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RNS Number : 1745R iShares II PLC 15 July 2025
RNS ANNOUNCEMENT
iShares II plc (the "Company")
iShares $ High Yield Corp Bond UCITS ETF (the "Fund") - ISIN: IE00B4PY7Y77,
IE00BF3N7102, IE00BDFJYL11, IE00BDDRH961, IE00BJBLQD98, IE00BYXYYL56 and
IE00BK6M1392
15(th) July 2025
The directors of the Company wish to advise you of certain changes that will
be made by the index provider, S&P Dow Jones Indices Limited (the "Index
Provider"), to the Markit iBoxx USD Liquid High Yield Capped Index (the
"Index"), the benchmark index of the Fund. The Index Provider intends to
remove the 10% cap on the exposure to bonds issued under Rule 144A of the
Securities Act of 1933 (of the United States) that are reportable on the Trade
Reporting and Compliance Engine, a reporting system operated by the US
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority that collects and disseminates
real-time trade data for eligible fixed-income securities. The change will
take effect on or around 1(st) August 2025.
A new version of the Company's prospectus will be published on or around the
Effective Date.
An electronic copy of the full shareholder letter shall be made available
shortly for inspection
at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
(https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/data.fca.org.uk/*/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism__;Iw!!KSjYCgUGsB4!LdXi70DMkCyNXGMsocWBS6YRoTumlsdlbxT-_UZI_97i60S80bXRODaQA8GRV9nS5OsM$)
and available to download from the iShares website www.ishares.com
(http://www.ishares.com/)
We understand that investors may have questions in relation to this event. If
you have any queries, but you do not have a usual iShares contact, you can
contact iShares in your respective region on the below contact numbers and
email addresses:
· If located in United Kingdom or if located in elsewhere than the
below, you can contact iShares at: info@ishares.co.uk, or the helpline
telephone number: +44 207 743 1500
· If located in Germany, you can contact iShares at: info@iShares.de,
or the helpline telephone number: +49 89 42729 5858
· If located in Switzerland, you can contact iShares at:
iSharesSwitzerland@BlackRock.com, or the helpline telephone number 0800 33 66
88
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