25 August 2017
PowerShares Global Funds Ireland plc
(the “Company”)
Update to the Prospectus of the
Company
Dear Shareholder,
We wish to advise you about some
updates to the Prospectus of PowerShares Global Funds Ireland plc
(further referred to as “the Company”).
All changes will be effective as of
12 September 2017 for all Funds,
except for item D which will be effective from 5 September
2017 and only for certain Funds (the “Effective Date”).
A. Change of disclosures
and format in relation to the share classes available for each
Fund
In an effort to provide Shareholders
with better access to share class features, the Company may
launch additional share classes. Moreover, the Company will
adopt a more streamlined approach to informing Shareholders
of the share classes available.
It is believed that this approach will
provide a more efficient way of managing the range of share classes
available and result in an improved time to market for new
launches.
This approach will consist of
-
removing the current individual
listing of share classes from Schedule IV to the Prospectus
-
and replacing that listing with a
general table containing the potential combination of share class
types available (i.e. the type of share classes that may be
available in the future) and the relevant fees.
As a result, from the Effective Date,
the Manager may decide to create different share classes within
each fund without updating the Prospectus accordingly. The
different share classes will have specific features, such
as:
-
a different currency
-
and/or a dividend policy (annual
distribution, monthly distribution, accumulation, etc).
The share classes may also be hedged or
unhedged.
Section 5.1.2. (Share Classes) of the
Prospectus will demonstrate the possible combination of share class
features (i.e. the type of share classes) that may be available in
the future, as follows:
Dividend Policy |
Distribution Frequency |
Available
currencies |
Hedging Policy |
Accumulation |
N/A |
EUR
USD
GBP
CHF |
Unhedged |
Distribution |
Annually
Semi-Annually
Quarterly
Monthly |
Hedged |
The list of launched share classes in
each of the Funds will instead be made available on the website of
the Manager http://invescomanagementcompanyireland.invesco.com.
B. Change of definition of
Dealing Day
In order to streamline the operations
of the Funds, it is proposed to align the definition of Dealing Day
to the opening of the markets in which the Funds invest.
The definition of
Dealing Day will be updated to the following:
“a day on which any stock exchange on
which a Fund is traded or listed is open for business or any day on
which any of the markets on which more than 75% of a Fund’s
Investments are listed or traded are open for business; unless
otherwise determined by the Directors and notified in advance to
Shareholders provided always that there shall be at least one
Dealing Day per fortnight. A list of Dealing Days for each Fund
will be available from the Manager.”
C. Clarification on the
payment of redemption proceeds
Further to the implementation of the
new share class disclosures and the flexibility to launch share
classes in different currencies as highlighted under item 1 above,
it is proposed to clarify in Section 8 of the Prospectus that
in-kind and cash redemption will be settled in the base currency of
the relevant Share Class.
D. Change of the
settlement date
The Directors intend, with effect from
5 September 2017, to change the
settlement date for in-kind subscriptions and in-kind redemptions
for the Funds:
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PowerShares Dynamic US Market UCITS
ETF
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PowerShares EQQQ NASDAQ-100 UCITS
ETF
-
PowerShares FTSE Emerging Markets High
Dividend Low Volatility UCITS ETF
-
PowerShares FTSE RAFI All-World 3000
UCITS ETF
-
PowerShares FTSE RAFI Emerging Markets
UCITS ETF
-
PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 UCITS
ETF
-
PowerShares Global Buyback Achievers
UCITS ETF
-
PowerShares S&P 500 High Dividend
Low Volatility UCITS ETF
-
Powershares S&P 500 VEQTOR UCITS
ETF
-
PowerShares US High Yield Fallen Angels
UCITS ETF
-
PowerShares S&P 500 QVM UCITS
ETF
The in-kind settlement date for these
Funds will be changed from three Business Days to two Business Days
following the Business Day on which the application for an in-kind
subscription or an in-kind redemption was accepted.
The Directors also intend to amend the
settlement date for cash redemptions for the Funds listed above.
The cash redemption settlement date for these Funds will be changed
from three Business Days to two Business Days after the relevant
Valuation Date.
Do you have any
queries in relation to this letter?
Please do not hesitate to contact
Invesco PowerShares on info@invescopowershares.net or 0044
(0) 20 7065 3897, or your usual Invesco PowerShares
representative.