| CGQ Update & Maintenance Notice |
| ISS will be making a minor update to the U.S. CGQ methodology starting November 13th, in order to ensure that CGQ remains aligned with today’s corporate governance trends, as well as investor and issuer needs. |
| For more information, please visit: http://www.issproxy.com/cgq_methodology/update.jsp |
| In order to facilitate this update, U.S. CGQ, delivered via Governance Analytics for Corporate Issuers, will not be available between between Friday 11/10 12.00pm (noon) EST and Monday 11/13 9am EST. |
| We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. |