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• HEW, HEWITT ASSOC INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 116.713028

Hewitt Associates, Inc. (Hewitt) is a global provider of human resource benefits, outsourcing and consulting services. The Company operates in three business segments: Benefits Outsourcing, Human Resource Business Process Outsourcing (HR BPO) and Consulting. Through these segments it helps clients develop, implement and deliver strategies and programs for human resources business process design, administration and technologies, as well as manage the human elements necessary to acquire, develop, motivate and retain the talent required to meet business objectives. In March 2008, Hewitt acquired New Bridge Street Consultants. During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2008, it also acquired CSi, a specialist compensation consultancy and LCG, which provides an array of integrated disability, leave and absence-management solutions.

• GILD, GILEAD SCIENCES Current Caprock Strength Rating: 149.438553

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Gilead) is a biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, and commercializes therapeutics in areas of unmet medical need. The Company has United States and international commercial sales operations, with marketing subsidiaries in Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, and United States. Its commercial team promotes Truvada, Viread, Emtriva, Hepsera, AmBisome, Letairis, and Flolan through direct field contact with physicians, hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare providers. Gilead?s corporate partner, Astellas Pharma, Inc. (Astellas), promotes and sells AmBisome in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. In May 2008, the Company acquired Navitas Assets, LLC?s.

• NYB, NEW YORK CMMTY BN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 50.975937

New York Community Bancorp, Inc. is the holding company for New York Community Bank (Community Bank) and New York Commercial Bank (Commercial Bank). The Company has 215 banking offices serving customers in all five boroughs of New York City, Long Island, and Westchester County in New York, and Essex, Hudson, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, and Union counties in New Jersey. Community Bank has 178 locations that operate through six divisional banks: Queens County Savings Bank, Roslyn Savings Bank, Richmond County Savings Bank, Roosevelt Savings Bank, Garden State Community Bank, and Synergy Bank. Commercial Bank has 37 branches serving Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Westchester County, and Long Island, including 18 branches of Atlantic Bank.

• WMGI, WRIGHT MEDICAL GR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 31.325432

Wright Medical Group, Inc. (Wright) is a global orthopaedic medical device company specializing in the design, manufacture and marketing of reconstructive joint devices and biologics products. Reconstructive joint devices are used to replace knee, hip and other joints that have deteriorated or have been damaged through disease or injury. The Company operates through Wright Medical Technology, Inc. and other operating subsidiaries. The Company offers products in four primary market sectors: knee reconstruction, hip reconstruction, extremity reconstruction and biologics. Biologics are used to replace damaged or diseased bone, to stimulate bone growth and to provide other biological solutions for surgeons and their patients. In April 2008, the Company acquired Inbone Technologies, Inc., a manufacturer and marketer of the INBONE Total Ankle Replacement System and Intra-Osseous Fusion Rods.

• CRK, COMSTOCK RES Current Caprock Strength Rating: 88.390938

Comstock Resources, Inc. (Comstock) is engaged in the acquisition, development, production and exploration of oil and natural gas. The Company?s oil and gas operations are concentrated in east Texas/north Louisiana and south Texas regions. Its oil and natural gas properties have proved reserves of 581.7 billion cubic feet equivalent (Bcfe) as of December 31, 2008. Its consolidated proved oil and natural gas reserve base is 90% natural gas and 67% proved developed on a Bcfe basis as of December 31, 2008. In August 2008, Comstock divested its interests in its offshore oil and gas properties through the sale of Bois d?Arc Energy, Inc.

• R, RYDER SYSTEM INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 121.216743

Ryder System, Inc. (Ryder) is a provider of transportation and supply chain management solutions. The Company operates in three segments: Fleet Management Solutions (FMS), which provides full-service leasing, contract maintenance, contract-related maintenance and commercial rental of trucks, tractors and trailers to customers principally in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom; Supply Chain Solutions (SCS), which provides supply chain solutions, including distribution and transportation services throughout North America, and in Europe, South America and Asia, and Dedicated Contract Carriage (DCC), which provides vehicles and drivers as part of a dedicated transportation solution in the United States. On February 2, 2009, it acquired the assets of Edart Leasing LLC (Edart), which included Edart?s fleet of approximately 1,600 vehicles.

