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The investment objective of the Fund is to achieve a return on your investment, through a combination of capital growth and income on the Fund’s assets, which reflects the return of the S&P 500 GBP Hedged Index, the Fund’s benchmark index. The Index provides a return on the S&P 500, which measures the performance of large-cap stocks in the US market. Stocks are included in the Index based on a free-float market capitalisation-weighted basis. The Index also uses one-month foreign exchange forward contracts to hedge each non-Sterling currency in the Index back to Sterling. The Fund is passively managed and aims to invest in the stocks that make up the S&P 500, as well as foreign exchange forward contracts that track the Index’s hedging methodology. The Fund intends to replicate the Index by holding the stocks that make up the Index in similar proportions to it. The Fund may use financial derivative instruments to produce a similar return to the Index and may engage in short-term secured lending of its investments to generate additional income. The Fund’s base currency is Sterling and shares are accumulating.

The investment objective of the Fund is to track the U.S. equity market performance of large-cap stocks. The Fund seeks to track the performance of the S&P 500 Index as closely as possible. The Index measures the performance of the 500 largest stocks in the U.S. equity market. The Fund is passively managed and primarily invests in the securities included in the Index, seeking to hold all Index securities with approximately the same weightings as the Index. The Fund uses a replication strategy, although in limited circumstances it may purchase securities that are not included in the Index. The Fund may also use financial derivative instruments to manage the portfolio efficiently.