STIP Stock, iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond Information

The fund seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of inflation-protected U.S. Treasury bonds with remaining maturities of less than five years. The fund seeks to track the investment results of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) 0-5 Years Index (Series-L) (the Underlying Index), which measures the performance of the inflation-protected public obligations of the U.S. Treasury, commonly known as TIPS, that have a remaining maturity of less than five years. TIPS are securities issued by the U.S. Treasury that are designed to provide inflation protection to investors. TIPS are income-generating instruments whose interest and principal payments are adjusted for inflation a sustained increase in prices that erodes the purchasing power of money.