SSGA SPDR ETFs Europe II plc - Index Change

RNS ANNOUCEMENT

Date: 29 October 2021

SSGA SPDR ETFs Europe II 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.

(the "Fund")

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 30^th November 2021, or such later date as the Central Bank notes the revised Supplement to the Prospectus for the Fund (the "Effective Date").

Change of Index 

The Directors have determined to replace the index tracked by the Fund, as indicated in the table below.  The aim of the change of index is to provide Shareholders with an exposure to the performance of European equities, via a new index which employs a "best in class" ESG methodology, whereby the index seeks to exclude issuers based on a broader set of ESG characteristics considering their ESG rating, their involvement in certain controversial business activities, and based on the level of their emission intensities as outlined in the index methodology. For the avoidance of doubt, the Fund's SFDR classification pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 of the European Parliament and of the Council on sustainability-related disclosures in the financial services sector will remain Article 8.

As a result of the change of index, the Fund will also undergo a change of name as outlined below.

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 and its performance can be found at:

https://www.stoxx.com/index-details?symbol=SXXRSRI

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.