The Rogers International Commodity Index Committee Announces Changes

The Rogers International Commodity Index Committee Announces Changes

April 06, 2007

    CHICAGO, LAUSANNE, TOKYO, LONDON, NEW YORK, April 6
/Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- The Rogers International Index
Committee announced today the following changes to the
Rogers International Commodity Index(R) (RICI(R)). These
changes will be implemented as of April 26, 2007. 

    To make easiest the replication of the index, a new
methodology will be implemented. 

    Key points of the new methodology:

    --  The index will roll over a period of three days
from the day prior to 
        the last business day of the month to the first
RICI(R) business day 
        of the following month. 

    --  The index is rebased towards Initial Weights during
the roll period.


    The Committee also decided to modify the cotton roll
matrix: at the end of May, the index will roll from the
July contract to the December contract. 

    Rogers created the RICI(R) in 1997 and 1998. The
RICI(R) represents the value of a compendium (or
"basket") of 36 globally traded commodities
employed in the global economy, ranging from agricultural
products and energy products to metals and minerals. 

    Since January 1, 2007, the Rogers International
Commodity Index(R) has increased by approximately 3.11% as
of April 4, 2007. Since Rogers created the RICI(R) on
August 1, 1998, the RICI(R) has increased by approximately

249.75 %. 

    Rogers has been an advocate of commodities-based
investing and natural resources since late 1998. He is well
known for his three books: Investment Biker, Adventure
Capitalist and Hot Commodities.


    For more information, please contact:  

     Tom Price
     President of Beeland Management Company, LLC
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]