RNS Number : 0499G
iShares III PLC
11 November 2022
 

RNS ANNOUNCEMENT

 

iShares III plc (the "Company")

 

iShares MSCI World Paris-Aligned Climate UCITS ETF (the "Fund") and its share classes:

-     iShares MSCI World Paris-Aligned Climate UCITS ETF USD (Dist) - ISIN IE00BN92ZL31

-     iShares MSCI World Paris-Aligned Climate UCITS ETF USD (Acc) - ISIN IE00BMXC7W70

 

11 November 2022

 

The Directors of the Company wish to advise you of a change to the classification of the Fund under the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation ("SFDR").

 

Whilst the Fund will continue to seek to track the performance of the Index, the Company has decided to reclassify the Fund from Article 9 to Article 8 under the SFDR. The decision to reclassify the Fund has been taken in light of the new Level 2 Regulatory Technical Standards under the SFDR (due to enter into force from 1 January 2023) and the current available regulatory guidance. The Directors of the Company believe that the Fund's new classification better aligns the Fund with the upcoming regulatory standards and expectations.

 

The change to the Fund's SFDR classification is anticipated to take effect on Thursday, December 1, 2022 (the "Effective Date").

 

A new version of the Company's prospectus will be published on or around the Effective Date, subject to Central Bank of Ireland approval.

 

 

An electronic copy of the full shareholder letter shall be made available shortly for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism and available to download from the iShares website www.ishares.com  

 

We understand that investors may have questions in relation to this event. If you have any queries, but you do not have a usual iShares contact, you can contact iShares in your respective region on the below contact numbers and email addresses:

 

 

 

·     If located in United Kingdom or if located in elsewhere than the below, you can contact iShares at:  info@ishares.co.uk, or the helpline telephone number: +44 207 743 1500

 

 

 

·     If located in Germany, you can contact iShares at: info@iShares.de, or the helpline telephone number: +49 89 42729 5858

 

 

 

·     If located in Switzerland, you can contact iShares at: iSharesSwitzerland@BlackRock.com, or the helpline telephone number 0800 33 66 88

 

 

 

 

 

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