• HEW, HEWITT ASSOC INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 116.713028

Hewitt Associates, Inc. (Hewitt) is a global provider of human resource benefits, outsourcing and consulting services. The Company operates in three business segments: Benefits Outsourcing, Human Resource Business Process Outsourcing (HR BPO) and Consulting. Through these segments it helps clients develop, implement and deliver strategies and programs for human resources business process design, administration and technologies, as well as manage the human elements necessary to acquire, develop, motivate and retain the talent required to meet business objectives. In March 2008, Hewitt acquired New Bridge Street Consultants. During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2008, it also acquired CSi, a specialist compensation consultancy and LCG, which provides an array of integrated disability, leave and absence-management solutions.

• UBB, UNIBANCO BRASILRS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 1.280511

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• VVC, VECTREN CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 25.719864

Vectren Corporation (Vectren) is an energy holding company. The Company?s wholly owned subsidiary, Vectren Utility Holdings, Inc. (Utility Holdings), serves as the intermediate holding company for three operating public utilities: Indiana Gas Company, Inc. (Indiana Gas), Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company (SIGECO) and the Ohio operations (VEDO). Utility Holdings also has other assets that provide information technology and other services to the three utilities. Indiana Gas provides energy delivery services to over 568,000 natural gas customers located in central and southern Indiana. SIGECO provides energy delivery services to over 141,000 electric customers and approximately 111,000 gas customers located near Evansville in southwestern Indiana. SIGECO also owns and operates electric generation.

• RCS, PIMCO STR GLB GVT Current Caprock Strength Rating: 26.154078

PIMCO Strategic Global Government Fund, Inc. (the Fund) is a closed-end, non-diversified management investment company. The Fund?s primary investment objective is to generate, over time, a level of income higher than that generated by intermediate-term United States debt securities. The Fund invests primarily in a diversified portfolio of investment-grade United States and foreign government securities. It invests at least 80% of its net assets plus borrowings in government securities and not more than 20% of total assets may be invested in emerging market securities. The Fund may invest in swap agreements. The Fund may invest in mortgage-related or other asset-backed securities. The Fund?s investment manager is Allianz Global Investors Fund Management LLC, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Allianz Global Investors of America L.P. Its sub-advisor is Pacific Investment Management Company LLC.

• MSB, MESABI TRUST CTF Current Caprock Strength Rating: 143.796799

Mesabi Trust (Trust) was established to conserve and protect the Trust Estate and to collect and distribute the income and proceeds there from to the Trust?s certificate holders after. The Agreement of Trust prohibits the Trust from engaging in any business. The lessee/operator of Mesabi Trust?s mineral interests is Northshore Mining Corporation (NMC), a subsidiary of Cleveland-Cliffs Inc (CCI). The Trust owns two different interests in certain properties in the Mesabi Iron Range: Mesabi Trust?s interest as assignor in the Amended Assignment of Peters Lease and the Amended Assignment of Cloquet Lease, which together cover properties aggregating approximately 9,750 largely contiguous acres in St. Louis County, Minnesota, and Mesabi Trust?s ownership of the entire beneficial interest in the Mesabi Land Trust, which has a 20% interest as fee owner in the Peters Lease Lands and a 100% fee ownership in certain non-mineral-bearing lands adjacent to the Peters and Cloquet Lease Lands.

• DCOM, DIME COMMUNITY BC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 161.581848

Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. is the parent company of The Dime Savings Bank of Williamsburgh (the Bank), a federally chartered stock savings bank. The Bank maintains its headquarters in the Williamsburg section of the borough of Brooklyn, New York and operates 23 full-service retail banking offices located in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx, and in Nassau County, New York. The Bank?s principal business is gathering deposits from customers within its market area, and investing them primarily in multifamily residential mortgage loans, commercial real estate loans, one- to four-family residential mortgage loans, construction loans, consumer loans, mortgage-backed securities (MBS), obligations of the United States Government and government-sponsored entities, and corporate debt and equity securities.

