REG - Invesco Markets II - Notice to Shareholders

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RNS Number : 1663P  Invesco Markets II PLC  20 May 2024

 

 

 

 

 

 Invesco Markets II plc

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

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

 20 May 2024

 

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS

 

 

RE:         Index Methodology Change

 

 Sub-fund                                                           Share class  ISIN
 Invesco MSCI Emerging Markets ESG Climate Paris Aligned UCITS ETF  Acc          IE000PJL7R74
 Invesco MSCI Europe ESG Climate Paris Aligned UCITS ETF            Acc          IE000TI21P14
 Invesco MSCI Japan ESG Climate Paris Aligned UCITS ETF             Acc          IE000I8IKC59
 Invesco MSCI USA ESG Climate Paris Aligned UCITS ETF               Acc          IE000RLUE8E9
 Invesco MSCI World ESG Climate Paris Aligned UCITS ETF             Acc          IE000V93BNU0

 

 

(each the "Fund" and together the "Funds") Dear Shareholder

We are writing to you as a Shareholder of the Fund/s, each a sub-fund of
Invesco Markets II plc (the "Company"), to inform you of changes to the
methodology of the indices tracked by the Funds.

 

 

Background and Changes

 

Following a client consultation last year, MSCI announced the following
changes, which will apply to the indices tracked by the Funds from 31 May
2024:

 

•               Inclusion of an additional index-level Implied
Temperature Rise (ITR) objective to ensure that the index's ITR is less than
or equal to 2 degrees. The ITR is expressed in degrees Celsius (°C) and
estimates the global implied temperature rise (in the year 2100 or later) if
the whole economy had the same carbon budget over-/undershoot level as the
company (or portfolio) in question.

 

•               Inclusion of an emission budget objective to
ensure that the cumulative projected emissions of the index constituents at an
aggregate level is lower than their share of the estimated remaining carbon
budget, consistent with restricting global warming at or below 1.5 degrees (as
per the MSCI ITR). The carbon emissions budget objective ensures that the
cumulative projected emissions of index constituents at an aggregate level are
lower than the full share

 

 

 

 

 

Directors: Gary Buxton (British/Irish), Feargal Dempsey, Sarah (Katy Walton)
Jones (British), Lisa Martensson (Swedish) Invesco Markets II plc, registered
in Ireland as an open-ended variable capital umbrella investment company with
limited liability and segregated liability between sub-funds.

Registration number: 567964. Registered office: Ground Floor, 2 Cumberland
Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, Ireland

 

 

 

of their respective share of the estimated remaining carbon budget. This
remaining budget is consistent with restricting global warming at or below
1.5°C, as per the MSCI Implied Temperature Rise methodology.

 

For further information on these changes, please refer to the rulebook of the
indices, available on the index provider's website:
https://app2.msci.com/webapp/index_ann/DocGet?pub_key=1kNzqAkNAEk%3D&lan
(https://app2.msci.com/webapp/index_ann/DocGet?pub_key=1kNzqAkNAEk%3D&lang=en&format=html)
g=en&format=html
(https://app2.msci.com/webapp/index_ann/DocGet?pub_key=1kNzqAkNAEk%3D&lang=en&format=html)

 

Effective Date

The Changes will take effect on 31stof May 2024. The Supplements will be
amended in due course to reflect these Changes 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
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).
(http://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: Lisa Martensson Date: 20 May 2024

For and on behalf of

Invesco Markets II plc

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