Supporting Family Day at Royal Academy of Arts Exhibition

London, 2 December 2009 — Newton Investment Management announced that the company is supporting the Royal Academy of Arts, GSK Contemporary, Earth: Art of a Changing World exhibition which is being displayed at The Royal Academy of Arts, 6 Burlington Gardens, London by sponsoring "Family Day – Explore, React, Create" on Sunday 17 January 2010. The "Family Day" will encourage families to explore issues related to climate change and art, react to ways in which artists address the environment and ecology, and create art that expresses their own ideas about our future on this planet, through hands-on workshops, storytelling and interactive talks.

Helena Morrissey, chief executive officer of Newton commented: "We are thrilled that we are able to continue to work closely with the Royal Academy of Arts. In particular, we believe our concerns for Earth are aligned as one of our key investment themes at Newton is Earth matters. By applying this theme to our investment process we accept that environmental issues will influence the way the world changes thereby affecting the opportunities and constraints for returns on investment."

"By supporting the Family Day of this thought provoking exhibition we believe that we are playing a small part in educating current and future generations about the changes taking place in the world."

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GSK Contemporary, Earth: Art of a changing world, runs from 3 December 2009 until 31 January 2010. Featuring new and recent work from more than 30 leading international contemporary artists, the exhibition will reflect the impact of the climate change debate on the practice of a broad range of contemporary artists. Exhibiting artists include Tracy Emin RA, Antony Gormley RA, Keith Tyson, Gary Hume RA, Marcos Lutyens and Sophie Calle.

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