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Shareholder Meeting Results (Unaudited)
iSHARES® TRUST

Two separate special meetings of shareholders of iShares Trust were held on November 4, 2009. The proposals acted upon by shareholders at the special meetings and the results of the shareholder vote were as follows:


First Meeting

Shareholders of the Funds approved Proposal 1.  Proposal 2 did not apply to the Funds.

Proposal 1
To approve a new investment advisory agreement between the Trust and BGFA, on behalf of each Fund, which took effect upon the consummation of the Barclays PLC binding agreement to sell its interest in BGFA and certain affiliated companies to BlackRock, Inc. (the “Transaction”).


iShares Index Fund
Votes
For
Votes
Against
Votes
Abstaining
Broker
Non-Votes *
Morningstar Large Core
1,903,161
72,113
74,645
349,515
Morningstar Large Growth
3,649,815
75,599
110,014
-
Morningstar Large Value
1,853,651
51,798
76,717
-
Morningstar Mid Core
747,041
18,335
19,300
188,841
Morningstar Mid Growth
1,150,513
17,076
19,940
-
Morningstar Mid Value
842,088
22,391
24,664
-
Morningstar Small Core
792,503
22,867
17,292
146,699
Morningstar Small Growth
726,034
13,949
15,877
-
Morningstar Small Value
865,712
32,000
22,584
-


Proposal 2
To approve a change in the classification of certain funds’ investment objective from a fundamental investment policy to a non-fundamental investment policy.


Second Meeting

This proposal was approved by the shareholders of the Trust.  All nominees who previously served as Trustees of the Trust were re-elected and the term of their election commenced immediately.  Robert S. Kapito was newly elected as a Trustee to the Trust and the term of his election took effect upon the consummation of the Transaction.

Proposal 1**
To elect a Board of Trustees of the Trust.


Independent Trustee
Votes For
Votes Withheld
George G.C. Parker
3,275,616,398
76,114,140
J. Darrell Duffie
3,155,645,073
196,085,465
Cecilia H. Herbert
3,284,632,277
67,098,261
Charles A. Hurty
3,283,313,465
68,417,073
John E. Kerrigan
3,285,163,741
66,566,797
John E. Martinez
3,284,826,244
66,904,294
Robert H. Silver
3,294,357,381
57,373,157


Interested Trustee
Votes For
Votes Withheld
Robert S. Kapito
3,229,642,767
122,087,770
Lee T. Kranefuss
2,147,369,285
1,204,361,252

 
 
*
Broker non-votes are proxies received by the Fund from brokers or nominees who did not receive instructions from the beneficial owner or other persons entitled to vote and who have no discretionary power to vote on a particular matter.  Broker non-votes have the effect of a vote against the proposal.

  **           Denotes Trust-wide proposal and voting results.