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March 25, 2015
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20549
RE: | iShares U.S. ETF Trust (the “Trust”) |
(Securities Act File No. 333-179904;
Investment Company Act File No.811-22649)
Request for Withdrawal of Amendments
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 477 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Trust hereby requests the withdrawal of the Trust’s
post-effective amendments filed with respect to the following series of the Trust. Each post-effective amendment was filed on Form N-1A as referenced below and has not been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission as of the date of this letter.
Registered Fund Name | Series Identifier | Post-Effective Amendment No. | Initial Filing Date | |||||||||
iShares Core Allocation Conservative ETF | S000043002 | 20 | 9/9/2013 | |||||||||
iShares Core Allocation Moderate ETF | S000043003 | 20 | 9/9/2013 | |||||||||
iShares Core Allocation Moderate Growth ETF | S000043004 | 20 | 9/9/2013 | |||||||||
iShares Core Allocation Growth ETF | S000043005 | 20 | 9/9/2013 |
The Trust has also filed subsequent 485BXT filings for the sole purpose of extending the original effective date of the initial filing, the most recent of which was filed on March 12, 2015 and scheduled to become effective on April 10, 2015.
Subsequent to the filings, the Trust decided not to go forward with the offerings of the funds as series of the Trust. No securities were sold in connection with the offerings.
If you have any questions, please call Benjamin Haskin of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP at (202) 303-1124.
Very Truly Yours,
iShares U.S. ETF Trust
By: | /s/ Sarah M. Coutu | |
Sarah M. Coutu | ||
Assistant Secretary |
BlackRock Investments, LLC
By: | /s/ Edward Baer | |
Edward Baer | ||
Managing Director |