INVESCO BLDRS INDEX FUNDS TRUST (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number: 52-2115391)
Eric S. Purple
It is
proposed that this filing will become effective on January 31, 2020 pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485.
☐ Check box if it is proposed that this filing will become effective on the date hereof pursuant to Rule 487.
INVESCO BLDRS INDEX FUNDS TRUST
Cross Reference Sheet
Pursuant To Regulation C
Under The Securities Act Of 1933, As Amended
(Form N-8b-2 Items Required By Instruction 1
As To Prospectus In Form S-6)
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Form N-8B-2
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Form S-6
Heading in Prospectus
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Organization and General Information
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1.
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(a) Name of Trust and Internal Revenue Service Employer Identification
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Registration Statement Front Cover
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(b) Title of securities issued
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Registration Statement Front Cover
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Name, address and Internal Revenue Service Employer Identification Number of depositor
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The Sponsor
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Name, address and Internal Revenue Service Employer Identification Number of trustee
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The Trustee
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Name, address and Internal Revenue Service Employer Identification Number of principal underwriter
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State of organization of Trust
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Creation and Redemption of Shares
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(a) Dates of execution and termination of Trust Agreement under which Trust
organized
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Essential Information as of September 30, 2019 *; Termination of a Fund
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(b) Dates of execution and termination of Trust Agreement pursuant to which
proceeds of securities held by Trustee
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Same as set forth in 6(a)
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Changes of name
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Fiscal Year
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Essential Information as of September 30, 2019 *
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9.
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Material Litigation
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II
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General Description of the Trust and Securities of the Trust
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(a) Registered or bearer securities
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The Funds
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(b) Cumulative or distributive
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Essential Information as of September 30, 2019 *; Distributions to Beneficial Owners
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(c) Rights of holders as to withdrawal or redemption
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Creation and Redemption of Shares; Book-Entry Only; Notices and Distributions
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(d) Rights of holders as to conversion, transfer, etc.
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Same as set forth in 10(d)
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(e) Lapses or defaults in principal payments with respect to periodic payment
plan certificates
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(f) Voting rights
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Amendments to the Trust Agreement and Indenture; Termination of a Fund; The Trustee
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(g) Notice to holders as to change in:
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(1) Composition of Trust assets
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(2) Terms and conditions of Trusts securities
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Amendments to the Trust Agreement and Indenture
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(3) Provisions of Trust Agreement
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Same as set forth in 10(g)(2)
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(4) Identity of depositor and trustee
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The Trustee; The Sponsor
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(h) Consent of holders required to change:
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(1) Composition of Trust assets
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Not applicable, answer negative or not required.
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Form N-8B-2
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Form S-6
Heading in Prospectus
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(2) Terms and conditions of Trusts securities
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Amendments to the Trust Agreement and Indenture
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(3) Provisions of Trust Agreement
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Same as set forth in 10(h)(2)
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(4) Identity of depositor and trustee
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The Sponsor; The Trustee
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(i) Other principal features of the securities
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The Funds
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Type of securities comprising units
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Prospectus Front Cover; The Funds; The Portfolios; Creation and Redemption of Shares
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Certain information regarding securities comprising periodic payment certificates
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(a) Certain information regarding loads, fees, expenses and charges
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Creation and Redemption of Shares; Expenses of a Fund
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(b) Certain information regarding periodic payment plan certificates
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(c) Certain percentages
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Same as set forth in 13(a)
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(d) Reasons for certain differences in prices
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(e) Certain other loads, fees, or charges payable by holders
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(f) Certain profits receivable by depositor, principal underwriters,
custodian, trustee or affiliated persons
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The Portfolios
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(g) Ratio of annual charges and deductions to income
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14.
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Issuance of Trusts securities
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The Funds; Book-Entry Only; Notices and Distributions
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15.
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Receipt and handling of payments from purchasers
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The Funds; Creation and Redemption of Shares
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16.
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Acquisition and disposition of underlying securities
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The Funds; Creation and Redemption of Shares; The Portfolios
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(a) Withdrawal or redemption by holders
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Same as set forth in 16
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(b) Persons entitled or required to redeem or repurchase securities
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Same as set forth in 16
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(c) Cancellation or resale of repurchased or redeemed securities
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Same as set forth in 16
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(a) Receipt, custody and disposition of income
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Distributions to Beneficial Owners
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(b) Reinvestment of distributions
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(c) Reserves or special funds
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Same as set forth in 18(a)
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(d) Schedule of distributions
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19.
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Records, accounts and reports
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Distributions to Beneficial Owners; Expenses of a Fund; Book-Entry Only; Notices and Distributions
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20.
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Certain miscellaneous provisions of Trust Agreement
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(a) Amendments
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Amendments to the Trust Agreement and Indenture
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(b) Extension or termination
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Same as set forth in 20(a)
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(c) Removal or resignation of trustee
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The Trustee
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(d) Successor trustee
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Same as set forth in 20(c)
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(e) Removal or resignation of depositor
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The Sponsor
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Not applicable, answer negative or not required.
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Form N-8B-2
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Form S-6
Heading in Prospectus
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(f) Successor depositor
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Same as set forth in 20(e)
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21.
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Loans to security holders
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22.
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Limitations on liabilities
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The Trustee; The Sponsor
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Bonding arrangements
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24.
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Other material provisions of Trust Agreement
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III
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Organization, Personnel and Affiliated Persons of Depositor
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25.
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Organization of depositor
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The Sponsor
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26.
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Fees received by depositor
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Business of depositor
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The Sponsor
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28.
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Certain information as to officials and affiliated persons of depositor
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Same as set forth in 27
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29.
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Ownership of voting securities of depositor
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Same as set forth in 27
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30.
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Persons controlling depositor
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31.
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Payments by depositor for certain services rendered to Trust
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32.
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Payments by depositor for certain other services rendered to Trust
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33.
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Remuneration of employees of depositor for certain services rendered to Trust
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34.
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Compensation of other persons for certain services rendered to Trust
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IV
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Distribution and Redemption of Securities
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35.
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Distribution of Trusts securities in states
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Continuous Offering of Shares
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36.
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Suspension of sales of Trusts securities
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37.
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Denial or revocation of authority to distribute
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38.
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(a) Method of distribution
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Creation and Redemption of Shares of Creation Units; Continuous Offering of Shares; The Funds; Book-Entry Only; Notices and Distributions
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(b) Underwriting agreements
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Continuous Offering of Shares; Creation and Redemption of Shares
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(c) Selling agreements
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Same as set forth in 38(b)
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39.
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(a) Organization of principal underwriter
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The Sponsor
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(b) FINRA membership of principal underwriter
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The Sponsor
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40.
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Certain fees received by principal underwriters
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41.
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(a) Business of principal underwriters
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Continuous Offering of Shares
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(b) Branch offices of principal underwriters
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(c) Salesmen of principal underwriters
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42.
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Ownership of Trusts securities by certain persons
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43.
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Certain brokerage commissions received by principal underwriters
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44.
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(a) Method of valuation for determining offering price
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The Portfolios; Determination of Net Asset Value
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(b) Schedule as to components of offering price
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Not applicable, answer negative or not required.
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Form N-8B-2
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Form S-6
Heading in Prospectus
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(c) Variation in offering price to certain persons
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45.
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Suspension of redemption rights
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46.
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(a) Certain information regarding redemption or withdrawal valuation
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Determination of Net Asset Value; Creation and Redemption of Shares
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(b) Schedule as to components of redemption price
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47.
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Maintenance of position in underlying securities
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The Funds; The Portfolios; Continuous Offering of Shares; Determination of Net Asset Value; Distributions to Beneficial Owners
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V
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Information Concerning the Trustee or Custodian
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48.
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Organization and regulation of trustee
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The Trustee
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49.
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Fees and expenses of trustee
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Expenses of a Fund; Creation and Redemption of Shares
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50.
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Trustees lien
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Same as set forth in 49
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VI
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Information Concerning Insurance of Holders of Securities
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51.
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(a) Name and address of insurance company
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(b) Types of policies
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(c) Types of risks insured and excluded
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(d) Coverage
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(e) Beneficiaries
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(f) Terms and manner of cancellation
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(g) Method of determining premiums
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(h) Aggregate premiums paid
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(i) Recipients of premiums
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(j) Other material provisions of Trust Agreement relating to insurance
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VII
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Policy of Registrant
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52.
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(a) Method of selecting and eliminating securities from the Trust
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The Funds; The Portfolios; Creation and Redemption of Shares; Determination of the Portfolio Deposit
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(b) Elimination of securities from the Trust
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(c) Policy of Trust regarding substitution and elimination of
securities
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Same as set forth in 52(a)
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(d) Description of any other fundamental policy of the Trust
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(e) Code of Conduct
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Code of Conduct
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53.
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(a) Taxable status of the Trust
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Tax Status of the Trust
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(b) Qualification of the Trust as a regulated investment company
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Same as set forth in 53(a)
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VIII
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Financial and Statistical Information
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54.
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Information regarding the Trusts last ten fiscal years
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55.
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Certain information regarding periodic payment plan certificates
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Not applicable, answer negative or not required.
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Form N-8B-2
Item Number
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Form S-6
Heading in Prospectus
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56.
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Certain information regarding periodic payment plan certificates
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57.
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Certain information regarding periodic payment plan certificates
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58.
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Certain information regarding periodic payment plan certificates
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59.
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Financial statements (Instruction 1(c) to Form S-6)
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Not applicable, answer negative or not required.
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v
UNDERTAKING TO FILE REPORTS
Subject to the terms and conditions of Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the undersigned registrant hereby
undertakes to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission such supplementary and periodic information, documents, and reports as may be prescribed by any rule or regulation of the Commission heretofore or hereafter duly adopted pursuant to
authority conferred in that section.
PROSPECTUS
INVESCO BLDRS ASIA 50 ADR INDEX FUND
INVESCO BLDRS DEVELOPED MARKETS 100 ADR INDEX FUND
INVESCO BLDRS EMERGING MARKETS 50 ADR INDEX FUND
INVESCO BLDRS EUROPE SELECT ADR INDEX FUND
January 31, 2020
The Invesco BLDRS Index Funds Trust (Trust) is a unit investment trust consisting of
four (4) separate investment portfolios (each an Invesco BLDRS Index Fund or a Fund and collectively the Invesco BLDRS Index Funds or the Funds). The investment objective of each Fund is to seek
to track the investment results, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded Depositary Receipts in a particular geographic region or market represented by a specified relevant benchmark index compiled and published by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC
(S&P Dow Jones Indices) (each an S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index). Invesco Capital Management LLC is the Sponsor of the Trust and the Funds and The Bank of New York Mellon is the Trustee.
The units of beneficial interest of each Fund (Shares) are listed on The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc.
(NASDAQ). The Shares trade on NASDAQ at market prices that may differ to some degree from the Shares net asset value. Each Fund issues and redeems Shares on a continuous basis at net asset value only in a multiple of
50,000 Shares called a Creation Unit, principally in-kind for securities included in the relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index. EXCEPT WHEN AGGREGATED IN CREATION UNITS, SHARES ARE NOT REDEEMABLE
SECURITIES OF A FUND.
Shares of each Fund are not guaranteed or insured by The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other
agency of the U.S. government, nor are Shares deposits or obligations of any bank. Shares involve investment risks, including the loss of principal.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has not approved or disapproved these securities or passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this
Prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
Sponsor: Invesco Capital Management LLC
BLDRS and Baskets of Listed Depositary Receipts
are registered trademarks of The Bank of New York Mellon
Copyright© 2020 by Invesco Capital Management LLC, all rights reserved
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2019*
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Number of
Shares
Outstanding
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Fractional
Undivided Interest
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Each Share
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Net Asset
Value per
Share
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Symbol
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CUSIP
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Invesco BLDRS Asia 50 ADR Index Fund:
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550,000
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1/550,000
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$
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30.71
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ADRA
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46090C107
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Invesco BLDRS Developed Markets 100 ADR Index Fund:
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1,450,000
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1/1,450,000
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$
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21.06
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ADRD
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46090C206
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Invesco BLDRS Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index Fund:
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3,250,000
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1/3,250,000
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$
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38.53
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ADRE
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46090C305
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Invesco BLDRS Europe Select ADR Index Fund:
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500,000
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1/500,000
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$
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20.46
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ADRU
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46090C404
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Glossary:
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All defined terms used in this Prospectus and page numbers on which their definitions appear are listed in the Glossary beginning on page 103
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Sponsor:
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Invesco Capital Management LLC (Invesco)
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Distributor:
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Invesco Distributors, Inc.
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Trustee:
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The Bank of New York Mellon
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Licensor:
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S&P Dow Jones Indices
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Depositary:
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The Depository Trust Company (DTC)
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Trust Agreement and Indenture:
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Dated and Effective as of November 13, 2002 by and between the initial sponsor and the Trustee.*
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Beneficial Owner:
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Owners of beneficial interests in Shares are referred to as Beneficial Owners.
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Record Dates:
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Quarterly, currently anticipated to be the Second (2nd) Business Day after the third (3rd) Friday in each of March, June, September and December.**
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Dividend Payment Dates:
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Quarterly, on the last Business Day of April, July, October and December.**
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Fiscal Year:
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October 1-September 30
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Estimated Ordinary Operating Expenses of Each Fund:
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30/100th of one percent (inclusive of Trustees annual fee of 6/100th of one percent to 10/100th of one percent) of the net asset value (NAV) of the relevant Fund.***
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Valuation Time:
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Closing time of the regular trading session on NASDAQ (ordinarily 4:00 p.m. New York time).
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Business Day:
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Any day that NASDAQ is open for business, or that the Funds are open for business as required by Section 22(e) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (1940 Act).
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Mandatory Termination Date:
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If a Fund is terminated pursuant to the terms of the Trust Agreement and Indenture, the Mandatory Termination Date shall be the date on which the last security held by a Fund matures, is sold, is redeemed, or upon any other disposition as the
case may be.
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Discretionary Termination:
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At the discretion of the Sponsor, a Fund may be terminated if at any time after three (3) years following the initial Portfolio Deposit such value is less than $350,000,000, adjusted for inflation.****
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Calculation of the Composition of the Portfolio Deposit for Creation Units:
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The Trustee, through the National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC), makes available on each Business Day, immediately prior to the opening of business on NASDAQ (currently 9:30 a.m., New York time), the list of the names and
the required number of shares of each of the securities comprising a Funds relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index (each an Index Security) to be included in the current Portfolio Deposit (based on information at the end of the
previous Business Day) for each Fund. Such Portfolio Deposit is applicable, subject to any adjustments, in order to effect creations and redemptions of Creation Units of a given Fund until such time as the next-announced composition of the Portfolio
Deposit is made available.
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Modification to the Trust Agreement and Indenture:
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The Trust Agreement and Indenture for each Fund may be modified unilaterally by the Sponsor to effect certain changes, and may be otherwise modified by a vote of the Beneficial Owners of the outstanding Shares of the relevant Fund under certain
circumstances.
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The Trust Agreement and Indenture became effective and the initial deposit for each Fund was made on
November 13, 2002 (Initial Date of Deposit).
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See Distributions to Beneficial Owners.
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See Expenses of a Fund and the Trustee
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A Fund may also be terminated under other circumstances. See Termination of a Fund.
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THE FUNDS
Each Fund is an index fund that holds publicly-traded Depositary Receipts of non-U.S. companies in a particular geographic region or market represented by a specified relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index. The Shares of each Fund represent an undivided interest in the portfolio of Depositary
Receipts held by each Fund. The Shares of each Fund are separate from the underlying securities that are represented by the Shares. Each Fund seeks to track the investment results, before fees and expenses, of its relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR
Index. Each S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index is developed by the Licensor from a universe of Depositary Receipts defined by the S&P/Bank of New York Mellon ADR Index (S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Composite Index). S&P Dow Jones
Indices compiles, maintains, calculates and disseminates each S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index and the free-float adjusted market capitalization methodology of S&P Dow Jones Indices is employed. See Selection Criteria, Construction and
Maintenance Standards for the S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Indexes.
Depositary Receipts are negotiable U.S. securities that generally
represent a non-U.S. companys publicly traded equity or debt. Depositary Receipts are created when a broker purchases the non-U.S. companys shares
on that companys home stock market and delivers those shares to the depositarys local custodian bank, who then instructs the depositary bank, such as The Bank of New York Mellon, to issue Depositary Receipts. Depositary Receipts may also
be purchased in the U.S. secondary trading market. Depositary Receipts may trade freely, just like any other security, either on an exchange, NASDAQ or in the
over-the-counter market, and can be used to raise capital.
Indexing is an investment strategy for tracking, as closely as possible, the performance of a specified market benchmark, or index.
An index is an unmanaged group of securities whose overall performance is used as a standard to measure the investment performance of a particular market. There are many types of indexes. Some represent entire markets such as a U.S. or
foreign country stock market. Other indexes cover market segments such as small-capitalization stocks or long-term bonds, or particular industries. An index fund holds all, or a representative sample, of the securities that make up its target index.
Unlike actively managed funds, index (or passively managed) funds do not buy and sell securities based on research and analysis. Rather, index funds simply attempt to mirror what the target index does, for better or worse. An index fund
does not always perform exactly like its target index. Like all investment companies, index funds have operating expenses and transaction costs. Market indexes do not, and therefore will usually have a slight performance advantage over funds that
track them.
The Funds are designed for investors seeking a relatively low cost approach to investing and may be suitable for long-term
investment in the market or market segment represented in the relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index. Shares of each Fund may also be used as an asset allocation tool or as a speculative trading instrument. The Shares have been designed to be
tradable in a secondary market on NASDAQ on an intraday basis in lots of any size and to be created and redeemed principally in-kind in Creation Units at each days next calculated NAV. The Funds utilize
a low cost passive or indexing investment approach to attempt to approximate the investment performance of their relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Indexes.
This prospectus provides information about the four Funds. The Invesco BLDRS Asia 50 ADR Index Fund seeks to track the S&P/BNY Mellon Asia
50 ADR Index (USD); the Invesco BLDRS Developed Markets 100 ADR Index Fund seeks to track the S&P/BNY Mellon Developed Markets 100 ADR Index (USD); the Invesco BLDRS Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index Fund seeks to track the S&P/BNY Mellon
Emerging 50 ADR Index (USD) and the Invesco BLDRS Europe Select ADR Index Fund seeks to track the S&P/BNY Mellon Europe Select ADR Index (USD). Each Fund normally holds at least 95% of its total assets in Depositary Receipts that
comprise its relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index, and will seek to track the investment results, before fees and expenses, of its relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index.
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INDEXES AND TICKER SYMBOLS
INVESCO BLDRS Asia 50 ADR Index Fund (ADRA)
The Invesco BLDRS Asia 50 ADR Index Fund seeks to track the S&P/BNY Mellon Asia 50 ADR Index (USD). The S&P/BNY Mellon Asia 50 ADR
Index (USD), having an index market capitalization ranging from approximately $3 billion to over $256 billion, includes 50 component American Depositary Receipts as of September 30, 2019 representing the securities issued by 50 of the most
actively traded companies from the Asian markets, having a free-float market capitalization ranging from approximately $5 billion to over $435 billion.
INVESCO BLDRS Developed Markets 100 ADR Index Fund (ADRD)
The Invesco BLDRS Developed Markets 100 ADR Index Fund seeks to track the S&P/BNY Mellon Developed Markets 100 ADR Index (USD). The
S&P/BNY Mellon Developed Markets 100 ADR Index (USD), having an index market capitalization ranging from approximately $357 million to over $221 billion, includes 81 component American Depositary Receipts as of September 30, 2019
representing the securities issued by 81 of the most actively traded companies from the international developed markets, having a free-float market capitalization ranging from approximately $437 million to over $234 billion.
INVESCO BLDRS Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index Fund (ADRE)
The Invesco BLDRS Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index Fund seeks to track the S&P/BNY Mellon Emerging 50 ADR Index (USD). The S&P/BNY Mellon
Emerging 50 ADR Index (USD), having an index market capitalization ranging from approximately $4 billion to over $245 billion, includes 50 component American Depositary Receipts as of September 30, 2019 representing the securities issued
by 50 of the most actively traded companies from the international and emerging markets, having a free-float market capitalization ranging from approximately $5 billion to over $435 billion.
INVESCO BLDRS Europe Select ADR Index Fund (ADRU)
The Invesco BLDRS Europe Select ADR Index Fund seeks to track the S&P/BNY Mellon Europe Select ADR Index (USD). The S&P/BNY Mellon
Europe Select ADR Index (USD), having an index market capitalization ranging from approximately $357 million to over $221 billion, includes 69 component American Depositary Receipts as of September 30, 2019 representing the securities
issued by 69 of the most actively traded companies from the European markets, having a free-float market capitalization ranging from approximately $437 million to over $234 billion.
RISKS OF INVESTING IN THE FUNDS
General Risks
Depositary Receipts. Each Fund holds the securities of non-U.S. and non-Canadian companies in the form of Depositary Receipts, New York
shares and Global Shares. Depositary Receipts may not necessarily be denominated in the same currency as the underlying securities into which they may be converted. American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) are receipts typically issued by an
American bank or trust company that evidence ownership of underlying securities issued by a foreign corporation. New York shares are typically issued by a company incorporated in the Netherlands and represent a direct interest in the company. Unlike
traditional Depositary Receipts, New York share programs do not involve custody of the Dutch shares of the company. Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs) are receipts issued throughout the world that evidence a similar arrangement. ADRs and
GDRs trade in foreign currencies that differ from the currency in which the underlying security for each ADR or GDR principally trades. Global Shares are the actual (ordinary) shares of a non-U.S. company,
which trade both in the home market and the United States ADRs, GDRs, New York shares, and Global Shares are collectively referred to as Depositary Receipts. Generally, ADRs, and New York shares in registered form, are designed for use
in the U.S. securities markets. GDRs, in registered form, are tradable both in the United States and in Europe and are designed for use throughout the world. Global Shares are represented by the same share certificate in both the United States and
the home market. Separate registrars in the United States and home country are maintained. In most cases, purchases occurring on a U.S. exchange would be
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reflected on the U.S. Registrar. Global Shares may also be eligible to list on exchanges in addition to the United States and home country. A Fund may hold unsponsored Depositary Receipts.
The issuers of unsponsored Depositary Receipts are not obligated to disclose material information in the United States; therefore, there may be less information available regarding such issuers and there may not be a correlation between such
information and the market value of the Depositary Receipts.
Emerging Markets Risk. The risks of foreign
investments are usually much greater for emerging markets. Investments in emerging markets may be volatile and considered speculative. Emerging markets include those countries defined as emerging or developing by the World
Bank, the International Finance Corporation or the United Nations. Emerging markets are riskier because they develop unevenly and may never fully develop. They are more likely to experience hyperinflation and currency devaluations, currency
restrictions, capital controls, and capital seizures, which adversely affect returns to U.S. investors. In addition, the securities markets in many of these countries have far lower trading volumes and less liquidity than developed markets. Because
these markets are so small, they may be more likely to suffer sharp and frequent price changes or long term price depression due to adverse publicity, investor perceptions or the transactions of a few large investors. Traditional measures of
investment value used in the United States, such as price to earnings ratios, may not apply to certain small markets, making it more difficult to value their securities. From time to time, the United States or other countries may impose sanctions on
various persons, issuers, or countries, which could negatively affect the value of a Funds investments and make them illiquid.
Equity Risk. An investment in a Fund should be made with an understanding of the risks inherent in an investment
in equity securities, including the risk that the financial condition of issuers may become impaired or that the general condition of the stock market may deteriorate (either of which may cause a decrease in the value of the securities held by a
Fund (Fund Securities) and thus in the value of Shares). Equity securities, and therefore Depositary Receipts, are susceptible to general stock market fluctuations and to volatile increases and decreases in value as market confidence in
and perceptions of their issuers change. These investor perceptions are based on various unpredictable factors including: expectations regarding government; economic, monetary and fiscal policies; inflation and interest rates; economic expansion or
contraction; and global or regional political, economic and banking crises.
Currency Risk. The underlying
securities of the Depositary Receipts in a Funds portfolio are usually denominated or quoted in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates affect the value of a Funds portfolio. Generally, when the
U.S. dollar rises in value against a foreign currency, a security denominated in that currency loses value because the currency is worth fewer U.S. dollars. Conversely, when the U.S. dollar decreases in value against a foreign currency, a security
denominated in that currency gains value because the currency is worth more U.S. dollars. This risk, generally known as currency risk, means that a strong U.S. dollar will reduce returns for U.S. investors while a weak U.S. dollar will
increase those returns. Consistent with its operation as an index fund, the Fund will not hedge its currency risk. As a result, the Funds exposure to currency risk may be increased as compared to an actively managed fund.
Foreign Market Risk. Since the underlying securities of the Depositary Receipts in a Funds portfolio trade
on foreign exchanges at times when the U.S. markets are not open for trading, the value of the Depositary Receipts representing those underlying securities may change materially at times when the U.S. markets are not open for trading, regardless of
whether there is an active U.S. market for Shares.
Liquidity Risk. Although the Depositary Receipts in
the relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Indexes are listed on a national securities exchange or NASDAQ there can be no assurance that a market for Depositary Receipts will be made or maintained or that any such market will be or remain liquid. The price
at which a Funds securities may be sold and the value of a Funds Shares will be adversely affected if trading markets for the securities are limited or absent. Further, a Fund may experience low trading volume and wide bid/ask spreads.
Bid/ask spreads vary over time based on trading volume and market liquidity (including for the underlying securities held by a Fund), and are generally lower if Shares have more trading volume and market liquidity and higher if Shares have little
trading volume and market liquidity. Additionally, in stressed market
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conditions, the market for a Funds Shares may become less liquid in response to deteriorating liquidity in the markets for the Funds portfolio holdings, which may cause a variance in
the market price of the Shares and their underlying value.
Non-Diversification
Risk. The Depositary Receipts of particular issuers, or of issuers in particular industries, may represent a large portion of a S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index. If a Fund holds large positions in securities of a fewer number
of issuers, a Fund is more susceptible to any single economic, political, market or regulatory event than an investment company that is more broadly diversified across issuers.
Authorized Participant Concentration Risk. Only Authorized Participants (as hereinafter defined) may engage in
creation or redemption transactions directly with a Fund. Each Fund has a limited number of institutions that may act as Authorized Participants and such Authorized Participants have no obligation to submit creation or redemption orders.
Consequently, there is no assurance that those Authorized Participants will establish or maintain an active trading market for the Shares. This risk may be heightened to the extent that securities underlying a Fund are traded outside a
collateralized settlement system. In that case, Authorized Participants may be required to post collateral on certain trades on an agency basis (i.e., on behalf of other market participants), which only a limited number of Authorized Participants
may be able to do. In addition, to the extent that Authorized Participants exit the business or are unable to proceed with creation and/or redemption orders with respect to a Fund and no other Authorized Participant is able to step forward to create
or redeem Creation Units, this may result in a significantly diminished trading market for Shares which may be more likely to trade at a premium or discount to the Funds NAV and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting. This risk may be
heightened for the Funds because they invest in non-U.S. securities, which may have lower trading volumes.
Index Provider Risk. Each Fund will seek to track the investment results, before fees and expenses, to the
performance of the relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index. There is no assurance that S&P Dow Jones Indices will compile the relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index accurately, or that the relevant S&P/ BNY Mellon ADR Index will be determined,
composed or calculated accurately. While S&P Dow Jones Indices gives descriptions of what the relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index is designed to achieve, S&P Dow Jones Indices generally does not provide any warranty or accept any liability
in relation to the quality, accuracy or completeness of data in such index, and it generally does not guarantee that the relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index will be in line with its methodology. Errors made by S&P Dow Jones Indices with
respect to the quality, accuracy and completeness of the data within the relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index may occur from time to time and may not be identified and corrected by S&P Dow Jones Indices for a period of time, if at all.
Therefore, gains, losses or costs associated with S&P Dow Jones Indices errors will generally be borne by each Fund and its shareholders.
Indexing Risk. Each Fund is a unit investment trust registered under the 1940 Act and is not a managed fund.
Traditional methods of investment management for a managed fund typically involve continuing evaluation and changes to a portfolio of securities on the basis of economic, financial and market analyses. The only purchases and sales that are made with
respect to a Funds portfolio will be those necessary to create a portfolio that is designed to seek to track the investment results, before fees and expenses, of the relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index to the extent practicable. Because no
attempt is made to manage a Fund in the traditional sense, the adverse financial condition of an issuer will not be the basis for the sale of its securities from a Funds portfolio unless the issuer is removed from the relevant
S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index.
Changes to a Funds relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index may cause the Trustee to make
corresponding portfolio adjustments. Some or all of the S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Indexes may have relatively high component turnover ratios that will require the Trustee to buy Index Securities or sell Portfolio Securities for the relevant Fund in
order to create a portfolio that is designed to seek to track the investment results, before fees and expenses, of the Funds relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index. If the composition of an S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index changes frequently and
thus the Trustee is required to buy Index Securities or sell Portfolio Securities frequently, there could be adverse tax consequences and other expenses to shareholders of such Fund. See The Portfolios Change to an S&P/BNY Mellon
ADR Index and The Portfolios Adjustments to Portfolios.
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Intraday Indicative Value. The trading prices of the Shares in the
secondary market generally differ from the Funds daily NAV and are affected by market forces such as the supply of and demand for Shares and underlying securities held by the Funds, economic conditions and other factors. Information regarding
the intraday indicative value (IIV) of the Shares is disseminated every 15 seconds throughout each trading day by NASDAQ or by market data vendors or other information providers. However, the IIV should not be viewed as a
real-time update of the Funds NAV. The IIV is based on the current market value of the published basket of portfolio securities and/or cash required to be deposited in exchange for a Creation Unit and does not necessarily reflect
the precise composition of the Funds actual portfolio at a particular point in time. Moreover, the IIV is generally determined by using current market quotations and/or price quotations obtained from broker-dealers and other market
intermediaries and valuations based on current market rates. The IIV may not be calculated in the same manner as the NAV, which (i) is computed only once a day, (ii) unlike the calculation of the IIV, takes into account Fund expenses, and
(iii) may be subject, in accordance with the requirements of the 1940 Act, to fair valuation at different prices than those used in the calculations of the IIV. Therefore, the IIV may not reflect the best possible valuation of the Funds
current portfolio. Additionally, the quotations and/or valuations of certain of the Funds holdings may not be updated during U.S. trading hours if such holdings do not trade in the United States, which could affect premiums and discounts
between the IIV and the market price of the Shares. The Funds, the Sponsor and their affiliates are not involved in, or responsible for, any aspect of the calculation or dissemination of the IIV, and the Funds, the Sponsor and their affiliates do
not make any warranty as to the accuracy of these calculations.
Failure to Meet NASDAQs Continuous Listing
Standards. There can be no assurance that a Fund will continue to meet the requirements of NASDAQ necessary to maintain the listing of its Shares. NASDAQ may, but is not required to, remove the Shares of a Fund from
listing if: (i) the value of the Funds relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index no longer is calculated or available; (ii) the Fund has more than 60 days remaining until termination and there are fewer than 50 Beneficial Owners of the
Shares; (iii) a Funds relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index fails to meet certain continued listing standards of NASDAQ; (iv) the IIV of a Fund is no longer calculated or available; or (v) such other event shall occur or
condition shall exist that, in the opinion of NASDAQ, makes further dealings on NASDAQ inadvisable. NASDAQ will remove the Shares of a Fund from listing and trading upon termination of the Fund.
Substitution Risk. While the Licensor often chooses a replacement company for the S&P/BNY Mellon ADR
Composite Index with some characteristics in common with a company or companies removed from the index, a replacement company may have little in common with the company it replaces.
Foreign Limitation Risk. A Participating Partys ability to acquire Deposit Securities may be limited if the
creation of new Deposit Securities would cause any foreign ownership limits for the foreign securities underlying the Deposit Securities to be exceeded. If this were to happen, it is possible that a Participating Partys ability to create
Shares may be adversely affected.
Correlation Risk. The Sponsor believes that over time the correlation
between each Funds performance and that of its relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index, before fees and expenses, will be 95% or better. A figure of 100% would indicate perfect correlation. A Funds return may not match the return of its
relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index as a result of Fund expenses and other factors. For example, a rebalancing of a Funds holdings may at times be necessary to reflect changes in the composition of its relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index.
Rebalancing will result in transaction and other costs and could result in the realization of capital gains or losses.
Investment Company Tax Diversification. Each Fund intends to maintain the required level of diversification so as to qualify as a regulated investment company for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended (Code), in order to avoid liability for federal income tax to the extent that its earnings are distributed to shareholders. Compliance with the diversification requirements of the Code could limit the ability of a Fund
to meet its investment objective.
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Fluctuation of Net Asset Value and Market Value. The NAV of the
Shares will fluctuate with changes in the market value of the securities held in each Funds portfolio. The market prices of Shares will fluctuate in accordance with changes in NAV and supply and demand in the secondary market. The Sponsor
cannot predict whether Shares will trade below, at or above their NAV. Price differences may be due, in large part, to the fact that supply and demand forces at work in the secondary trading market for Shares will be closely related, but not
identical to, the same forces influencing the prices of the Depositary Receipts of the relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index trading individually or in the aggregate at any point in time. However, given that Shares can be created and redeemed in
Creation Units, the Sponsor believes that large discounts or premiums to the NAV of Shares should not be sustained.
Trading
Halts. Trading in Shares on NASDAQ may be halted due to market conditions or for reasons that, in the view of NASDAQ, make trading in Shares inadvisable. In addition, trading in Shares on NASDAQ is subject to trading halts
caused by extraordinary market volatility pursuant to NASDAQ circuit breaker rules.
Termination of a
Fund. The Sponsor may direct the Trustee to terminate and liquidate a Fund if at any time three years following the Initial Date of Deposit such value is less than $350,000,000 as adjusted for inflation. The Trustee may
also terminate a Fund upon the agreement of the Beneficial Owners of 662/3% of the Funds outstanding Shares. The Trustee will
terminate and liquidate a Fund if one of the following events occurs: (1) DTC is unwilling or unable to continue to perform its functions and a comparable replacement is unavailable; (2) NSCC no longer provides clearance services with
respect to the Funds Shares, or the Trustee is no longer a participant in NSCC; (3) the Licensor ceases publishing the Funds relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index; (4) the License Agreement is terminated; (5) the
Funds Shares are de-listed from NASDAQ; (6) the Sponsor resigns or is unable to perform its duties and the Trustee has not appointed a successor and has not itself agreed to act as sponsor;
(7) the Trustee resigns or is removed and no successor trustee is appointed; or (8) on the Mandatory Termination Date.
Upon
the termination of a Fund, the Trustee will, within a reasonable time after the termination of the Fund, sell the Funds Securities and, after making provisions for the Funds liabilities, distribute the proceeds to the Beneficial Owners.
See Termination of a Fund. In the event the process of terminating a Fund begins and until the date on which the Fund is terminated, the trading pattern of such Funds Shares could be negatively affected.
Cybersecurity Risk. The Funds, like all companies, may be susceptible to operational and information security
risks. Cyber security failures or breaches of a Fund or its service providers or the issuers of securities in which a Fund invests, have the ability to cause disruptions and impact business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses, the
inability of Fund shareholders to transact business, violations of applicable privacy and other laws, regulatory fines, penalties, reputational damage, reimbursement or other compensation costs, and/or additional compliance costs. The Funds and
their shareholders could be negatively impacted as a result. Similar types of cyber security risks are also present for issuers of securities in which the Funds may invest, which could result in material adverse consequences for such issuers and may
cause a Funds investment in such companies to lose value.
Risk Factors Specific to Each Fund
Each Fund is subject to the additional risks associated with concentrating its investments in companies in the market sector that its relevant
S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index targets. Additional Fund specific risks include:
Invesco BLDRS Asia 50 ADR Index Fund
Special Risks of Countries in the Asia Pacific Region. Certain of the risks associated with
international investments are heightened for investments in these countries. In the Asia Pacific markets, there is a high concentration of market capitalization and trading volume in a small number of issuers representing a limited number of
industries, as well as a high concentration of investors and financial intermediaries. Many of these markets also may be affected by developments with respect to more established markets in the region, such as
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Japan and Hong Kong. Brokers in developing market Asia Pacific countries typically are fewer in number and less well capitalized than brokers in the United States. Many of the developing market
Asia Pacific countries may be subject to a greater degree of economic, political and social instability than is the case in the United States and Western European countries. Such instability may result from, among other things:
(i) authoritarian governments or military involvement in political and economic decision-making, including changes in government through extra-constitutional means; (ii) popular unrest associated with demands for improved political,
economic and social conditions; (iii) internal insurgencies; (iv) hostile relations with neighboring countries; and/or (v) ethnic, religious and racial disaffection. In addition, the governments of many of such countries, such as
Indonesia, have a heavy role in regulating and supervising the economy.
The governments of many developing market Asia Pacific countries
have exercised and continue to exercise substantial influence over many aspects of the private sector. In certain cases, the government owns or controls many companies, including the largest in the country. Accordingly, government actions in the
future could have a significant effect on economic conditions in developing market Asia Pacific countries, which could affect private sector companies. In addition, certain developing Asia-Pacific countries are especially large debtors to commercial
banks and foreign governments.
It is possible that developing market Asia Pacific issuers may not be subject to the same accounting,
auditing and financial reporting standards as U.S. companies. Inflation accounting rules in some developing market Asia-Pacific countries require companies that keep accounting records in the local currency, for both tax and accounting purposes, to
restate certain assets and liabilities on the companys balance sheet in order to express items in terms of currency of constant purchasing power. Inflation accounting may indirectly generate losses or profits for certain developing market Asia
Pacific companies. In addition, satisfactory custodial services for investment securities may not be available in some developing Asia Pacific countries, which may result in the Fund incurring additional costs and delays in providing transportation
and custody services for such securities outside such countries.
Some of the currencies of Asia Pacific countries have experienced
devaluations relative to the U.S. dollar, and adjustments have been made periodically in certain of such currencies. Certain countries, such as Indonesia, face serious exchange constraints. Jurisdictional disputes also exist, for example, between
North and South Korea. In addition, the Japanese economy has only recently emerged from a prolonged economic downturn. Since 2000, Japans economic growth rate has remained relatively low. Its economy is characterized by government intervention
and protectionism, an unstable financial services sector and relatively high unemployment. Japans economy is heavily dependent on international trade and has been adversely affected by trade tariffs and competition from emerging economies. As
such, economic growth is heavily dependent on continued growth in international trade, government support of the financial services sector, among other troubled sectors, and consistent government policy. Any changes or trends in these economic
factors could have a significant impact on Japans markets overall and may negatively affect the Funds investment. Japans economy is also closely tied to its two largest trading partners, the United States and China. Market
volatility in either nation may create volatility for Japans markets as well. Additionally, as China has increased its role with Japan as a trading partner, political tension between the countries has become strained. Any increase or decrease
in such tension may have consequences for investment in Japanese markets.
Political Instability. Many
emerging markets are in countries with histories of political instability and abrupt changes in policies. As a result, their governments are more likely to take actions that are hostile or detrimental to private enterprise or foreign investment than
those of more developed countries. Certain emerging markets may also face other significant internal or external risks, including the risk of war, and ethnic, religious and racial conflicts. In addition, governments in many emerging market countries
participate to a significant degree in their economies and securities markets, which may impair investment and economic growth.
