Name Change For ETFs LDRS Euro STOXX 50 And LDRS STOXX 50

Barclays Global Investors Ltd (BGI), the investment manager of iShares, has been named investment manager and issuer of the exchange traded funds (ETFs) STOXX 50 LDRS and Euro STOXX 50 LDRS that were previously issued by Merrill Lynch International. For immediate effect, these ETFs - both of which mirror Dow Jones STOXX indices - have been renamed iShares DJ Euro STOXX 50 and iShares DJ STOXX 50, respectively. Merrill Lynch International will continue to make markets on SWX in both of these ETFs.