The Indices
The S&P 500® Index consists of stocks of 500 companies selected to provide a performance benchmark for the large market
capitalization segment of the U.S. equity markets. For additional information about the S&P 500® Index, see “Equity Index Descriptions
— The S&P U.S. Indices” in the accompanying underlying supplement.
The Russell 2000® Index measures the capitalization-weighted price performance of 2,000 U.S. small-capitalization stocks listed on
eligible U.S. exchanges and is designed to track the performance of the small-capitalization segment of the U.S. equity market. The
companies included in the Russell 2000® Index are the middle 2,000 of the companies that form the Russell 3000E™ Index, which is
composed of the 4,000 largest U.S. companies as determined by total market capitalization and represents approximately 99% of the
U.S. equity market. For additional information about the Russell 2000® Index, see “Equity Index Descriptions — The Russell Indices” in
the accompanying underlying supplement.
The Nasdaq-100 Index® is a modified market capitalization-weighted index that is designed to measure the performance of 100 of the
largest non-financial companies listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market. For additional information about the Nasdaq-100 Index®, see
“Equity Index Descriptions — The Nasdaq-100 Index®” in the accompanying underlying supplement, as supplemented by the following
updated information.
Nasdaq, Inc. (“Nasdaq”), the index sponsor of the Nasdaq-100 Index®, recently implemented several changes to the methodology of
the Nasdaq-100 Index®, including changes to the determination of market capitalization for purposes of constituent selection and
weighting, the introduction of an expedited “Fast Entry” process for certain large companies, the removal of the minimum free float
requirement for constituent selection and the introduction of a cap on the share count used to determine the weighting of low-float
securities. These changes became effective on May 1, 2026, with certain constituent and rebalancing adjustments first implemented
during the June 2026 quarterly review. The information set forth below supersedes the information regarding the Nasdaq-100 Index®
included in the accompanying underlying supplement to the extent inconsistent therewith.
Under the updated methodology, Nasdaq uses different measures of market capitalization for constituent selection and constituent
weighting. For purposes of constituent selection, Nasdaq now uses “Full Market Capitalization.” For companies with direct (non-ADR)
listings and companies represented by an American depositary receipt (“ADR”) that serves as a company’s primary global listing (a
“Primary ADR”), Full Market Capitalization includes both listed and unlisted shares. For companies represented by an ADR where the
underlying shares serve as the company’s primary global listing and are listed on a foreign exchange (a “Non-Primary ADR”), Full
Market Capitalization is based solely on the value of the listed depositary shares, and foreign-listed underlying shares and unlisted
shares are excluded. For purposes of constituent weighting, Nasdaq uses “Modified Market Capitalization,” which takes into account
only eligible listed share classes and disregards foreign-listed and unlisted shares.
In addition, the updated methodology eliminates the minimum free float requirement for inclusion in the Nasdaq-100 Index®, although
the Modified Market Capitalization used for constituent weighting imposes a limitation on the weightings of low-float securities.
Specifically, for purposes of determining Modified Market Capitalization, each low-float security’s share count is limited to the lesser of
(i) its reported total shares outstanding (“TSO”) (or, in the case of an ADR, its listed ADR shares outstanding), and (ii) three times its
free-floating shares or free-floating ADR shares, as applicable. Other than as a direct result of corporate actions, the Nasdaq-100
Index® also no longer implements ad-hoc intra-quarter adjustments to a security’s TSO between scheduled rebalancing events.
The updated methodology also introduces a “Fast Entry” process under which newly eligible securities, including both initial public
offerings and companies that have recently transferred their listing to an eligible exchange, may be added to the Nasdaq-100 Index® on
an expedited basis if their Full Market Capitalization would rank within the top 40 current index constituents and they satisfy the
applicable eligibility criteria. A Fast Entry inclusion will not require the removal of an existing constituent and may temporarily increase
the number of constituents in the Nasdaq-100 Index® above 100.
The updated methodology further provides for quarterly rebalances in March, June and September. During quarterly rebalances, the
index shares of each constituent are adjusted for changes in TSO, index shares of low-float securities are adjusted to reflect changes in
float, constituents ranked outside the top 125 by Full Market Capitalization are removed and, if necessary, replaced, and certain
additional companies whose Full Market Capitalization ranks within the top 40 of current index constituents may be added without
requiring a corresponding removal. Securities added to the Nasdaq-100 Index® between annual reconstitutions, including through the
Fast Entry process, as intra-quarter replacements or as part of a March, June or September quarterly rebalance, will have their initial
index weightings determined using a linear interpolation process based on their Modified Market Capitalization ranking.
Historical Information
The following graphs set forth the historical performance of each Index based on the weekly historical closing levels from January 8,
2021 through July 17, 2026. The closing level of the S&P 500® Index on July 23, 2026 was 7,408.30. The closing level of the Russell
2000® Index on July 23, 2026 was 2,940.163. The closing level of the Nasdaq-100 Index® on July 23, 2026 was 28,454.81. We
obtained the closing levels above and below from the Bloomberg Professional® service (“Bloomberg”), without independent verification.