• ECL, ECOLAB INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 76.403633

Ecolab Inc. (Ecolab) develops and markets products and services for the hospitality, foodservice, health care and industrial markets. The Company provides cleaning and sanitizing products and programs, as well as pest elimination, maintenance and repair services primarily to hotels and restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, quick service (fast-food and convenience store) units, grocery stores, commercial and institutional laundries, light industry, dairy plants and farms, food and beverage processors, and the vehicle wash industry. The Company operates in three business segments: United States Cleaning & Sanitizing segment, United States Other Services segment and International segment. In February 2008, the Company acquired Ecovation, Inc., a provider of renewable energy solutions and management systems primarily for the food and beverage manufacturing industry in the United States, including dairy, beverage and meat and poultry producers.

• PCN, PIMCO CORP INC FD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 76.610695

PIMCO Corporate Income Fund (the Fund) is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund?s primary investment objective is to seek high current income with capital preservation and capital appreciation as secondary objectives by investing at least 80% of its total assets in a diversified portfolio of United States dollar-denominated corporate debt obligations of varying maturities and other income-producing securities. PIMCO Corporate Income Fund may purchase and write (sell) put and call options. The Fund?s investment manager is Allianz Global Investors Fund Management LLC, an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Allianz Global Investors of America L.P. The Fund?s sub-adviser is Pacific Investment Management Company LLC.

• AGU, AGRIUM INC. Current Caprock Strength Rating: 430.409576

Agrium Inc. is a retailer of agriculture products and services in the United State, as well as Argentina and Chile, and global producer and wholesale marketer of nutrients for agricultural and industrial markets. The Company?s three operating business units are: Retail, Wholesale, and Advanced Technologies. The Company operates 872 retail centers, 72 terminals and 19 distribution centers in North and South America. On May 5, 2008, the Company acquired UAP Holding Corp. (UAP), a distributor of a range of crop protection products, nutrients, seed and services to growers across North America. On July 8, 2008, it acquired a 70% interest in Common Market Fertilizers S.A. (CMF) a fertilizer distribution company.

• ACL, ALCON INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 16.471506

Alcon, Inc. (Alcon) is a research and development driven, global medical specialty company focused on eye care. The Company develops, manufactures and markets pharmaceuticals, surgical equipment and devices and consumer eye care products to treat diseases and disorders of the eye. Alcon manages its business through two segments: Alcon United States and Alcon International. Its portfolio spans three key ophthalmic categories: pharmaceutical, surgical and consumer eye care products. In its pharmaceutical category Alcon develops, manufactures and markets a range of prescription ophthalmic pharmaceutical products. Alcon offers a range of surgical equipment, single-use and disposable products. The Company markets contact lens care products, artificial tears and ocular vitamins, in its consumer eye care products category. In July 2008, Novartis AG acquired a 25% stake in Alcon from Nestle SA.

• KNDL, KENDLE INTL INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 19.166256

Kendle International Inc. is a global clinical research organization (CRO) that provides a range of Phase I-IV global clinical development services to the biopharmaceutical industry. The Company augments the research and development activities of biopharmaceutical companies by offering clinical research services and information technology designed to reduce drug development time and expense. Kendle International Inc. is managed in two reportable segments: Early Stage and Late Stage. The Early Stage business focuses on the Company?s Phase I operations while Late Stage is comprised of clinical development services related to Phase II through III clinical trials conducted worldwide, late phase clinical development services related to Phase IIIB and IV clinical trials conducted worldwide, regulatory affairs and biometrics offerings. In June 2008, the Company announced the acquisition of DecisionLine Clinical Research Corporation.

• IFN, INDIA FUND (THE) Current Caprock Strength Rating: 51.225807

The India Fund, Inc. (the Fund) is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund?s investment objective is long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in Indian equity securities. The India Fund, Inc. invests in various industries, including apparel manufacturing, alcoholic beverages, building and construction, cement, chemicals, computer software and programming, consumer non-durables, consumer products, consumer staples, diversified financial services, electric – transmission, electronics and electrical equipment, energy – alternate sources, engineering, finance, financial services, food, hotels and leisure, independent power producers, metal – diversified, motorcycle/motor scooter, and oil and gas. Blackstone Asia Advisors L.L.C. serves as the Fund?s investment manager. Blackstone Advisors also serves as the Fund?s administrator.

