The Fund's annual gross expense ratio (0.10 percent) remains unchanged and no action is required by shareholders to effect these changes. "We continually review our ETF offerings to identify new or improved ways to access the market in order to provide the best solutions to our clients," said Nick Good, co-head of the Global SPDR business at State Street Global Advisors. "We are excited to offer exposure to domestic small and mid-caps that fits well with our other existing ETFs that track S&P indices in order to provide broader coverage of the US market including large caps, mid caps, small caps, sectors and industries." The S&P 1000® Index combines the S&P MidCap 400® and the S&P SmallCap 600® to form a benchmark for the mid- to small-cap segment of the US equity market. The Index generally comprises companies with unadjusted company market capitalization of $400 million to $5.9 billion at the time of inclusion in the Index that satisfy the Index eligibility criteria.