ETF Update and Complete Listing                  Page 2

In other news on the ETF front, iShares recently announced that several iShares MSCI Index Funds expect to pay a cash dividend on 8/31/00 to shareholders of record on 8/28/00 with a ex-date of 8/24/00 (see below table).

 
FUND NAME TICKER
Dividend per share
iShares MSCI Australia Index EWA
0.2326
iShares MSCI Austria Index EWO
0.0449
iShares MSCI Belgium Index EWK
0.3592
iShares MSCI Brazil Index EWZ
0.3639
iShares MSCI Canada Index EWC
5.0572
iShares MSCI France Index EWQ
1.2333
iShares MSCI Germany Index EWG
2.5316
iShares MSCI Hong Kong Index EWH
0.2088
iShares MSCI Italy Index EWI
2.2267
iShares MSCI Japan Index EWJ
0.4514
iShares MSCI Malaysia Index EWM
0.0534
iShares MSCI Mexico Index EWW
0.4234
iShares MSCI Netherlands Index EWN
0.2257
iShares MSCI Singapore Index EWS
0.1719
iShares MSCI Spain Index EWP
0.9491
iShares MSCI South Korea Index EWY
0.0000
iShares MSCI Sweden Index EWD
5.3910
iShares MSCI Switzerland Index EWL
0.1572
iShares MSCI Taiwan Index EWT
0.8575
iShares MSCI UK Index EWU
0.9267
Finally, AMEX is being sued by Illinois-based holding company Mopex Inc., which claims it patented the product name "exchange-traded fund." Mopex seeks infringement damages from AMEX and wants it to discontinue using the product name.

08/24/2000
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