Schroder Unit Trusts Limited (‘SUTL’) has appointed HSBC as its UK Registrar and will replace SS&C as administrator effective Sunday 21 June 2020.

The fund ranges operated by Schroder Unit Trusts Limited (‘SUTL’) that will be affected by the change are available here.

From Monday 22 June 2020, the register details for your holdings will be updated and all queries, including queries relating to dealing and settlement services, should be redirected to HSBC using the following details:

Telephone: 0345 030 7277 (overseas +44 1397 436 966)

Email: schrodersinstitutional@hsbc.com

Fax: 0333 207 4504 (overseas +44 333 207 4504)

Post: Schroders Investor Services, PO BOX 1402, Sunderland SR43 4AF

STP Trading – EMX, CTN & Electronic Re-Registration

Electronic trading via EMX and CTN in the fund list above will be temporarily suspended. Any trades submitted after the cut off times here will be rejected. Please resubmit on Monday 22 June 2020 with your new account and agent details.

Electronic Re-Registration will be unavailable from Friday 19 June 2020. Details of the new service with HSBC will be published nearer the live date. Any electronic transfers submitted after 19 June 2020 will be rejected.

STP Settlement – CREST & CTN Net Settlement

CREST Settlement will continue to settle as normal during this transition. HSBC will take over the administration of the Schroders’ CREST participant ID for trades due to settle on or after 22 June 2020.

CTN Net Settlement will continue to settle as normal during this transition. HSBC will take over the administration from trades due to settle on or after 22 June 2020.

Please ensure you have made all relevant internal parties aware of these changes.

SS&C is unable to comment on the operation under the new administrators. If you have any queries, please contact the SS&C Distributor Client Services Team on 0800 718 777 or +44 1268 443952 if calling from outside the UK).

On 18/05/2020, a notification letter was issued to the current unitholders of the shareclasses listed below to inform them that the fund will be closed to dealing activity from 12:00 on 08/06/2020 and that any unitholding present after that date will be force repurchased on 16/06/2020.

Dealing in the closing shareclasses will continue as per BAU up to the Valuation point of 12:00 on 08/06/2020, after this time dealing will be suspended and the fund will be closed as described in the letter.

Should you have any queries on this communication please contact the SS&C Distributor Client Services Team, our contact details can be found by clicking here.

Important information

We have been notified by SC Davies Fundrock that they have lifted the fund suspension in the below fund(s):

What happens now?

These funds will be available for trading from the effective date and time.

You will need to resubmit any previously reject trade instructions if you still wish the transaction to go ahead.

Further to the recent mailing to notify current Donor shareclass unitholders of the proposed event, subject to their approval, dealing in the donor shareclasses will be suspended after the 12:00 VP on 09/07/2020 to allow the holdings in the donor shareclasses to be converted into the host share classes as detailed in the below table.

Should you have any queries on this communication please contact the DST Distributor Client Services Team, our contact details can be found by clicking here.