Invesco BLDRS Developed Markets 100 ADR Index Fund
Movement of Developed Markets. As increased globalization of Developed Markets occurs, Developed Markets may tend
to move in tandem with the U.S. market. This would cause values of Depositary Receipts of
7
issuers located in Developed Markets to rise and fall in tandem with securities issued by U.S. companies, and would reduce their asset allocation/diversification benefits for U.S. investors.
European Market Risk. The Economic and Monetary Union of the EU requires compliance with restrictions on
inflation rates, deficits, interest rates, debt levels and fiscal and monetary controls, each of which may significantly affect every country in Europe. Decreasing imports or exports, changes in governmental or EU regulations on trade, changes in
the exchange rate of the euro, the default or threat of default by an EU member country on its sovereign debt, and recessions in an EU member country may have a significant adverse effect on the economies of EU member countries. In previous years,
the European financial markets have experienced volatility and adverse trends due to concerns about rising government debt levels of several European countries, including Greece, Spain, Ireland, Italy and Portugal. A default or debt restructuring by
any European country would adversely impact holders of that countrys debt and sellers of credit default swaps linked to that countrys creditworthiness. These events have adversely affected the exchange rate of the euro and may continue
to significantly affect every country in Europe, including EU member countries that do not use the euro and non-EU member countries.
In a 2016 referendum, citizens in the United Kingdom voted to withdraw from the EU. The countrys departure
(known as Brexit) sparked depreciation in the value of the British pound, short-term declines in the stock markets and heightened risk of continued economic volatility worldwide. Although the long-term effects of Brexit are difficult to
gauge and cannot be fully known, they could have wide ranging implications for the United Kingdoms economy, including possible inflation or recession, continued depreciation of the pound, or disruption to Britains trading
arrangements with the rest of Europe. The consequences for the economies of the European Union members of the U.K. exiting the European Union are unknown and unpredictable, especially if the United Kingdom leaves the EU without agreements on trade,
finance and other key elements, often called a hard Brexit. These uncertainties could increase volatility in the market prices of the euro and the Shares. Increased volatility could, in itself, decrease the value of the Shares. The U.K.
is one of the EUs largest economies; its departure also may negatively impact the EU and Europe as a whole, such as by trigging prolonged economic downturns in certain European countries or sparking additional member states to contemplate
departing the EU (thereby perpetuating political instability in the region).
Japanese Market
Risk. Certain of the risks associated with international investments are heightened for investments in Japan. The Japanese economy and financial markets have experienced considerable difficulty since 1990, and the Japanese
economy has only recently emerged from a prolonged economic downturn. Since 2000, Japans economic growth rate has remained relatively low. Its economy is characterized by government intervention and protectionism, an unstable financial
services sector and relatively high unemployment. Japans economy is heavily dependent on international trade and has been adversely affected by trade tariffs and competition from emerging economies. As such, economic growth is heavily
dependent on continued growth in international trade, government support of the financial services sector, among other troubled sectors, and consistent government policy. Any changes or trends in these economic factors could have a significant
impact on Japans markets overall and may negatively affect the Funds investment. Japans economy is also closely tied to its two largest trading partners, the U.S. and China. Market volatility in either nation may create volatility
for Japans markets as well. Additionally, as China has increased its role with Japan as a trading partner, political tension between the countries has become strained. Any increase or decrease in such tension may have consequences for
investment in Japanese markets.
Invesco BLDRS Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index Fund
Political Instability. Many emerging markets are in countries with histories of political instability and abrupt
changes in policies. As a result, their governments are more likely to take actions that are hostile or detrimental to private enterprise or foreign investment than those of more developed countries. Certain emerging markets may also face other
significant internal or external risks, including the risk of war, and ethnic, religious and racial conflicts. In addition, governments in many emerging market countries participate to a significant degree in their economies and securities markets,
which may impair investment and economic growth.
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Invesco BLDRS Europe Select ADR Index Fund
Movement of European Markets. As increased globalization of the worlds markets occurs, European Markets may
tend to move in tandem with the U.S. market. This would cause values of Depositary Receipts of issuers located in Europe to rise and fall in tandem with securities issued by U.S. companies, and would reduce their asset allocation/diversification
benefits for U.S. investors.
The Economic and Monetary Union of the EU requires compliance with restrictions on inflation rates,
deficits, interest rates, debt levels and fiscal and monetary controls, each of which may significantly affect every country in Europe. Decreasing imports or exports, changes in governmental or EU regulations on trade, changes in the exchange rate
of the euro, the default or threat of default by an EU member country on its sovereign debt, and recessions in an EU member country may have a significant adverse effect on the economies of EU member countries. In previous years, the European
financial markets have experienced volatility and adverse trends due to concerns about rising government debt levels of several European countries, including Greece, Spain, Ireland, Italy and Portugal. A default or debt restructuring by any European
country would adversely impact holders of that countrys debt and sellers of credit default swaps linked to that countrys creditworthiness. These events have adversely affected the exchange rate of the euro and may continue to
significantly affect every country in Europe, including EU member countries that do not use the euro and non-EU member countries.
In a 2016 referendum, citizens in the United Kingdom voted to withdraw from the EU. The countrys departure (known as Brexit)
sparked depreciation in the value of the British pound, short-term declines in the stock markets and heightened risk of continued economic volatility worldwide. Although the long-term effects of Brexit are difficult to gauge and cannot be fully
known, they could have wide ranging implications for the United Kingdoms economy, including possible inflation or recession, continued depreciation of the pound, or disruption to Britains trading arrangements with the rest of
Europe. The consequences for the economies of the European Union members of the U.K. exiting the European Union are unknown and unpredictable, especially if the United Kingdom leaves the EU without agreements on trade, finance and other key
elements, often called a hard Brexit. These uncertainties could increase volatility in the market prices of the euro and the Shares. Increased volatility could, in itself, decrease the value of the Shares. The U.K. is one of the
EUs largest economies; its departure also may negatively impact the EU and Europe as a whole, such as by trigging prolonged economic downturns in certain European countries or sparking additional member states to contemplate departing the EU
(thereby perpetuating political instability in the region).
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BAR CHARTS AND TABLES
The bar chart on the next page entitled Annual Total Return for the Invesco BLDRS Asia 50 ADR Index Fund and the table on the next
page entitled Average Annual Total Returns (for periods ending December 31, 2019) for the Invesco BLDRS Asia 50 ADR Index Fund (Table) provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Invesco BLDRS Asia 50 ADR
Index Fund by showing the variability of the Funds returns based on net assets and comparing the Funds performance to the performance of the S&P/BNY Mellon Asia 50 ADR Index (USD), MSCI Pacific Index ND and MSCI AC Asia Pacific
Index. Past performance (both before and after tax) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future.
The after-tax returns presented on the next page are calculated using the highest historical applicable individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown on the next page. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold Shares
through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.
The
total return in the bar chart on the next page, as well as the total and after-tax returns presented in the Table, do not reflect Transaction Fees payable by those persons purchasing and redeeming Creation
Units or brokerage commissions incurred by those persons purchasing and selling Shares in the secondary market. The total and after-tax returns may be reduced if they were to reflect Transaction Fees and
brokerage commissions (see footnotes to the Table). The total and after-tax returns reflect contractual fee waivers agreed to by the Licensor and the Sponsor. Without these fee waivers, total and after-tax returns could be reduced.
The bar chart shows the performance of the Invesco BLDRS Asia 50
ADR Index Fund for each full calendar year for the last ten calendar years. During the period shown on the next page (January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2019), the highest quarterly return for the Invesco BLDRS Asia 50 ADR Index Fund was
14.13% for the quarter ended March 31, 2012, and the lowest was -18.30% for the quarter ended September 30, 2011.
For more information about Fund performance, including the premiums and discounts at which Shares trade, see the Fund website at
www.invesco.com/ETFs.
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Annual Total Return for the Invesco BLDRS Asia 50 ADR Index Fund
Average Annual Total Returns
(for periods ending December 31, 2019)
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Past
One Year
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Past
Five Years
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Past
Ten Years
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Invesco BLDRS Asia 50 ADR Index Fund Return Before Taxes(1)
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24.77
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%
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6.56
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%
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|
5.55
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%
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Return After Taxes on Distributions(1)
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24.27
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%
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6.16
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%
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5.13
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%
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Return After Taxes on Distributions and Redemption of Creation Units(1)
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15.37
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%
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5.25
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%
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4.50
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%
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|
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S&P/BNY Mellon Asia 50 ADR Index (USD)(2)
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24.60
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%
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6.13
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%
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4.93
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%
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MSCI Pacific Index ND(3)
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19.25
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%
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7.00
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%
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6.33
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%
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(1)
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Includes all applicable fees and expenses and is based on the Funds NAV.
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(2)
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Does not reflect deduction for fees, expenses or taxes.
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(3)
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Reflects reinvested dividends net of withholding taxes but reflects no deductions for fees, expenses or other
taxes.
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INVESCO BLDRS ASIA 50 ADR INDEX FUND
GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT
SINCE INCEPTION*
*
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Past performance is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future.
|
The bar chart on the next page entitled Annual Total Return for the Invesco BLDRS Developed Markets 100 ADR
Index Fund and the table on the next page entitled Average Annual Total Returns (for periods ending December 31, 2019) for the Invesco BLDRS Developed Markets 100 ADR Index Fund (Table) provide some indication of
the risks of investing in the Invesco BLDRS Developed Markets 100 ADR Index Fund by showing the variability of the Funds returns based on net assets and comparing the Funds performance to the performance of the S&P/BNY Mellon
Developed Markets 100 ADR Index (USD) and the MSCI EAFE Index. Past performance (both before and after tax) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future.
The after-tax returns presented on the next page are calculated using the highest applicable historical
individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown on
the next page. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold Shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.
The total return in the bar chart on the next page, as well as the total and after-tax returns
presented in the Table, do not reflect Transaction Fees payable by those persons purchasing and redeeming Creation Units or brokerage commissions incurred by those persons purchasing and selling Shares in the secondary market. The total and after-tax returns may be reduced if they were to reflect Transaction Fees and brokerage commissions. (see footnotes to the Table). The total and after-tax returns reflect
contractual fee waivers agreed to by the Licensor and the Sponsor. Without these fee waivers, total and after-tax returns could be reduced.
The bar chart shows the performance of the Invesco BLDRS Developed Markets 100 ADR Index Fund for each full calendar year for the last ten
calendar years. During the period shown on the next page (January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2019), the highest quarterly return for the Invesco BLDRS Developed Markets 100 ADR Index Fund was 18.42% for the quarter ended September 30,
2010, and the lowest was -20.09% for the quarter ended September 30, 2011.
For more
information about Fund performance, including the premiums and discounts at which Shares trade, see the Fund website at www.invesco.com/ETFs.
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Annual Total Return for the Invesco BLDRS Developed Markets 100 ADR Index Fund
Average Annual Total Returns
(for periods ending December 31, 2019)
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Past
One Year
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Past
Five Years
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Past
Ten Years
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Invesco BLDRS Developed Markets 100 ADR Index Fund Return Before
Taxes(1)
|
|
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18.97
|
%
|
|
|
3.68
|
%
|
|
|
4.20
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Return After Taxes on Distributions(1)
|
|
|
18.09
|
%
|
|
|
3.01
|
%
|
|
|
3.52
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Redemption of Creation Units(1)
|
|
|
12.21
|
%
|
|
|
2.96
|
%
|
|
|
3.40
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
S&P/BNY Mellon Developed Markets 100 ADR Index (USD)(2)
|
|
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19.35
|
%
|
|
|
3.75
|
%
|
|
|
4.19
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
MSCI EAFE Index ND(3)
|
|
|
22.01
|
%
|
|
|
5.67
|
%
|
|
|
5.50
|
%
|
(1)
|
Includes all applicable fees and expenses and is based on the Funds NAV.
|
(2)
|
Does not reflect deduction for fees, expenses or taxes.
|
(3)
|
Reflects reinvested dividends net of withholding taxes but reflects no deductions for fees, expenses or other
taxes.
|
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INVESCO BLDRS DEVELOPED MARKETS 100 ADR INDEX FUND
GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT
SINCE INCEPTION*
*
|
Past performance is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future.
|
The bar chart on the next page entitled Annual Total Return for the Invesco BLDRS Emerging Markets 50 ADR
Index Fund and the table on the next page entitled Average Annual Total Returns (for periods ending December 31, 2019) for the Invesco BLDRS Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index Fund (Table) provide some indication of the
risks of investing in the Invesco BLDRS Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index Fund by showing the variability of the Funds returns based on net assets and comparing the Funds performance to the performance of the S&P/BNY Mellon Emerging 50
ADR Index (USD) and the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. Past performance (both before and after tax) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future.
The after-tax returns presented on the next page are calculated using the highest applicable historical
individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown on
the next page. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold Shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.
The total return in the bar chart on the next page, as well as the total and after-tax returns
presented in the Table, do not reflect Transaction Fees payable by those persons purchasing and redeeming Creation Units or brokerage commissions incurred by those persons purchasing and selling Shares in the secondary market. The total and after-tax returns may be reduced if they were to reflect Transaction Fees and brokerage commissions. (see footnotes to the Table). The total and after-tax returns reflect
contractual fee waivers agreed to by the Licensor and the Sponsor. Without these fee waivers, total and after-tax returns could be reduced.
The bar chart shows the performance of the Invesco BLDRS Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index Fund for each full calendar year for the last ten
calendar years. During the period shown on the next page (January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2019), the highest quarterly return for the Invesco BLDRS Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index Fund was 16.06% for the quarter ended September 30,
2010, and the lowest was -21.72% for the quarter ended September 30, 2011.
For more information about Fund performance, including the premiums and discounts at which Shares trade, see the Fund website at
www.invesco.com/ETFs.
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Annual Total Return For the Invesco BLDRS Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index Fund
Average Annual Total Returns
(for periods ending December 31, 2019)
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|
|
|
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Past
One Year
|
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Past
Five Years
|
|
|
Past
Ten Years
|
|
|
|
|
|
Invesco BLDRS Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index Fund Return Before Taxes(1)
|
|
|
25.02
|
%
|
|
|
6.59
|
%
|
|
|
2.32
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Return After Taxes on Distributions(1)
|
|
|
24.68
|
%
|
|
|
6.30
|
%
|
|
|
1.91
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Redemption of Creation Units(1)
|
|
|
15.35
|
%
|
|
|
5.28
|
%
|
|
|
1.83
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
S&P/BNY Mellon Emerging 50 ADR Index (USD)(2)
|
|
|
25.43
|
%
|
|
|
6.70
|
%
|
|
|
2.48
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
MSCI Emerging Markets Index ND(3)
|
|
|
18.42
|
%
|
|
|
5.61
|
%
|
|
|
3.68
|
%
|
(1)
|
Includes all applicable fees and expenses and is based on the Funds NAV.
|
(2)
|
Does not reflect deduction for fees, expenses or taxes.
|
(3)
|
Reflects reinvested dividends net of withholding taxes but reflects no deductions for fees, expenses or other
taxes.
|
15
INVESCO BLDRS EMERGING MARKETS 50 ADR INDEX FUND
GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT
SINCE INCEPTION*
*
|
Past performance is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future.
|
The bar chart on the next page entitled Annual Total Return for the Invesco BLDRS Europe Select ADR Index
Fund and the table on the next page entitled Average Annual Total Returns (for periods ending December 31, 2019) for the Invesco BLDRS Europe Select ADR Index Fund (Table) provide some indication of the risks
investing in the Invesco BLDRS Europe Select ADR Index Fund by showing the variability of the Funds returns based on net assets and comparing the Funds performance to the performance of the S&P/BNY Mellon Europe Select ADR Index
(USD), MSCI Europe Index ND and MSCI AC Europe Index. Past performance (both before and after tax) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future.
The after-tax returns presented on the next page are calculated using the highest applicable historical
individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown on
the next page. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold Shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.
The total return in the bar chart on the next page, as well as the total and after-tax returns
presented in the Table, do not reflect Transaction Fees payable by those persons purchasing and redeeming Creation Units or brokerage commissions incurred by those persons purchasing and selling Shares in the secondary market. The total and after-tax returns may be reduced if they were to reflect Transaction Fees and brokerage commissions. (see footnotes to the Table). The total and after-tax returns reflect
contractual fee waivers agreed to by the Licensor and the Sponsor. Without these fee waivers, total and after-tax returns could be reduced.
The bar chart shows the performance of the Invesco BLDRS Europe Select ADR Index Fund for each full calendar year for the last ten calendar
years. During the period shown on the next page (January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2019), the highest quarterly return for the Invesco BLDRS Europe Select ADR Index Fund was 19.48% for the quarter ended September 30, 2010, and the
lowest was -20.84% for the quarter ended September 30, 2011.
For more information
about Fund performance, including the premiums and discounts at which Shares trade, see the Fund website at www.invesco.com/ETFs.
16
Annual Total Return for the Invesco BLDRS Europe Select ADR Index Fund
Average Annual Total Returns
(for periods ending December 31, 2019)
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Past
One Year
|
|
|
Past
Five Years
|
|
|
Past
Ten Years
|
|
|
|
|
|
Invesco BLDRS Europe Select ADR Index Fund Return Before Taxes(1)
|
|
|
19.04
|
%
|
|
|
3.32
|
%
|
|
|
4.10
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Return After Taxes on Distributions(1)
|
|
|
18.18
|
%
|
|
|
2.64
|
%
|
|
|
3.42
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Return After Taxes on Distributions and Redemption of Creation Units(1)
|
|
|
12.25
|
%
|
|
|
2.70
|
%
|
|
|
3.34
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
S&P/BNY Mellon Europe Select ADR Index (USD)(2)
|
|
|
19.72
|
%
|
|
|
3.64
|
%
|
|
|
4.41
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
MSCI Europe Index ND(3)
|
|
|
23.77
|
%
|
|
|
5.06
|
%
|
|
|
5.17
|
%
|
(1)
|
Includes all applicable fees and expenses and is based on the Funds NAV.
|
(2)
|
Does not reflect deduction for fees, expenses or taxes.
|
(3)
|
Reflects reinvested dividends net of withholding taxes but reflects no deductions for fees, expenses or other
taxes.
|
17
INVESCO BLDRS EUROPE SELECT ADR INDEX FUND
GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT
SINCE INCEPTION*
*
|
Past performance is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future.
|
18
FEES AND EXPENSES
The expenses of each Fund are accrued daily and reflected in the NAV of each Fund. See Expenses of a Fund.
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Invesco
BLDRS
Asia 50 ADR
Index Fund
|
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Invesco BLDRS
Developed
Markets 100 ADR
Index Fund
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Invesco BLDRS
Emerging
Markets 50 ADR
Index Fund
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Invesco BLDRS
Europe
Select ADR
Index Fund
|
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I.
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SHAREHOLDER TRANSACTION EXPENSES(a)
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A.
|
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CREATION TRANSACTION FEE
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Through NSCC(b)
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$
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500
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|
$
|
1,000
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|
$
|
500
|
|
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$
|
1,000
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Outside NSCC(b)
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Up to $2,000
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Up to $4,000
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Up to $2,000
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Up to $4,000
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B.
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REDEMPTION TRANSACTION FEE
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Through NSCC(c)
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$
|
500
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$
|
1,000
|
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|
$
|
500
|
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$
|
1,000
|
|
|
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Outside NSCC(c)
|
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Up to $2,000
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|
|
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Up to $4,000
|
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Up to $2,000
|
|
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Up to $4,000
|
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II.
|
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ESTIMATED ANNUAL
FUND OPERATING EXPENSES
(expenses that are deducted from Fund assets) (AS A PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE NET ASSETS)
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Trustee Fees(d)
|
|
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0.10
|
%
|
|
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0.10
|
%
|
|
|
0.10
|
%
|
|
|
0.10
|
%
|
License Fees(e)
|
|
|
0.06
|
%
|
|
|
0.06
|
%
|
|
|
0.06
|
%
|
|
|
0.06
|
%
|
Marketing Fees
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
|
|
0.03
|
%
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
Other Operating Expenses
|
|
|
0.31
|
%
|
|
|
0.23
|
%
|
|
|
0.11
|
%
|
|
|
0.46
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
0.47
|
%
|
|
|
0.39
|
%
|
|
|
0.30
|
%
|
|
|
0.62
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Less Expenses Waived by the Licensor(e)
|
|
|
-0.06
|
%
|
|
|
-0.06
|
%
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
|
|
-0.06
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Less Expenses Assumed by the Sponsor(e)
|
|
|
-0.11
|
%
|
|
|
-0.03
|
%
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
|
|
-0.26
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Expenses after Waivers and Assumptions
|
|
|
0.30
|
%
|
|
|
0.30
|
%
|
|
|
0.30
|
%
|
|
|
0.30
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
Only investors purchasing or redeeming Shares in Creation Units will pay the transaction expenses described in
Part I of the Fees and Expenses Table. Shareholders purchasing Shares in the secondary market will incur customary brokerage commissions and charges and may pay some or all of the spread between the bid and the offered price in the secondary market
on each leg of a round trip (purchase and sale) transaction.
|
(b)
|
The creation transaction fee is the same regardless of the number of Creation Units being purchased pursuant to
any one creation order. One Creation Unit consists of 50,000 Shares.
|
(c)
|
The redemption transaction fee is the same regardless of the number of Creation Units being redeemed pursuant
to any one redemption order. One Creation Unit consists of 50,000 Shares.
|
(d)
|
The Trustees annual fee for each Fund ranges from 0.06% to 0.10% per year, based on average net assets of
the relevant Fund. See Fees and Expenses. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019, the Trustees annual fee for each Fund, as a percentage of net assets of each Fund was 0.10%.
|
(e)
|
In the event a Funds ordinary operating expenses exceed 0.30% of its average net assets, until the
Sponsor determines otherwise, the Sponsor has undertaken to reimburse such Fund for all ordinary operating expenses in excess of such amount, taking into account any waiver by the Licensor of its license fee. To the extent during such period that
ordinary operating expenses of a Fund exceed such 0.30% amount, the Licensor will first waive licensing fees applicable to that Fund and if such waiver is insufficient, the Sponsor will thereafter reimburse that Fund for or assume such excess
ordinary operating expenses.
|
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Example of Expenses:
An investor would pay the following expenses on a $10,000 investment, assuming the estimated operating expense ratios set forth in the
Fees and Expenses section above for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019 for the first year, and an estimated operating expense ratio of 0.30% for subsequent fiscal years, and a 5% annual return on investment throughout the
periods for each Fund.
Cumulative Expenses Paid for Period of:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 Year
|
|
|
3 Years
|
|
|
5 Years
|
|
|
10 Years
|
|
Invesco BLDRS Asia 50 ADR Index
Fund(1)
|
|
$
|
31
|
|
|
$
|
97
|
|
|
$
|
169
|
|
|
$
|
381
|
|
Invesco BLDRS Developed Markets 100 ADR Index
Fund(1)
|
|
$
|
31
|
|
|
$
|
97
|
|
|
$
|
169
|
|
|
$
|
381
|
|
Invesco BLDRS Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index
Fund(2)
|
|
$
|
31
|
|
|
$
|
97
|
|
|
$
|
169
|
|
|
$
|
381
|
|
Invesco BLDRS Europe Select ADR Index
Fund(1)
|
|
$
|
31
|
|
|
$
|
97
|
|
|
$
|
169
|
|
|
$
|
381
|
|
The example above assumes the reinvestment of all dividends and distributions
and utilizes a 5% annual rate of return as mandated by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulations applicable to mutual funds. Although each Fund is a unit investment trust rather than a mutual fund, this information is
represented to permit a comparison of fees. The example should not be considered a representation of past or future expenses or annual rate of return; the actual expenses and annual rate of return may be more or less than those assumed for purposes
of this example. Investors should also note that the presentation of a $10,000 investment is for illustration purposes only. Pursuant to an exemptive order obtained from the SEC, each Fund may reimburse the Sponsor for certain expenses relating to
the printing and distribution of marketing materials describing its Shares and the relevant Fund, annual licensing fees and federal and state annual registration fees for the issuance of Shares up to 0.30% of the relevant Funds total assets.
An investor would pay the following expenses on a $10,000 investment, assuming the estimated operating expense ratio of 0.30% set
forth in Fees and Expenses section above for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019, and for subsequent fiscal years, the absence of the Sponsors and Licensors undertaking that each Funds ordinary operating
expenses will not exceed 0.30% of the NAV of such Fund and an operating expense ratio of 0.47%, 0.62% and 0.39% of the NAV of the Invesco BLDRS Asia 50 ADR Index Fund, Invesco BLDRS Europe Select ADR Index Fund and Invesco BLDRS Developed Markets
100 ADR Index Fund, respectively, and a 5% annual return on investment throughout the periods for each Fund.
Cumulative
Expenses Paid for Period of:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 Year
|
|
|
3 Years
|
|
|
5 Years
|
|
|
10 Years
|
|
Invesco BLDRS Asia 50 ADR Index Fund
|
|
$
|
48
|
|
|
$
|
151
|
|
|
$
|
263
|
|
|
$
|
591
|
|
Invesco BLDRS Developed Markets 100 ADR Index Fund
|
|
$
|
40
|
|
|
$
|
125
|
|
|
$
|
219
|
|
|
$
|
493
|
|
Invesco BLDRS Europe Select ADR Index Fund
|
|
$
|
63
|
|
|
$
|
199
|
|
|
$
|
346
|
|
|
$
|
774
|
|
The example above assumes the reinvestment of all dividends and distributions and utilizes a 5% annual
rate of return as mandated by SEC regulations applicable to mutual funds. Although each Fund is a unit investment
1 An investor would pay the following expenses on a $10,000 investment, assuming the estimated operating expense ratio of 0.30% set forth in Fees and Expenses section above for the fiscal
year ended September 30, 2019, and for subsequent fiscal years, the presence of the Sponsors undertaking that Invesco BLDRS Asia 50 ADR Index Funds, Invesco BLDRS Developed Markets 100 ADR Index Funds and Invesco BLDRS Europe
Select ADR Index Funds ordinary operating expenses will not exceed 0.30% of the net asset value of such Fund, and a 5% annual return on investment throughout the periods for each Fund.
2 For the Invesco BLDRS Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index Fund, the actual expense ratio used
in this example is based on an estimated operating expense ratio of 0.30%.
20
trust rather than a mutual fund, this information is represented to permit a comparison of fees. The example should not be considered a representation of past or future expenses or annual rate of
return; the actual expenses and annual rate of return may be more or less than those assumed for purposes of this example. Investors should also note that the presentation of a $10,000 investment is for illustration purposes only. Pursuant to an
exemptive order obtained from the SEC, each Fund may reimburse the Sponsor for certain expenses relating to the printing and distribution of marketing materials describing its Shares and the relevant Fund, annual licensing fees and federal and state
annual registration fees for the issuance of Shares up to 0.30% of the relevant Funds total assets.
See Expenses of a
Fund in this Prospectus for additional information regarding expenses.
THE INVESCO BLDRS INDEX FUNDS TRUST
The Invesco BLDRS Index Funds Trust consists of four separate Funds. This annual report provides information about the four funds discussed
below. Each Fund will normally hold at least 95% of its total assets in American Depositary Receipts that comprise its relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index, and will seek to track investment results, before fees and expenses, of its relevant
S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index.
Invesco BLDRS Asia 50 ADR Index Fund (ADRA)
The Invesco BLDRS Asia 50 ADR Index Fund seeks to track the S&P/BNY Mellon Asia 50 ADR Index (USD). The S&P/BNY Mellon Asia 50 ADR
Index (USD), having an index market capitalization ranging from approximately $3 billion to over $256 billion, includes 50 component American Depositary Receipts as of September 30, 2019 representing the securities issued by 50 of the most
actively traded companies from the Asian markets, having a free-float market capitalization ranging from approximately $5 billion to over $435 billion.
Invesco BLDRS Developed Markets 100 ADR Index Fund (ADRD)
The Invesco BLDRS Developed Markets 100 ADR Index Fund seeks to track the S&P/BNY Mellon Developed Markets 100 ADR Index (USD). The
S&P/BNY Mellon Developed Markets 100 ADR Index (USD), having an index market capitalization ranging from approximately $357 million to over $221 billion, includes 81 component American Depositary Receipts as of September 30, 2019
representing the securities issued by 81 of the most actively traded companies from the international developed markets, having a free-float market capitalization ranging from approximately $437 million to over $234 billion.
Invesco BLDRS Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index Fund (ADRE)
The Invesco BLDRS Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index Fund seeks to track the S&P/BNY Mellon Emerging 50 ADR Index (USD). The S&P/BNY Mellon
Emerging 50 ADR Index (USD), having an index market capitalization ranging from approximately $4 billion to over $245 billion, includes 50 component American Depositary Receipts as of September 30, 2019 representing the securities issued
by 50 of the most actively traded companies from the international and emerging markets, having a free-float market capitalization ranging from approximately $5 billion to over $435 billion.
Invesco BLDRS Europe Select ADR Index Fund (ADRU)
The Invesco BLDRS Europe Select ADR Index Fund seeks to track the S&P/BNY Mellon Europe Select ADR Index (USD). The S&P/BNY Mellon
Europe Select ADR Index (USD), having an index market capitalization ranging from approximately $357 million to over $221 billion, includes 69 component American Depositary Receipts as of September 30, 2019 representing the securities
issued by 69 of the most actively traded companies from the European markets, having a free-float market capitalization ranging from approximately $437 million to over $234 billion.
21
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Sponsor and Trustee of Invesco BLDRS Index Funds Trust and Shareholders of Invesco BLDRS Asia 50 ADR Index Fund, Invesco BLDRS Developed
Markets 100 ADR Index Fund, Invesco BLDRS Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index Fund and Invesco BLDRS Europe Select ADR Index Fund
Opinions
on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the
schedules of investments, of Invesco BLDRS Asia 50 ADR Index Fund, Invesco BLDRS Developed Markets 100 ADR Index Fund, Invesco BLDRS Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index Fund and Invesco BLDRS Europe Select ADR Index Fund (constituting Invesco BLDRS Index
Fund Trust, hereafter collectively referred to as the Funds) as of September 30, 2019, the related statements of operations and changes in net assets for each of the three years in the period ended September 30, 2019, including
the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended September 30, 2019 (collectively referred to as the financial statements). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in
all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of September 30, 2019, the results of each of their operations and changes in each of their net assets for each of the three years in the period ended September 30,
2019, and each of the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended September 30, 2019 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinions
These
financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB.
Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or
fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting
principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of September 30, 2019 by correspondence with
the custodian. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.
Subsequent Event
As discussed in Note 9 to the financial statements, on December 11, 2019, the Sponsor and Trustee approved a plan of liquidation for the
Invesco BLDRS Asia 50 ADR Index Fund, Invesco BLDRS Developed Markets 100 ADR Index Fund and Invesco BLDRS Europe Select ADR Index Fund.
/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Chicago, Illinois
December 16, 2019
We have
served as the auditor of one or more of the investment companies in the Invesco group of investment companies since at least 1995. We have not determined the specific year we began serving as auditor.
22
Invesco BLDRS Asia 50 ADR Index Fund (ADRA)
Schedule of Investments(a)
September 30, 2019
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Value
|
|
Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests99.94%
|
|
Air Freight & Logistics0.56%
|
|
ZTO Express Cayman, Inc., ADR (China)
|
|
|
4,428
|
|
|
$
|
94,449
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Automobiles13.52%
|
|
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., ADR (Japan)
|
|
|
18,568
|
|
|
|
484,253
|
|
Toyota Motor Corp., ADR (Japan)
|
|
|
13,379
|
|
|
|
1,799,342
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,283,595
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Banks21.29%
|
|
HDFC Bank Ltd., ADR (India)
|
|
|
13,740
|
|
|
|
783,867
|
|
ICICI Bank Ltd., ADR (India)
|
|
|
16,109
|
|
|
|
196,207
|
|
KB Financial Group, Inc., ADR (South Korea)
|
|
|
4,029
|
|
|
|
143,916
|
|
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc., ADR (Japan)
|
|
|
133,093
|
|
|
|
676,112
|
|
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc., ADR (Japan)
|
|
|
130,139
|
|
|
|
399,527
|
|
Shinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd., ADR (South Korea)
|
|
|
4,618
|
|
|
|
161,584
|
|
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc., ADR (Japan)
|
|
|
70,376
|
|
|
|
481,372
|
|
Westpac Banking Corp., ADR (Australia)
|
|
|
35,207
|
|
|
|
703,788
|
|
Woori Financial Group, Inc., ADR (South Korea)
|
|
|
1,604
|
|
|
|
50,061
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,596,434
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Biotechnology0.27%
|
|
BeiGene Ltd., ADR (China)(b)
|
|
|
376
|
|
|
|
46,045
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital Markets0.86%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nomura Holdings, Inc., ADR (Japan)
|
|
|
34,019
|
|
|
|
144,581
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diversified Consumer Services1.56%
|
|
New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc., ADR (China)(b)
|
|
|
1,216
|
|
|
|
134,684
|
|
TAL Education Group, ADR (China)(b)
|
|
|
3,754
|
|
|
|
128,537
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
263,221
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diversified Telecommunication Services2.45%
|
|
China Telecom Corp. Ltd., ADR (China)
|
|
|
1,422
|
|
|
|
64,801
|
|
China Unicom Hong Kong Ltd., ADR (China)
|
|
|
5,959
|
|
|
|
62,510
|
|
Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd., ADR (Taiwan)
|
|
|
3,896
|
|
|
|
139,048
|
|
PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Persero Tbk, ADR (Indonesia)
|
|
|
4,874
|
|
|
|
146,756
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
413,115
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Electric Utilities0.34%
|
|
Korea Electric Power Corp., ADR (South
Korea)(b)
|
|
|
5,264
|
|
|
|
57,062
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Entertainment1.49%
|
|
NetEase, Inc., ADR (China)
|
|
|
708
|
|
|
|
188,456
|
|
Sea Ltd., ADR (Thailand)(b)
|
|
|
2,018
|
|
|
|
62,457
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
250,913
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure0.47%
|
|
Huazhu Group Ltd., ADR (China)
|
|
|
1,146
|
|
|
|
37,841
|
|
Melco Resorts & Entertainment Ltd., ADR (Hong Kong)
|
|
|
2,154
|
|
|
|
41,809
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
79,650
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23
Invesco BLDRS Asia 50 ADR Index Fund (ADRA)
Schedule of Investments(a) (Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Value
|
|
Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests (continued)
|
|
Household Durables4.56%
|
|
Sony Corp., ADR (Japan)
|
|
|
13,036
|
|
|
$
|
770,819
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Insurance1.04%
|
|
China Life Insurance Co., Ltd., ADR (China)
|
|
|
15,255
|
|
|
|
175,738
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interactive Media & Services2.58%
|
|
58.com, Inc., ADR (China)(b)
|
|
|
943
|
|
|
|
46,499
|
|
Autohome, Inc., ADR (China)(b)
|
|
|
582
|
|
|
|
48,382
|
|
Baidu, Inc., ADR (China)(b)
|
|
|
2,834
|
|
|
|
291,222
|
|
Momo, Inc., ADR (China)
|
|
|
1,611
|
|
|
|
49,909
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
436,012
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail17.99%
|
|
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., ADR
(China)(b)
|
|
|
15,745
|
|
|
|
2,633,036
|
|
Ctrip.com International, Ltd., ADR
(China)(b)
|
|
|
4,085
|
|
|
|
119,650
|
|
JD.com, Inc., ADR (China)(b)
|
|
|
8,919
|
|
|
|
251,605
|
|
Vipshop Holdings Ltd., ADR
(China)(b)
|
|
|
3,898
|
|
|
|
34,770
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,039,061
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
IT Services2.90%
|
|
Infosys Ltd., ADR (India)
|
|
|
38,302
|
|
|
|
435,494
|
|
Wipro Ltd., ADR (India)
|
|
|
14,836
|
|
|
|
54,151
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
489,645
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Metals & Mining5.44%
|
|
BHP Group Ltd., ADR (Australia)
|
|
|
15,085
|
|
|
|
744,897
|
|
POSCO, ADR (South Korea)
|
|
|
2,896
|
|
|
|
136,575
|
|
Vedanta Ltd., ADR (India)
|
|
|
4,286
|
|
|
|
37,203
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
918,675
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels3.05%
|
|
China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., ADR (China)
|
|
|
2,615
|
|
|
|
153,500
|
|
CNOOC Ltd., ADR (China)
|
|
|
1,648
|
|
|
|
250,908
|
|
PetroChina Co. Ltd., ADR (China)
|
|
|
2,163
|
|
|
|
109,902
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
514,310
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pharmaceuticals3.29%
|
|
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., ADR (Japan)
|
|
|
32,316
|
|
|
|
555,835
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment11.35%
|
|
ASE Technology Holding Co. Ltd., ADR (Taiwan)
|
|
|
15,729
|
|
|
|
70,151
|
|
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., ADR (Taiwan)
|
|
|
38,806
|
|
|
|
1,803,703
|
|
United Microelectronics Corp., ADR (Taiwan)
|
|
|
20,911
|
|
|
|
43,704
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,917,558
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals1.75%
|
|
Canon, Inc., ADR (Japan)
|
|
|
11,074
|
|
|
|
295,676
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24
Invesco BLDRS Asia 50 ADR Index Fund (ADRA)
Schedule of Investments(a) (Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Value
|
|
Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests (continued)
|
|
Wireless Telecommunication Services3.18%
|
|
China Mobile Ltd., ADR (China)
|
|
|
11,333
|
|
|
$
|
469,186
|
|
SK Telecom Co., Ltd., ADR (South Korea)
|
|
|
3,054
|
|
|
|
67,799
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
536,985
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES99.94%
(Cost $18,780,994)
|
|
|
|
16,879,379
|
|
OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES0.06%
|
|
|
|
9,903
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET ASSETS100.00%
|
|
|
$
|
16,889,282
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment Abbreviations:
ADRAmerican Depositary Receipt
Notes to Schedule of
Investments:
(a)
|
Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry
Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poors.
|
(b)
|
Non-income producing security.
|
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part
of the financial statements.
