Performance

Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund

As of 30.06.2021

Investment Returns

	Month	YTD	1 Yr.	3 Yrs.	5 Yrs.	10 Yrs.	Life of Fund 6/24/2016
Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund	4.33%	15.06%	51.06%	15.73%	13.18%	--	14.07%
MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap Index (net)	2.34%	19.78%	63.75%	12.31%	11.86%	--	12.67%

Calendar Year Total Returns

	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016†
Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund	32.27%	20.46%	-24.11%	42.53%	-2.33%
MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap Index (net)	19.29%	11.50%	-18.59%	33.84%	4.83%

† Since Fund’s inception on 6/24/16 through 12/31/16.

The Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Emerging Markets Small Cap Index (net) is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure equity market performance of emerging markets. This series approximates the minimum possible dividend reinvestment.

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The SICAV has appointed FundRock Management Company S.A., a "société anonyme" incorporated under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and having its registered office at 33, rue de Gasperich, L-5826 Hesperange as its management company (the "Management Company").The Management Company is authorised and regulated by the Luxembourg Supervisory Authority of the Financial Sector (the "CSSF") as the management company of UCITS (defined below) under the EU directive 2009/65/EC, as amended.

The Management Company has been appointed as the management company of WILLIAM BLAIR SICAV, a "société d'investissement á capital variable", incorporated under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg having its registered office at 31, Z.A.I. Bourmicht, Bertrange, registered in the R.C.S. Luxembourg under n° 98806 and approved by the CSSF as an undertaking for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS) in accordance with the EU directive 2009/65/EC, as amended (the "Fund").

The Management Company has appointed WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC, having its registered office at 150 North Riverside Plaza Chicago, IL 60606-1598, USA ("William Blair Group") as the investment manager for the Fund (the "Investment Manager").

The Articles of Incorporation, the Prospectus, the Key Investor Information Documents (KIID), the Annual and Half-yearly Reports of the Fund and the Subscription Form are available free of charge in English and German from our website sicav.williamblair.com or at the registered office of the Management Company (33, rue de Gasperich, L-5826 Hesperange, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg), at the registered office of the Fund (William Blair SICAV, 31, Z.A. Bourmicht, L-8070 Bertrange, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg) or from the Swiss representative, First Independent Fund Services Limited, Klausstrasse 33, CH-8008 Zurich, and in German language at Marcard, Stein & Co., Ballindamm 36, 20095 Hamburg, Germany, and at Bank of Austria Creditanstalt AG, Am Hof 2, 1010 Vienna, Austria.

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