Modern Slavery Statement 2019

This is the Charterhouse statement pursuant to section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act of 2015 (“MSA 2015”) for thefinancial year ending 31 March 2019. It sets out the steps we have taken to ensure that slavery, servitude, forced andcompulsory labour and human trafficking is not taking place in our own business operations or supply chains.

Members of the Charterhouse ESG Committee (responsible for overseeing the environmental, social andgovernance considerations in our operations and business) have overseen the preparation of this slavery and human trafficking statement on behalf of Charterhouse Capital Partners LLP and its affiliated entities, together the “Group”, for the financial year ending March 2019 (the “Relevant Period”).

ABOUT CHARTERHOUSE
Charterhouse was founded in 1934 and has an investment history of more than 80 years in the UK, and more than40 years in Continental Europe. It was one of the pioneers of the UK leveraged buyout industry in the 1980s, andhas managed ten investment vehicles to date. All our investment activity is conducted through funds comprisinglimited partnerships whose General Partners are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Charterhouse. The main office is in London and we have an office in Paris.

GROUP STRUCTURE
The Group is wholly-owned and controlled by its partners and consists mainly of UK registered entities. Several Group entities are authorised and regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority. The ultimate controlling entity of the Group is Watling Street Capital Partners LLP.

SUPPLY CHAINS
Our suppliers are mostly UK-based, including a few multi-national companies with a UK-presence. As an investment business, our suppliers include professional services such as lawyers, accountants, other consultants, IT providers,office equipment, maintenance services, and transport. Suppliers also include the businesses which help us run our premises, such as building managers, caterers, cleaners and security providers.

POLICY ON MODERN SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING
We are committed to ensuring that there is no modern slavery or human trafficking in any part of our business or our supply chains. We are committed to acting ethically and with integrity in all our business relationships and we takethe opportunity to encourage others to do so. We regularly review the systems and controls we have in place to ensure that the risk of modern slavery and human trafficking in our business and supply chains is eliminated to the maximum possible extent.

MODERN SLAVERY DUE DILIGENCE UNDERTAKEN ACROSS OUR BUSINESS AND SUPPLY CHAINS
During the Relevant Period, we assessed our current exposure to modern slavery and human trafficking risk by examining the supply chain of the Charterhouse Group.

We typically cultivate long-term relationships with first-tier suppliers and we avoid making demands of our supplierswhich might lead them to violate human rights. For example, we require our catering, cleaning and security suppliers to pay their personnel who provide services to Charterhouse a salary equivalent to at least the London Living Wage. We periodically review our relationship with key suppliers and assess their performance.

The modern slavery risk to our sector is considered to be relatively low, and we deemed it appropriate to apply risk-based due diligence in the examination of our supply chain. Accordingly, the risk assessment in relation to the Group’s own operations was again relatively straightforward and we maintained our approach of previous years infocusing the bulk of our risk assessment analysis on high spend / high frequency suppliers, differentiating between low and significant slavery and human trafficking risk. Other factors such as industry-specific risk, product risk and jurisdictional risk in relation to modern slavery / human trafficking exposure were also considered. In the due diligence we conducted, we scrutinised modern slavery statements issued by suppliers and identified certain suppliers which are required to provide information relating to steps they take to address modern slavery risk.

As investors we continuously seek to influence and support our portfolio companies to undertake steps to mitigate the risk of any modern slavery which may exist in their supply chains.

During the Relevant Period, we have not been made aware of any slavery or human trafficking incidents in our supply chains or portfolio companies.

TRAINING
We operate a training programme for personnel which covers not only the offences in the MSA 2015, but also how to evaluate suppliers and how to mitigate risks within supply chains. Our aim is to raise awareness of the issues andincrease informed scrutiny. Individuals joining Charterhouse complete a Modern Slavery awareness session.

APPROVAL
This statement has been approved for distribution by the ESG Committee on behalf of the Charterhouse Group.

Lionel Giacomotto Managing Partner
September 2019