25
Invesco BLDRS Developed Markets 100 ADR Index Fund (ADRD)
Schedule of Investments(a)
September 30, 2019
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Value
|
|
Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests99.57%
|
|
Airlines0.20%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ryanair Holdings PLC, ADR
(Ireland)(b)
|
|
|
911
|
|
|
$
|
60,472
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Automobiles5.97%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., ADR (Japan)
|
|
|
14,831
|
|
|
|
386,793
|
|
Toyota Motor Corp., ADR (Japan)
|
|
|
10,686
|
|
|
|
1,437,160
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,823,953
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Banks16.30%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A., ADR (Spain)
|
|
|
54,593
|
|
|
|
283,883
|
|
Banco Santander S.A., ADR (Spain)
|
|
|
136,059
|
|
|
|
546,957
|
|
Barclays PLC, ADR (United Kingdom)
|
|
|
32,967
|
|
|
|
241,978
|
|
HSBC Holdings PLC, ADR (United Kingdom)
|
|
|
33,670
|
|
|
|
1,288,551
|
|
ING Groep N.V., ADR (Netherlands)
|
|
|
31,902
|
|
|
|
333,376
|
|
Lloyds Banking Group PLC, ADR (United Kingdom)
|
|
|
143,633
|
|
|
|
379,191
|
|
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc., ADR (Japan)
|
|
|
106,308
|
|
|
|
540,045
|
|
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc., ADR (Japan)
|
|
|
103,949
|
|
|
|
319,123
|
|
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (The), ADR (United Kingdom)
|
|
|
18,809
|
|
|
|
95,926
|
|
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc., ADR (Japan)
|
|
|
56,213
|
|
|
|
384,497
|
|
Westpac Banking Corp., ADR (Australia)
|
|
|
28,122
|
|
|
|
562,159
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,975,686
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beverages4.76%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AnheuserBusch InBev S.A./N.V., ADR (Belgium)
|
|
|
6,932
|
|
|
|
659,580
|
|
Diageo PLC, ADR (United Kingdom)
|
|
|
4,850
|
|
|
|
793,072
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,452,652
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Biotechnology0.80%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amarin Corp. PLC, ADR (Ireland)(b)
|
|
|
2,925
|
|
|
|
44,343
|
|
Argenx S.E., ADR (Netherlands)(b)
|
|
|
278
|
|
|
|
31,681
|
|
Ascendis Pharma A/S, ADR
(Denmark)(b)
|
|
|
300
|
|
|
|
28,896
|
|
Cellectis S.A., ADR (France)(b)
|
|
|
281
|
|
|
|
2,922
|
|
Galapagos N.V., ADR (Belgium)(b)
|
|
|
394
|
|
|
|
60,148
|
|
Genfit, ADR (France)(b)
|
|
|
318
|
|
|
|
5,536
|
|
Grifols S.A., ADR (Spain)
|
|
|
2,126
|
|
|
|
42,605
|
|
MorphoSys AG, ADR (Germany)(b)
|
|
|
1,042
|
|
|
|
28,624
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
244,755
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital Markets2.75%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Credit Suisse Group AG, ADR (Switzerland)
|
|
|
19,881
|
|
|
|
242,747
|
|
Deutsche Bank AG, New York Shares (Germany)
|
|
|
16,921
|
|
|
|
126,908
|
|
Nomura Holdings, Inc., ADR (Japan)
|
|
|
27,173
|
|
|
|
115,485
|
|
UBS Group AG, New York Shares (Switzerland)
|
|
|
31,364
|
|
|
|
354,727
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
839,867
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Communications Equipment1.32%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nokia Oyj, ADR (Finland)
|
|
|
46,107
|
|
|
|
233,301
|
|
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, ADR (Sweden)
|
|
|
21,428
|
|
|
|
170,996
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
404,297
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26
Invesco BLDRS Developed Markets 100 ADR Index Fund (ADRD)
Schedule of Investments(a) (Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Value
|
|
Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests (continued)
|
|
Construction Materials0.74%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CRH PLC, ADR (Ireland)
|
|
|
6,585
|
|
|
$
|
226,261
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diversified Telecommunication Services1.73%
|
|
Orange S.A., ADR (France)
|
|
|
15,614
|
|
|
|
243,110
|
|
Telefonica S.A., ADR (Spain)
|
|
|
37,409
|
|
|
|
284,308
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
527,418
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Electrical Equipment1.02%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ABB Ltd., ADR (Switzerland)
|
|
|
15,799
|
|
|
|
310,766
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Energy Equipment & Services0.13%
|
|
Tenaris S.A., ADR (Luxembourg)
|
|
|
1,933
|
|
|
|
40,941
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Entertainment0.16%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sea Ltd., ADR (Thailand)(b)
|
|
|
1,612
|
|
|
|
49,891
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Health Care Equipment & Supplies1.69%
|
|
Koninklijke Philips N.V., New York Shares (Netherlands)
|
|
|
7,412
|
|
|
|
341,916
|
|
Smith & Nephew plc, ADR (United Kingdom)
|
|
|
3,647
|
|
|
|
175,530
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
517,446
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Health Care Providers & Services0.38%
|
|
Fresenius Medical Care AG& Co. KGaA, ADR (Germany)
|
|
|
3,470
|
|
|
|
116,557
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure0.63%
|
|
Carnival PLC, ADR
|
|
|
1,524
|
|
|
|
64,115
|
|
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC, ADR (United Kingdom)
|
|
|
1,537
|
|
|
|
95,740
|
|
Melco Resorts & Entertainment Ltd., ADR (Hong Kong)
|
|
|
1,721
|
|
|
|
33,404
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
193,259
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Household Durables2.02%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sony Corp., ADR (Japan)
|
|
|
10,412
|
|
|
|
615,662
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Insurance1.42%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Aegon N.V., New York Shares (Netherlands)
|
|
|
11,496
|
|
|
|
47,478
|
|
Prudential PLC, ADR (United Kingdom)
|
|
|
10,586
|
|
|
|
385,225
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
432,703
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interactive Media & Services0.05%
|
|
LINE Corp., ADR (Japan)(b)
|
|
|
454
|
|
|
|
16,317
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Media0.64%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Criteo S.A., ADR (France)(b)
|
|
|
533
|
|
|
|
9,962
|
|
Pearson PLC, ADR (United Kingdom)
|
|
|
6,391
|
|
|
|
57,775
|
|
WPP PLC, ADR (United Kingdom)
|
|
|
2,043
|
|
|
|
127,871
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
195,608
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27
Invesco BLDRS Developed Markets 100 ADR Index Fund (ADRD)
Schedule of Investments(a) (Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Value
|
|
Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests (continued)
|
|
Metals & Mining4.80%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ArcelorMittal, New York Shares (Luxembourg)
|
|
|
5,239
|
|
|
$
|
74,603
|
|
BHP Group Ltd., ADR (Australia)
|
|
|
12,049
|
|
|
|
594,980
|
|
BHP Group PLC, ADR (Australia)
|
|
|
8,646
|
|
|
|
370,395
|
|
Rio Tinto plc, ADR (Australia)
|
|
|
8,151
|
|
|
|
424,585
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,464,563
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
MultiUtilities1.09%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
National Grid PLC, ADR (United Kingdom)
|
|
|
6,145
|
|
|
|
332,629
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels14.94%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BP PLC, ADR (United Kingdom)
|
|
|
27,607
|
|
|
|
1,048,790
|
|
Eni S.p.A., ADR (Italy)
|
|
|
10,414
|
|
|
|
317,523
|
|
Equinor ASA, ADR (Norway)
|
|
|
9,021
|
|
|
|
170,948
|
|
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class A, ADR (United Kingdom)
|
|
|
17,500
|
|
|
|
1,029,875
|
|
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class B, ADR (United Kingdom)
|
|
|
15,333
|
|
|
|
918,446
|
|
TOTAL S.A., ADR (France)
|
|
|
20,678
|
|
|
|
1,075,256
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,560,838
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Personal Products4.37%
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unilever N.V., New York Shares (United Kingdom)
|
|
|
12,647
|
|
|
|
759,199
|
|
Unilever PLC, ADR (United Kingdom)
|
|
|
9,559
|
|
|
|
574,496
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,333,695
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pharmaceuticals18.86%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AstraZeneca PLC, ADR (United Kingdom)
|
|
|
21,480
|
|
|
|
957,363
|
|
GlaxoSmithKline PLC, ADR (United Kingdom)
|
|
|
20,435
|
|
|
|
872,166
|
|
GW Pharmaceuticals PLC, ADR
(United Kingdom)(b)
|
|
|
252
|
|
|
|
28,987
|
|
Hutchison China MediTech Ltd., ADR
(Hong Kong)(b)
|
|
|
500
|
|
|
|
8,920
|
|
Novartis AG, ADR (Switzerland)
|
|
|
20,883
|
|
|
|
1,814,733
|
|
Novo Nordisk A/S, ADR (Denmark)
|
|
|
13,572
|
|
|
|
701,672
|
|
Sanofi, ADR (France)
|
|
|
18,773
|
|
|
|
869,753
|
|
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., ADR (Japan)
|
|
|
25,813
|
|
|
|
443,984
|
|
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., ADR
(Israel)(b)
|
|
|
8,919
|
|
|
|
61,363
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,758,941
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Professional Services1.28%
|
|
|
|
|
|
RELX PLC, ADR (United Kingdom)
|
|
|
16,470
|
|
|
|
390,668
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment3.18%
|
|
|
|
|
|
ASML Holding N.V., New York Shares (Netherlands)
|
|
|
3,485
|
|
|
|
865,744
|
|
STMicroelectronics N.V., New York Shares (Switzerland)
|
|
|
5,366
|
|
|
|
103,778
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
969,522
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Software3.68%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nice Ltd., ADR (Israel)(b)
|
|
|
510
|
|
|
|
73,338
|
|
SAP S.E., ADR (Germany)
|
|
|
8,851
|
|
|
|
1,043,267
|
|
Talend S.A., ADR(b)
|
|
|
169
|
|
|
|
5,743
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,122,348
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28
Invesco BLDRS Developed Markets 100 ADR Index Fund (ADRD)
Schedule of Investments(a) (Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Value
|
|
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals0.96%
|
|
|
|
|
|
Canon, Inc., ADR (Japan)
|
|
|
8,845
|
|
|
$
|
236,161
|
|
Logitech International S.A., Class R, New York Shares (Switzerland)
|
|
|
1,417
|
|
|
|
57,729
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
293,890
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tobacco2.27%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
British American Tobacco PLC, ADR (United Kingdom)
|
|
|
18,745
|
|
|
|
691,691
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wireless Telecommunication Services1.43%
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vodafone Group PLC, ADR (United Kingdom)
|
|
|
21,938
|
|
|
|
436,786
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES99.57%
(Cost $47,062,619)
|
|
|
|
30,400,082
|
|
OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES0.43%
|
|
|
|
131,376
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET ASSETS100.00%
|
|
|
$
|
30,531,458
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment Abbreviations:
ADRAmerican Depositary Receipt
Notes to Schedule of
Investments:
(a)
|
Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry
Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poors.
|
(b)
|
Non-income producing security.
|
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part
of the financial statements.
29
Invesco BLDRS Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index Fund (ADRE)
Schedule of Investments(a)
September 30, 2019
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Value
|
|
Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests99.94%
|
|
Air Freight & Logistics0.77%
|
|
ZTO Express Cayman, Inc., ADR (China)
|
|
|
45,389
|
|
|
$
|
968,147
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Banks18.10%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Banco Bradesco S.A., ADR (Brazil)
|
|
|
423,611
|
|
|
|
3,448,193
|
|
Banco de Chile, ADR (Chile)
|
|
|
23,349
|
|
|
|
656,107
|
|
Bancolombia S.A., ADR (Colombia)
|
|
|
11,876
|
|
|
|
587,268
|
|
HDFC Bank Ltd., ADR (India)
|
|
|
140,836
|
|
|
|
8,034,694
|
|
ICICI Bank Ltd., ADR (India)
|
|
|
165,116
|
|
|
|
2,011,113
|
|
Itau Unibanco Holding S.A., ADR (Brazil)
|
|
|
509,127
|
|
|
|
4,281,758
|
|
KB Financial Group, Inc., ADR (South Korea)
|
|
|
41,293
|
|
|
|
1,474,986
|
|
Shinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd., ADR (South Korea)
|
|
|
47,331
|
|
|
|
1,656,112
|
|
Woori Financial Group, Inc., ADR (South Korea)
|
|
|
16,436
|
|
|
|
512,968
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22,663,199
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beverages3.13%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ambev S.A., ADR (Brazil)
|
|
|
462,723
|
|
|
|
2,137,780
|
|
Fomento Economico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V., ADR (Mexico)
|
|
|
19,527
|
|
|
|
1,788,283
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,926,063
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Biotechnology0.38%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BeiGene Ltd., ADR (China)(b)
|
|
|
3,852
|
|
|
|
471,716
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Chemicals0.82%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sasol Ltd., ADR (South Africa)
|
|
|
60,235
|
|
|
|
1,024,597
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Construction Materials0.50%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cemex S.A.B. de C.V., ADR (Mexico)
|
|
|
159,041
|
|
|
|
623,441
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diversified Consumer Services2.15%
|
|
New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc., ADR (China)(b)
|
|
|
12,460
|
|
|
|
1,380,069
|
|
TAL Education Group, ADR (China)(b)
|
|
|
38,482
|
|
|
|
1,317,624
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,697,693
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diversified Telecommunication Services3.84%
|
|
China Telecom Corp. Ltd., ADR (China)
|
|
|
14,580
|
|
|
|
664,411
|
|
China Unicom Hong Kong Ltd., ADR (China)
|
|
|
61,081
|
|
|
|
640,740
|
|
Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd., ADR (Taiwan)
|
|
|
39,937
|
|
|
|
1,425,351
|
|
PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Persero Tbk, ADR (Indonesia)
|
|
|
49,958
|
|
|
|
1,504,235
|
|
Telefonica Brasil S.A., ADR (Brazil)
|
|
|
43,513
|
|
|
|
573,066
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,807,803
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Electric Utilities1.03%
|
|
Enel Americas S.A., ADR (Chile)
|
|
|
76,839
|
|
|
|
700,003
|
|
Korea Electric Power Corp., ADR (South
Korea)(b)
|
|
|
53,958
|
|
|
|
584,905
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,284,908
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Entertainment1.54%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NetEase, Inc., ADR (China)
|
|
|
7,260
|
|
|
|
1,932,467
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30
Invesco BLDRS Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index Fund (ADRE)
Schedule of Investments(a) (Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Value
|
|
Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests (continued)
|
|
Food Products0.56%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BRF S.A., ADR (Brazil)(b)
|
|
|
75,972
|
|
|
$
|
695,904
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Insurance1.44%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
China Life Insurance Co., Ltd., ADR (China)
|
|
|
156,361
|
|
|
|
1,801,279
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interactive Media & Services3.57%
|
|
58.com, Inc., ADR (China)(b)
|
|
|
9,668
|
|
|
|
476,729
|
|
Autohome, Inc., ADR (China)(b)
|
|
|
5,970
|
|
|
|
496,286
|
|
Baidu, Inc., ADR (China)(b)
|
|
|
29,054
|
|
|
|
2,985,589
|
|
Momo, Inc., ADR (China)
|
|
|
16,510
|
|
|
|
511,480
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,470,084
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail23.44%
|
|
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., ADR
(China)(b)
|
|
|
152,778
|
|
|
|
25,549,065
|
|
Ctrip.com International, Ltd., ADR
(China)(b)
|
|
|
41,870
|
|
|
|
1,226,372
|
|
JD.com, Inc., ADR (China)(b)
|
|
|
91,425
|
|
|
|
2,579,099
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29,354,536
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
IT Services4.01%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Infosys Ltd., ADR (India)
|
|
|
392,593
|
|
|
|
4,463,782
|
|
Wipro Ltd., ADR (India)
|
|
|
152,064
|
|
|
|
555,034
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,018,816
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Metals & Mining4.81%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AngloGold Ashanti Ltd., ADR (South Africa)
|
|
|
43,337
|
|
|
|
791,767
|
|
POSCO, ADR (South Korea)
|
|
|
29,679
|
|
|
|
1,399,662
|
|
Vale S.A., ADR (Brazil)
|
|
|
333,127
|
|
|
|
3,830,960
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,022,389
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels8.31%
|
|
China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., ADR (China)
|
|
|
26,806
|
|
|
|
1,573,512
|
|
CNOOC Ltd., ADR (China)
|
|
|
16,887
|
|
|
|
2,571,046
|
|
PetroChina Co. Ltd., ADR (China)
|
|
|
22,167
|
|
|
|
1,126,305
|
|
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A., ADR (Brazil)
|
|
|
140,749
|
|
|
|
2,036,638
|
|
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A., ADR (Brazil)
|
|
|
235,431
|
|
|
|
3,093,564
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10,401,065
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment15.69%
|
|
ASE Technology Holding Co. Ltd., ADR (Taiwan)
|
|
|
161,225
|
|
|
|
719,064
|
|
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., ADR (Taiwan)
|
|
|
397,757
|
|
|
|
18,487,745
|
|
United Microelectronics Corp., ADR (Taiwan)
|
|
|
214,335
|
|
|
|
447,960
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19,654,769
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
31
Invesco BLDRS Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index Fund (ADRE)
Schedule of Investments(a) (Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Value
|
|
Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests (continued)
|
|
Wireless Telecommunication Services5.85%
|
|
America Movil S.A.B. de C.V., Class L, ADR (Mexico)
|
|
|
122,583
|
|
|
$
|
1,821,583
|
|
China Mobile Ltd., ADR (China)
|
|
|
116,167
|
|
|
|
4,809,314
|
|
SK Telecom Co., Ltd., ADR (South Korea)
|
|
|
31,304
|
|
|
|
694,949
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,325,846
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES99.94%
(Cost $129,812,683)
|
|
|
|
125,144,722
|
|
OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES0.06%
|
|
|
|
80,322
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET ASSETS100.00%
|
|
|
$
|
125,225,044
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment Abbreviations:
ADRAmerican Depositary Receipt
Notes to Schedule of
Investments:
(a)
|
Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry
Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poors.
|
(b)
|
Non-income producing security.
|
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part
of the financial statements.
32
Invesco BLDRS Europe Select ADR Index Fund (ADRU)
Schedule of Investments(a)
September 30, 2019
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Value
|
|
Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests99.63%
|
|
Airlines0.24%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ryanair Holdings PLC, ADR
(Ireland)(b)
|
|
|
376
|
|
|
$
|
24,959
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Banks12.78%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A., ADR (Spain)
|
|
|
22,530
|
|
|
|
117,156
|
|
Banco Santander S.A., ADR (Spain)
|
|
|
56,150
|
|
|
|
225,723
|
|
Barclays PLC, ADR (United Kingdom)
|
|
|
13,605
|
|
|
|
99,861
|
|
HSBC Holdings PLC, ADR (United Kingdom)
|
|
|
13,895
|
|
|
|
531,762
|
|
ING Groep N.V., ADR (Netherlands)
|
|
|
13,166
|
|
|
|
137,585
|
|
Lloyds Banking Group PLC, ADR (United Kingdom)
|
|
|
59,276
|
|
|
|
156,488
|
|
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (The), ADR (United Kingdom)
|
|
|
7,762
|
|
|
|
39,586
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,308,161
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beverages5.86%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AnheuserBusch InBev S.A./N.V., ADR (Belgium)
|
|
|
2,861
|
|
|
|
272,224
|
|
Diageo PLC, ADR (United Kingdom)
|
|
|
2,001
|
|
|
|
327,204
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
599,428
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Biotechnology0.99%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amarin Corp. PLC, ADR (Ireland)(b)
|
|
|
1,207
|
|
|
|
18,298
|
|
Argenx S.E., ADR (Netherlands)(b)
|
|
|
115
|
|
|
|
13,105
|
|
Ascendis Pharma A/S, ADR
(Denmark)(b)
|
|
|
124
|
|
|
|
11,944
|
|
Cellectis S.A., ADR (France)(b)
|
|
|
116
|
|
|
|
1,206
|
|
Galapagos N.V., ADR (Belgium)(b)
|
|
|
162
|
|
|
|
24,731
|
|
Genfit, ADR (France)(b)
|
|
|
131
|
|
|
|
2,281
|
|
Grifols S.A., ADR (Spain)
|
|
|
877
|
|
|
|
17,575
|
|
MorphoSys AG, ADR (Germany)(b)
|
|
|
430
|
|
|
|
11,812
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
100,952
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital Markets2.92%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Credit Suisse Group AG, ADR (Switzerland)
|
|
|
8,205
|
|
|
|
100,183
|
|
Deutsche Bank AG, New York Shares (Germany)
|
|
|
6,983
|
|
|
|
52,372
|
|
UBS Group AG, New York Shares (Switzerland)
|
|
|
12,944
|
|
|
|
146,397
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
298,952
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Communications Equipment1.63%
|
|
Nokia Oyj, ADR (Finland)
|
|
|
19,028
|
|
|
|
96,282
|
|
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, ADR (Sweden)
|
|
|
8,843
|
|
|
|
70,567
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
166,849
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Construction Materials0.91%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CRH PLC, ADR (Ireland)
|
|
|
2,717
|
|
|
|
93,356
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diversified Telecommunication Services2.13%
|
|
Orange S.A., ADR (France)
|
|
|
6,444
|
|
|
|
100,333
|
|
Telefonica S.A., ADR (Spain)
|
|
|
15,438
|
|
|
|
117,329
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
217,662
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
33
Invesco BLDRS Europe Select ADR Index Fund (ADRU)
Schedule of Investments(a) (Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Value
|
|
Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests (continued)
|
|
Electrical Equipment1.25%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ABB Ltd., ADR (Switzerland)
|
|
|
6,520
|
|
|
$
|
128,248
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Energy Equipment & Services0.17%
|
|
Tenaris S.A., ADR (Luxembourg)
|
|
|
798
|
|
|
|
16,902
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Health Care Equipment & Supplies2.09%
|
|
Koninklijke Philips N.V., New York Shares (Netherlands)
|
|
|
3,059
|
|
|
|
141,112
|
|
Smith & Nephew plc, ADR (United Kingdom)
|
|
|
1,505
|
|
|
|
72,435
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
213,547
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Health Care Providers & Services0.47%
|
|
Fresenius Medical Care AG& Co. KGaA, ADR (Germany)
|
|
|
1,432
|
|
|
|
48,101
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure0.64%
|
|
Carnival PLC, ADR
|
|
|
629
|
|
|
|
26,462
|
|
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC, ADR (United Kingdom)
|
|
|
634
|
|
|
|
39,492
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
65,954
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Insurance1.75%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Aegon N.V., New York Shares (Netherlands)
|
|
|
4,744
|
|
|
|
19,593
|
|
Prudential PLC, ADR (United Kingdom)
|
|
|
4,369
|
|
|
|
158,988
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
178,581
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
IT Services0.02%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
QIWI PLC, ADR (Russia)
|
|
|
92
|
|
|
|
2,019
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Media0.79%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Criteo S.A., ADR (France)(b)
|
|
|
220
|
|
|
|
4,112
|
|
Pearson PLC, ADR (United Kingdom)
|
|
|
2,638
|
|
|
|
23,848
|
|
WPP PLC, ADR (United Kingdom)
|
|
|
843
|
|
|
|
52,763
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
80,723
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Metals & Mining3.51%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ArcelorMittal, New York Shares (Luxembourg)
|
|
|
2,162
|
|
|
|
30,787
|
|
BHP Group PLC, ADR (Australia)
|
|
|
3,568
|
|
|
|
152,853
|
|
Rio Tinto plc, ADR (Australia)
|
|
|
3,364
|
|
|
|
175,231
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
358,871
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
MultiUtilities1.34%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
National Grid PLC, ADR (United Kingdom)
|
|
|
2,536
|
|
|
|
137,274
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels18.39%
|
|
BP PLC, ADR (United Kingdom)
|
|
|
11,393
|
|
|
|
432,820
|
|
Eni S.p.A., ADR (Italy)
|
|
|
4,298
|
|
|
|
131,046
|
|
Equinor ASA, ADR (Norway)
|
|
|
3,723
|
|
|
|
70,551
|
|
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class A, ADR (United Kingdom)
|
|
|
7,222
|
|
|
|
425,015
|
|
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class B, ADR (United Kingdom)
|
|
|
6,328
|
|
|
|
379,047
|
|
TOTAL S.A., ADR (France)
|
|
|
8,534
|
|
|
|
443,768
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,882,247
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See accompanying notes to financial statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
34
Invesco BLDRS Europe Select ADR Index Fund (ADRU)
Schedule of Investments(a) (Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Value
|
|
Common Stocks & Other Equity Interests (continued)
|
|
Personal Products5.38%
|
|
Unilever N.V., New York Shares (United Kingdom)
|
|
|
5,219
|
|
|
$
|
313,297
|
|
Unilever PLC, ADR (United Kingdom)
|
|
|
3,945
|
|
|
|
237,094
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
550,391
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pharmaceuticals21.40%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AstraZeneca PLC, ADR (United Kingdom)
|
|
|
8,865
|
|
|
|
395,113
|
|
GlaxoSmithKline PLC, ADR (United Kingdom)
|
|
|
8,433
|
|
|
|
359,920
|
|
GW Pharmaceuticals PLC, ADR (United
Kingdom)(b)
|
|
|
104
|
|
|
|
11,963
|
|
Novartis AG, ADR (Switzerland)
|
|
|
8,618
|
|
|
|
748,904
|
|
Novo Nordisk A/S, ADR (Denmark)
|
|
|
5,601
|
|
|
|
289,572
|
|
Sanofi, ADR (France)
|
|
|
7,747
|
|
|
|
358,919
|
|
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., ADR
(Israel)(b)
|
|
|
3,681
|
|
|
|
25,325
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,189,716
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Professional Services1.58%
|
|
RELX PLC, ADR (United Kingdom)
|
|
|
6,797
|
|
|
|
161,225
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment3.91%
|
|
ASML Holding N.V., New York Shares (Netherlands)
|
|
|
1,438
|
|
|
|
357,228
|
|
STMicroelectronics N.V., New York Shares (Switzerland)
|
|
|
2,215
|
|
|
|
42,838
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
400,066
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Software4.53%
|
|
Nice Ltd., ADR (Israel)(b)
|
|
|
210
|
|
|
|
30,198
|
|
SAP S.E., ADR (Germany)
|
|
|
3,653
|
|
|
|
430,579
|
|
Talend S.A., ADR(b)
|
|
|
70
|
|
|
|
2,379
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
463,156
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals0.23%
|
|
Logitech International S.A., Class R, New York Shares (Switzerland)
|
|
|
585
|
|
|
|
23,833
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tobacco2.79%
|
|
British American Tobacco PLC, ADR (United Kingdom)
|
|
|
7,736
|
|
|
|
285,458
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wireless Telecommunication Services1.93%
|
|
Mobile TeleSystems PJSC, ADR (Russia)
|
|
|
1,519
|
|
|
|
12,304
|
|
VEON Ltd., ADR (Russia)
|
|
|
2,256
|
|
|
|
5,414
|
|
Vodafone Group PLC, ADR (United Kingdom)
|
|
|
9,054
|
|
|
|
180,265
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
197,983
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES99.63%
(Cost $14,891,152)
|
|
|
|
10,194,614
|
|
OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES0.37%
|
|
|
|
37,720
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET ASSETS100.00%
|
|
|
$
|
10,232,334
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
35
Invesco BLDRS Europe Select ADR Index Fund (ADRU)
Schedule of Investments(a) (Continued)
Investment Abbreviations:
ADRAmerican Depositary Receipt
Notes to Schedule of
Investments:
(a)
|
Industry and/or sector classifications used in this report are generally according to the Global Industry
Classification Standard, which was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poors.
|
(b)
|
Non-income producing security.
|
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements which are an integral part
of the financial statements.
36
STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
September 30, 2019
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Invesco
BLDRS Asia
50 ADR Index
Fund (ADRA)
|
|
|
|
Invesco
BLDRS Developed
Markets 100
ADR Index
Fund (ADRD)
|
|
|
|
Invesco
BLDRS Emerging
Markets 50
ADR Index
Fund (ADRE)
|
|
|
|
Invesco
BLDRS
Europe Select
ADR Index
Fund (ADRU)
|
Assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments in securities, at value
|
|
|
$
|
16,879,379
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
30,400,082
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
125,144,722
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
10,194,614
|
|
Cash
|
|
|
|
140,629
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
242,066
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
813,028
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
82,588
|
|
Receivable for:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amount due from Sponsor
|
|
|
|
19,942
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13,147
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
31,650
|
|
Dividends
|
|
|
|
34,634
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
47,586
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
424,375
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20,068
|
|
Foreign tax reclaims
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
159,021
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,122
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28,467
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets
|
|
|
|
17,074,584
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30,861,902
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
126,390,247
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10,357,387
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Payable for:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distributions
|
|
|
|
140,552
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
245,891
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
934,797
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
83,065
|
|
Amount due to Licensor
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
78,534
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amount due to Trustee
|
|
|
|
3,412
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,645
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25,139
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,117
|
|
Amount due to Sponsor
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
39,910
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accrued expenses
|
|
|
|
41,338
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
75,908
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
86,823
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
39,871
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities
|
|
|
|
185,302
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
330,444
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,165,203
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
125,053
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Assets
|
|
|
$
|
16,889,282
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
30,531,458
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
125,225,044
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
10,232,334
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net assets consist of:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares of beneficial interest
|
|
|
$
|
23,633,370
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
56,037,129
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
222,521,028
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
17,948,395
|
|
Distributable earnings (loss)
|
|
|
|
(6,744,088
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(25,505,671
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(97,295,984
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(7,716,061
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Assets
|
|
|
$
|
16,889,282
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
30,531,458
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
125,225,044
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
10,232,334
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares outstanding (unlimited amount authorized, $ 0.001 par value)
|
|
|
|
550,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,450,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,250,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
500,000
|
|
Net asset value
|
|
|
$
|
30.71
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
21.06
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
38.53
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
20.46
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments in securities, at cost
|
|
|
$
|
18,780,994
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
47,062,619
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
129,812,683
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
14,891,152
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See accompanying Notes to
Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
37
INVESCO BLDRS ASIA 50 ADR INDEX FUND (ADRA)
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
For the years ended September 30, 2019, 2018, 2017
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
|
2017
|
|
|
|
|
Investment income:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividend income
|
|
|
$
|
531,646
|
|
|
|
$
|
594,627
|
|
|
|
$
|
606,773
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign witholding tax
|
|
|
|
(51,684
|
)
|
|
|
|
(65,801
|
)
|
|
|
|
(56,325
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total investment income
|
|
|
|
479,962
|
|
|
|
|
528,826
|
|
|
|
|
550,448
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing fees
|
|
|
|
10,874
|
|
|
|
|
13,448
|
|
|
|
|
12,729
|
|
|
|
|
|
Professional fees
|
|
|
|
37,551
|
|
|
|
|
30,087
|
|
|
|
|
30,752
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reports to shareholders fee
|
|
|
|
4,201
|
|
|
|
|
2,941
|
|
|
|
|
2,795
|
|
|
|
|
|
Marketing expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Trustee fees
|
|
|
|
18,124
|
|
|
|
|
22,420
|
|
|
|
|
21,213
|
|
|
|
|
|
Intraday valuation fees
|
|
|
|
10,001
|
|
|
|
|
10,001
|
|
|
|
|
10,001
|
|
|
|
|
|
Compliance service fees
|
|
|
|
2,099
|
|
|
|
|
2,047
|
|
|
|
|
2,999
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other expenses
|
|
|
|
2,336
|
|
|
|
|
3,534
|
|
|
|
|
1,908
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total expenses
|
|
|
|
85,186
|
|
|
|
|
84,478
|
|
|
|
|
82,397
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Less: Expenses waived by the Licensor
|
|
|
|
(10,874
|
)
|
|
|
|
(13,448
|
)
|
|
|
|
(12,729
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Less: Expenses assumed by the Sponsor
|
|
|
|
(19,942
|
)
|
|
|
|
(3,789
|
)
|
|
|
|
(6,029
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net expenses
|
|
|
|
54,370
|
|
|
|
|
67,241
|
|
|
|
|
63,639
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income
|
|
|
|
425,592
|
|
|
|
|
461,585
|
|
|
|
|
486,809
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Realized and unrealized gain (loss) from:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net realized gain (loss) from:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment securities
|
|
|
|
(899,294
|
)
|
|
|
|
(363,579
|
)
|
|
|
|
(136,556
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
In-kind redemptions
|
|
|
|
(17,341
|
)
|
|
|
|
560,406
|
|
|
|
|
233,262
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net realized gain (loss)
|
|
|
|
(916,635
|
)
|
|
|
|
196,827
|
|
|
|
|
96,706
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment securities
|
|
|
|
(216,192
|
)
|
|
|
|
(150,618
|
)
|
|
|
|
2,940,075
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
|
|
|
|
(1,132,827
|
)
|
|
|
|
46,209
|
|
|
|
|
3,036,781
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
|
|
|
$
|
(707,235
|
)
|
|
|
$
|
507,794
|
|
|
|
$
|
3,523,590
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See accompanying notes to
financial statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
38
INVESCO BLDRS DEVELOPED MARKETS 100 ADR INDEX FUND (ADRD)
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
For the years ended September 30, 2019, 2018, 2017
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
|
2017
|
|
|
|
|
Investment income:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividend income
|
|
|
$
|
1,639,989
|
|
|
|
$
|
2,465,880
|
|
|
|
$
|
2,392,879
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign witholding tax
|
|
|
|
(91,637
|
)
|
|
|
|
(172,996
|
)
|
|
|
|
(212,514
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total investment income
|
|
|
|
1,548,352
|
|
|
|
|
2,292,884
|
|
|
|
|
2,180,365
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing fees
|
|
|
|
23,855
|
|
|
|
|
39,888
|
|
|
|
|
35,626
|
|
|
|
|
|
Professional fees
|
|
|
|
47,552
|
|
|
|
|
42,007
|
|
|
|
|
38,851
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reports to shareholders fee
|
|
|
|
16,400
|
|
|
|
|
6,075
|
|
|
|
|
6,695
|
|
|
|
|
|
Marketing expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,384
|
|
|
|
|
4,335
|
|
|
|
|
|
Trustee fees
|
|
|
|
39,759
|
|
|
|
|
67,364
|
|
|
|
|
59,374
|
|
|
|
|
|
Intraday valuation fees
|
|
|
|
10,001
|
|
|
|
|
10,001
|
|
|
|
|
10,001
|
|
|
|
|
|
Compliance service fees
|
|
|
|
1,800
|
|
|
|
|
1,748
|
|
|
|
|
2,999
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other expenses
|
|
|
|
16,873
|
|
|
|
|
1,793
|
|
|
|
|
1,072
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total expenses
|
|
|
|
156,240
|
|
|
|
|
171,260
|
|
|
|
|
158,953
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Less: Expenses waived by the Licensor
|
|
|
|
(23,855
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Less: Expenses assumed by the Sponsor
|
|
|
|
(13,148
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net expenses
|
|
|
|
119,237
|
|
|
|
|
171,260
|
|
|
|
|
158,953
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income
|
|
|
|
1,429,115
|
|
|
|
|
2,121,624
|
|
|
|
|
2,021,412
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Realized and unrealized gain (loss) from:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net realized gain (loss) from:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment securities
|
|
|
|
(1,286,773
|
)
|
|
|
|
(1,036,296
|
)
|
|
|
|
(1,205,489
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
In-kind redemptions
|
|
|
|
(120,734
|
)
|
|
|
|
2,835,262
|
|
|
|
|
858,492
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net realized gain (loss)
|
|
|
|
(1,407,507
|
)
|
|
|
|
1,798,966
|
|
|
|
|
(346,997
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment securities
|
|
|
|
(1,987,401
|
)
|
|
|
|
(2,757,850
|
)
|
|
|
|
7,766,216
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
|
|
|
|
(3,394,908
|
)
|
|
|
|
(958,884
|
)
|
|
|
|
7,419,219
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
|
|
|
$
|
(1,965,793
|
)
|
|
|
$
|
1,162,740
|
|
|
|
$
|
9,440,631
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See accompanying notes to financial
statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
39
INVESCO BLDRS EMERGING MARKETS 50 ADR INDEX FUND (ADRE)
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
For the years ended September 30, 2019, 2018, 2017
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
|
2017
|
|
|
|
|
Investment income:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividend income
|
|
|
$
|
2,928,654
|
|
|
|
$
|
3,577,648
|
|
|
|
$
|
3,040,429
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign witholding tax
|
|
|
|
(311,703
|
)
|
|
|
|
(400,604
|
)
|
|
|
|
(273,187
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total investment income
|
|
|
|
2,616,951
|
|
|
|
|
3,177,044
|
|
|
|
|
2,767,242
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing fees
|
|
|
|
78,534
|
|
|
|
|
97,851
|
|
|
|
|
81,326
|
|
|
|
|
|
Professional fees
|
|
|
|
71,551
|
|
|
|
|
76,718
|
|
|
|
|
44,957
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reports to shareholders fee
|
|
|
|
30,452
|
|
|
|
|
7,946
|
|
|
|
|
8,224
|
|
|
|
|
|
Marketing expenses
|
|
|
|
39,910
|
|
|
|
|
(59,739
|
)
|
|
|
|
(66,598
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Trustee fees
|
|
|
|
130,892
|
|
|
|
|
163,087
|
|
|
|
|
135,528
|
|
|
|
|
|
Intraday valuation fees
|
|
|
|
10,001
|
|
|
|
|
10,001
|
|
|
|
|
10,001
|
|
|
|
|
|
Compliance service fees
|
|
|
|
2,099
|
|
|
|
|
2,047
|
|
|
|
|
2,999
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other expenses
|
|
|
|
27,386
|
|
|
|
|
25,575
|
|
|
|
|
25,812
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total expenses
|
|
|
|
390,825
|
|
|
|
|
323,486
|
|
|
|
|
242,249
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Less: Expenses waived by the Licensor
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Less: Expenses assumed by the Sponsor
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net expenses
|
|
|
|
390,825
|
|
|
|
|
323,486
|
|
|
|
|
242,249
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income
|
|
|
|
2,226,126
|
|
|
|
|
2,853,558
|
|
|
|
|
2,524,993
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Realized and unrealized gain (loss) from:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net realized gain (loss) from:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment securities
|
|
|
|
(8,389,077
|
)
|
|
|
|
(6,503,467
|
)
|
|
|
|
(7,013,343
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
In-kind redemptions
|
|
|
|
1,255,835
|
|
|
|
|
8,196,644
|
|
|
|
|
(251,263
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net realized gain (loss)
|
|
|
|
(7,133,242
|
)
|
|
|
|
1,693,177
|
|
|
|
|
(7,264,606
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment securities
|
|
|
|
(49,475
|
)
|
|
|
|
(7,007,313
|
)
|
|
|
|
33,881,764
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
|
|
|
|
(7,182,717
|
)
|
|
|
|
(5,314,136
|
)
|
|
|
|
26,617,158
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
|
|
|
$
|
(4,956,591
|
)
|
|
|
$
|
(2,460,578
|
)
|
|
|
$
|
29,142,151
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See accompanying notes to financial
statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
40
INVESCO BLDRS EUROPE SELECT ADR INDEX FUND (ADRU)
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
For the years ended September 30, 2019, 2018, 2017
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
|
2017
|
|
|
|
|
Investment income:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividend income
|
|
|
$
|
517,669
|
|
|
|
$
|
620,156
|
|
|
|
$
|
567,979
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign witholding tax
|
|
|
|
(30,633
|
)
|
|
|
|
(44,655
|
)
|
|
|
|
(52,318
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total investment income
|
|
|
|
487,036
|
|
|
|
|
575,501
|
|
|
|
|
515,661
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Licensing fees
|
|
|
|
7,359
|
|
|
|
|
9,682
|
|
|
|
|
8,194
|
|
|
|
|
|
Professional fees
|
|
|
|
33,550
|
|
|
|
|
29,664
|
|
|
|
|
30,192
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reports to shareholders fee
|
|
|
|
3,800
|
|
|
|
|
1,910
|
|
|
|
|
1,542
|
|
|
|
|
|
Trustee fees
|
|
|
|
12,266
|
|
|
|
|
16,141
|
|
|
|
|
13,655
|
|
|
|
|
|
Intraday valuation fees
|
|
|
|
10,001
|
|
|
