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RNS Number : 0654K  Invesco Markets II PLC  10 April 2024

                Invesco Markets II plc

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

                Telephone +353 1 439 8000

                www.invesco.com
 10 April 2024

10 April 2024

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS

 

 

RE:         Invesco Global Clean Energy UCITS ETF

 Invesco Global Clean Energy UCITS ETF  Share Class: Acc   ISIN: IE00BLRB0242
 Invesco Global Clean Energy UCITS ETF  Share Class: Dist  ISIN: IE00BLRB0028

(the "Fund")

 

 

Dear Shareholder

 

 

We are writing to you as a Shareholder of the Fund, a sub-fund of Invesco
Markets II plc (the "Company"), to inform you of the following changes to the
SFDR categorisation of the Funds pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 of the
European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 on sustainability
related disclosures in the financial services sector ("SFDR").

 

Background and Change

 

The Directors have determined that it is appropriate to re-categorise the Fund
to Article 9 from its current Article 8 categorisation under SFDR.

 

The Fund's investment objective is to achieve the performance of the
WilderHill New Energy Global Innovation Index (the "Reference Index").  The
Reference Index comprises global companies whose innovative technologies
contribute to the generation and utilisation of cleaner energy, conservation,
efficiency and advancement of renewable energy.

 

Since the Fund launched, the methodology of the Reference Index was updated by
WilderHill, the sponsor of the Reference Index, to incorporate exclusionary
criteria consisting of a combination of norms-based controversy and business
involvement screening, thereby avoiding exposure to companies that do not
follow good governance practices and/or are perceived to be doing significant
harm to environmental objectives.

 

As a result, the Reference Index comprises "sustainable investments",
consistent with the definition in SFDR, and by virtue of replicating the
Reference Index, the Fund also invests in sustainable investments and has a
sustainable investment objective.

 

The change to the categorisation is for SFDR purposes only. The investment
policy and strategy of the Fund will not change as a result. The Fund will
retain all its other characteristics, in particular its risk and return
profile.

 

 

Effective Date

 

The change will take effect on approval by the Central Bank of Ireland. The
Fund's offering documents will be amended to reflect the change and will be
available to Shareholders free of charge.

 

Should you wish to redeem your shareholding as a result of the change, you may
do so in accordance with the dealing provisions outlined in the Supplements.

 

 

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.

 

If you have any queries arising from this notice, please contact us at
invest@Invesco.com (mailto:invest@Invesco.com) .

 

 

 

Yours faithfully

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

__________________

Title: Director

Name: Feargal Dempsey

Date: 9 April 2024

For and on behalf of

Invesco Markets II plc

 

 

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