SPDR INDEX SHARES FUNDS SPDR S&P EMERGING MKTS DIVIDEND ETF

The SPDR® S&P Emerging Markets Dividend ETF seeks to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, correspond generally to the total return performance of the S&P® Emerging Markets Dividend Opportunities Index. The S&P Emerging Markets Dividend Opportunities Index is designed to measure the performance of 100 high-yielding emerging market common stocks. The selection universe for the Index is the S&P Emerging BMI (Broad Market Index). To be added to the Index, a company's stock must meet the following investability criteria as of the last trading date of June (the "reconstitution reference date"): (i) float-adjusted market capitalization of at least $300 million and (ii) three-month median daily value traded of at least $1 million. Additionally, a company¿s stock must meet the following stability criteria as of the reconstitution reference date : (i) trailing twelve-month positive earnings per share; (ii) trailing three years of stable or increasing dividend growth; (iii) a dividend coverage ratio greater than 100% (defined as Funds From Operations Per Share divided by Dividend-Per-Share); and (iv) dividend yield greater than the median dividend yield of the remaining universe of stocks that have passed all other investability and stability criteria.