Introduction

Investments in gun

manufacturers bear

significant economic

risks: financial risk,

headline risk and

increasingly, risk related

to societal impact.

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Meaningful

engagement must

produce change.

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Pension investments in firearms manufacturers

Publicly traded companies that manufacturer assault weapons:

American Outdoor Brands (NASDAQ: AOBC)

Sturm, Ruger & Co. (NYSE: RGR)

Vista Outdoor (NYSE: VSTO)

Private equity asset managers that own gun manufacturers: Cerberus Capital Management

Sciens Capital Management

Public equity asset managers ownership of gun manufacturers:

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BlackRock: Engaging with manufacturers and distributors

State Street: Engaging with manufacturers

Vanguard: Engaging with manufacturers and distributors

Fidelity: Engaging with manufacturers and

distributors

Only Invesco Advisers

failed to take a public

position or respond to a

request for comment on

engaging manufacturers

on firearm-related risks.

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Dimensional Fund Advisors: Urging

manufacturers to “find common ground to

improve safety”

Voya: Engaging with firearm manufacturers

Trillium Asset Management: Not investing with gun-makers

Amalgamated Bank: Engaging with manufacturers

% Shares % Shares % Shares

BlackRock Fund Advisors Engaging 10.51 5,689 16.18 2,820  11.91  6,827

Invesco Advisers No 8.84 4,785 3.02 527  1.03  590

Vanguard Group Inc. Engaging 8.14 4,405 9.32 1,625  9.00 5,161

Dimensional Fund Advisors Engaging 3.19 1,725 3.71 647 8.05 4,612

Voya Investment

Management Engaging 3.06 1,656 4.46 777  .05 26

Fidelity Investments/ Geode

Capital ManagementEngaging 0.95 515 0.85 149 14.58 8,355

Taking

action on

gun

makers

Holdings

American

Outdoor

Sturm,

Ruger & Co.

Vista

Outdoor

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Public pension funds’ actions

CalPERS: Engaging and divesting

CalSTRS: Engaging and divesting

These case studies

offer pension

trustees and fund

managers a road

map to begin

evaluating and

addressing risk

exposure from gun

manufacturers.

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NYCERS and TRSNYC: Divesting and engaging

Conclusion

When companies

produce products, like

assault rifles, that create a

national public health

and safety crisis, the

societal impact creates

financial risk for investors.

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8 BlackRock, “A Sense of Purpose,” www.blackrock.com/corporate/investor-relations/larry-fink-ceo-letter. 9 Everytown for Gun Safety, “Everytown for Gun Safety Releases Guidelines on How Financial Institutions Can Help Reduce Violence by Requiring Gun Industry Business Customers to Follow Responsible Business Practices,” April 4, 2018, https://everytown.org/press/everytown-for-gun-safety-releases-guidelines-on-how-financial-institutions-can-help-reduce-violence-by-requiring-gun-industry-business-customers-to-follow-responsible-business-practices/. 10 Amalgamated Bank, “Amalgamated Bank Adopts Additional Policies to Promote Gun Safety,” April 4, 2018, www.amalgamatedbank.com/news/amalgamated-bank-adopts-additional-policies-promote-gun-safety. 11 Tiffany Hsu, “Citigroup Sets Restrictions on Gun Sales by Business Partners,” New York Times, March 22, 2018, www.nytimes.com/2018/03/22/business/citigroup-gun-control-policy.html. 12 Bloomberg, “Bank of America Says It Will Stop Lending to Military-Style Gunmakers,” Time, April 10, 2018, http://time.com/5235598/bank-of-america-loans-military-assault-weapon-gun-manufacturers/. 13 Randi Weingarten, letter to Wells Fargo CEO Timothy Sloan, March 29, 2018, www.aft.org/sites/default/files/wells_fargo_final.pdf. 14 Timothy Sloan, letter to AFT President Randi Weingarten, April 3, 2018, www.aft.org/sites/default/files/president_weingarten_040318.pdf. 15 Kevin McCoy, “Wells Fargo Faces $1B Fine from Federal Regulators over Mortgage, Auto Loan Abuses,” USA Today, April 13, 2018, https://usat.ly/2qtCsXD. 16 C. J. Chivers, Larry Buchanan, Denise Lu and Karen Yourish, “With AR-15s, Mass Shooters Attack with the Rifle Firepower Typically Used by Infantry Troops,” New York Times, Feb. 28, 2018, www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/02/28/us/ar-15-rifle-mass-shootings.html. 17 Smith & Wesson, www.smith-wesson.com/mp. 18 Ruger, ruger.com/products/ar556/specSheets/8500.html. 19 Ruger, ruger.com/products/sr556TD/models.html. 20 Savage, www.savagearms.com/firearms/model/MSR15Patrol. 21 Savage, www.savagearms.com/firearms/model/stevens320pump. 22 Natasha Singer, “How Freedom Group Became the Big Shot,” New York Times, Nov. 26, 2011, www.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/business/how-freedom-group-became-the-gun-industrys-giant.html.

