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com International Dividend Achievers Index TM

May 28, 2010

Index Description Index Statistics ($ in million USD)


The International Dividend Achievers™ Number of Constituents 78 Price to Sales 5.88
Index is designed to track the performance of Total Market Cap $2,976,611 Return on Equity 20.68%
dividend paying American Depositary Receipts
Weighted Market Cap $40,752 Return on Assets 8.05%
and foreign common stocks trading on major US
exchanges. To become eligible for inclusion in the Mean Market Cap $38,162 Dividend Yield (TTM) 4.27%
International Dividend Achievers Index a stock Median Market Cap $17,889 Annual Turnover 74.27%
must be incorporated outside the United States, Largest Constituent $191,955 YTD Total Return -6.94%
trade on the NYSE, NASDAQ or AMEX, and have Smallest Constituent $11 5 Year Dividend Growth Rate 7.77%
increased its annual regular dividend payments for Price to Earnings (incl. negatives) 16.50 5 Year EPS Growth Rate 12.21%
the last five or more consecutive years. In addition, Price to Book 3.05
Indxis requires that a stock’s average daily cash
volume exceed $500,000 per day in November Market Cap Allocation Industry Sector
and December prior to each annual reconstitution in
January. The Index is calculated using a dividend
yield weighting methodology and is calculated by
American Stock Exchange under the symbol DAT
since August 1, 2005.

Methodology
To become eligible for inclusion, a company
must be incorporated outside of the United
States. The companies must be have an American
Depository Receipts and foreign common stock
trading on NYSE, NASDAQ or AMEX. Companies
must have paid increasing regular annual
dividends for five or more consecutive years.
The average daily cash volume must exceed
$500,000 in US$ in the November and December
prior to reconstitution. The index is weighted
using a Dividend yield methodology, with Top Ten Industry Weightings
Canadian constituents using a current dividend
yield and international constituents using a
trailing twelve-month dividend yield. The index is
reconstituted annually on the last trading date in
January based on the constituents’ dividend yield
as of the last trading date in December. The index
is rebalanced quarterly on the last trading date in
April, July and October based on the constituents
dividend yield as of the last trading dates in
March, June and September, respectively.

Top Ten Holdings


Company Name Country Ticker Weight
Grupo Aeroportuario Del Surest Mexico ASR 3.84%
Telefonos De Mexico S A B Mexico TMX 3.67%
Banco Santander Sa Spain STD 2.58%
Teekay Corporation Marshall Is TK 2.56%
Telus Corp Luxembourg TU 2.45%
National Grid Plc United Kingdom NGG 2.41%
Vodafone Group Plc New United Kingdom VOD 2.38%
Astrazeneca Plc United Kingdom AZN 2.35%
Glaxosmithkline Plc United Kingdom GSK 2.14%
Companhia De Bebidas Das Amers Brazil ABV_C 2.11%

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May 28, 2010

International Dividend Achievers Index TM

Total Return on $10,000 Investment

2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010

Risk (Modern Portfolio Theory) Statistics

1 Year
Statistic Mergent International Dividend Achievers International Benchmark
Beta 0.98 1.00
Correlation 0.95 1.00
Annualized Return 15.05% 8.05%
Standard Deviation 18.58% 17.99%
Information Ratio 1.13

3 YearS
Statistic Mergent International Dividend Achievers International Benchmark
Beta 1.07 1.00
Correlation 0.96 1.00
Annualized Return -11.93% -11.67%
Standard Deviation 27.71% 25.05%
Information Ratio 0.06

5 YearS
Statistic Mergent International Dividend Achievers International Benchmark
Beta 1.05 1.00
Correlation 0.96 1.00
Annualized Return 1.74% 2.61%
Standard Deviation 22.48% 20.60%
Information Ratio (0.06)

10 YearS
Statistic Mergent International Dividend Achievers International Benchmark
Beta 0.99 1.00
Correlation 0.91 1.00
Annualized Return 4.77% 1.58%
Standard Deviation 19.74% 18.19%
Information Ratio 0.42

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