The Fund is passively managed. The objective of the Fund is to track the performance of the S&P World Materials Weighted & Screened Index (the Index). The Index is an equity index that measures the performance of eligible equity securities from the S&P World Materials Index (the Parent Index). The Parent Index is designed to measure the performance of large and mid-cap materials companies in developed markets excluding Korea which make up approximately 85% of the total available capital. Materials companies are identified by reference to the GICS.