BGREEN - BettaBeta CIS - SA`s First Green ETF sees increases in constituents

BGREEN - BettaBeta CIS - SA`s First Green ETF sees increases in constituents    
in line with 2011 CDP Report                                                    
BettaBeta CIS                                                                   
("Be Green")                                                                    
(a portfolio under the BettaBeta Collective Investment Scheme ("BettaBeta       
CIS") registered in terms of the Collective Investment Schemes Control Act,     
45 of 2002 ("CISCA"))                                                           
Share Code: BGREEN                                                              
Abbreviated Name: Be Green                                                      
ISIN: ZAE000162277                                                              
SA`s First Green ETF sees increases in constituents in line with 2011 CDP       
Report                                                                          
Nedbank`s Be Green Exchange Traded Fund ("ETF") increases in constituents       
from 33 to 43 companies as South African companies improve on disclosure and    
performance regarding climate change issues.                                    
The Nedbank Be Green ETF is based on the Nedbank Green Index which was          
launched in July as a benchmark for environmentally-conscious investors and     
a means of measuring the performance of companies with environmentally          
sustainable business practices.                                                 
The Nedbank Green Index is the first of its kind in South Africa. It is a       
rules-based index that is based on the data provided by the Carbon              
Disclosure Project (CDP) and the United Nations` register of Clean              
Development Mechanism (CDM) projects in South Africa.                           
On the 6th December 2011, the CDP unveiled the South African report for 2011    
which evaluates the responses of the top 100 South African companies to the     
challenges presented by climate change. According to the CDP, South Africa      
had the second highest response rate at 83%, after the European Union.          
Nedbank is excited by the high response rate as it shows how seriously the      
South African business community takes climate change.                          
The improvements in the South African results are demonstrated by the           
increase of constituents in the Nedbank Green Index from the current 33 to      
43 companies. Based on analysis of the data, Nedbank will be re-balancing       
the Nedbank Green Index, with changes effective on Monday the 19th of           
December 2011. The Nedbank Be Green ETF which tracks the Green Index will be    
re-balanced accordingly.                                                        
Importantly, apart from having sufficient green credentials, the companies      
that populate the Nedbank Be Green ETF also have to have sufficient levels      
of liquidity to enable Nedbank to make a market and stimulate the buying and    
selling of units.                                                               
The top holdings of the Nedbank Be Green ETF will include Goldfields,           
British American Tobacco, Exxaro Resources, Nedbank, Pick `n Pay, Remgro and    
Woolworths. These companies serve as examples in their respective industries    
as to how they effectively embrace opportunities in the Green Economy along     
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