|
|
10,001
|
|
|
|
|
10,001
|
|
|
|
|
|
Compliance service fees
|
|
|
|
1,799
|
|
|
|
|
1,748
|
|
|
|
|
2,999
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other expenses
|
|
|
|
7,022
|
|
|
|
|
2,941
|
|
|
|
|
2,908
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total expenses
|
|
|
|
75,797
|
|
|
|
|
72,087
|
|
|
|
|
69,491
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Less: Expenses waived by the Licensor
|
|
|
|
(7,359
|
)
|
|
|
|
(9,682
|
)
|
|
|
|
(8,194
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Less: Expenses assumed by the Sponsor
|
|
|
|
(31,650
|
)
|
|
|
|
(13,991
|
)
|
|
|
|
(20,332
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net expenses
|
|
|
|
36,788
|
|
|
|
|
48,414
|
|
|
|
|
40,965
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income
|
|
|
|
450,248
|
|
|
|
|
527,087
|
|
|
|
|
474,696
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Realized and unrealized gain (loss) from:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net realized gain (loss) from:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment securities
|
|
|
|
(209,743
|
)
|
|
|
|
(338,448
|
)
|
|
|
|
(270,159
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
In-kind redemptions
|
|
|
|
169,167
|
|
|
|
|
415,104
|
|
|
|
|
(35,443
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net realized gain (loss)
|
|
|
|
(40,576
|
)
|
|
|
|
76,656
|
|
|
|
|
(305,602
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment securities
|
|
|
|
(819,201
|
)
|
|
|
|
(683,973
|
)
|
|
|
|
2,018,686
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
|
|
|
|
(859,777
|
)
|
|
|
|
(607,317
|
)
|
|
|
|
1,713,084
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
|
|
|
$
|
(409,529
|
)
|
|
|
$
|
(80,230
|
)
|
|
|
$
|
2,187,780
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See accompanying notes to
financial statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
41
INVESCO BLDRS ASIA 50 ADR INDEX FUND (ADRA)
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
For the years ended September 30, 2019, 2018, 2017
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2019
|
|
|
2018
|
|
|
2017
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operations:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income
|
|
$
|
425,592
|
|
|
$
|
461,585
|
|
|
$
|
486,809
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net realized gain (loss)
|
|
|
(916,635
|
)
|
|
|
196,827
|
|
|
|
96,706
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
|
|
|
(216,192
|
)
|
|
|
(150,618
|
)
|
|
|
2,940,075
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
|
|
|
(707,235
|
)
|
|
|
507,794
|
|
|
|
3,523,590
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distributions to Shareholders from:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distributable earnings
|
|
|
(450,369
|
)
|
|
|
(461,402
|
)
|
|
|
(454,562
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shareholder Transactions:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from shares sold
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,634,674
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Value of shares repurchased
|
|
|
(1,493,963
|
)
|
|
|
(3,336,241
|
)
|
|
|
(4,496,806
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions
|
|
|
(1,493,963
|
)
|
|
|
(1,701,567
|
)
|
|
|
(4,496,806
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase (decrease) in net assets
|
|
|
(2,651,567
|
)
|
|
|
(1,655,175
|
)
|
|
|
(1,427,778
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beginning of year
|
|
|
19,540,849
|
|
|
|
21,196,024
|
|
|
|
22,623,802
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
End of year
|
|
$
|
16,889,282
|
|
|
$
|
19,540,849
|
|
|
$
|
21,196,024
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Changes in Shares Outstanding:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares sold
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
50,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares repurchased
|
|
|
(50,000
|
)
|
|
|
(100,000
|
)
|
|
|
(150,000
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Shares outstanding, beginning of year
|
|
|
600,000
|
|
|
|
650,000
|
|
|
|
800,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares outstanding, end of year
|
|
|
550,000
|
|
|
|
600,000
|
|
|
|
650,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See accompanying notes to
financial statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
42
INVESCO BLDRS DEVELOPED MARKETS 100 ADR INDEX FUND (ADRD)
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
For the years ended September 30, 2019, 2018, 2017
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2019
|
|
|
2018
|
|
|
2017
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operations:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income
|
|
$
|
1,429,115
|
|
|
$
|
2,121,624
|
|
|
$
|
2,021,412
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net realized gain (loss)
|
|
|
(1,407,507
|
)
|
|
|
1,798,966
|
|
|
|
(346,997
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
|
|
|
(1,987,401
|
)
|
|
|
(2,757,850
|
)
|
|
|
7,766,216
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
|
|
|
(1,965,793
|
)
|
|
|
1,162,740
|
|
|
|
9,440,631
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distributions to Shareholders from:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distributable earnings
|
|
|
(1,446,671
|
)
|
|
|
(2,056,893
|
)
|
|
|
(2,126,666
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shareholder Transactions:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from shares sold
|
|
|
10,039,700
|
|
|
|
8,046,840
|
|
|
|
3,228,202
|
|
|
|
|
|
Value of shares repurchased
|
|
|
(33,287,537
|
)
|
|
|
(13,743,877
|
)
|
|
|
(5,252,851
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions
|
|
|
(23,247,837
|
)
|
|
|
(5,697,037
|
)
|
|
|
(2,024,649
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase (decrease) in net assets
|
|
|
(26,660,301
|
)
|
|
|
(6,591,190
|
)
|
|
|
5,289,316
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beginning of year
|
|
|
57,191,759
|
|
|
|
63,782,949
|
|
|
|
58,493,633
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
End of year
|
|
$
|
30,531,458
|
|
|
$
|
57,191,759
|
|
|
$
|
63,782,949
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Changes in Shares Outstanding:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares sold
|
|
|
500,000
|
|
|
|
350,000
|
|
|
|
150,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares repurchased
|
|
|
(1,600,000
|
)
|
|
|
(600,000
|
)
|
|
|
(250,000
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Shares outstanding, beginning of year
|
|
|
2,550,000
|
|
|
|
2,800,000
|
|
|
|
2,900,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares outstanding, end of year
|
|
|
1,450,000
|
|
|
|
2,550,000
|
|
|
|
2,800,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See accompanying notes to financial
statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
43
INVESCO BLDRS EMERGING MARKETS 50 ADR INDEX FUND (ADRE)
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
For the years ended September 30, 2019, 2018, 2017
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2019
|
|
|
2018
|
|
|
2017
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operations:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income
|
|
$
|
2,226,126
|
|
|
$
|
2,853,558
|
|
|
$
|
2,524,993
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net realized gain (loss)
|
|
|
(7,133,242
|
)
|
|
|
1,693,177
|
|
|
|
(7,264,606
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
|
|
|
(49,475
|
)
|
|
|
(7,007,313
|
)
|
|
|
33,881,764
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
|
|
|
(4,956,591
|
)
|
|
|
(2,460,578
|
)
|
|
|
29,142,151
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distributions to Shareholders from:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distributable earnings
|
|
|
(2,076,444
|
)
|
|
|
(2,789,019
|
)
|
|
|
(2,747,944
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shareholder Transactions:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from shares sold
|
|
|
1,883,992
|
|
|
|
16,696,088
|
|
|
|
4,148,878
|
|
|
|
|
|
Value of shares repurchased
|
|
|
(9,724,398
|
)
|
|
|
(26,979,018
|
)
|
|
|
(5,281,019
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions
|
|
|
(7,840,406
|
)
|
|
|
(10,282,930
|
)
|
|
|
(1,132,141
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase (decrease) in net assets
|
|
|
(14,873,441
|
)
|
|
|
(15,532,527
|
)
|
|
|
25,262,066
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beginning of year
|
|
|
140,098,485
|
|
|
|
155,631,012
|
|
|
|
130,368,946
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
End of year
|
|
$
|
125,225,044
|
|
|
$
|
140,098,485
|
|
|
$
|
155,631,012
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Changes in Shares Outstanding:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares sold
|
|
|
50,000
|
|
|
|
400,000
|
|
|
|
100,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares repurchased
|
|
|
(250,000
|
)
|
|
|
(650,000
|
)
|
|
|
(150,000
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Shares outstanding, beginning of year
|
|
|
3,450,000
|
|
|
|
3,700,000
|
|
|
|
3,750,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares outstanding, end of year
|
|
|
3,250,000
|
|
|
|
3,450,000
|
|
|
|
3,700,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See accompanying notes to financial
statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
44
INVESCO BLDRS EUROPE SELECT ADR INDEX FUND (ADRU)
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
For the years ended September 30, 2019, 2018, 2017
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
|
2017
|
|
|
|
|
Operations:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income
|
|
|
$
|
450,248
|
|
|
|
$
|
527,087
|
|
|
|
$
|
474,696
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net realized gain (loss)
|
|
|
|
(40,576
|
)
|
|
|
|
76,656
|
|
|
|
|
(305,602
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
|
|
|
|
(819,201
|
)
|
|
|
|
(683,973
|
)
|
|
|
|
2,018,686
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
|
|
|
|
(409,529
|
)
|
|
|
|
(80,230
|
)
|
|
|
|
2,187,780
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distributions to Shareholders from:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distributable earnings
|
|
|
|
(451,284
|
)
|
|
|
|
(510,359
|
)
|
|
|
|
(512,980
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shareholder Transactions:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from shares sold
|
|
|
|
1,018,263
|
|
|
|
|
2,360,328
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Value of shares repurchased
|
|
|
|
(4,084,092
|
)
|
|
|
|
(2,172,137
|
)
|
|
|
|
(1,906,198
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions
|
|
|
|
(3,065,829
|
)
|
|
|
|
188,191
|
|
|
|
|
(1,906,198
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase (decrease) in net assets
|
|
|
|
(3,926,642
|
)
|
|
|
|
(402,398
|
)
|
|
|
|
(231,398
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beginning of year
|
|
|
|
14,158,976
|
|
|
|
|
14,561,374
|
|
|
|
|
14,792,772
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
End of year
|
|
|
$
|
10,232,334
|
|
|
|
$
|
14,158,976
|
|
|
|
$
|
14,561,374
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Changes in Shares Outstanding:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares sold
|
|
|
|
50,000
|
|
|
|
|
100,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares repurchased
|
|
|
|
(200,000
|
)
|
|
|
|
(100,000
|
)
|
|
|
|
(100,000
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Shares outstanding, beginning of year
|
|
|
|
650,000
|
|
|
|
|
650,000
|
|
|
|
|
750,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares outstanding, end of year
|
|
|
|
500,000
|
|
|
|
|
650,000
|
|
|
|
|
650,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See accompanying notes to
financial statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
45
INVESCO BLDRS ASIA 50 ADR INDEX FUND (ADRA)
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Years Ended September 30,
|
|
|
|
2019
|
|
|
2018
|
|
|
2017
|
|
|
2016
|
|
|
2015
|
|
Per Share Operating Performance:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net asset value at beginning of year
|
|
$
|
32.57
|
|
|
$
|
32.61
|
|
|
$
|
28.28
|
|
|
$
|
25.71
|
|
|
$
|
29.12
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income(a)
|
|
|
0.72
|
|
|
|
0.71
|
|
|
|
0.69
|
|
|
|
0.56
|
|
|
|
0.72
|
|
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments
|
|
|
(1.81
|
)
|
|
|
(0.02
|
)
|
|
|
4.31
|
|
|
|
2.61
|
|
|
|
(3.41
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total from investment operations
|
|
|
(1.09
|
)
|
|
|
0.69
|
|
|
|
5.00
|
|
|
|
3.17
|
|
|
|
(2.69
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distributions to shareholders from:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income
|
|
|
(0.77
|
)
|
|
|
(0.73
|
)
|
|
|
(0.67
|
)
|
|
|
(0.60
|
)
|
|
|
(0.72
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net asset value at end of year
|
|
$
|
30.71
|
|
|
$
|
32.57
|
|
|
$
|
32.61
|
|
|
$
|
28.28
|
|
|
$
|
25.71
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Asset Value Total Return(b)
|
|
|
(3.26
|
)%
|
|
|
2.06
|
%
|
|
|
17.83
|
%
|
|
|
12.51
|
%
|
|
|
(9.44
|
)%
|
Ratios/Supplemental Data:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net assets at end of year (000s omitted)
|
|
$
|
16,889
|
|
|
$
|
19,541
|
|
|
$
|
21,196
|
|
|
$
|
22,624
|
|
|
$
|
23,139
|
|
Ratio to average net assets of:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expenses, after Waivers
|
|
|
0.30
|
%
|
|
|
0.30
|
%
|
|
|
0.30
|
%
|
|
|
0.30
|
%
|
|
|
0.30
|
%
|
Expenses, prior to Waivers
|
|
|
0.47
|
%
|
|
|
0.38
|
%
|
|
|
0.39
|
%
|
|
|
0.38
|
%
|
|
|
0.40
|
%
|
Net investment income
|
|
|
2.35
|
%
|
|
|
2.06
|
%
|
|
|
2.29
|
%
|
|
|
2.13
|
%
|
|
|
2.43
|
%
|
Portfolio turnover rate(c)
|
|
|
20.04
|
%
|
|
|
9.25
|
%
|
|
|
11.53
|
%
|
|
|
7.00
|
%
|
|
|
11.27
|
%
|
(a)
|
Based on average shares outstanding.
|
(b)
|
Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the
beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption at net asset value on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for
shareholder transactions. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
|
(c)
|
Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable, and does not include
securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.
|
See accompanying notes to financial statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
46
INVESCO BLDRS DEVELOPED MARKETS 100 ADR INDEX FUND (ADRD)
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Years Ended September 30,
|
|
|
|
2019
|
|
|
2018
|
|
|
2017
|
|
|
2016
|
|
|
2015
|
|
Per Share Operating Performance:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net asset value at beginning of year
|
|
$
|
22.43
|
|
|
$
|
22.78
|
|
|
$
|
20.17
|
|
|
$
|
20.71
|
|
|
$
|
24.21
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income(a)
|
|
|
0.76
|
|
|
|
0.74
|
|
|
|
0.72
|
|
|
|
0.71
|
|
|
|
0.79
|
|
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments
|
|
|
(1.32
|
)
|
|
|
(0.36
|
)
|
|
|
2.65
|
|
|
|
(0.46
|
)
|
|
|
(3.45
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total from investment operations
|
|
|
(0.56
|
)
|
|
|
0.38
|
|
|
|
3.37
|
|
|
|
0.25
|
|
|
|
(2.66
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distributions to shareholders from:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income
|
|
|
(0.81
|
)
|
|
|
(0.73
|
)
|
|
|
(0.76
|
)
|
|
|
(0.79
|
)
|
|
|
(0.84
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net asset value at end of year
|
|
$
|
21.06
|
|
|
$
|
22.43
|
|
|
$
|
22.78
|
|
|
$
|
20.17
|
|
|
$
|
20.71
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Asset Value Total Return(b)
|
|
|
(2.44
|
)%
|
|
|
1.65
|
%
|
|
|
17.01
|
%
|
|
|
1.34
|
%
|
|
|
(11.26
|
)%
|
Ratios/Supplemental Data:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net assets at end of year (000s omitted)
|
|
$
|
30,531
|
|
|
$
|
57,192
|
|
|
$
|
63,783
|
|
|
$
|
58,494
|
|
|
$
|
65,251
|
|
Ratio to average net assets of:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expenses, after Waivers
|
|
|
0.30
|
%
|
|
|
0.26
|
%
|
|
|
0.27
|
%
|
|
|
0.30
|
%
|
|
|
0.30
|
%
|
Expenses, prior to Waivers
|
|
|
0.39
|
%
|
|
|
0.26
|
%
|
|
|
0.27
|
%
|
|
|
0.30
|
%
|
|
|
0.30
|
%
|
Net investment income
|
|
|
3.61
|
%
|
|
|
3.19
|
%
|
|
|
3.40
|
%
|
|
|
3.52
|
%
|
|
|
3.38
|
%
|
Portfolio turnover rate(c)
|
|
|
7.92
|
%
|
|
|
2.83
|
%
|
|
|
5.30
|
%
|
|
|
5.05
|
%
|
|
|
4.06
|
%
|
(a)
|
Based on average shares outstanding.
|
(b)
|
Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the
beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption at net asset value on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for
shareholder transactions. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
|
(c)
|
Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable, and does not include
securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.
|
See accompanying notes to financial statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
47
INVESCO BLDRS EMERGING MARKETS 50 ADR INDEX FUND (ADRE)
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Years Ended September 30,
|
|
|
|
2019
|
|
|
2018
|
|
|
2017
|
|
|
2016
|
|
|
2015
|
|
Per Share Operating Performance:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net asset value at beginning of year
|
|
$
|
40.61
|
|
|
$
|
42.06
|
|
|
$
|
34.77
|
|
|
$
|
28.00
|
|
|
$
|
39.20
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income(a)
|
|
|
0.67
|
|
|
|
0.76
|
|
|
|
0.69
|
|
|
|
0.53
|
|
|
|
0.66
|
|
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments
|
|
|
(2.12
|
)
|
|
|
(1.45
|
)
|
|
|
7.35
|
|
|
|
6.94
|
|
|
|
(10.97
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total from investment operations
|
|
|
(1.45
|
)
|
|
|
(0.69
|
)
|
|
|
8.04
|
|
|
|
7.47
|
|
|
|
(10.31
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distributions to shareholders from:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income
|
|
|
(0.63
|
)
|
|
|
(0.76
|
)
|
|
|
(0.75
|
)
|
|
|
(0.70
|
)
|
|
|
(0.89
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net asset value at end of year
|
|
$
|
38.53
|
|
|
$
|
40.61
|
|
|
$
|
42.06
|
|
|
$
|
34.77
|
|
|
$
|
28.00
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Asset Value Total Return(b)
|
|
|
(3.57
|
)%
|
|
|
(1.65
|
)%
|
|
|
23.33
|
%
|
|
|
26.99
|
%
|
|
|
(26.58
|
)%
|
Ratios/Supplemental Data:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net assets at end of year (000s omitted)
|
|
$
|
125,225
|
|
|
$
|
140,098
|
|
|
$
|
155,631
|
|
|
$
|
130,369
|
|
|
$
|
124,615
|
|
Ratio to average net assets of:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expenses
|
|
|
0.30
|
%
|
|
|
0.20
|
%
|
|
|
0.18
|
%
|
|
|
0.30
|
%
|
|
|
0.30
|
%
|
Net investment income
|
|
|
1.70
|
%
|
|
|
1.75
|
%
|
|
|
1.86
|
%
|
|
|
1.74
|
%
|
|
|
1.87
|
%
|
Portfolio turnover rate(c)
|
|
|
17.62
|
%
|
|
|
10.30
|
%
|
|
|
10.66
|
%
|
|
|
7.61
|
%
|
|
|
17.51
|
%
|
(a)
|
Based on average shares outstanding.
|
(b)
|
Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the
beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption at net asset value on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for
shareholder transactions. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
|
(c)
|
Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable, and does not include
securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.
|
See accompanying notes to financial statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
48
INVESCO BLDRS EUROPE SELECT ADR INDEX FUND (ADRU)
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Years Ended September 30,
|
|
|
|
2019
|
|
|
2018
|
|
|
2017
|
|
|
2016
|
|
|
2015
|
|
Per Share Operating Performance:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net asset value at beginning of year
|
|
$
|
21.78
|
|
|
$
|
22.40
|
|
|
$
|
19.72
|
|
|
$
|
20.47
|
|
|
$
|
24.33
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income(a)
|
|
|
0.76
|
|
|
|
0.73
|
|
|
|
0.71
|
|
|
|
0.74
|
|
|
|
0.77
|
|
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments
|
|
|
(1.30
|
)
|
|
|
(0.63
|
)
|
|
|
2.76
|
|
|
|
(0.62
|
)
|
|
|
(3.75
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total from investment operations
|
|
|
(0.54
|
)
|
|
|
0.10
|
|
|
|
3.47
|
|
|
|
0.12
|
|
|
|
(2.98
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distributions to shareholders from:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income
|
|
|
(0.78
|
)
|
|
|
(0.72
|
)
|
|
|
(0.79
|
)
|
|
|
(0.87
|
)
|
|
|
(0.88
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net asset value at end of year
|
|
$
|
20.46
|
|
|
$
|
21.78
|
|
|
$
|
22.40
|
|
|
$
|
19.72
|
|
|
$
|
20.47
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Asset Value Total Return(b)
|
|
|
(2.45
|
)%
|
|
|
0.43
|
%
|
|
|
17.94
|
%
|
|
|
0.70
|
%
|
|
|
(12.53
|
)%
|
Ratios/Supplemental Data:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net assets at end of year (000s omitted)
|
|
$
|
10,232
|
|
|
$
|
14,159
|
|
|
$
|
14,561
|
|
|
$
|
14,793
|
|
|
$
|
18,426
|
|
Ratio to average net assets of:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expenses, after Waivers
|
|
|
0.30
|
%
|
|
|
0.30
|
%
|
|
|
0.30
|
%
|
|
|
0.30
|
%
|
|
|
0.30
|
%
|
Expenses, prior to Waivers
|
|
|
0.62
|
%
|
|
|
0.45
|
%
|
|
|
0.51
|
%
|
|
|
0.48
|
%
|
|
|
0.43
|
%
|
Net investment income
|
|
|
3.67
|
%
|
|
|
3.27
|
%
|
|
|
3.48
|
%
|
|
|
3.71
|
%
|
|
|
3.34
|
%
|
Portfolio turnover rate(c)
|
|
|
6.49
|
%
|
|
|
1.96
|
%
|
|
|
5.85
|
%
|
|
|
5.24
|
%
|
|
|
4.79
|
%
|
(a)
|
Based on average shares outstanding.
|
(b)
|
Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the
beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption at net asset value on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for
shareholder transactions. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
|
(c)
|
Portfolio turnover rate is not annualized for periods less than one year, if applicable, and does not include
securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions.
|
See accompanying notes to financial statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.
49
INVESCO BLDRS INDEX FUNDS TRUST
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
September 30, 2019
Invesco BLDRS Index Funds Trust (the Trust) is a unit investment trust consisting of four separate investment portfolios (each a Fund
and collectively the Funds). The Trust was organized under the laws of the State of New York and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act). This report includes the following
portfolios:
|
|
|
Full Name
|
|
Short Name
|
|
|
Invesco BLDRS Asia 50 ADR Index Fund (ADRA)
|
|
Asia
|
|
|
Invesco BLDRS Developed Markets 100 ADR Index Fund (ADRD)
|
|
Developed Markets
|
|
|
Invesco BLDRS Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index Fund (ADRE)
|
|
Emerging Markets
|
|
|
Invesco BLDRS Europe Select ADR Index Fund (ADRU)
|
|
Europe
|
The shares of the Funds are referred to herein as Shares or Funds Shares. Each
Funds Shares are listed and traded on The NASDAQ Stock Market.
The market price of each Share may differ to some degree from a
Funds net asset value (NAV). Unlike conventional mutual funds, each Fund issues and redeems Shares on a continuous basis, at NAV, only in a large specified number of Shares, each called a Creation Unit. Creation Units
are issued and redeemed principally in-kind for securities included in the relevant benchmark BNY Mellon ADR Index.
The investment
objective of each Fund is to provide investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of its respective index listed below (each a BNY Mellon ADR Index):
|
|
|
Fund
|
|
Underlying Index
|
|
|
Asia
|
|
S&P/BNY Mellon Asia 50 ADR IndexSM
|
|
|
Developed Markets
|
|
S&P/BNY Mellon Developed Markets 100 ADR IndexSM
|
|
|
Emerging Markets
|
|
S&P/BNY Mellon Emerging 50 ADR IndexSM
|
|
|
Europe
|
|
S&P/BNY Mellon Europe Select ADR IndexSM
|
The Bank of New York Mellon (the Trustee) has entered into an Agency
Agreement with Invesco Capital Management LLC (the Sponsor) (the Agency Agreement). Under the terms of the Agency Agreement, the Sponsor will perform certain functions on behalf of the Trustee: (a) relating to the
evaluation of the portfolio securities held by the Funds for the purposes of determining the net asset value of the Funds, and (b) relating to rebalancing and adjustments of the Trusts portfolios.
NOTE
|
2Significant Accounting Policies
|
The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies followed by the Funds in preparation of their financial statements.
Each Fund is an investment company and accordingly follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance in accordance with
Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services Investment Companies.
A. Security Valuation - Securities, including restricted securities, are valued according to the following policies:
Portfolio securities are valued at the last trade or official closing price of the exchange on which they trade, which is
deemed to be the principal market on which the securities are traded, or if there is no last trade or
50
INVESCO BLDRS INDEX FUNDS TRUST
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
official closing price on the day of valuation, a security is valued at the closing bid price on that day. If a security is not quoted, if the
principal market of the security is other than an exchange, or the Sponsor deems the last trade, official close price or closing bid price inappropriate for valuation purposes, then the security shall be fair valued in good faith by the Sponsor, in
a manner consistent with the Trust Indenture and Agreement (the Trust Agreement) and the Agency Agreement based (a) on the last trade or closing price for the security on another market on which the security is traded or if there is
no such appropriate closing price, at the closing bid price on such other market, (b) on current bid prices on the principal market or such other markets, (c) if bid prices are not available, on the basis of current bid prices for
comparable securities, (d) by the Sponsor appraising the value of the securities in good faith, or (e) any combination thereof. In the event that the Agency Agreement is terminated, the Trustee would be responsible for the valuation steps
set forth above in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Trust Agreement.
B. Other Risks
Emerging Markets Risk. The risks of foreign investments are usually much greater for emerging
markets. Emerging markets are riskier because they develop unevenly and may never fully develop. They are more likely to experience hyperinflation and currency devaluations, which adversely affect returns to U.S. investors. In addition, the
securities markets in many of these countries have far lower trading volumes and less liquidity than developed markets. Because these markets are so small, they may be more likely to suffer sharp and frequent price changes or long term price
depression due to adverse publicity, investor perceptions or the transactions of a few large investors. Traditional measures of investment value used in the U.S., such as price to earnings ratios, may not apply to certain small markets, making it
more difficult to value their securities.
Equity Risk. An investment in a Fund should be
made with an understanding of the risks inherent in an investment in equity securities, including the risk that the financial condition of issuers may become impaired or that the general condition of the stock market may deteriorate (either of which
may cause a decrease in the value of the securities held by a Fund and thus in the value of Shares). Equity securities, and therefore Depositary Receipts, are susceptible to general stock market fluctuations and to volatile increases and decreases
in value as market confidence in and perceptions of their issuers change. These investor perceptions are based on various unpredictable factors including: expectations regarding government; economic, monetary and fiscal policies; inflation and
interest rates; economic expansion or contraction; and global or regional political, economic and banking crises.
Foreign Market Risk. The underlying securities of the Depositary Receipts in a Funds
portfolio trade on foreign exchanges at times when the U.S. markets are not open for trading, the value of the Depositary Receipts representing those underlying securities may change materially at times when the U.S. markets are not open for
trading, regardless of whether there is an active U.S. market for fund shares.
Index
Risk. Unlike many investment companies, the Funds do not utilize investing strategies that seek returns in excess of their BNY Mellon ADR Index. Therefore, a Fund would not necessarily buy or sell a security unless that
security is added or removed, respectively, from its respective BNY Mellon ADR Index, even if that security generally is underperforming.
Non-Correlation Risk. Each Funds return may not match the return of its BNY Mellon ADR
Index for a number of reasons. For example, each Fund incurs operating expenses not applicable to its BNY Mellon ADR Index, and incurs costs in buying and selling securities, especially when rebalancing each Funds securities holdings to
reflect changes in the composition of its BNY Mellon ADR Index. In addition, the performance of each Fund and its BNY Mellon ADR Index may vary due to asset valuation differences and differences between each Funds portfolio and its BNY Mellon
ADR Index resulting from legal restrictions, cost or liquidity constraints.
51
INVESCO BLDRS INDEX FUNDS TRUST
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
Non-Diversified Fund Risk. Each Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater
portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single issuers securities could cause greater fluctuations in the value of the Shares than would occur in a
diversified fund. This may increase the Funds volatility and cause the performance of a relatively small number of issuers to have a greater impact on the Funds performance.
C. Investment Transactions and Investment Income - Investment transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Realized
gains and losses from the sale or disposition of securities are computed on the specific identified cost basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis from settlement date. Pay-in-kind interest income and non-cash dividend income received
in the form of securities in-lieu of cash are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. Dividend income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Realized gains, dividends and interest received by each Fund
may give rise to withholding and other taxes imposed by foreign countries. Tax conventions between certain countries and the United States may reduce or eliminate such taxes.
Each Fund may periodically participate in litigation related to each Funds investments. As such, each Fund may receive
proceeds from litigation settlements. Any proceeds received are included in the Statements of Operations as realized gain (loss) for investments no longer held and as unrealized gain (loss) for investments still held.
Brokerage commissions and mark ups are considered transaction costs and are recorded as an increase to the cost basis of
securities purchased and/or a reduction of proceeds on a sale of securities. Such transaction costs are included in the determination of net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from investment securities reported in the Statements of Operations and
the Statements of Changes in Net Assets and the net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on securities per share in the Financial Highlights. Transaction costs are included in the calculation of each Funds NAV and, accordingly, they reduce
each Funds total returns. These transaction costs are not considered operating expenses and are not reflected in net investment income reported in the Statements of Operations and the Statements of Changes in Net Assets, or the net investment
income per share and the ratios of expenses and net investment income reported in the Financial Highlights, nor are they limited by any expense limitation arrangements between each Fund and the Adviser.
D. Country Determination - For the purposes of presentation in the Schedules of Investments, the Adviser may
determine the country in which an issuer is located and/or credit risk exposure based on various factors. These factors include whether each Funds Underlying Index has made a country determination and may include the laws of the country under
which the issuer is organized, where the issuer maintains a principal office, the country in which the issuer derives 50% or more of its total revenues and the country that has the primary market for the issuers securities, as well as other
criteria. Among the other criteria that may be evaluated for making this determination are the country in which the issuer maintains 50% or more of its assets, the type of security, financial guarantees and enhancements, the nature of the collateral
and the sponsor organization. Country of issuer and/or credit risk exposure has been determined to be the United States of America, unless otherwise noted.
E. Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders - Each Fund declares and distributes dividends, if any, from net
investment income quarterly. Each Fund will distribute net realized capital gains, if any, at least annually.
F. Federal Income Taxes - Each Fund intends to comply with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended (the Internal Revenue Code), applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of each Funds taxable earnings to its shareholders. As such, each Fund will not be subject to federal
income taxes on otherwise taxable income (including net realized gains) that is distributed to the shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is recorded in the financial statements.
52
INVESCO BLDRS INDEX FUNDS TRUST
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
Each Fund recognizes the tax benefits of uncertain tax positions only when the position is more likely than not to be
sustained. Management has analyzed each Funds uncertain tax positions and concluded that no liability for unrecognized tax benefits should be recorded related to uncertain tax positions. Management is not aware of any tax positions for which
it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will change materially in the next 12 months.
Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). These differences are primarily due to differing book and tax treatments for in-kind transactions, losses deferred due to wash sales, and passive foreign
investment company adjustments, if any.
Each Fund files U.S. federal tax returns and tax returns in certain other
jurisdictions. Generally, each Fund is subject to examinations by such taxing authorities for up to three years after the filing of the return for the tax period.
G. Expenses - Under the Trust Agreement, the Trust is responsible for the Trustees fee (including fees for
extraordinary expenses and other services), transfer agency services fees, governmental fees, any taxes, fees and charges payable by the Trustee with respect to Shares, indemnification of the Trustee or the Sponsor, brokerage commissions and other
transactional charges and other out-of-pocket expenses of a Fund.
In addition, the Trust may be charged for expenses
related to reimbursement to the Sponsor for annual licensing fees, federal and state annual registration fees and expenses of the Sponsor relating to the printing and distribution of marketing materials. Pursuant to the provisions of an exemptive
order, the expenses set forth in this paragraph may be charged to the Trust in an amount equal to the actual costs incurred, but shall not exceed 0.30% per annum of the daily NAV of the Trust.
H. Accounting Estimates - The preparation of the financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires
management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, including estimates and assumptions related to taxation. Actual results could differ from these estimates. In addition, each
Fund monitors for material events or transactions that may occur or become known after the period-end date and before the date the financial statements are released to print.
I. Indemnifications - In the normal course of business, each Fund enters into contracts that contain a
variety of representations and warranties, which provide general indemnifications. Each Funds maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against each Fund that have not yet
occurred. However, based on experience, each Fund expects the risk of loss to be remote.
J. Distributions from Distributable
Earnings - In accordance with the Securities and Exchange
Commissions issuance of Disclosure Update and
Simplification, each Fund has presented the total, rather than the components, of distributions to shareholders, except for tax return of capital distributions, if any, in the Statements of Changes in Net Assets.
For the year ended September 30, 2018 and September 30, 2017, distributions from distributable earnings consisted of
distributions from net investment income.
NOTE
|
3Agreements with the Trustee, Licensor and Sponsor
|
The Funds accrue daily and pay monthly the expenses of their operations, including Trustee fees, reimbursements to the Sponsor for expenses relating to the
marketing of the Funds and fees to The Bank of New York Mellon (the Licensor) for a license to use each BNY Mellon ADR Index as a basis for determining the composition and weighting of securities held by each respective Fund. Each Fund
pays an annual licensing fee to the Licensor equal to 6/100th of one percent (0.06%) of its average net assets subject to the waiver provisions discussed below.
53
INVESCO BLDRS INDEX FUNDS TRUST
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
In accordance with the Trust Agreement, the Trustee maintains the Funds accounting records, acts as custodian and transfer agent to the
Funds, and provides administrative services, including filing of all required regulatory reports. The Trustee is also responsible for determining the composition of the portfolios of securities, which must be delivered in exchange for the issuance
of Creation Units of the Funds, and for adjusting the composition of each Funds portfolio from time to time to conform to changes in the compositions and/or weighting structure of each respective BNY Mellon ADR Index.
For these services, the Trustee receives a fee from each Fund at the following annual rates:
|
|
|
Net Assets
|
|
Fee as Percentage of
Net Assets
|
|
|
$0-$499,999,999*
|
|
10/100 of 1% per annum
|
|
|
$500,000,000-$2,499,999,999*
|
|
8/100 of 1% per annum
|
|
|
$2,500,000,000 and above*
|
|
6/100 of 1% per annum
|
*
|
The fee indicated applies to that portion of the net assets of each Fund that falls in the size category
indicated and is computed each business day on the basis of the net assets of the Fund on such day.
|
Marketing expenses
for the years ended September 30, 2019, 2018 and 2017, represent expenses incurred by the Sponsor, if any, on behalf of the Funds and charged to the Funds, subject to the reimbursement provisions below.
Marketing expenses are paid by the Sponsor on behalf of the Trust for invoices received directly by the Sponsor during the year. The following
amounts remain payable to the Sponsor as of September 30, 2019:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Asia
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
Developed Markets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Emerging Markets
|
|
|
39,910
|
|
|
|
Europe
|
|
|
|
|
In accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement and the Agency Agreement, the Trustee will pay, from
its own assets, the Sponsor to perform the following services for the Trust: adjust the composition of the portfolio, calculate and adjust, if necessary, the weighting of each security in the portfolio, dispose of or exchange securities after it has
been determined that such securities will be removed from the Index and direct securities transactions to brokers or dealers, which may include affiliates of the Trustee, but will not include affiliates of the Sponsor.
The Sponsor had undertaken that on each day during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019, and until determined otherwise, the ordinary
operating expenses of the Funds as calculated by the Trustee would not be permitted to exceed an amount which is 30/100 of one percent (0.30%) per annum of the daily net asset value of each Fund. To the extent during such period that ordinary
operating expenses of a Fund exceeded such 0.30% amount, the Licensor first waived licensing fees applicable to the Fund and, if such waiver was insufficient, the Sponsor thereafter reimbursed the Fund for or assumed such excess ordinary operating
expenses. The Licensor and Sponsor may be repaid by the Funds for licensing fees so waived or expenses so reimbursed or assumed respectively, in each case to the extent that subsequently during the fiscal year expenses fall below the 0.30% per
annum level on any given day.
54
INVESCO BLDRS INDEX FUNDS TRUST
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
For the fiscal years ended September 30, 2019, 2018 and 2017, the Licensor waived and the Sponsor assumed the following expenses incurred
by the Funds:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
License Fees Waived by Licensor
Fiscal Year Ended September 30,
|
|
|
Expenses Assumed by the Sponsor
Fiscal Year Ended September 30,
|
|
|
|
2019
|
|
|
2018
|
|
|
2017
|
|
|
2019
|
|
|
2018
|
|
|
2017
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Asia
|
|
$
|
10,874
|
|
|
$
|
13,448
|
|
|
$
|
12,729
|
|
|
$
|
19,942
|
|
|
$
|
3,789
|
|
|
$
|
6,029
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Developed Markets
|
|
|
23,855
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13,148
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Emerging Markets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Europe
|
|
|
7,359
|
|
|
|
9,682
|
|
|
|
8,194
|
|
|
|
31,650
|
|
|
|
13,991
|
|
|
|
20,332
|
|
Invesco Distributors, Inc., an affiliate of the Sponsor, is the distributor for the Funds. The Sponsor,
not the Funds, pays the Distributor a flat annual fee of $20,000 for each Fund for its distribution services and the Funds do not reimburse the Sponsor for such fees.
NOTE
|
4Additional Valuation Information
|
GAAP defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market
participants at the measurement date, under current market conditions. GAAP establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation methods, giving the highest priority to readily available unadjusted quoted prices in an active market for
identical assets (Level 1) and the lowest priority to significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), generally when market prices are not readily available or are unreliable. Based on the valuation inputs, the securities or other investments are tiered
into one of three levels. Changes in valuation methods may result in transfers in or out of an investments assigned level:
|
|
|
Level 1
|
|
Prices are determined using quoted prices in an active market for identical assets.
|
|
|
Level 2
|
|
Prices are determined using other significant observable inputs. Observable inputs are inputs that other market participants may use in pricing a security. These may include quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates,
prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, loss severities, default rates, discount rates, volatilities and others.
|
|
|
Level 3
|
|
Prices are determined using significant unobservable inputs. In situations where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable (for example, when there is little or no market activity for an investment at the end of the
period), unobservable inputs may be used. Unobservable inputs reflect a funds own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in determining fair value of the securities or instruments and would be based on the best available
information.
|
As of September 30, 2019, all of the securities in each Fund were valued based on Level 1
inputs (see the Schedules of Investments for security categories). The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities. Because of the inherent uncertainties
of valuation, the values reflected in the financial statements may materially differ from the value received upon actual sale of those investments.
