REG - Invesco Markets II - Methodology Change

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RNS Number : 2106U  Invesco Markets II PLC  24 March 2023

   Invesco Markets II plc

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

   Telephone +353 1 439 8000

   www.invesco.com

SHAREHOLDER NOTICE

 

 

24 March 2023

 

RE:         Invesco Preferred Shares UCITS ETF and  Invesco Variable
Rate Preferred Shares UCITS ETF (the "Funds")

 

Dear Shareholder

 

We are writing to you as a Shareholder of the Funds, sub-funds of Invesco
Markets II plc (the "Company"), to inform you of the following changes to the
Supplements of the Funds. The share classes affected by the Changes, along
with ISINs, can be found in Schedule I to this notice.

 

Changes

 

The Supplements of the Funds will be amended to reflect changes to the
methodology of the following  Reference Indices tracked by the Funds:

 

 Fund                                              Reference Index
 Invesco Variable Rate Preferred Shares UCITS ETF  ICE Diversified Variable Rate Preferred & Hybrid Securities Index (PDAR)
 Invesco Preferred Shares UCITS ETF                ICE BofA Diversified Core Plus Fixed Rate Preferred Securities Net Total
                                                   Return Index (PCDP)

 

Publicly traded partnerships which are subject to the new U.S IRS regulation
on withholding tax on foreign partners' share of effectively connected income
(PTPs), will be removed from the Reference Indices and will no longer be
eligible for inclusion in the Reference Indices.

 

For further information, please refer to the website of the Index provider:
https://indices.theice.com/publications
(https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/indices.theice.com/publications__;!!PVeQBqD1!quwW0qs39ffpKBzCE5sEOM10lzc7MKoyNVp645syew6tvITZ3FhTttZhhVcPZ-g6JUmVKMFURonzaZdUIuRwufYbW3k$)

 

Effective Date

 

The aforementioned Changes will take effect on 31 March 2023 and will be
reflected in the Supplement in due course, which will be available to
Shareholders free of charge.

 

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
Supplement.

 

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, Zürich branch,
Selnaustrasse 16, 8002 Zürich, 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

 

 

 

 

_________________

For and on behalf of

Invesco Markets II plc

 

 

 

 

Schedule I

 

 Shareclass                                             ISIN
 Invesco Preferred Shares UCITS ETF Acc                 IE00BG482169
 Invesco Preferred Shares UCITS ETF CHF Hdg Acc         IE00BDT8TZ34
 Invesco Preferred Shares UCITS ETF Dist                IE00BDVJF675
 Invesco Preferred Shares UCITS ETF EUR Hdg Dist        IE00BDT8V027
 Invesco Variable Rate Preferred Shares UCITS ETF Acc   IE00BHJYDT11
 Invesco Variable Rate Preferred Shares UCITS ETF Dist  IE00BG21M733

 

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