iShares Green Bond Index Fund (IE) Flexible Dist EUR Strategy

The investment objective of the Fund is to provide Shareholders with a total return, taking into account both capital and income returns, which reflects the total return of the Bloomberg MSCI Global Green Bond Index, the Fund’s Benchmark Index. In order to achieve its objective, the investment policy of the Fund is to invest in the fixed income securities that predominantly make up the Fund’s Benchmark Index. The securities which comprise the Fund’s Benchmark Index are used to fund projects with direct environmental benefits. To be classified as a green bond for the purpose of the Benchmark Index and qualify as providing a direct environmental benefit, a bond’s proceeds must fund projects that fall within one or more qualifying environmental categories including, but not limited to, alternative energy, energy efficiency, pollution prevention and control, sustainable water, green building and climate adaptation.