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BGI Announces iShares Year-End Income and Cap Gains Distributions

IndexFunds.com Staff
Monday, December 18, 2000

Listed below are the final classifications of income and capital gains for several domestic iShares exchange-traded funds (ETFs), as released today by Barclays Global Investors (BGI).

Fund Name Ticker Income distribution per share Short-term cap gain per share Total distribution per share
iShares S&P 100 Index Fund
OEF
$0.147886
-
$0.147886
iShares S&P MdCap 400 Index Fund
IJH
$0.201322
$0.298557
$0.499879
iShares S&P MdCap 400/ BARRA Growth Index Fund
IJK
-
$0.468496
$0.468496
iShares S&P MdCap 400/ BARRA Value Index Fund
IJJ
$0.251242
$0.144222
$0.395464
iShares S&P 500 Index Fund
IVV
$0.369784
$0.069180
$0.438964
iShares S&P 500/ BARRA Growth Index Fund
IVW
$0.066774
$0.112393
$0.179167
iShares S&P 500/ BARRA Value Index Fund
IVE
$0.183664
$0.147198
$0.330862
iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Index Fund
IJR
$0.093465
$1.123145
$1.216610
iShares S&P SmallCap 600/ BARRA Growth Index Fund
IJT
-
$0.617004
$0.617004
iShares S&P SmallCap 600/ BARRA Value Index Fund
IJS
$0.141736
$0.343004
$0.484740
iShares S&P/TSE 60 Index Fund
IKC
$0.108513
$0.475380
$0.583893
iShares S&P Europe 350 Index Fund
IEV
$0.009230
-
$0.009230
iShares Russell 1000 Index Fund
IWB
$0.201633
$0.001385
$0.203018
iShares Russell 1000 Growth Index Fund
IWF
$0.033978
$0.112651
$0.146629
iShares Russell 1000 Value Index Fund
IWD
$0.185506
-
$0.185506
iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund
IWM
$0.268596
$0.164710
$0.433306
iShares Russell 2000 Growth Index Fund
IWO
$0.011124
$0.037093
$0.048217
iShares Russell 2000 Value Index Fund
IWN
$0.454908
$0.027256
$0.482164
Shares Russell 3000 Index Fund
IVW
$0.132353
$0.014565
$0.146918
iShares Russell 3000 Growth Index Fund
IWZ
$0.022552
$0.002320
$0.024872
iShares Russell 3000 Value Index Fund
IWW
$0.325428
$0.087276
$0.432704

Source: Barclays Global Investors

Tom Taggart, a spokesperson for BGI, said the short-term capital gain for the iShares S&P 500, at almost 7 cents a share, is due to the new fund experiencing heavy creation/redemption activity as a result of recent significant contributions. The iShares S&P 500 received another $500 million in new contributions last Friday, 12/15/2000. In comparison, the Vanguard Group estimated zero year-end distributions for the Vanguard 500 Index Fund as of 11/30/2000.

The iShares Russell 2000 will experience total distributions of about 43 cents per share, while the Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund is estimated to have total year-end distributions of $2.81 per share, again as of 11/30/2000.


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