Global X will begin trading its new “Global X FTSE Argentina 20 ETF” (NYSE:ARGT) Thursday, March 3, 2011. The Global X FTSE Argentina 20 ETF  (“Fund”) seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the FTSE Argentina 20 Index. The FTSE Argentina 20 Index is designed to measure performance of the top 20 companies within the investable universe of Argentina-domiciled companies or companies that have substantial revenues or assets in Argentina, as defined by FTSE.  Only shares open to foreign ownership without restrictions are eligible for inclusion in the Underlying Index, such as ADRs and non-Argentinean listed securities. The index is weighted by modified free float-adjusted, market capitalization and employs a unique capping methodology to facilitate regulatory compliance in the listing of financial products on US exchanges. The index is maintained by FTSE International Limited.

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses: 0.75%

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The Fund will invest at least 80% of its total assets in the securities of the Underlying Index and in ADRs and GDRs based on the securities in the Underlying Index.

The Underlying Index is designed to measure performance of the top 20 companies within the investable universe of Argentina-domiciled companies or companies that have substantial revenues or assets in Argentina, as defined by FTSE.  Only shares open to foreign ownership without restrictions are eligible for inclusion in the Underlying Index, such as ADRs and non-Argentinean listed securities. As of February 1, 2011, the Underlying Index’s three largest stocks were Tenaris SA, MercadoLibre Inc. and Banco Macro SA.  The Fund’s investment objective and Underlying Index may be changed without shareholder approval.  Shareholders will be given 60 days’ prior notice of any such change.

The Underlying Index is sponsored by an organization (“Index Provider”) that is independent of the Fund and Global X Management Company LLC, the investment adviser for the Fund (“Adviser”).  The Index Provider determines the relative weightings of the securities in the Underlying Index and publishes information regarding the market value of the Underlying Index. The Fund’s Index Provider is FTSE Group (“FTSE”).

The Adviser will use a “passive” or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund’s investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to “beat” the Underlying Index and does not seek temporary defensive positions when markets decline or appear overvalued.

The Fund will use a replication strategy.  A replication strategy is an indexing strategy that involves investing in the securities of the Underlying Index in approximately the same proportions as in the Underlying Index.  However, the Fund may utilize a representative sampling strategy with respect to the Underlying Index when a replication strategy might be detrimental to shareholders, such as when there are practical difficulties or substantial costs involved in compiling a portfolio of equity securities to follow the Underlying Index, in instances in which a security in the Underlying Index becomes temporarily illiquid, unavailable or less liquid, or as a result of legal restrictions or limitations (such as tax diversification requirements) that apply to the Fund but not the Underlying Index.

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