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PRESENTATION OF THE COMPANY AND ITS ACTIVITIES

Business description

of France Invest (formerly AFIC). In 2015, Apax Partners united with four other private equity firms to launch Initiative Carbone 2020 aimed at combating the effects of climate change. This was the private equity profession’s first commitment tomeasure, manage and reduce the greenhouse gas emissions of its portfolio companies. They figure among themost advanced private equity companies in this field and the most widely recognised by the financial community. Apax Partners SAS received the very first prize awarded by Pantheon in 2012 (GP Responsible InvestingAward), and in 2015 and 2016 obtained an A+ (the highest grade) for its overall ESGapproach in linewith thePRI Assessment report. Apax Partners LLP, meanwhile, received the Responsible Investment Award in 2015 from the British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA) for its structured approach and commitment to its portfolio companies.

The two management companies communicate the information they collect and process to their investors through biannual reporting on the performance of the funds and the companies in the portfolios. A summary is communicated to a wider audience; it is available online at www.apax.fr and www.apax.com. Apax Partners SAS publishes a Responsibility section on its website, in which it presents its ESG policy, the actions and initiatives of its portfolio companies and a HR report on all companies in its portfolio (staff, payroll, HRpolicies). Apax Partners LLPpublishes a dedicated Sustainability report which also describes its ESG policy and provides an overview of the data collected from the portfolio companies on the basis of environmental, social and governance criteria. Both companies participate actively in industry discussions and contribute to the development of these practices within the private equity profession. For example, Apax Partners SAS is a member of the steering Committee of the ESG commission

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