- Title:
CHANGES TO THE SUPPLEMENT - IE00B99FL386 - Time:
10:39:13 - Date:
13 Oct 2021 - Category:
Miscellaneous - ID:
9544O
RNS ANNOUCEMENT
Date: 13 October 2021
SSGA SPDR ETFs Europe I plc (the "Company")
CHANGES TO THE SUPPLEMENT
Notice of the changes that will take effect as at the date the revised Supplement is noted by the Central Bank. The relevant Shareholder Notice is available on the Company's website; www.ssga.com.
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Fund Name |
ISIN |
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SPDR Bloomberg Barclays 0-5 Year U.S. High Yield Bond UCITS ETF |
IE00B99FL386 |
(the "Fund")
Following an EGM convened on 8th October 2021, Shareholders voted in favour of a change to the Fund Investment Objective, Index, and Fund Name, as outlined below. We are writing to you as a Shareholder of the Company to advise of the following change to the supplement (the "Supplement") for the Company for the Fund below which will take effect as at 29th October 2021, or such later date as the Central Bank notes the revised Supplement to the Prospectus for the Fund (the "Effective Date").
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Current Investment Objective |
New Investment Objective |
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The objective of the Fund is to track the performance of the fixed-rate, short term, U.S. Dollar-denominated high yield corporate bond market. |
The objective of the Fund is to track the performance of the fixed-rate, U.S. Dollar-denominated high yield corporate bond market. |
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Current Index |
New Index |
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Bloomberg Barclays U.S. High Yield 0-5 Year (ex 144a) Bond Index [Ticker: BEJKTRUU] |
Bloomberg SASB US Corporate High Yield ESG Ex-Controversies Select Index[1] [Ticker: I36569US] |
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Current Fund Name |
New Fund Name |
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SPDR Bloomberg Barclays 0-5 Year U.S. High Yield Bond UCITS ETF |
SPDR Bloomberg SASB U.S. High Yield Corporate ESG UCITS ETF |
The Fund will bear the costs associated with the index change. The attention of the Shareholders is drawn to the fact that the costs linked to the index change could have a negative impact on the net asset value of the Fund.
The Fund will retain all other characteristics, in particular the codes used in trading and the total expense ratio.
The Fund will continue to track its existing Index until the Effective Date, and will then track the new Index.
Further details of the Index can be found at:
https://assets.bwbx.io/documents/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/rIPOx0yak7Mo/v0
For more details please refer to the relevant Shareholder Notice available on the Company's website at www.ssga.com.
1. Availability of Supplements
The revised Fund Supplement will be available on www.ssga.com from the Effective Date.
Further information
Should you have any queries, please contact the SPDR ETF Sales and Support team at [email protected] / +44 (0)20 3395 6888 or call your local SPDR ETF representative.
[1] Due to a typographical error, the new Index was referred to as "Bloomberg SASB US High Yield Corporate ESG Ex-Controversies Select Index" in the EGM Notice: the correct New Index name as indicated above will appear in the revised Fund Supplement to be noted by the Central Bank.
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