Status under the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) - Strategic Bond Fund

Janus Henderson Horizon Fund – Strategic Bond Fund

The Fund is categorised as one which meets the provisions set out in Article 8 of SFDR as a product which promotes environmental and/or social characteristics.

A. Summary

This financial product promotes environmental or social characteristics but does not have as its objective sustainable investment.

The Fund uses ESG exclusions to promote support for the UNGC principles (which cover matters including human rights, labour, corruption, and environmental pollution, avoid investments in sovereign issuers that have not ratified the Paris Agreement, and avoids investments in certain activities with the potential to cause harm to human health and wellbeing. The Fund does not use a reference benchmark to attain its environmental or social characteristics.

The Fund uses ESG exclusions to promote support for the UNGC principles. The good governance practices of investee companies are assessed prior to making an investment and periodically thereafter in accordance with the Sustainability Risk Policy (“Policy”).

In addition, the Investment Manager is a signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).

A minimum of 70% of the investments of the financial product are used to meet the environmental or social characteristics promoted by the financial product.

The sustainability indicators used to measure the attainment of each of the environmental or social characteristics promoted by this financial product are:

• Ratification of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change (“Paris Agreement”) by sovereign issuers.
• Carbon Intensity Scope 1&2
• Overall UNGC Compliance Status
• ESG exclusionary screens - see “G. Methodologies for environmental or social characteristics?” below for details on the exclusions below for details on the exclusions.
• Overall Freedom House Index status

The Investment Manager applies screens to exclude direct investment in corporate issuers based on their involvement in certain activities.

Issuers are also excluded if they are deemed to have failed to comply with the UNGC Principles.

The Fund also applies the Firmwide Exclusions Policy, which includes controversial weapons, as detailed under paragraph 10.15 of the section entitled “Investment Restrictions” in the Prospectus.

JHI has chosen MSCI’s ESG Manager as its primary data source for ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) research.

Where coverage gaps are identified, specialist ESG Data vendors or inhouse research may be used to complement the ESG research.

Positions allocated may be estimated or reported data received from the external data vendor. For positions not covered by the external data provider, proprietary research may be used.

The appropriateness of the evidence provided is assessed by an independent body at JHI.

Data coverage is directly driven by the coverage of the underlying ESG Data Provider.

JHI’s internal data structure provides sufficient flexibility to incorporate proprietary evidence or adapt evaluations to future requirements.

The JHI Sustainability Risk Policy sets out the firmwide ESG Integration Principles, Sustainable Investment Principles and Baseline Exclusions applied to investee companies.

Each Investment desk completes their own due diligence processes ahead of making any investment decisions within their Article 8 funds, using internal and external tools and research.

Details of JHI’s approach to Engagement can be found in the ‘ESG Investment Policy’ published under the ‘ESG Resource Library’ on the Janus Henderson website.

The Firm supports a number of stewardship codes and broader initiatives around the world and is a signatory to the UK stewardship code.