AllianzGI Stewardship Statement 2. O ur investment platform comprises more than 700 investment professionals who collaborate to identify opportunities across major asset classes and geographies and facilitate understanding of the issues and trends that affect companies, industries and markets. 3. A llianzGI has specialist Sustainability Research and Stewardship teams managing thematic research and engagement strategy and developing a thematic approach structured across three strategic themes that we believe are critical: climate change, planetary boundaries and inclusive capitalism. The fundamental role of these teams is to share their expertise in the consideration of ESG factors to identify risks and opportunities that have not been fully priced in by the markets, thus supporting enhanced stock selection for the benefit of the investment decision makers. The Stewardship team leads AllianzGI’s engagement and proxy voting activities globally. It facilitates our engagement efforts and often leads engagements on corporate governance, environmental, social and business conduct matters. Furthermore, the Stewardship team contributes to public policy engagements and collective engagement in multi-stakeholder initiatives. 4. A llianzGI’s global collaboration system ensures that all sector research and issuer analysis, third-party and proprietary sustainability research, engagement notes and other outputs are readily available to investment staff. This enables all fund managers and analysts across the company to review and discuss internal research and comments when making investment recommendations or selecting issuers for portfolios. It also facilitates real-time communication for investment professionals, helping us to run an effective proxy voting process, provide and collect feedback on company engagements and share engagement outcomes. 5