EURO
STOXX® Banks Index
All information contained in this index supplement regarding the EURO STOXX® Banks Index (the “EURO STOXX Banks Index”), including, without limitation, its make-up, method of calculation and changes in its components, has been derived from publicly available information, without independent verification. This information reflects the policies of, and is subject to change by, STOXX Limited, which we refer to below as STOXX. The EURO STOXX Banks Index is calculated, maintained and published by STOXX, which we refer to herein as STOXX. STOXX has no obligation to continue to publish, and may discontinue the publication of, the EURO STOXX Banks Index. The EURO STOXX Banks Index is reported by Bloomberg L.P. under the ticker symbol “SX7E”.
Additional information (including information about constituent, sector and geographic weightings) regarding the EURO STOXX Banks Index, including information about its component stocks, sector and country weightings, may be obtained the following website: stoxx.com. We are not incorporating by reference such website or any material it includes in this index supplement, the accompanying prospectus, any applicable supplement for any offering of Securities or any document incorporated herein or therein by reference.
The EURO STOXX Banks Index is a free-float market capitalization-weighted index that tracks the companies in the Banks supersector of the STOXX Europe 600 Index (the “STOXX Europe 600 Index”) from 11 Eurozone countries: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain. The EURO STOXX Banks Index was created by and is sponsored and maintained by STOXX, which we refer to herein as STOXX.
The EURO STOXX Banks Index was created by and is sponsored and maintained by STOXX. Publication of the EURO STOXX Banks Index began on June 15, 1998, based on an initial index value of 100 at December 31, 1991. The level of the EURO STOXX Banks Index is disseminated on the STOXX website.
Each stock in the STOXX Europe 600 Index is assigned to one of 20 supersectors, as defined by the Industry Classification Benchmark (“ICB”), based on sources of primary revenue. Only those constituents of the STOXX Europe 600 Index that are assigned to the Banks supersector and are from the 11 Eurozone countries listed above are included in the EURO STOXX Banks Index. Supersector designations are determined by the index sponsor using criteria it has selected or developed. Index sponsors may use very different standards for determining sector designations. In addition, many companies operate in a number of sectors, but are listed in only one sector and the basis on which that sector is selected may also differ. As a result, sector comparisons between indices with different index sponsors may reflect differences in methodology as well as actual differences in the sector composition of the indices.
Except as otherwise described herein, the EURO STOXX Banks Index is calculated and maintained on the same basis as the STOXX Europe 600 Index, which is described under “—STOXX Europe 600 Index” below.
STOXX Europe 600 Index
The STOXX Europe 600 Index, which we also refer to in this description as the “index”:
●is an equity index, and therefore cannot be invested in directly;
●does not file reports with the SEC because it is not an issuer;
●was first published on June 15, 1998, based on an initial index value of 100 as of December 31, 1991; and
●was created and is sponsored and maintained by STOXX.
The STOXX Europe 600 Index is a free-float capitalization-weighted index of 600 stocks. The STOXX Europe 600 Index is designed to provide a broad yet investable representation of the largest (by free-float market capitalization) companies of 17 European countries (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom) and contains a fixed number of 600 components with a weighting cap of 20%. The level of the STOXX Europe 600 Index is disseminated on the STOXX website. STOXX is under no obligation to continue to publish the STOXX Europe 600 Index and may discontinue publication of the STOXX Europe 600 Index at any time.
Component Selection of the STOXX Europe 600 Index
The composition of the STOXX Europe 600 Index is reviewed by STOXX quarterly and changes are typically implemented on the third Friday of every March, June, September and December, with effect on the next trading day. If the third Friday of the relevant month is not a trading day, then the implementation occurs on the next trading day, with effect on the following trading day. In connection with the quarterly review, the eligible stocks in the STOXX® Europe Total Market Index are ranked in terms of free-float market capitalization to produce the selection list for the