ISHARES GLBL HY CORP BD UCITS ETF USD DIST

Objectives and Approach

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 Markit iBoxx Global Developed Markets Liquid High Yield Capped 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 and comply with its credit rating requirements. If the credit ratings of the FI securities are upgraded to investment grade or downgraded to default grade or credit ratings are withdrawn, the Fund may continue to hold them until they cease to form part of the Index and it is practicable to sell them. The Index measures the performance of the global developed corporate high yield debt market.The Index is market-value weighted with a 3% issuer cap and a 10% cap for both 144A bonds without registration rights or with a registration period greater than one year and issues of securities pursuant to Regulation S of the US Securities Act 1933 that are not listed on a regulated market. The maximum original time to maturity for bonds within the Index is 15 years, and the minimum time to maturity is 1.5 years for new bonds to be included. All bonds must have a minimum maturity of 1 year to remain in the Index and be rated by at least one of three rating services: Fitch Ratings, Moody's Investors Service, or Standard & Poor's Rating Services. The Index currently includes sub-investment grade corporate bonds denominated in US Dollar, Euro, Sterling and Canadian dollar (these may include securities with a relatively low credit rating or which are unrated). 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 the 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. These may also include the use of financial derivative instruments (FDIs) (i.e. investments the prices of which are based on one or more underlying assets). FDIs may be used for direct investment purposes. The use of FDIs is expected to be limited for this Share Class. 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. Recommendation: This Fund is suitable for medium to long term investment, though the Fund may also be suitable for shorter term exposure to the Index. Your shares will be distributing shares (i.e. income will be paid on the shares semi-annually).