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Copyright © 2013 by Horizon Kinetics LLC® (“Horizon Kinetics”), all rights reserved. Redistribution, reproduction and/or photocopying in whole or in part is prohibited without written permission. The Horizon Kinetics ISE Wealth Index (the “US Index”), the Horizon Kinetics ISE Global Wealth Index (the “Global Index”) and the Horizon Kinetics ISE Asia ex-Japan Index (the “Asia Index”) (collectively, the “Indexes”) were created in conjunction with the International Securities Exchange, LLC (“ISE”), which operates a leading U.S. options exchange and offers option trading on over 2,000 underlying equity, ETF, index and FX products. The US Index was launched in August 2011 and the Global Index and Asia Index were both launched in October 2011.

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PERFORMANCE DISCLOSURE

Certain information herein may include performance of an index for a period of time prior to when the index was officially launched. Such information may reflect hypothetical historical performance and as such may be back-tested. Horizon Kinetics and ISE generally employ the same methodology in back-test calculations as they do when the actual index was officially launched. Anyone interested in better understanding the methodology for a specific index should review such indices’ methodology documents, which are available upon request. The methodology document will also provide details including the manner in which the index is rebalanced, the timing of such rebalancing, the criteria used in determining additions and deletions to the index, as well as all other index calculations.

Past performance is not an indication or guarantee of future results. In situations where back-tested performance of data has been employed, prospective application of the methodology used to construct the information of such index may not result in performance commensurate with the back-test returns shown.
A limitation associated with the hypothetical information of an index is that generally the index calculations are being prepared with the benefit of hindsight. Back-tested data reflects the application of the index methodology and selection of index constituents in hindsight. No hypothetical record can completely account for the impact of financial risk in actual trading. For example, there are numerous factors related to the equities (or fixed income, or commodities) markets in general which cannot be, and have not been accounted for in the preparation of the index information, all of which can affect actual performance.

Furthermore, the Indexes’ returns shown do not represent the results of actual trading of investor assets. The Indexes calculate the index levels and performance shown or discussed, but does not manage actual assets. Index returns do not reflect payment of any expenses, sales charges or fees an investor would pay to purchase the securities they represent. The imposition of these fees and charges would cause actual and back-tested performance to be lower than the performance shown.

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Please see important disclaimers listed on ISE’s website, found here:

http://www.ise.com/webform/options_product_indexDetails.aspx?categoryID=96&symbol=RCH

http://www.ise.com/WebForm/options_product_indexDetails.aspx?categoryID=96&symbol=WEALTHA

http://www.ise.com/WebForm/options_product_indexDetails.aspx?categoryID=96&symbol=WEALTHG