ERRATUM LETTER TO UNITHOLDERS OF THE MUTUAL FUND AMUNDI ETF NASDAQ-100 EUR HEDGED DAILY UCITS ETF. Paris, 16 August Dear Sir or Madam,

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ERRATUM LETTER TO UNITHOLDERS OF THE MUTUAL FUND AMUNDI ETF NASDAQ-100 EUR HEDGED DAILY UCITS ETF Paris, 16 August 2016 Dear Sir or Madam, In your capacity as a unit holder of the mutual fund AMUNDI

1 ERRATUM LETTER TO UNITHOLDERS OF THE MUTUAL FUND AMUNDI ETF NASDAQ-100 EUR HEDGED DAILY UCITS ETF Paris, 16 August 2016 Dear Sir or Madam, In your capacity as a unit holder of the mutual fund AMUNDI ETF NASDAQ-100 EUR HEDGED DAILY UCITS ETF (FR ) ( the Fund ), we informed you by letter dated 18 July 2016 that the fund will be absorbed on Tuesday 13 September 2016 by the fund "AMUNDI ETF NASDAQ-100 UCITS ETF". We wish to make corrections to this letter following a change of listing of the Fund on Borsa Italiana. You will find below the corrected letter. Indeed, the new DAILY HEDGED EUR unit (ISIN code: FR ) in the absorbing fund AMUNDI ETF NASDAQ-100 UCITS ETF will be listed on the Euronext Paris, Deutsche Börse and Borsa Italiana stock exchanges from 14 September There will therefore be no suspension of trading of the absorbed fund on Borsa Italiana, contrary to what had been announced. If these changes do not suit you, you may have your units redeemed. Purchases and sales on the secondary market do not incur any subscription or redemption fees, Nevertheless, placing a stock market order will trigger costs over which the Management Company (Amundi Asset Management) has no influence. Please read the Key Investor Information Document (KIID) for the absorbed fund AMUNDI ETF NASDAQ-100 EUR HEDGED DAILY UCITS ETF and the absorbing fund AMUNDI ETF NASDAQ-100 UCITS ETF available on the website and contact your usual financial adviser. He will help you to determine the most appropriate choices for the management of your portfolio. Thank you for placing your trust and confidence with us. Yours faithfully AMUNDI ASSET MANAGEMENT Fannie Wurtz Managing Director Amundi ETF, Indexing & Smart Beta Head office: 90, boulevard Pasteur Paris - France Postal address: 90, boulevard Pasteur - CS Paris Cedex 15 - France Tel.: +33 (0) amundi.com Limited company with capital of 596,262,615 euros - registration No RCS Paris Portfolio management company approved by the French Market Regulator (AMF) under reference No. GP

2 Paris, 16 August 2016 Dear Sir or Madam, You are currently holding units in the AMUNDI ETF NASDAQ-100 EUR HEDGED DAILY UCITS ETF mutual fund (FR ) and we would like to thank you for this. On 13 September 2016, the AMUNDI ETF NASDAQ-100 EUR HEDGED DAILY UCITS ETF mutual fund will be absorbed by the AMUNDI ETF NASDAQ-100 UCITS ETF fund, which is also eligible for the French stocks savings plan (PEA). In concrete terms, this means that you will now hold units for the same amount in the AMUNDI ETF NASDAQ-100 UCITS ETF fund which will replace your AMUNDI ETF NASDAQ-100 EUR HEDGED DAILY UCITS ETF units. You will not be required to carry out any particular formalities. Furthermore, there are no expenses and no tax implications associated with this operation. Details of this operation are provided in the attached document, Letter to unitholders of the AMUNDI ETF NASDAQ-100 EUR HEDGED DAILY UCITS ETF mutual fund. This letter approved by the AMF (French financial market regulator) provides all the information required by the regulations governing this operation. This comprehensive and precise document will give you all the information you need to know regarding the implications of this operation on your investment. We would therefore recommend that you read it carefully. You may, of course, consult your regular adviser for any additional information you may require. Thank you for placing your trust and confidence with us. Yours faithfully, Head office: 90, boulevard Pasteur Paris - France Postal address: 90, boulevard Pasteur - CS Paris Cedex 15 - France Tel.: +33 (0) amundi.com Limited company with capital of 596,262,615 euros - registration No RCS Paris Portfolio management company approved by the French Market Regulator (AMF) under reference No. GP

