ESIX Stock, SPDR S&P SmallCap 600 ESG ETF Information

The SPDR S&P SmallCap 600 ESG ETF seeks to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, correspond generally to the total return performance of an index that provides exposure to securities that meet certain sustainability criteria (criteria related to environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors), while maintaining similar overall industry group weights as the S&P SmallCap 600 Index. In seeking to track the performance of the S&P SmallCap 600 ESG Index (the Index), the Fund employs a sampling strategy, which means that the Fund is not required to purchase all of the securities represented in the Index. Instead, the Fund may purchase a subset of the securities in the Index in an effort to hold a portfolio of securities with generally the same risk and return characteristics of the Index. The quantity of holdings in the Fund will be based on a number of factors, including asset size of the Fund. Based on its analysis of these factors, SSGA Funds Management, Inc.