iShares STOXX Europe Equity Multifactor 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 STOXX Developed Europe Equity Factor Screened, the Fund’s benchmark index ("Index"). The Share Class, via the Fund is passively managed, and invests in equity securities (e.g. shares) that, so far as possible and practicable, make up the Index. The Index aims to reflect the performance characteristics of a subset of equity securities within the STOXX Developed Europe Universal Index (“Parent Index”), which are selected and weighted in order to maximise exposure to five factors (as more readily described in the Index methodology) compared to other securities within the Parent Index: Momentum, Quality, Value, Low Volatility and Size. The constituents of the Index are selected from the Parent Index using the index provider’s risk model (the “Model”) which applies an optimisation process to the constituents of the Parent Index to select constituents so as to maximise exposure to the five ‘style’ factors and aims to weight constituents in the Index with a higher overall score representative of the exposures to the five ‘style’ factors. The Index excludes issuers from the Parent Index based on their involvement in the following business lines/activities (or related activities): controversial weapons, weapons (such as small arms and military contracting), tobacco, thermal coal, unconventional oil and gas (such as oil sands). The Parent Index represents large and mid-capitalisation companies across developed countries in Europe which comply with the STOXX’s World Country Classification Framework The Index rebalances on a quarterly basis to apply the Model to take into account the deletions from the Parent Index. The Fund intends to replicate the Index by holding the equity securities, which make up the Index, in similar proportions to it. 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 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. The price of equity securities fluctuates daily and may be influenced by factors affecting the performance of the individual companies issuing the equities, as well as by daily stock market movements, and broader economic and political developments which in turn may affect the value of your investment. 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?”).

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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 IV 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

• Directazero within the savings plan (buys)
• Directazero on single buys from 1,500 €, agreement until 31 December 2026
• Moneyfarmzero within the savings plan (buys), agreement until 31 March 2027
• Moneyfarmzero on single buys from 1,000 €, agreement until 31 March 2027