FTSE Renaissance Global IPO Index Series Ground Rules v1.4x

SECTION 1
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 This paper sets out the Ground Rules for the management of the FTSE Renaissance Global
IPO Index Series. Copies of the Ground Rules are available from FTSE on the website
www.ftse.com.
1.2 The FTSE Renaissance Global IPO Index Series was created jointly by FTSE Group (“FTSE”), a
global index provider and calculator of indices, and Renaissance Capital International LLC
(“Renaissance”), a Greenwich, CT based leading provider of independent research on newly
public companies.
1.3 The FTSE Renaissance Global IPO Index Series currently contains the following indices:
GLOBAL
FTSE Renaissance Global IPO Index (IPOSG)
The FTSE Renaissance Global IPO Index is designed to capture the essence of IPO activity
and performance. Qualified IPOs are added to the Index at the end of their first trading day
and removed from the Index after approximately two years when they become seasoned
equities. The Index reflects the investability of its constituents by using a free float-adjusted
weighting approach and includes all institutionally-investable IPOs in developed and emerging
markets (as defined in Appendix B) of operating companies that list with an initial investable
market capitalization of at least USD 100 million.
FTSE Renaissance Global IPO Capped Index (IPOSGC)
The FTSE Renaissance Global IPO Capped Index is a capped version of the FTSE Renaissance
Global IPO Index, in which stocks are capped at 5% in conjunction with each quarterly
review, at the time a new IPO is added to the Index, or when a corporate event causes the
investable market capitalization of a constituent to exceed 5% of the total index investable
market capitalization. The index follows the capping methodology set forth in Section 10.
FTSE Renaissance Global ex US IPO Index (IPOSXU)
The FTSE Renaissance Global ex US IPO Index is designed to mirror the FTSE Renaissance
Global IPO Index with the exception that IPOs whose primary trading market is in the United
States are excluded.
FTSE Renaissance Global ex Japan IPO Index (IPOSXJ)
The FTSE Renaissance Global ex Japan IPO Index is designed to mirror the FTSE Renaissance
Global IPO Index with the exception that IPOs whose primary trading market is in Japan are
excluded.
Ground Rules for the Management of the FTSE Renaissance Global IPO Index Series 3
Version 1.4 April 2013