The Index currently consists of 30 companies within the maritime shipping industry.The Index Provider defines the shipping industry to include companies within the following business segments of the maritime shipping industry: companies deriving a significant portion (in excess of 80%) of their revenues (as determined in the manner set forth below) from the seaborne transport of dry bulk goods and the leasing and/or operating of tanker ships, container ships, specialty chemical ships and ships that transport liquid natural gas (“LNG”) or dry bulk goods.

Index Construction

Delta Global verifies that each company included in the universe of potential Index constituents meets the following criteria:

1. All global publicly-traded companies with any connection to the maritime shipping industry are identified by company description database searches and bottom-up industry research of publicly available information and databases.
2. Companies that are identified through the initial search are put into two groups based on a review of the company’s public filings and company description information:
   • “Qualifying” Group: companies that generate in excess of 80% of their revenues from the seaborne transport of dry bulk goods and the leasing and/or operating of tanker ships, container ships, specialty chemical ships and ships that transport LNG or dry bulk goods.
   • “Excluded” Group: companies that are either not involved in seaborne shipping of the goods described above or leasing and/or operating of the ships described above or, if they are, receive less than 80% of their overall revenues from such operations.
3. From the securities in the Qualifying Group, securities eligible for inclusion in the Index must be listed on a developed market exchange, have a minimum market capitalization greater than or equal to $250 million at the reference date preceding each reconstitution and have a minimum 30-day average daily trading volume of $2 million (measured in U.S. dollars) at the reference date preceding each reconstitution. Securities in the Qualifying Group which do not meet these liquidity and market cap criteria are excluded from consideration as an Index constituent.
4. From the remaining securities in the Qualifying Group, all securities listed on a major U.S. stock exchange shall be included. Should the remaining universe include more than 30 U.S.-listed securities, the 30 most liquid of these equities will be included. Should the remaining universe include fewer than 30 U.S. listed securities, securities listed on global developed market exchanges will be included, in order of their average daily volumes measured in U.S. dollars. Companies eligible for inclusion in the Index must have their shares listed on a major stock exchange in a country that meets the Index Provider’s criteria for “developed markets,” which currently consists of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United States or the United Kingdom.
5. A modified dividend weighting mechanism is applied to constitute the final Index, with higher-yielding securities based on their indicated dividend yield being more highly weighted according to a proprietary methodology created by the Index Provider. No single security weight will exceed 4% of the Index at the time of each rebalance.
6. The Index will be reconstituted annually, with rebalancing occurring quarterly. Should a company in the Index cease to be traded due to a merger, bankruptcy or other event, that constituent will be replaced immediately by the next qualifying security not currently included in the Index at the same weight as the removed constituent.

RISKS AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS

Investors should consider the following risk factors and special considerations associated with investing in the Fund, which may cause you to lose money.

Investment Risk. An investment in the Fund is subject to investment risk, including the possible loss of the entire principal amount that you invest.

Equity Risk. A principal risk of investing in the Fund is equity risk, which is the risk that the value of the securities held by the Fund will fall due to general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding the industries in which the issuers of securities held by the Fund participate, or factors relating to specific companies in which the Fund invests. For example, an adverse event, such as an unfavorable earnings report, may depress the value of equity securities of an issuer held by the Fund; the price of common stock of an issuer may be particularly sensitive to general movements in the stock market; or a drop in the stock market may depress the price of most or all of the common stocks and other equity securities held by the Fund. In addition, common stock of an issuer in the Fund’s portfolio may decline in price if the issuer fails to make anticipated dividend payments because, among other reasons, the issuer of the security experiences a decline in its financial condition. Common stock is subordinated to preferred stocks, bonds and other debt instruments in a company’s capital structure, in terms of priority to corporate income, and therefore will be subject to greater dividend risk than preferred stocks or debt instruments of such issuers. In addition, while broad market measures of common stocks have historically generated higher average returns than fixed income securities, common stocks have also experienced significantly more volatility in those returns.

