CurrencyShares(SM) Exchange Traded Products Declare Monthly Distributions - Apr 2 2009 12:47PM

Thursday, April 02, 2009 12:36 PM

ROCKVILLE, MD -- (Marketwire) -- 04/02/09 -- Rydex Investments today announced the distribution declarations for five CurrencyShares exchange traded products: CurrencyShares(SM) Australian Dollar Trust (NYSE: FXA), 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).

                    Declaration Ex-dividend Record  Payable
Fund Name    Ticker     Date        Date     Date  Date/Share Distribution
             ------ ----------- ----------- ------ ---------- ------------
CurrencyShares
 Australian
 Dollar Trust   FXA     3/31/09      4/1/09 4/3/09     4/8/09 $    0.12608
             ------ ----------- ----------- ------ ---------- ------------
CurrencyShares
 Euro Trust     FXE     3/31/09      4/1/09 4/3/09     4/8/09 $    0.04481
             ------ ----------- ----------- ------ ---------- ------------
CurrencyShares
 Mexican Peso
 Trust          FXM     3/31/09      4/1/09 4/3/09     4/8/09 $    0.39807
             ------ ----------- ----------- ------ ---------- ------------
CurrencyShares
 Russian Ruble
 Trust          XRU     3/31/09      4/1/09 4/3/09     4/8/09 $    0.08600
             ------ ----------- ----------- ------ ---------- ------------
CurrencyShares
 Swedish Krona
 Trust          FXS     3/31/09      4/1/09 4/3/09     4/8/09 $    0.00185
             ------ ----------- ----------- ------ ---------- ------------

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. The distributor of these exchange traded products is Rydex Distributors, Inc., an affiliate of Rydex Investments and Rydex Specialized Products, LLC. M7 Ventures, LLC collaborated with Rydex in connection to all CurrencyShares exchange traded products.

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