February 8th, 2010

Standard & Poor's Affirms IMET's AAAf/S1 Rating

Standard & Poor's affirms IMET's AAAf/S1 rating in a letter to IMET.  Selected text from the letter is as follows:

The purpose of the letter is to affirm the Standard & Poor's "AAAf" fund credit quality and a "S1" fund volatility rating for IMET's 1-3 Year Series.

Standard & Poor's is pleased to have the opportunity to be of service to IMET.  For more information please visit S&P's website at http://www.standardandpoors.com/.

Analytical Contact:  Joel Friedman @ (212) 438-5043

Standard & Poor's Fund Profile - IMET 1-3 Year Fund