IShares Asia Trust - iShares FTSE A50 China Index ETF Declares Final Annual Dividend Payable on December 28, 2012

BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Limited, as manager of iShares Asia Trust, announced that the final distribution of the annual dividend payment of HKD 0.19 per unit for iShares Asia Trust - iShares FTSE A50 China Index ETF. The ex-dividend date is December 14, 2012 and the record date is December 17, 2012. The payable date of the distribution will be December 28, 2012.