The International Dividend Achievers™ Index is designed to track the performance of dividend paying American Depositary Receipts and foreign common stocks trading on major US exchanges. To become eligible for inclusion in the International Dividend Achievers Index a stock must be incorporated outside the United States, trade on the NYSE, NASDAQ or AMEX, and have increased its annual regular dividend payments for the last five or more consecutive years. In addition, Indxis requires that a stock's average daily cash volume exceed $500,000 per day in November and December prior to each annual reconstitution in January. The Index is calculated using a dividend yield weighting methodology and is calculated by American Stock Exchange under the symbol DAT since August 1, 2005.

To become eligible for inclusion, a company must be incorporated outside of the United States. The companies must be have an American Depository Receipt or common stock trading on NYSE, NASDAQ or AMEX. Companies must have paid increasing regular annual dividends for five or more consecutive years. The average daily cash volume must exceed $500,000 in US$ in the November and December prior to reconstitution. The index is weighted using a dividend yield methodology, with Canadian constituents using a current dividend yield and international constituents using a trailing twelve-month dividend yield. The index is reconstituted annually on the last trading date in January based on the constituents' dividend yield as of the last trading date in December. The index is rebalanced quarterly on the last trading date in April, July and October based on the constituents dividend yield as of the last trading dates in March, June and September, respectively.