55
INVESCO BLDRS INDEX FUNDS TRUST
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
NOTE
|
5Distributions to Shareholders and Tax Components of Net Assets
|
Tax Character of Distributions to Shareholders Paid During the Fiscal Years Ended September 30, 2019, 2018 and 2017:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
September 30, 2019
|
|
|
September 30, 2018
|
|
|
September 30, 2017
|
|
|
|
Ordinary
Income
|
|
|
Ordinary
Income
|
|
|
Ordinary
Income
|
|
Asia
|
|
$
|
450,369
|
|
|
$
|
461,402
|
|
|
$
|
454,562
|
|
Developed Markets
|
|
|
1,446,671
|
|
|
|
2,056,893
|
|
|
|
2,126,666
|
|
Emerging Markets
|
|
|
2,076,444
|
|
|
|
2,789,019
|
|
|
|
2,747,944
|
|
Europe
|
|
|
451,284
|
|
|
|
510,359
|
|
|
|
512,980
|
|
Tax Components of Net Assets at Fiscal Year-End:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
|
|
|
Temporary
Book/Tax
Differences
|
|
|
Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)-
Investments
|
|
|
Capital Loss
Carryforwards
|
|
|
Post-October
Capital
Losses
Deferrals*
|
|
|
Shares of
Beneficial
Interest
|
|
|
Total
Net Assets
|
|
Asia
|
|
$
|
148,525
|
|
|
$
|
(140,550
|
)
|
|
$
|
(2,316,298
|
)
|
|
$
|
(3,808,764
|
)
|
|
$
|
(627,001
|
)
|
|
$
|
23,633,370
|
|
|
$
|
16,889,282
|
|
Developed Markets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(245,892
|
)
|
|
|
(16,976,970)
|
|
|
|
(7,047,726)
|
|
|
|
(1,235,083)
|
|
|
|
56,037,129
|
|
|
|
30,531,458
|
|
Emerging Markets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(934,796
|
)
|
|
|
(9,261,237)
|
|
|
|
(82,472,216)
|
|
|
|
(4,627,735)
|
|
|
|
222,521,028
|
|
|
|
125,225,044
|
|
Europe
|
|
|
9,388
|
|
|
|
(83,068
|
)
|
|
|
(4,831,137
|
)
|
|
|
(2,619,718
|
)
|
|
|
(191,526
|
)
|
|
|
17,948,395
|
|
|
|
10,232,334
|
|
*
|
The Fund will elect to defer net capital losses incurred after October 31 (Post-October Capital
Losses) within the taxable year that are deemed to arise on the first business day of each Funds next taxable year.
|
Capital loss carryforwards are calculated and reported as of a specific date. Results of transactions and other activity after that date may
affect the amount of capital loss carryforwards actually available for each Fund to utilize. Capital losses generated in years beginning after December 22, 2010 can be carried forward for an unlimited period, whereas previous losses expire
within eight tax years. Capital losses with an expiration date may not be used to offset capital gains until all net capital losses without an expiration date have been utilized. Capital loss carryforwards with no expiration date will retain their
character as either short-term or long-term capital losses instead of as short-term capital losses as under prior law. The ability to utilize capital loss carryforwards in the future may be limited under the Internal Revenue Code and related
regulations based on the results of future transactions.
The following table presents available capital loss carryforwards for each Fund
as of September 30, 2019:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No expiration
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Short-Term
|
|
|
Long-Term
|
|
|
Total*
|
|
Asia
|
|
$
|
426,841
|
|
|
$
|
3,381,923
|
|
|
$
|
3,808,764
|
|
Developed Markets
|
|
|
77,266
|
|
|
|
6,970,460
|
|
|
|
7,047,726
|
|
Emerging Markets
|
|
|
6,076,351
|
|
|
|
76,395,865
|
|
|
|
82,472,216
|
|
Europe
|
|
|
12,428
|
|
|
|
2,607,290
|
|
|
|
2,619,718
|
|
*
|
Capital loss carryforwards as of the date listed above are reduced for limitations, if any, to the extent
required by the Internal Revenue Code and may be further limited depending upon a variety of factors, including the realization of net unrealized gains or losses as of the date of any reorganization.
|
56
INVESCO BLDRS INDEX FUNDS TRUST
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
NOTE
|
6Investment Transactions
|
For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019, the cost of securities purchased and proceeds from sales of securities (other than short-term securities,
U.S. Treasury obligations, money market funds and in-kind transactions, if any) were as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchases
|
|
|
Sales
|
|
Asia
|
|
$
|
3,628,824
|
|
|
$
|
3,633,897
|
|
Developed Markets
|
|
|
3,136,820
|
|
|
|
3,390,271
|
|
Emerging Markets
|
|
|
23,210,147
|
|
|
|
23,074,367
|
|
Europe
|
|
|
790,118
|
|
|
|
874,301
|
|
For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019, in-kind transactions associated with creations and
redemptions were as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of
Securities
Received
|
|
|
Value of
Securities
Delivered
|
|
Asia
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,486,077
|
|
Developed Markets
|
|
|
10,042,952
|
|
|
|
33,435,320
|
|
Emerging Markets
|
|
|
1,901,789
|
|
|
|
9,785,615
|
|
Europe
|
|
|
1,018,842
|
|
|
|
4,092,330
|
|
Gains (losses) on in-kind transactions are generally not considered taxable gains (losses) for federal
income tax purposes. At September 30, 2019, the aggregate cost of investments, including any derivatives, on a tax basis includes adjustments for financial reporting purposes as of the most recently completed federal income tax reporting
period-end:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross
Unrealized
Appreciation
|
|
|
Gross
Unrealized
(Depreciation)
|
|
|
Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
|
|
|
Cost
|
|
Asia
|
|
$
|
2,586,547
|
|
|
$
|
(4,902,845
|
)
|
|
$
|
(2,316,298
|
)
|
|
$
|
19,195,677
|
|
Developed Markets
|
|
|
1,348,837
|
|
|
|
(18,325,807
|
)
|
|
|
(16,976,970
|
)
|
|
|
47,377,052
|
|
Emerging Markets
|
|
|
26,750,012
|
|
|
|
(36,011,249
|
)
|
|
|
(9,261,237
|
)
|
|
|
134,405,959
|
|
Europe
|
|
|
811,964
|
|
|
|
(5,643,101
|
)
|
|
|
(4,831,137
|
)
|
|
|
15,025,751
|
|
NOTE
|
7Reclassification of Permanent Differences
|
Primarily as a result of differing book/tax treatment of in-kind transactions and expired capital loss carryforwards, on September 30, 2019, amounts were
reclassified between undistributed net investment income, undistributed net realized gain (loss) and Shares of beneficial interest. These reclassifications had no effect on the net assets of each Fund. For the fiscal year ended September 30,
2019, the reclassifications were as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Undistributed Net
Investment Income
|
|
|
Undistributed Net
Realized Gain
|
|
|
Shares of
Beneficial Interest
|
|
Asia
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
355,778
|
|
|
$
|
(355,778
|
)
|
Developed Markets
|
|
|
90,674
|
|
|
|
3,891,233
|
|
|
|
(3,981,907
|
)
|
Emerging Markets
|
|
|
43,720
|
|
|
|
793,335
|
|
|
|
(837,055
|
)
|
Europe
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,027,781
|
|
|
|
(1,027,781
|
)
|
57
INVESCO BLDRS INDEX FUNDS TRUST
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
Shares are issued and redeemed by each Fund only in Creation Units of 50,000 Shares. Such transactions are only permitted on an
in-kind basis, with a separate cash payment that is equivalent to the undistributed net investment income of the shares and a balancing cash component to equate the transaction to the net asset value of the shares on the transaction date. The
transaction fee in connection with creation or redemption of Creation Units through the continuous net settlement system of National Securities Clearing Corporation (the Clearing Process) is $10 per security name in the
portfolio deposit or redemption payment, rounded up to the nearest $500 for Asia and Emerging Markets and to $1,000 for Developed Markets and Europe per participating party per day, regardless of the number of Creation Units purchased or redeemed on
such day by the participating party. The total fee that can be charged in connection with the creation or redemption of Creation Units outside the Clearing Process is four times the normal transaction cost of $500 ($2,000) and $1,000 ($4,000) per
participating party per day.
Transaction fees are received by the Trustee and used to offset its expenses of processing orders. For the
fiscal years ended September 30, 2019, 2018 and 2017, the Trustee earned the following amounts in transaction fees:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the Fiscal Year Ended
September 30,
|
|
|
|
2019
|
|
|
2018
|
|
|
2017
|
|
Asia
|
|
$
|
500
|
|
|
$
|
1,500
|
|
|
$
|
1,500
|
|
Developed Markets
|
|
|
22,000
|
|
|
|
10,000
|
|
|
|
6,000
|
|
Emerging Markets
|
|
|
3,500
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6,500
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2,500
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Europe
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6,000
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4,000
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2,000
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The Trustee, in its sole discretion, may voluntarily reduce or waive its fee, or modify the transaction fee
schedule, subject to certain limitations. There were no such reductions or waivers for the years ended September 30, 2019, 2018 or 2017.
On December 11, 2019, the Sponsor and Trustee approved the termination and winding down of BLDRS Asia 50 ADR Index Fund, BLDRS Developed Markets 100 ADR
Index Fund and BLDRS Europe Select ADR Index Fund, with the liquidation payment to shareholders expected to take place on or about February 26, 2020. Investors, who have elected not to sell their shares before market close on February 13,
2020 will receive cash equal to the amount of the net asset value of their shares, which will include any capital gains and dividends, on or about February 26, 2020.
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CREATION AND REDEMPTION OF SHARES
Each Fund, a unit investment trust
created under the laws of the State of New York pursuant to the Trust Agreement and Indenture, creates and redeems Shares only in Creation Unit size aggregations of 50,000 Shares or in multiples thereof (e.g., 100,000; 150,000; 200,000
Shares) on a continuous basis without a sales load, at the Funds NAV next determined after receipt, on any Business Day, of an order in proper form. Shares may be created or redeemed in one of two ways: (1) through the Clearing
Process, which means the process of creating or redeeming Shares through the continuous net settlement system of NSCC by a participant in the CNS system of NSCC (a Participating Party); or (2) outside of the Clearing Process
which means through DTC, by a DTC Participant, which party, in each case, must have executed an agreement with the relevant Fund, the Distributor and the Trustee with respect to the procedure for creations and redemptions of Creation
Units (Participant Agreement). The Participating Party authorizes the Distributor to transmit trade instructions through the Trustee to NSCC. Participating Parties and DTC Participants are collectively referred to as Authorized
Participants.
Investors may contact the Distributor for the names of Authorized Participants that have signed a Participant
Agreement. As of September 30, 2019, the value of the securities comprising a deposit of designated equity securities necessary for an in-kind purchase of a Creation Unit for each Fund was as follows:
Invesco BLDRS Asia 50 ADR Index Fund $1,535,389.28.
Invesco BLDRS Developed Markets 100 ADR Index Fund $1,052,808.90.
Invesco BLDRS Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index Fund $1,926,539.14.
Invesco BLDRS Europe Select ADR Index Fund $1,023,233.41.
Creation or Redemption of Shares Through the Clearing Process
Shares may be purchased from a Fund only in Creation Unit size
aggregations by tendering to the Trustee an in-kind deposit of a designated portfolio of equity securities (Deposit Securities) per each Creation Unit, which constitutes a substantial replication
of the stocks included in the relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index, a Cash Component plus the creation Transaction Fee. The Cash Component is an amount equal to the dividends on all Fund Securities with
ex-dividend dates within the accumulation period for a dividend distribution (Accumulation Period), net of expenses and liabilities for such period, as if all the Fund Securities had been held by
the Fund for the entire Accumulation Period, as proscribed by the Trustee, together with the Balancing Amount (as defined in Determination of the Portfolio Deposit, below). Together the Deposit Securities and the Cash Component
constitute the Portfolio Deposit.
If a Participating Party is restricted by regulation or otherwise from investing or
engaging in a particular Deposit Security, the Participating Party must substitute the cash equivalent value of such Deposit Security in lieu of such Deposit Security.
Creation Units may also be purchased in advance of receipt by the Trustee of all or a portion of the Portfolio Deposit, subject to the
following procedures. In these circumstances, a Participating Party intending to utilize this procedure will be required to post collateral with the Trustee outside of the NSCC consisting of: (i) cash ranging from at least 105% to 115% of the
closing value, on the day the order to purchase Creation Units is deemed received, of the portion of the Deposit Securities not expected to be available in the account of the Participating Party for delivery to the Invesco BLDRS Index Fund on the
second Business Day following placement of such order, and (ii) such additional deposits as will reflect daily marked to the market increases (but no decreases) in such value as determined by the Trustee. This cash collateral will be required
to be posted with the Trustee by 11:00 a.m. (New York time) on the morning of the Business Day following the day such order is deemed received by the Distributor, or else the order to purchase Creation Units will be cancelled. The Trustee will
hold such collateral in an account separate and apart from the Invesco BLDRS Index Fund. To the extent that missing Deposit Securities are not received by a certain time or in the event a mark to market payment is not made within a certain time
following notification by the Distributor that such a payment is required, the Trustee may use the
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cash on deposit to purchase the securities that were to be deposited. An investor will be liable to the Trustee for the costs incurred in connection with any such purchases. These costs include
the amount by which the actual purchase price of the Deposit Securities exceeds the market value of such securities on the day the purchase order was received by the Distributor plus the brokerage and related transaction costs. The Trustee will
return any unused portion of the cash once all of the missing securities have been properly received by the Trustee or purchased by the Trustee and deposited into a Fund. The delivery of Creation Units will occur no later than the second
(2nd) Business Day following the day on which the purchase order is received by the Distributor.
Enough Shares must be accumulated in the secondary market to constitute a Creation Unit in order to have Shares redeemed by a Fund. A FUND WILL
NOT REDEEM SHARES IN AN AMOUNT LESS THAN A CREATION UNIT. There can be no assurance, however, that there will be sufficient liquidity in the public trading market at any time to permit assembly of a Creation Unit. Investors should expect to incur
brokerage and other costs in connection with assembling a sufficient number of Shares to constitute a redeemable Creation Unit.
The redemption proceeds for a Creation Unit generally will be made by each Fund through delivery of designated Fund Securities (Redemption Securities) as announced by the
Trustee on the Business Day the request for redemption is received in proper form plus cash in an amount equal to the difference between the NAV of the Shares being redeemed, as next determined after a receipt of a request in proper form, and
the value of the Fund Securities (Cash Redemption Amount), less a redemption Transaction Fee. The Redemption Securities and the Cash Redemption Amount constitute a Redemption Payment. It is expected that the identity and
number of Fund Securities delivered to a redeeming Shareholder will be similar to the identity and number of the Deposit Securities. In the event that the Fund Securities have a value greater than the NAV of the Shares tendered for redemption, a
compensating cash payment equal to the difference must be made by or through an Authorized Participant by or on behalf of the redeeming shareholder.
If the Trustee determines that a Fund Security is likely to be unavailable or available in insufficient quantity for delivery by the Trust upon
redemption, the Trustee may elect to deliver the cash equivalent value of any such Fund Securities, based on its market value as of the Valuation Time on the date such redemption is deemed received by the Trustee as a part of the Cash Redemption
Amount in lieu thereof.
If a redeemer is restricted by regulation or otherwise from investing or engaging in a transaction in one or more
Fund Securities, the Trustee may elect to deliver the cash equivalent value based on the market value of any such Fund Securities as of the Valuation Time on the date of the redemption as a part of the Cash Redemption Amount in lieu thereof. In such
case, the investor will pay the Trustee the standard Transaction Fee, and may pay an additional amount equal to the actual amounts incurred in connection with such transaction(s) but in any case not to exceed three (3) times the Transaction Fee
applicable for one Creation Unit.
At the discretion of the Trustee and NSCC, the Trustee, upon the request of a redeemer, may elect to
redeem Creation Units in whole or in part by providing such redeemer with a portfolio of Fund Securities that differ in exact composition and/or weighting from the Index Securities of the relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index but not differing in
NAV from the then current Portfolio Deposit. Such a redemption is likely to be made only if it were determined that it would be appropriate in order to maintain the Funds correspondence to the composition and weighting of its relevant
S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index.
Orders to redeem Creation Units of the Funds through the Clearing Process must be delivered through a
Participating Party that has executed a Participant Agreement. The Deposit Securities and the Cash Redemption Amount will be transferred to the redeeming party by the second (2nd) Business Day following the date on which such request for
redemption is received in proper form by the Trustee.
Creation and Redemption of Shares Outside the Clearing Process.
Shares may be purchased outside the Clearing Process by using a DTC Participant who has executed a Participant Agreement and requests such
creation of Creation Units to be affected through a transfer of the
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Deposit Securities within the Portfolio Deposit directly through DTC. The Cash Component must be transferred directly to the Trustee through the Federal Reserve wire system. The delivery of
Creation Units of Shares so created must occur no later than the second (2nd) Business Day following the day on which the purchase order is received by the Distributor.
If a Participating Party is restricted by regulation or otherwise from investing or engaging in a particular Deposit Security, the
Participating Party may substitute the cash equivalent value of such Deposit Security in lieu of such Deposit Security.
Orders to redeem Creation Units outside the Clearing Process must be delivered through a DTC Participant that has executed a Participant
Agreement. Such orders must state that the DTC Participant is not using the Clearing Process and that redemption of Creation Units will instead be affected through a transfer of Shares directly through DTC.
After the receipt of an order for redemption outside the Clearing Process, the Trustee will initiate procedures to transfer the requisite
Redemption Payment to be delivered to the Authorized Participant on behalf of the redeeming Beneficial Owner by the second (2nd) Business Day following the date on which such request for redemption is received by the Trustee.
At the discretion of the Trustee and NSCC, the Trustee, upon the request of a redeemer, may elect to redeem Creation Units in whole or in part
by providing such redeemer with a portfolio of Funds Securities that differ in exact composition and/or weighting from the Index Securities of the relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index but not differing in NAV from the then current Portfolio
Deposit. Such a redemption is likely to be made only if it were determined that it would be appropriate in order to maintain the Funds correspondence to the composition and weighting of its relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index.
Redemptions will be Subject to Applicable Laws.
Redemptions of Shares for Redemption Securities will be subject to compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws and each Fund
(whether or not it otherwise permits cash redemptions) reserves the right to redeem Creation Units for cash to the extent that the Fund could not lawfully deliver specific Redemption Securities upon redemption or could not do so without first
registering the Redemption Securities under such laws. If an investor is subject to a legal restriction with respect to a particular security, the investor may (at the option of the Trustee) be paid an equivalent amount of cash in lieu of such
security. The Authorized Participant may request the redeeming Beneficial Owner of the Shares to complete an order form or to enter into agreements with respect to such matters as compensating cash payments, beneficial ownership of Shares or
delivery instructions.
The right of redemption may be suspended or the date of payment postponed with respect
to any Fund: (1) for any period during which the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is closed (other than customary weekend and holiday closings); (2) for any period during which trading on the NYSE is suspended or restricted;
(3) for any period during which an emergency exists as a result of which disposal of Shares or determination of the Shares NAV is not reasonably practicable; or (4) in such other circumstance as is permitted by the SEC.
Creation and Redemption Transaction Fee.
To compensate the Trustee for transfer and other transaction costs involved in creation and redemption transactions
made through the Clearing Process, investors will be required to pay a Transaction Fee, payable to the Trustee, of $10 per each security name in the Portfolio Deposit or Redemption Payment, rounded up to the nearest $500 for
Invesco BLDRS Asia 50 ADR Index Fund and Invesco BLDRS Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index Fund and to the nearest $1,000 for Invesco BLDRS Developed Markets 100 ADR Index Fund and Invesco BLDRS Europe Select ADR Index Fund per Participating Party per
day, regardless of the number of Creation Units purchased or redeemed on such day by such Participating Party. The amount of the Transaction Fee in effect at any given time will be made available upon request to the Trustee. For the year ended
September 30,
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2019, the Transaction Fee earned by the Trustee for each Fund was: $500 for Invesco BLDRS Asia 50 ADR Index Fund, $22,000 for Invesco BLDRS Developed Markets 100 ADR Index Fund, $3,500 for
Invesco BLDRS Emerging Markets 50 ADR Index Fund and $6,000 for Invesco BLDRS Europe Select ADR Index Fund. An additional charge of up to three (3) times the Transaction Fee, which fee is expressed as a percentage of the value of the Portfolio
Deposit, may be imposed for (i) creations and redemptions of Creation Units outside the Clearing Process, and (ii) cash creations (to offset the Trustees brokerage and other transaction costs associated with using cash to purchase
the requisite Portfolio Deposit). Investors are responsible for the costs of transferring the securities constituting the Portfolio Deposit to the account of a Fund.
Rejecting an Order. The Trustee reserves the absolute right to reject a creation order transmitted to it by the
Distributor in respect of any Fund if: (a) the order is not in proper form; (b) the investor(s), upon obtaining the Shares ordered, would own 80% or more of the currently outstanding Shares of any Fund; (c) the Portfolio Deposit
delivered is not as disseminated through the facilities of NSCC for that date by the Trustee, as described above; (d) acceptance of the Portfolio Deposit would have certain adverse tax consequences to the relevant Fund; (e) the acceptance
of the Portfolio Deposit would, in the opinion of counsel, be unlawful; (f) the acceptance of the Portfolio Deposit would otherwise, in the discretion of the Trustee, have an adverse effect on the Trust or the rights of Beneficial Owners; or
(g) in the event that circumstances outside the control of the Distributor and the Trustee make it for all practical purposes impossible to process creation orders. Examples of such circumstances include acts of God or public service or utility
problems such as fires, floods, extreme weather conditions and power outages resulting in telephone, telecopy and computer failures; market conditions or activities causing trading halts; systems failures involving computer or other information
systems affecting the Trustee, the Distributor, DTC, NSCC or any other party in the creation process; and similar extraordinary events. The Distributor will notify the Authorized Participant acting on behalf of the creator of a Creation Unit of its
rejection of the order of such person. The Trustee and the Distributor are under no duty, however, to give notification of any defects or irregularities in the delivery of Portfolio Deposits nor will either of them incur any liability for the
failure to give any such notification. In addition, redemption orders must be received in the proper form as described in the Participant Agreement.
All questions as to the number of shares of each security in the Portfolio Deposit and Redemption Payment, and the validity, form, eligibility
and acceptance for deposit of any securities to be delivered will be determined by the Trustee, and the Trustees determination will be final and binding.
THE PORTFOLIOS
Relationship to the Relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index. Because the objective of each Fund is to seek to track
the investment results, before fees and expenses, of the relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index, a Funds portfolio of securities is intended to correspond generally to its relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index and will consist of as many of the
Depositary Receipts comprising the relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index as is practicable. Cash or cash items (other than dividends held for distribution) normally will not be a substantial part of a Funds net assets. Although a Fund may at
any time not own certain of the Index Securities, a Fund will be substantially invested in Index Securities and the Sponsor believes that such investment should result in a close correspondence between the investment performance of the relevant
S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index and that derived from ownership of the Shares of the relevant Fund.
Each
of the relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Indexes is a capitalization-weighted index of Depositary Receipts calculated under the auspices of the Licensor. At any moment in time, the value of an S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index equals the aggregate
free-float adjusted market capitalization of each relevant component Index Security, evaluated at their respective last sale prices on NASDAQ, the NYSE or NYSE American, LLC (NYSE American) divided by a scaling factor
(divisor) which yields a resulting index value in the reported magnitude.
Change to an S&P/BNY Mellon ADR
Index. Periodically, the Licensor may determine that total share quantities have changed in one or more Index Securities due to secondary offerings, repurchases, conversions or
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other corporate actions. The Licensor may periodically replace one or more Index Securities in the relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index due to corporate actions, bankruptcies or other market
conditions, or if the issuers of such Index Securities fail to meet the criteria for inclusion in the relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index. Ordinarily, whenever there is a change in share quantities or a change in the Index Securities included in
the relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index, the Licensor adjusts the divisor to assure that there is no discontinuity in the value of the relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index. Changes to the relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index will cause the
Trustee to make corresponding portfolio adjustments as described below.
Adjustments to
Portfolios. As set forth in the Trust Agreement and Indenture (Trust Agreement and Indenture), the Trustee is responsible for adjusting the composition of a Funds portfolio from time to time to conform to
changes in the composition and/or weighting structure of the Index Securities of each Funds relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index. Under the terms of the Trust Agreement and Indenture, the Trustee may employ one or more agents at its own
expense to perform the portfolio adjustments described in this prospectus. These agents may include, but are not required to include, the Sponsor. Pursuant to this authority, the Trustee has entered into an Agency Agreement with the Sponsor, dated
November 16, 2012 (the Agency Agreement). In accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement and Indenture and under the terms of the Agency Agreement, the Sponsor will perform the following functions on behalf of the Trust and the
Trustee: adjust the composition of the portfolio, calculate and adjust, if necessary, the weighting of each security in the portfolio, dispose of or exchange securities after it has been determined that such securities will be removed from the Index
and direct securities transactions to brokers or dealers, which may include affiliates of the Trustee, but will not include affiliates of the Sponsor. The Trustee will pay the Sponsor for these services from its own assets.
The Sponsor aggregates certain of these adjustments and makes conforming changes to a Funds portfolio at least quarterly; however,
modifications are made more frequently in the case of significant changes to the relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index. Specifically, the Sponsor is required to adjust the composition of a Funds portfolio any time there is a change in the
identity of any Index Security (i.e., a substitution of one security in replacement of another), which adjustment is to be made within two (2) Business Days before or after the day on which the change in the identity of such Index Security is
scheduled to take effect at the close of the market. Although the investment objective of each Fund is to seek to track the investment results, before fees and expenses, of the relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index, it is not always efficient to
replicate identically the share composition of the relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index if the transaction costs incurred by a Fund in so adjusting the Funds portfolio would exceed the expected misweighting that would ensue by failing to
replicate identically minor and insignificant share changes to the relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index. Accordingly, minor misweightings are generally permitted subject to the guidelines described in the following paragraph.
The Sponsor is required to adjust the composition of a
Funds portfolio of securities at any time that the weighting of any security held in a Funds portfolio varies in excess of one hundred and fifty percent (150%) of a specified percentage, which percentage varies from 25/100 of 1% to
2/100 of 1%, depending on the NAV of the relevant Fund (in each case, the Misweighting Amount), from the weighting of such security held in the Funds portfolio in the benchmark S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index (a
Misweighting). The Sponsor will examine each security held in a Funds portfolio on each Business Day, comparing the weighting of each such security in the portfolio to the weighting of the corresponding Index Security in the
relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index, based on prices at the close of the market on the preceding Business Day (a Weighting Analysis). In the event that there is a Misweighting in any security in excess of one hundred and fifty percent
(150%) of the applicable Misweighting Amount, the Sponsor will calculate an adjustment to the Funds portfolio in order to bring the Misweighting of such security within the Misweighting Amount, based on prices at the close of the market
on the day on which such Misweighting occurs. Also, on a monthly basis, the Sponsor will perform a Weighting Analysis for each security held in a Funds portfolio, and in any case where there exists a Misweighting exceeding one hundred percent
(100%) of the applicable Misweighting Amount, the Sponsor will calculate an adjustment to the Funds portfolio in order to bring the Misweighting of such security within the applicable Misweighting Amount, based on prices at the close of
the market on the day on which such Misweighting occurs. In the case of any adjustment to a Funds portfolio due to a Misweighting, the purchase or sale of securities necessitated by such adjustment will be made within two (2) Business
Days of the day on which the
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Misweighting is determined. In addition to the foregoing adjustments, the Sponsor reserves the right to make additional adjustments periodically with respect to a security held in a Funds
portfolio that may be misweighted by an amount within the applicable Misweighting Amount in order to reduce the overall Misweighting of a Funds portfolio.
The foregoing guidelines with respect to Misweightings will also apply to any Index Security that: (1) is likely to be unavailable for
delivery or available in insufficient quantity for delivery; (2) cannot be delivered to the Trustee due to restrictions prohibiting a creator from engaging in a transaction involving such Index Security; or (3) is not eligible to be
processed through the Clearing Process. (From time to time, an Index Security may not be eligible for transfer through the Clearing Process because such security is not eligible for transfer through the systems of DTC.) Upon receipt of an order for
a Creation Unit that involves such an Index Security, the Sponsor will determine whether the substitution of cash will cause a Misweighting in a Funds portfolio with respect to such Index Security. If a Misweighting results, the Sponsor will
purchase the required number of shares of such Index Security on the opening of the market on the following Business Day.
Pursuant to
these guidelines, the Sponsor will calculate the required adjustments and will purchase and sell the appropriate securities. As a result of the purchase and sale of securities in accordance with these requirements, or the completion of a creation
order, the Sponsor may hold some amount of residual cash (other than cash held temporarily due to timing differences between the sale and purchase of securities or cash delivered in lieu of Index Securities or undistributed income or undistributed
capital gains) as a result of such transactions, which amount will not exceed for more than five (5) consecutive Business Days 5/10th of 1% of the aggregate value of the securities. In the event that the Sponsor has made all required
adjustments and is left with cash in excess of 5/10th of 1% of the aggregate value of the securities held in a Funds portfolio, the Sponsor will use such cash to purchase additional Index Securities that are under-weighted in a Funds
portfolio as compared to their relative weightings in the relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index.
All adjustments to a Funds
portfolio pursuant to these procedures will be non-discretionary. Portfolio adjustments will be made unless such adjustments would cause a Fund to lose its status as a regulated investment company
under Subchapter M of the Code. Additionally, the Sponsor is required to adjust the composition of a Funds portfolio at any time if it is necessary to insure the continued qualification of a Fund as a regulated investment company.
If the method of determining the relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index is changed by the Licensor, the Trustee and the Sponsor will have the
right to amend the Trust Agreement and Indenture, without the consent of DTC or the Beneficial Owners, to conform the adjustments to such changes so that a Funds objective of tracking the relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index is maintained.
The Trustee will rely on data provided by the Licensor and other financial industry sources for information as to the composition and
weightings of the Index Securities. If the Trustee cannot obtain or process such information or NSCC is unable to receive such information from the Trustee on any Business Day, then the composition and weightings of the Index Securities for the most
recently effective Portfolio Deposit will be used for the purposes of all adjustments and determinations, and determination of the securities portion of the Portfolio Deposit until the earlier of: (a) such time as current information with
respect to the Index Securities is available; or (b) two (2) consecutive Business Days have elapsed. If such current information is not available and two (2) consecutive Business Days have elapsed, the composition and weightings of
the securities held in a Funds portfolio (as opposed to the Index Securities) will be used for the purposes of all adjustments and determinations and determination of the securities portion of the Portfolio Deposit until current information
with respect to the Index Securities is available.
In the event a Fund is terminated, the Trustee will use the composition and weightings
of the Index Securities as of the date the Trustee received notice of termination for all redemptions or other required uses of the relevant index.
Mergers Involving Fund Securities. Each Fund, as a shareholder of securities of an issuer that is the object of
such merger or acquisition activity, may receive various offers from would-be acquirors of the issuer. The Trustee may not accept any such offers until the Licensor has determined that the securities of the
issuer will be
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removed from the relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index. Securities of an issuer are often removed from the relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index only after the consummation of a merger or
acquisition of such an issuer. In selling the securities of such issuer the Trustee may receive, to the extent that market prices do not provide a more attractive alternative, whatever consideration is being offered to the shareholders of such
issuer that have not tendered their shares prior to such time. Any cash received in such transactions will be reinvested in Index Securities. Any securities received as a part of the consideration that are not Index Securities will be sold as soon
as practicable and the cash proceeds of such sale will be invested in Index Securities.
Securities
Transactions. Purchases and sales of securities held in a Funds portfolio resulting from the adjustments may be made in the share amounts dictated by the foregoing specifications, whether round lot or odd lot and
will include brokerage commissions and other transaction charges. Certain Index Securities, however, may at times not be available in the required quantities requested. For this and other reasons, precise duplication of the proportionate
relationship between a Funds portfolio and its Index Securities may not ever be possible but nevertheless will continue to be the objective in connection with all acquisitions and dispositions of Index Securities.
Compliance with Certain 1940 Act Requirements. Consistent with 1940 Act rules, each
Fund will invest at least 80% of the value of its total assets in securities of companies in a geographic region suggested by its name (the 80% investment policy). Each Fund considers the securities suggested by its name to be those
securities that comprise its respective S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index. Therefore, each Fund anticipates meeting its 80% investment policy due to its structure as a Unit Investment Trust and the fact that each Fund will normally hold at least 95% of
its total assets in Depositary Receipts that comprise its relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index. Beneficial owners will be provided with at least sixty days prior notice of any change in the 80% investment policy.
DETERMINATION OF NET ASSET VALUE
The NAV per Share for each Fund is computed by dividing the value of net assets (i.e., the value of the Funds total assets less
total liabilities) by the Funds total number of Shares outstanding. The NAV of each Fund is calculated by the Trustee and determined each Business Day at the close of regular trading of the NASDAQ (ordinarily 4:00 p.m. New York time). The
income and expenses of the relevant Fund are accrued daily and reflected in the NAV per Share of each Fund. Under the terms of the Trust Agreement and Indenture, the Trustee may employ one or more agents at its own expense to evaluate the securities
held by the Trust, and determine their fair value to the extent that market quotations are not readily available. These agents may include, but are not required to include, the Sponsor. Pursuant to this authority, the Trustee has entered into the
Agency Agreement.
Portfolio securities are valued at the last trade or official closing price of the exchange on which they trade, which
is deemed to be the principal market on which the securities are traded, or if there is no last trade or official closing price on the day of valuation, a security is valued at the closing bid price on that day. If a security is not quoted, if the
principal market of the security is other than an exchange, or the Sponsor deems the last trade or official close price or closing bid price inappropriate for valuation purposes, then the security shall be fair valued in good faith by the Sponsor,
in a manner consistent with the Trust Agreement and Indenture and the Agency Agreement based (a) on the last trade or closing price for the security on another market on which the security is traded or if there is no such appropriate closing
price, at the closing bid price on such other market, (b) on current bid prices on the principal market or such other markets, (c) if bid prices are not available, on the basis of current bid prices for comparable securities, (d) by
the Sponsor appraising the value of the securities in good faith, or (e) any combination thereof. In the event that the Agency Agreement is terminated, the Trustee would be responsible for the valuation steps set forth above in accordance with
the terms and conditions of the Trust Agreement and Indenture.
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DETERMINATION OF THE PORTFOLIO DEPOSIT
On each Business Day, the number of
shares and/or identity of each of the Index Securities in a Portfolio Deposit is adjusted in accordance with the following procedure. At the close of the market on each day in which the number of shares and/or identity of each of the Index
Securities in a Portfolio Deposit is adjusted (Adjustment Day), the Trustee calculates the NAV of each Fund. The NAV is divided by the number of outstanding Shares, multiplied by 50,000 Shares in one Creation Unit aggregation, resulting
in an NAV per Creation Unit (NAV Amount). The Trustee then calculates the number of shares (without rounding) of each of the component stocks of the relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index in a Portfolio Deposit for the following Business
Day (Request Day), such that: (1) the market value at the close of the market on Adjustment Day of the securities to be included in the Portfolio Deposit on Request Day, together with the amount intended to enable a Fund to make a
distribution of dividends on the next dividend payment date as if all the securities in a Funds portfolio had been held for the entire dividend period (Dividend Equivalent Payment) as calculated by the Trustee, effective for
requests to create or redeem on Adjustment Day, equals the NAV Amount; and (2) the identity and weighting of each of the securities in a Portfolio Deposit mirrors proportionately the identity and weightings of the securities in the relevant
S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index, each as in effect on Request Day. For each security, the number resulting from such calculation is rounded to the nearest whole share, with a fraction of 0.50 being rounded up. The identities and number of shares of the
securities so calculated constitute the securities portion of the Portfolio Deposit effective on Request Day and thereafter until the next subsequent Adjustment Day, as well as the Index Securities to be delivered by the Trustee in the event of a
request for redemption of Creation Units on Request Day and thereafter until the following Adjustment Day (see Creation and Redemption of Shares). In addition to the foregoing adjustments, in the event that there will occur a stock
split, stock dividend or reverse split with respect to any Index Security that does not result in an adjustment to the relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index divisor, the Portfolio Deposit will be adjusted to take account of such stock split, stock
dividend or reverse split by applying the stock split, stock dividend or reverse stock split multiple (e.g., in the event of a two-for-one stock split of an Index
Security, by doubling the number of shares of such Index Security in the prescribed Portfolio Deposit), in each case rounded to the nearest whole share.
On each Request Day the Trustee calculates the market value of the securities portion of
the Portfolio Deposit as in effect on a Request Day as of the close of the market and adds to that amount the Dividend Equivalent Payment effective for requests to create or redeem on a Request Day (such market value and Dividend Equivalent Payment
are collectively referred to as the Portfolio Deposit Amount). The Trustee then calculates the NAV Amount, based on the close of the market on Request Day. The difference between the NAV Amount so calculated and the Portfolio Deposit
Amount is the Balancing Amount. The Balancing Amount serves the function of compensating for any differences between the value of the Portfolio Deposit Amount and the NAV Amount at the close of trading on Request Day due to, for example,
(1) differences in the market value of the securities in the Portfolio Deposit and the market value of the Securities on Request Day and (2) any variances from the proper composition of the Portfolio Deposit.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, on any Adjustment Day on which (a) no change in the identity and/or share weighting of any Index Security
is scheduled to take effect that would cause the relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index divisor to be adjusted after the close of the market on such Business Day,* and (b) no stock split, stock
* The Licensor announces changes in the identity and/or the weighting of the securities in the relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index to the
relevant Fund in advance of the actual change. The announcements are made after the close of trading on such day. In the event that the Trustee has included the cash equivalent value of one or more Index Securities in the Portfolio Deposit because
the Trustee has determined that such Index Securities are likely to be unavailable or available in insufficient quantity for delivery, the Portfolio Deposit so constituted will dictate the Index Securities to be delivered in connection with the
creation of Shares in Creation Unit size aggregations and upon the redemption of Shares in Creation Unit size aggregations for all purposes hereunder until such time as the securities portion of the Portfolio Deposit is subsequently adjusted.
Brokerage commissions incurred by the Trustee in connection with the acquisition of any such Index Securities will be at the expense of a Fund and will affect the value of all Shares.
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dividend or reverse stock split with respect to any Index Security has been declared to take effect on the corresponding Request Day, the Trustee reserves the right to forego making any
adjustment to the Securities portion of the Portfolio Deposit and to use the composition and weightings of the Index Securities for the most recently effective Portfolio Deposit for the Request Day following such Adjustment Day. In addition, the
Trustee further reserves the right to calculate the adjustment to the number of shares and/or identity of the Index Securities in a Portfolio Deposit as described above except that such calculation would be employed two (2) Business Days rather
than one (1) Business Day prior to the Request Day.
The Dividend Equivalent Payment and the Balancing Amount in effect at the close
of business on Request Date are collectively referred to as the Cash Component or the Cash Redemption Payment. If the Balancing Amount is a positive number (i.e., if the NAV Amount exceeds the Portfolio Deposit Amount) then, with respect to
the creation of Shares, the Balancing Amount will increase the Cash Component of the then effective Portfolio Deposit transferred to the Trustee by a creator, and with respect to redemptions of Shares in Creation Unit size aggregations, the
Balancing Amount will be added to the cash transferred to a redeemer by the Trustee. If the Balancing Amount is a negative number (i.e., if the NAV Amount is less than the Portfolio Deposit Amount) then, with respect to the creation of Shares
such amount will decrease the Cash Component of the then effective Portfolio Deposit to be transferred to the Trustee by the creator or, if such cash portion is less than the Balancing Amount, the difference will be paid by the Trustee to the
creator, and with respect to redemptions of Shares in Creation Unit size aggregations, the Balancing Amount will be deducted from the cash transferred to the redeemer or, if such cash is less than the Balancing Amount, the difference will be paid by
the redeemer to the Trustee.
DISTRIBUTIONS TO BENEFICIAL OWNERS
The regular quarterly ex-dividend date with respect to net dividends, if any, for each Fund is the
first Business Day after the third Friday in each of March, June, September, and December. Quarterly cash distributions, net of fees and expenses, representing dividends accumulated on the securities held by the relevant Fund through the quarterly
dividend period, accrued daily for such period, will be distributed to Beneficial Owners on the records of DTC and the DTC Participants as of the second Business Day following the third Friday in each of March, June, September and December. The
Trustee may deduct the amount of any tax or other governmental charge from a distribution before making payment.
