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<strong>Argos</strong> <strong>Argonaut</strong><br />
UCITS<br />
Monthly Review January 2015<br />
Management Team : Philip Best, Marc Saint John Webb<br />
Investment Style / Objective<br />
Deep value equity fund - The <strong>Argonaut</strong> Fund aims to produce substantial capital growth, by investing in micro capitalization mis-valued<br />
companies quoted on <strong>Europe</strong>an stock markets. The fund focuses particularly on little-known or poorly followed smaller companies and situations<br />
that have been ignored by mainstream investors (often because they are consi<strong>de</strong>red to be too small to be of interest). The fund is<br />
managed with a rigorous “Value Investing” philosophy, aiming to limit potential downsi<strong>de</strong> in the selected shares, ensuring a “margin of<br />
safety”. As a result, after more than 10 years since launch the fund has showed itself to be counter-intuitively resilient during market falls.<br />
This “Long Only” fund is alternative by nature, but traditional by structure. It is not tied by country, in<strong>de</strong>x or sector weightings and invests<br />
opportunistically as situations arise.<br />
THE FUND IS CURRENTLY CLOSED TO NEW INVESTMENTS, BUT TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ON THE WAITING LIST AND LIKELY FUTURE OPENINGS,<br />
PLEASE CONTACT FREDERIQUE REFAELA TROCHERY AT fr.trochery@argos-managers.ch<br />
NAV EUR 414.91<br />
Performance MTD Performance YTD Since Inception*<br />
<strong>Argonaut</strong> Fund Class E — NAV EUR 414.91 (closed to subscription) +3.91% +3.91% +314.91%<br />
<strong>Argonaut</strong> Fund Class A — NAV EUR 212.11 +3.91% +3.91%<br />
Euromoney Smaller <strong>Europe</strong>an Companies (Ex HSBC) +5.78% +5.78% +196.58%<br />
Eurostoxx 50 +6.52% +6.52% +43.83%<br />
MSCI <strong>Europe</strong> Micro Cap (EUR)** +4.35% +4.35%<br />
* SICAV - June 2003 ** In<strong>de</strong>x launched in November 2012 and calculated back to November 2007<br />
Manager’s commentary<br />
The <strong>Argonaut</strong> Fund started the year with a 3.9% rise in January: this trailed<br />
the even sharper rises in the benchmark Euromoney Smaller Companies<br />
in<strong>de</strong>x (+5.8%) and the large cap Eurostoxx 50 in<strong>de</strong>x (+6.5%). Larger<br />
companies benefitted at the end of the month from a flow of buying in<br />
equity ETFs following the <strong>Europe</strong>an Central Bank’s announcement of its<br />
Quantitative Easing programme. This also stimulated to a lesser extent the<br />
midcaps in the Euromoney in<strong>de</strong>x, but has not yet really filtered down to our<br />
micro-cap universe.<br />
After several years of trailing the US markets, the tables have really turned<br />
as <strong>Europe</strong>an markets rose 7% whilst US markets actually fell 3%. This has<br />
admittedly been partially compensated by a rise in the Dollar and a fall in<br />
the Euro (accentuated by the ECB stimulus). We can expect the<br />
improvement in competitiveness to provi<strong>de</strong> a useful tailwind for the<br />
profitability of <strong>Europe</strong>an companies in 2015. Along with the positive effects<br />
of the sharp fall in the oil price, it could contribute to a positive surprise (at<br />
last) on <strong>Europe</strong>an growth and analysts’ forecasts of 10% earnings growth<br />
for <strong>Europe</strong>an companies in 2015 could prove to be conservative.<br />
The buoyant markets have led to a pick-up in the number of IPOs to the<br />
<strong>Europe</strong>an Bourses, and this could be followed by more corporate activity<br />
and takeover bids as the natural pace of consolidation of smaller companies<br />
resumes. This is a positive environment which should benefit The <strong>Argonaut</strong><br />
