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Bloomberg Index Services Limited - Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement
Bloomberg is committed to acting ethically and with integrity in all our business relationships. We
expect those in our supply chain to align with our values and operate in accordance with theprinciples of the Bloomberg Supplier Code of Conduct and Bloomberg Impact Report

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downloads and in full compliance with allapplicable laws and regulations. The Bloomberg Supplier Code of Conduct outlines Bloomberg'sexpectations for Supplier conduct regarding labour and human rights, health and safety,environmental protection, ethics, and management practices.
OUR ORGANISATION

Bloomberg is a global business and information and news leader. Bloomberg delivers data, newsand analytics through innovative technology, quickly and accurately. Through the Bloomberg
Terminal®, real time financial information is provided to subscribers globally. The wider
organisation is headquartered in the United States and engages around 18,000 employees andworkers in 176 locations around the world. Bloomberg's European headquarters in London housearound 4,000 employees and serve as a hub for the company's regional operations.
With regards to this statement, Bloomberg Index Services Limited ("BISL") provides benchmark
administration services across multiple asset classes. With expertise in capital markets,
technology, data, pricing, analytics, distribution and research, BISLprovides the global investmentcommunity with comprehensive solutions to fulfil their benchmarking needs.
BISLis a private limited company which was incorporated in the United Kingdom in 2014 andwhose registered office is 3 Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4N4TQ. It is a wholly owned
subsidiary of Bloomberg LP.
This statement is published on behalf of BISLin line with the UK's Modern Slavery Act 2015, andreferences to "we", "us" and "our" are to BISL.
SUPPLY CHAIN

In addition to our London office, BISLhas branches in the USA,Japan, Singapore, the Czech
Republic and Australia.
Our direct supply chain involves the sourcing of goods and services to support our benchmarking
administration services. Given that we are essentially an office-based service provider, we consider
our supply chains to represent relatively low risk with regards to modern slavery, servitude andhuman trafficking. The goods and services we purchase in relation to BISL'sbusiness offering arelimited and primarily relate to property, facility management and maintenance, informationtechnology, media and professional services.

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DUE DILIGENCE AND RISK ASSESSMENT

To identify and mitigate risks associated with slavery and human trafficking, we have in placesystems that:•Increasingly require suppliers who participate in a formal tender process (Request forInformation or Request for Proposal) to accept Bloomberg's Supplier Code of Conduct•Perform social audits in targeted facilities within our supply chain that are the mostvulnerable to threats of human trafficking, slavery and other related violations; and•

Monitor potential risk areas in our supply chains; and•Protect whistleblowers.

POLICIES

In addition to our Supplier Code of Conduct and Bloomberg Impact Report, as part of our overallcommitment to safe and ethical working practices and safeguarding of human rights, we have inplace the following policies:•An Anti-Slavery Policy making the prevention, detection and reporting of modern slavery
in any part of the business or supply chains the responsibility of all of those working for
Bloomberg (including BISL)or under its control.

•A policy setting out General Standards of Conduct and Ethical behaviour, requiring staff toconduct themselves and Bloomberg LP business with the highest ethical standards, withintegrity and within guidelines that prohibit actual or potential conflicts of interest or theperception of impropriety; and•A Whistleblowing policy

TRAINING

BISLconducts employee training, partnering with a vendor to train the relevant employees on thesignificance and risks of slavery and human trafficking and their obligations in this context. We arecommitted to maintaining and continuing these steps which seek to ensure no modern slavery or
human trafficking in our supply chain or in any part of our business.
MONITORING

AND IMPLEMENTATION

If issues are identified in relation to modern slavery, these will be reported to Human Resources or
through the Bloomberg Hotline. More general issues in relation to the running of this policy will
be reported back to Bloomberg LP's Global Operations team on an annual basis and, if required,more frequently.

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Bloomberg lP's Global Operations team shall take responsibility for implementing the objectives
considered in this statement and we will monitor progress of our efforts in this area.

This statement is made pursuant to section 54{1} of the UK'sModern Slavery Act 2015 andconstitutes our group's slavery and human trafficking statement for the current financial year.

~Peter T Grauer
Director and Chairman
Bloomberg Index Services limited

Date: January 2019
Next Review: January 2020