Three New Solar Energy Stocks Added; Three Stocks Deleted from Ardour Solar Energy Index in Quarterly Rebalancing

The Ardour Solar Energy Index℠ (TICKER: SOLRX) will add three new components, effective 09:00 AM (EST) Monday March 23, 2009.

New York, NY (PRWEB) March 10, 2009 -- The Ardour Solar Energy Index℠ (www.ardourglobalindexes.com) (TICKER: SOLRX) will add three new components, effective 09:00 AM (EST) Monday March 23, 2009. Three stocks will be deleted, changing the number of index components to 30. The changes result from the quarterly rebalancing of the index.

The additions to SOLRX are:

SMA Solar Technology (TICKER: S92 GR)

5N Plus (TICKER: VNP CN)

MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. (TICKER: WFR US)

The deletions from SOLRX are:

Solar-Fabrik AG (TICKER: SFX GR)

Centrosolar AG (TICKER: C3O GR)

Akeena Solar (TICKER: AKNS US)

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

The Ardour Solar Energy Index℠ is a capitalization-weighted, float-adjusted index of the most prominent solar energy stocks in the world. To be included in the SOLRX index, stocks must pass multiple screens, including for capitalization, float, exchange listing, share price and turnover.

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

Index: Ardour Solar Energy Index℠ (USD)

TICKER: SOLRX

Index: Ardour Solar Energy Index℠ (EUR)

TICKER: SOLRE

Contacts:

Walter Nasdeo

Ardour Capital Investments, LLC

212-375-2958

Joseph LaCorte

Ardour Global Indexes, LLC

646-467-7927

www.ardourglobalindexes.com

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