GMI Analyst Compliance Brochure

© 2012 GMI Ratings1 +1 877-479-7500 info@gmiratings.comwww.gmiratings.comThese rankings are intended to provide investors with an effective summaryof environmental, social and corporate governance factors that can and do impact investment value. They are not, however, intended for stand-alone use and should not be considered as simple Buy, Sell or Hold recommendations. Most investment professionals regard these ratings as a specialized, proprietary input to be used for ESG benchmarking in combination with existing fundamental analysis or other approaches and to help ensure compliance with the UN-PRI (United Nations Principles of Responsible Investing) and other similar standards.About GMI RatingsGMI Ratings is an independent provider of research and ratings on environmental, social, governance and accounting-related risks affecting the performance of public companies. The firm’s ESG ratings for nearly 5,500 companies worldwide incorporate 120 ESG KeyMetrics™ to help investors assess the sustainable investment value of corporations. The firm also provides Accounting and Governance Ratings (AGR®) for approximately 18,000 public companies worldwide. AGR metrics reflect the accuracy and reliability of a company’s financial reporting. Clients of GMI Ratings include leading institutional investors, banks, insurers, auditors, regulators and corporations seeking to incorporate accounting and ESG factors into risk assessment and decision-making. A signatory to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), GMI Ratings was formed in 2010 through the merger of GovernanceMetrics International, The Corporate Library and Audit Integrity. In the 2012 Independent Research in Responsible Investment (IRRI) Survey conducted by Thomson Reuters Extel and SRI-CONNECT.com, GMI Ratings was named “The Best Independent Corporate Governance Research Provider”. For more information please visit www.gmiratings.com.GMI Compliance Fact SheetOctober 2012 OverviewIn August 2012, GMI Ratings introduced an introductory-level version of the firm’s flagship GMI Analyst web-based research platform. The new version – called GMI Analyst Compliance – is designed for clients who wish to access GMI Ratings’ ESG data and core ESG KeyMetrics™ in the simplest possible form and the lowest possible cost.GMI Analyst Compliance is organized around the 75 most important GMI Ratings ESG KeyMetrics™ and a basic set of supporting data for Governance, Environmental, and Social metrics. The new introductory product also includes basic company analysis and a single page of ESG events covering the most recent 12-month period. This product option is available for any subset of our entire ESG coverage universe of more than 5,500 companies worldwide.As of September 10, 2012, signatories to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) include more than 1,100 investment managers, asset owners, banks and insurance companies, all now formally committed to adding ESG and other non-traditional measures of risk to their decision-making processes. But the adoption of these new standards among mainstream financial decision-makers is still in its early stages, and many PRI signatories have expressed a preference for more intuitive and affordable solutions to help meet their PRI compliance needs. GMI Analyst Compliance was designed specifically to meet this need.Comparison of Product FeaturesFeatures and Benefits GMI Analyst GMI Analyst ComplianceESG KeyMetrics™ Flags 120 75Supporting Company Data Comprehensive BasicSupporting Officer and Director Data Comprehensive BasicCompanies Covered 5,500 worldwide 5,500 worldwideSearch and Screening Tools Advanced BasicUser-Defined ESG and AGR® Email Alert Options Yes NoGlobal Leaderboard Director Network Analysis Tools Yes NoPortfolio Risk Assessment and Benchmarking Tools Yes NoESG Ratings Yes NoAccounting and Governance Risk (AGR®) Ratings Yes No