NOTIFICATION OF THE REMOVAL FROM LISTING AND REGISTRATION

NYSE Arca, Inc. (the 'Exchange') hereby notifies the SEC of its intention to
remove the entire class of each of the following securities issued by
FocusShares Trust (the 'Company') from listing and registration on the
Exchange at the opening of business on March 30, 2009:

FocusShares ISE Homebuilders Index Fund
FocusShares ISE-Revere Wal-Mart Supplier Index Fund
FocusShares ISE SINdex Fund
FocusShares ISE-CCM Homeland Security Index Fund

This action is being taken pursuant to the provisions of Rule 12d2-2(b),
because, the Board of Directors of the Company, a registered investment
company, determined to discontinue and liquidate certain of its exchange
traded funds.

Accordingly, October 17, 2008, was the last day of trading on NYSE Arca, Inc.
for each of the above four issues and the last day on which creation unit
aggregations of such issues were purchased or redeemed.  The above funds
were closed to new investment beginning October 20, 2008.

All shareholders holding the above issues on October 31, 2008, received
the value of their shares as of October 31, 2008, which will include any
capital gains and dividends, into the cash portion of their brokerage accounts.

The above issues were suspended from trading prior to the opening of business
on Monday, October 20, 2008.