By Mark Roberts, Head of iShares Product Strategy BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS Insider’s Guide to Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) Younger Members Convention

 What are Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)  History of ETFs and iShares  Global ETF market overview  Benefits of ETFs  Practical applications  Comparisons to other funds  Costs & Spreads  Mechanics of ETFs  Liquidity CONTENTS

EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS (ETFs) Index tracking funds that are listed and traded intraday on a stock exchange Allows investors to buy or sell an entire market index in one trade – like a share Bought and sold through any broker Structured and registered for sale to the public in respective jurisdictions Mutual Fund, VCC, Sicav, etc Not a derivative or SPV

 Standard & Poors Depositary Receipts™ (SPY)  TIPS/HIPS (Canada)  MidCap SPDR™  WEBS (World Equity Benchmark Shares)  Diamonds™ (DJIA)  Sector SPDRs™  BGI makes strategic commitment to ETFs  QQQ (NASDAQ-100 Index Tracking Stock™)  iShares Launch in US and UK  WEBS re-branded  Merrill Lynch – LDRS™ launch in Europe HISTORY of ETFs and iShares

 Barclays Global Investors – iShares™  BoNY – QQQ (NASDAQ-100 Index Tracking Stock™)  Merrill Lynch – LDRS™  HVB – Ind EX Change™  SocGen/Lyxor – MasterShare™  AXA – EasyETFs™  UBS – Fresco Index Shares™  SSgA – StreetTracks ® & SPDRs  Nikko, Nomura, Daiwa - Japan SPONSORS of ETFs

Total Global ETF AUM (30-Sept-2002) € Bil  Since launch in 1993, ETFs have grown to >270 funds with >340 listings, trading in 17 countries with >€130 Bil in assets  ETF assets more than doubled ever year through 2000 and continue to see growth in bear market  Growth through 3Q 2003 is 11% globally, 37% in Europe GLOBAL ETF MARKET OVERVIEW

BENEFITS of ETFs Intraday Trading – buy and sell anytime the market is open Diversification - reduces single stock risk Low cost – low internal management fees Benchmark performance – reduces active risk Transparent – daily disclosure of holdings Liquid – access underlying stocks Simple – trade and settle like ordinary share Dividends paid – index yield minus fund expenses

CURRENT USERS of ETFs Asset managers Insurance companies Private banks Hedge funds Retail investors Unit trust managers Proprietary trading desks Arbitrageurs Fund of fund managers

PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS Access to Global Markets Hedging Tax Loss Harvesting Equitizing Cash Transition Tool Alternative to Futures Core / Satellite Strategies Buy-and-hold Long Positions Sector Rotation Long / Short Strategies – Pair Trades

COMPARISONS TO OTHER FUNDS Closed-End FundsOpen-End FundsExchange Traded Funds (UK Investment Trusts)(UK Unit Trusts)(iShares) Often trade at discount orNo premium or discountSlight premium premium to NAVor discount* Accessible from anyAccessible by directAccessible from any brokerage accounttransactions with the Fundbrokerage account Company or distributors Traded and pricedTraded and pricedTraded and priced throughout exchangeonly at end of day NAVthroughout trading day Can sell short if allowedNo short sellingCan sell short if allowed by local jurisdiction by local jurisdiction * Although BGI believes that market makers will take advantage of differences between the NAV and the trading price of iShares through arbitrage opportunities, BGI cannot guarantee that they will do so.

COSTS Total expense ratio of fund (0.35% to 0.55%) Bid/offer spread Brokerage commission ETFs do not charge loads, trailers, or similar

BID/OFFER SPREADS Factors will include: Spreads/liquidity on underlying shares in basket Cost of hedging for market makers Market demand for ETF On exchange or OTC Transaction costs – (e.g. stamp tax) In general: Spreads on ETFs should be close to spreads on buying underlying basket in cash market

ETF MECHANICS INVESTORS (Buyer) iShares Market Makers CAPITAL MARKETS BROKERAGE EXCHANGE iShares Fund iShares plc Cash iShares Cash Securities Basket of Securities iShares

WHY do ETFs TRADE CLOSE to NAV? Open-end structure Arbitrage opportunities for market makers should the trading price of an ETF deviate too far away from value of underlying basket of stocks

ETF LIQUIDITY An Important Take-Away For ETFs: Trading Volume Liquidity ETF liquidity is derived from the liquidity of the underlying securities and is not constrained by volume on exchange =

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