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iPath® S&P 500 VIX Mid-Term Features™ ETN

The S&P 500 VIX Mid-Term Futures™ Index TR is designed to provide access to equity market volatility through CBOE Volatility Index® (the "VIX Index") futures. Specifically, the S&P 500 VIX Mid-Term Futures™ Index TR offers exposure to a daily rolling long position in the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh month VIX futures contracts and reflects the implied volatility of the S&P 500® Index at various points along the volatility forward curve. The Index futures roll continuously throughout each month from the fourth month VIX futures contract into the seventh month VIX futures contract.

A direct investment in VIX (commonly referred to as spot VIX) is not possible. The S&P 500 VIX Mid-Term Futures™ Index TR holds VIX futures contracts, which could involve roll costs and exhibit different risk and return characteristics. Investments offering volatility exposure can have various uses within a portfolio including hedging, directional, or arbitrage strategies and are typically short or medium-term in nature.
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Product Data  (as of 09/02/2010)
Daily Indicative Value†
$89.55
Shares Outstanding
8,426,000
Market Capitalization*
$754,548,300

† Source: Barclays Bank PLC. The "Daily Indicative value" is historical, does not guarantee future performance, and is shown for illustrative purposes only. The issuer or an affiliate will provide the official Redemption Value to the redeeming holder in advance of any redemption. See additional information below.

* Market Capitalization = Daily Indicative Value x Shares Outstanding

Market Data  (as of 09/01/2010)
Closing Price
$90.43
High
$91.12
Net Change
-$1.87
Low
$89.83
% Change
-2.03%
Volume
280,857
20-Day Volume Average
215,306
Profile
Primary Exchange
NYSE Arca
Yearly Fee
0.89%¹
Ticker
VXZ
Bloomberg Index Ticker
SPVXMTR
Intraday Indicative Value Ticker
VXZ.IV
CUSIP
06740C519
Bloomberg ETN Keystroke
VXZ<EQUITY><GO>
Inception Date
01/29/2009
Maturity Date
01/30/2019
Returns  (As of 07/31/2010)
1 mo.3 mo.6 mo.YTD1Yr.3 Yr.5 Yr.10 Yr.Since Note Incept.
Index-13.32%18.57%15.73%11.60%2.10%N/AN/AN/A-9.21%
iPath Indicative Value Return-13.38%18.30%15.22%11.04%-0.86%N/AN/AN/A-10.05%


Market Price Returns  (As of 07/31/2010)
1 mo.3 mo.6 mo.YTD1Yr.3 Yr.5 Yr.10 Yr.Since Note Incept.
iPath Market Price Return-12.95%18.38%15.72%11.09%-0.07%N/AN/AN/A-9.91%

Source: BlackRock. Period ending 07/10.

The performance quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investment, when sold or redeemed may be worth more or less than the original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. See additional market price information.

Correlations  (As of 08/31/2010)
S&P 500 VIX Mid-Term Futures Index TR1.00
S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures Index TR0.94
S&P 500 Index-0.81
CBOE SPX Volatility Index0.88

Sources: S&P, BlackRock (08/09-08/10) based on weekly returns.