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The Share Class is a share class of a Fund which aims to achieve a return on your investment, through a combination of capital growth and income on the Fund’s assets, which reflects the return of the Bloomberg MSCI Euro Aggregate and Green Bond ESG SRI Index (“Index”). The Share Class, via the Fund, is passively managed and aims to invest in the fixed income (FI) securities (such as bonds) that make up the Index and comply with its credit rating requirements. If the credit ratings of the FI securities are downgraded, the Fund may continue to hold these until they cease to form part of the Index and it is practicable to sell the position. The Index measures the performance of Euro-denominated, fixed-rate, investment grade, government, government-related, corporate and securitized bonds from developed markets and excludes issuers based on the index provider's environmental, social and governance (ESG), socially responsible investment (SRI) and other criteria, as set out in the Fund prospectus. The FI securities will, at the time of inclusion in the Index, be investment grade (i.e. meet a specified level of creditworthiness). Only bonds with a minimum remaining time to maturity of one year and a minimum amount outstanding of €300million are included in the Index. The Index seeks to allocate at least 10% of its market value to securities classified as green bonds in accordance with the index methodology. Green bonds are defined by the index provider as FI securities whose proceeds are exclusively and formally applied to projects or activities that promote climate or other environmental sustainability purposes. The Fund uses optimizing techniques to achieve a similar return to its Index. These techniques may include the strategic selection of certain securities that make up the Index or other securities which provide similar performance to certain constituent securities. The investment manager may use financial derivative instruments (FDIs) (i.e. investments the prices of which are based on one or more underlying assets) to help achieve the Fund’s investment objective. The Fund will adopt a best-in-class approach to sustainable investing. This means that it is expected that the Fund will invest in the best issuers from an ESG/SRI perspective (based on the ESG or SRI criteria of the Index) within each relevant sector of activities covered by the Index. The Fund may obtain limited exposure to securities which do not satisfy the ESG criteria. The Fund may also engage in short-term secured lending of its investments to certain eligible third parties to generate additional income to off-set the costs of the Fund.

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The price of fixed income securities may be affected by changing interest rates which in turn may affect the value of your investment. Fixed income securities prices move inversely to interest rates. Therefore, the market value of fixed income securities may decrease as interest rates increase. The credit rating of an issuing entity will generally affect the yield that can be earned on fixed income securities; the better the credit rating the smaller the yield. The relationship between the return on your investment, how it is impacted and the period for which you hold your investment is considered below (see “How long should I hold it and can I take my money out early?”).

The depositary of the Fund is State Street Custodial Services (Ireland) Limited. Further information about the Fund can be obtained from the latest annual report and half-yearly reports of the iShares III plc. These documents are available free of charge in English and certain other languages. These can be found, along with other (practical) information, including prices of units, on the iShares website at: www.ishares.com or by calling +49 89427295800 or from your broker or financial adviser.

Your shares will be distributing shares (i.e. income will be paid on the shares semi-annually). Your shares will be denominated in Euro, the Fund's base currency. The shares are listed and traded on various stock exchanges. In normal circumstances, only authorised participants may buy and sell shares directly with the Fund. Investors who are not authorised participants (e.g. select financial institutions) can generally only buy or sell the shares on the secondary market (e.g. via a broker on a stock exchange) at the then prevailing market price. The value of the shares are related to the value of the underlying assets of the Fund, less costs (see “What are the costs?” below). The prevailing market price at which the shares trade on the secondary market may deviate from the value of the Shares. Indicative net asset value is published on relevant stock exchanges websites.

Intended retail investor:The Fund is intended for retail investors with the ability to bear losses up to the amount invested in the Fund (see “How long should I hold it and can I take my money out early?”).

Insurance benefits:The Fund does not offer any insurance benefits.

Countries

Dividends

• Directazero on single buys from 2,500 €, agreement until 31 December 2026
• XTBzero (up to €100,000 monthly volume, unreachable for a retail plan); fractions available in plans

• XTBzero (up to €100,000 monthly volume, unreachable for a retail plan); fractions available in plans