GICS was designed to classify a company according to its principal business activity. To make this determination, MSCI Barra and Standard & Poor’s use revenues as a key measure of a company’s business activity. Earnings and market perception, however, are also recognized as important and relevant information for classification purposes and are taken into account during the review process. For a detailed description of GICS, please refer to the MSCI website at www.mscibarra.com and Standard & Poor's websites at www.gics.standardandpoors.com and www.spglobal.com.

The data is classified by major market sectors, then divided into industries, and further subdivided into multiple sub-industry categories. The major market sectors are: Consumer Discretionary Sector, Consumer Staples Sector, Energy Sector, Financials Sector, Health Care Sector, Industrials Sector, Information Technology Sector, Materials Sector, Telecommunication Services Sector and Utilities Sector.

For information on the data layout in the MIM, query examples, and a more detailed description of the data, go to the GICS Core Data Vendor Document.

For information on the LIM Path and the GICS code, go to the LIM-GICS xls.

Website: www.gics.standardandpoors.com and www.spglobal.com.

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