SPDRR S&PR BRIC 40 ETF (BIK) Exchange: NYSE ARCA

DELISTED - In seeking to track the performance of the S&P BRIC 40 Index (the “Index”), the Fund employs a sampling strategy, which means that the Fund is not required to purchase all of the securities represented in the Index. Instead, the Fund may purchase a subset of the securities in the Index in an effort to hold a portfolio of securities with generally the same risk and return characteristics of the Index. The quantity of holdings in the Fund will be based on a number of factors, including asset size of the Fund. Based on its analysis of these factors, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (“SSGA FM” or the “Adviser”), the investment adviser to the Fund, may invest the Fund's assets in a subset of securities in the Index or may invest the Fund's assets in substantially all of the securities represented in the Index in approximately the same proportions as the Index.Under normal market conditions, the Fund generally invests substantially all, but at least 80%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the Index or in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) or Global Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”) based on securities comprising the Index. The Fund will provide shareholders with at least 60 days' notice prior to any material change in this 80% investment policy. In addition, the Fund may invest in equity securities that are not included in the Index (including common stock, preferred stock, depositary receipts and shares of other investment companies), cash and cash equivalents or money market instruments, such as repurchase agreements and money market funds (including money market funds advised by the Adviser).The Index is a modified market capitalization weighted index designed to provide exposure to 40 leading companies domiciled in the emerging markets of Brazil, Russia, India and China that are listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the London Stock Exchange, NASDAQ and/or the NYSE. To be eligible for the Index, companies must first be constituents of the S&P/IFC Investable (S&P/IFCI) country indices for Brazil, Russia, India or China. The S&P/IFCI Index series is designed to measure the type of returns foreign portfolio investors might receive from investing in emerging market stocks that are legally and practically available to them. Constituents for the S& P/IFCI series are drawn from the S&P/IFC Global stock universe based on size, liquidity and their legal and practical availability to foreign institutional investors. The Index is “float-adjusted”, meaning that only those shares publicly available to investors are included in the Index calculation, and the Index is rebalanced annually. No stock can have a weight greater than 24% and each stock's weight is also capped based on its recent trading volumes. As of November 30, 2015, a significant portion of the Index comprised companies in the financial, technology and energy sectors, although this may change from time to time. As of December 31, 2015, the Index comprised 40 securities.The Index is sponsored by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC (the “Index Provider”), which is not affiliated with the Fund or the Adviser. The Index Provider determines the composition of the Index, relative weightings of the securities in the Index and publishes information regarding the market value of the Index.