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  • Exchange traded funds (ETFs) are some
    of the fastest-growing investment vehicles
    in the financial market today. ETFs global assets’ 10-year compound annual growth rate is 30%.

    Bloomberg and BlackRock Investment Institute as of 12/31/11

  • iShares is the largest ETF provider in the world, with more than 500 funds and more than
    $645 billion of assets under management.

    Bloomberg and BlackRock Investment Institute as of 6/30/12

  • The iShares family of ETFs is built around virtually every leading index provider: Barclays Capital, Cohen & Steers, Dow Jones, FTSE, Markit Indices, JPMorgan, MSCI, NASDAQ, NYSE, Russell and Standard & Poor's.

  • iShares ETFs are diversified funds that seek to provide access to specific parts of the global market, but trade like a stock. They offer the advantages of transparency, cost-efficiency, tax-efficiency and continuous pricing.

  • iShares Funds are listed on the
    NYSEArca, Chicago Board
    Options Exchange, BATS and
    NASDAQ, just like shares of a
    publicly held company.

  • Even though iShares Funds aren't shares of a company (they're shares of a portfolio designed to closely track the performance of any one of an array of market indexes), they can be traded anytime during normal trading hours, using all the trading strategies associated with stocks.

  • 1996

    Launched first exchange-traded
    products under World Equity
    Benchmark Funds (WEBs)

  • 2000

    Launched iShares ETFs
    in U.S. and UK

    Launched world's first
    bond iShares ETF in Canada

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  • 2001

    Launched iShares ETFs
    in Hong Kong and Japan

    U.S. iShares assets under
    management cross $17.5B

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  • 2002

    Launched iShares Fixed
    Income ETFs in U.S.

  • 2003

    U.S. iShares assets under
    management cross $50B

  • 2004

    U.S. iShares assets under
    management cross $100B

  • 2005

    U.S. iShares assets under
    management cross $170.6B

  • 2006

    U.S. iShares assets under
    management cross $200B

  • 2007

    Launched local iShares ETFs
    in Mexico

    Launched iShares
    high-yield ETF

    Launched iShares
    U.S. municipal bond ETF

    U.S. iShares assets
    under management cross $300B

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  • 2008

    Launched first 529 plan with
    all-ETF underlying investments
    for fee-based advisors

    Launched local
    iShares ETFs in Brazil

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  • 2009

    Launched iShares ETF 401(k)
    solutions for financial advisors

    iShares is honored as
    the most recognized
    ETF Brand at the 5th Annual
    ETF Global Awards

    Published the industry’s first ETF Managed Solutions Guide listing ETF Investment Strategists

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  • 2010

    Launched first-of-its-kind suite of
    municipal bond ETFs with a
    planned end-date distribution

    Greenwich Associates lists iShares
    as the preferred ETF provider
    among institutional investors

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  • 2011

    Kasina survey rates
    iShares #1 among ETF
    providers in every major
    service category

  • 2012

    Launched the first fixed
    income sector ETFs

    For third year in a row,
    Greenwich Associates lists iShares
    as the preferred ETF provider
    among institutional investors*
    *Source: 2012 U.S. Exchange-Traded Fund Study, Greenwich Associates LLC. Based on responses from 62 institutional funds and 18 asset managers where nearly 90% of respondents use iShares as a provider.

    iShares celebrates the 10-year anniversary of fixed income ETFs

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Press Room
May 6, 2013
Institutions Embracing ETFs to Help Solve Investment Challenges

April 19, 2013
BlackRock Launches iSharesBondsTM Corporate ex-Financials Term ETFs

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Carefully consider the iShares Funds' investment objectives, risk factors, and charges and expenses before investing. This and other information can be found in the Funds' prospectuses, which may be obtained by calling 1-800-iShares (1-800-474-2737), or by viewing or downloading a prospectus. Read the prospectus carefully before investing.

Investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal. Diversification may not protect against market risk or loss of principal.

Transactions in shares of the iShares Funds will result in brokerage commissions and will generate tax consequences. iShares Funds are obliged to distribute portfolio gains to shareholders.

Shares of the iShares Funds may be sold throughout the day on the exchange through any brokerage account. However, shares may only be redeemed directly from a Fund by Authorized Participants, in very large creation/redemption units.

The iShares Funds ("Funds") are distributed by BlackRock Investments, LLC (together with its affiliates, "BlackRock").

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