iShares Global Agriculture Index Fund - COW

ETF Overview

The fund seeks to provide investment results that generally correspond to the performance of the Manulife Asset Management Global Agriculture Index (the "Index"), less fees and expenses.

The Index seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation by investing in equity and equity-related securities involved in the agriculture sector.

Additional Index Information

Manulife Asset Management employs a proprietary quantitative multi-factor bottom-up selection process to select and weight the top companies involved in the agricultural sector.

Agriculture companies are those companies that operate in the following industries:

Agricultural Products
Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals
Construction and Farm Machinery and heavy trucks
Packaged Foods & Meats (only those that are integrated producers of food)
Crop Production
Raising of livestock
Fish farming
Manufacturer of seed
Manufacturer of planting, harvesting, crop protection, and irrigation systems
Manufacturer of market raw or unfinished agriculture and food products

The selection process employed by Manulife Asset Management incorporates a number of factor rankings including balance sheet ratios, earnings revisions, growth rates income statement ratios, price momentum factors, profitability ratios, proprietary factors, qualitative factors, stability ratios and valuation ratios.

Key ETF Data

Fundamentals
Category (main)	Global Equity - Agriculture
Underlying Index	Manulife Asset Management Global Agriculture Index
ETF Structure	Passive type. Endeavours to return the Index return before fees/costs
Asset Class	Equity
Region	Global
Issuer	iShares Canada by Blackrock
ETF Home Page	Available here

Fund Facts
Inception Date	18 Dec 2007
Total Holdings	35
Distribution Frequency	Quarterly
Leverage	None
Significant Currency Exposure	Yes
Currency Hedging	No

Fees
Management Fee	0.63%
Management Expense Ratio (MER)	0.73%

Trading Information
Ticker	COW
Exchange	TSX (Toronto Stock Exchange)
Currency	CAD

Eligibility
Eligibility *	RRSP, RRIF, RESP, TFSA, DPSP, RDSP
DRIP available **	Yes
PACC Plan available **	Yes
SWP available **	Yes

* Always check eligibility with your plan operator as plans and accounts can differ

** Not all brokers can facilitate these plans. Check with your broker.

Current Price, Fund Performance, Yield, NAV, Charts etc

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