ETF splits (EEM, IWN, IJR, EFA, IGE, IJK, IJH, IJJ, IWM, ICF, IJS, IYR)

You might have noticed that the price of some of the Exchange Traded
Funds (ETFs) you follow seem oddly lower today...If so, that is because
Barclays Global Investors split a few of their iShares to allow easier
access for a small initial investment (their words), writes Nick Perry, who covers ETFs for Schaeffer's Investment Research. Details:

The following ETFs split 3-for-1 this morning:

• iShares MSCI Emerging Markets (EEM)

• iShares Russell 2000 Value (IWN)

• iShares S&P SmallCap 600 (IJR)

• iShares MSCI EAFE (EFA).

Meanwhile those below split two-for-one this morning:

• iShares Goldman Sachs Natural Resources (IGE)

• iShares S&P MidCap 400/Barra Growth (IJK)

• iShares S&P MidCap 400 (IJH)

• iShares S&P MidCap 400/Barra Value (IJJ)

• iShares Russell 2000 (IWM)

• iShares Cohen & Steers Realty Majors (ICF)

• iShares S&P SmallCap 600/Barra Value (IJS)

• iShares Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate (IYR).

Comments

[User 178949]

The correct list of splits from Barclays is:

Barclays Global Investors Announces Share Split of Certain iShares® Funds
San Francisco, July 11, 2008 - Barclays Global Investors (BGI), a worldwide leader in exchange-traded funds, announced today that the Board of Directors of iShares, Inc. and the Board of Trustees of iShares Trust have authorized a split of the shares of 15 iShares Funds (listed below) for shareholders of record as of the close of business on July 21, 2008, payable after the close of trading on July 23, 2008. Fund shares will begin trading on a split-adjusted basis on July 24th. Post-split shares are expected to be distributed to shareholders' accounts on July 28, 2008, and shareholders are expected to see the change in their holdings sometime after July 28th, depending upon their brokerage firm's procedures.




Fund Name Ticker U.S. Listing Exchange Split Ratio
iShares S&P Latin America 40 Index Fund ILF NYSE Arca 5 for 1
iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index Fund FXI NYSE Arca 3 for 1
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund EEM NYSE Arca 3 for 1
iShares MSCI Pacific ex-Japan Index Fund EPP NYSE Arca 3 for 1
iShares Russell Midcap Value Index Fund IWS NYSE Arca 3 for 1
iShares S&P Global Energy Sector Index Fund IXC NYSE Arca 3 for 1
iShares S&P North American Natural Resources Sector Index Fund IGE NYSE Arca 3 for 1
iShares Dow Jones Energy Sector Fund IYE NYSE Arca 3 for 1
iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Growth Index Fund IJT NYSE Arca 2 for 1
iShares S&P 1500 Index Fund ISI NYSE Arca 2 for 1
iShares MSCI South Africa Fund EZA NYSE Arca 2 for 1
iShares S&P/TOPIX 150 Index Fund ITF NYSE Arca 2 for 1
iShares MSCI EMU Index Fund EZU NYSE Arca 2 for 1
iShares Russell Midcap Growth Index Fund IWP NYSE Arca 2 for 1
iShares S&P Europe 350 Index Fund IEV NYSE Arca 2 for 1