Seven New Alternative Energy Stocks Added; Three Stocks Deleted from Ardour Global...

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Wed Sep 9, 2009 3:20am EDT 

Seven New Alternative Energy Stocks Added; Three Stocks Deleted from Ardour
Global Alternative Energy Index in Quarterly Rebalancing


NEW YORK, Sept. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ardour Global Alternative Energy
Index(SM) (TICKER: AGIGL) will add seven new components, effective 6:00 PM
(EDT) Sunday, September 20, 2009. Three stocks will be deleted from the index,
changing the number of index components to 113. The changes result from the
quarterly rebalancing of the index. 

Additions to AGIGL are: Ballard Power Systems Inc. (TICKER: BLD CN); UQM
Technologies Inc. (TICKER: UQM US); US Geothermal Inc (TICKER: HTM US); Rino
International Corp. (TICKER: RINO US); OPCON AB (TICKER: OPCO SS); Franklin
Electric (TICKER: FELE US) and Green Plains Renewable Energy (TICKER: GPRE
US).

The deletions from AGIGL are: Conergy AG (TICKER: CGY GR); Ocean Power
Technologies (TICKER: OPTT US) and Plug Power Inc. (TICKER: PLUG US). 

A complete list of constituents and weights will be posted on the AGI family
of alternative energy indexes web site,
(http://ardour.snetglobalindexes.com/about_the_indexes.php). 

The Ardour Global Alternative Energy Index(SM) is a capitalization-weighted,
float-adjusted index of the most prominent alternative energy stocks in the
world. To be included in the AGIGL index, companies must be pure-play and the
stocks must pass multiple screens, including for capitalization, float,
exchange listing, share price and turnover. 

The Ardour Global Index(SM) (Extra Liquid) (TICKER: AGIXL), which contains a
fixed number of 30 stocks, had two additions against two deletions. Trina
Solar (TICKER: TSL US) and EDF Energies Nouvelles (TICKER: EEN FP) will
replace Esco Technologies (TICKER: ESE US) and Evergreen Solar Inc. (TICKER:
ESLR US). 

In addition, the Ardour Global Alternative Energy Index Committee has
announced a rule change, effective Friday September 18, 2009. To conform with
UCITs requirements, the maximum weight cap of individual stocks within the
Ardour Global Alternative Energy Index Family will be reduced from 20% to 10%.


Detailed information, including constituent data, rules and price information,
on the AGI family of alternative energy indexes is available at
www.ardourglobalindexes.com. Data is also available through most vendors of
financial data. 

    Walter Nasdeo
    Ardour Capital Investments, LLC
    212-375-2958

    Joseph LaCorte
    Ardour Global Indexes, LLC
    646-467-7927
    jlacorte@snetworkllc.com



SOURCE  Ardour Global Alternative Energy Index

Walter Nasdeo of Ardour Capital Investments, LLC, +1-212-375-2958; or Joseph
LaCorte of Ardour Global Indexes, LLC, +1-646-467-7927,
jlacorte@snetworkllc.com
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