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RNS Number : 4952K  Invesco Markets II PLC  12 April 2024

 

 

 

 

 

 Invesco Markets II plc

 Ground Floor, 2 Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, Ireland

Telephone +353 1 439 8000 www.invesco.com (http://www.invesco.com/)
 12 April 2024

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS

 

RE:      Index methodology change

 

 Fund                                                          Class    ISIN
 Invesco S&P World Energy ESG UCITS ETF                        Acc      IE000AIFGRB9
 Invesco S&P World Financials ESG UCITS ETF                    Acc      IE00018LB0D8
 Invesco S&P World Health Care ESG UCITS ETF                   Acc      IE000L4EH2K5
 Invesco S&P World Information Technology ESG UCITS ETF        Acc      IE000Q0IU5T1

 

(the "Funds")

 

 

Dear Shareholder

 

We are writing to you as a Shareholder of the Fund/s, each a sub-fund of
Invesco Markets II plc (the "Company"), to inform you of the following changes
(the "Changes") impacting the Funds following a recent consultation issued by
S&P DJI (the "Index Provider").

 

Changes

 

1.     The Reference Indices tracked by the Funds will transition away
from using S&P DJI ESG Scores to S&P Global ESG Scores. There will be
no change to how the score is used across the impacted indices. The S&P
Global ESG Score measures a company's performance on and management of
material ESG risks, opportunities, and impacts informed by a combination of
company disclosures, media and stakeholder analysis, modelling approaches, and
in-depth company engagement via the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability
Assessment (CSA).

 

2.     The Index Provider will also transition the Business Involvement
Screens data source from Sustainalytics' Product Involvement Screens to
S&P Global's Business Involvement Screens. Existing screens will be
replaced by the direct equivalent in the new data set and no modifications
will be made to the existing levels of involvement.

 

3.     The Index Provider is revising the quarterly review process so that
securities can be removed from the Reference Indices outside of the quarterly
rebalancing schedule of the Reference Indices, if they are assessed to be
"Non-Compliant" with United Nations Global Compact requirements by the Index
Provider.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Further information about the Changes can be found on the Index Provider's
website:

·
https://www.spglobal.com/spdji/en/documents/methodologies/methodology-sp-world-esg-enh-sec-indices.pdf
(https://www.spglobal.com/spdji/en/documents/methodologies/methodology-sp-world-esg-enh-sec-indices.pdf)
 

·
https://www.spglobal.com/spdji/en/documents/indexnews/announcements/20240123-1470260/1470260_ungc-fast-exit-methodology-update-1-23-2024.pdf
(https://www.spglobal.com/spdji/en/documents/indexnews/announcements/20240123-1470260/1470260_ungc-fast-exit-methodology-update-1-23-2024.pdf)
 

·
https://www.spglobal.com/spdji/en/documents/indexnews/announcements/20240123-1470259/1470259_sp-glb-bis-glb-esg-scores-consult-results-1-23-2024.pdf
(https://www.spglobal.com/spdji/en/documents/indexnews/announcements/20240123-1470259/1470259_sp-glb-bis-glb-esg-scores-consult-results-1-23-2024.pdf)

 

 

 

Effective date of the Changes

 

The Changes to the Reference Indices will take effect on the open of 1 May
2024. The Supplements of the Funds will be amended to reflect the above
mentioned changes in due course. Should you wish to redeem your shareholding
as a result of the changes, you may do so in accordance with the dealing
provisions outlined in the Prospectus.

 

General

 

Shareholders may obtain the Prospectus, the key information document, the
latest annual and semi- annual reports and copies of the constitution of the
Company free of charge from the registered office of the Manager or the local
representatives in the countries where the Company is registered as well as
from the German information agent, Marcard Stein & Co AG, Ballindamm 36,
20095 Hamburg, Germany and on the website of the Company - etf.invesco.com or
- limited to the Prospectus, the key information documents - on the website of
the relevant stock exchange where the Shares are listed (for Italy, on the
website of Borsa Italiana S.p.a. www.borsaitaliana.it). In Switzerland, the
Prospectus, the key information documents, the latest annual and semi-annual
reports and copies of the M&A may be obtained free of charge from the
Swiss Representative and Paying Agent, BNP Paribas, Paris, Zurich branch,
Selnaustrasse 16, 8002 Zurich, Switzerland.

 

All capitalised terms used in this notice shall bear the same meaning as the
capitalised and defined terms used in the Prospectus and Supplement.

 

Yours faithfully

 

 

________________________

Name: Feargal Dempsey

Title: Director

Date: 12 April 2024

For and on behalf of Invesco Markets II plc

 

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