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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 30/04/2025

Rank	Security	Portfolio Weight
1	Wilmington	3.4%
2	Galliford Try Holdings	2.7%
3	Bakkavor Group	2.4%
4	Just Group	2.4%
5	Vesuvius	2.3%
6	ZIGUP	2.3%
7	NCC Group	2.3%
8	CMC Markets	2.2%
9	Morgan Advanced Materials	2.2%
10	Rathbones Group	2.1%
11	Rank Group	2.1%
12	De La Rue	2.0%
13	Senior	2.0%
14	Zegona Communications	1.9%
15	C&C Group	1.9%
16	Mitchells & Butlers	1.9%
17	FirstGroup	1.9%
18	International Personal Finance	1.9%
19	MONY Group	1.9%
20	Jupiter Fund Management	1.8%
21	Card Factory	1.8%
22	Dowlais Group	1.7%
23	Crest Nicholson Holdings	1.7%
24	Marstons	1.7%
25	Ashmore Group	1.6%
26	Workspace Group	1.6%
27	Hilton Food Group	1.6%
28	Reach	1.6%
29	Helical	1.6%
30	Foxtons Group	1.6%
31	Eurocell	1.5%
32	Conduit Holdings	1.5%
33	EnQuest	1.4%
34	Halfords Group	1.4%
35	Sabre Insurance Group	1.4%
36	DFS Furniture	1.3%
37	Smiths News	1.3%
38	XP Power	1.3%
39	Kenmare Resources	1.2%
40	Robert Walters	1.2%
41	Ricardo	1.2%
42	Bodycote	1.1%
43	Brooks Macdonald Group	1.1%
44	Castings	1.1%
45	MJ Gleeson Group	1.0%
46	Capital	1.0%
47	Avon Technologies	1.0%
48	PageGroup	0.9%
49	Pets at Home Group	0.9%
50	SIG	0.9%
51	Hostelworld Group	0.9%
52	RM	0.9%
53	City Of London Investment Group	0.8%
54	National World	0.8%
55	Forterra	0.8%
56	PayPoint	0.7%
57	Ecora Resources	0.7%
58	Macfarlane Group	0.7%
59	Fisher (James) & Sons	0.7%
60	Videndum	0.7%
61	Speedy Hire	0.6%
62	TT Electronics	0.6%
63	Headlam Group	0.6%
64	Xaar	0.6%
65	Mobico Group	0.6%
66	Empiric Student Property	0.6%
67	Topps Tiles	0.5%
68	Pharos Energy	0.5%
69	Vp	0.5%
70	Dialight	0.4%
71	Close Brothers Group	0.4%
72	S4 Capital	0.4%
73	McBride	0.4%
74	Hansard Global	0.4%
75	STV Group	0.3%
76	Centaur Media	0.3%
77	Severfield	0.3%
78	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 30/04/2025

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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