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1 September 2025

In August 2025, Dimensional's Investment Committee has approved a change in the strategy design for the funds listed below. Each of the funds will be enhanced to emphasise higher profitability and lower relative price securities within the small and mid cap value market segment. The portfolios will continue to apply exclusions of the lowest profitability securities, and these exclusions will now apply across the portfolio’s eligible size and value range. No changes are being made to the fund’s eligible size or value range.

Targeted Value Funds: 

  • Global Targeted Value Fund 
  • Global Targeted Value Lower Carbon ESG Screened Fund 
  • Emerging Markets Targeted Value Fund 

22 August 2025

On 31 August 2025, Directors’ remuneration will be amended so that the aggregate amount of the remuneration payable to the Directors in any one year in respect of the company shall not exceed EUR 85,000 per fund. Please refer to the Fund Prospectus for more information.

Mitteilung zur Vergütung der Verwaltungsratsmitglieder von Dimensional Funds plc

22. August 2025

Die Vergütung der Verwaltungsratsmitglieder wird dahingehend geändert, dass die jährliche Gesamtvergütung, die den Verwaltungsratsmitgliedern gemeinsam zusteht, die Summe von 85.000 Euro pro Fonds nicht übersteigen darf. Weitere Informationen finden Sie im Fondsprospekt.

4 August 2025

Real estate investment trusts (REITs) will be removed from the eligible universe of the following Dimensional funds starting in the summer of 2025: European Small Companies Fund, Global Small Companies Fund, and United Kingdom Small Companies Fund. For more details, contact your Dimensional representative.

23 July 2025

In August 2025, the Global Short-Term Investment Grade Fixed Income Fund will increase its maximum average duration to five years or less, compared with three years or less currently. The adjustment is not expected to result in a material change to the investment approach of the fund but will bring additional flexibility to pursuing higher expected returns. For more details, contact your Dimensional representative.

Veränderung der maximalen durchschnittlichen Duration des Global Short-Term Investment Grade Fixed Income Fund

23. Juli 2025

Im August 2025 wird die maximale durchschnittliche Duration des Global Short-Term Investment Grade Fixed Income Fund von aktuell drei Jahren oder weniger auf fünf Jahre oder weniger erhöht. Die Anpassung wird voraussichtlich nicht zu einer wesentlichen Änderung des Anlageansatzes des Fonds führen, sondern lediglich die Flexibilität des Fonds in der Abschöpfung höherer erwarteter Renditen erhöhen. Weitere Informationen erhalten Sie von Ihrem Dimensional Ansprechpartner.

7 February 2025

To meet regulatory requirements for naming environmental, social and/or governance (ESG) funds in Europe, Dimensional intends to replace the word “Sustainability” with “Lower Carbon ESG Screened” in Irish-domiciled funds on March 14, 2025. The location of the terms in the name will also change.

In conjunction with the name change, the list of the funds’ ESG-related exclusions will be expanded to reflect the exclusions applied in the EU’s Paris-Aligned Benchmarks (PAB), such as additional fossil fuel-related activities. Furthermore, the two fixed income funds will also consider greenhouse gas emissions for sovereigns and local authority issuers. These changes are not expected to have a material impact on the holdings of any fund at implementation.

13 January 2025

On February 18, 2025, the dilution levy on the United Kingdom Value Fund, the United Kingdom Small Companies Fund and the United Kingdom Core Equity Fund was reduced, from 0.30% to 0.20% of the value of subscriptions into the funds.

No dilution levies are charged on any other UK- or Irish-domiciled Dimensional fund.

6 January 2025

On January 20, 2025, the Euro Inflation Linked Intermediate Duration Fixed Income Fund and the Sterling Inflation Linked Intermediate Duration Fixed Income Fund will lower their floor for eligible credit ratings to A3/A- as per nationally recognised statistics ratings organisations. Until that date, the lowest eligible credit rating for these funds was Aa3/AA-.

January 2024

In January 2024, Dimensional’s UK- and Irish-domiciled equity strategies began incorporating short-run reversals—the tendency for recent winners to underperform and recent losers to outperform over short horizons—in the investment process. Dimensional intends to delay buying recent winners and selling recent losers until the reversals effect dissipates. Such “reversal screens” on buys and sells can be a cost-effective approach to increasing the expected return of a strategy without incurring additional turnover and costs.

27 July 2022

Dimensional’s Investment Committee has approved the addition of Kuwait to its list of approved markets for equity strategies that invest in emerging market countries. While the foregoing is a general approval, whether Kuwait will be added for specific strategies will depend on a number of factors. Furthermore, the timing of any such implementation will be subject to operational matters and other considerations.

2 March 2022

On March 1, 2022, Dimensional’s Investment Committee removed Russia from its list of approved markets for investment. Dimensional’s Investment Committee considers a variety of factors when evaluating a market’s eligibility for investment, which include, among others: government regulation, restrictions on foreign investors in that market, and market liquidity.

7 February 2022

Dimensional will reduce management fees across 20 UK- and Irish-domiciled funds, effective April 1, 2022. The changes represent a 6% reduction on an asset-weighted basis for the impacted funds, which cover a broad range of equity, fixed income and sustainability investment solutions.

26 October 2021

In October 2021, Dimensional’s Ireland-domiciled environmental, social and/or governance (ESG) funds expanded the list of activities leading to possible exclusion. These new considerations complement the existing considerations applied in Dimensional’s ESG funds. The full list of considerations is publicly available on the page of each fund in the “Investments” section of our website. Please refer to the Fund Prospectus for more detailed information.

22 February 2021

Dimensional will reduce management fees across a broad range of UK- and Irish-domiciled funds, representing a 12% reduction on an asset-weighted basis for the impacted funds. This represents 93% of the total assets under management in the UK- and Irish-domiciled funds managed by Dimensional UK and its affiliates. The fee reduction will go into effect on May 4, 2021.

28 January 2020

Dimensional’s Investment Committee has approved the addition of China A-shares to equity strategies that invest in emerging market countries, as well as the addition of the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar to its list of approved markets for equity strategies that invest in emerging market countries.

September 2019

In September 2019, Dimensional’s UK- and Irish-domiciled equity strategies began excluding small cap securities with high asset growth from portfolios that invest in small caps.

26 September 2017

On September 26, 2017, the investment policy of the Global Ultra Short Fixed Income Fund was changed to allow for a wider selection of securities while retaining its investment grade focus.

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