The Ocean Tomo ITPE 200™ Patent Index is the world’s first index based on the value of both US and Chinese intellectual property. The Index is comprised of the top 100 companies that own the most valuable US patents relative to their book value and 100 companies that have the most valuable Chinese patents relative to their total assets.

INDEX CONSTRUCTION

INDEX STRUCTURE

The index consists of 100 US companies rated as particularly innovative by the Ocean Tomo® PatentRatings system and 100 Chinese companies as determined by the ITPE patent ratings system. All companies must be widely tradable by global investors with sufficient liquidity to prevent market distortions. The index will be weighted by market capitalization.

CREATING THE SELECTION UNIVERSE

The universe of stocks available to the US portion of the index is based on the following restrictions:

• Companies holding US patents

• Traded on either the NYSE or NASDAQ

• More than 500,000 average daily trading volume in the 30-day period prior to constitution

The universe of stocks available to the China portion of the index is based on the following restrictions:

• Chinese companies holding Chinese patents

• Trade on Shenzhen, Shanghai, Hong Kong exchanges, NYSE or NASDAQ SELECTION CRITERIA

Stocks for the US portion of the index are selected based on the following method:

• An aggregate Ocean Tomo® PatentRatings OTMV value is determined

• The total book value of the company is gathered

• The Innovation Ratio is found by taking the ratio of aggregate OTMV to book value

• The top 100 companies by Innovation Ratio are included in the index

Stocks for the China portion of the index are selected based on the following method:

• The value of all patents owned by the company is determined through ITPE patent ratings system

• The total assets of the company is gathered

• The IPV value is found by taking the ratio of the value of the company’s patents to its total assets

• The top 100 companies by IPV are included in the index