Barclays Global Investors Canada Limited (Barclays Canada) today announced upcoming unit splits for seven iShares exchange traded funds listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Unitholders of record of ETFs on August 8, 2008 will automatically participate in the unit splits.

Barclays Canada says it is initiating these splits in response to investor demand. The prices of certain iShares funds have increased significantly, so the splits will allow investors access at a smaller initial investment to some of the more popular iShares funds that have a relatively high unit price.

The split ratios indicate the number of units that a unitholder of an ETF will hold after the split in relation to the number of units held by the unitholder before the split:

> iShares CDN S&P/TSX Capped Energy Index Fund, 4:1

> iShares CDN S&P/TSX Global Gold Index Fund, 4:1

> iShares CDN S&P/TSX Capped Composite Index Fund, 4:1

> iShares CDN S&P/TSX 60 Index Fund, 4:1

> iShares CDN S&P/TSX Completion Index Fund, 4:1

> iShares CDN S&P/TSX Capped Financials Index Fund, 2:1

> iShares CDN S&P/TSX Capped Materials Index Fund, 2:1

The ETFs will begin trading on the TSX on a split-adjusted basis on August 6. The splits will become effective on August 8, following which additional units will be distributed to unitholders’ accounts.

Barclays Global expects that unitholders will see a change in their holdings shortly after this, depending on their broker’s procedures.