Fund as takeover bids have represented a very real contribution to<br />
performance over the 12 years since inception (with the notable exception<br />
of last year with only one bid on Bull at a rather feeble premium). To be<br />
clear, it is not so much the number of bids that generate the returns, but<br />
rather the fact that because we are invested in <strong>de</strong>ep value situations, the<br />
bid<strong>de</strong>r has to pay a large premium (viz. 140% for Heiler Software in 2012)<br />
for investors to be willing to ten<strong>de</strong>r their shares.<br />
In the middle of the month the Swiss National Bank surprised markets by<br />
abandoning its peg to the Euro, and this resulted in an instantaneous 15%<br />
revaluation of the Swiss currency and an apparent sharp fall in the Swiss<br />
equity market. The fund has 16% of its assets in Swiss equities, but the<br />
overall impact was actually positive as none of our holdings fell more than<br />
the 15% rise in the Swiss Franc. This is <strong>de</strong>spite the fact that most of our<br />
Swiss companies are exporters. We had an interesting discussion on the<br />
subject of the impact of the rise in the Swiss Franc on the competitivity of<br />
Swiss companies with dairy ingredients producer Hochdorf (one of our top<br />
ten holdings). The company produces most of the pow<strong>de</strong>red milk that goes<br />
into the chocolate bars of the high quality Swiss brands, and also produces<br />
Swiss-bran<strong>de</strong>d milk-based baby food which is increasingly exported to<br />
China, as well as a host of other speciality ingredients. They have 2 plants<br />
in Switzerland, one in Germany and a smaller one in Lithuania. Within 2<br />
weeks of the Franc revaluation they have already contacted all their major<br />
clients in <strong>Europe</strong> and have obtained agreement for a staggering 9% price<br />
rise in Euros. Those industrial buyers who are not willing to pay a premium<br />
for the ‘Swissness’ have asked for their <strong>de</strong>liveries to be progressively ma<strong>de</strong><br />
from the German plant. Those who need the ‘Swiss’ originated products<br />
have almost no alternative to buying milk pow<strong>de</strong>r from Hochdorf. This<br />
illustrates the pricing power of some bran<strong>de</strong>d ‘Swiss’ products where<br />
customers are willing to pay a premium for perceived quality. Sales at<br />
Hochdorf rose 14% in 2014 and we expect a continued strong improvement<br />
in profitability to continue into 2015. Despite a solid performance since we<br />
initiated our investment, the share is still very much an ‘orphan’ with no<br />
broker coverage and very little contact with institutional investors. The<br />
market capitalisation of the company is still only 130 MCHF (barely above its<br />
book value) <strong>de</strong>spite the fact that sales this year should reach more than 600<br />
MCHF.<br />
After a 78% rise in 2014, the shares of Italian woodworking equipment<br />
producer Biesse continued higher with a further rise of 30% in January.<br />
Biesse makes machines that cut, shape, pierce and laminate wood boards.<br />
Their clients are the manufacturers of furniture (Ikea), fitted kitchens and<br />
doors/windows etc. and the clients revenues and profitability suffered from<br />
the Great Recession which led them to cut their investment spending<br />
drastically over the last years. The fund currently has 24% of its<br />
investments in the ‘out of favour’ Capital Goods and Machinery sector<br />
(Groupe Gorgé, Isra Vision, Starrag, Bolzoni…) as we have been finding<br />
value there as many companies are still in their turnaround phase (whilst<br />
having solid and secure balance sheets). As for Biesse, we believe that their<br />
clients will start to invest in new equipment once their confi<strong>de</strong>nce in the<br />