3 LETTER TO UNITHOLDERS OF THE MUTUAL FUND AMUNDI ETF NASDAQ-100 EUR HEDGED DAILY UCITS ETF Paris, 16 August 2016 Dear Sir or Madam, You are currently holding units in the mutual fund AMUNDI ETF NASDAQ-100 EUR HEDGED DAILY UCITS ETF (FR ) and we would like to thank you for the trust you place in us. 1- Description of the change in your fund Your management company, AMUNDI ASSET MANAGEMENT, has decided that your fund will be absorbed by the mutual fund AMUNDI ETF NASDAQ-100 UCITS ETF on 13 September On 13 September 2016 the assets of the absorbed fund AMUNDI ETF NASDAQ-100 EUR HEDGED DAILY UCITS ETF will be transferred to the absorbing fund AMUNDI ETF NASDAQ- 100 UCITS ETF. A new DAILY HEDGED EUR unit in the absorbing fund AMUNDI ETF NASDAQ-100 UCITS ETF will be created (ISIN code: FR ) on the same date for the liabilities of the absorbed fund AMUNDI ETF NASDAQ-100 EUR HEDGED DAILY UCITS ETF and will have an original net asset value equal to the net asset value of the absorbed fund AMUNDI ETF NASDAQ-100 EUR HEDGED DAILY UCITS ETF on 13 September The purpose of this operation is to increase the clarity of our offer. This operation was approved by the French Market Regulator (AMF) on 5 th, July If you accept its terms, following the operation you will receive new DAILY HEDGED EUR units in the mutual fund AMUNDI ETF NASDAQ-100 UCITS ETF (the absorbing fund ) in return for your units in the fund AMUNDI ETF NASDAQ-100 EUR HEDGED DAILY UCITS ETF (the absorbed fund ), in accordance with the technical details of the merger included in the appendix, without any specific action by you and without additional costs. However, if you do not accept the terms of this operation, you may until 13 September 2016 sell your units in the mutual fund AMUNDI ETF NASDAQ-100 EUR HEDGED DAILY UCITS ETF. The redemption will then be subject to the common law tax rules applicable in your country for capital gains on disposals of transferable securities. You can sell your units in the mutual fund AMUNDI ETF NASDAQ-100 EUR HEDGED DAILY UCITS ETF on the stock exchange, on NYSE Euronext Paris, Deutsche Börse and Borsa Italiana until 13 September Head office: 90, boulevard Pasteur Paris - France Postal address: 90, boulevard Pasteur - CS Paris Cedex 15 - France Tel.: +33 (0) amundi.com Limited company with capital of 596,262,615 euros - registration No RCS Paris Portfolio management company approved by the French Market Regulator (AMF) under reference No. GP

4 The new DAILY HEDGED EUR unit (ISIN code: FR ) in the absorbing fund AMUNDI ETF NASDAQ-100 UCITS ETF will be listed on the NYSE Euronext Paris, Deutsche Börse and Borsa Italiana stock exchanges. Your regulart contact is at your disposal to help you to find the most suitable solution for your investor profile. 2- Effects of the modification of your fund The main changes to your fund are set out below and in the appendix. Change in the yield/risk profile: Increase in the yield/risk profile: Increase in costs: NO NO NO AMUNDI ETF NASDAQ-100 EUR HEDGED DAILY UCITS ETF and AMUNDI ETF NASDAQ-100 UCITS ETF are classified as International equities by the French Market Regulator (AMF). Moreover, they have the following differences: Change in the benchmark index The Benchmark Index of the absorbed fund AMUNDI ETF NASDAQ-100 EUR HEDGED DAILY UCITS ETF is the euro-denominated NASDAQ-100 Currency Hedged EUR Strategy Index, with net dividends reinvested (dividends after tax paid by the equities making up the index are included in the calculation of the index). The Benchmark Index of the absorbing fund AMUNDI ETF NASDAQ-100 UCITS ETF is the USD-denominated NASDAQ-100 Index with gross dividends reinvested (dividends before any tax paid by the equities making up the index are included in the calculation of the index). Euro/US dollar exchange rate hedging will be carried out for the DAILY HEDGED EUR unit and not for the fund. Change in the management objective of your investment The management objective of the absorbed fund AMUNDI ETF NASDAQ-100 EUR HEDGED DAILY UCITS ETF is to replicate as closely as possible the value of the NASDAQ-100 Currency Hedged EUR strategy index, whether it rises or falls. The Fund is managed so as to achieve a gap between changes in its NAV and changes in the value of the NASDAQ-100 Currency Hedged EUR Strategy index, as small as possible. The target for maximum tracking error between the Fund s NAV and the value of the index is 2%. The management objective of the absorbing fund AMUNDI ETF NASDAQ-100 UCITS ETF is to replicate as closely as possible the value of the NASDAQ-100 Index, whether it rises or falls. The Fund is managed so as to achieve a gap between changes in its NAV and changes in the value of the NASDAQ-100 Index as small as possible. The target for maximum tracking error between the Fund s NAV and the value of the index is 2%. The main differences between these two investment funds are shown in the table in the appendix.

