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Invesco Markets III plc (an umbrella investment company with variable capital and segregated liability between its funds incorporated with limited liability in Ireland under registration number 352941) CONDENSED SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the six months ended 31 March 2018 Table of Contents Pages General Information 4-5 Investment Policy and Description of the Fund 6-7 Investment Manager’s Report 8-11 Schedule of Investments 12-95 Statement of Financial Position as at 31 March 2018 96-99 Statement of Financial Position as at 30 September 2017 100-104 Statement of Comprehensive Income for financial period ended 31 March 2018 105-108 Statement of Comprehensive Income for financial period ended 31 March 2017 109-113 Statement of Changes in Net Assets Attributable to Holders of Redeemable Participating Shares for financial period ended 31 March 2018 114-117 Statement of Changes in Net Assets Attributable to Holders of Redeemable Participating Shares for financial period ended 31 March 2017 118-122 Notes to the Financial Statements 123-136 US Equity ETFs Invesco EQQQ NASDAQ-100 UCITS ETF Schedule of Investments 12 Statement of Changes in Composition of the Portfolio 137 Invesco FTSE RAFI US 1000 UCITS ETF Schedule of Investments 15 Statement of Changes in Composition of the Portfolio 138 Invesco Dynamic US Market UCITS ETF Schedule of Investments 31 Statement of Changes in Composition of the Portfolio 139 Invesco S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility UCITS ETF Schedule of Investments 33 Statement of Changes in Composition of the Portfolio 140 F Invesco S&P 500 VEQTOR UCITS ETF Schedule of Investments 35 Statement of Changes in Composition of the Portfolio 141 Invesco S&P 500 QVM UCITS ETF Schedule of Investments 36 Statement of Changes in Composition of the Portfolio 142 Intelligent Access ETFs Invesco Global Buyback Achievers UCITS ETF Schedule of Investments 38 Statement of Changes in Composition of the Portfolio 143 Global ETFs Invesco FTSE RAFI Europe Mid-Small UCITS ETF Schedule of Investments 42 Statement of Changes in Composition of the Portfolio 144 Invesco FTSE RAFI All-World 3000 UCITS ETF Schedule of Investments 51 Statement of Changes in Composition of the Portfolio 145 Invesco FTSE RAFI Emerging Markets UCITS ETF Schedule of Investments 69 Statement of Changes in Composition of the Portfolio 146 2 Invesco Markets III plc Table of Contents (continued) Global ETFs (continued) Invesco FTSE RAFI Europe UCITS ETF Schedule of Investments 75 Statement of Changes in Composition of the Portfolio 147 Invesco EURO STOXX High Dividend Low Volatility UCITS ETF Schedule of Investments 83 Statement of Changes in Composition of the Portfolio 148 Invesco FTSE Emerging Markets High Dividend Low Volatility UCITS ETF Schedule of Investments 85 Statement of Changes in Composition of the Portfolio 149 Invesco FTSE UK High Dividend Low Volatility UCITS ETF Schedule of Investments 88 Statement of Changes in Composition of the Portfolio 150 Country Specified ETFs Invesco FTSE RAFI UK 100 UCITS ETF Schedule of Investments 90 Statement of Changes in Composition of the Portfolio 151 Fixed Income ETFs Invesco EuroMTS Cash 3 Months UCITS ETF Schedule of Investments 92 Statement of Changes in Composition of the Portfolio 152 Invesco US High Yield Fallen Angels UCITS ETF Schedule of Investments 93 Statement of Changes in Composition of the Portfolio 153 Additional Information Remuneration Policy 154 Securities Financing Transactions Regulation 154 UK Reporting 154 3 Invesco Markets III plc General Information Invesco Markets III plc (the “Company”) was incorporated on 5 February 2002 and is established as an open-ended investment company with variable capital (“OEIC”) under the laws of Ireland as a public limited company pursuant to the Companies Act 2014, registration number 352941 and the European Communities (Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities) Regulations, 2015 (as amended). As at 31 March 2018, seventeen active funds of the Company had been established (each a “Fund” and together the “Funds”). The list of current Funds is as follows; US Equity ETFs Invesco EQQQ NASDAQ-100 UCITS ETF Invesco FTSE RAFI US 1000 UCITS ETF Invesco Dynamic US Market UCITS ETF Invesco S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility UCITS ETF Invesco S&P 500 VEQTOR UCITS ETF Invesco S&P 500 QVM UCITS ETF Intelligent Access ETFs Invesco Global Buyback Achievers UCITS ETF Global ETFs Invesco FTSE RAFI Europe Mid-Small UCITS ETF Invesco FTSE RAFI All-World 3000 UCITS ETF Invesco FTSE RAFI Emerging Markets UCITS ETF Invesco FTSE RAFI Europe UCITS ETF Invesco EURO STOXX High Dividend Low Volatility UCITS ETF Invesco FTSE Emerging Markets High Dividend Low Volatility UCITS ETF Invesco FTSE UK High Dividend Low Volatility UCITS ETF Country Specified ETFs Invesco FTSE RAFI UK 100 UCITS ETF Fixed Income ETFs Invesco EuroMTS Cash 3 Months UCITS ETF Invesco US High Yield Fallen Angels UCITS ETF Effective 25 May 2018 the Fund’s changed name. Refer to pages 6 and 7 for more detail. 