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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.

• STT, STATE STREET CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 233.163345

State Street Corporation is a financial holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, including its banking subsidiary, State Street Bank and Trust Company, State Street Corporation, provides a range of products and services for institutional investors worldwide. The Company operates in two lines of business: Investment Management and Investment Servicing. The business provide services to support institutional investors, including custody, daily pricing, record keeping and administration, shareholder services, foreign exchange, brokerage and other trading services, securities finance, deposit and short-term investment facilities, loan and lease financing, investment manager and hedge fund manager operations outsourcing, performance, risk and compliance analytics, investment research and investment management, including passive and active United States and non-United States equity and fixed-income strategies.

• TSU, TIM PARTICIPACOES Current Caprock Strength Rating: 5.498489

TIM Participacoes S.A. is a wireless operator 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.

• NWN, NORTHWEST NAT GAS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 29.835892

Northwest Natural Gas Company, doing business as NW Natural, is principally engaged in the distribution of natural gas in Oregon and southwest Washington. The Company’s has two business segments: local gas distribution and gas storage. Local gas distribution also referred to as the utility, which involves building and maintaining a pipeline distribution system, purchasing gas from producers and marketers, contracting for the transportation of gas over pipelines from the supply basins to its service territory, and reselling the gas to customers subject to rates and terms approved by the Oregon Public Utility Commission (OPUC) or by the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (WUTC). The gas storage business segment includes natural gas storage services provided to interstate and intrastate customers in the Pacific Northwest using underground gas storage and pipeline facilities which the Company owns and operates.

• TMO, THERMO FISHER SCI Current Caprock Strength Rating: 145.394485

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (Thermo Fisher), incorporated in 1956, is engaged in serving science. It provides analytical instruments, equipment, reagents and consumables, software and services for research, manufacturing, analysis, discovery and diagnostics. The Company operates through two segments: analytical technologies and laboratory products and services. Analytical technologies segment includes pharmaceutical, biotechnology, academic, government and other research and industrial markets. Laboratory products and services segment offers combination of products and services that allows its customers to engage in their core business functions of research, development, manufacturing, clinical diagnosis and drug discovery. In April 2009, Alesco Corporation Ltd. sold its Scientific & Medical division to Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.

• DTV, THE DIRECTV GROUP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 46.242550

The DIRECTV Group, Inc. is a provider of digital television entertainment in the United States and Latin America. The Company operates in two segments, DIRECTV U.S. and DIRECTV Latin America (DTVLA), which are engaged in acquiring, promoting, selling and/or distributing digital entertainment programming through satellite to residential and commercial subscribers. In July 2008, the Company acquired 180 Connect Inc., pursuant to which it became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. In a related transaction, UniTek USA, LLC acquired 180 Connect’s cable services operating unit and certain DIRECTV installation services from DIRECTV, in exchange for UniTek’s satellite installation services in New York, and Burbank and Bloomington in California. As of December 31, 2008, Liberty Media Corporation owned approximately 53.6% interest in the Company.

• UNT, UNIT CP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 11.678202

Unit Corporation (Unit) is a contract drilling company. The operations of the Company are conducted through its wholly owned subsidiaries: Unit Drilling Company, Unit Petroleum Company and Superior Pipeline Company, L.L.C. Unit Drilling Company is engaged in drilling onshore oil and natural gas wells for its own account. Unit Petroleum Company is engaged in exploring, developing, acquiring and producing oil and natural gas properties for its own account. Superior Pipeline Company, L.L.C. is engaged in buying, selling, gathering, processing and treating natural gas for its account and for third parties. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company constructed and placed into service three 1,500 horsepower diesel electric drilling rigs, bringing the rig fleet to a total of 132 rigs. In 2008, the Company drilled a total footage of 11.7 million feet.

• KTF, DSW MUN INC TR Current Caprock Strength Rating: 6.159714

DWS Municipal Income Trust (the Fund) is a closed-end, diversified management investment company. The Fund seeks to provide high current income exempt from federal income tax by investing in a diversified portfolio of investment-grade, tax-exempt securities. It invests in individual bonds whose yields and market values fluctuate. In the normal course of business, the Fund may enter into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Fund?s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet been made. Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. serves as the investment advisor of the Fund.