23Michael de la Merced, “Cerberus, Unable to Sell Remington, Will Let Investors Cash Out,” New York Times, May 15, 2015, www.nytimes.com/2015/05/16/business/dealbook/cerberus-unable-to-sell-remington-will-buy-back-its-shares-from-investors.html 24Matthew Haag, “Remington, Centuries-Old Gun Maker, Files for Bankruptcy as Sales Slow,” New York Times, March 25, 2018, www.nytimes.com/2018/03/25/business/remington-bankruptcy-guns.html 25 Mara Lee, “Colt Exiting Bankruptcy,” Hartford Courant, Jan. 13, 2016, www.courant.com/business/hc-colt-exiting-bankruptcy-20160113-story.html. 26 The AFT did not contact BlackRock, due to the clear position it publicly articulated. 27 BlackRock shared specific questions it was asking gun manufacturers, including: 1. What is your strategy and process for managing the

reputational, financial and litigation risk associatedwith manufacturing civilian firearms?

2. How do you assess the financial, reputational andlitigation risk of the various aspects of your productlines and how each of those products is distributed?

3. What steps do you take to support the safe andresponsible use of your products?

4. How do you determine where you will allow yourproducts to be distributed?

5. What strategies do you employ to monitor how yourproducts are being sold?

6. Are you investing in Research & Development topromote the safety of your products (e.g., effectivetrigger locking technology)? What is your strategy inthis area?

28 Ross Kerber, “US Asset Manager State Street to Press Gunmakers on Safety Efforts,” Reuters, Feb. 26, 2018, www.reuters.com/article/usa-guns-statestreet/u-s-asset-manager-state-street-to-press-gunmakers-on-safety-efforts-idUSL2N1QF01L. 29 Meaghan Kilroy, “State Street Discloses It Will Engage with Weapons Manufacturers, Distributors,” Pensions & Investments, Feb. 26, 2018, www.pionline.com/article/20180226/ONLINE/180229872/state-street-discloses-it-will-engage-with-weapons-manufacturers-distributors. 30 Reshma Kapadia, “Big Investors in Gun Companies Weigh in on Violence,” Barron’s, Feb. 22, 2018, www.barrons.com/articles/big-investors-in-gun-companies-weigh-in-on-violence-1519341563. 31 Trillium Asset Management, “Stepping off the Sidelines: The Role of Financial Services Companies on Gun Sales,” Feb. 21, 2018, www.trilliuminvest.com/stepping-off-sidelines-financial-services-gun-sales/.