future starts to improve. Furthermore, after years of un<strong>de</strong>rinvestment these<br />
clients are already being forced to increase their investment spending as<br />
their manufacturing lines are aging, leading to increasing maintenance<br />
costs, and the new lines would generate substantial productivity gains. An<br />
illustration of what might be starting to happen for <strong>Europe</strong>an capital goods<br />
companies can be seen in the statistics for Biesse’s sales subsidiary in<br />
Spain: whereas sales had been 25 M€ in 2006, they fell 85% to only 3 M€ in<br />
2013. From this level they then doubled to 7 M€ in 2014 and are expected<br />
to rise by a further 50% in 2015. These machinery companies have cut<br />
costs substantially over the last years, so these rises in volumes will have a<br />
leveraged impact on their profitability improvements over the next 3 years.<br />
Just as Biesse’s sales in Spain are still well below pre-Great Recession<br />
levels, its share price is still only half of the level it was 8 years ago.<br />
Elsewhere German machine vision specialist Isra Vision rose 18% as the<br />
management revealed that the or<strong>de</strong>r book was up 35%. With sales<br />
worldwi<strong>de</strong> and manufacturing and R&D costs mainly in <strong>Europe</strong>, Isra should<br />
be a prime beneficiary of the more competitive Euro (their prime competitor<br />
Cognex being US-based).<br />
French camping car maker Trigano also ad<strong>de</strong>d a further 18% in January as<br />
the company announced an acceleration of the growth in sales for its<br />
vehicles in <strong>Europe</strong> at the end of the year. We expect a strong rise in<br />
profitability this year as the rising volumes will leverage the impact of the<br />
lower cost base generated by the continued restructuring and streamlining<br />
of operations. Furthermore, the company will benefit from having ma<strong>de</strong> two<br />
lowly-priced key acquisitions in Italy during the downturn, which now makes<br />
it the market lea<strong>de</strong>r in <strong>Europe</strong>. Market share gains in Germany and Northern<br />
<strong>Europe</strong> will now be the priority and growth driver.<br />
This document does not constitute an offer or solicitation to purchase the shares in the Fund <strong>de</strong>scribed here-in. Past performance is not a guarantee of future returns. The value of investments may fall as well as rise. Any<br />
<strong>de</strong>cision to invest should be based on a full reading of the fund prospectus and the most recent financial statements. The information and figures here-in are valid on the date here-of. There is no obligation to update the<br />
figures here-in.<br />
The Swiss prospectus, KIID, articles of association, annual and semi-annual reports in French and other information can be obtained for free from the Swiss representative of the fund: Carnegie Fund Services S.A., 11, rue<br />
du Général-Dufour, CH-1204 Genève, Suisse, web : www.carnegie-fund-services.ch. The Swiss paying agent is the <strong>Banque</strong> Cantonale <strong>de</strong> Genève, 17, quai <strong>de</strong> l’Ile, CH-1204 Genève, Suisse. The latest prices are available<br />
on www.fundinfo.com.<br />
For further information please contact: <strong>Argos</strong> Investment Advisors S.A., Luxembourg, e-mail: info@argos-funds.com, www.argos-funds.com. Tel. + 352 26 26 25 05<br />
<strong>Argos</strong> Investment Managers S.A., Geneva, e-mail: info@argos-managers.ch, Tel. +41 22 799 90 90, Fax. +41 22 799 90 99
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German housebuil<strong>de</strong>r Helma Eigenheimbau AG rose 16% after<br />
announcing an 11% rise in or<strong>de</strong>rs (and a continuation of the strong trend in<br />
Q4) which guarantees another strong year of growth in 2015. The share has<br />
