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Fund Objective

The EGShares Emerging Markets Consumer exchange-traded fund (ETF) seeks to achieve its investment objective of total return by investing in the constituent securities of the Dow Jones Emerging Markets Consumer Titans Index. The index measures the stock performance of 30 leading emerging-market companies in the Consumer Goods and Consumer Services Industries as defined by the Industry Classification Benchmark (ICB).

Background

Emerging market consumers do most of their business with familiar local or regional brands, and tend to have less affinity for developed world brands. ECON is designed to provide organic exposure to these consumers; almost all of the revenues of the underlying companies are derived from emerging market sales, providing truer exposure to this theme.

Key Statistics
(As of 12/31/11)
ETF Ticker (NYSE):
ECON
Bloomberg Index Ticker:
DJECONT
Inception Date
9/14/2010
Net Expenses*
0.85%
Holdings
30
Average Market Cap
$25.4B
Median Market Cap
$16.07B
Trailing P/E Ratio
19.1x
Price/Book Ratio
3.6x
Index Dividend Yield
1.82%

Industry Weights

(As of 12/31/11)
Industry
Weights
Beverages
15.7%
General Retailers
15.2
Food Producers
14.1
Automobiles & Parts
12.6
Food & Drug Retailers
12.6
Media
10.9
Travel & Leisure
8.6
Tobacco
5.2
Personal Goods
3.6
Household Goods & Home Construction
1.4

Country Weights

(As of 12/31/11)
Country
Weights
Mexico
18.8%
Brazil
18.0
South Africa
16.3
India
12.7
Chile
9.8
Malaysia
7.4

Top 10 Holdings

(As of 12/31/11)
Company
Weights
Cia de Bebidas das Americas
10.2%
Astra International Tbk PT
6.5
Naspers Ltd
6.4
Wal-Mart de Mexico SAB de CV
6.3
BRF - Brasil Foods SA
5.7
Fomento Economico Mexicano
SAB de CV

5.5
ITC Ltd
5.2
Grupo Televisa SAB
4.5
SACI Falabella
4.0
Cencosud SA
3.9

Performance

(As of 12/31/11)
   1-Month (%) 3-Month (%) Year-to-Date (%) 1-Year (%) Since
Inception (%)**
  Total Returns
(Net Asset Value)		 -0.17 8.85 -4.99 -4.99 7.87
  Total Returns
(Market Price)		 -1.55 10.97 -5.28 -5.28 7.95
  Dow Jones Emerging Markets Consumer Titans Index 0.06 8.97 -4.51 -4.51 9.62

Performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when sold or redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. Current performance data may be higher or lower than actual data quoted.

*Gross expenses of 1.20% are reimbursed to keep from exceeding 0.85% of net assets. This agreement will remain in effect and will be contractually binding at least until July 29, 2012.

Market price returns are based on the midpoint of the bid/ask spread at 4 p.m. ET and do not represent the returns an investor would receive if shares were traded at other times.

This fund will concentrate its investments in issuers of one or more particular industries to the same extent that its Underlying Index is so concentrated and to the extent permitted by applicable regulatory guidance. Concentration risk results from maintaining exposure to issuers conducting business in a specific industry.

**ECON inception date is 9/14/10