BlackRock Announces Final Annual Reinvested Distributions for the iShares(R) Funds

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BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited ("BlackRock") announces today the
final annual reinvested distributions for the iShares exchange-traded funds for
the 2010 tax year. These annual reinvested distributions generally represent
realized capital gains within the funds. The reinvested distributions are not
paid in cash but will be reported as taxable distributions and can be used to
increase the investor's adjusted cost base of the fund. The net asset value and
the number of units outstanding for each iShares Fund will not change as a
result of these reinvested distributions. These reinvested distributions do not
include the fourth quarter cash distributions which were reported in a separate
press release dated December 17, 2010.


Unitholders of record on December 30, 2010 will receive reinvested distributions
payable on December 31, 2010. The ex-dividend date will be December 24, 2010.
The actual taxable amounts of reinvested and cash distributions for 2010,
including the tax characteristics of the distributions, will be reported to
brokers (through CDS Clearing and Depository Services Inc.) early in 2011. 


The following chart shows the final annual reinvested distributions per unit for
each of the iShares funds.




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                                                            Final Reinvested
                                                    Fund    Distribution Per
Fund Name                                         Ticker   Unit for 2010 ($)
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iShares Alternatives Completion Portfolio                                   
 Builder Fund                                        XAL             0.54409
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iShares DEX Universe Bond Index Fund                 XBB             0.02429
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iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fund                       XBZ             0.00000
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iShares DEX All Corporate Bond Index Fund            XCB             0.27896
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iShares Dow Jones Canada Select Growth Index                                
 Fund                                                XCG             0.00000
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iShares China Index Fund                             XCH             0.00000
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iShares Conservative Core Portfolio Builder Fund     XCR             0.51478
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iShares S&P(R)/TSX(R) SmallCap Index Fund            XCS             0.72398
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iShares Dow Jones Canada Select Value Index Fund     XCV             0.10756
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iShares Dow Jones Canada Select Dividend Index                              
 Fund                                                XDV             0.00000
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iShares S&P/TSX Capped Energy Index Fund             XEG             0.00000
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iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund             XEM             0.00190
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iShares Jantzi Social Index Fund                     XEN             0.00000
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iShares S&P/TSX Capped Financials Index Fund         XFN             0.02576
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iShares DEX All Government Bond Index Fund           XGB             0.04154
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iShares Global Completion Portfolio Builder Fund     XGC             0.17425
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iShares S&P/TSX Global Gold Index Fund               XGD             0.56464
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iShares Growth Core Portfolio Builder Fund           XGR             0.46390
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iShares DEX HYBrid Bond Index Fund                   XHB             0.00000
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iShares U.S. High Yield Bond Index Fund (CAD-                               
 Hedged)                                             XHY             0.38348
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iShares S&P/TSX Capped Composite Index Fund          XIC             0.00000
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iShares S&P CNX Nifty India Index Fund               XID             0.00000
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iShares U.S. IG Corporate Bond Index Fund            XIG             0.70040
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iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund (CAD-Hedged)            XIN             0.00000
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iShares S&P/TSX Capped Information Technology                               
 Index Fund                                          XIT             0.00000
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iShares S&P/TSX 60 Index Fund                        XIU             0.00000
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iShares S&P Latin America 40 Index Fund              XLA             0.00000
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iShares DEX Long Term Bond Index Fund                XLB             0.00000
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iShares S&P/TSX Capped Materials Index Fund          XMA             0.00000
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iShares S&P/TSX Completion Index Fund                XMD             0.00000
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iShares S&P/TSX North American Preferred Stock                              
 Index Fund (CAD-Hedged)                             XPF             0.00000
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iShares DEX Real Return Bond Index Fund              XRB             0.42108
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iShares S&P/TSX Capped REIT Index Fund               XRE             0.00000
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iShares DEX Short Term Bond Index Fund               XSB             0.00000
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iShares S&P 500 Index Fund (CAD-Hedged)              XSP             0.32367
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iShares Russell 2000(R) Index Fund (CAD-Hedged)      XSU             0.00000
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iShares Diversified Monthly Income Fund              XTR             0.00000
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iShares MSCI World Index Fund                        XWD             0.00559
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Further information on iShares funds can be found at www.iShares.ca.

About BlackRock 

BlackRock is a leader in investment management, risk management and advisory
services for institutional and retail clients worldwide. At September 30, 2010,
BlackRock's AUM was $3.446 trillion. BlackRock offers products that span the
risk spectrum to meet clients' needs, including active, enhanced and index
strategies across markets and asset classes. Products are offered in a variety
of structures including separate accounts, mutual funds, iShares(R) (exchange
traded funds), and other pooled investment vehicles. BlackRock also offers risk
management, advisory and enterprise investment system services to a broad base
of institutional investors through BlackRock Solutions(TM). Headquartered in New
York City, as of September 30, 2010, the firm has approximately 8,900 employees
in 24 countries and a major presence in key global markets, including North and
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About iShares ETFs 

The iShares business is a global product leader in ETFs with over 410 funds
globally across equities, fixed income and commodities, which trade on 16
exchanges worldwide. The iShares funds are bought and sold like common stocks on
securities exchanges. The iShares funds are attractive to many individual and
institutional investors and financial intermediaries because of their relative
low cost, tax efficiency and trading flexibility. Investors can purchase and
sell securities through any brokerage firm, financial advisor, or online broker,
and hold the funds in any type of brokerage account. The iShares customer base
consists of the institutional segment of pension plans and fund managers, as
well as the retail segment of financial advisors.