Frankfurt (13 October 2014) – Please note that the following change will be made to section 6.1.20 (Market Vectors Global Junior Gold Miners Index - MVGDXJ) of the Market Vectors Global Equity Index Guide, Version 3.09, September 2014:

Current rule: «Companies covering the top 90.00% of the full market capitalisation are excluded. Only companies ranking between 90.00% and 98.00% qualify for the selection. However, existing components ranking between 80.00% and 90.00% or 98.00% and 100.00% also qualify for the selection.»

Updated rule: «Companies covering the top 80.00% of the full market capitalisation are excluded. Only companies ranking between 80.00% and 98.00% qualify for the selection. However, existing components ranking between 75.00% and 80.00% or 98.00% and 100.00% also qualify for the selection.»

The rule change will be adopted for the 4th quarter index review and will become effective with the implementation of the 4th quarterly review results on 20 December 2014.

The Market Vectors Global Equity Index Guide, Version 3.10 can be downloaded here.