Methodology Change | Solactive USS Developed Markets Ethically Screened Climate Tilted Index | Effective Date 26/08/2025

Today, on the 12/08/2025, Solactive announces the following changes to the methodology of the following Indices (the ‘Affected Indices’):

Rationale for Methodology Change

ISS ESG has announced a methodology update to the NBR that was implemented by the end of June 2025. Going forward, a score of 10 (Red Signal) will only be assigned to verified ‘very severe’ cases. Verified ‘severe’ cases will now receive a score of 9. Previously, the red signal was not strictly tied to the severity level.

Given the significance and complexity of the ISS ESG changes, Solactive has decided to keep excluding companies with “Verified failure to respect established norms as well as severe or very severe controversies”.

Changes to the Index Guideline

The following Methodology changes will be implemented in the following points of the Index Guideline:

Section 2.2: SELECTION OF THE INDEX COMPONENT

Old:

New:

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.