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Macquarie Asset Management is a member of RIAA. Macquarie Investment Management Australia Limited as responsible entity of the Mirova Global Sustainable Equity Fund (Fund) has appointed Mirova US LLC (Mirova) as investment manager of the Fund. 

Description of the Fund:

The Fund provides exposure to an actively managed, high conviction, all-capitalisation, global equity strategy focused on integrating sustainability into the investment process by considering ESG risks and opportunities as partof Mirova’s deep fundamental company analysis conducted on investments and by taking into account the entire lifecycle of each company’s value chain. The Fund provides this exposure by investing in the Mirova Global SustainableEquity Fund (Underlying Fund).

The Fund may provide exposure to companies in emerging markets.The Underlying Fund will not invest in companies that meet certain criteria as set out in the ‘Minimum standards’document, which contains important information on the exclusion screen criteria applied by Mirova for theUnderlying Fund.

The Underlying Fund applies a multi-thematic investment strategy by investing in companies that Mirova believes are well positioned to take advantage of the long-term demographic, environmental, technological and governancetrends shaping the global economy and are available at a discount to their intrinsic value over the medium term.As part of the Underlying Fund aiming to meet both its financial and sustainable investment objectives, theUnderlying Fund seeks to only invest in companies that Mirova considers are making a positive contribution to the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.The Underlying Fund’s investment process relies on security selection based on a deep fundamental analysis ofcompanies, combining both financial and ESG considerations.

This fundamental analysis considers the followingfor each company:

• Whether the company offers positive, innovative solutions to issues related to the key demographic,environmental, technological and governance trends shaping the world and global economy.

• The durability of the company’s business model including its competitive positioning, management team andcapacity to finance growth.

• The overall quality of the company’s ESG practices.

The Underlying Fund generally does not intend to have exposure to derivatives but may do so in limited circumstances. The Fund’s exposure to international assets is hedged by the Investment Manager back to Australian dollars

Fund objective

The Fund aims to achieve a long-term total return (before fees and expenses) that exceeds the MSCI World exAustralia Index, in $A hedged with net dividends reinvested (Benchmark) by providing exposure to global equities related to sustainable investment themes.