now been multiplied by more than 5 compared to our entry price and we<br />
have taken the opportunity of the continued rise to take profits on a<br />
substantial portion of our holding. We have long been the largest<br />
institutional investors in Helma with at one point close to 10% of the<br />
outstanding shares, but now our ‘value’ criteria are leading us elsewhere.<br />
On the downsi<strong>de</strong>, our biggest disappointment was the 26% fall in the<br />
shares of French maker of accessories for vi<strong>de</strong>o games and mobile phones<br />
BigBen Interactive. The company’s sales over the all important<br />
Christmas season grew less than expected (only 3%) and the management<br />
announced a small profit warning linked to the rise in the Dollar which is the<br />
currency in which they make a large portion of their purchases (which are<br />
mostly sourced in Asia). This factor affects their competitors too, so we are<br />
confi<strong>de</strong>nt that the rise in costs will be passed on to clients in the selling<br />
price this year. We have had several meetings with the management who<br />
are convinced that profitability will now improve. In the meantime, the<br />
valuation appears ever more attractive on a 40% discount to book value<br />
Fund vs In<strong>de</strong>x performance<br />
<strong>Argos</strong> <strong>Argonaut</strong><br />
UCITS<br />
January 2015<br />
and a multiple of less than 5 times the net profits they generated in 2013.<br />
Our position in Falkland Islands Holding has been a victim of the oil price<br />
fall. The share fell 13% in January and is now 20% lower than when we<br />
started buying the share a year ago. The company operates supermarkets,<br />
other retail operations and all sorts of services (insurance, travel, tourism,<br />
shipping, construction, property) in the Falkland Islands. The main upsi<strong>de</strong><br />
potential was expected to come from the sharp rise in economic activity<br />
over the next few years that was due to come from oil companies<br />
<strong>de</strong>velopment of the significant oilfields in the region. The low oil price may<br />
put into question part of this upsi<strong>de</strong> in the short term, but we have invested<br />
in this company with a margin of safety in that the value of the current<br />
business, plus their ferry operation in Portsmouth (UK) and their fine art<br />
logistics company Momart still cover more than the market capitalisation at<br />
our purchase price.<br />
Total assets un<strong>de</strong>r management in the fund at end January stood at 186M€,<br />
compared with 167M€ a month earlier. Uninvested cash rose to 8.7% from<br />
4.7%, and the total number of individual positions remained unchanged at<br />
57.<br />
500.00<br />
450.00<br />
<strong>Argonaut</strong> Fund Class E<br />
Eurostoxx 50<br />
Euromoney Smaller <strong>Europe</strong>an Companies (Ex HSBC)<br />
MSCI <strong>Europe</strong> Micro Cap<br />
400.00<br />
350.00<br />
300.00<br />
250.00<br />
200.00<br />
150.00<br />
100.00<br />
50.00<br />
Investor information<br />
Strategy Objective<br />
To maximise long term capital growth by investing<br />
primarily in a portfolio of micro and small capitalisation<br />
<strong>Europe</strong>an companies<br />
Currency Class<br />
EUR CHF SEK GBP USD<br />
Legal Form Luxembourg Umbrella SICAV—Part I Telekurs Class A EUR 10189164<br />
Registration for Public Distribution Luxembourg, Switzerland, France, United Kingdom Telekurs Class E EUR (Closed to new investments) 10162152<br />
UCITS Status Yes Telekurs Class A CHF 12342015<br />
Investment Manager <strong>Argos</strong> Investment Managers SA Telekurs Class A SEK 11875249<br />
Management Team Philip Best, Marc Saint John Webb Telekurs Class A GBP 11325180<br />
