55 / 182
FINANCIAL AND LEGAL INFORMATION
1
Business description
time. Andrew has been involved in a number of deals, including
King, Orange, TIVIT, TDC, Intelsat and Inmarsat. Prior to joining
Apax Partners, Andrewwas a consultant at LEKwhere he advised
clients on acquisitions in a number of sectors. Andrew holds an
MA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford and an
MBA from INSEAD.
Mitch Truwit
(47) is co-CEOof Apax Partners and a Partner in the
Services team. He is also amember of the Investment Committee
and a Trustee of the Apax Foundation. Prior to joining Apax
Partners in 2006, Mr. Truwit was the President and CEOof Orbitz
Worldwide, a subsidiary of Travelport, between 2005 and 2006,
andwas the ExecutiveVice President andChief OperatingOfficer
of priceline.combetween 2001 and 2005. Mr. Truwit is a graduate
of Vassar College where he received a BA in Political Science.
He also has an MBA from Harvard Business School. He serves
as a Board member of AssuredPartners, Answers Corporation,
Bankrate, Boats group (ex-Dominion Marine Media) and Quality
Distribution Inc. He previously served as a Board member of
Advantage Sales &Marketing,
Dealer.com,GardaWorld Security
Corporation, Hub International and Trader Canada. Mr. Truwit is
the Chairman of Street Squash, a Harlem-based urban youth
enrichment program and is an honorary member of the Special
Olympics of CT, an organisation providing year-round sports
training and athletic competition for children and adults with
intellectual disabilities. Mr. Truwit was previously a member of
PEC, an organisation established to provide information about
the private equity industry.
1.3.10
RESPONSIBLE INVESTING
INFORMATION ON SOCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL
AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MATTERS,
AS WELL AS MEASURES TO COMBAT
DISCRIMINATION AND PROMOTE DIVERSITY
(ARTICLES L. 225-102-1 AND R. 225-14 ET
SEQ OF THE FRENCH COMMERCIAL CODE)
Altamir SCA is a portfolio company whose purpose is to acquire,
manage and dispose of French or foreign securities. Given the
nature of its business and the fact that it has no employees and
no buildings, the human resources information required under
Article 225 of the French Commercial Code is not applicable.
Altamir is managed by Altamir Gérance SA which defines the
investment policy and carries out the day-to-daymanagement of
the Company. Altamir’s investment policy involves investingwith
or in funds managed by the two management companies, Apax
Partners France and Apax Partners LLP. As such, Altamir relies
on the expertise of the Apax Partners France and Apax Partners
LLP teams to identify new investment opportunities, manage the
companies in the portfolio and create value.
Those companies have taken a number of measures that have
contributed to making an investment in Altamir a responsible
investment froma social, environmental and societal perspective.
The work of the independent verifier pertained exclusively
to Altamir and not to Altamir Gérance, Apax Partners France
(including Apax Partners SA and Apax Partners MidMarket) or
Apax Partners LLP.
Relationships with stakeholders
AltamirGérancemaintains, onbehalf of theCompany, anon-going
dialogue with Company shareholders, the financial community
(private and institutional investors, analysts and journalists) and
the AMF. That dialogue is conducted by the Chairman of the
Management Company, the Chief Financial Officer and the Head
of Investor Relations and Communications.
Contact with investors and analysts occurs through one-on-one
meetings or more formal gatherings such as the Annual General
Meeting, the two information meetings organised with the SFAF
in Paris, and two webcasts (in English) that take place at the
time of the annual and half-yearly earnings releases. Altamir also
participates inannual road shows andevents organisedbybrokers
and specialist companies to allow the Company to meet new
French and foreign investors.
In the area of financial communication, Altamir follows the
regulations and recommendations of the AMF, which ensures
that investors are protected and informed. In that regard, Altamir
Gérance fully discloses all regulatory information about Altamir
to investors and ensures that all investors receive the same
information.
Any new information about Altamir’s financial statements,
portfolio or regulatory requirements is published in a press
release, available in French and English, that is widely distributed
electronically by a recognised professional distributor, and
available on the Company’s website. A more comprehensive
communication is produced at the close of the annual and half-
yearly reporting periods (Registration Document including the
annual financial report, and half-yearly report).
Altamir is a member of LPEQ (a London-based association of
listed private equity companies in Europe) and of CLIFF (an
association of French financial communication professionals),
which allows it to share best practices with its peers and other
listed companies.
55
REGISTRATION DOCUMENT
1
ALTAMIR 2016