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November 14, 2008

iShares Alternatives Completion Portfolio Builder Fund (the “Fund”) - An application has been granted for the original listing in the Industrial category of up to 500,000 units of the Fund (the “Units”), all of which will be issued and outstanding.

Listing of the Units will become effective at 5:01 p.m. on Monday, November 17, 2008 and the Units will be posted for trading at the opening on Tuesday, November 18, 2008.

The Fund is a trust established by Barclays Global Investors Canada Limited (“Barclays Canada”) with the investment objective of providing long-term capital growth by investing in iShares ETFs (as defined in the final prospectus of the Fund dated November 7, 2008 (the “Prospectus”)) that provide exposure to one or more alternative asset classes including, but not limited to, commodities, real estate investment trusts, income trusts, real return bonds, emerging market equity, emerging market bonds, high yield bonds, specialty equity, infrastructure and private equity.

The registration and transfer of Units will be effected through the book-entry only system administered by CDS Clearing and Depository Services Inc. Unitholders of the Fund will not have the right to receive physical certificates evidencing their ownership of the Units.

Additional information on the Units may be found in the Prospectus, which is available at www.SEDAR.com. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined below are as defined in the Prospectus.

Stock Symbol: "XAL”
CUSIP: 46429K 10 1
Trading Currency: CDN

Designated Market Maker:               RBC Capital Markets/BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc.     

Other Markets:     None

Head Office      c/o Barclays Global Investors Canada Limited
Address:     BCE Place, 161 Bay Street
Suite 2500, P.O. Box 614
Toronto, Ontario
M5J 2S1

Email Address:     steven.leong@barclaysglobal.com

Website Address:     www.ishares.ca

Head Office Telephone Number:     (416) 933-6410

Fax Number:               (416) 643-4035

Investor Relations:     Steven Leong
Barclays Global Investors Canada Limited
Tel: (416) 933-6410
Email: steven.leong@barclaysglobal.com

Chief Financial Officer:     Subhas Sen
     
Corporate Secretary:          Warren Collier
     
Trustee:               Barclays Canada

Transfer Agent & Registrar:     Computershare Investor Services Inc. at its principal office in Toronto.

Fiscal Year End:     December 31

Incorporation:     The Fund was formed by Barclays Canada as a trust under the laws of the Province of Ontario pursuant to a master declaration of trust as amended and restated as of October 31, 2008.

Nature of Business:     The Fund seeks to provide long-term capital growth by investing in iShares ETFs that provide exposure to one or more alternative asset classes including, but not limited to, commodities, real estate investment trusts, income trusts, real return bonds, emerging market equity, emerging market bonds, high yield bonds, specialty equity, infrastructure and private equity, allocated in such manner as Barclays Canada shall determine from time to time. Exposure to these asset classes may also be obtained by direct investment in issuers within these asset classes and/or through the use of derivatives.

The Fund is intended to complement an investor’s portfolio that consists primarily of Canadian equities, Canadian nominal bonds and large capitalization international equities from developed markets and as such, it will not typically invest in iShares ETFs, other issuers or derivatives providing exposure to these asset classes.

Distributions:     Distributions on Units of the Fund are expected to be made at least semi-annually.

On an annual basis, the Fund will ensure that the net income and net realized capital gains of the Fund has been distributed to unitholders to such an extent that the Fund will not be liable for ordinary income tax thereon. To the extent that the Fund has not distributed the full amount of its net income or net capital gains in cash in any year, the difference between such amount and the amount actually distributed by the Fund in cash will be paid as a “reinvested distribution”. Reinvested distributions will be reinvested automatically in additional Units of the Fund at a price equal to the Net Asset Value per Unit of the Fund and the Units of the Fund will be immediately consolidated such that the number of outstanding Units of the Fund following the distribution will equal the number of Units of the Fund outstanding prior to the distribution.

Initial Issuance of Units:     Pursuant to the Prospectus, up to 500,000 Units of the Fund will be issued to the public on November 18, 2008 at a price of $20 per Unit.