iShares III PLC - iShares $ Dev Bank Bonds UCITS ETF GBP Hdgd (Dist)

RNS ANNOUNCEMENT

iShares III plc (the "Company")

Shareholders of the GBP Hedged (Dist) share class of iShares $ Development Bank Bonds UCITS ETF (ISIN: IE00BN2B7L13) (the "Share Class")

1 August 2025

The Directors of iShares III plc (the "Company") wish to inform you of the upcoming closure of the Share Class and compulsory redemption of all its participating shares.

The closure of the Share Class is due to take effect on or around 5 September 2025 (the "Compulsory Redemption Date") as set out below:

If you are still a Shareholder in the Share Class on the Compulsory Redemption Date, your shares will be automatically redeemed.  The assets attributable to the Share Class will be liquidated in order to return the proceeds of your investment to you. If you do not wish for your shares to be automatically redeemed on the Compulsory Redemption Date, you can redeem your shares in the Share Class at any time up to and including the Final Dealing Date in accordance with the normal Fund redemption procedures as set out in the prospectus.

An electronic copy of the full shareholder letter shall be made available shortly for inspection at https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism and available to download from the iShares website www.ishares.com   

We understand that investors may have questions in relation to this event. If you have any queries, but you do not have a usual iShares contact, you can contact iShares in your respective region on the below contact numbers and email addresses:

·     If located in United Kingdom or if located in elsewhere than the below, you can contact iShares at:  info@ishares.co.uk, or the helpline telephone number: +44 207 743 1500

·     If located in Germany, you can contact iShares at: info@iShares.de, or the helpline telephone number: +49 89 42729 5858

·     If located in Switzerland, you can contact iShares at: iSharesSwitzerland@BlackRock.com, or the helpline telephone number 0800 33 66 88

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