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RNS Number : 1057G UBS ETFs 28 April 2025
UBS (Irl) Fund Solutions plc 2nd Floor
5 Earlsfort Terrace
Dublin 2 Ireland
28 April 2025
Re: UBS (Irl) Fund Solutions Plc (the "Company")
- Notice to Shareholders
Dear Shareholder,
We are writing to you as a shareholder of the Company ("Shareholder") to
inform you of certain upcoming changes to the Company and the sub-funds of the
Company (each a "Fund" and collectively the "Funds").
It is important to note that the proposed changes to the Funds, as described
below, does not impact the existing investment objective and policy of each
Fund. Each Fund will continue to be passively managed by tracking the relevant
benchmark as disclosed in the relevant Supplement.
Capitalised terms used herein, unless otherwise defined, shall have the same
meaning as given to them in the prospectus of the Company (the "Prospectus").
1. Name Change
The name of each sub-fund of the Company (the "Funds") will be updated to the
"New Name" as set out in the table below.
The change of name of the Funds will have no impact on the investment
objective, investment policy or the Index being tracked by the relevant Fund.
Current Name New Name
Bloomberg Commodity Index SF UCITS ETF UBS BBG Commodity Index SF UCITS ETF
CMCI Composite SF UCITS ETF UBS CMCI Composite SF UCITS ETF
MSCI USA SF UCITS ETF UBS MSCI USA SF UCITS ETF
S&P 500 SF UCITS ETF UBS S&P 500 SF UCITS ETF
MSCI Emerging Markets SF UCITS ETF UBS MSCI EM SF UCITS ETF
MSCI AC Asia Ex Japan SF UCITS ETF UBS MSCI AC Asia ex Japan SF UCITS ETF
MSCI ACWI SF UCITS ETF UBS MSCI ACWI SF UCITS ETF
CMCI Ex-Agriculture SF UCITS ETF UBS CMCI Ex-Agriculture SF UCITS ETF
Bloomberg Commodity CMCI SF UCITS ETF UBS BBG Commodity CMCI SF UCITS ETF
CMCI Commodity Carry SF UCITS ETF UBS CMCI Commodity Carry SF UCITS ETF
MSCI China A SF UCITS ETF UBS MSCI China A SF UCITS ETF
Euro Equity Defensive Covered Call SF UCITS ETF UBS Euro Equity Defensive Covered Call SF UCITS ETF
Euro Equity Defensive Put Write SF UCITS ETF UBS Euro Equity Defensive Put Write SF UCITS ETF
Registered in Ireland. Company Number 484724.
Registered Office: As above
An open-ended variable capital umbrella investment company with limited
liability and with segregated liability between sub-funds.
Directors: Markus Goetschi (Swiss), William Kennedy, Naomi Daly, Marie
Antoinette Petrini (Spanish) and Alan White.
US Equity Defensive Covered Call SF UCITS ETF UBS US Equity Defensive Covered Call SF UCITS ETF
US Equity Defensive Put Write SF UCITS ETF UBS US Equity Defensive Put Write SF UCITS ETF
MSCI USA SF Index Fund UBS MSCI USA SF Index Fund
CMCI Commodity Carry Ex-Agriculture SF UCITS ETF UBS CMCI Commodity Carry Ex-Agriculture SF UCITS ETF
CMCI Future Commodity SF UCITS ETF UBS CMCI Future Commodity SF UCITS ETF
S&P 500 Equal Weight SF UCITS ETF UBS S&P 500 Equal Weight SF UCITS ETF
2. Share Class Name Change
The naming convention for each Class of shares of the Funds will be updated,
as follows:
- The "A" denomination of each Class, currently included to denote
that availability of such shares on the secondary market to all investors,
will be removed;
- Shares in Classes with "hedged to" in their name will be renamed to
"h" to denote that that Class will hedge currency exposure; and
- All brackets currently included with respect to the relevant
currency in the name of a Class will be removed.
Please see below example of the application of the proposed changes:
Current Class Name New Class Name
(hedged to GBP) A-acc hGBP acc
3. Rights of Shareholders and Procedural Aspects
The above changes will enter into force on 12 May 2025, subject to the
approval of the Central Bank. On approval from the Central Bank, revised
Supplements to reflect the above changes will be available on www.ubs.com/etf.
(http://www.ubs.com/etf)
The Prospectus, together with the updated supplement relating to the Funds,
the updated Key Investor Information Documents (KIIDs) and PRIIPs Key
Information Documents (KIDs) for the Funds, and the constitution of the
Company are available free of charge at the Company's registered office at
2ndFloor, 5 Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2, Ireland and online at
www.ubs.com/etf, (http://www.ubs.com/etf) and/or free of charge from the local
representatives in the countries where the Company is registered, including in
Switzerland from UBS Fund Management (Switzerland) AG, Aeschenvorstadt 6, 4051
Basel, Switzerland, which acts as Swiss Representative, and UBS Switzerland
AG, Bahnhofstrasse 45, CH-8001 Zurich, Switzerland, which acts as the Swiss
Paying Agent.
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