News Release

Nomura Asset Management to launch a new ETF designed to track theperformance of the “MSCI Japan Empowering Women (WIN) SelectIndex”
Tokyo, April 12, 2018— Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd. (NAM), the core company
within the Asset Management Division of the Nomura Group, today announced plans to launch anew exchange traded fund (ETF) designed to track the performance of the “MSCI Japan
Empowering Women (WIN) Select Index.”
The MSCI Japan Empowering Women (WIN) Select Index is a stock price index developed byMSCI Inc. and comprises leading Japanese companies that promote gender diversity.
Companies that foster diversity and actively encourage women’s participation in the workplace
are better able to respond to changes in the environment and better positioned to achievesustainable earnings growth over the long term. The index also selects companies based onsuch factors as sales and capital expenditure, which contribute to company growth.
Through the new ETF, NAM aims to provide investment opportunities to companies striving toempower women.
Named " NEXT FUNDS MSCI Japan Empowering Women Select Index Exchange Traded Fund"(ticker:2518), the new ETF was today approved for listing by the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE)with a listing date of May 15.
From the listing date, investors will be able to trade the ETF on the TSE through securities
dealers and traders in Japan. The ETF can be subscribed and redeemed only in kind, inaccordance with the relevant Japanese tax regulations.
The ETF is part of Nomura’s NEXT FUNDS range, and brings the total to 59.
† “NEXT FUNDS” is the brand name for the ETF product range of Nomura
Asset Management Co., Ltd., representing “Nomura Exchange TradedFunds”.

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Disclaimer of " MSCI Japan Empowering Women (WIN) Select Index "The funds or securities referred to herein are not sponsored, endorsed, or promoted by MSCI, and MSCI
bears no liability with respect to any such funds or securities or any index on which such funds orsecurities are based. The Prospectus that is scheduled to be published on May 14, 2018 will contain amore detailed description of the limited relationship MSCI has with NOMURA ASSET MANAGEMENTCO., LTD and any related funds.
Disclaimer of Nomura Asset Management
The contents of this material are based on an English translation of a Japanese announcement made on
April 12, 2018 by Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd. Whilst every effort has been made to translate theJapanese document into English, the accuracy and correctness of this translation are not guaranteed,
therefore please refer to the original Japanese document.
Please note that the information contained in this document is for reference purposes only and does notconstitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities by Nomura Asset ManagementCo., Ltd. to any person in Japan and does not constitute a distribution, an offer to sell or the solicitation of
an offer to buy any securities or provide any services in any jurisdiction in which such distribution or offer
is not authorized.
Furthermore, none of the shares of the Fund have been or will be registered under the United States
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“1933 Act”), or under the securities laws of any state or politicalsubdivision of the United States of America or any of its territories, possessions or other areas subject toits jurisdiction including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (the “United States”). The Fund has not been
and will not be registered under the United States Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, norunder any other US federal laws.
Accordingly, the information in this document is not made or directed to any person in the United States
and under no circumstance shall the provision of the information on this document be deemed toconstitute an offer of securities or an offer to provide any services to any person in the United States or to
any U.S. Person as the term is defined under 1933 Act.
Furthermore, the information in this document is not made or directed to any person in the United
Kingdom and under no circumstances shall the provision of the information in this document be deemed toconstitute an offer of securities or an offer to provide any services to any person in the United Kingdom.

Disclosures required in Japan
Registered Company Name: Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd.
Registration Number: Director of the Kanto Local Financial Bureau (Financial instruments firms) No. 373
Member Associations: The Investment Trusts Association, Japan; Japan Securities Investment Advisers
Association; Type II Financial Instruments Firms Association
This document is issued for reference purposes to explain the outline of "NEXT FUNDS MSCI Japan
Empowering Women Select Index Exchange Traded Fund" (“Fund”) and does not constitute disclosurematerial based on the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law. Moreover, this document is not in any
way intended to be an investment solicitation. Before investing in the Fund, prospective investors shouldcarefully read the “Securities Registration Statement”, “the Prospectus”, and the “Document Prior toConclusion of Contract” under your own responsibilities and based on your own judgment.
Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd. does not directly handle order requests for the Fund from investors.
To invest in the Fund, it is necessary to open an account with a nearby Type-1 financial instruments
business provider (securities firm) that handles ETFs and make a request to the broker.
Since the Fund invests primarily in securities and future contracts, there is a risk that the market price ofsuch securities or the NAV per unit of the Fund could decline and cause an investment loss due to adecline in the stock price index, a price decline in securities comprising the index, the bankruptcy of astock issuer, or deterioration in the financial conditions of an issuer, in addition to other market factors.
AN INVESTOR’S PRINCIPAL IS THEREFORE NOT GUARANTEED.
AN INVESTOR SHALL BEAR THE FOLLOWING COSTS WHEN INVESTING IN THE FUND.
Trading Fee
Trading of the Fund incurs brokerage commission fees set by a Type-1 financial instruments businessprovider (securities firm) that handles the transaction. These commissions are separate from the actual
transaction value. (Because the commissions charged by each securities firm differ, it is not possible tospecify a maximum amount.)
Management Fees
The amount of management fees will be an amount calculated according to (I) below plus that calculated
according to (II) below daily during the Fund calculation period.
(I) The management fee will be a percentage of the Fund's total net assets no larger than 0.162% (0.15%exclusive of taxes) annually (the percentage will be at 0.162% [0.15% exclusive of taxes] as of April 12,2018).
(II) Not more than 43.2% (40% exclusive of taxes) of loan fees when securities are lent. This will be
divided in a ratio of 80 to 20 between the manager and the trustee.
An investor shall bear the management fees above according to the holding period. These amounts will be
paid out of trust assets and they are the costs indirectly paid by an investor during an investor’s holding
period.
Other Expenses
The taxes involved in the Fund, various handling costs for the trust business, the interests for the fundpaid by the trustee, brokerage commission fees for transactions in the securities comprising the Fund,various expenses such as audit fees, listing fees for the Beneficiary Interests, and fees for use ofbenchmark index trademarks, and the sales taxes for each fee. These expenses are paid out each time
during an investor’s holding period. These amounts will be paid out of trust assets and they are the costs
indirectly paid by an investor during an investor’s holding period.