The Trustee intends to
declare special dividends and make additional distributions to the minimum extent necessary to maintain each Funds status as a regulated investment company: (i) to distribute the entire annual investment company taxable income of the
relevant Fund, plus any net capital gains; and (ii) to avoid imposition of the excise tax imposed by Section 4982 of the Code. The additional distributions, if needed, would consist of (a) an increase in the distribution scheduled for
January to include any amount by which a Funds investment company taxable income and net capital gains as estimated for a year exceeds the amount of a Funds taxable income previously distributed with respect to such year or, if greater,
the minimum amount required to avoid imposition of such excise tax, and (b) a distribution soon after actual annual investment company taxable income and net capital gains of the relevant Fund have been computed of the amount, if any, by which
such actual income exceeds the distributions already made. The magnitude of the additional distributions, if any, will depend upon a number of factors, including the level of redemption activity experienced by the relevant Fund. Because
substantially all proceeds from the sale of securities in connection with adjustments to the relevant Funds Portfolio will have been used to purchase additional shares of Index Securities, the relevant Fund may have no cash or insufficient
cash with which to pay such additional distributions. In that case, the Trustee will have to sell shares of the Fund securities sufficient to produce the cash required to make such additional distributions.
The Trustee may vary the frequency with which periodic distributions are made (e.g., from quarterly to semi-annually) if it is
determined by the Sponsor and the Trustee that such a variance would be advisable to facilitate compliance with the rules and regulations applicable to regulated investment companies or would otherwise be advantageous to a Fund. In addition, the
Trustee may change the regular ex-dividend date for Shares to another date within the month or quarter if it is determined by the Sponsor and the Trustee, in their discretion, that this would be advantageous
to a Fund. Notice of any change will be provided.
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EXPENSES OF A FUND
After reflecting waivers and reductions, ordinary operating expenses of each Fund are currently being accrued at an annual rate of
0.30% per year of each Funds daily average net assets; future accruals will depend primarily on the level of each Funds net assets and the level of Fund expenses. There is no guarantee that each Funds ordinary operating
expenses will not exceed 0.30% per year and under the Trust Agreement and Indenture such rate may be changed without notice. Therefore, it is possible that, on any day and during any period over the life of each Fund, total fees and expenses of
each Fund may exceed 0.30% per year.
The Sponsor has undertaken that, until determined otherwise, the ordinary operating expenses of
each Fund as calculated by the Trustee will not exceed an amount which is 0.30% per year of the daily NAV of such Fund. To the extent during such period the ordinary operating expenses of a Fund exceed the 0.30% amount, the Licensor will first
waive licensing fees applicable to that Fund and, if such waiver is insufficient, the Sponsor will thereafter reimburse that Fund for or assume such excess ordinary operating expenses. Ordinary operating expenses of a Fund will not include taxes,
brokerage commissions and such extraordinary non-recurring expenses as may arise, including the cost of any litigation to which a Fund or Trustee may be a party. The Licensor and the Sponsor may be repaid by a
Fund for, respectively, licensing fees so waived or expenses so reimbursed or assumed, in each case to the extent that subsequently during such period expenses fall below the 0.30% per year level on any given day.
The Sponsor or the Trustee from time to time may voluntarily assume some expenses or reimburse a Fund so that total expenses of a Fund are
reduced, although neither the Sponsor nor the Trustee is obligated to do so and either one or both parties may discontinue such voluntary assumption of expenses or reimbursement at any time without notice.
Under the Trust Agreement and Indenture, the following charges are or may be accrued and paid by a Fund: (a) the Trustees fee;
(b) fees payable to transfer agents for the provision of transfer agency services; (c) fees of the Trustee for extraordinary services; (d) various governmental charges; (e) any taxes, fees and charges payable by the Trustee with
respect to Shares; (f) expenses and costs of any action taken by the Trustee or the Sponsor to protect a Fund and the rights and interests of Beneficial Owners of Shares; (g) indemnification of the Trustee or the Sponsor for any losses,
liabilities or expenses incurred by it in the administration of a Fund without gross negligence, bad faith, willful misconduct or willful malfeasance on its part or reckless disregard of its obligations and duties; (h) expenses incurred in
contacting Beneficial Owners of Shares during the life of a Fund and upon termination of a Fund; (i) brokerage commissions and other transactional charges incurred by the Trustee when acquiring or selling Index Securities; and (j) other out-of-pocket expenses of a Fund.
The Trustee has delegated its
trading authority to the Sponsor pursuant to the terms of the Trust Agreement and Indenture and the Agency Agreement. Under this delegation, the Sponsor or its affiliates are responsible for, among other things, directing securities transactions to
brokers or dealers for execution on behalf of each Fund. Under the terms of the Agency Agreement and the Trust Agreement and Indenture, the Sponsor or its agents are required to direct each Funds securities transactions only to brokers or
dealers, which may include affiliates of the Trustee, from which the Sponsor expects to receive the best execution of orders. The Sponsor has reviewed the execution services provided under the Agency Agreement and determined that they are consistent
with the requirements of that agreement and the Trust Agreement and Indenture.
The Trustee, from its own assets, pays the Sponsor for its
services under the Agency Agreement. The amount paid to the Sponsor will not exceed the cost to the Sponsor of providing such services. However, to the extent any fees, expenses and disbursements that are incurred in connection with the services
performed by the Sponsor, its affiliates or its agents would constitute fees, expenses or disbursements of each Fund if incurred by the Trustee, such fees, expenses and disbursements will be paid by each Fund pursuant to the terms of the Trust
Agreement and Indenture and in accordance with applicable law.
Insofar as indemnification for liability arising
under the Securities Act of 1933 (1933 Act) may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
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against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
The Sponsor reserves the right to charge each Fund a special sponsor fee from time to time in reimbursement for certain services it may provide
to each Fund which would otherwise be provided by the Trustee in an amount not to exceed the actual cost of providing such services.
In
addition to the specific expenses discussed above, the following expenses are or may be charged to a Fund: (a) reimbursement to the Sponsor of amounts paid by it to the Licensor in respect of annual licensing fees pursuant to the License
Agreement; (b) federal and state annual registration fees for the issuance of Shares; and (c) expenses of the Sponsor relating to the printing and distribution of marketing materials describing Shares of each Fund (including, but not
limited to, associated legal, consulting, advertising and marketing costs and other out-of-pocket expenses such as printing). Pursuant to the provisions of an exemptive
order, the special sponsor fee and the expenses set forth in items (a), (b) and (c) in this paragraph may be charged to each Fund by the Trustee in an amount equal to the actual costs incurred, but in no case will such charges exceed
0.30% per year of the daily NAV of each Fund.
If the income received by a Fund in the form of dividends and other distributions on
the securities in the Funds portfolio is insufficient to cover its expenses, the Trustee may make advances to a Fund to cover such expenses, secured by a lien in the Trustees favor on the Funds assets; otherwise the Trustee may
sell securities held in a Funds portfolio in an amount sufficient to pay such expenses. The Trustee may reimburse itself in the amount of any such advance, plus any amounts required by the Federal Reserve Board which are related to such
advances, together with interest thereon at a percentage rate equal to the then current overnight federal funds rate, by deducting such amounts from: (1) dividend payments or other income of a Fund when such payments or other income is
received; (2) the amounts earned or benefits derived by the Trustee on cash held for the benefit of a Fund; and (3) the sale of Securities. In the event that any advance remains outstanding for more than forty-five (45) Business Days,
the Trustee may sell Fund Securities to reimburse itself for the amount of such advance and any accrued interest thereon. In addition to adjustments to a Funds portfolio from time to time to conform to changes in the composition or weighting
of the Index Securities, the Trustee is also ordinarily required to sell a Funds Securities to obtain sufficient cash proceeds for the payment of an Invesco BLDRS Index Funds fees and expenses at any time that projected annualized fees
and expenses accrued on a daily basis exceed projected annualized dividends and other Fund income accrued on a daily basis by more than 1/100th of one percent (0.01%) of the NAV of the relevant Fund.
Whenever the 0.01% threshold is exceeded, the Trustee will sell sufficient Fund Securities to cover such excess by no later than the next
occasion it is required to make adjustments to Funds portfolio due to a Misweighting unless the Trustee determines in its discretion, that such a sale is unnecessary because the cash to be generated is not needed by the Fund at that time for
payment of expense then due or because the Trustee otherwise determines that such sale is not warranted or advisable. At the time of the sales, the Trustee shall first sell a Funds Securities that are over weighted as compared to their
relative weighting in the relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index.
BOOK-ENTRY ONLY; NOTICES AND
DISTRIBUTIONS
DTC acts as the securities depositary for Shares pursuant to a Depository Agreement with the Trustee. Shares are
represented by a single global security (Global Security), which is registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for DTC and deposited with, or on behalf of, DTC. The Trustee recognizes DTC or its nominee as the owner of all
Shares for purposes except as expressly set forth in the Trust Agreement and Indenture. Certificates will not be issued for Shares.
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DTC is a limited-purpose trust company organized under the laws of the
State of New York, a member of the Federal Reserve System, a clearing corporation within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code, and a clearing agency registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act). DTC was created to hold the securities of the DTC Participants and to facilitate the clearance and settlement of securities transactions among the DTC Participants in such securities
through an electronic book-entry system, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of securities certificates. DTC Participants include securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations, and certain other
organizations, some of whom own DTC. Access to the DTC system is also available to others such as banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a DTC Participant, either directly or
indirectly (Indirect Participants).
Upon the settlement date of any creation, transfer or redemption of Shares, DTC will
credit or debit, on its book-entry registration and transfer system, the amount of Shares so created, transferred or redeemed to the accounts of the appropriate DTC Participants. The accounts to be credited and charged will be designated by the
Trustee to NSCC, in the case of a creation or redemption through the Clearing Process, or by the Trustee and the DTC Participant, in the case of a creation or redemption transacted outside of the Clearing Process. Beneficial Owners will be shown on,
and the transfer of ownership will be effected only through, records maintained by DTC (with respect to DTC Participants) and on the records of DTC Participants (with respect to Indirect Participants and Beneficial Owners that are not DTC
Participants). Beneficial Owners are expected to receive from or through the DTC Participant a written confirmation relating to their purchase of Shares. The laws of some jurisdictions may require that certain purchasers of securities take physical
delivery of such securities in definitive form thereby impairing the ability of certain investors to acquire beneficial interests in Shares.
References to the registered or record owners of Shares mean Cede & Co., not the Beneficial Owners of Shares. Beneficial Owners of
Shares will not be entitled to have Shares registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of certificates in definitive form and will not be considered the record or registered holder thereof under the Trust
Agreement and Indenture. Accordingly, each Beneficial Owner must rely on the procedures of DTC, the DTC Participant and any Indirect Participant through which such Beneficial Owner holds its Shares, to exercise any rights under the Trust Agreement
and Indenture. The Trustee and the Sponsor understand that under existing industry practice, in the event the Trustee requests any action of a Beneficial Owner, or a Beneficial Owner desires to take any action that DTC, as the record owner of all
outstanding Shares, is entitled to take, DTC would authorize the DTC Participants to take such action and that the DTC Participants would authorize the Indirect Participants and Beneficial Owners acting through such DTC Participants to take such
action or would otherwise act upon the instructions of Beneficial Owners owning through them.
To effect communications with Beneficial
Owners, DTC is required to make available to the Trustee upon request and for a fee to be charged to the relevant Fund a listing of the Share holdings of each DTC Participant. The Trustee will inquire of each such DTC Participant as to the number of
Beneficial Owners holding Shares, directly or indirectly, through such DTC Participant; and provide each such DTC Participant with copies of the relevant notice, statement or other communication, in such form, number and at such place as the DTC
Participant reasonably requests so that such notice, statement or communication may be transmitted to such Beneficial Owners. In addition, the relevant Fund will pay each DTC Participant a fair and reasonable amount as reimbursement for the expenses
attendant to such transmittal, all subject to applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.
Share distributions will be made to DTC or
its nominee, Cede & Co., as the registered owner of all Shares. The Trustee and the Sponsor expect that DTC or its nominee, upon receipt of any payment of distributions in respect of Shares, will credit immediately the DTC
Participants accounts with payments in amounts proportionate to their respective beneficial interests in Shares. Payments by DTC Participants to Indirect Participants and Beneficial Owners of Shares held through such DTC Participants are
governed by standing instructions and customary practices, as is now the case with securities held for the accounts of customers in bearer form or registered in a street name, and are the responsibility of such DTC Participants. Neither
the Trustee nor the Sponsor has or will have any responsibility or liability for any aspects of the records relating to or
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notices to Beneficial Owners, or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests in Shares, or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial
ownership interests or for any other aspect of the relationship between DTC and the DTC Participants or the relationship between such DTC Participants and the Indirect Participants and Beneficial Owners.
Under the Depository Agreement, DTC may determine to discontinue providing its service with respect to Shares at any time by giving notice to
the Trustee and the Sponsor and discharging its responsibilities with respect thereto under applicable law. Under such circumstances, the Trustee and the Sponsor will take action either to find a replacement for DTC to perform its functions at a
comparable cost or, if such a replacement is unavailable, to terminate a Fund.
BUYING AND SELLING SHARES;
TRADING INFORMATION
The Shares are listed for secondary trading on NASDAQ. The Shares will trade on NASDAQ and other securities
markets. If you buy or sell Shares in the secondary market, you will incur customary brokerage commissions and charges and may pay some or all of the spread between the bid and the offered price in the secondary market on each leg of a round trip
(purchase and sale) transaction. Shares will trade at prices that may differ to varying degrees from the daily NAV of the Shares. Given, however, that Shares can be issued and redeemed in Creation Units, the Sponsor believes that large discounts and
premiums to NAV should not be sustained for very long.
The Trustee will make available daily a list of the names and the required number
of shares of each of the Index Securities in the current Portfolio Deposit. The Sponsor also intends to make available: (a) on a daily basis, the Dividend Equivalent Payment effective through and including the previous Business Day, per
outstanding Share; and (b) every 15 seconds throughout the trading day on NASDAQ a number representing, on a per Share basis, the sum of the Dividend Equivalent Payment effective through and including the previous Business Day, plus the current
value of the securities portion of a Portfolio Deposit as in effect on such day (which value may include a cash in lieu amount to compensate for the omission of a particular Index Security from such Portfolio Deposit).
Intra-day information will be available with respect to trades and quotes and underlying trading values will be published every 15 seconds throughout the trading day. Information with respect to NAV, net
accumulated dividend, final dividend amount to be paid, Shares outstanding, estimated cash amount and total cash amount per Creation Unit will be available daily prior to the opening of trading on NASDAQ.
AMENDMENTS TO THE TRUST AGREEMENT AND INDENTURE
The Trust Agreement and Indenture can be amended by the Sponsor and the Trustee with the consent of 51% of the Beneficial Owners of the
relevant Fund to add provisions to or change or eliminate provisions or to modify the rights of Beneficial Owners. However, the Trust Agreement and Indenture may not be amended without the consent of all of the Beneficial Owners of the relevant Fund
if such amendment would: (a) permit, except in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Trust Agreement and Indenture, the acquisition of any securities other than those acquired in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Trust
Agreement and Indenture; (b) reduce the interest of any Beneficial Owner in a Fund; or (c) reduce the percentage of Beneficial Owners required to consent to any such amendment. Any amendment will be conclusive and binding upon Beneficial
Owners and will be binding upon any Shares. The Trust Agreement and Indenture may also be amended, in certain limited circumstances, without the consent of Beneficial Owners. See The Portfolios.
If directed by the Sponsor, the Trustee shall, promptly after the execution of any such amendment, receive from the DTC, pursuant to the terms
of the Depository Agreement, a list of all DTC Participants holding shares of the Funds. The Trustee shall inquire of each such DTC Participant as to the number of Beneficial Owners for whom such DTC Participant holds shares of the Funds, and
provide each such DTC Participant with sufficient copies of a written notice of the substance of such amendment for transmittal by each such DTC Participant to such Beneficial Owners. Notice of any amendment which the Sponsor does not direct to be
delivered pursuant to
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this procedure shall be published on the Sponsors website promptly following execution of the amendment and shall be included in the annual report provided to Beneficial Owners.
TERMINATION OF A FUND
The Sponsor has the discretionary right to direct the Trustee to terminate the relevant Fund if at any time after three years following the
Initial Date of Deposit such value is less than $350,000,000, adjusted for inflation in accordance with the National Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (Discretionary Termination Amount). Any such termination will be at the
complete discretion of the Sponsor, and the Sponsor will not be liable in any way for any resulting depreciation or loss. The Trustee does not have power to terminate the Trust Agreement and Indenture or a Fund because the value of the Fund is below
the Discretionary Termination Amount. The Trustee will terminate a Fund in the event that the Shares of the relevant Fund are de-listed from NASDAQ. A Fund may also be terminated upon receipt by the Trustee of
written notice of the occurrence of any one or more of the following events: (a) by the agreement of the Beneficial Owners of 662/3% of
the outstanding Shares; (b) DTC is unable or unwilling to continue to perform its functions and a comparable replacement is unavailable; (c) NSCC no longer provides clearance services with respect to the Shares, or the Trustee is no longer
a participant in NSCC; (d) the Licensor ceases publishing each relevant S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index; or (e) the License Agreement is terminated. If at any time the Sponsor fails to undertake or perform or becomes incapable of undertaking
or performing any of its duties under the Trust Agreement and Indenture, or if the Sponsor resigns, the Trustee may, in its discretion, in lieu of appointing a successor Sponsor, terminate the relevant Fund. A Fund will terminate on the Mandatory
Termination Date. As soon as practicable after notice of termination of a Fund, the Trustee will distribute to redeemers tendering Creation Units prior to the termination date the securities and cash and upon termination of such Fund the Trustee
will thereafter sell the remaining securities held in such Funds portfolio as provided below.
Written notice of termination,
specifying the date of termination, the period during which the assets of the relevant Fund will be liquidated and Creation Units will be redeemed in cash at NAV, and the date determined by the Trustee upon which the books of the Trustee will be
closed, will be given by the Trustee to each Beneficial Owner at least twenty (20) days prior to termination of a Fund. Such notice will further state that, as of the date thereof and thereafter, neither requests to create additional Creation
Units nor additional Portfolio Deposits will be accepted and that, as of the date thereof, the portfolio of securities delivered upon redemption will be identical in composition and weighting to the relevant Funds portfolio rather than the
securities portion of the Portfolio Deposit as in effect on the date request for redemption is made. Within a reasonable period of time after such termination the Trustee will, subject to any applicable provisions of law, sell all of the Fund
Securities held in the Funds portfolio not already distributed to redeemers of Creation Units, as provided herein, if any, in such a manner so as to effectuate orderly sales and a minimal market impact. The Trustee will not be liable for or
responsible in any way for depreciation or loss incurred by reason of any sale or sales. The Trustee may suspend its sales of the relevant Funds Shares upon the occurrence of unusual or unforeseen circumstances, including, but not limited to,
a suspension in trading of a Index Security, the closing or restriction of trading on a stock exchange, the outbreak of hostilities or the collapse of the economy. Upon receipt of proceeds from the sale of the last security held in the Funds
portfolio, the Trustee will: (1) pay to itself individually from the Fund an amount equal to the sum of: (a) its accrued compensation for its ordinary services; (b) any reimbursement due to it for its extraordinary services;
(c) any advances made but not yet repaid; and (d) any other services and disbursements as provided herein; (2) deduct any and all fees and expenses from the relevant Fund; (3) deduct from the relevant Fund any amounts which it
will deem requisite to be set aside as reserves for any applicable taxes or other governmental charges that may be payable out of the relevant Fund; (4) transmit to DTC for distribution each Beneficial Owners interest in the remaining
assets of a Fund; and (5) disseminate to each Beneficial Owner a final statement as of the date of the computation of the amount distributable to the Beneficial Owners. Dividends to be received by the Fund on securities held in the Funds
portfolio sold in liquidation will be aggregated and distributed ratably when all such dividends have been received.
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CERTAIN MATERIAL FEDERAL INCOME TAX MATTERS
The following discussion sets forth certain material U.S. Federal income tax consequences of ownership and disposition of Shares of a Fund.
For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019, the Funds believe that they qualified for tax treatment as regulated
investment companies under Subchapter M of the Code. The Funds intend to continue to so qualify. To qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company, a Fund must, among other things, (a) derive in each taxable year at least 90% of
its gross income from dividends, interest, gains from the sale or other disposition of stock, securities or foreign currencies, or certain other sources, derived with respect to a Funds business of investing in stocks, securities or
currencies, (b) meet certain diversification tests, and (c) distribute in each year at least the sum of 90% of its investment company taxable income and 90% of its net exempt interest income, if any. If a Fund qualifies as a regulated
investment company, subject to certain conditions and requirements, and except as described below, it will not be subject to federal income tax to the extent its income is distributed in a timely manner. Any undistributed income may be subject to
tax, including a four percent (4%) excise tax imposed by Section 4982 of the Code on certain undistributed income of a regulated investment company that does not distribute to Beneficial Owners in a timely manner at least ninety-eight
percent (98%) of its ordinary taxable income for the calendar year and ninety-eight point two percent (98.2%) of its capital gains for the one year period ending on October 31.
Dividends paid by a Fund from its investment company taxable income (which includes, among other items, dividends, interest and the excess of
net short-term capital gains over net long-term capital losses) will generally be taxable to Beneficial Owners as ordinary income. However, to the extent that such dividends are designated by each Fund as attributable to the receipt by the Fund of
qualified dividend income, such dividends will be eligible for a special maximum tax rate applicable to non-corporate taxpayers (0%, 15% or 20% depending on a taxpayers taxable income).
Dividends paid by a Fund will generally not be eligible for the dividends received deduction for Beneficial Owners that are corporations.
Distributions paid by a Fund from the excess of net long-term capital gains over net short-term capital losses are considered capital
gains dividends regardless of the length of time an investor has owned Shares in the Fund. For non-corporate holders, long-term capital gains are taxed at the specified maximum tax rate mentioned above.
Any loss on the sale or exchange of a share held for six months or less may be treated as a long-term capital loss to the extent of any capital gain dividends received by the Beneficial Owner. Investors should note that the regular quarterly
dividends paid by a Fund will not be based on the Funds investment company taxable income and net capital gain, but rather will be based on the dividends paid with respect to the Depositary Receipts held by the Fund. As a result, a portion of
the distributions of a Fund may be treated as a return of capital or a capital gain dividend for federal income tax purposes or a Fund may make additional distributions in excess of the yield performance of the Securities in order to distribute all
of its investment company taxable income and net capital gain.
Certain non-corporate taxpayers may
be subject to an additional 3.8% net investment income tax on their dividend income, net capital gains and certain other amounts. Affected investors should consult with their own tax advisors about the possible impact of this tax.
Distributions in excess of a Funds current or accumulated earnings and profits (as specially computed) generally will be treated as a
return of capital for federal income tax purposes and will reduce a Beneficial Owners tax basis in the Fund. Return of capital distributions may result, for example, if a portion of the dividends declared represents cash amounts deposited in
connection with Portfolio Deposits rather than dividends actually received by the Fund. Under certain circumstances, a significant portion of a Funds regular quarterly dividends could be treated as return of capital distributions. Such
circumstances may be more likely to occur in periods during which the number of outstanding Shares fluctuates significantly, as may occur during the initial years of a Fund. Beneficial Owners will receive annual notification from the Trustee through
the DTC Participants as to the tax status of the Funds distributions. A distribution paid shortly after a purchase or creation of Shares will be taxable even though in effect it may represent a return of capital.
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The sale of Shares of a Fund by a Beneficial Owner is a taxable event, and may result in a gain
or loss, which generally should be a capital gain or loss for Beneficial Owners that are not dealers in securities.
Dividends received by
each Fund may be subject to withholding and other taxes imposed by foreign countries. Tax conventions between certain countries and the United States may reduce such taxes. Because more than 50% of the total assets of each Fund will consist of
Depositary Receipts with respect to foreign securities, each Fund intends to pass through certain foreign income taxes (including withholding taxes) paid by the Fund. This means that Beneficial Owners will be considered to have received,
as an additional dividend, their share of such foreign taxes, but, subject to certain conditions, Beneficial Owners may be entitled to either a corresponding tax deduction in calculating their taxable income, or, subject to certain limitations
(including special limitations that apply in the case of foreign-source qualified dividend income), a credit in calculating federal income tax.
Adverse federal income tax consequences, including potentially a tax liability imposed on the Fund, could arise if a
Fund holds Depositary Receipts of an entity that is classified as a passive foreign investment company (a PFIC) under the Code. In order to avoid such a tax, a Fund may elect to mark-to-market its PFIC holdings each year. Any net appreciation would then be treated as ordinary income.
Alternatively, under certain conditions, a Fund may be able to elect to include in income currently its share of the PFICs ordinary
earnings and long-term capital gains, whether or not such income was actually distributed by the PFIC. Because it is not always possible to identify an issuer as a PFIC in a timely manner, a Fund may incur the PFIC tax in some instances; the PFIC
tax can be quite punitive in its operation.
Under the Code, an in-kind redemption of Shares of a
Fund will not result in the recognition of taxable gain or loss by the Fund but generally will constitute a taxable event for the redeeming Beneficial Owner. Upon redemption, a Beneficial Owner generally will recognize gain or loss measured by the
difference on the date of redemption between the aggregate value of the cash and securities received and its tax basis in the Shares redeemed. Securities received upon redemption (which will be comprised of the securities portion of the Portfolio
Deposit in effect on the date of redemption) generally will have an initial tax basis equal to their respective market values on the date of redemption. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) may assert that any resulting loss may not be
deducted by a Beneficial Owner on the basis that there has been no material change in such Beneficial Owners economic position or that the transaction has no significant economic or business utility apart from the anticipated tax consequences.
Beneficial Owners of Shares in Creation Unit size aggregations should consult their own tax advisors as to the consequences to them of the redemption of Shares in a Fund.
Dividend distributions, capital gains distributions, and capital gains from sales or redemptions may also be subject to state, local and
foreign taxes. Beneficial Owners are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding the applicability of such taxes to their particular situations.
Deposit of a Portfolio Deposit with the Trustee in exchange for Shares in a Fund in Creation Unit size aggregations will not result in the
recognition of taxable gain or loss by the Fund but generally will constitute a taxable event to the depositor under the Code, and a depositor generally will recognize gain or loss with respect to each security deposited equal to the difference
between the amount realized in respect of the security and the depositors tax basis therein. The amount realized with respect to a security deposited should be determined by allocating the value on the date of deposit of the Fund Shares
received (less any cash paid to the Fund, or plus any cash received from the Fund, in connection with the deposit) among the securities deposited on the basis of their respective fair market values at that time. The IRS may assert that any resulting
losses may not be deducted by a depositor on the basis that there has been no material change in the depositors economic position or that the transaction has no significant economic or business utility or purpose apart from the anticipated tax
consequences. Depositors should consult their own tax advisors as to the tax consequences to them of a deposit to a Fund.
The Trustee has
the right to reject the order to create Creation Units transmitted to it by the Distributor if the depositor or group of depositors, upon obtaining the Shares ordered, would own eighty percent (80%) or more of the outstanding Shares of the
Fund, and if pursuant to Section 351 of the Code such a circumstance would result in the Fund having a basis in the securities deposited different from the market value of such securities on the
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date of deposit. The Trustee has the right to require information regarding Fund ownership pursuant to the Participant Agreement and from DTC and to rely thereon to the extent necessary to make
the foregoing determination as a condition to the acceptance of a Portfolio Deposit.
Ordinary income dividends to Beneficial Owners who
are non-resident aliens or foreign entities will be subject to a thirty percent (30%) United States withholding tax unless a reduced rate of withholding or a withholding exemption is provided under
applicable tax treaties. In addition, distributions attributable to gains from sales of United States real property received by Beneficial Owners who are nonresident aliens may be subject to special withholding rules or may otherwise be treated as
ordinary income dividends as discussed in the preceding sentence. If the non-resident Beneficial Owners were to invest directly in the foreign securities held by the Funds, dividends on such securities would
not be subject to U.S. withholding tax. Furthermore, the election to pass-through foreign income taxes, as described above, will generally increase the amounts subject to U.S. withholding with no assurance that the non-resident Beneficial Owners will be able to claim any corresponding credit or deduction. Non-resident Beneficial Owners are urged to consult their own tax advisors
concerning the applicability of United States withholding tax, as well as United States estate taxes. Beneficial Owners who are nonresident aliens or foreign entities will generally not be subject to United States withholding or income tax on gains
realized on the sale of Shares of a Fund or on dividends from capital gains unless (i) such gain or capital gain dividend is effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States, or (ii) in the case of an
individual Beneficial Owner, the Beneficial Owner is present in the United States for a period or periods aggregating 183 days or more during the year of the sale or capital gain dividend and certain other conditions are met. Gains on the sale of
Shares of a Fund and dividends that are effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States will generally be subject to United States federal net income taxation at regular income tax rates.
Pursuant to the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act
(FATCA), and IRS guidance, each Fund will be required to withhold 30% of income dividends it pays after December 31, 2018, to certain non-U.S. Beneficial Owners that fail to meet certain
information reporting or certification requirements. After December 31, 2018, FATCA withholding also would have applied to certain capital gain distributions, return of capital distributions and the gross proceeds of share redemptions; however,
based on proposed regulations issued by the IRS on which the Fund may rely, such withholding is no longer required unless final regulations provide otherwise (which is not expected). Those non-U.S. Beneficial
Owners include foreign financial institutions (FFIs), such as non-U.S. investment funds, and non-financial foreign entities (NFFEs). To avoid
withholding under FATCA, (a) an FFI must enter into an information-sharing agreement with the IRS in which it agrees to report identifying information (including name, address, and taxpayer identification number) of the Beneficial Owners
direct and indirect U.S. owners and (b) an NFFE must provide to the withholding agent a certification and, in certain circumstances, requisite information regarding its substantial U.S. owners, if any. Those
non-U.S. Beneficial Owners also may fall into certain exempt, excepted, or deemed compliant categories established by regulations and other guidance. A non-U.S.
Beneficial Owner resident or doing business in a country that has entered into an intergovernmental agreement with the United States to implement FATCA will be exempt from FATCA withholding provided that the Beneficial Owner and the applicable
foreign government comply with the terms of the agreement. A non-U.S. Beneficial Owner that invests in the Fund will need to provide the Fund with documentation properly certifying the Beneficial Owners
status under FATCA to avoid FATCA withholding. Beneficial Owners are encouraged to consult with their own tax advisors concerning the possible implications of these requirements, particularly if such Beneficial Owners have direct or indirect U.S.
owners.
Backup withholding will apply to dividends, capital gain distributions, redemptions and sales of Fund Shares
unless (a) the Beneficial Owner is a corporation or comes within certain other exempt categories and, when required, demonstrates this fact, or (b) provides a taxpayer identification number, certifies as to no loss of exemption from backup
withholding, and otherwise complies with applicable requirements of the backup withholding rules. The rate of such backup withholding is currently 24%. The amount of any backup withholding from a payment to a Beneficial Owner will be allowed as a
credit against the holders U.S. federal income tax liability and may entitle such holder to a refund from the IRS, provided that the required information is furnished to the IRS.
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The tax discussion set forth above is included for general information only. Prospective
investors should consult their own tax advisors concerning the federal, state, local, and foreign tax consequences to them of an investment in the Trust, including the effect of possible legislative changes.
ERISA CONSIDERATIONS
In considering the advisability of an investment in a Fund,
fiduciaries of pension, profit sharing or other tax-qualified retirement plans and funded welfare plans (collectively, Plans) subject to the fiduciary responsibility requirements of Part 4 of Title
I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), should consider, among other things, whether an investment in a Fund (a) is permitted by the documents and instruments governing the Plan, (b) is
made solely in the interest of participants and beneficiaries of the Plans, (c) is consistent with the prudence and diversification requirements of ERISA, and (d) that the acquisition and holding of Shares does not result in a prohibited
transaction (as defined below) that is not exempt under ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code or pursuant to an exemption is issued by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). Individual retirement account (IRA) investors should
consider that an IRA may make only such investments as are authorized by the IRAs governing instruments and that IRAs are subject to the prohibited transaction rules of Section 4975 of the Code.
As described in the preceding paragraph, Part 4 of Title I of ERISA imposes certain duties on Plan fiduciaries, and ERISA and/or
Section 4975 of the Code prohibit certain transactions (each a prohibited transaction) involving plan assets between Plans or IRAs and persons who have certain specified relationships to the Plan or IRA (that is,
parties in interest as defined in ERISA or disqualified persons as defined in the Code). Purchasers of Shares should be sure that the purchase and holding of the Shares does not involve a prohibited transaction. The fiduciary
standards and prohibited transaction rules that apply to a Plan or an IRA will not apply to transactions involving the Trusts assets because the Trust is an investment company registered under the 1940 Act. As such, the Trusts assets are
not deemed to be plan assets under ERISA and DOL regulations by virtue of a Plans investment in a Fund.
Employee benefit
plans that are government plans (as defined in Section 3(32) of ERISA), certain church plans (as defined in Section 3(33) of ERISA that have not made the election under Section 410(d) of the Code) and foreign plans (as described in
Section 4(b)(4) of ERISA) are not subject to the requirements of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code. The fiduciaries of governmental plans should, however, consider the impact of their respective state pension codes or other applicable law,
and fiduciaries of church plans and foreign plans should consider the impact of applicable law, on investments in a Fund and the considerations discussed above, to the extent such considerations apply.
THE TRUSTEE
The Trustee is The Bank of New York Mellon, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York with trust powers. The Trustee has
a trust office at 2 Hanson Place, 9th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11217 and its Internal Revenue Service Employer Identification Number is 13-5160382. The Trustee holds each Funds assets, calculates the NAV of
the Shares and calculates net income and realized capital gains or losses. The Trustee may be reimbursed by a Fund for its out-of-pocket expenses relating to its
services as Trustee (the Funds will not reimburse expenses of S&P Dow Jones Indices in its capacity as Licensor). The Trustee is subject to supervision and examination by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the New York State Department of
Financial Services.
For services performed under the Trust Agreement and Indenture, the Trustee is paid by each Fund a fee at an
annual rate of 6/100 of 1% to 10/100 of 1% of the NAV of each Fund, as shown below, such percentage amount to vary depending on the NAV of a Fund. Such compensation is computed on each Business Day on the basis of the NAV of each Fund on such day,
and the amount thereof is accrued daily and paid monthly.
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TRUSTEE FEE SCALE
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(In U.S. dollars ($))
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0-499,999,999
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10/100 of 1% per year*
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500,000,000-2,499,999,999
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8/100 of 1% per year*
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2,500,000,000 and above
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6/100 of 1% per year*
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The fee indicated applies to that portion of the NAV of a Fund that falls in the size category indicated.
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The Trustee may resign and be discharged of the Trust created by the Trust Agreement and Indenture by executing an
instrument of resignation in writing and filing such instrument with the Sponsor and mailing a copy of the notice of resignation to all DTC Participants reflected on the records of DTC as owning Shares for distribution to Beneficial Owners as
provided above not less than sixty (60) days before the date such resignation is to take effect. Such resignation becomes effective upon the appointment of, and the acceptance by, the successor Trustee. The Sponsor, upon receiving notice of
such resignation, is obligated to use its best efforts to appoint a successor Trustee promptly. If no successor is appointed within sixty (60) days after the date such notice of resignation is given, the Trust shall terminate.
If the Trustee becomes incapable of acting as such or is adjudged bankrupt or is taken over by any public authority, the Sponsor may remove the
Trustee and appoint a successor Trustee as provided in the Trust Agreement and Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail notice of its appointment via the DTC Participants to Beneficial Owners. Upon a successor Trustees execution of a
written acceptance of an appointment as Trustee for the Trust, the successor Trustee becomes vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of the original Trustee. The Trustee and any successor Trustee must be: (a) a trust company,
corporation or national banking association organized, doing business under the laws of the United States or any state thereof; (b) authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers; and (c) at all times have an aggregate
capital, surplus and undivided profit of not less than $50,000,000.
Beneficial Owners of
662/3% of the then outstanding Shares may at any time remove the Trustee by written instrument(s) delivered to the Trustee and the Sponsor.
The Sponsor shall thereupon use its best efforts to appoint a successor Trustee as described above.
The Trust Agreement and Indenture
limits the Trustees liabilities. It provides, among other things, that the Trustee is not liable for: (a) any action taken in good faith reliance on properly executed documents or for the disposition of monies or Fund Securities or for
the evaluations required to be made thereunder, except by reason of its own gross negligence, bad faith, willful malfeasance, willful misconduct, or reckless disregard of its duties and obligations; (b) depreciation or loss incurred by reason
of the sale by the Trustee of any Fund Securities; and (c) any taxes or other governmental charges imposed upon or in respect of Fund Securities or upon the income thereon or upon it as Trustee or upon or in respect of the Trust which the
Trustee may be required to pay under any present or future law of the United States of America or of any other taxing authority having jurisdiction and the Trustee shall be reimbursed from the Trust for all such taxes and related expenses.
The Trustee and its directors, subsidiaries, shareholders, officers, employees, agents and affiliates under common control with the Trustee
will be indemnified from the assets of the Trust and held harmless against any loss, liability or expense incurred without gross negligence, bad faith, willful misconduct, willful malfeasance on the part of such party or incurred without reckless
disregard of such partys duties and obligations, arising out of, or in connection with its acceptance or administration of the Trust, including the costs and expenses (including counsel fees) of defending against any claim or liability.
THE SPONSOR
The Sponsor is a registered investment adviser, commodity pool operator and commodity trading advisor with offices at 3500 Lacey Road, Suite
700, Downers Grove, IL 60515. The Sponsor serves as the investment
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adviser to the Invesco family of U.S. exchange-traded funds and serves as managing owner to a family of U.S. exchange-traded commodity pools, which comprise 251 exchange-traded funds and 11
exchange-traded commodity pools, respectively, with total combined assets in excess of $136.5 billion as of December 31, 2019. In addition, the Sponsor is the sub-adviser to the Invesco Multi-Asset
Income Fund, which had assets in excess of $848 million as of December 31, 2019. In addition, as of December 31, 2019, the Sponsor served as sponsor to five U.S. exchange traded funds organized as unit investment trusts (including the
Funds) with total assets under management in excess of $87.1 billion and provided advisory services to various Invesco affiliated non-U.S. pooled investment vehicles, including exchange traded funds
sponsored or advised by Invesco Advisers, Inc., Invesco Canada, Investment Global Management DAC and Source Investment Management Limited.
On September 18, 2006, INVESCO PLC, now known as Invesco, Ltd., acquired the Sponsor. Invesco, Ltd. and its subsidiaries are an
independent global investment management group. Invesco, Ltd. is listed on the New York Stock Exchange with the symbol IVZ.
The Sponsor,
at its own expense, may from time to time provide additional promotional incentives to brokers who sell Shares to the public. In certain instances, these incentives may be provided only to those brokers who meet certain threshold requirements for
participation in a given incentive program, such as selling a significant number of Shares within a specified period.
If at any time the
Sponsor fails to undertake or perform or becomes incapable of undertaking or performing any of the duties required under the Trust Agreement and Indenture and such failure is not cured within fifteen (15) Business Days following receipt of
notice from the Trustee, or resigns, or becomes bankrupt or its affairs are taken over by public authorities, the Trustee may appoint a successor Sponsor, agree to act as Sponsor itself, or may terminate the Trust Agreement and Indenture and
liquidate the Trust. Notice of the resignation or removal of the Sponsor and the appointment of a successor shall be mailed by the Trustee to DTC and the DTC Participants for distribution to Beneficial Owners. Upon a successor Sponsors
execution of a written acceptance of appointment as Sponsor of the Trust, the successor Sponsor becomes vested with all of the rights, powers, duties and obligations of the original Sponsor. Any successor Sponsor may be compensated at rates deemed
by the Trustee to be reasonable.
