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PRI reporting framework 2017

Gateway asset class implementation indicators [OO 10 - 12]

Investment policy [SG 01 - 04] Objectives and strategies [SG 05 - 06] Governance and human resources [SG 07 - 08] Promoting responsible investment [SG 09 - 11] Implementation not in other modules [SG 12 - 16] Innovation [SG 17]

Direct - Listed Equity Active Ownership

Engagement [LEA 01 - 16] Overview [LEA 01 - 02] Process [LEA 03 - 10] Process for engagements run internally [LEA 03 - 04] Process for engagements conducted via collaborations [LEA 05 - 06] General processes for all three groups of engagers [LEA 09 - 10] Outputs and outcomes [LEA 11 - 15] Communication [LEA 16]

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Basic Information

OO 01. Signatory category and services

01.1. Select the services you offer.

Fund management

% of assets under management (AUM) in ranges

<10%

10-50%

>50%

Fund of funds, manager of managers, sub-advised products

% of assets under management (AUM) in ranges

<10%

10-50%

>50%

Other, specify

Execution and advisory services

01.2. Additional information. [Optional]

Sycomore Asset Management is one of the top independent investment firms in France. It focuses on a single business: third-party asset management.

As of 31/12/2016, Sycomore Asset Management has 5.08 billion euros in assets under management through UCITS open-ended funds and segregated mandates.

OO 02. Headquarters and operational countries

02.1. Select the location of your organisation’s headquarters.

France

02.2. Indicate the number of countries in which you have offices (including your headquarters).

2-5

6-10

>10

02.3. Indicate the approximate number of staff in your organisation in full-time equivalents (FTE).

55 FTE

02.4. Additional information. [Optional]

OO 03. Subsidiaries that are separate PRI signatories

03.1. Indicate whether you have subsidiaries within your organisation that are also PRI signatories in their own right.

Yes

03.3. Additional information. [Optional]

OO 04. Reporting year and AUM

04.1. Indicate the year end date for your reporting year.

31/12/2016

04.2. Indicate your total AUM at the end of your reporting year, excluding subsidiaries you have chosen not to report on.

Total AUM
Total AUM	trillions	billions	millions	thousands	hundreds
Currency
Assets in USD
Assets in USD	trillions	billions	millions	thousands	hundreds

04.4. Additional information. [Optional]

OO 06. How would you like to disclose your asset class mix

New selection options have been added to this indicator. Please review your prefilled responses carefully.

06.1. How you would like to disclose your asset class mix.

as percentage breakdown

as broad ranges

	Internally managed (%)	Externally managed (%)
Listed equity	>50% 65	<10% 5
Fixed income	<10% 5	0 0
Private equity	0 0	0 0
Property	0 0	0 0
Infrastructure	0 0	0 0
Commodities	0 0	0 0
Hedge funds	0 0	0 0
Forestry	0 0	0 0
Farmland	0 0	0 0
Inclusive finance	0 0	0 0
Cash	0 0	10-50% 23
Other (1), specify	0 0	<10% 2
Other (2), specify	0 0	0 0

'Other (1)' specified

          Mutli-asset fund-of-funds mandates.

06.2. Publish our asset class mix as per attached image [Optional].

06.3. Provide contextual information on your AUM asset class split. [Optional]

Since 2001, Sycomore AM's expertise is in European equities' fundamental research and active stock-picking.

In 2012, the firm launched its first credit fund, with an SRI approach.

Sycomore AM also has an asset allocation strategy since 2009, consisting in flexible management within the overall investment universe (including emerging markets), all asset classes and multi-vehicles.

OO 07. Fixed income AUM breakdown

07.1. Provide to the nearest 5% the percentage breakdown of your Fixed Income AUM at the end of your reporting year, using the following categories.

Internally managed

0 SSA

17 Corporate (financial)

83 Corporate (non-financial)

0 Securitised

Total 100%

OO 08. Segregated mandates or pooled funds

New selection options have been added to this indicator. Please review your prefilled responses carefully.

08.1. Provide a breakdown of your organisation’s externally managed assets between segregated mandates and pooled funds.

Asset class breakdown	Segregated mandate(s)	Pooled fund(s)
[a] Listed equity	0% <10% 10-50% >50 %	0% <10% 10-50% >50 %
[n] Cash	0% <10% 10-50% >50 %	0% <10% 10-50% >50 %
[o] Other (1), specify	0% <10% 10-50% >50 %	0% <10% 10-50% >50 %
Total externally managed assets	Please ensure the entire table (both columns combined) totals to 100%

08.2. Additional information. [Optional]

The two externally managed equity funds Synergy Smaller Cies and Synergy Emerging Markets are managed through pooled funds.

OO 09. Breakdown of AUM by market

09.1. Indicate the breakdown of your organisation’s AUM by market.

Developed Markets	0% <10% 10-50% >50 %
Emerging, Frontier and Other Markets	0% <10% 10-50% >50 %
Total	100%

09.2. Additional information. [Optional]

We invest in listed emerging markets equities via two vehicles:

1) A UCITS fund of mandates, created by Sycomore AM but run by local independent investment managers based in Asia, Brazil, Eastern Europe and India

2) A global asset allocation strategy

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