J.P. Morgan to Sponsor Six WisdomTree ETFs on the Mexican Stock Exchange

NEW YORK, May 4, 2010 – J.P. Morgan announced today that it has been appointed by WisdomTree®, an exchange-traded fund (ETF) sponsor and asset manager, to offer six of its U.S.-registered ETFs on the international segment of the Mexican Stock Exchange, Bolsa Mexicana de Valores (BMV). 

The six new WisdomTree ETFs are listed on the BMV in pesos and trades can be initiated through a local broker: WisdomTree India Earnings Fund (EPI), WisdomTree Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund (DEM), WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Fund (DGS), WisdomTree LargeCap Dividend Fund (DLN), WisdomTree SmallCap Earnings Fund (EES), and WisdomTree Japan SmallCap Dividend Fund (DFJ).

J.P. Morgan’s Depositary Receipts (DR) business services the ETFs and handles all corporate actions.  J.P. Morgan also disseminates relevant shareholder and corporate actions information in the Mexican market via BMV.  Additionally, a dedicated J.P. Morgan representative is available in Mexico City to provide local expertise and guidance to investors. 

Bruce Lavine, President and Chief Operating Officer at WisdomTree, said: “Investors’ demand for a diversified ETF lineup in the marketplace continues to increase. We believe that J.P. Morgan’s industry expertise, keen local market knowledge and market-leading advisory services will help us achieve our future growth initiatives.”

Joseph Dooley, DR Executive for the Americas at J.P. Morgan, said: “We look forward to servicing WisdomTree’s ETFs in Mexico. We welcome this strong investor appetite for peso-denominated ETFs and believe that this relationship will help us expand our presence in the Mexican market.”

For market information on DRs and international equities go to J.P. Morgan’s award-winning Web site www.adr.com. For more information on J.P. Morgan’s DR services please visit http://www.jpmorgan.com/visit/adr.

About Wisdom Tree Trust 
WisdomTree® is an exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) sponsor and asset manager using its own fundamentally weighted index methodology. WisdomTree also licenses its indexes to third parties for proprietary products and offers a platform to promote the use of WisdomTree ETFs in 401(k) plans. Approximately $7.9 billion in assets currently are managed by WisdomTree or are managed against WisdomTree Indexes by third parties under license from WisdomTree. For more information, please visit www.wisdomtree.com .

About J.P. Morgan Worldwide Securities Services
J.P. Morgan Worldwide Securities Services (WSS) is a premier securities servicing provider that helps institutional investors, alternative asset managers, broker dealers and equity issuers optimize efficiency, mitigate risk and enhance revenue. A division of J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (NYSE: JPM), WSS leverages the firm’s unparalleled scale, leading technology and deep industry expertise to service investments around the world. It has $15.3 trillion in assets under custody and $6.5 trillion in funds under administration. For more information, go to www.jpmorgan.com/wss.  

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