The Sponsor may resign by executing and delivering to the Trustee an instrument of resignation. Such
resignation shall become effective upon the appointment of a successor Sponsor and the acceptance of appointment by the successor Sponsor, unless the Trustee either agrees to act as Sponsor or terminates the Trust Agreement and Indenture and
liquidates the Trust. The dissolution of the Sponsor or its ceasing to exist as a legal entity for any cause whatsoever will not cause the termination of the Trust Agreement and Indenture or the Trust unless the Trustee deems termination to be in
the best interests of the Beneficial Owners of Shares.
The Trust Agreement and Indenture provides that the Sponsor is not liable to the
Trustee, the Trust or to the Beneficial Owners of Shares for taking any action, or for refraining from taking any action, made in good faith or for errors in judgment, but is liable only for its own gross negligence, bad faith, willful misconduct or
willful malfeasance in the performance of its duties or its reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under the Trust Agreement and Indenture. The Sponsor is not liable or responsible in any way for depreciation or loss incurred by the Trust
because of the sale of any Fund Securities. The Trust Agreement and Indenture further provides that the Sponsor and its directors, subsidiaries, shareholders, officers, employees, and affiliates under common control with the Sponsor shall be
indemnified from the assets of the Trust and held harmless against any loss, liability or expense incurred without gross negligence, bad faith, willful misconduct or willful malfeasance on the part of any such party in the performance of its duties
or reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under the Trust Agreement and Indenture, including the payment of the costs and expenses of defending against any claim or liability.
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As of January 28, 2020, the following persons served as officers or managers of the
Sponsor:
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Daniel E. Draper
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Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
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Annette Lege
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Chief Financial Officer
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Kelli Gallegos
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Principal Financial and Accounting Officer Pooled Investments
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John M. Zerr
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Managing Director
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Kristie Feinberg
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Managing Director
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The principal business address for each of the officers and managers listed above is c/o Invesco Capital
Management LLC, 3500 Lacey Road, Suite 700, Downers Grove, IL 60515. None of the officers or managers listed above either directly or indirectly owns, controls or holds with power to vote any of the outstanding limited liability company interests of
the Sponsor. All of the outstanding limited liability company interests of the Sponsor are owned by Invesco North American Holdings Inc., which is an indirect subsidiary of Invesco Limited. None of the managers or officers of the Sponsor listed
above owns, controls or holds with the power to vote any of the outstanding Units of the Trust.
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Daniel Draper
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Chief Executive Officer, Manager and Principal Executive Officer, Invesco Specialized Products, LLC (2018-present); President and Principal Executive Officer, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust
II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust and Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2015-present) and Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust (2016-present);
Chief Executive Officer and Principal Executive Officer (2016-present) and Managing Director (2013-present), Invesco Capital Management LLC; Senior Vice President, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (2014-present).
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Formerly: Vice President, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange- Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2013-2015) and Invesco Actively
Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-2015); Managing Director, Credit Suisse Asset Management (2010-2013) and Lyxor Asset Management/Societe Generale (2007-2010).
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Annette Lege
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Vice President, Invesco Group Services, Inc. and Invesco Holding Company (US), Inc. (2017-present); Director, Invesco (India) Private Limited (2017-present); Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer, Invesco
Advisers, Inc. (2017-present); Treasurer, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (2011-present); Director, Invesco (Hyderabad) Private Limited (2017-present); Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Invesco Investment Services, Inc. and Invesco Management Group,
Inc. (2017-present); Chief Accounting Officer and Group Controller, Invesco Ltd.; Vice President, Invesco Finance, Inc. (2017- present); Director, Invesco Private Capital, Inc., INVESCO Private Capital Investments, Inc., INVESCO Realty, Inc.,
Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc. and Invesco Trust Company (2017-present); Chief Financial Officer, Invesco Capital Management, LLC (2017- present); Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Stein Roe Investment Counsel, Inc. (2009-present); and
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Invesco Investment Advisers LLC (2017-present).
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Formerly: Chief Financial Officer, INVESCO National Trust Company (2008-2014); Controller (2007-2015) and Treasurer (2007-2009), Invesco Advisers, Inc.; Vice President, Invesco Mortgage Capital, Inc. (2013-2014); Financial and
Operations Principal (2010-2011), Treasurer and Chie Financial Office, Invesco Capital Markets, Inc. (2011-2016); Chief Financial Officer, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (2011-2015); Corporate Controller, Invesco Management Group, Inc. (2004-2017); Vice
President, Invesco Finance, Inc. (2017-2017); Controller, Invesco Private Capital, Inc. and INVESCO Private Capital Investments, Inc. (2008-2009); Controller, INVESCO Realty, Inc. and Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc. (2008-2015); Chief
Financial Officer, Invesco Trust Company (2013-2014); Corporate Controller, Van Kampen Exchange Corp (2010-2016); Corporate Controller, Van Kampen Investments, Inc. (2010-2011); and Financial & Operations Principal, Invesco Investment
Advisers, LLC (2010-2015).
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Kelli Gallegos
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Assistant Treasurer, Invesco Specialized Products, LLC (2018-present); Vice President and Treasurer, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco
Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust and Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust (2018-present); Principal Financial and Accounting Officer-Pooled Investments, Invesco
Capital Management LLC (2018-present); Vice President, Principal Financial Officer (2016-present) and Assistant Treasurer (2008-present), The Invesco Funds.
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Formerly: Assistant Treasurer, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust and Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2012-2018), Invesco Actively
Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-2018) and Invesco Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust (2016-2018); Assistant Treasurer, Invesco Capital Management LLC (2013-2018); and Assistant Vice President, The Invesco Funds
(2008-2016).
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John M. Zerr
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Chief Operating Officer of the Americas; Senior Vice President, Invesco Advisers, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco Institutional (N.A.), Inc.) (registered investment adviser) (2009-present); Senior Vice President, Invesco
Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Distributors, Inc.) (2006- present); Director (2007-present) and Vice President (2006-present), Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Investment Services, Inc.); Senior
Vice President, The Invesco Funds (2006-present); Managing Director, Invesco Capital Management LLC (2006-present); Director, Invesco Investment Advisers LLC (formerly known as Van Kampen Asset Management) (2010-present); Senior Vice President,
Invesco Capital Markets, Inc. (formerly known as Van Kampen Funds Inc.) (2010-present); Manager, Invesco Indexing LLC (2017-present); Manager, Invesco Specialized Products,
LLC
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Business Experience
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(2018-present); Director and Senior Vice President, Invesco Insurance Agency, Inc.; Member, Invesco Canada Funds Advisory Board; Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Corporate Class Inc. (corporate mutual
fund company); and Director, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Invesco Canada Ltd. (formerly known as Invesco Trimark Ltd./Invesco Trimark Ltèe) (registered investment adviser and registered transfer agent).
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Formerly: Director and Senior Vice President, Invesco Management Group, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Management Group, Inc.); Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Management Group, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM
Management Group, Inc.); Secretary, Invesco Investment Services, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Investment Services, Inc.) (2006-2018); Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, The Invesco Funds (2006-2018); Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco
Investment Advisers LLC (formerly known as Van Kampen Asset Management) (2010-2018); Secretary and General Counsel, Invesco Capital Markets, Inc. (formerly known as Van Kampen Funds Inc.) (2010-2018); Chief Legal Officer, Invesco Exchange-Traded
Fund Trust, Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II, Invesco India Exchange-Traded Fund Trust, Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Fund Trust (2010-2018), Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (2014-2018) and Invesco
Exchange-Traded Self-Indexed Fund Trust (2016-2018); Secretary, Invesco Indexing LLC; Director, Secretary, General Counsel and Senior Vice President, Van Kampen Exchange Corp. (2010-2016); Director, Vice President and Secretary, IVZ Distributors,
Inc. (formerly known as INVESCO Distributors, Inc.) (2006-2010); Director and Vice President, INVESCO Funds Group, Inc. (2006-2016); Director and Vice President, Van Kampen Advisors Inc. (2010-2011); Director, Vice President, Secretary and General
Counsel, Van Kampen Investor Services Inc. (2010-2011); Director and
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Business Experience
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Secretary, Invesco Distributors, Inc. (formerly known as Invesco AIM Distributors, Inc.) (2007-2010); Director, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Invesco AIM Advisers, Inc. (2006-2009) and Van Kampen Investments
Inc. (2010-2011); Director, Vice President and Secretary, Fund Management Company (2006-2007); Director, Senior Vice President, Secretary, General Counsel and Vice President, Invesco AIM Capital Management, Inc. (2006-2009); Chief Operating Officer
and General Counsel, Liberty Ridge Capital, Inc. (an investment adviser).
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Kristie Feinberg
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Chief Financial Officer of the Americas, Invesco Ltd. (2019-present); Manager, Invesco Specialized Products, LLC (2019-Present); Managing
Director, Invesco Capital Management LLC (2019-present); Assistant Secretary and Senior Vice President, Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. (2019-present); Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Harbourview Asset Management Corporation, Index Management
Solutions LLC, Invesco Managed Accounts, LLC, OFI Private Investments, Inc., OppenheimerFunds, Inc., Shareholder Services, Inc., SNW Asset Management Corporation, Trinity Investment Management Corporation (2019-present); Senior Vice President,
Invesco Advisers, Inc. (2019-present); Director, OFI International Funds, and Chief Financial Officer, OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (2019-present).
Formerly: Senior Vice President and Corporate Treasurer, OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. (2001-2019) (an investment adviser).
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INDEX LICENSE
The Sponsor pays an annual licensing fee to the Licensor equal to 6/100th of one percent of the aggregate net assets of each Fund, and is
reimbursed by each Fund for such payment. The Licensor will work closely with the Sponsor and the Distributor to foster the success of the Funds and expects to commit financial and management resources to the initial and ongoing marketing of the
Shares. The Licensor has agreed to waive licensing fees in certain circumstances. See Expenses of a Fund.
SELECTION CRITERIA, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE STANDARDS
FOR THE S&P/BNY MELLON ADR INDEXES
The S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Indexes are subindexes of the S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Composite Index, which is a composite of all Depositary
Receipts in American, GDR, New York share, or Global Share form that are listed for trading on NASDAQ, the NYSE, and the NYSE American, subject to eligibility requirements as stated below.
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The Licensor makes additions to and removals from each S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index by
applying specific criteria as set out in the S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Indexes respective index methodologies, which are described generally below.
The S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Indexes are capped market capitalization weighted, using an index formula based upon the aggregate of prices times
share quantities. All of the S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Indexes are denominated in U.S. dollars and are calculated on a price only and net return basis, with the reinvestment of dividends generally as of the
ex-dividend date.
The S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Indexes are ordinarily calculated every
business day on which the U.S. stock exchanges are open for trading, regardless of regular trading in local markets.
To be
eligible for inclusion in the S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Indexes, a security must have:
(1) a minimum $100,000 three
month average daily U.S Dollar trading volume on the primary exchange of the ADR, (2) $1 million minimum three month average daily U.S. Dollar trading volume in the combined global markets. Combined global market volume includes ADR
volume in the United States, including the primary exchange volume and volume from the local ordinary share for which the ADR represents and (3) free-float adjusted market capitalization greater than or equal to $250 million in U.S.
Dollars.
Component Depositary Receipts are reviewed quarterly (Quarterly Review).
During the Quarterly Review, current components (current members of the Indexes) are retained provided that the above eligibility requirements are met and provided that the free float adjusted market capitalization of the smallest member
is no more than 5% lower than that of the largest eligible non-member not included in the indexes. Otherwise, the smallest component is replaced with the largest eligible
non-member. The process continues with the second smallest current member compared to the second largest eligible non-member, and so on. Moreover, if at any time during
the period, a member of one of the Indexes is dropped, the security will be replaced by the largest eligible non-member. For the S&P/BNY Mellon Europe Select ADR Index (USD), all stocks meeting the
eligibility criteria are selected for index inclusion.
The S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Indices will be reviewed quarterly and all
changes will be implemented at the open of the first trading day following the third Friday in March, June, September and December. As stated, the S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Indexes are market capitalization weighted. Current market capitalization
weights of the index components are subject to adjustment by quarterly index weight rebalancings as described below:
1. If any company has a weight greater than 20%, the weight is capped at 20%.
2. All excess weight is proportionally redistributed to all uncapped companies within the relevant index.
3. The process repeats iteratively until no company exceeds the 20% weight cap.
4. The sum of the companies with weights greater than 4.5% cannot exceed 45% of the total index weight.
5. If the rule in step 4 is breached, all companies are ranked in descending order by float-adjusted market capitalization
(FMC) weight. The first company that causes the 45% limit to be breached has its weight reduced to 4.5%.
6. This
excess weight is proportionally redistributed to all companies with weights below 4.5%. This is repeated iteratively until step 5 is satisfied.
The S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Indexes are monitored and maintained to account for company additions and deletions, share changes and corporate
actions (such as stock splits, stock dividends, spin-offs, etc.) Some corporate actions, such as stock splits and stock dividends, require simple changes in the common shares outstanding and the Depositary Receipts prices of companies in the
S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Indexes. Such corporate actions, which require no adjustment to an S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index divisor, will be implemented prior to the opening of trading on the effective date of the corporate action.
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Other corporate actions, such as share issuances that change the market capitalization, may
require an adjustment to the index divisor. Index divisor adjustments are ordinarily made to avoid index discontinuity due to adjustments made for corporate actions. Divisor adjustments are ordinarily made after the calculation of the closing value
of the S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Indexes, and prior to the opening of trading on the effective date of such corporate actions. Constituent component Depositary Receipts that have share changes less than 5% will be adjusted on a quarterly basis along
with the Quarterly Review mentioned above. Depositary Receipts with share changes that affect outstanding shares by greater than or equal to 5% will be adjusted prior to the opening of trading on the date of effectiveness of the share change or
during a weekly sweep of public information.
Types of Depositary Receipt Facilities
Companies have a choice of four types of Depositary Receipt facilities: unsponsored and three levels of sponsored Depositary Receipts.
Unsponsored Depositary Receipts are issued by one or more depositaries in response to market demand, but without a formal agreement with the company. Sponsored Depositary Receipts are issued by one depositary appointed by the company under a Deposit
Agreement or service contract.
Sponsored Level I Depositary Receipts
Although no Fund holds any Level I Depositary Receipts, Level I Depositary Receipts are traded in the U.S. over-the-counter market and on some exchanges outside the United States. The company does not have to comply with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) or full SEC disclosure.
All sponsored Depositary Receipts within the S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Indexes are either Level II or Level III Depositary Receipts.
Sponsored Level II and Level III Depositary Receipts
Companies that wish to list their securities on an exchange in the United States use sponsored Level II or Level III Depositary Receipts,
respectively. These types of Depositary Receipts can also be listed on some exchanges outside the United States. Each level requires different SEC registration and reporting, plus adherence to GAAP. The companies must also meet the listing
requirements of the national exchange or market (NASDAQ, NYSE, or NYSE American), whichever it chooses.
S&P/BNY MELLON ADR INDEX CALCULATION AND DISSEMINATION
The following table indicates turnover in the components of the S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Indexes during the period beginning April 12, 2001
(the date each S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index was first calculated) and ending on September 30, 2019.
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|
|
|
|
|
S&P/BNY Mellon Asia 50 ADR Index (USD)
|
|
|
260
|
%
|
|
|
S&P/BNY Mellon Developed Markets 100 ADR Index (USD)
|
|
|
208
|
%
|
|
|
S&P/BNY Mellon Emerging 50 ADR Index (USD)
|
|
|
393
|
%
|
|
|
S&P/BNY Mellon Europe Select ADR Index (USD)
|
|
|
197
|
%
|
The S&P/BNY Mellon Asia 50 ADR Index (USD)
General Background
The S&P/BNY Mellon Asia 50 ADR Index (USD) is intended to give investors a benchmark for tracking the price and yield performance of
Depositary Receipts from the Asian market. A list of the 50 component
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Depositary Receipts included in the S&P/BNY Mellon Asia 50 ADR Index (USD) as of September 30, 2019 and the sector groups comprising the S&P/BNY Mellon Asia 50 ADR Index (USD) as of
September 30, 2019 is included below.
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|
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Company Depository Receipts
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|
Sector
|
|
|
58.Com Inc
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|
General Retailers
|
|
|
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd
|
|
General Retailers
|
|
|
ASE Technology Holding Co Ltd
|
|
Technology Hardware & Equipment
|
|
|
Autohome Inc
|
|
Software & Computer Services
|
|
|
Baidu Inc
|
|
Software & Computer Services
|
|
|
BeiGene Ltd
|
|
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
|
|
|
BHP Group Ltd
|
|
Mining
|
|
|
Canon Inc
|
|
Technology Hardware & Equipment
|
|
|
China Life Insurance Co Ltd
|
|
Life Insurance
|
|
|
China Mobile Ltd.
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|
Mobile Telecommunications
|
|
|
China Petroleum & Chemical Corp
|
|
Oil & Gas Producers
|
|
|
China Telecom Corporation Ltd.
|
|
Fixed Line Telecommunications
|
|
|
China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd.
|
|
Mobile Telecommunications
|
|
|
Chunghwa Telecom Co Ltd.
|
|
Fixed Line Telecommunications
|
|
|
CNOOC Ltd.
|
|
Oil & Gas Producers
|
|
|
Ctrip.com International.
|
|
Travel & Leisure
|
|
|
HDFC Bank Ltd.
|
|
Banks
|
|
|
Honda Motor Co Ltd
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|
Automobiles & Parts
|
|
|
Huazhu Group Limited
|
|
Travel & Leisure
|
|
|
Icici Bank Ltd
|
|
Banks
|
|
|
Infosys Limited
|
|
Software & Computer Services
|
|
|
JD.com Inc
|
|
General Retailers
|
|
|
KB Financial Group Inc.
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|
Banks
|
|
|
Korea Electric Power Corp
|
|
Electricity
|
|
|
Melco Resorts & Entertainment Ltd
|
|
Travel & Leisure
|
|
|
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc
|
|
Banks
|
|
|
Mizuho Financial Group Inc
|
|
Banks
|
|
|
Momo Inc
|
|
Software & Computer Services
|
|
|
NetEase Inc
|
|
Software & Computer Services
|
|
|
New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc
|
|
General Retailers
|
|
|
Nomura Holdings Inc
|
|
Financial Services
|
|
|
PetroChina Co Ltd
|
|
Oil & Gas Producers
|
|
|
POSCO
|
|
Industrial Metals & Mining
|
|
|
Sea Ltd
|
|
Software & Computer Services
|
|
|
Shinhan Financial Group Co Ltd
|
|
Banks
|
|
|
SK Telecom Co Ltd
|
|
Mobile Telecommunications
|
|
|
Sony Corp
|
|
Leisure Goods
|
|
|
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc
|
|
Banks
|
|
|
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd
|
|
Technology Hardware & Equipment
|
|
|
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd
|
|
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
|
|
|
TAL Education Group
|
|
General Retailers
|
86
|
|
|
Company Depository Receipts
|
|
Sector
|
|
|
Telekomunikasi Indonesia Persero Tbk PT
|
|
Fixed Line Telecommunications
|
|
|
Toyota Motor Corp
|
|
Automobiles & Parts
|
|
|
United Microelectronics Corp
|
|
Technology Hardware & Equipment
|
|
|
Vedanta Ltd
|
|
Industrial Metals & Mining
|
|
|
Vipshop Holdings Ltd
|
|
General Retailers
|
|
|
Westpac Banking Corp
|
|
Banks
|
|
|
Wipro Corp Ltd
|
|
Software & Computer Services
|
|
|
Woori Financial Group Inc
|
|
Banks
|
|
|
ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc
|
|
Industrial Transportation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Market Capitalization
|
|
$
|
1,646,732,714,927
|
|
|
|
Number of Constituents
|
|
|
50
|
|
|
|
Percent of Ten Largest Constituents
|
|
|
64.91
|
%
|
10 Largest Components by Free-Float Market Capitalization:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Company
|
|
Free-Float Market
Capitalization
|
|
|
Index
Weight
|
|
|
Cumulative
Index
Weight
|
|
|
|
|
|
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd
|
|
$
|
256,879,307,252.40
|
|
|
|
15.60
|
%
|
|
|
15.60
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd
|
|
$
|
175,965,633,110.40
|
|
|
|
10.69
|
%
|
|
|
26.29
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Toyota Motor Corp
|
|
$
|
175,536,240,408.00
|
|
|
|
10.66
|
%
|
|
|
36.94
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
HDFC Bank Ltd
|
|
$
|
76,473,984,650.00
|
|
|
|
4.64
|
%
|
|
|
41.59
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Sony Corp
|
|
$
|
75,198,222,720.00
|
|
|
|
4.57
|
%
|
|
|
46.16
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
BHP Group Ltd
|
|
$
|
72,671,113,980.00
|
|
|
|
4.41
|
%
|
|
|
50.57
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Westpac Banking Corp
|
|
$
|
68,661,592,030.00
|
|
|
|
4.17
|
%
|
|
|
54.74
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc
|
|
$
|
65,960,662,846.00
|
|
|
|
4.01
|
%
|
|
|
58.74
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd
|
|
$
|
54,226,680,800.00
|
|
|
|
3.29
|
%
|
|
|
62.04
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Honda Motor Co Ltd
|
|
$
|
47,242,042,240.00
|
|
|
|
2.87
|
%
|
|
|
64.91
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
1,068,815,480,036.80
|
|
|
|
64.91
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 Largest Sector Groups (% Index Weight):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sector
|
|
Free-Float Market
Capitalization
|
|
|
Index
Weight
|
|
|
Cumulative
Index
Weight
|
|
Banks
|
|
$
|
350,861,808,150.10
|
|
|
|
21.31
|
%
|
|
|
21.31
|
%
|
General Retailers
|
|
$
|
315,033,191,313.20
|
|
|
|
19.13
|
%
|
|
|
40.44
|
%
|
Automobiles & Parts
|
|
$
|
222,778,282,648.00
|
|
|
|
13.53
|
%
|
|
|
53.97
|
%
|
Technology Hardware & Equipment
|
|
$
|
215,918,605,468.40
|
|
|
|
13.11
|
%
|
|
|
67.08
|
%
|
Software & Computer Services
|
|
$
|
110,263,592,604.40
|
|
|
|
6.70
|
%
|
|
|
73.77
|
%
|
Leisure Goods
|
|
$
|
75,198,222,720.00
|
|
|
|
4.57
|
%
|
|
|
78.34
|
%
|
Mining
|
|
$
|
72,671,113,980.00
|
|
|
|
4.41
|
%
|
|
|
82.75
|
%
|
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
|
|
$
|
58,716,112,159.40
|
|
|
|
3.57
|
%
|
|
|
86.32
|
%
|
Mobile Telecommunications
|
|
$
|
58,488,056,391.20
|
|
|
|
3.55
|
%
|
|
|
89.87
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Oil & Gas Producers
|
|
$
|
50,168,011,640.00
|
|
|
|
3.05
|
%
|
|
|
92.92
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
1,530,096,997,074.70
|
|
|
|
92.92
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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The S&P/BNY Mellon Developed Markets 100 ADR Index (USD)
General Background
The S&P/BNY Mellon Developed Markets 100 ADR Index (USD) is intended to give investors a benchmark for tracking the price and yield
performance of Developed Markets Depositary Receipts. A list of the 81 component Depositary Receipts included in the S&P/BNY Mellon Developed Markets 100 ADR Index (USD) as of September 30, 2019 and the sector groups comprising the
S&P/BNY Mellon Developed Markets 100 ADR Index (USD) as of September 30, 2019 is included below.
|
|
|
Component Depository Receipts
|
|
Sector
|
|
|
ABB Ltd
|
|
Industrial Engineering
|
|
|
Aegon NV
|
|
Life Insurance
|
|
|
Amarin Corp PLC
|
|
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
|
|
|
Anheuser Busch Inbev SA/NV
|
|
Beverages
|
|
|
ArcelorMittal Inc
|
|
Industrial Metals & Mining
|
|
|
Argenx SE
|
|
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
|
|
|
Ascendis Pharma A/S
|
|
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
|
|
|
ASML Holding NV
|
|
Technology Hardware & Equipment
|
|
|
AstraZeneca PLC
|
|
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
|
|
|
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA
|
|
Banks
|
|
|
Banco Santander SA
|
|
Banks
|
|
|
Barclays PLC
|
|
Banks
|
|
|
BHP Group Ltd
|
|
Mining
|
|
|
BHP Group PLC
|
|
Mining
|
|
|
BP PLC
|
|
Oil & Gas Producers
|
|
|
British American Tobacco PLC
|
|
Tobacco
|
|
|
Canon Inc
|
|
Technology Hardware & Equipment
|
|
|
Carnival PLC
|
|
Travel & Leisure
|
|
|
Cellectis
|
|
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
|
|
|
Credit Suisse Group AG
|
|
Banks
|
|
|
CRH PLC
|
|
Construction & Materials
|
|
|
Criteo SA
|
|
Software & Computer Services
|
|
|
Deutsche Bank AG
|
|
Banks
|
|
|
Diageo PLC
|
|
Beverages
|
|
|
ENI SpA
|
|
Oil & Gas Producers
|
|
|
Equinor ASA
|
|
Oil & Gas Producers
|
|
|
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
|
|
Technology Hardware & Equipment
|
|
|
Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co KGaA
|
|
Health Care Equipment & Services
|
|
|
Galapagos NV
|
|
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
|
|
|
Genfit
|
|
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
|
|
|
GlaxoSmithKline PLC
|
|
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
|
|
|
Grifols SA
|
|
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
|
|
|
GW Pharmaceuticals PLC
|
|
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
|
|
|
Honda Motor Co Ltd
|
|
Automobiles & Parts
|
|
|
HSBC Holdings PLC
|
|
Banks
|
|
|
Hutchison China MediTech Ltd
|
|
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
|
88
|
|
|
Component Depository Receipts
|
|
Sector
|
|
|
ING Groep NV
|
|
Banks
|
|
|
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC
|
|
Travel & Leisure
|
|
|
Koninklijke Philips NV
|
|
Healthcare Equipment & Services
|
|
|
LINE Corp
|
|
Software & Computer Services
|
|
|
Lloyds Banking Group PLC
|
|
Banks
|
|
|
Logitech International SA
|
|
Technology Hardware & Equipment
|
|
|
Melco Resorts and Entertainment Ltd
|
|
Travel & Leisure
|
|
|
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc
|
|
Banks
|
|
|
Mizuho Financial Group Inc
|
|
Banks
|
|
|
MorphoSys AG
|
|
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
|
|
|
National Grid PLC
|
|
Gas, Water & Multiutilities
|
|
|
Nice Ltd
|
|
Technology Hardware & Equipment
|
|
|
Nokia Corp
|
|
Technology Hardware & Equipment
|
|
|
Nomura Holdings Inc
|
|
Financial Services
|
|
|
Novartis AG
|
|
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
|
|
|
Novo Nordisk A/S
|
|
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
|
|
|
Orange SA
|
|
Fixed Line Telecommunications
|
|
|
Pearson PLC
|
|
Media
|
|
|
Prudential PLC
|
|
Life Insurance
|
|
|
RELX PLC
|
|
Media
|
|
|
Rio Tinto PLC
|
|
Mining
|
|
|
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC
|
|
Banks
|
|
|
Royal Dutch Shell PLC A
|
|
Oil & Gas Producers
|
|
|
Royal Dutch Shell PLC B
|
|
Oil & Gas Producers
|
|
|
Ryanair Holdings PLC
|
|
Travel & Leisure
|
|
|
Sanofi
|
|
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
|
|
|
SAP SE
|
|
Software & Computer Services
|
|
|
Sea Ltd
|
|
Software & Computer Services
|
|
|
Smith & Nephew PLC
|
|
Health Care Equipment & Services
|
|
|
Sony Corp
|
|
Leisure Goods
|
|
|
STMicroelectronics NV
|
|
Technology Hardware & Equipment
|
|
|
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
|
|
Banks
|
|
|
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd
|
|
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
|
|
|
Talend SA
|
|
Software & Computer Services
|
|
|
Telefonica SA
|
|
Fixed Line Telecommunications
|
|
|
Tenaris SA
|
|
Industrial Metals & Mining
|
|
|
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd
|
|
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
|
|
|
TOTAL SA
|
|
Oil & Gas Producers
|
|
|
Toyota Motor Corp
|
|
Automobiles & Parts
|
|
|
UBS Group AG
|
|
Banks
|
|
|
Unilever PLC
|
|
Personal Goods
|
|
|
Unilever NV
|
|
Personal Goods
|
|
|
Vodafone Group PLC
|
|
Mobile Telecommunications
|
89
|
|
|
Component Depository Receipts
|
|
Sector
|
|
|
Westpac Banking Corp
|
|
Banks
|
|
|
WPP PLC
|
|
Media
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Market Capitalization
|
|
$
|
3,713,011,723.976
|
|
|
|
Number of Constituents
|
|
|
81
|
|
|
|
Percent of Ten Largest Constituents
|
|
|
37.78
|
%
|
10 Largest Components by Free-Float Market Capitalization:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Company
|
|
Free-Float Market
Capitalization
|
|
|
Index
Weight
|
|
|
Cumulative
Index
Weight
|
|
|
|
|
|
Novartis AG
|
|
$
|
221,649,312,500.00
|
|
|
|
5.97
|
%
|
|
|
5.97
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Toyota Motor Corp
|
|
$
|
175,536,240,408.00
|
|
|
|
4.73
|
%
|
|
|
10.70
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
HSBC Holdings PLC
|
|
$
|
157,383,959,010.00
|
|
|
|
4.24
|
%
|
|
|
14.94
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL SA
|
|
$
|
131,330,641,000.00
|
|
|
|
3.54
|
%
|
|
|
18.47
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
BP PLC
|
|
$
|
128,098,850,262.80
|
|
|
|
3.45
|
%
|
|
|
21.92
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
SAP SE
|
|
$
|
127,427,314,502.40
|
|
|
|
3.43
|
%
|
|
|
25.35
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Royal Dutch Shell PLC A
|
|
$
|
125,786,284,250.00
|
|
|
|
3.39
|
%
|
|
|
28.74
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
AstraZeneca PLC
|
|
$
|
116,931,801,780.00
|
|
|
|
3.15
|
%
|
|
|
31.89
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Royal Dutch Shell PLC B
|
|
$
|
112,177,365,600.00
|
|
|
|
3.02
|
%
|
|
|
34.91
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
GlaxoSmithKline PLC
|
|
$
|
106,527,534,814.80
|
|
|
|
2.87
|
%
|
|
|
37.78
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
1,402,849,304,128.00
|
|
|
|
37.78
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 Largest Sector Groups (% Index Weight):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sector
|
|
Free-Float Market
Capitalization
|
|
|
Index
Weight
|
|
|
Cumulative
Index
Weight
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
|
|
$
|
733,267,827,993.60
|
|
|
|
19.75
|
%
|
|
|
19.75
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Banks
|
|
$
|
696,203,257,542.00
|
|
|
|
18.75
|
%
|
|
|
38.50
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Oil & Gas Producers
|
|
$
|
557,053,652,232.30
|
|
|
|
15.00
|
%
|
|
|
53.50
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Automobiles & Parts
|
|
$
|
222,778,282,648.00
|
|
|
|
6.00
|
%
|
|
|
59.50
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Technology Hardware & Equipment
|
|
$
|
212,647,103,381.00
|
|
|
|
5.73
|
%
|
|
|
65.23
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Beverages
|
|
$
|
177,414,520,684.40
|
|
|
|
4.78
|
%
|
|
|
70.01
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Mining
|
|
$
|
169,768,183,000.80
|
|
|
|
4.57
|
%
|
|
|
74.58
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Personal Goods
|
|
$
|
162,898,935,440.00
|
|
|
|
4.39
|
%
|
|
|
78.97
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Software & Computer Services
|
|
$
|
137,428,320,178.40
|
|
|
|
3.70
|
%
|
|
|
82.67
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Tobacco
|
|
$
|
84,481,178,796.00
|
|
|
|
2.28
|
%
|
|
|
84.94
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
3,153,941,261,896.50
|
|
|
|
84.94
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The S&P/BNY Mellon Emerging 50 ADR Index (USD)
General Background
The S&P/BNY Mellon Emerging 50 ADR Index (USD) is intended to give investors a benchmark for tracking the price and yield performance of
Emerging Markets Depositary Receipts. A list of the 50 component Depositary Receipts included in the S&P/BNY Mellon Emerging 50 ADR Index (USD) as of September 30,
90
2019 and the sector groups comprising the S&P/BNY Mellon Emerging 50 ADR Index (USD) as of September 30, 2019 is included below.
|
|
|
Component Depository Receipts
|
|
Sector
|
|
|
58.com Inc
|
|
General Retailers
|
|
|
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd
|
|
General Retailers
|
|
|
Ambev SA
|
|
Beverages
|
|
|
America Movil SAB de CV
|
|
Mobile Telecommunications
|
|
|
AngloGold Ashanti Ltd
|
|
Mining
|
|
|
ASE Technology Holding Co Ltd
|
|
Technology Hardware & Equipment
|
|
|
Autohome Inc
|
|
Software & Computer Services
|
|
|
Baidu Inc.
|
|
Software & Computer Services
|
|
|
Banco Bradesco SA
|
|
Banks
|
|
|
Banco de Chile
|
|
Banks
|
|
|
BanColombia SA
|
|
Banks
|
|
|
BeiGene Ltd
|
|
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
|
|
|
BRF SA
|
|
Food Producers
|
|
|
Cemex SAB de CV
|
|
Construction & Materials
|
|
|
China Life Insurance Co Ltd
|
|
Life Insurance
|
|
|
China Mobile Ltd.
|
|
Mobile Telecommunications
|
|
|
China Petroleum & Chemical Corp
|
|
Oil & Gas Producers
|
|
|
China Telecom Corp Ltd.
|
|
Fixed Line Telecommunications
|
|
|
China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd.
|
|
Mobile Telecommunications
|
|
|
Chunghwa Telecom Co. Ltd.
|
|
Fixed Line Telecommunications
|
|
|
CNOOC Ltd.
|
|
Oil & Gas Producers
|
|
|
Ctrip.com International
|
|
Travel & Leisure
|
|
|
Enel Americas SA
|
|
Electricity
|
|
|
Fomento Economico Mexico SAB de CV
|
|
Beverages
|
|
|
HDFC Bank Ltd.
|
|
Banks
|
|
|
ICICI Bank Ltd.
|
|
Banks
|
|
|
Infosys Limited
|
|
Software & Computer Services
|
|
|
Itau Unibanco Holding SA
|
|
Banks
|
|
|
JD.com Inc
|
|
General Retailers
|
|
|
KB Financial Group Inc.
|
|
Banks
|
|
|
Korea Electric Power Corp
|
|
Electricity
|
|
|
Momo Inc
|
|
Software & Computer Services
|
|
|
NetEase Inc
|
|
Software & Computer Services
|
|
|
New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc
|
|
General Retailers
|
|
|
PetroChina Co Ltd
|
|
Oil & Gas Producers
|
|
|
Petroleo Brasileiro SA
|
|
Oil & Gas Producers
|
|
|
Petroleo Brasileiro SA Pref
|
|
Oil & Gas Producers
|
|
|
POSCO
|
|
Industrial Metals & Mining
|
|
|
Sasol Ltd
|
|
Chemicals
|
|
|
Shinhan Financial Group Co Ltd
|
|
Banks
|
|
|
SK Telecom Co Ltd
|
|
Mobile Telecommunications
|
|
|
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd
|
|
Technology Hardware & Equipment
|
|
|
TAL Education Group
|
|
General Retailers
|
91
|
|
|
Component Depository Receipts
|
|
Sector
|
|
|
Telefonica Brasil SA Pref
|
|
Fixed Line Telecommunications
|
|
|
Telekomunikasi Indonesia Persero Tbk PT
|
|
Fixed Line Telecommunications
|
|
|
United Microelectronics Corp
|
|
Technology Hardware & Equipment
|
|
|
Vale SA
|
|
Industrial Metals & Mining
|
|
|
Wipro Ltd
|
|
Software & Computer Services
|
|
|
Woori Bank
|
|
Banks
|
|
|
ZTO Express Cayman Inc
|
|
Industrial Transportation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Market Capitalization
|
|
$
|
1,204,546,751,633
|
|
|
|
Number of Constituents
|
|
|
50
|
|
|
|
Percent of Ten Largest Constituents
|
|
|
63.11
|
%
|
10 Largest Components by Free-Float Market Capitalization:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Company
|
|
Free-Float Market
Capitalization
|
|
|
Index
Weight
|
|
|
Cumulative
Index
Weight
|
|
|
|
|
|
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd
|
|
$
|
245,915,556,262.54
|
|
|
|
20.42
|
%
|
|
|
20.42
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd
|
|
$
|
177,949,026,151.14
|
|
|
|
14.77
|
%
|
|
|
35.19
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
HDFC Bank Ltd
|
|
$
|
77,335,959,606.54
|
|
|
|
6.42
|
%
|
|
|
41.61
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
China Mobile Ltd
|
|
$
|
46,290,946,179.24
|
|
|
|
3.84
|
%
|
|
|
45.45
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Infosys Ltd
|
|
$
|
42,965,007,461.08
|
|
|
|
3.57
|
%
|
|
|
49.02
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Itau Unibanco Holding SA
|
|
$
|
41,212,909,329.42
|
|
|
|
3.42
|
%
|
|
|
52.44
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Vale SA
|
|
$
|
36,873,868,079.24
|
|
|
|
3.06
|
%
|
|
|
55.50
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Banco Bradesco SA
|
|
$
|
33,189,715,671.46
|
|
|
|
2.76
|
%
|
|
|
58.26
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Petroleo Brasileiro SA Pref
|
|
$
|
29,776,224,577.91
|
|
|
|
2.47
|
%
|
|
|
60.73
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Baidu Inc
|
|
$
|
28,736,515,675.09
|
|
|
|
2.39
|
%
|
|
|
63.11
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
760,245,728,993.66
|
|
|
|
63.11
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 Largest Sector Groups (% Index Weight):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sector
|
|
Free-Float Market
Capitalization
|
|
|
Index
Weight
|
|
|
Cumulative
Index
Weight
|
|
|
|
|
|
General Retailers
|
|
$
|
301,294,185,412.08
|
|
|
|
25.01
|
%
|
|
|
25.01
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Banks
|
|
$
|
218,138,520,909.62
|
|
|
|
18.11
|
%
|
|
|
43.12
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Technology Hardware & Equipment
|
|
$
|
189,181,906,095.98
|
|
|
|
15.71
|
%
|
|
|
58.83
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Software & Computer Services
|
|
$
|
105,343,997,287.03
|
|
|
|
8.75
|
%
|
|
|
67.57
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Oil & Gas Producers
|
|
$
|
100,112,812,925.12
|
|
|
|
8.31
|
%
|
|
|
75.89
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Mobile Telecommunications
|
|
$
|
76,680,530,580.95
|
|
|
|
6.37
|
%
|
|
|
82.25
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Industrial Metals & Mining
|
|
$
|
50,346,061,215.40
|
|
|
|
4.18
|
%
|
|
|
86.43
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Fixed Line Telecommunications
|
|
$
|
40,108,979,485.77
|
|
|
|
3.33
|
%
|
|
|
89.76
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Beverages
|
|
$
|
37,789,679,060.90
|
|
|
|
3.14
|
%
|
|
|
92.90
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Life Insurance
|
|
$
|
17,337,710,711.99
|
|
|
|
1.44
|
%
|
|
|
94.34
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
1,136,334,383,684.83
|
|
|
|
94.34
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
92
The S&P/BNY Mellon Europe Select ADR Index (USD)
General Background
The S&P/BNY Mellon Europe Select ADR Index (USD) is intended to give investors a benchmark for tracking the price and yield performance of
European Depositary Receipts. A list of the 69 component Depositary Receipts included in the S&P/BNY Mellon Europe Select ADR Index (USD) as of September 30, 2019 and the sector groups comprising the S&P/BNY Mellon Europe Select ADR
Index (USD) as of September 30, 2019 is included below.