Administrator and custodian <strong>Edmond</strong> <strong>de</strong> <strong>Rothschild</strong> <strong>Europe</strong> Telekurs Class A USD 13762857<br />
Auditor PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Luxembourg ISIN Co<strong>de</strong> Class A EUR LU0428317514<br />
Legal Advisors Allen & Overy, Luxembourg ISIN Co<strong>de</strong> Class E EUR (Closed to new investments) LU0428315906<br />
Targeted Equity Level 90-100% ISIN Co<strong>de</strong> Class A CHF LU0584436546<br />
Geographical Region <strong>Europe</strong> ISIN Co<strong>de</strong> Class A SEK LU0551533457<br />
Inception date 1 June 2003 ISIN Co<strong>de</strong> Class A GBP LU0512346346<br />
Reference In<strong>de</strong>x<br />
Euromoney Smaller <strong>Europe</strong>an Companies In<strong>de</strong>x<br />
(Ex HSBC)<br />
ISIN Co<strong>de</strong> Class A USD<br />
LU0675400260<br />
Number of Stocks Generally between 40 and 60 Bloomberg Class A EUR ARGIFAU LX<br />
Subscription and Re<strong>de</strong>mption 10th, 20th and last day of each month Bloomberg Class E EUR (Closed to new investments) ARGIFEE LX<br />
Subscription Notice<br />
Re<strong>de</strong>mption Notice<br />
2 business days before valuation date (6 pm<br />
Luxembourg time max)<br />
15 business days before valuation date (6 pm<br />
Luxembourg time max)<br />
Bloomberg Class A CHF<br />
Bloomberg Class A SEK<br />
ARGOASF LX<br />
ARGONAS LX<br />
Minimum investment Equiv. EUR 10’000 Bloomberg Class A GBP ARGONAG LX<br />
Annual management fee 1.5% Bloomberg Class A USD ARGOAAU LX<br />
Performance fee<br />
12.5% over absolute 5% per annum subject to High<br />
Water Mark<br />
Institutional Classes<br />
Available on request<br />
Subscription and re<strong>de</strong>mption fees as mentioned in the prospectus can be waived upon i<strong>de</strong>ntification of the investor either via the relevant form or direct notice providing the INVESTING INSTITUTION’S NAME, the BANK<br />
ORIGINATING THE SUBSCRIPTION, the SUBSCRIPTION / REDEMPTION AMOUNT and DATE to info@argos-advisors.lu or by fax to +41 22 799 90 99.<br />
All transactions which have been executed cannot be cancelled.<br />
This document does not constitute an offer or solicitation to purchase the shares in the Fund <strong>de</strong>scribed here-in. Past performance is not a guarantee of future returns. The value of investments may fall as well as rise. Any<br />
<strong>de</strong>cision to invest should be based on a full reading of the fund prospectus and the most recent financial statements. The information and figures here-in are valid on the date here-of. There is no obligation to update the<br />
figures here-in.<br />
The Swiss prospectus, KIID, articles of association, annual and semi-annual reports in French and other information can be obtained for free from the Swiss representative of the fund: Carnegie Fund Services S.A., 11, rue<br />
du Général-Dufour, CH-1204 Genève, Suisse, web : www.carnegie-fund-services.ch. The Swiss paying agent is the <strong>Banque</strong> Cantonale <strong>de</strong> Genève, 17, quai <strong>de</strong> l’Ile, CH-1204 Genève, Suisse. The latest prices are available<br />
on www.fundinfo.com.<br />
For further information please contact: <strong>Argos</strong> Investment Advisors S.A., Luxembourg, e-mail: info@argos-funds.com, www.argos-funds.com. Tel. + 352 26 26 25 05<br />
<strong>Argos</strong> Investment Managers S.A., Geneva, e-mail: info@argos-managers.ch, Tel. +41 22 799 90 90, Fax. +41 22 799 90 99
<strong>Argos</strong> <strong>Argonaut</strong><br />
UCITS<br />
Factsheet January 2015<br />
Management Team : Philip Best, Marc Saint John Webb<br />
Investment Style / Objective<br />
Deep value equity fund - The <strong>Argonaut</strong> Fund aims to produce substantial capital growth, by investing in micro capitalization misvalued<br />
companies quoted on <strong>Europe</strong>an stock markets. The fund focuses particularly on little-known or poorly followed smaller<br />
