Methodology Change | Solactive AgTech and Food Innovation v2 Index | Effective Date 03/11/2023

Today, on the 23/10/2023, Solactive announces the following changes to the methodology of the following indices (the ‘Affected Indices):

Rationale for Methodology Change

Solactive has determined that the introduction of a Minerva ESG screen to the aforementioned affected indices will further enhance the scope of the index and provide a more ESG-friendly product to all users.

Changes to the Index Guideline

The following Methodology changes are proposed in the following points of the Index Guideline [Section 2. 2] (ordered in accordance with the numbering of the affected sections)]:

The introduction of a Minerva ESG screen. As a result, the following will be added to the guideline and reflected in section 2.2 of the Index Methodology:

The companies selected after completion of the above steps will be evaluated on the criteria outlined below. The evaluation is based on data provided by the ESG Data Provider:

• UN Global Compact Principles
  • Non-Compliance with the UNGC

• Controversial Weapons
  • Companies involved in the production development or maintenance of Anti-personnel Mines, Biological or chemical weapons, Cluster munitions, Depleted uranium, Nuclear Weapons, or any other weapon that violate humanitarian principles through normal use
  • Companies that produce or develop key and dedicated components for controversial weapons
  • Companies involved in the production and/or services tailor made for the defence industry or the military
  • Companies that hold ≥20% stake in a company that is involved in controversial weapons
  • Companies currently ≥ 50% owned by a company that is involved in controversial weapons
• Small Arms
  • >5% of their revenue from the production or distribution of arms, both public and private
• Thermal Coal
  • 10% revenues from the exploration mining or refining of thermal coal
  • Companies that base 30% or more of their operations on thermal coal
  • Companies that produce >20 million tons of thermal- coal annually and are actively expanding
• Conventional Oil & Gas
  • >5% revenue from conventional oil and gas production, including natural gas, petroleum, and crude oil
  • Companies building or operating pipelines that significantly facilitate export of conventional oil and gas
• Unconventional Oil & Gas
  • >5% revenues from unconventional oil and gas production, including revenues from oil sands, oil shale, shale gas and oil and gas production in the arctic regions
  • Companies building or operating pipelines that significantly facilitate export of unconventional oil and gas
• Palm Oil
  • Companies that are involved in systematic unsustainable palm oil production
• Prisons
  • Private companies that are involved in management or ownership of prisons
• Adult Entertainment
  • >0% revenue from production of adult entertainment
  • >5% revenues from the distribution of adult entertainment
• Recreational Cannabis & Tobacco
  • >5% revenues from recreational cannabis
  • >0% revenues from tobacco manufacturing
  • >5% revenue from tobacco distribution and/or sale of tobacco products
• Alcohol
  • >0% revenues from the production of alcoholic beverages including ingredients solely used in alcoholic beverages
  • >5% revenues from the distribution of alcoholic beverages or alcoholic related services
• Gambling
  • >0% revenues from owning or operating gambling establishments
  • >5% revenues from providing supporting products/services to gambling operations
  • >5% revenues from manufacturing specialized equipment used exclusively for gambling

All companies violating any of the exclusion criteria above are excluded. All companies for which an evaluation of these exclusion criteria is not possible due to insufficient and/or missing information or data are excluded.

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“ESG Data Provider” is Minerva Analytics Ltd. For more information, please visit: www.minerva.info.

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Defined terms used in this announcement, but not defined herein, have the meaning assigned to them in the respective index guideline of the Affected Indices. The amended version of the index guideline will be available on the effective date.