XSMH seeks to provide long-term capital growth by replicating, to the extent possible, the performance, netof expenses, of an Index selected at the discretion of BlackRock Canada that measures the Canadian dollar hedgedperformance of small-capitalization U.S. equities, and, to the extent possible, hedge any resulting U.S. dollar currencyexposure back to Canadian dollars. The current Index for XSMH is identified in this prospectus under “InvestmentObjectives”.Under normal market conditions, XSMH will primarily invest in securities of one or more iShares ETFsand/or U.S. equity securities.