The iShares S&P Europe 350 Index Fund (Ticker: IEV) seeks investment results that correspond generally to the performance, before fees and expenses, of the Standard & Poor's Europe 350 Index. The S&P Europe 350 is one of seven headline indices that make up the S&P Global 1200. The S&P Europe 350 is an equity index drawn from 17 major European markets. Index constituents are leading companies from each of the 10 Sectors of the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) and from the 17 major European markets. Each stock is analyzed for size and liquidity, and each component region has appropriate sector and country representation. The size of each market corresponds to its relative size in the index universe based on float-adjusted market value. The weight of each country within the index reflects the weight of the country in the universe of stocks from the 17 countries. Similarly, the weight of each sector reflects the weight of the particular sector in the universe of stocks from the 17 countries.