The Claymore/BNY Mellon Frontier Markets ETF (Ticker: FRN) seeks investment results that correspond generally to the performance, before fees and expenses, of the Bank of New York Mellon New Frontier DR Index. The index tracks the performance of depositary receipts, in ADR or GDR form, that
trade on the London, New York & American Stock Exchange and Nasdaq of companies from countries that are defined as the “Frontier Market.” Frontier Market countries are defined based upon an evaluation of gross domestic product growth, per capita income growth, experienced and expected inflation rates, privatization of infrastructure and social inequalities. The countries currently are: Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Morocco, Nigeria,Tunisia, Zimbabwe, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Ukraine, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Peru, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Jamaica, Panama and Trinidad & Tobago. The index is weighted based on a modified capitalization method, using a formula based upon the aggregate of prices times share quantities. Adjustments are made to ensure that no single security exceeds 10% of the index and, with respect to the bottom 55% of the index weight, that no single security represents more than 4.5% of the index. The index is adjusted for changes in shares and float that may affect the weighting of constituents generally on a quarterly basis.