• ANDE, ANDERSONS INC (TH Current Caprock Strength Rating: 4.495631

The Andersons, Inc. is an entrepreneurial company with diversified interests in the agriculture and transportation markets. It has five business segments. The Grain and Ethanol Group purchases and merchandises grain, operates grain elevator facilities located in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Illinois. The Rail Group sells, repairs, reconfigures, manages and leases railcars and locomotives. The Plant Nutrient Group manufactures and sells dry and liquid agricultural nutrients and distributes agricultural inputs, which include nutrients, chemicals, seed and supplies to dealers and farmers. The Turf and Specialty Group manufactures turf and ornamental plant fertilizer and control products, as well as manufactures corncob-based products for use in various industries. The Retail Group operates retail stores, a specialty food market and a distribution center in Ohio. In July 2009, the Company acquired the Fertilizer Division of Hartung Brothers, Inc., as an addition to its Plant Nutrient Group.

• OXY, OCCIDENTAL PET Current Caprock Strength Rating: 164.502548

Occidental Petroleum Corporation (Occidental) conducts its operations, through various oil and gas, chemical, midstream, marketing and other subsidiaries, and affiliates. The Company operates in three business segments: oil and gas segment, chemical segment, and midstream, marketing and other segment. The oil and gas segment explores for, develops, produces and markets crude oil, natural gas liquids (NGLs), condensate and natural gas. The chemical segment (OxyChem) manufactures and markets basic chemicals, vinyls and performance chemicals. The midstream, marketing and other segment (midstream and marketing) gathers, treats, processes, transports, stores, trades and markets crude oil, natural gas, NGLs, condensate and carbon dioxide (CO2) and generates and markets power. In February 2008, Occidental purchased from Plains a 50% interest in oil and gas properties in the Permian Basin and western Colorado.

• ME, MARINER ENERGY IN Current Caprock Strength Rating: 81.037033

Mariner Energy, Inc. (Mariner) is an independent oil and gas exploration, development, and production company. The Company operates in three principal geographic areas: Permian Basin, where it is an active driller in the prolific Spraberry field at depths between 6,000 and 10,000 feet; Gulf of Mexico Deepwater, where it has conducted exploration and development projects in water depths ranging from 1,300 feet up to 7,000 feet, and Gulf of Mexico Shelf, where it drills or participates in conventional shelf wells and deep shelf wells extending to 1,300 foot water depths. On December 19, 2008, Mariner acquired additional working interests in its property, Atwater Valley Block 426 (Bass Lite). On February 29, 2008 and December 1, 2008, Mariner acquired additional working interests in certain of its properties in the Spraberry field in the Permian Basin.

• MM, METAL MGMT INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 145.575363

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• FTI, FMC TECHNOLOGIES Current Caprock Strength Rating: 73.609726

FMC Technologies, Inc. (FMC Technologies) is a global provider of technology solutions for the energy industry. The Company designs, manufactures and services systems and products, such as subsea production and processing systems, surface wellhead production systems, high-pressure fluid control equipment, measurement solutions, and marine loading systems for the oil and gas industry. The Company operates in two segments: Energy Production Systems and Energy Processing Systems. On July 31, 2008, FMC Technologies completed the spin-off of its FoodTech and Airport Systems businesses into John Bean Technologies Corporation.

• ADVS, ADVENT SOFTWARE Current Caprock Strength Rating: 186.961472

Advent Software, Inc. offers software and services that automate work flows and data across investment management organizations, as well as the information flows between an investment management organization and external parties. The Company?s business is organized into two reportable segments, Advent Investment Management (AIM) and MicroEdge. AIM is its core business, and derives revenues from the development, marketing and sale of software products, data interfaces and related maintenance and services that automate, integrate and support certain mission-critical functions of investment management organizations primarily in the United States, Europe, Middle East and Africa. MicroEdge derives revenues from the sale of software and services for grant management, matching gifts and volunteer tracking for the grantmaking community primarily in the United States and United Kingdom.

• 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.

