KBW Announces Change to KBW Premium Yield Equity REIT Index (KYXSM)

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., a full-service, boutique investment bank and broker-dealer that specializes in the financial services sector, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. SF, announces the following change:

Effective prior to the opening of business on Wednesday, September 11, 2013, the following constituent change will occur:

KBW Premium Yield Equity REIT Index (Index Ticker: KYX^SM, ETF Ticker: KBWY^SM)

• Removing CapLease, Inc. LSE due to the expected closing of the proposed merger with American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. ARCP. There will be no corresponding addition to the index at this time.

The KBW indices have ten tradable exchange-traded funds licensed: KBW Bank Index (Index Ticker: BKX^SM, ETF Ticker: KBWB^SM); KBW Capital Markets Index (Index Ticker: KSX^SM, ETF Ticker: KBWC^SM); KBW Insurance Index (Index Ticker: KIX^SM, ETF Ticker: KBW I^SM); KBW Regional Banking Index (Index Ticker: KRX^SM, ETF Ticker: KBWR^SM, KRS^SM, KRU^SM); KBW Financial Sector Dividend Yield Index (Index Ticker: KDX^SM, ETF Ticker: KBWD^SM); KBW Premium Yield Equity REIT Index (Index Ticker: KYX^SM, ETF Ticker: KBWY^SM); KBW Property and Casualty Insurance Index (Index Ticker: KPX^SM, ETF Ticker: KBWP^SM); and KBW Global (Ex. U.S.) Financial Sector Index (Index Ticker: KGX^SM, ETF Ticker: KBWX^SM).

About KBW

KBW LLC, a Stifel company, operates in the U.S. and Europe through its broker dealer subsidiaries, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Limited. Over the years, KBW has established itself as a leading independent authority in the banking, insurance, brokerage, asset management, mortgage banking and specialty finance sectors. Founded in 1962, the firm maintains industry-leading positions in the areas of research, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions as well as sales and trading in equities securities of financial services companies.