BlackRock Asset Management Ireland Limited BlackRock iShares V PLC iShares S&P U.S. Banks USD Cap (OTC : BNKSF) Stock

The investment objective of the Fund is to seek to provide investors with a total return, taking into account both capital and income returns, which reflects the return of the S&P 900 Banks (Industry) 7/4 Capped Index. In order to achieve this investment objective, the investment policy of the Fund is to invest in a portfolio of equity securities that as far as possible and practicable consists of the component securities of the S&P 900 Banks (Industry) 7/4 Capped Index, the Fund¿s Benchmark Index. The Fund intends to replicate the constituents of the Benchmark Index by holding all of the securities comprising the Benchmark Index in a similar proportion to their weightings in the Benchmark Index.