companies and situations that have been ignored by mainstream investors (often because they are consi<strong>de</strong>red to be too small to<br />
be of interest). The fund is managed with a rigorous “Value Investing” philosophy, aiming to limit any potential downsi<strong>de</strong> in the<br />
selected shares, ensuring a “margin of safety”. As a result, after more than 10 years since launch the fund has showed itself to be<br />
counter-intuitively resilient during market falls. This “Long Only” fund is alternative by nature, but traditional by structure. It is not<br />
tied by country, in<strong>de</strong>x or sector weightings and invests opportunistically as situations arise.<br />
Fund vs In<strong>de</strong>x calendar year performance (%)<br />
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ytd<br />
2003 <strong>Argonaut</strong> Fund Class E 0.76 6.20 7.59 0.96 6.33 4.62 0.52 29.97<br />
Euromoney Smaller Europ. Comp. (Ex HSBC) 5.11 6.39 5.82 -1.82 7.74 1.02 0.61 27.21<br />
2004 <strong>Argonaut</strong> Fund Class E 7.22 4.37 -1.37 3.32 -0.93 4.05 -2.96 -2.09 3.41 2.42 5.64 4.28 30.32<br />
Euromoney Smaller Europ. Comp. (Ex HSBC) 7.28 3.88 -2.18 0.54 -1.71 3.51 -2.60 -1.12 2.36 1.52 5.00 3.25 20.98<br />
2005 <strong>Argonaut</strong> Fund Class E 9.77 4.95 -1.19 -0.25 2.10 2.31 7.01 -1.17 5.14 -2.29 1.01 1.87 32.61<br />
Euromoney Smaller Europ. Comp. (Ex HSBC) 6.14 3.90 -1.18 -3.02 4.65 4.28 4.65 1.83 4.70 -4.71 4.09 4.63 33.56<br />
2006 <strong>Argonaut</strong> Fund Class E 6.21 3.75 4.08 1.05 -5.97 -1.65 -0.88 0.65 1.79 3.23 0.88 4.42 18.34<br />
Euromoney Smaller Europ. Comp. (Ex HSBC) 6.44 4.66 3.59 2.26 -6.76 -1.05 -0.19 2.84 2.68 4.64 2.25 5.80 29.89<br />
2007 <strong>Argonaut</strong> Fund Class E 3.69 1.36 0.59 4.47 1.43 0.38 -0.42 -3.26 -2.22 0.94 -10.33 -1.08 -5.17<br />
Euromoney Smaller Europ. Comp. (Ex HSBC) 3.76 -1.10 4.41 2.88 2.28 -2.41 -2.00 -3.31 -3.02 3.53 -9.60 -2.49 -7.78<br />
2008 <strong>Argonaut</strong> Fund Class E -13.72 2.15 -4.38 4.04 2.22 -5.96 -5.11 2.81 -7.14 -18.17 -6.15 -2.21 -42.65<br />
Euromoney Smaller Europ. Comp. (Ex HSBC) -12.14 2.29 -3.43 2.46 0.41 -10.69 -4.28 3.09 -15.57 -20.24 -8.30 -3.17 -52.95<br />
2009 <strong>Argonaut</strong> Fund Class E -1.12 -7.03 0.71 16.03 10.60 7.49 3.64 6.30 7.37 -1.03 0.68 -1.53 48.24<br />
Euromoney Smaller Europ. Comp. (Ex HSBC) 0.74 -7.05 2.26 19.93 8.44 -0.45 7.23 8.67 5.32 -2.56 -0.52 5.18 55.12<br />
2010 <strong>Argonaut</strong> Fund Class E 1.21 -2.83 3.17 2.21 -5.78 2.13 1.24 0.09 1.99 0.23 2.15 6.81 12.76<br />
Euromoney Smaller Europ. Comp. (Ex HSBC) 1.92 -1.80 8.22 1.51 -7.37 -0.94 5.22 -1.82 5.27 3.55 -1.10 9.04 22.50<br />
2011 <strong>Argonaut</strong> Fund Class E 7.37 4.36 2.85 2.37 2.77 -2.46 -1.32 -8.16 -7.83 4.99 -5.06 2.42 0.84<br />
Euromoney Smaller Europ. Comp. (Ex HSBC) 0.96 1.22 -1.18 2.03 -1.04 -4.25 -3.42 -10.37 -7.82 5.95 -4.22 0.53 -20.52<br />
2012 <strong>Argonaut</strong> Fund Class E 5.87 6.47 0.05 -0.59 -7.85 -0.64 1.98 0.40 -2.04 5.13 0.28 2.96 11.76<br />
Euromoney Smaller Europ. Comp. (Ex HSBC) 8.54 5.43 -0.38 -1.55 -8.09 2.31 2.26 2.55 2.93 1.09 0.21 4.29 20.35<br />
2013 <strong>Argonaut</strong> Fund Class E 5.30 0.48 0.90 1.14 6.02 -2.13 1.26 6.55 5.73 6.91 2.87 2.35 43.86<br />
Euromoney Smaller Europ. Comp. (Ex HSBC) 4.07 2.75 -0.25 0.71 2.84 -4.16 5.66 1.24 5.39 4.70 1.70 1.56 29.08<br />
2014 <strong>Argonaut</strong> Fund Class E 3.74 4.37 1.84 1.69 -0.53 1.47 -4.35 -1.37 -1.79 -4.84 3.16 -0.98 1.92<br />
Euromoney Smaller Europ. Comp. (Ex HSBC) 1.50 6.12 -0.45 -1.27 1.33 -0.72 -2.94 0.88 -1.89 -2.39 1.90 1.10 2.89<br />
2015 <strong>Argonaut</strong> Fund Class E 3.91 3.91<br />
Euromoney Smaller Europ. Comp. (Ex HSBC) 5.78 5.78<br />
Fund vs Indices rolling year performance (%)<br />
91.29% 90.75%<br />
91.29%<br />
60.83%<br />
55.77%<br />
61.86%<br />
