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Organization
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
Organization  
Organization

1 - Organization

The iShares® Silver Trust (the "Trust") was organized on April 21, 2006 as a New York trust. The trustee is The Bank of New York Mellon (the "Trustee"), which is responsible for the day to day administration of the Trust. The Trust's sponsor is BlackRock Asset Management International Inc. (the "Sponsor"), a Delaware corporation. The Trust is governed by the Depositary Trust Agreement (the "Trust Agreement") executed at the time of organization of the Trust by the Trustee and the Sponsor. The Trust issues units of beneficial interest (or "Shares") representing fractional undivided beneficial interests in its net assets.

The objective of the Trust is for the value of its Shares to reflect, at any given time, the price of silver owned by the Trust at that time, less the Trust's expenses and liabilities. The Trust is designed to provide a vehicle for investors to own interests in silver bullion.

The accompanying unaudited financial statements were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("U.S. GAAP") for interim financial information and with the instructions for Form 10-Q and the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). In the opinion of management, all material adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, considered necessary for a fair statement of the interim period financial statements have been made. Interim period results are not necessarily indicative of results for a full-year period. These financial statements and the notes thereto should be read in conjunction with the Trust's financial statements included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 as filed with the SEC on February 25, 2011.

The Trust is not an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.