Underlying Index. Each such Fund also has adopted a

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policy to provide its shareholders with at least 60 days' prior written notice of any change in such policy. If, subsequent to an investment, the 80% requirement is no longer met, such a Fund's future investments will be made in a manner that will bring the Fund into compliance with this policy.

The iShares Frontier and Select EM ETF has adopted a non-fundamental investment policy in accordance with Rule 35d-1 under the 1940 Act to invest, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the value of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in equity securities of issuers economically tied to frontier markets and issuers economically tied to emerging markets, or in depositary receipts representing such securities. The iShares Frontier and Select EM ETF also has adopted a policy to provide its shareholders with at least 60 days' prior written notice of any change in such policy. If, subsequent to an investment, the 80% requirement is no longer met, the Fund's future investments will be made in a manner that will bring the Fund into compliance with this policy.

If you have any questions, please call 1-800-iShares (1-800-474-2737).

iShares<sup>®</sup> is a registered trademark of BlackRock Fund Advisors and its affiliates.

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