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Mergent, Inc. Announces Changes to the HealthShares(TM) Ophthalmology Index

Friday, July 4, 2008 General News
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NEW YORK, July 3 Mergent, Inc., administrator for theHealthShares(TM) Indexes, a series of 20 underlying indexes for theHealthShares(TM) Exchange Traded Funds, today announced the following changeeffective on the opening of trading on Wednesday July 9, 2008: ISTAPharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: ISTA) will replace Jerini AG (Frankfurt, Germany:JI4) in the HealthShares(TM) Ophthalmology Index. Jerini AG is being acquiredby Shire Limited (London Main Market, U.K.: SHP LO).
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Companies included in the HealthShares(TM) Ophthalmology Index are engagedin the research, clinical development and/or commercialization of therapeuticagents by means of pharmaceuticals, medical devices or biomaterials for thetreatment of various diseases of the eye including, but not limited to,age-related macular degeneration, dry-eye, diabetic macular edema, glaucoma,presbyopia and myopia.
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About Mergent

Mergent, Inc., a Xinhua Finance company (TSE Mothers: 9399; OTC ADRs:XHFNY), is the preferred provider of business and financial data on globalpublicly listed companies. Headquartered in Fort Mill, SC and New York Citywith sales offices in key North American cities, Mergent also has a strongglobal presence with offices in London, Shanghai, Tokyo, and Melbourne.Mergent's databases contain detailed financial information on over 35,000global publicly traded companies from more than 100 countries, 2.2 millionU.S. municipal bond issues, 117,000 corporates, and extensive data ondividends, corporate actions and unit investment trusts. Mergent products areunique in the provision of rich textual historical data in financialinstruments dating back to the early 1900s.

For more information, please visit http://www.mergent.com andhttp://www.dividendachievers.com .

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