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Morningstar’s broad-market indexes represent 97% of the market, tracking thousands of liquid, investable stocks-not just the largest ones. Sector indexes also pull from this wide body of securities, providing depth and diversity within each carefully categorized sector.





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No Capital Gains Distributions for Focus™ Morningstar ETFs

Montvale, N.J., Jan. 5, 2012 – FocusShares, LLC, announced today that it did not pay a capital gains distribution in 2011 on any of its 15 Focus™ Morningstar exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The funds, which were launched in March 2011, are all U.S. stock funds and have among the lowest expense ratios in their respective categories.

"We have a terrific and experienced portfolio management team that closely tracks the underlying Morningstar® indexes for our ETFs and manages these funds in a highly tax efficient manner," said Erik Liik, president of ETF sponsor FocusShares, based in Montvale, N.J. "Our shareholders are getting exactly what ETF investors should expect – tax efficiency and high index correlation."

Focus™ Morningstar ETFs seek to replicate the price and yield performance of indexes created by Morningstar, Inc., which is known for its transparent, rules-based methodologies. The indexes are rooted in Morningstar’s history of proprietary research.

Scottrade Financial Services, Inc., the parent company of online investing firm Scottrade, Inc., acquired FocusShares in June 2010.

About FocusShares, LLC

FocusShares, LLC, is a registered investment advisor, exchange-traded funds sponsor and wholly-owned subsidiary of Scottrade Financial Services, Inc. FocusShares launched 15 Focus™ Morningstar ETFs in March 2011 that are based on Morningstar® US Market, Large Cap, Mid Cap and Small Cap broad market indexes and 11 sector indexes, including Basic Materials, Communication Services, Consumer Cyclical, Consumer Defensive, Energy, Financial Services, Health Care, Industrials, Real Estate, Technology and Utilities. FocusShares, LLC, is based in Montvale, N.J. For more information, visit us at www.focusshares.com.

About Scottrade Financial Services, Inc.

Scottrade Financial Services, Inc., is the privately-held holding company for Scottrade, Inc., a leading online investing firm; Scottrade Bank, a provider of online retail banking products and services; and FocusShares, LLC, a registered investment advisor and exchange-traded funds sponsor. Scottrade, Inc., was founded in 1980 to provide investors with a better way to invest and make their own trading decisions. Today, it has the largest branch network among online investing firms and provides education to help millions of investors invest for themselves. Scottrade Bank was formed in 2008 to provide banking products and services to Scottrade customers. In 2010, Scottrade Financial Services, Inc., acquired FocusShares, which launched the Focus™ Morningstar ETFs in March 2011. Scottrade Financial Services, Inc., is based in St. Louis, Mo. For more information, visit us at www.scottrade.com.

Brokerage products and services offered through Scottrade, Inc. Member FINRA/SIPC.

About Morningstar, Inc.

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offers an extensive line of products and services for individuals, financial advisors, and institutions. Morningstar provides data on approximately 390,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar investment vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 5 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its registered investment advisor subsidiaries and has nearly $140 billion in assets under advisement and management as of March 31, 2011. The company has operations in 26 countries.

Morningstar® is a service mark of Morningstar, Inc. and has been licensed for use for certain purposes by FocusShares, LLC. The Focus™ Morningstar ETFs are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Morningstar, Inc., and Morningstar, Inc. makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in such ETFs.

ETFs are subject to commission costs each time a "buy" or "sell" is executed. Depending on the amount of trading activity, the low costs of ETFs may be outweighed by commissions and related trading costs.

Before investing in any Focus™ Morningstar ETF, you should carefully consider the applicable fund’s investments objectives, risks, charges and expenses. This and other information is in the applicable fund's prospectus, a copy of which may be obtained by visiting the FocusShares website at www.focusshares.com.. Please read the fund prospectus carefully before you invest.

An investment in any Focus™ Morningstar fund is subject to risk, including the possible loss of principal amount invested. Sector funds tend to be riskier and more volatile than broad market funds because they are less diversified. Investments in mid- and small-capitalization companies may be more volatile than investments in larger companies. The Focus™ Morningstar funds are new, and there can be no assurance that active trading markets will develop or be maintained.

Foreside Fund Services, LLC is the distributor of the Focus™ Morningstar funds.



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Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than original cost. Returns less than one year are not annualized.

Before investing in any Focus™ Morningstar ETF, you should carefully consider the applicable fund's investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. This and other information is in the fund prospectus which can be downloaded from this website. Please read the prospectus carefully before you invest.

Concentrated Fund investments will subject the Fund to a greater risk of loss as a result of adverse economic, business or other developments than if its investments were diversified across different industry sectors.

Shares are bought and sold at market price on an exchange not NAV as a mutual fund and are not individually redeemed by the Fund. Brokerage commissions will reduce returns. Market price returns are based on the midpoint of the bid/ask spread at 4:00 pm Eastern Time (when NAV is normally determined), and do not represent the return you would receive if you traded at other times.

An investment in the Funds is subject to risk, including the possible loss of principal amount invested. Sector funds tend to be riskier and more volatile than the broad market because they are less diversified. Investing in mid and small capitalization companies may be more volatile than those of larger companies. The Funds are new and there can be no assurance that active trading markets for the Shares will develop or be maintained.

ETFs are subject to commission costs each time a “buy” or “sell” is executed. Depending on the amount of trading activity, the low costs of ETFs may be outweighed by commissions and related trading costs.

This website should not be considered a solicitation to buy or an offer to sell shares of any investment in any jurisdiction where the offer or solicitation would be unlawful under the securities laws of such jurisdiction. Nothing on this website is intended to be investment, tax, financial or legal advice. Holdings subject to change.

The Focus™ Morningstar ETFs are distributed by Foreside Fund Services, LLC, Distributor.

Morningstar® is a service mark of Morningstar, Inc. and has been licensed for use for certain purposes by FocusShares. Focus Morningstar ETFs are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Morningstar, and Morningstar makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in any Focus Morningstar ETFs.

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