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Media Contact: Bari Trontz
American Stock Exchange
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AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE LISTS SPDR S&P INTERNATIONAL DIVIDEND ETF

New York, February 20, 2008 – The American Stock Exchange® (Amex®) today announced that it launched trading yesterday in the SPDR® S&P® International Dividend ETF (Amex: DWX) by State Street Global Advisors (SSgA).

“We are pleased to continue to support State Street in building on their family of international ETFs,” said Scott Ebner, Senior Vice President of the Amex ETF Marketplace. “We are proud to have been chosen to list this SPDR which is designed to offer investors exposure to foreign companies with high dividend yields. 

DWX aims to track the price and yield performance of the S&P International Dividend Opportunities Index which includes 100 tradable, exchange-listed stocks from around the world that offer high dividend yields.

Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing, LP is the specialist for DWX.

About American Stock Exchange
The American Stock Exchange® (Amex®) offers trading across a full range of equities, options and exchange traded funds (ETFs), including structured products and HOLDRSSM. In addition to its role as a national equities market, the Amex is the pioneer of the ETF, responsible for bringing the first domestic product to market in 1993. Leading the industry in ETF listings, the Amex lists 378 ETFs to date. The Amex is also one of the largest options exchanges in the U.S., trading options on broad-based and sector indexes as well as domestic and foreign stocks.