Listing: TSX (Toronto Stock Exchange)
Symbol: XBB, XCB, XCG, XCS, XCV, XDV, XEG, XEN, XFN, XGB, XGD, XIC, XIN,
XIT, XIU, XLB, XMA, XMD, XRB, XRE, XSB, XSP, XSU, XTR
TORONTO, Dec. 24 /CNW/ - Barclays Global Investors Canada Limited (Barclays Canada) announces today the final annual reinvested distributions for iShares exchange traded funds. These annual reinvested distributions generally represent realized capital gains within the funds or special dividends received by 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, 2007.
Unitholders of record on December 28, 2007 will receive reinvested distributions payable on December 31, 2007. The ex-dividend date will be December 24, 2007. The actual taxable amounts of reinvested and cash distributions for 2007, including the tax characteristics of the distributions, will be reported to brokers (through CDS) early in 2008.
The following chart shows the final annual reinvested distributions per unit for each of the iShares funds.
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Fund Name Fund Ticker Final Reinvested
Distribution Per
Unit for 2007 ($)
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iShares CDN Bond Index Fund XBB 0.00000
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iShares CDN Corporate Bond
Index Fund XCB 0.00000
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iShares CDN Growth Index
Fund XCG 0.57012
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iShares CDN S&P/TSX Small
Cap Index Fund XCS 0.29071
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iShares CDN Value Index
Fund XCV 0.90295
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iShares CDN Dividend
Index Fund XDV 0.08304
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iShares CDN Energy
Sector Index Fund XEG 0.20484
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iShares CDN Jantzi Social
Fund XEN 0.06653
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iShares CDN Financial
Sector Index Fund XFN 0.00454
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iShares CDN Government
Bond Index Fund XGB 0.00000
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iShares CDN S&P/TSX Global
Gold Index Fund XGD 7.20276
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iShares CDN Composite Index
Fund XIC 2.18404
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iShares CDN MSCI EAFE Index
Fund XIN 0.83897
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iShares CDN Tech Sector
Index Fund XIT 0.91003
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iShares CDN LargeCap 60
Index Fund XIU 0.19244
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iShares CDN Long Bond Index
Fund XLB 0.00000
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iShares CDN Materials Sector
Index Fund XMA 2.82674
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iShares CDN Completion Index
Fund XMD 11.72599
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iShares CDN Real Return Bond
Index Fund XRB 0.29819
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iShares CDN REIT Sector
Index Fund XRE 0.14158
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iShares CDN Short Bond
Index Fund XSB 0.00000
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iShares CDN S&P 500 Index
Fund XSP 2.08911
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iShares CDN Russell 2000
Index Fund XSU 1.78066
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iShares CDN Income Trust
Sector Index Fund XTR 0.01680
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About Barclays Canada
Barclays Canada is an indirect subsidiary of Barclays PLC and part of Barclays Global Investors (BGI), a division of Barclays PLC and one of the largest institutional investment managers in the world. BGI leads the world in managing index funds and exchange traded funds (ETFs), with over 200 iShares Funds representing $400 billion in assets. As at September 30, 2007, Barclays Canada managed over $74 billion in Canadian assets and in other assets for Canadian clients, including over $17 billion in the TSX-listed iShares Funds. Barclays Canada has offices in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.
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