Clarification | Solactive USD Emerging Market Bond – Interest Rate Hedged Index / Solactive USD EM Government & Govt Related TR Index / Solactive EUR EM Government & Govt Related TR Index / Solactive LCY EM Government TR Index / Solactive EM USD Govt & Govt Related Bond Select CAD NTR Index / Solactive EM USD Govt & Govt Related Bond Select CAD Hedged NTR Index / Solactive EM Local Currency Government Bond Select NTR Index | Effective Date 23rd July 2019

Today, on 15th July 2019, Solactive announces the following clarification of the guideline of the following indices (the ‘Affected Indices’):

Solactive USD Emerging Market Bond – Interest Rate Hedged Index (ISIN: DE000SLA0PK0)

Solactive USD EM Government & Govt Related TR Index (ISIN: DE000SLA8P99)

Solactive EUR EM Government & Govt Related TR Index (ISIN: DE000SLA8QE4)

Solactive LCY EM Government TR Index (ISIN: DE000SLA8QF1

Solactive EM USD Govt & Govt Related Bond Select CAD NTR Index (ISIN: DE000SLA8T46)

Solactive EM USD Govt & Govt Related Bond Select CAD Hedged NTR Index (ISIN: DE000SLA8QG9)

Solactive EM Local Currency Government Bond Select NTR Index (ISIN: DE000SLA8QH7)

Section Index Description

For the following indices DE000SLA8P99 / DE000SLA8QE4 / DE000SLA8QF1 / DE000SLA8T46 / DE000SLA8QG9 / DE000SLA8QH7 in Section 2.1 Selection of the index Components:

‘Global Depositary Notes (‘GDN’) are not eligible to be part of the selection.’

For the DE000SLA0PK0 index in Section Index Description:

‘Global Depositary Notes (‘GDN’) are not eligible to be part of the selection.’

The change will be effective on 23rd July 2019 for the above mentioned Affected Indices.

The index methodology does not change as a result. The new index guidelines will be available on Solactive website on this date.

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.