37.04%<br />
<strong>Argos</strong> <strong>Argonaut</strong> Class E<br />
Euromoney Smaller Europ. Comp.<br />
(Ex HSBC)<br />
60.83%<br />
42.97%<br />
51.65%<br />
<strong>Argos</strong> <strong>Argonaut</strong> Class E<br />
MSCI <strong>Europe</strong> Micro Cap<br />
(since inception of in<strong>de</strong>x)<br />
2.09%<br />
7.23%<br />
2.09% 2.55%<br />
1 year 3 years 5 years 7 years<br />
1 year 3 years 5 years<br />
This document does not constitute an offer or solicitation to purchase the shares in the Fund <strong>de</strong>scribed here-in. Past performance is not a guarantee of future returns. The value of investments may fall as well as rise. Any<br />
<strong>de</strong>cision to invest should be based on a full reading of the fund prospectus and the most recent financial statements. The information and figures here-in are valid on the date here-of. There is no obligation to update the<br />
figures here-in.<br />
The Swiss prospectus, KIID, articles of association, annual and semi-annual reports in French and other information can be obtained for free from the Swiss representative of the fund: Carnegie Fund Services S.A., 11, rue<br />
du Général-Dufour, CH-1204 Genève, Suisse, web : www.carnegie-fund-services.ch. The Swiss paying agent is the <strong>Banque</strong> Cantonale <strong>de</strong> Genève, 17, quai <strong>de</strong> l’Ile, CH-1204 Genève, Suisse. The latest prices are available<br />
on www.fundinfo.com.<br />
For further information please contact: <strong>Argos</strong> Investment Advisors S.A., Luxembourg, e-mail: info@argos-funds.com, www.argos-funds.com. Tel. + 352 26 26 25 05<br />
<strong>Argos</strong> Investment Managers S.A., Geneva, e-mail: info@argos-managers.ch, Tel. +41 22 799 90 90, Fax. +41 22 799 90 99
<strong>Argos</strong> <strong>Argonaut</strong><br />
UCITS<br />
January 2015<br />
Sectoral exposure<br />
Retail 3%<br />
Others 6%<br />
Automotive &<br />
Vehicles 8%<br />
United Kingdom 11%<br />
Others 1%<br />
Geographic breakdown<br />
Packaging 5%<br />
New <strong>Europe</strong> 3%<br />
Capital Goods 14%<br />
France 32%<br />
IT, Software &<br />
Internet 4%<br />
Sw itzerland 16%<br />
Chemicals 3%<br />
Industrial 11%<br />
Construction and<br />
Building Materials<br />
10%<br />
New <strong>Europe</strong> 3%<br />
Food & drinks 15%<br />
Electrical &<br />
components 18%<br />
Italy 16%<br />
Ireland 3%<br />
Germany 18%<br />
Market capitalisation profile<br />
Statistics<br />
>300M EUR<br />
200-300M EUR<br />
<strong>Argos</strong><br />
<strong>Argonaut</strong><br />
Euromoney<br />
Smaller<br />
Europ. Comp.<br />
(Ex HSBC)<br />
100-200M EUR<br />
50-100M EUR<br />
Cumulative return since inception 314.9% 196.7%<br />
Annualised return since inception 13.0% 9.8%<br />
Annualised volatility since inception 16.0% 17.8%<br />
0-50M EUR<br />
0.00% 5.00% 10.00% 15.00% 20.00% 25.00% 30.00%<br />
Largest holdings<br />
Company name<br />
Sector<br />
BIESSE<br />
Industrial Machinery<br />
CAMELLIA<br />
Agriculture<br />
CICOR TECHNOLOGIES<br />
Electronic Components<br />
DELCLIMA<br />
Industrial<br />
Sharpe ratio since inception 0.69 0.44<br />
Tracking error since inception 8.7%<br />
Monthly Market upsi<strong>de</strong> capture vs Stoxx600 In<strong>de</strong>x 107.0%<br />
Monthly Market downsi<strong>de</strong> capture vs Stoxx600 In<strong>de</strong>x 67.0%<br />
Fund AUM 186.1 M€<br />
Number of stocks 57<br />
Stock average holding period<br />
Circa 3 years<br />
EXCEET GROUP<br />
Electronic Components<br />
Investor information<br />
Strategy Objective<br />
To maximise long term capital growth by investing<br />
primarily in a portfolio of micro and small capitalisation<br />
<strong>Europe</strong>an companies<br />
Currency Class<br />
EUR CHF SEK GBP USD<br />
Legal Form Luxembourg Umbrella SICAV—Part I Telekurs Class A EUR 10189164<br />