• MLNM, MILLENNIUM PHARM Current Caprock Strength Rating: 133.557907
• YUM, YUM BRANDS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 5.396934

YUM! Brands, Inc. (YUM) is a quick service restaurant (QSR) with over 36,000 units in more than 110 countries and territories. Through the five concepts of KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, LJS and A&W (the Concepts), the Company develops, operates, franchises and licenses a worldwide system of restaurants, which prepare, package and sell a menu of food items. The Company either operates units or they are operated by independent franchisees or licensees under the terms of franchise or license agreements. In addition, the Company owns non-controlling interests in Unconsolidated Affiliates in China who operate similar to franchisees. YUM?s business consists of three segments: United States, YUM Restaurants International (YRI) and the China Division. The China Division includes mainland China (China), Thailand and KFC Taiwan, and YRI includes the remainder of its international operations.

• PGH, PENGROWTH EGY UTS Current Caprock Strength Rating: 14.609730

Pengrowth Energy Trust (the Trust) is a Canada-based open-end investment trust. The purpose of the Trust is to directly and indirectly explore for, develop and hold interests in petroleum and natural gas properties, through investments in securities, royalty units, net profits interests and notes issued by subsidiaries of the Trust. The activities of Pengrowth Corporation (the Corporation) and its subsidiaries are financed by issuance of royalty units and interest bearing notes to the Trust and third party debt. The Trust owns all of the royalty units and 91% of the common shares of the Corporation. Pengrowth Management Limited is the Trust?s investment manager.

• 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.

• ARG, AIRGAS INC Current Caprock Strength Rating: 5.699491

Airgas, Inc. (Airgas) and subsidiaries is a distributor of industrial, medical and specialty gases (delivered in packaged or cylinder form), and hardgoods, such as welding equipment and supplies. Airgas is a producer of nitrous oxide in the United States, the liquid carbon dioxide producer in the Southeast, the producer of atmospheric merchant gases in North America and a distributor of process chemicals, refrigerants, and ammonia products. The Company has two operating segments: Distribution and All Other Operations. The Distribution business segment engages in the distribution of industrial, medical and specialty gases and hardgoods, and in the production of gases primarily to supply the regional distribution companies. The All Other Operations business segment consists of six business units, which primarily manufacture and distribute carbon dioxide, dry ice, nitrous oxide, ammonia and refrigerant gases. During fiscal year ended March 31, 2009, the Company acquired 14 businesses.

• LH, LABORATORY CORP N Current Caprock Strength Rating: 39.657993

Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings is an independent clinical laboratory company. The Company has a national network of 36 primary laboratories and over 1,600 patient service centers along with a network of branches and STAT laboratories (which are laboratories that have the ability to perform certain routine tests quickly and report the results to the physician immediately). Through its national network of laboratories, the Company offers a range of clinical laboratory tests that are used by the medical profession in routine testing, patient diagnosis, and in the monitoring and treatment of disease. In addition, it has developed specialty testing businesses, such as oncology testing, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) genotyping and phenotyping, diagnostic genetics and clinical trials. In August 2009, the Company completed the acquisition of Monogram Biosciences, Inc.

• BBG, BILL BARRETT CORP Current Caprock Strength Rating: 99.990746

Bill Barrett Corporation is engaged in the exploration, development and production of natural gas and crude oil, and all of the Company?s operations are conducted in the United States. The Company began active natural gas and oil operations with the acquisition of properties in the Wind River Basin. The Company has exploration and development projects in Uinta Basin, Piceance Basin, Powder River Basin, Wind River Basin, Paradox Basin, Montana Overthrust and Big Horn Basin.

• WW, WATSON WYATT WLD Current Caprock Strength Rating: 114.946220

Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Inc. (Watson Wyatt) is a global consulting firm, providing human capital and financial management consulting services. The Company focuses on delivering consulting services that help its clients anticipate, identify, and capitalize on emerging opportunities in human capital management. It also provides independent financial advice regarding all aspects of life assurance and general insurance, as well as investment advice to assist its clients in developing investment strategies. As of June 30, 2009, Watson Wyatt provided these services through approximately 7,700 associates in 108 offices located in 34 countries. The global operations include five segments: Benefits, Technology and Administration Solutions, Human Capital, Investment Consulting, and Insurance & Financial Services. In December 2008, Watson Wyatt acquired SMART Human Resource Vietnam Company Limited, a human resources (HR) consulting services firm in Vietnam.

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