iShares CDN S&P 500 Hedged to Canadian Dollars Index Fund (iShares CDN S&P 500 Index Fund) seeks to provide long-term capital growth by replicating, to the extent possible, the performance of the S&P 500 Hedged to Canadian Dollars Index (the Index). The Index is a market capitalization-weighted index of securities of 500 of the largest United States public issuers provided by S&P, hedged to Canadian dollars. The Index is the S&P 500 Index with United States dollar currency exposure removed, so that the returns of the S&P 500 stocks will not be impacted by changes in United States/Canadian dollar exchange rates. iShares CDN S&P 500 Index Fund is managed by Barclays Global Investors Canada Limited, an indirect subsidiary of Barclays PLC.