Dirk Schmitz

iShares STOXX Europe 600 Automobiles & Parts UCITS ETF (DE) operates as a managed exchange traded fund, which aims to track the performance of the STOXX Europe 600 Automobiles & Parts. It also invests in stocks with focus on automobile in Europe. The company was founded on July 8, 2002 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG (Blackrock-Deutschland) is the German asset management subsidiary of BlackRock (Netherlands) BV (Frankfurt Branch), ultimately held by BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) in the US, which merged in 2009 with Barclays Global Investors (BGI), including the iShares® exchange traded funds business. The combined firm operates under the BlackRock name and retains the iShares brand. The firm was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Munich. Blackrock-Deutschland designs and manages equity, dividend, bond and swap ETFs as well as special funds.

BlackRock Asset Management Schweiz AG (BlackRock AM Schweiz) is the Swiss asset management subsidiary of BlackRock UK Holdco Ltd., itself a subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) in the US. Headquartered in Zurich, BlackRock AM Schweiz was founded in 1988 and offers a complete range of investment solutions, including the BlackRock Funds, unit trusts and ETFs, to private and institutional investors.