iShares Currency Hedged MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF HAWX Strategy

The investment seeks to track the investment results of the MSCI ACWI ex USA 100% Hedged to USD Index composed of large- and mid-capitalization developed and emerging equities, excluding the U.S., while mitigating exposure to fluctuations between the value of the component currencies and the U.S. dollar. The fund generally will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities and other instruments of the index and in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the component securities of the index. The underlying index includes large- and mid-capitalization companies and may change over time.