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32 CalPERS, “CalPERS at a Glance,” June 30, 2017, www.calpers.ca.gov/docs/forms-publications/calpers-at-a-glance.pdf. 33 CalPERS, “Total Fund Investment Policy,” Nov. 13, 2017, www.calpers.ca.gov/docs/total-fund-investment-policy.pdf. 34 Marc Lifsher, “CalPERS to Sell All Its Stock in Two Gun Manufacturers,” Los Angeles Times, Feb. 19, 2013, http://articles.latimes.com/2013/feb/19/business/la-fi-mo-calpers-to-sell-firearms-makers-stocks-20130219. 35 “Calpers to Sell Investments in Two Gun Makers,” Reuters, Feb. 19, 2013, www.reuters.com/article/us-financial-calpers-gunmakers/calpers-to-sell-investments-in-two-gun-makers-idUSBRE91I17420130219. 36 CalPERS, “ESG Strategic Plan Update,” March 19, 2018, www.calpers.ca.gov/docs/board-agendas/201803/invest/item06b-00_a.pdf. 37 CalSTRS, “Fast Facts: Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2017,” www.calstrs.com/sites/main/files/file-attachments/fastfacts_2017.pdf. 38 CalSTRS, “Investments Overview,” Feb. 28, 2018, www.calstrs.com/investments-overview. 39 CalSTRS, “Teachers’ Retirement Board Policy Manual,” March 2018, www.calstrs.com/sites/main/files/file-attachments/2018_0314_board_policy_manual_march_2018.pdf; Mary Williams Walsh and Michael Cooper, “BigTeachers’ Fund to Sell Its Gun Shares,” New York Times,Jan. 9, 2013,www.nytimes.com/2013/01/10/business/california-teachers-fund-to-divest-of-gun-stock.html.40 CalSTRS, “CalSTRS Statement on Investment inFreedom Group,” Dec. 13, 2013,www.calstrs.com/statement/calstrs-statement-investment-freedom-group.41 CalSTRS, “CalSTRS Finalizes Divestment from FirearmsManufacturers,” June 5, 2015,www.calstrs.com/statement/calstrs-finalizes-divestment-firearms-manufacturers.42 CalSTRS, “CalSTRS Finalizes Divestment.”43 New York City Comptroller, “Pension / InvestmentManagement: Asset Allocation,” January 2018,https://comptroller.nyc.gov/services/financial-matters/pension/asset-allocation/.44 Barry B. Burr, “New York City Employees Pension FundDivests from Gun Manufacturers,” Pensions & Investments,May 8, 2013,www.pionline.com/article/20130508/ONLINE/130509896/new-york-city-employees-pension-fund-divests-from-gun-manufacturers.45 Burr, “New York City Employees Pension Fund Divests.”46 Liz Moyer, “New York City Pension Fund to Divest Itselfof Gun Retailer Stock,” July 14, 2016,www.nytimes.com/2016/07/15/business/dealbook/new

-york-city-pension-fund-to-divest-itself-of-gun-retailer-stock.html.47 Rob Kozlowski, “New York City Employees to DivestSome Gun Retailer Holdings,” Pensions & Investments, July15, 2016,www.pionline.com/article/20160715/ONLINE/160719915/new-york-city-employees-to-divest-some-gun-retailer-holdings.48 iShares, “Client Update on Civilian Firearms Exposuresin Investment Portfolios,” April 4, 2018,www.ishares.com/us/literature/press-release/client-update-firearms-april.pdf.

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Percent Shares Percent Shares Percent Shares

Alaska Department of Revenue - 0.01 11,000 -

Alaska Retirement Management Board 0.01 11,000 - -

Arizona State Retirement System 0.17 29,000 0.16 103,000 -

Colorado Public Employees’ Retirement Association 0.02 4,000 - 0.01 3,000

Illinois State Board of Investment 0.01 2,000 - 0.01 5,000

Kentucky Teachers’ Retirement System 0.04 8,000 0.03 20,000 -

Louisiana State Employees’ Retirement System 0.04 8,000 0.04 24,000 -

Municipal Employees’ Retirement System of Michigan 0.04 7,000 0.03 21,000 -

*New York State Common Retirement Fund - 0.1 61,000 -

New York State Teachers’ Retirement System 0.15 88,000 - -

Ohio Public Employees Retirement System 0.01 2,000 - 0.01 5,000

Public Employees’ Retirement Association of Colorado - 0.02 12,000 -

State Board of Administration of Florida 0.06 10,000 0.08 41,000 0.08 41,000

State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D - 0.07 45,000 -

State of Wisconsin Investment Board - - 0.74 400,000

Teacher Retirement System of Texas 0.03 6,000 - 0.03 18,000

Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System 0.08 14,000 - -

Tennessee Treasury Department - 0.07 45,000 -

Texas Permanent School Fund 0.07 12,000 0.06 38,000 -

Pension Funds

Sturm, Ruger &

Co. (RGR)

Vista Outdoor

(VSTO)

American Outdoor

Brands (AOBC)

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