Eighteen New Commodity Stocks Added; One Stock Deleted from Rogers(TM)-Van Eck Hard Assets Producers Index in Quarterly Rebalancing

NEW YORK, Dec. 9 / -- The Rogers(TM)-Van Eck Hard Assets Producers Index (TICKER: RVEI) will add eighteen new components, effective 6:00 PM (EST) Sunday, December 20, 2009. One stock will be deleted from the index, changing the number of index components to 302. The changes result from the quarterly rebalancing of the index.
Three stocks will be added to the Rogers(TM)-Van Eck Hard Assets Agricultural Producers Index, changing the number of index components to 41.
Ten stocks will be added to the Rogers(TM)-Van Eck Hard Assets Metals Producers Index, changing the number of index components to 98.
Three stocks will be added to the Rogers(TM)-Van Eck Hard Assets Energy Producers Index, while one stock will be deleted, changing the number of index components to 126.
Two stocks will be added to the Rogers(TM)-Van Eck Hard Assets Producers Liquid Index, while one stock will be deleted, returning the index to its fixed component count of 50.
A complete list of constituent changes is available on the RVE Index Family web site at:
http://rve.snetglobalindexes.com/media/RVEI%20Q4%202009%20Rebalancing%20Constituent%20Changes_909451891.pdf
The Rogers(TM)-Van Eck Hard Assets Producers Index is a capitalization-weighted, float-adjusted index of the most prominent commodity stocks in the world. To be included in the RVEI, stocks must pass multiple screens, including for capitalization, float, exchange listing, share price and turnover. The index is divided into six sectors: a) Energy, b) Agriculture, c) Base and Industrial Metals, d) Forest products, e) Precious Metals and f) Alternatives (Renewable Energy and Water)
Detailed information, including constituent data, rules and price information, on the Rogers(TM)-Van Eck Hard Assets Producers Index is available at www.rveindexes.com.