Global Shipping Industry Risk. As the Index is comprised of issuers in the global shipping single industry, it presents more risks than if it were broadly diversified over numerous industries and sectors of the economy. Companies in the global shipping industry are subject to volatile fluctuations in the price and supply of energy fuels, steel, raw materials and other products transported by containerships. In addition, changes in seaborne transportation patterns, weather patterns and events including hurricane activity, commodities prices, international politics and conflicts, port congestion, canal closures, embargoes and labor strikes can significantly affect companies involved in the maritime shipping of crude oil, dry bulk and container cargo.

Foreign Investment Risk. The Fund’s investments in non-U.S. issuers may involve unique risks compared to investing in securities of U.S. issuers, including, among others, greater market volatility than U.S. securities and less complete financial information than for U.S. issuers. In addition, adverse political, economic or social developments could undermine the value of the Fund’s investments or prevent the Fund from realizing the full value of its investments. Financial reporting standards for companies based in foreign markets differ from those in the United States. Finally, the value of the currency of the country in which the Fund has invested could decline relative to the value of the U.S. dollar, which may affect the value of the investment to U.S. investors. In addition, the underlying issuers of certain depositary receipts, particularly unsponsored or unregistered depositary receipts, are under no obligation to distribute shareholder communications to the holders of such receipts, or to pass through to them any voting rights with respect to the deposited securities.

Small and Medium-Sized Company Risk. Investing in securities of small and medium-sized companies involves greater risk than is customarily associated with investing in more established companies.These companies’ stocks may be more volatile and less liquid than those of more established companies. These stocks may have returns that vary, sometimes significantly, from the overall stock market.

Non-Correlation Risk. The Fund’s return may not match the return of the Index for a number of reasons. For example, the Fund incurs a number of operating expenses not applicable to the Index, and incurs costs in buying and selling securities, especially when rebalancing the Fund’s securities holdings to reflect changes in the composition of the Index.

The Fund may not be fully invested at times, either as a result of cash flows into the Fund or reserves of cash held by the Fund to meet redemptions and expenses. If the Fund utilizes a sampling approach or futures or other derivative positions, its return may not correlate as well with the return on the Index, as would be the case if it purchased all of the stocks in the Index with the same weightings as the Index.

Replication Management Risk. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund is not “actively” managed. Therefore, it would not necessarily sell a stock because the stock’s issuer was in financial trouble unless that stock is removed from the Index.

Issuer-Specific Changes. The value of an individual security or particular type of security can be more volatile than the market as a whole and can perform differently from the value of the market as a whole. The value of securities of smaller issuers can be more volatile than that of larger issuers.

Non-Diversified Fund Risk.> The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single investment could cause greater fluctuations in share price than would occur in a diversified fund.

Claymore ETFs are listed on the AMEX or NYSE Arca, depending on the ETF listing, the same way as shares of a publicly-traded company. Claymore ETFs can be purchased through most brokerage accounts. They can be bought and sold throughout the day on the AMEX or NYSE Arca, depending on the ETF listing, during normal trading hours. SEA issues and redeems shares at NAV only in large blocks of 80,000 shares (each block of 80,000 shares is called a “Creation Unit”) or multiples thereof. Only broker-dealers or large institutional investors with creation and redemption agreements, called Authorized Participants (“APs”), can purchase or redeem these Creation Units.

Investors buying or selling ETF shares on the secondary market may incur brokerage costs and other transactional fees. Shares of ETFs may fluctuate in price due to daily changes in trading volume. At times, shares may not have a high volume of trading. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, Shares are not redeemable securities of the Fund.

The Fund is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Delta Global Indices, LLC (“Licensor”). Licensor makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, regarding the advisability of investing in securities generally or in the Product(s) particularly or the ability of the Delta Global Shipping Index (“Index”) to track general market performance. Licensor’s only relationship to the Licensee is the licensing of the Index which is determined, composed and calculated by Licensor without regard to the Licensee or the Fund. Licensor has no obligation to take the needs of the Licensee or the owners of the Fund into consideration in determining, composing or calculating the Index. Licensor shall not be liable to any person for any error in the Index nor shall it be under any obligation to advise any person of any error therein.