¬ use clear corporate governance principles and policies to make sure our clients’ investments are well looked after ¬ seek to increase shareholder value through purposeful discussion with companies about their strategy, performance, risk controls and governance ¬ aim to vote all our shares globally, in line with the best interests of our clients, unless circumstances make this impracticable (for example, shareblocking markets) or the costs outweigh the expected benefit ¬ are open and accountable to our clients about our governance and stewardship activities ¬ seek to contribute to the development of the corporate governance environment We believe it benefits long-term investors such as Standard Life Investments and the companies we invest in to have relationships based on accountability, engagement and trust.