|
|
|
Component Depository Receipts
|
|
Sector
|
|
|
ABB Ltd
|
|
Industrial Engineering
|
|
|
Aegon NV
|
|
Life Insurance
|
|
|
Amarin Corp PLC
|
|
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
|
|
|
Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA/NV
|
|
Beverages
|
|
|
ArcelorMittal
|
|
Industrial Metals & Mining
|
|
|
Argenx SE
|
|
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
|
|
|
Ascendis Pharma A/S
|
|
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
|
|
|
ASML Holding NV
|
|
Technology Hardware & Equipment
|
|
|
AstraZeneca PLC
|
|
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
|
|
|
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA
|
|
Banks
|
|
|
Banco Santander SA
|
|
Banks
|
|
|
Barclays PLC
|
|
Banks
|
|
|
BHP Group PLC
|
|
Mining
|
|
|
BP PLC
|
|
Oil & Gas Producers
|
|
|
British American Tobacco PLC
|
|
Tobacco
|
|
|
Carnival PLC
|
|
Travel & Leisure
|
|
|
Cellectis
|
|
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
|
|
|
Credit Suisse Group AG
|
|
Banks
|
|
|
CRH PLC
|
|
Construction & Materials
|
|
|
Criteo SA
|
|
Software & Computer Services
|
|
|
Deutsche Bank AG
|
|
Banks
|
|
|
Diageo Plc
|
|
Beverages
|
|
|
Eni SpA
|
|
Oil & Gas Producers
|
|
|
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
|
|
Technology Hardware & Equipment
|
|
|
Equinor ASA
|
|
Oil & Gas Producers
|
|
|
Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA
|
|
Health Care Equipment & Services
|
|
|
Galapagos NV
|
|
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
|
|
|
Genfit
|
|
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
|
|
|
GlaxoSmithKline PLC
|
|
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
|
|
|
Grifols SA
|
|
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
|
|
|
GW Pharmaceuticals PLC
|
|
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
|
|
|
HSBC Holdings PLC
|
|
Banks
|
|
|
ING Groep NV
|
|
Banks
|
|
|
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC
|
|
Travel & Leisure
|
|
|
Koninklijke Philips NV
|
|
Healthcare Equipment & Services
|
|
|
Lloyds Banking Group PLC
|
|
Banks
|
93
|
|
|
Component Depository Receipts
|
|
Sector
|
|
|
Logitech International SA
|
|
Technology Hardware & Equipment
|
|
|
Mobile TeleSystems PJSC
|
|
Mobile Telecommunications
|
|
|
MorphoSys AG
|
|
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
|
|
|
National Grid PLC
|
|
Gas, Water & Multiutilities
|
|
|
Nice Ltd
|
|
Technology Hardware & Equipment
|
|
|
Nokia Corp
|
|
Technology Hardware & Equipment
|
|
|
Novartis AG
|
|
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
|
|
|
Novo Nordisk A/S
|
|
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
|
|
|
Orange SA
|
|
Fixed Line Telecommunications
|
|
|
Pearson PLC
|
|
Media
|
|
|
Prudential PLC
|
|
Life Insurance
|
|
|
QIWI plc
|
|
Financial Services
|
|
|
RELX PLC
|
|
Media
|
|
|
Rio Tinto PLC
|
|
Mining
|
|
|
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC
|
|
Banks
|
|
|
Royal Dutch Shell PLC A
|
|
Oil & Gas Producers
|
|
|
Royal Dutch Shell PLC B
|
|
Oil & Gas Producers
|
|
|
Ryanair Holdings PLC
|
|
Travel & Leisure
|
|
|
Sanofi
|
|
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
|
|
|
SAP SE
|
|
Software & Computer Services
|
|
|
Smith & Nephew PLC
|
|
Health Care Equipment & Services
|
|
|
STMicroelectronics NV
|
|
Technology Hardware & Equipment
|
|
|
Talend SA
|
|
Software & Computer Services
|
|
|
Telefonica SA
|
|
Fixed Line Telecommunications
|
|
|
Tenaris SA
|
|
Industrial Metals & Mining
|
|
|
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd
|
|
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
|
|
|
TOTAL SA
|
|
Oil & Gas Producers
|
|
|
UBS Group AG
|
|
Banks
|
|
|
Unilever PLC
|
|
Personal Goods
|
|
|
Unilever NV
|
|
Personal Goods
|
|
|
VEON Ltd
|
|
Mobile Telecommunications
|
|
|
Vodafone Group PLC
|
|
Mobile Telecommunications
|
|
|
WPP PLC
|
|
Media
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Market Capitalization
|
|
$
|
3,017,215,020,691
|
|
|
|
Number of Constituents
|
|
|
69
|
|
|
|
Percent of Ten Largest Constituents
|
|
|
44.20
|
%
|
94
10 Largest Components by Free-Float Market Capitalization:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Company
|
|
Free-Float Market
Capitalization
|
|
|
Index
Weight
|
|
|
Cumulative
Index
Weight
|
|
|
|
|
|
Novartis AG
|
|
$
|
221,649,312,500.00
|
|
|
|
7.35
|
%
|
|
|
7.35
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
HSBC Holdings PLC
|
|
$
|
157,383,959,010.00
|
|
|
|
5.22
|
%
|
|
|
12.56
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL SA
|
|
$
|
131,330,641,000.00
|
|
|
|
4.35
|
%
|
|
|
16.92
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
BP PLC
|
|
$
|
128,098,850,262.80
|
|
|
|
4.25
|
%
|
|
|
21.16
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
SAP SE
|
|
$
|
127,427,314,502.40
|
|
|
|
4.22
|
%
|
|
|
25.38
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Royal Dutch Shell PLC A
|
|
$
|
125,786,284,250.00
|
|
|
|
4.17
|
%
|
|
|
29.55
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
AstraZeneca PLC
|
|
$
|
116,931,801,780.00
|
|
|
|
3.88
|
%
|
|
|
33.43
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Royal Dutch Shell PLC B
|
|
$
|
112,177,365,600.00
|
|
|
|
3.72
|
%
|
|
|
37.15
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
GlaxoSmithKline PLC
|
|
$
|
106,527,534,814.80
|
|
|
|
3.53
|
%
|
|
|
40.68
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Sanofi
|
|
$
|
106,230,633,345.20
|
|
|
|
3.52
|
%
|
|
|
44.20
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
1,333,543,697,065.20
|
|
|
|
44.20
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 Largest Sector Groups (% Index Weight):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sector
|
|
Free-Float Market
Capitalization
|
|
|
Index
Weight
|
|
|
Cumulative
Index
Weight
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
|
|
$
|
677,950,762,825.60
|
|
|
|
22.47
|
%
|
|
|
22.47
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Oil & Gas Producers
|
|
$
|
557,053,652,232.30
|
|
|
|
18.46
|
%
|
|
|
40.93
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Banks
|
|
$
|
475,641,032,766.00
|
|
|
|
15.76
|
%
|
|
|
56.70
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Technology Hardware & Equipment
|
|
$
|
183,801,810,980.00
|
|
|
|
6.09
|
%
|
|
|
62.79
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Beverages
|
|
$
|
177,414,520,684.40
|
|
|
|
5.88
|
%
|
|
|
68.67
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Personal Goods
|
|
$
|
162,898,935,440.00
|
|
|
|
5.40
|
%
|
|
|
74.07
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Software & Computer Services
|
|
$
|
129,343,207,624.40
|
|
|
|
4.29
|
%
|
|
|
78.35
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Mining
|
|
$
|
97,097,069,020.80
|
|
|
|
3.22
|
%
|
|
|
81.57
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Tobacco
|
|
$
|
84,481,178,796.00
|
|
|
|
2.80
|
%
|
|
|
84.37
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Health Care Equipment & Services
|
|
$
|
77,439,428,056.40
|
|
|
|
2.57
|
%
|
|
|
86.94
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
2,623,121,598,425.90
|
|
|
|
86.94
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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The information provided in the following tables with respect to the Shares may vary materially over time.
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CLOSING PRICE V. NET ASSET VALUE FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION
FOR INVESCO BLDRS ASIA 50 ADR INDEX FUND
(From January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Closing Price
Relative to NAV
|
|
Number of
Trading Days
|
|
|
Percent of Trading
Days to Total
|
|
|
|
|
Premium
|
|
|
85
|
|
|
|
33.73
|
%
|
|
|
|
Discount
|
|
|
167
|
|
|
|
66.27
|
%
|
|
|
|
Equal to NAV
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
|
|
|
Total Days
|
|
|
252
|
|
|
|
100.00
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Closing Price
on NASDAQ
Above Fund NAV
|
|
|
Closing Price
on NASDAQ
Below Fund NAV
|
|
Range
|
|
Frequency
|
|
|
% of Total
|
|
|
Frequency
|
|
|
% of Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
>0.00%-0.50%
|
|
|
85
|
|
|
|
100.00
|
%
|
|
|
166
|
|
|
|
99.40
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
>0.50%-1.00%
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
>1.00%-2.00%
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
0.60
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
>2.00%
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
85
|
|
|
|
100.00
|
%
|
|
|
167
|
|
|
|
100.00
|
%
|
NAV equivalent amounts in the above table reflect sales by the Trustee of Fund Securities to pay Fund
fees and expenses in excess of dividends and other accrued income received by the Fund.
CUMULATIVE AND AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS
FOR S&P/BNY MELLON ASIA 50 ADR INDEX (USD) AND
INVESCO BLDRS ASIA 50 ADR INDEX FUND
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cumulative Return
|
|
|
Average Annual Return
|
|
|
|
Fund
Net Asset
Value
|
|
|
Fund
Closing
Price
|
|
|
S&P/BNY Mellon
Asia 50 ADR
Index (USD)
|
|
|
Fund
Net Asset
Value
|
|
|
Fund
Closing
Price
|
|
|
S&P/BNY Mellon
Asia 50 ADR
Index (USD)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
One Year ended 12/31/19
|
|
|
24.77
|
%
|
|
|
25.04
|
%
|
|
|
24.60
|
%
|
|
|
24.77
|
%
|
|
|
25.04
|
%
|
|
|
24.60
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Past Five Years ended 12/31/19
|
|
|
37.40
|
%
|
|
|
36.71
|
%
|
|
|
34.67
|
%
|
|
|
6.56
|
%
|
|
|
6.45
|
%
|
|
|
6.13
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Past Ten Years ended 12/31/19
|
|
|
71.59
|
%
|
|
|
71.47
|
%
|
|
|
61.74
|
%
|
|
|
5.55
|
%
|
|
|
5.54
|
%
|
|
|
4.93
|
%
|
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CLOSING PRICE V. NET ASSET VALUE FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION
FOR INVESCO BLDRS DEVELOPED MARKETS 100 ADR INDEX FUND
(from January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Closing Price
Relative to NAV
|
|
Number of
Trading Days
|
|
|
Percent of Trading
Days to Total
|
|
|
|
|
Premium
|
|
|
96
|
|
|
|
38.10
|
%
|
|
|
|
Discount
|
|
|
156
|
|
|
|
61.90
|
%
|
|
|
|
Equal to NAV
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
|
|
|
Total Days
|
|
|
252
|
|
|
|
100.00
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Closing Price
on NASDAQ
Above Fund NAV
|
|
|
Closing Price
on NASDAQ
Below Fund NAV
|
|
Range
|
|
Frequency
|
|
|
% of Total
|
|
|
Frequency
|
|
|
% of Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
>0.00%-0.50%
|
|
|
96
|
|
|
|
100.00
|
%
|
|
|
156
|
|
|
|
100.00
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
>0.50%-1.00%
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
>1.00%-2.00%
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
>2.00%
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
96
|
|
|
|
100.00
|
%
|
|
|
156
|
|
|
|
100.00
|
%
|
CUMULATIVE AND AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS FOR
S&P/BNY MELLON DEVELOPED MARKETS 100 ADR INDEX (USD) AND
INVESCO BLDRS DEVELOPED MARKETS 100 ADR INDEX FUND
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cumulative Return
|
|
|
Average Annual Return
|
|
|
|
Fund
Net Asset
Value
|
|
|
Fund
Closing
Price
|
|
|
S&P/BNY Mellon
Developed
Markets
100 ADR
Index (USD)
|
|
|
Fund
Net Asset
Value
|
|
|
Fund
Closing
Price
|
|
|
S&P/BNY Mellon
Developed
Markets
100 ADR
Index (USD)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
One Year ended 12/31/19
|
|
|
18.97
|
%
|
|
|
18.88
|
%
|
|
|
19.35
|
%
|
|
|
18.97
|
%
|
|
|
18.88
|
%
|
|
|
19.35
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Past Five Years ended 12/31/19
|
|
|
19.83
|
%
|
|
|
19.19
|
%
|
|
|
20.21
|
%
|
|
|
3.68
|
%
|
|
|
3.57
|
%
|
|
|
3.75
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Past Ten Years ended 12/31/19
|
|
|
50.89
|
%
|
|
|
50.41
|
%
|
|
|
50.74
|
%
|
|
|
4.20
|
%
|
|
|
4.17
|
%
|
|
|
4.19
|
%
|
100
CLOSING PRICE V. NET ASSET VALUE FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION
FOR INVESCO BLDRS EMERGING MARKETS 50 ADR INDEX FUND
(From January 1, 2019 Through December 31, 2019)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Closing Price
Relative to NAV
|
|
Number of
Trading Days
|
|
|
Percent of Trading
Days to Total
|
|
Premium
|
|
|
97
|
|
|
|
38.49
|
%
|
Discount
|
|
|
155
|
|
|
|
61.51
|
%
|
Equal to NAV
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
Total Days
|
|
|
252
|
|
|
|
100.00
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Closing Price
on NASDAQ
Above Fund NAV
|
|
|
Closing Price
on NASDAQ
Below Fund NAV
|
|
Range
|
|
Frequency
|
|
|
% of Total
|
|
|
Frequency
|
|
|
% of Total
|
|
>0.00%-0.50%
|
|
|
97
|
|
|
|
100.00
|
%
|
|
|
154
|
|
|
|
99.35
|
%
|
>0.50%-1.00%
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
0.65
|
%
|
>1.00%-2.00%
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
>2.00%
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
97
|
|
|
|
100.00
|
%
|
|
|
155
|
|
|
|
100.00
|
%
|
CUMULATIVE AND AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS FOR
S&P/BNY MELLON EMERGING 50 ADR INDEX (USD) AND
INVESCO BLDRS EMERGING MARKETS 50 ADR INDEX FUND
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cumulative Return
|
|
|
Average Annual Return
|
|
|
|
Fund
Net Asset
Value
|
|
|
Fund
Closing
Price
|
|
|
S&P/BNY Mellon
Emerging
50 ADR
Index (USD)
|
|
|
Fund
Net Asset
Value
|
|
|
Fund
Closing
Price
|
|
|
S&P/BNY Mellon
Emerging
50 ADR
Index (USD)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
One Year ended 12/31/19
|
|
|
25.02
|
%
|
|
|
25.38
|
%
|
|
|
25.43
|
%
|
|
|
25.02
|
%
|
|
|
25.38
|
%
|
|
|
25.43
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Past Five Years ended 12/31/19
|
|
|
37.61
|
%
|
|
|
37.61
|
%
|
|
|
38.29
|
%
|
|
|
6.59
|
%
|
|
|
6.59
|
%
|
|
|
6.70
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Past Ten Years ended 12/31/19
|
|
|
25.76
|
%
|
|
|
25.60
|
%
|
|
|
27.77
|
%
|
|
|
2.32
|
%
|
|
|
2.31
|
%
|
|
|
2.48
|
%
|
CLOSING PRICE V. NET ASSET VALUE FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION
FOR INVESCO BLDRS EUROPE SELECT ADR INDEX FUND
(From January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Closing Price Relative to NAV
|
|
Number of
Trading Days
|
|
|
Percent of Trading
Days to Total
|
|
Premium
|
|
|
14
|
|
|
|
5.56
|
%
|
Discount
|
|
|
238
|
|
|
|
94.44
|
%
|
Equal to NAV
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
Total Days
|
|
|
252
|
|
|
|
100.00
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Closing Price
on NASDAQ
Above Fund NAV
|
|
|
Closing Price
on NASDAQ
Below Fund NAV
|
|
Range
|
|
Frequency
|
|
|
% of Total
|
|
|
Frequency
|
|
|
% of Total
|
|
>0.00%-0.50%
|
|
|
14
|
|
|
|
100.00
|
%
|
|
|
237
|
|
|
|
99.58
|
%
|
>0.50%-1.00%
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
0.42
|
%
|
>1.00%-2.00%
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
>2.00%
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
14
|
|
|
|
100.00
|
%
|
|
|
238
|
|
|
|
100.00
|
%
|
101
CUMULATIVE AND AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS FOR
S&P/BNY MELLON EUROPE SELECT ADR INDEX (USD) AND
INVESCO BLDRS EUROPE SELECT ADR INDEX FUND
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cumulative Return
|
|
|
Average Annual Return
|
|
|
|
Fund
Net Asset
Value
|
|
|
Fund
Closing
Price
|
|
|
S&P/BNY Mellon
Europe
Select ADR
Index (USD)
|
|
|
Fund
Net Asset
Value
|
|
|
Fund
Closing
Price
|
|
|
S&P/BNY Mellon
Europe
Select ADR
Index (USD)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
One Year ended 12/31/19
|
|
|
19.04
|
%
|
|
|
19.05
|
%
|
|
|
19.72
|
%
|
|
|
19.04
|
%
|
|
|
19.05
|
%
|
|
|
19.72
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Past Five Years ended 12/31/19
|
|
|
17.72
|
%
|
|
|
17.25
|
%
|
|
|
19.59
|
%
|
|
|
3.32
|
%
|
|
|
3.23
|
%
|
|
|
3.64
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Past Ten Years ended 12/31/19
|
|
|
49.50
|
%
|
|
|
49.07
|
%
|
|
|
53.95
|
%
|
|
|
4.10
|
%
|
|
|
4.07
|
%
|
|
|
4.41
|
%
|
CODE OF ETHICS
Each Fund and the Sponsor has adopted a code of ethics adopted by the Sponsor as its own code of ethics under Rule 17j-1 of the 1940 Act regarding personal securities transactions by employees. Any references in such code of ethics to the Trusts shall include each Fund. Subject to certain conditions and standards, the code
permits employees to invest in Index Securities for their own accounts. The code is designed to prevent fraud, deception and misconduct against each Fund and to provide reasonable standards of conduct. The code is on file with the SEC and a copy may
be obtained by visiting the SEC at the address listed below on the back cover of this Prospectus. The code of ethics is available on the EDGAR Database on the SECs internet site at http://www.sec.gov, and a copy may be obtained, after paying a
duplicating fee, by electronic request at the following e-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov.
LEGAL OPINION
The legality of the Shares offered hereby has been passed upon by Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP, Washington, DC, as counsel for
the Trust.
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
The financial statements as of September 30, 2019 in this Prospectus have been included in reliance upon the report of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of the firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The Registration Statement, including this prospectus and the exhibits may be reviewed on the EDGAR Database on the SECs website
(http://www.sec.gov). The exhibits include documents such as the Trust Agreement and Indenture, License Agreement, Distribution Agreement and Participant Agreement. You may get copies of this and other information after paying a duplicating fee, by
electronic request at the following e-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov.
Shareholder
inquiries may be directed to the Funds in writing c/o Invesco Distributors, Inc. at 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1000, Houston, Texas 77046-1173.
No person has been authorized to give any information or to make any representations other than those contained in this Prospectus in
connection with the offer of a Funds Shares, and, if given or made, the information or representations must not be relied upon as having been authorized by the Invesco BLDRS Index Funds Trust or any Fund. Neither the delivery of this
Prospectus nor any sale of Shares will under any circumstance imply that the information herein is correct as of any date after the date of this Prospectus.
102
GLOSSARY OF DEFINED TERMS
|
|
|
|
|
1933 Act
|
|
|
68
|
|
1940 Act
|
|
|
ii
|
|
80% investment policy
|
|
|
65
|
|
Accumulation Period
|
|
|
59
|
|
Adjustment Day
|
|
|
66
|
|
ADRs
|
|
|
2
|
|
Agency Agreement
|
|
|
50
|
|
Authorized Participants
|
|
|
59
|
|
Balancing Amount
|
|
|
66
|
|
Beneficial Owner
|
|
|
ii
|
|
S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Composite Index
|
|
|
1
|
|
S&P/BNY Mellon ADR Index
|
|
|
CP
|
|
Brexit
|
|
|
8
|
|
Business Day
|
|
|
ii
|
|
Cash Component
|
|
|
59
|
|
Cash Redemption Amount
|
|
|
60
|
|
Clearing Process
|
|
|
58
|
|
Code
|
|
|
5
|
|
Creation Unit
|
|
|
CP
|
|
Deposit Securities
|
|
|
59
|
|
Depositary
|
|
|
ii
|
|
Discretionary Termination Amount
|
|
|
72
|
|
Distributor
|
|
|
ii
|
|
Dividend Equivalent Payment
|
|
|
66
|
|
Dividend Payment Dates
|
|
|
ii
|
|
DOL
|
|
|
76
|
|
DTC
|
|
|
ii
|
|
DTC Participant
|
|
|
59
|
|
ERISA
|
|
|
76
|
|
Exchange Act
|
|
|
70
|
|
FATCA
|
|
|
75
|
|
FFIs
|
|
|
75
|
|
Fiscal Year
|
|
|
ii
|
|
Fund
|
|
|
CP
|
|
Fund Securities
|
|
|
3
|
|
Funds
|
|
|
CP
|
|
GAAP
|
|
|
53
|
|
GDRs
|
|
|
2
|
|
Global Security
|
|
|
69
|
|
Glossary
|
|
|
ii
|
|
IIV
|
|
|
5
|
|
Index Security
|
|
|
iii
|
|
Indirect Participants
|
|
|
70
|
|
Initial Date of Deposit
|
|
|
iii
|
|
IRA
|
|
|
76
|
|
IRS
|
|
|
74
|
|
Licensor
|
|
|
ii
|
|
Mandatory Termination Date
|
|
|
ii
|
|
Members
|
|
|
84
|
|
Misweighting
|
|
|
63
|
|
103
|
|
|
|
|
Misweighting Amount
|
|
|
63
|
|
NASDAQ
|
|
|
CP
|
|
NAV
|
|
|
ii
|
|
NAV Amount
|
|
|
66
|
|
NFFEs
|
|
|
75
|
|
NSCC
|
|
|
iii
|
|
NYSE
|
|
|
61
|
|
NYSE American
|
|
|
62
|
|
Participant Agreement
|
|
|
59
|
|
Participating Party
|
|
|
59
|
|
PFIC
|
|
|
74
|
|
Plans
|
|
|
76
|
|
Portfolio Deposit
|
|
|
59
|
|
Portfolio Deposit Amount
|
|
|
66
|
|
Quarterly Review
|
|
|
84
|
|
Record Dates
|
|
|
ii
|
|
Redemption Payment
|
|
|
60
|
|
Redemption Securities
|
|
|
60
|
|
Request Day
|
|
|
66
|
|
SEC
|
|
|
20
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
CP
|
|
Sponsor
|
|
|
ii
|
|
Transaction Fee
|
|
|
61
|
|
Trust
|
|
|
CP
|
|
Trust Agreement and Indenture
|
|
|
63
|
|
Trustee
|
|
|
iii
|
|
Valuation Time
|
|
|
ii
|
|
Weighting Analysis
|
|
|
63
|
|
CP=Cover Page
104
INVESCO BLDRS INDEX FUNDS TRUST
INVESCO BLDRS ASIA 50 ADR INDEX FUND
INVESCO BLDRS DEVELOPED MARKETS 100 ADR INDEX FUND
INVESCO BLDRS EMERGING MARKETS 50 ADR INDEX FUND
INVESCO BLDRS EUROPE SELECT ADR INDEX FUND
SPONSOR:
INVESCO CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
This Prospectus does not include all of the information with respect to the Invesco BLDRS Index Funds Trust set forth in its Registration
Statement filed with the SEC in Washington, D.C. under the:
Securities Act of 1933 (File
No. 333-84788) and
Investment Company Act of 1940 (File
No. 811-21057)
To obtain copies from the SEC at prescribed rates:
Email: publicinfo@sec.gov
Call: 1-800-SEC-0330
Visit: http://www.sec.gov
No person is
authorized to give any information or make any representation about the Invesco BLDRS Index Funds Trust not contained in this Prospectus, and you should not rely on any other information. Read and keep this Prospectus for future reference.
Invesco Capital Management LLC has filed a registration statement on Form S-6 and Form N-8B-2 with the SEC covering the Shares and the Invesco BLDRS Index Funds Trust. While this Prospectus is a part of the registration statement on Form S-6, it does not contain all the exhibits filed as part of the registration statement on Form S-6. You should consider reviewing the full text of those exhibits.
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|
|
Prospectus Dated January 31, 2020
|
|
P-BLDRS-PRO-1
|
CONTENTS OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT
This Amended Registration Statement on Form S-6 comprises the following papers and documents:
The facing sheet.
The
cross-reference sheet.
The prospectus.
The undertaking to file reports.
The signatures.
The following
Exhibits:
1. Ex. 99.A1(1)Trust Indenture and Agreement, by and between Nasdaq Financial Products
Services, Inc., as Sponsor, and The Bank of New York, as Trustee, incorporating by reference the Standard Terms and Conditions of the BLDRS Index Funds Trust and Subsequent and Similar BLDRS Index Funds of the BLDRS Index Funds Trust, dated as
of November 8, 2002 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.A2 to the BLDRS Index Funds Trusts Form S-6/A (Registration No. 333-84788) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 8, 2002).
2. Ex. 99.A1(2) Amendment No. 1 to the Trust Indenture and Agreement between Invesco PowerShares Capital
Management LLC, as Sponsor, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, dated April 26, 2018 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.A2B of the Invesco BLDRS Index Funds Trusts Post-Effective Amendment No. 18 on Form S-6 (Registration
No. 811-21057) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 29, 2019).
3. Ex.
99.A1(3)Standard Terms and Conditions of the BLDRS Index Funds Trust and any Subsequent and Similar BLDRS Index Funds of the BLDRS Index Funds Trust, by and between Nasdaq Financial Products Services, Inc., as Sponsor, and The Bank of
New York, as Trustee, dated as of November 8, 2002 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.A1 to the BLDRS Index Funds Trusts Form S-6/A (Registration No. 333-84788) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
November 8, 2002).
4. Ex. 99.A1(4)Amendment No. 1 to the Standard Terms and
Conditions of the BLDRS Index Funds Trust and Subsequent and Similar BLDRS Index Funds of the BLDRS Index Funds Trust, by and between Nasdaq Financial Products Services, Inc., as Sponsor, and The Bank of New York, as Trustee, dated as of
February 4, 2004 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the BLDRS Index Funds Trusts Form N-8B-2/A (Registration No. 811-21057) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 5, 2004).
5. Ex. 99.A1(5)Amendment No. 2 to the Standard Terms and Conditions of the BLDRS Index Funds Trust
and Subsequent and Similar BLDRS Index Funds of the BLDRS Index Funds Trust, by and between Nasdaq Financial Products Services, Inc., as Sponsor, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, dated as of November 16, 2012 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 99.A2B to the BLDRS Index Funds Trusts Post-Effective Amendment No. 12 on Form S-6 (Registration No. 811-21057) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 31, 2013).
6. Ex. 99.A1(6)Amendment No. 3 to the Standard Terms and Conditions of the BLDRS Index Funds Trust and
Subsequent and Similar BLDRS Index Funds of the BLDRS Index Funds Trust, by and between Nasdaq Financial Products Services, Inc., as Sponsor, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, dated as of August 2, 2017 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 99.A2C to the BLDRS Index Funds Trusts Post-Effective Amendment No. 17 on Form S-6 (Registration No. 811-21057) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 29, 2018).
7. Ex. 99.A1(7)Amendment No. 4 to the Standard Terms and Conditions of the BLDRS Index Funds Trust and
Subsequent and Similar BLDRS Index Funds of the BLDRS Index Fund Trust, by and between Nasdaq Financial Products Services, Inc., as Sponsor, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee dated January 26, 2018 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 99.A2D to the BLDRS Index Funds Trusts Post-Effective Amendment No. 17 on Form S-6 (Registration No. 811-21057) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 29, 2018).
8. Ex. 99.A3(1)Distribution Agreement, by and among Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC., as Sponsor,
the BLDRS Index Funds Trust and Invesco Distributors, Inc., as Distributor, dated as of January 2, 2016 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.A4 to the BLDRS Index Funds Trusts Form S-6A (Registration No. 333-84788) filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on January 28, 2016).
9. Ex. 99.A3(2)Form of
Participant Agreement (included as Exhibit A to the Standard Terms and Conditions of the BLDRS Index Funds Trust and Subsequent and Similar BLDRS Index Funds of the BLDRS Index Funds Trust) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.A1 to
the BLDRS Index Funds Trusts Form S-6/A (Registration No. 333-84788) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 8, 2002).
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10. Ex. 99.A3(3)Form of Participant Agreement (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 99.A3B of the Invesco BLDRS Index Funds Trusts Post-Effective Amendment No. 18 on Form S-6 (Registration No. 811-21057) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 29, 2019).
11. Ex. 99.A4(1)License Agreement, by and between Nasdaq Financial Products Services, Inc., as
Licensee, and The Bank of New York, as Licensor, dated as of November 8, 2002 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.A4 to the BLDRS Index Funds Trusts Form S-6/A (Registration No. 333-84788) filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on November 8, 2002).
12. Ex. 99.A4(2)Consent to Assignment, by and between
Invesco Capital Management LLC and The Bank of New York Mellon, dated as January 10, 2019.
13. Ex.
99.A5Form of Security in the BLDRS Index Funds Trust (included as Exhibit B to the Standard Terms and Conditions of the BLDRS Index Funds Trust and Subsequent and Similar BLDRS Index Funds of the BLDRS Index Funds Trust)
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.A1 to the BLDRS Index Funds Trusts Form S-6/A (Registration No. 333-84788) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 8, 2002).
14. Ex. 99.A6Certificate of Formation of Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 99.A.6 to the BLDRS Index Funds Trusts Post-Effective Amendment No. 7 on Form S-6 (Registration No. 811-21057) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 30, 2009).
15. Ex. 99.A8Depository Agreement, by and among Nasdaq Financial Products Services, Inc., as
Sponsor, and The Bank of New York, as Trustee, dated as of November 8, 2002 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.A8 to the BLDRS Index Funds Trusts Form S-6/A (Registration No. 333-84788) filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on November 8, 2002).
16. Ex. 99.A11Code of Ethics of the Trust
and each Index Fund adopted under Rule 17j-1 under the Investment Company Act.
17. Ex.
99.C1Consent of Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
18. Ex. 99.2Opinion of Counsel as to legality of securities being registered and consent of Counsel.
19. Ex. 99.24Power of Attorney.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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Statement of Financial Condition of the Trust as shown in the current Prospectus for this series filed herewith.
2. Financial
Statements of the Sponsor, Invesco Capital Management LLC, as part of Invesco Ltd.s current consolidated financial statements incorporated by reference to Form 10-K dated February 22, 2019.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant, Invesco BLDRS Index Funds Trust, certifies that it meets all of
the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 19 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Downers Grove, and State of Illinois, on the 29th day of January, 2020.
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INVESCO BLDRS INDEX FUNDS TRUST
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Invesco BLDRS Index Funds Trust
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(Name of Registrant)
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By:
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INVESCO CAPITAL
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MANAGEMENT LLC
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(Sponsor)
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By:
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/s/ Daniel E. Draper
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Daniel E. Draper
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Chief Executive Officer
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment
No. 19 to the Registration Statement has been signed on behalf of Invesco Capital Management LLC, the Sponsor, by the following persons who constitute a majority of its Board of Managers and by the named persons who are in the following
capacities on the date above indicated.
INVESCO CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
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/s/ Annette Lege*
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Chief Financial Officer
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Annette Lege
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/s/ Kelli Gallegos
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Principal Financial and Accounting Officer Pooled
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Kelli Gallegos
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Investments
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/s/ John M. Zerr*
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Managing Director
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John M. Zerr
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/s/ Kristie Feinberg*
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Managing Director
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Kristie Feinberg
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/s/ Daniel E. Draper
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Managing Director
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Daniel E. Draper
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By his signature below, Eric S. Purple, pursuant to duly executed Powers of Attorney filed herewith, has signed
this Post-Effective Amendment No. 19 to the Registration Statement on behalf of the persons whose signatures are printed above, in the capacities set forth opposite their respective names.
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By:
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/s/ Eric S. Purple
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Eric S. Purple
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Attorney-in-Fact
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit
No.
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Title of Document
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1. Ex. 99.A1(1)
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Trust Indenture and Agreement, by and between Nasdaq Financial Products Services, Inc., as Sponsor, and The Bank of New York, as Trustee, incorporating by reference the Standard Terms and Conditions of the BLDRS Index Funds
Trust and Subsequent and Similar BLDRS Index Funds of the BLDRS Index Funds Trust, dated as of November 8, 2002 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.A2 to the BLDRS Index Funds Trusts Form S-6/A (Registration
No. 333-84788) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 8, 2002).
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2. Ex. 99.A1(2)
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Amendment No. 1 to the Trust Indenture and Agreement between Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC, as Sponsor, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, dated April 26, 2018 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
99.A2B of the Invesco BLDRS Index Funds Trusts Post-Effective Amendment No. 18 on Form S-6 (Registration No. 811-21057) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 29, 2019).
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3. Ex. 99.A1(3)
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Standard Terms and Conditions of the BLDRS Index Funds Trust and any Subsequent and Similar BLDRS Index Funds of the BLDRS Index Funds Trust, by and between Nasdaq Financial Products Services, Inc., as Sponsor, and The Bank of
New York, as Trustee, dated as of November 8, 2002 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.A1 to the BLDRS Index Funds Trusts Form S-6/A (Registration No. 333-84788) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
November 8, 2002).
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4. Ex. 99.A1(4)
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Amendment No. 1 to the Standard Terms and Conditions of the BLDRS Index Funds Trust and Subsequent and Similar BLDRS Index Funds of the BLDRS Index Funds Trust, by and between Nasdaq Financial Products Services, Inc., as
Sponsor, and The Bank of New York, as Trustee, dated as of February 4, 2004 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the BLDRS Index Funds Trusts Form N-8B-2/A (Registration No. 811-21057) filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on February 5, 2004).
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5. Ex. 99.A1(5)
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Amendment No. 2 to the Standard Terms and Conditions of the BLDRS Index Funds Trust and Subsequent and Similar BLDRS Index Funds of the BLDRS Index Funds Trust, by and between Nasdaq Financial Products Services, Inc., as
Sponsor, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, dated as of November 16, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.A2B to the BLDRS Index Funds Trusts Post-Effective Amendment No. 12 on Form S-6 (Registration
No. 811-21057) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 31, 2013).
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6. Ex. 99.A1(6)
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Amendment No. 3 to the Standard Terms and Conditions of the BLDRS Index Funds Trust and Subsequent and Similar BLDRS Index Funds of the BLDRS Index Funds Trust, by and between Nasdaq Financial Products Services, Inc., as
Sponsor, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, dated as of August 2, 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.A2C to the BLDRS Index Funds Trusts Post-Effective Amendment No. 17 on Form S-6 (Registration
No. 811-21057) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 29, 2018).
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7. Ex. 99.A1(7)
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Amendment No. 4 to the Standard Terms and Conditions of the BLDRS Index Funds Trust and Subsequent and Similar BLDRS Index Funds of the BLDRS Index Fund Trust, by and between Nasdaq Financial Products Services, Inc., as
Sponsor, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee dated January 26, 2018 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.A2D to the BLDRS Index Funds Trusts Post-Effective Amendment No. 17 on Form S-6 (Registration No. 811-21057)
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 29, 2018).
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8. Ex. 99.A3(1)
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Distribution Agreement, by and among Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC., as Sponsor, the BLDRS Index Funds Trust and Invesco Distributors, Inc., as Distributor, dated as of January 2, 2016 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 99.A4 to the BLDRS Index Funds Trusts Form S-6A (Registration No. 333-84788) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 28, 2016).
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9. Ex. 99.A3(2)
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Form of Participant Agreement (included as Exhibit A to the Standard Terms and Conditions of the BLDRS Index Funds Trust and Subsequent and Similar BLDRS Index Funds of the BLDRS Index Funds Trust) (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 99.A1 to the BLDRS Index Funds Trusts Form S-6/A (Registration No. 333-84788) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 8, 2002).
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10. Ex. 99.A3(3)
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Form of Participant Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.A3B of the Invesco BLDRS Index Funds Trusts Post-Effective Amendment No. 18 on Form S-6 (Registration No. 811-21057) filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on January 29, 2019).
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Exhibit
No.
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Title of Document
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11. Ex. 99.A4(1)
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License Agreement, by and between Nasdaq Financial Products Services, Inc., as Licensee, and The Bank of New York, as Licensor, dated as
of November 8, 2002 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.A4 to the BLDRS Index Funds Trusts Form S-6/A (Registration No. 333-84788) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 8,
2002).
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12. Ex. 99.A4(2)
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Consent to Assignment, by and between Invesco Capital Management LLC and The Bank of New York Mellon, dated as January 10, 2019.
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13. Ex. 99.A5
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Form of Security in the BLDRS Index Funds Trust (included as Exhibit B to the Standard Terms and Conditions of the BLDRS Index Funds Trust and Subsequent and Similar BLDRS Index Funds of the BLDRS Index Funds Trust)
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.A1 to the BLDRS Index Funds Trusts Form S-6/A (Registration No. 333-84788) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 8, 2002).
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14. Ex. 99.A6
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Certificate of Formation of Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.A.6 to the BLDRS Index Funds Trusts Post-Effective Amendment No. 7 on Form S-6 (Registration
No. 811-21057) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 30, 2009).
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15. Ex. 99.A8
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Depository Agreement, by and among Nasdaq Financial Products Services, Inc., as Sponsor, and The Bank of New York, as Trustee, dated as of November 8, 2002 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.A8 to the BLDRS
Index Funds Trusts Form S-6/A (Registration No. 333-84788) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 8, 2002).
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16. Ex. 99.A11
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Code of Ethics of the Trust and each Index Fund adopted under Rule 17j-1 under the Investment Company Act.
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17. Ex. 99.C1
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Consent of Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
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18. Ex. 99.2
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Opinion of Counsel as to legality of securities being registered and consent of Counsel.
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19. Ex. 99.24
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Power of Attorney.
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