iShares € Corp Bond ex-Financials 1-5Yr ESG SRI UCITS ETFIndex, costs, backtest, listings and taxation

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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 Corporate ex-Financials 1-5 Year ESG SRI Index, the Fund’s benchmark index ("Index"). The Share Class, via the Fund, is passively managed and aims to invest so far as possible and practicable in the fixed income ("FI") securities (such as bonds) that make up the Index. The Index measures the performance of a sub-set of fixed-rate, investment-grade Euro denominated securities with remaining maturities between one and up to, but not including, five years issued by industrial and utility corporations in the Bloomberg Euro Aggregate Corporate Index (“Parent Index”) that meet the index provider’s Environmental, Social and Governance ("ESG"), Socially Responsible Investment ("SRI") ") and other criteria. Issuers are excluded from the Index if they are involved in certain business lines/activities, as outlined in the Index description of the Fund in the Fund’s Prospectus. Companies that are in violation of United Nations Global Compact principles or OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises are also excluded from the Index. The FI securities will, at the time of inclusion in the Index, be investment grade (i.e. meet a specified level of creditworthiness). In addition bonds must have at least one year remaining until maturity (i.e. the time until they become due for repayment) at the rebalancing date on which they are included in the Index and a minimum amount outstanding of €300 million. The Index is market capitalisation weighted. Market capitalisation is the market value of the outstanding bond issuance. The Fund uses optimising techniques to achieve a similar return to its Index. These may include the strategic selection of certain securities that make up the Index or other FI 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. FDIs may be used for direct investment purposes. 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 accumulating shares (i.e. income will be included in their value). 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

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