The iShares NYSE Composite Index Fund (Ticker: NYC) seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the NYSE Composite Index. The index is designed to measure the performance of the world's most liquid and prominent companies all common stocks listed on the NYSE, including ADRs, REITs, tracking stocks and listings of
foreign companies. The index consists exclusively of NYSE-listed companies is made up of issues from more than 2,000 companies including more than 1,600 U.S. companies and over 360 non-U.S. companies. The index constituents represent all of the 10 industries as defined by the Industry Classification Benchmark. In January 2003 the NYSE reintroduced the NYSE Composite Index under a new methodology that excludes all closed-end funds, ETFs, limited partnerships and derivatives. The index utilizes a rules-based methodology, which includes free-float market cap weighting.