CurrencyShares(SM) Exchange Traded Products Declare Monthly Distributions - Mar 5 2009 11:25AM

Thursday, March 05, 2009 11:21 AM

ROCKVILLE, MD -- (Marketwire) -- 03/05/09 -- Rydex Investments today announced the distribution declarations for seven CurrencyShares exchange traded products: CurrencyShares(SM) Australian Dollar Trust (NYSE: FXA), CurrencyShares(SM) British Pound Sterling Trust (NYSE: FXB), CurrencyShares(SM) Canadian Dollar Trust (NYSE: FXC), CurrencyShares(SM) Euro Trust (NYSE: FXE), CurrencyShares(SM) Mexican Peso Trust (NYSE: FXM), CurrencyShares(SM) Russian Ruble Trust (NYSE: XRU) and CurrencyShares(SM) Swedish Krona Trust (NYSE: FXS).

                                   Ex-
                       Declaration dividend Record Payable
Fund Name       Ticker Date        Date     Date   Date/Share  Distribution
                ------ ----------- -------- ------ ----------- ------------
CurrencyShares
 Australian
 Dollar Trust      FXA     2/27/09   3/2/09 3/4/09      3/9/09 $    0.12519
                ------ ----------- -------- ------ ----------- ------------
CurrencyShares
 British Pound
 Sterling Trust    FXB     2/27/09   3/2/09 3/4/09      3/9/09 $    0.01374
                ------ ----------- -------- ------ ----------- ------------
CurrencyShares
 Canadian Dollar
 Trust             FXC     2/27/09   3/2/09 3/4/09      3/9/09 $    0.00348
                ------ ----------- -------- ------ ----------- ------------
CurrencyShares
 Euro Trust        FXE     2/27/09   3/2/09 3/4/09      3/9/09 $    0.05852
                ------ ----------- -------- ------ ----------- ------------
CurrencyShares
 Mexican Peso
 Trust             FXM     2/27/09   3/2/09 3/4/09      3/9/09 $    0.37077
                ------ ----------- -------- ------ ----------- ------------
CurrencyShares
 Russian Ruble
 Trust             XRU     2/27/09   3/2/09 3/4/09      3/9/09 $    0.10925
                ------ ----------- -------- ------ ----------- ------------
CurrencyShares
 Swedish Krona
 Trust             FXS     2/27/09   3/2/09 3/4/09      3/9/09 $    0.04170
                ------ ----------- -------- ------ ----------- ------------

Distributions are made to shareholders on a pro-rata basis (in accordance with the number of shares that are owned) only in the event that the interest earned by the Trust exceeds the sum of the sponsor's fee for the prior month plus other Trust expenses, if any. There is no guarantee that distributions will be made on a monthly basis.

CurrencyShares offer investors and institutions a convenient and cost-effective method of gaining investment benefits similar to that of holding foreign currencies, including potential diversification and hedging benefits. More details about the products are available at www.currencyshares.com.

The sponsor of the CurrencyShares Trusts is Rydex Specialized Products LLC, d/b/a Rydex Investments.

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