Summary of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures

Objective

Companies should have as their objective the maximization of shareholder wealth, thereby contributing to the economy. Shareholders, as providers of equity capital, are the ultimate owners of companies.

Eastspring Investments seeks to add value for its clients by pursuing an active investment policy through portfolio management decisions, through voting on resolutions at general meetings and by maintaining a continuing dialogue with company management. Meetings with companies will therefore occur on a regular basis. This enables us to monitor company development over time and assess progress against objectives.

Voting Policy

We follow a principles-based approach. All votes we exercise are considered in the context of the principles as set out in our proxy voting policy.

As a general policy we are supportive of the management of the companies in which we invest. However, when companies consistently fail to achieve our reasonable expectations, we will actively promote changes. These changes might range from the formulation of a new strategy to the appointment of new management or non-executive directors.

An active and informed voting policy is an integral part of our investment philosophy. Voting should never be divorced from the underlying investment activity. By exercising our votes, we seek both to add value and to protect our interests as shareholders. We consider the issues, meet the management if necessary and vote accordingly. We would always seek to discuss any contentious resolutions before casting our votes in order to ensure that our objectives are understood and our votes will be cast in the best interests of our investors/clients.

We may use a proxy advisor to aid the process of making proxy voting decisions. However, specific policies and advice from the proxy advisor are not applied mechanically. We always apply our judgment and analysis and decide how to vote each resolution on its merits in the context of principles of our proxy policy.

Conflict of Interests

From time to time, proxy voting proposals may raise conflicts between the interests of our clients and the interests of the Company and its employees. We must take certain steps designed to ensure and must be able to demonstrate that those steps resulted in, a decision to vote the proxies that were based on the clients' best interest and were not the product of the conflict. Issues raising possible conflicts of interest are referred to Compliance Department for resolution and if necessary, escalated accordingly as appropriate.