5 Please read the Key Investor Information Document (KIID) for the absorbed fund AMUNDI ETF NASDAQ-100 EUR HEDGED DAILY UCITS ETF and the absorbing fund AMUNDI ETF NASDAQ-100 UCITS ETF available on the website and contact your usual financial adviser. He will help you to determine the most appropriate choices for the management of your portfolio. Yours faithfully, AMUNDI ASSET MANAGEMENT Fannie Wurtz Managing Director Amundi ETF, Indexing & Smart Beta Appendix

6 A / On Tuesday 13 September 2016: merger of the mutual fund AMUNDI ETF NASDAQ-100 EUR HEDGED DAILY UCITS ETF with the mutual fund AMUNDI ETF NASDAQ-100 UCITS ETF (based on the net asset value on 13/09/2016, calculated and published on 14/09/2016). The changes made to your investment can be summarised as follows: ISIN code Before 13/09/2016 From 13/09/2016 ISIN code of the absorbed ISIN code of the AMUNDI ETF fund AMUNDI ETF NASDAQ- NASDAQ-100 UCITS ETF EUR HEDGED DAILY DAILY HEDGED EUR unit of UCITS ETF the absorbing fund Classification Management objective Benchmark index Hedging of the foreign exchange risk FR The Fund is a strategy indextracking fund. The management objective of the fund AMUNDI ETF NASDAQ-100 EUR HEDGED DAILY UCITS ETF is to replicate as closely as possible the value of the NASDAQ-100 Currency Hedged EUR strategy index, whether it rises or falls. The Fund is managed so as to achieve a gap between changes in its NAV and changes in the value of the NASDAQ-100 Currency Hedged EUR Strategy index, as small as possible. The target for maximum tracking error between the Fund s NAV and the value of the index is 2%. The Benchmark Index of the fund AMUNDI ETF NASDAQ- 100 EUR HEDGED DAILY UCITS ETF is the eurodenominated NASDAQ-100 Currency Hedged EUR Strategy Index, with net dividends reinvested (net return). The Fund's NAV on a given trading day is calculated using the closing level of the FR The Fund is an index-tracking fund. The management objective of the fund AMUNDI ETF NASDAQ-100 UCITS ETF is to replicate as closely as possible the value of the NASDAQ-100 Index, whether it rises or falls. The Fund is managed so as to achieve a gap between changes in its NAV and changes in the value of the NASDAQ-100 Index as small as possible. The target for maximum tracking error between the Fund s NAV and the value of the index is 2%. The Benchmark Index of the fund AMUNDI ETF NASDAQ- 100 UCITS ETF is the USDdenominated NASDAQ-100 Index with gross dividends reinvested (gross return). The NAV of the DAILY HEDGED EUR unit of the Fund on a given trading day is

7 NASDAQ-100 Currency Hedged EUR Strategy Index on that day. calculated using the closing level of the NASDAQ-100 Index on that day, with a daily hedge against the EUR/USD foreign exchange risk. B / Technical details of the merger The exchange ratio will be one for one. In exchange for your units in the mutual fund AMUNDI ETF NASDAQ-100 EUR HEDGED DAILY UCITS ETF, you will receive the same number of DAILY HEDGED EUR units in the mutual fund AMUNDI ETF NASDAQ-100 UCITS ETF, with no equalization payment.

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LETTER TO UNITHOLDERS OF THE AMUNDI ETF MSCI BRAZIL UCITS ETF FCP Paris, 26 October 2016 Dear Sir/Madam, We are pleased to count you as a unitholder in the AMUNDI ETF MSCI BRAZIL UCITS ETF FCP (FR0010821793).