###### Political influence activities \n\nAs a global investment firm, we have memberships in a number of networking platforms, business and industry organisations. We however do not directly engage in political influence activities. Hence, no one within Sofina has been designated to oversee that type of activities. During the reporting period, we did not make any financial or in-kind political contributions and none of the group entities are registered in the transparency register. \n\n###### ESG governance \n\nAs further described in the Corporate governance statement, all decision-making bodies are entrusted with ESG matters, each at their level of competence. As such, the Board of Directors approves Sofina's sustainability strategy and monitors its effective implementation. The ESG Committee makes recommendations to the Board on sustainability matters, monitors the ESG performance of Sofina's operations and portfolio and discusses Sofina's approach towards ESG reporting. At management level, the Executive Committee ensured sustainability matters were reflected in the decision-making process and in our operations. In addition, an ESG Core team, led by a member of the Executive Committee monitored the ESG initiatives, the implementation of the ESG frameworks and brought ESG expertise to the teams. As indicated in the Corporate governance statement, the Executive Committee has been dissolved as of 16 January 2024 and has been replaced by an Investment Table, a Portfolio Table and an Operations Table under the supervision of the Leadership Council. This new internal organisation will allow the respective bodies to be closely involved on ESG matters within their respective competences. For example, the Investment Table shall closely review the ESG due diligence performed by the teams as well as how the target company contributes to societal challenges or commits to improve on environmental and social matters while the Portfolio Table will follow up on the sustainability roadmaps and monitor the ESG performance and decarbonisation of the portfolio. The Operations Table will focus on ESG operational matters.