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RNS Number : 4062J  Invesco Markets PLC  26 April 2022

 Invesco Markets plc

Ground Floor, 2 Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02 H0V5, Ireland

 Telephone/Switchboard +44 (0)20 3370 1100

 etf.invesco.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHAREHOLDER NOTICE

 

26 April 2022

 

 

RE: IMPLC Sub-Fund Index Methodology Change Effective 2 May 2022.

 

 

Dear Sir/Madam

 

 

This is to inform the Shareholders of Invesco S&P 500 ESG UCITS ETF (the
"Fund" with ISINs: IE00BKS7L097 and IE000QF66PE6), a sub-fund of Invesco
Markets plc of the following methodology change.

 

Changes

 

The methodology of the Reference Index of the Fund will change as follows:

 

Ø The provider of UNGC data will be changed from Arabesque to Sustainalytics,
and companies that are deemed by Sustainalytics to be Non-Compliant will be
excluded;

Ø Additional exclusions will be introduced to include Oil Sands, Small Arms
and Military Contracting;

Ø Exclusions covering Controversial Weapons will be expanded;

Ø Exclusions covering Tobacco will be revised; and

Ø The Fund will no longer apply Significant Ownership exclusions for
categories where the Direct Level of Involvement Threshold is greater than
zero.

 

(the "Changes").

 

The Changes will take effect on 2 May 2022.

 

The Supplement of the Fund will be amended accordingly in due course and will
be available to Shareholders free of charge.

 

Full details of the methodology change of the Reference Index can be found at:
https://www.spglobal.com/spdji/en/documents/indexnews/announcements/20220401-1451174/1451174_spesgconsultationoneligibilityrequirementsresults4-1-2022.pdf
(https://www.spglobal.com/spdji/en/documents/indexnews/announcements/20220401-1451174/1451174_spesgconsultationoneligibilityrequirementsresults4-1-2022.pdf)

 

 

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 investor 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, Macard 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 investor 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 investor 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, BNP Paribas Securities Services, Paris,
succursale de Zurich, Selnaustrasse 16, 8002 Zurich which also act as the
Swiss Paying Agent.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

For and on behalf of

Invesco Markets plc

 

 

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