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Baillie Gifford Investment Management (Europe) Limited is authorised and regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland (Reference number C182354) as an Alternative Investment Fund Manager and UCITS Manager to Baillie Gifford Worldwide Funds plc. Its registered office is 4/5 School House Lane East, Dublin 2, D02 N279, Ireland.

Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC (the “Company”) is an alternative investment fund for the purpose of Directive 2011/61/EU (the “AIFM Directive”). Baillie Gifford & Co Limited is the alternative investment fund manager (“AIFM”) of the Company and has been authorised for marketing to Professional Investors in this jurisdiction. This website is made available by Baillie Gifford Investment Management (Europe) Limited (“BGE”), which has been engaged by the AIFM to carry out promotional activities relating to the Company. BGE is authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland as an AIFM under the AIFM Regulations and as a UCITS management company under the UCITS Regulation. BGE also has regulatory permissions to perform promotional, advisory and Individual Portfolio Management activities. BGE has passported its authorisations under the mechanisms set out in the AIFM Directive.

This website is informative only and the information provided should not be considered as investment or other advice or a recommendation to buy, sell or hold a particular investment. You can read details of our Legal and Important Information here.

The above funds are sub-funds of Baillie Gifford Worldwide Funds PLC and are domiciled in Ireland. The Swiss representative is UBS Fund Management (Switzerland) AG, Aeschenenplatz 6, 4052 Basel. The Swiss paying agent is UBS Switzerland AG, Bahnhofstrasse 45, 8001 Zurich. The documents of the Company, such as the Partial Prospectus for Switzerland, the Articles of Association, the Key Investor Information Documents (KIIDs), and the financial reports can be obtained free of charge from the Swiss representative. For the shares of the Funds distributed to qualified investors in Switzerland, the place of jurisdiction is Basel. Each time performance data is published, it should be noted that the past performance is no indication of current or future performance, and that it does not take account of the commissions and costs incurred on the issue and redemption of shares.

The Trust has not been approved by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (“FINMA”) for offering to non-qualified investors pursuant to Art. 120 para. 1 of the Swiss Federal Act on Collective Investment Schemes of 23 June 2006, as amended (“CISA”). Accordingly, the interests in the Trust may only be offered or advertised, and this document may only be made available, in Switzerland to qualified investors within the meaning of CISA. Investors in the Trust do not benefit from the specific investor protection provided by CISA and the supervision by the FINMA in connection with the approval for offering.

A share class: Retrocession share class at 1.5% management fee, available on most funds.
B share class: For standard direct investment. Multiple currency and currency hedged share classes may also be available.
C share class: Management fee agreed directly with the investment manager, available on most funds.

Effective from 03 July 2020, F share classes for Worldwide Funds merged with their respective B share class or became a new B share class where this did not exist before.

The EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) is a set of EU rules which aim to make the sustainability profile of funds more comparable and better understood by end-investors. This will focus on pre-defined metrics for assessing the environmental, social and governance (ESG) outcomes of the investment process. The SFDR goes hand in hand with the Sustainable Finance Action Plan which aims to promote sustainable investment across the EU, and a new EU Taxonomy to create a level playing field across the whole EU. The most visible and impactful element in the new SFDR regulation is the classification of funds and mandates in three categories, as laid out by Articles 6, 8 and 9 of the SFDR.

• Article 6 - The Fund is not subject to enhanced sustainability-related disclosures.

• Article 8  - The Fund is subject to enhanced sustainability-related disclosures on the environmental and/or social characteristics that it promotes.

• Article 9 - The Fund is subject to enhanced sustainability-related disclosures on its sustainable investment objective.

Product classification under the Sustainable Finance Disclosures Regulation is evolving which requires a detailed understanding of how sustainability objectives interact with investment returns.   It is possible that other Funds not currently included in the lists above will be added in future amendments to the Prospectus.

The information contained in this section of the website relates to Baillie Gifford Worldwide Funds PLC, an investment company with variable capital incorporated with limited liability in Ireland with registered number 490695 and established as an umbrella fund with segregated liability between sub-funds pursuant to the European Communities (Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities) Regulations, 2003 (as amended) (the “Company”).

If you have any questions about the Company or investment in any of its sub-funds, you should consult your stock broker, bank manager, legal adviser, accountant or other financial adviser. The Company’s prospectus should be read in its entirety before making any application for shares. Should you proceed to access the Company’s prospectus, your attention is drawn to the Selling Restrictions within the document.

* Hedged Fund