LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Xtrackers II
Investment Company with Variable Capital
Registered office: 49, avenue J.F. Kennedy, L-1855 Luxembourg
R.C.S. Luxembourg B-124.284
(the "Company")
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF
Xtrackers II Eurozone Government Bond Short Daily Swap UCITS ETF (ISIN: LU0321463258)
(the “Sub-Fund” )
22 November 2021
The board of directors of the Company (the “Board of Directors”) hereby informs the shareholders of the Sub-Fund about certain changes to the Sub-Fund as outlined below.
Capitalised terms not defined herein shall have the meaning given to them in the most recent version of the prospectus of the Company (the “Prospectus”), unless the context otherwise requires.
The Euro Over Night Index Average (“EONIA”) administrator, European Money Markets Institute, announced that it will stop publishing the EONIA on 3 January 2022. The European Central Bank’s working group on euro risk-free rates recommended that the Euro short term rate (“€STR”) replaces the EONIA as the Euro risk-free rate.
Currently, the Reference Index of the Sub-Fund reflects the daily opposite performance of an underlying index, plus a rate of interest based on the following two components; 1) the EONIA rate; and 2) an assumed repo rate meaning the EONIA rate minus the cost of borrowing the bonds.
As a result of the abovementioned decommissioning of EONIA, the Index Administrator of the Reference Index of the Sub-Fund will replace EONIA with €STR plus 8.5 basis points in the methodology of the Reference Index of the Sub-Fund as of 15 December 2021:
Sub-Fund |
Index Administrator |
Reference Index |
Xtrackers II Eurozone Government Bond Short Daily Swap UCITS ETF |
IHS Markit Benchmark Administration Limited |
Short iBoxx € Sovereigns Eurozone Total Return Index |
For the avoidance of doubt, the replacement of EONIA with €STR plus 8.5 basis points is not a material change to the Reference Index of the Sub-Fund. The Reference Index of the Sub-Fund will continue to provide the same short exposure to the sovereign bond index and will still feature an overnight refinancing rate.
For the avoidance of doubt, the Sub-Fund’s name, investment objective, risk profile and fees will remain unchanged.
General Information
Copies of the revised version of the Prospectus reflecting the changes will be made available on the Company’s website (www.Xtrackers.com) and copies thereof may be obtained on request, free of charge, at the registered office of the Company or the offices of the foreign representatives of the Company, once available.
This notice is for information purposes only. Shareholders are not required to take any action.
Shareholders who have any queries or to whom any of the above is not clear should seek advice from their stockbroker, bank manager, legal adviser, accountant or other independent financial advisor.
Further information in relation to the changes set out herein may be obtained from the legal entities mentioned under Contact information below, the offices of foreign representatives or by sending an email to Xtrackers@dws.com.
Neither the contents of the Company’s website nor the contents of any other website accessible from hyperlinks on the Company’s website is incorporated into, or forms part of, this announcement.
Xtrackers II
The Board of Directors
Contact information
Xtrackers II
49, avenue J.F. Kennedy, L-1855 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
DWS Investment S.A.
2, boulevard Konrad Adenauer, L-1115 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg