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RNS Number : 8010Q  Invesco Markets PLC  19 December 2024

 

 

 

 

 

Invesco Markets plc

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

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

 

 

 

 

 

19 December 2024

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS

 

 

RE: Change of Fund Name Index Name

 

 Fund Name                                       Share Class   ISIN
 Invesco S&P 500 ESG UCITS ETF (the "Fund")      Acc           IE00BKS7L097 IE000QF66PE6

                                                 EUR Hdg Acc

 

 

 

Dear Shareholder,

 

This notice is to inform you of proposed changes to the name of the Fund, a
sub-fund of Invesco Markets plc (the "Company"), as a result of a proposed
change to the name of the index used by the Fund (the "Reference Index").
These changes have been proposed to meet the requirements of ESMA's guidelines
on funds' names using ESG or sustainability-related terms (the "Guidelines").

 

According to the Guidelines, "ESG" is an environmental-related term. The
Guidelines require that in order to use environmental-related terms in a fund
name, the strategy of the relevant fund must: (i) meet an 80% threshold linked
to the proportion of investments used to meet the environmental and social
characteristics of the fund; and (ii) incorporate the exclusionary criteria
for Paris-aligned Benchmarks detailed in Article 12(1)(a) - (g) of Commission
Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1818 (the "PAB exclusions").

As the Reference Index does not incorporate the PAB exclusions, the Index
Provider, following consultation, has determined it appropriate to rename the
Reference Index to remove "ESG". Accordingly, it is proposed to rename the
Fund to reflect the name of the Reference Index with effect from 10 February
2025 (the "Effective Date").

Details of the proposed name changes are as follows:

 

 Current Reference Index Name  New Reference Index Name
 S&P 500 ESG Index             S&P 500 Scored & Screened Index

 

 Current Fund Name                  New Fund Name
 Invesco S&P 500 ESG UCITS ETF      Invesco S&P 500 Scored & Screened UCITS ETF

 

 

 

 

 

 

Directors: Gary Buxton (British/Irish), Feargal Dempsey, Deirdre Gormley,
Sarah (Katy Walton) Jones (British), Lisa Martensson (Swedish)

Invesco Markets plc, registered in Ireland as an open-ended variable capital
umbrella investment company with limited liability and segregated liability
between sub-funds.

Registration number: 463397. Registered office: Ground Floor, 2 Cumberland
Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, Ireland

 

 

 

Further details in relation to the proposal to change the name of the
Reference Index can be found here:
https://www.spglobal.com/spdji/en/documents/education/faq-sp-index-name-changes-in-response-to-
(https://www.spglobal.com/spdji/en/documents/education/faq-sp-index-name-changes-in-response-to-the-esma-guidelines.pdf)
  the-esma-guidelines.pdf
(https://www.spglobal.com/spdji/en/documents/education/faq-sp-index-name-changes-in-response-to-the-esma-guidelines.pdf)

 

Next steps

 

The supplement for the Fund (the "Supplement") will be amended to reflect the
above-mentioned changes on or shortly after the Effective Date.

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, a copy of the Supplement, the key
investor information documents, the latest annual and semi-annual reports and
copies of the Constitution free of charge from the registered office of the
Manager or the local representatives in the countries where the Company is
registered and in Switzerland at BNP Paribas, Paris, Zurich branch,
Selnaustrasse 16, 8002Zurich which is the Swiss representative and paying
agent, as well as from the German information agent Marcard, Stein & Co
AG, Ballindamm 36, 20095 Hamburg, Germany and where applicable on the website
of the Company - etf.invesco.com.

 

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: Lisa Martensson Title: Director

Date: 19.12.2024

For and on behalf of Invesco Markets plc

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