Xtrackers II ESG Global Aggregate Bond UCITS ETF 5C EUR Hedged

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE: The aim is for your investment to reflect the performance of the Bloomberg MSCI Global Aggregate Sustainable and SRI Currency Neutral Index (index) while seeking to minimise foreign currency fluctuations at share class level. DESCRIPTION OF INDEX: The index reflects the performance of a broad-based measure of the global investment grade fixed-rate debt markets. The universe of eligible bonds which may be included in the index are all investible fixed-rate, investment-grade debt securities which are rated investment grade (Baa3/BBB-/BBB- or higher) using the applicable rating of Moody's, Standard & Poor's and Fitch, after dropping the highest and lowest available ratings. The following criteria determine which bonds are included (i) amount outstanding/minimum issue size, (ii) quality, (iii) maturity, (iv) seniority/order of repayment of the debt, (v) taxability, (vi) coupon payments, (vii) eligible local currencies, (viii) market of issue, (ix) security type and (x) sector. ESG CRITERIA: Securities which fail to meet certain relevant environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria, including: (i) issuers with an insufficient MSCI ESG Rating, (ii) companies that do not meet minimum requirements related to MSCI ESG Controversies, (iii) companies exceeding specific revenue thresholds from certain controversial activities, and (iv) companies with any involvement in controversial weapons, are excluded. The ESG Criteria comprise the requirements as laid out in Article 12(1)(a) to (g) of the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1818. INDEX REBALANCING, CALCULATION AND ADMINISTRATION: The index is administered by Bloomberg Index Services Limited. The index is rebalanced on a monthly basis, at each month-end, with the selected bonds weighted according to their relative outstanding notional amount subject to certain adjustments to reflect certain segment weightings in the index in addition to the application of the ESG criteria. INVESTMENT POLICY

Synthetic replication - Fixed Income Portfolio + Swap

PIR compliant

No

PEA compliant

No

PEA-PME compliant

No