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Aberforth UK Small Companies Fund

Portfolio

Portfolios are long-only and are actively managed by the team, which conducts its own fundamental analysis and adheres to the value investing style. Aberforth’s commitment to value investment and its focus on small UK quoted companies have remained consistent since inception.

Holdings as at 31/03/2025

Rank	Security	Portfolio Weight
1	Wilmington	3.3%
2	Bakkavor Group	3.2%
3	Vesuvius	2.7%
4	Just Group	2.5%
5	Galliford Try Holdings	2.4%
6	Morgan Advanced Materials	2.3%
7	Zegona Communications	2.2%
8	International Personal Finance	2.2%
9	ZIGUP	2.2%
10	NCC Group	2.2%
11	Rathbones Group	2.1%
12	Senior	2.1%
13	Rank Group	2.1%
14	CMC Markets	1.9%
15	MONY Group	1.8%
16	C&C Group	1.8%
17	Dowlais Group	1.8%
18	FirstGroup	1.8%
19	Jupiter Fund Management	1.8%
20	De La Rue	1.7%
21	Mitchells & Butlers	1.7%
22	Ashmore Group	1.7%
23	Crest Nicholson Holdings	1.6%
24	Foxtons Group	1.6%
25	Card Factory	1.6%
26	EnQuest	1.6%
27	Eurocell	1.6%
28	Workspace Group	1.6%
29	Hilton Food Group	1.6%
30	Marstons	1.6%
31	Reach	1.5%
32	Sabre Insurance Group	1.5%
33	Conduit Holdings	1.5%
34	Helical	1.4%
35	XP Power	1.3%
36	Smiths News	1.3%
37	Kenmare Resources	1.2%
38	Bodycote	1.2%
39	Avon Technologies	1.2%
40	Robert Walters	1.2%
41	Ricardo	1.2%
42	Halfords Group	1.1%
43	DFS Furniture	1.1%
44	Mobico Group	1.1%
45	Castings	1.1%
46	PageGroup	1.0%
47	Hostelworld Group	1.0%
48	Brooks Macdonald Group	1.0%
49	RM	1.0%
50	MJ Gleeson Group	0.9%
51	Capital	0.9%
52	Pets at Home Group	0.8%
53	City Of London Investment Group	0.8%
54	National World	0.8%
55	SIG	0.7%
56	Ecora Resources	0.7%
57	Forterra	0.7%
58	Fisher (James) & Sons	0.7%
59	PayPoint	0.7%
60	Headlam Group	0.7%
61	Macfarlane Group	0.7%
62	Videndum	0.6%
63	Speedy Hire	0.6%
64	TT Electronics	0.6%
65	Xaar	0.6%
66	Pharos Energy	0.6%
67	Topps Tiles	0.6%
68	Empiric Student Property	0.5%
69	S4 Capital	0.5%
70	Dialight	0.5%
71	Vp	0.4%
72	McBride	0.4%
73	Hansard Global	0.4%
74	Close Brothers Group	0.4%
75	Centaur Media	0.3%
76	STV Group	0.3%
77	On The Beach Group	0.3%
78	Severfield	0.2%
79	Gem Diamonds	0.1%

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Note: The above weightings are calculated as a percentage of total investments.

Industry Weightings

Weightings as at 31/03/2025

Notes:
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The above weightings are calculated as a percentage of total investments.
AFUND = Aberforth UK Small Companies Fund
DNSCI (XIC) = Deutsche Numis Smaller Companies Index (Excluding Investment Companies)
FTAS (XIC) = FTSE All-Share Index (Excluding Investment Companies)

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