4 Invesco Markets III plc General Information (continued) Board of Directors: Registered Office: Adrian Waters (Irish)*^ Central Quay Cormac O’Sullivan (Irish)** Riverside IV Leslie Schmidt (American)** (resigned on 6 December 2017) Sir John Rogerson’s Quay William Manahan (Irish)*^ Dublin 2 Bernhard Langer (German)** Ireland Graeme Proudfoot (British)** Brian Collins (Irish)* (appointed on 3 May 2018) Feargal Dempsey (Irish)* (appointed on 2 May 2018) * Independent Non-Executive Director ** Non-Executive Director ^ Ceased as a Director of the Company on 22 March 2018 Investment Manager: Manager: Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC Invesco Global Asset Management DAC 3500 Lacey Road Central Quay Suite 700 Downers Grove Riverside IV Illinois 60515 Sir John Rogerson’s Quay United States Dublin 2 Auditors and Reporting Accountant: Administrator, Registrar and Transfer Agent: PricewaterhouseCoopers BNY Mellon Fund Services (Ireland) Designated Activity Company One Spencer Dock One Dockland Central North Wall Quay Guild Street Dublin 1 International Financial Services Centre Ireland Dublin 1 Ireland Secretary: Depositary: Invesco Asset Management Limited BNY Mellon Trust Company (Ireland) Limited Perpetual Park One Dockland Central Perpetual Park Drive Guild Street Henley-on-Thames International Financial Services Centre Oxfordshire RG9 1HH Dublin 1 United Kingdom Ireland Legal Advisers to the Company: Sub - Custodian: William Fry The Bank of New York Mellon 2 Grand Canal Square 225 Liberty Street Dublin 2 New York, NY 10286 Ireland United States Computershare Sub - Transfer Agent: Computershare Investor Services (Ireland) Limited Heron House Corrig Road Sandyford Industrial Estate Dublin 18 Ireland 5 Invesco Markets III plc Investment Policy and Description of the Fund Investment Strategy for the Financial Period Invesco EQQQ NASDAQ-100 UCITS ETF The investment objective of the Fund is to provide investors with investment results which, before expenses, generally correspond to the price and yield performance of the NASDAQ-100 Notional Index (Net Total Return) (the “Index”) in US Dollar terms. The Investment Manager uses the full physical replication method of the ‘index tracking’ strategy whereby the Fund will so far as possible and practicable hold all of the components of the Index in their respective weightings subject to the investment restrictions as disclosed in the Fund’s Prospectus. PowerShares EQQQ NASDAQ-100 UCITS ETF changed its name to Invesco EQQQ NASDAQ-100 UCITS ETF on 25 May 2018. Invesco FTSE RAFI US 1000 UCITS ETF The investment objective of the Fund is to provide investors with investment results which, before expenses, correspond to the price and yield performance of the FTSE RAFI US 1000 Index (Net Total Return) (the “Index”) in US Dollar terms. The Investment Manager uses the full physical replication method of the ‘index-tracking’ strategy whereby the Fund will so far as possible and practicable hold all of the components of the Index in their respective weightings subject to the investment restrictions as disclosed in the Fund’s Prospectus. PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 UCITS ETF changed its name to Invesco FTSE RAFI US 1000 UCITS ETF on 25 May 2018. Invesco Dynamic US Market UCITS ETF The investment objective of the Fund is to provide investors with investment results which, before expenses, correspond to the price and yield performance of the Dynamic Market Intellidex Index (Net Total Return) (the “Index”) in US Dollar terms. The Investment Manager uses the full physical replication method of the ‘index-tracking’ strategy whereby the Fund will so far as possible and practicable hold all of the components of the Index in their respective weightings subject to the investment restrictions as disclosed in the Fund’s Prospectus. PowerShares Dynamic US Market UCITS ETF changed its name to Invesco Dynamic US Market UCITS ETF on 25 May 2018. Invesco S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility UCITS ETF The investment objective of the Fund is to generate income, together with capital growth which, before expenses, would correspond to, or track, the return on the S&P 500 Low Volatility High Dividend Index (Net Total Return) (the “Index”) in US Dollar terms. The Investment Manager uses a full physical replication method of the ‘index-tracking’ strategy whereby the Fund will, so far as possible and practicable hold all the components of the Index in their respective weightings subject to the investment restrictions as disclosed in the Fund’s