• TSU, TIM PARTICIPACOES Current Caprock Strength Rating: 5.498489

TIM Participacoes SA is a wireless provider in Brazil. The Company primarily uses the global system for mobile communications technology (GSM), to provide mobile telecommunications services throughout Brazil. The Company offers value-added services, including short message services or text messaging, multimedia messaging services, push-mail, Blackberry service, video call, turbo mail, wireless application protocol (WAP) downloads, Web browsing, business data solutions, songs, games, television access, voice mail, conference calling, chats and other content and services. The Company provides interconnection services to fixed line and mobile service providers as well.

• PBCT, PEOPLE’S UNITED F Current Caprock Strength Rating: 5.961179

People’s United Financial, Inc. (People?s United Financial), is a savings and loan holding company. The principal business of People?s United Financial is to provide, through People?s United Bank and its subsidiaries, commercial banking, retail and small business banking and wealth management services to individual, corporate and municipal customers. Traditional banking activities are conducted primarily within the New England and include extending secured and unsecured commercial, and consumer loans, originating mortgage loans secured by residential and commercial properties, and accepting consumer, commercial and municipal deposits. In addition to traditional banking activities, People?s United Bank provides specialized services tailored to specific markets, including personal, institutional and employee benefit trust; cash management, and municipal banking and finance. On January 1, 2008, People?s United Financial completed its acquisition of the Chittenden Corporation.

• PVA, PENN VIRGINIA CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 53.993431

Penn Virginia Corporation is an independent oil and gas company primarily engaged in the development, exploration and production of natural gas and oil in various domestic onshore regions including East Texas, the Mid-Continent, Appalachia, Mississippi and the Gulf Coast. The Company also indirectly owns partner interests in Penn Virginia Resource Partners, L.P. (PVR). The Company?s ownership interests in PVR are held principally through its general partner interest and its 77% limited partner interest in Penn Virginia GP Holdings, L.P. (PVG). The Company is engaged in three business segments: oil and gas, coal and natural resource management and natural gas midstream. The Company operates its oil and gas segment. PVR operates the coal and natural resource management and natural gas midstream segments.

• XEC, CIMAREX ENERGY CO Current Caprock Strength Rating: 83.668793

Cimarex Energy Co. is an independent oil and gas exploration and production company. The Company?s operations are mainly located in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Kansas, Louisiana and Wyoming. As of December 31, 2008, proved oil and gas reserves totaled 1.3 trillion cubic feet equivalent (Tcfe), consisting of 1.1 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of gas and 45.2 million barrels of oil and natural gas liquids. Of total proved reserves, 80% are gas and 82% are classified as proved developed. During the year ended December 31, 2008, production averaged 485.8 million cubic feet equivalent (MMcfe) per day, consisting of 348.2 million cubic feet (MMcf) of gas per day and 22,937 barrels of oil per day. The Company operates the wells that account for 83% of its total proved reserves and approximately 81% of production.

• PRA, PROASSURANCE CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 56.691349

ProAssurance Corporation, is a holding company for property and casualty insurance companies focused on professional liability insurance. The Company sells professional liability insurance primarily to physicians, dentists, other healthcare providers and healthcare facilities. The Company maintains local claims and/or underwriting offices to have a local presence in the markets it serves. ProAssurance Corporation?s core operating subsidiaries are ProAssurance Indemnity Company, Inc. (PRA Indemnity), ProAssurance Casualty Company (PRA Casualty), ProAssurance National Capital Insurance Company (PRA National), ProAssurance Wisconsin Insurance Company (PRA Wisconsin) and ProAssurance Specialty Insurance Company, Inc. (PRA Specialty). The Company merged Woodbrook Casualty Insurance, Inc. into ProAssurance Indemnity Company, Inc. effective December 31, 2008. In February 2009, the Company completed the acquisition of Georgia Lawyers Insurance Company.

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