Polen Capital International Growth Fund

Important Disclosures

Holdings are subject to change. The top holdings, as well as other data, are as of the period indicated and should not be considered a recommendation to purchase, hold, or sell any particular security. There is no assurance that any of the securities noted will remain in a portfolio at the time you view this webpage. It should not be assumed that any of the holdings discussed were or will prove to be profitable or that the investment recommendations or decisions we make in the future will be profitable. For a complete list of all securities held in this Fund in the prior year, contact international@polencapital.com.

All performance is calculated in U.S. Dollars. Past performance is no indication of current or future performance. The performance data does not take account of the commissions and costs incurred on the issue and redemption of units.

The MSCI ACWI ex USA Index is a market capitalization weighted equity index that measures the performance of large and mid-cap segments across developed and emerging market countries (excluding the U.S). The index is maintained by Morgan Stanley Capital International. It is impossible to invest directly in an index. The performance of an index does not reflect any transaction costs, management fees, or taxes.

Neither past experience nor the current situation are necessarily accurate guides to future growth in value or rate of return.

Alpha: is the excess return of an investment relative to the return of the benchmark.        
Beta: the measure of systemic risk of a portfolio in comparison to the market as a whole.     
Downside Capture: is a statistical measure of overall performance relative to a benchmark during declining markets.        
Information Ratio: a measurement of portfolio returns relative to a given benchmark.        
Sharpe Ratio: a ratio of the return on an investment relative to its risk.        
Standard Deviation: measurement of the dispersion or volatility of investment returns relative to its mean or average.        
Upside Capture: is a statistical measure of overall performance relative to a benchmark during rising markets.  

Active Share: Active share is a measure of the percentage of stock holdings in a manager’s portfolio that differ from the benchmark index.        
Annual Turnover: percentage of the portfolio's holdings that have been replaced in a given year.        
GICS Sectors: The Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) is a system for categorizing every public company by economic sector and industry group.      
Net Debt/EBITDA: A measurement of financial leverage, calculated as a company's interest-bearing liabilities minus cash or cash equivalents, divided by its EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization). The ratio can be interpreted as the number of years it would take a given company to pay off its interest-bearing debt using EBITDA as a measure of operating earnings.
P/E Forward: denotes the weighted harmonic average of all the P/E’s of the securities in the fund’s portfolio.        
Polen Long Term EPS Growth Estimate: a Polen Capital estimate of projected long-term earnings growth rates (Earnings Growth is not a measure of future performance).        
Total Debt/ Total Capital: measures the total amount of outstanding company debt as a percentage of the firm’s total capitalization.       
Return on Invested Capital ex Cash: assesses an investee company’s efficiency at allocating the capital and is measured by operating profit after taxes divided by investment capital excluding cash.  
Risk-Adjusted Return: a calculation of the profit or potential profit from an investment that considers the degree of risk that must be accepted in order to achieve it.  
SFDR: Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation.  
Weighted Average Market Cap: a weighted average of the price of each security multiplied by the number of shares outstanding all the securities in the portfolio. 

The management company of Polen Capital International Growth Fund is Amundi Ireland Limited, 1 George’s Quay Plaza, George’s Quay, Dublin 2, Ireland. Amundi Ireland Limited is authorised and regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland. Please note that the management company may de-notify arrangements made for marketing as regards shares of the fund in a Member State of the EU in respect of which it has made a notification.

Risk factors you should consider before investing: The value of investments and any income will fluctuate and investors may not get back the full amount invested. Where the Fund’s Investment Manager has expressed views and opinions in this fact sheet, these may change. Changes in exchange rates may have an adverse effect on the value, price, or income of the product. Whilst the Company aims to ensure the accuracy of the data contained in the factsheet, it is provided for information purposes only. It should not be relied on as the basis for making an investment decision. Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks and expenses of any investment carefully before investing as described in the Company’s Prospectus.

Emerging Markets risk: countries where investment markets are considered to be less developed. Investments are generally riskier than those in developed markets because they: may not be as well regulated and laws may be less sophisticated, may be more difficult to buy and sell, may have less reliable arrangements for the safekeeping of investments, or may be more exposed to political and taxation uncertainties. The value of the Fund can go up and down more often and by larger amounts than funds that invest in developed countries, especially in the short term.

Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, and expenses of any investment carefully before investing, as described in the Company’s Prospectus.

Polen Capital Investment Funds Plc has not been registered under the United States Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, nor the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (1933 Act). No shares may be offered or sold, directly or indirectly in the United States or to any U.S. person unless the securities are registered under the 1933 Act, or an exemption from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act is available. A “U.S. person” is defined as (a) any individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States for federal income tax purposes; (b) a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized under the laws of or existing in the United States; (c) an estate or trust the income of which is subject to United States federal income tax regardless of whether such income is effectively connected with a United States trade or business. In the United States, this material may be distributed only to a person who is a “distributor,” or who is not a “U.S. person,” as defined by Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 (as amended).

The Fund is considered to be actively managed in reference to MSCI ACWI (ex-USA) (the “Benchmark”) by virtue of the fact that it uses the Benchmark for performance comparison purposes. Certain of the Fund’s securities may be components of and may have similar weightings to the Benchmark. However the Benchmark is not used to define the portfolio composition of the Fund or as a performance target and the Fund may be wholly invested in securities which are not constituents of the Benchmark.

For more product-specific information, please refer to the Sustainable Investing section of the Prospectus available at PolenCapital.com. The Sub-Fund promotes environmental and/or social characteristics and invests in companies which follow good corporate governance practices. Please see the Prospectus and the Pre-Contractual Annex available on the Global Distributor website for further information on the SFDR classification of the fund. The decision of the investor to invest in the promoted fund should consider all the characteristics or objectives of the fund.

None of the shares may be offered or sold in the U.S. or to any U.S. person (as such term is defined in Rule 902(k) under the Securities Act).

Amounts shown are expressed in USD unless otherwise indicated.

UK Investors: Investors should read the prospectus, key investor information document, the memorandum and articles of association as well as the annual and semi-annual reports of the Company before investing, copies of which are available free of charge from the fund’s UK Facilities Agent, Polen Capital UK LLP, 1st Floor, 15-18 Austin Friars, London EC2N 2HE, United Kingdom, Tel: 442080570457, email: international@polencapital.com.

The Sub-Fund (or Fund) promotes environmental and/or social characteristics and invests in companies which follow good corporate governance practices. Please see the Prospectus and the Pre-Contractual Annex available on the Global Distributor website for further information on the SFDR classification of the fund. The decision of the investor to invest in the promoted fund should consider all the characteristics or objectives of the fund.

This webpage is a marketing communication. Please see the Prospectus for additional information on the investment policy, objectives, and strategy of the Fund.

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