Shareholder letter - ESMA changes

RNS ANNOUNCEMENT

iShares VII plc (the "Company")

18^th March 2025

The Directors of the Company wish to advise you that certain changes will be made by the index providers to the benchmark indices of the funds (detailed below) (the "Funds") and/or certain changes will be made to the names of the Funds,  to align with new guidelines from the European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") on the use of ESG or sustainability-related terms in fund names.  It is expected that the changes to the Funds will take place in advance of the implementation deadline for the new ESMA guidelines, which is 21st May 2025. The proposed effective dates of the changes to the Funds are set out below (the "Proposed Effective Date").

A new version of the Company's prospectus will be published on or around the Proposed Effective Date.  

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:  [email protected], or the helpline telephone number: +44 207 743 1500

·   If located in Germany, you can contact iShares at: [email protected], or the helpline telephone number: +49 89 42729 5858

·     If located in Switzerland, you can contact iShares at: [email protected], or the helpline telephone number 0800 33 66 88

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