Total assets under management: £77829.52

As at: 30/06/25

Contact: Ryan Grey, Sales - Intermediary (UK) ryan.grey@bnymellon.com

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Newton has a centralised responsible investment team. This team is the centre of excellence for all matters related to responsible investment, and with its deep functional knowledge of the responsible investment space and how it is evolving, it provides guidance, support and subject-matter expertise to our wider investment team. The responsible investment team, as you can see below, is global in its footprint and diverse in its employee base. The team is organised into three pillars of expertise – stewardship, research and analytics: these specialisations under the responsible investment umbrella allow us to bring further depth and expertise to each of these activities. The team’s compact size enables it to work cohesively and operate as one team.

Stewardship: Oversees the firm’s engagement framework and advocacy initiatives, focusing its efforts on meaningful outcomes for clients, and also undertakes the firm’s proxy voting activities. Provides subject-matter expertise to the investment team on governance risks and evolving expectations.

Sustainability research: Subject-matter experts consulting the investment and research teams, driving deep insights on sustainability-related subjects. The team manages Newton’s sustainability standards, definitions and frameworks.

Responsible investment analytics: Has strong quantitative and RI data expertise and owns the data ecosystem, creating and managing responsible investment data models, frameworks and tools that support ESG integration and sustainable investing. The team has built an innovative suite of building blocks that can be leveraged to develop scalable solutions to meet specific client requirements.

The role of the responsible investment team is to be a support function to the investment teams, to set standards around sustainable investment, and to coordinate and ensure effectiveness around our stewardship efforts. It guides the business around policies and direction of travel for sustainability and stewardship more broadly. The responsible investment team also owns and manages the overall governance systems to ensure we deliver against key codes and commitments including stewardship codes, industry principles such as the UN Principles for Responsible Investment, and industry pledges such as the Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative (NZAMi).

Supporting the team, and the wider business, are various external organisations and vendors including ESG service providers, memberships, and internal systems for monitoring and reporting.

Affiliations
As investors and an intermediary in the financial system we play an important role in providing investors with access to investment solutions, and that with this comes an inherent responsibility to do what is right on behalf of our clients, as well as wider asset owners and stakeholders in the financial system. Our advocacy focus involves supporting or seeking to influence various issues and areas for the long-term interest of our clients and Newton.

Organisations and initiatives related to responsible investment matters in which Newton plays a formal role:

*Newton Japan was established as a legal entity in March 2023. Its prior commitment to the Japan Stewardship Code was under its previous structure.

ESG Governance

Having an effective management and governance framework is an important part of our overall business strategy. As investors, we understand the value of effective leadership and accountability. This is closely linked to the culture of our business, as leadership and accountability have equal importance in Newton’s governance. We have therefore established appropriate governance systems and controls to support our stewardship and RI policy. This policy is reviewed and approved by the Newton Sustainability Committee (NIM and NIMNA), which reports to the Newton Executive Management Committee (NEMC) (to note, the NEMC reports into NIM and NIMNA boards). The policy is also reviewed and approved by the NIMJ Investment Oversight Committee, which reports into the NIMJ Executive Management Committee. The NEMC has overall responsibility for defining Newton’s approach, values and actions across all Newton entities.

Two of our operating committees play important roles in relation to our stewardship and RI efforts:

• Newton Sustainability Committee – oversees all aspects relating to stewardship and RI at NIM and NIMNA, including our investments, direct impacts and engagement with communities, and engagement with the wider market (advocacy) regarding RI and stewardship matters.
• Newton Risk and Compliance Committee – supported by the Newton Conflicts of Interest Committee and the Emerging Risks Working Group.

These committees deal with various stewardship and RI aspects on an ad-hoc basis, including any relevant internal audit findings and actions as well as climate-related risk updates from internal groups.

Our Board Risk Committee also plays a role in the governance of our RI and stewardship efforts; it acts as an escalation point for any material issues identified through our governance systems and controls. For example, it has previously considered materials related to climate risk. We have also established the Newton Sustainable Investment Forum (SIF) as an oversight group to monitor our strategies with sustainability characteristics.

The role of the SIF is to:

• Foster debate by bringing together a wider set of Newton investment team members focusing on sustainability, including sustainability portfolio managers and RI team members
• Provide support by educating, training and sharing knowledge and insights among the investment team.

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Past performance is not a guide to future performance.
The value of investments can fall. Investors may not get back the amount invested.
Income from investments may vary and is not guaranteed.
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Newton global assets under management (AUM) is the combined total assets under management of Newton Investment Management Limited (‘NIM’), Newton Investment Management North America LLC (‘NIMNA’) and Newton Investment Management Japan Limited (‘NIMJ’).
Returns may increase or decrease as a result of currency fluctuations.
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Costs may increase or decrease as a result of currency and exchange rate fluctuations.

Newton manages a variety of investment strategies. How ESG analysis is integrated into Newton’s strategies depends on the asset classes and/or the particular strategy involved. ESG can be one of many inputs into the fundamental analysis. Newton will make investment decisions that are not based solely on ESG analysis. Other attributes of an investment may outweigh ESG analysis when making investment decisions.

*Newton’ and/or ‘Newton Investment Management’ is a corporate brand which refers to the following group of affiliated companies: Newton Investment Management Limited (“NIM”), Newton Investment Management North America LLC (“NIMNA”) and Newton Investment Management Japan Limited ("NIMJ").

Newton’s assets under management include assets collectively managed by NIM, NIMNA and NIMJ. In addition, AUM for Newton includes assets of bank-maintained collective investment funds for which Newton has been appointed sub-advisor, where Newton personnel act as dual officers of affiliated companies and assets of wrap fee account(s) for which Newton provides sub-advisory services to the primary manager of the wrap program.

Last amended: 08/08/23 10:37