Registration for Public Distribution Luxembourg, Switzerland, France, United Kingdom Telekurs Class E EUR (Closed to new investments) 10162152<br />
UCITS Status Yes Telekurs Class A CHF 12342015<br />
Investment Manager <strong>Argos</strong> Investment Managers SA Telekurs Class A SEK 11875249<br />
Management Team Philip Best, Marc Saint John Webb Telekurs Class A GBP 11325180<br />
Administrator and custodian <strong>Edmond</strong> <strong>de</strong> <strong>Rothschild</strong> <strong>Europe</strong> Telekurs Class A USD 13762857<br />
Auditor PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Luxembourg ISIN Co<strong>de</strong> Class A EUR LU0428317514<br />
Legal Advisors Allen & Overy, Luxembourg ISIN Co<strong>de</strong> Class E EUR (Closed to new investments) LU0428315906<br />
Targeted Equity Level 90-100% ISIN Co<strong>de</strong> Class A CHF LU0584436546<br />
Geographical Region <strong>Europe</strong> ISIN Co<strong>de</strong> Class A SEK LU0551533457<br />
Inception date 1 June 2003 ISIN Co<strong>de</strong> Class A GBP LU0512346346<br />
Reference In<strong>de</strong>x<br />
Euromoney Smaller <strong>Europe</strong>an Companies In<strong>de</strong>x<br />
(Ex HSBC)<br />
ISIN Co<strong>de</strong> Class A USD<br />
LU0675400260<br />
Number of Stocks Generally between 40 and 60 Bloomberg Class A EUR ARGIFAU LX<br />
Subscription and Re<strong>de</strong>mption 10th, 20th and last day of each month Bloomberg Class E EUR (Closed to new investments) ARGIFEE LX<br />
Subscription Notice<br />
Re<strong>de</strong>mption Notice<br />
2 business days before valuation date (6 pm<br />
Luxembourg time max)<br />
15 business days before valuation date (6 pm<br />
Luxembourg time max)<br />
Bloomberg Class A CHF<br />
Bloomberg Class A SEK<br />
ARGOASF LX<br />
ARGONAS LX<br />
Minimum investment Equiv. EUR 10’000 Bloomberg Class A GBP ARGONAG LX<br />
Annual management fee 1.5% Bloomberg Class A USD ARGOAAU LX<br />
Performance fee<br />
12.5% over absolute 5% per annum subject to High<br />
Water Mark<br />
Institutional Classes<br />
Available on request<br />
Subscription and re<strong>de</strong>mption fees as mentioned in the prospectus can be waived upon i<strong>de</strong>ntification of the investor either via the relevant form or direct notice providing the INVESTING INSTITUTION’S NAME, the BANK<br />
ORIGINATING THE SUBSCRIPTION, the SUBSCRIPTION / REDEMPTION AMOUNT and DATE to info@argos-advisors.lu or by fax to +41 22 799 90 99.<br />
All transactions which have been executed cannot be cancelled.<br />
This document does not constitute an offer or solicitation to purchase the shares in the Fund <strong>de</strong>scribed here-in. Past performance is not a guarantee of future returns. The value of investments may fall as well as rise. Any<br />
<strong>de</strong>cision to invest should be based on a full reading of the fund prospectus and the most recent financial statements. The information and figures here-in are valid on the date here-of. There is no obligation to update the<br />
figures here-in.<br />
The Swiss prospectus, KIID, articles of association, annual and semi-annual reports in French and other information can be obtained for free from the Swiss representative of the fund: Carnegie Fund Services S.A., 11, rue<br />
du Général-Dufour, CH-1204 Genève, Suisse, web : www.carnegie-fund-services.ch. The Swiss paying agent is the <strong>Banque</strong> Cantonale <strong>de</strong> Genève, 17, quai <strong>de</strong> l’Ile, CH-1204 Genève, Suisse. The latest prices are available<br />
on www.fundinfo.com.<br />
For further information please contact: <strong>Argos</strong> Investment Advisors S.A., Luxembourg, e-mail: info@argos-funds.com, www.argos-funds.com. Tel. + 352 26 26 25 05<br />
<strong>Argos</strong> Investment Managers S.A., Geneva, e-mail: info@argos-managers.ch, Tel. +41 22 799 90 90, Fax. +41 22 799 90 99