Launch of new iShares Sub-fund (4537Q)

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RNS Number : 4537Q

iShares V PLC

24 October 2011

RNS ANNOUNCEMENT

iShares V Public Limited Company - Launch of new iShares Sub-fund

24 October 2011

Statement regarding launch of new iShares V plc sub-fund.

The Directors of iShares V plc announce the launch of the following sub-fund:

iShares MSCI ACWI (the "New Fund")

The Shares are already listed on the Official List of the UKLA. Dealing in the Shares of the New Fund commenced on the main market of the London Stock Exchange today.

iShares V plc (the "Company") is an open-ended investment company with variable capital and having segregated liability between its funds incorporated with limited liability in Ireland under registration number 478259.

The Company was authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland pursuant to the European Communities (Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 352 of 2011) (the "Regulations") as an Undertaking for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities ("UCITS") for the purposes of the Regulations on 16 December 1999, to offer pooled investment. The Company is structured as an umbrella fund in that the share capital of the Company may be divided into different classes of shares with one or more classes representing a separate fund of the Company. Each fund may have more than one share class.

Certain terms in this announcement are defined in the prospectus supplement for the New Fund and/or the prospectus for iShares V plc.

A copy of the prospectus supplement for the New Fund has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism (NSM) and will shortly be available for inspection at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do and www.ishares.com.

Further enquiries - please contact:

iShares - General Enquiries 0845 357 7000

   Krysia Sturgeon (PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP)                                       0207 212 5504 

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