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Polar Capital Technology Trust

Interim results presentation

December 2018


Results As At 31 October 2018

Source: Polar Capital.

Year ended

30/04/18

As at

31/10/18Change

Net Assets £1,551,611,000 £1,683,065,000 +8.5%

NAV per ordinary share 1159.69p 1257.69p +8.5%

Price per ordinary share 1148.00p 1176.00p +2.4%

Benchmark Change +7.0%

Ordinary shares in issue 133,795,000 133,825,000 +0.0%


PCT As At 30 November 2018

Year ended

30/04/18

As at

31/10/18Change

As at

30/11/18

Net Assets £1,551,611,000 £1,683,065,000 +8.5% £1,690,388,000

NAV per ordinary share 1159.69p 1257.69p +8.5% 1263.13p

Price per ordinary share 1148.00p 1176.00p +2.4% 1194.00p

Benchmark Change +7.0%

Ordinary shares in issue 133,795,000 133,825,000 +0.0% 133,825,000



DJ World Technology vs. FTSE World TR since Apr 2018

Half Year Review

Source: Bloomberg, 16 July 2018.

• Global equities (FTSE World + 4.7%) added to

their post financial crisis gains although returns

were driven by US markets and US Dollar strength

(+7.8% vs. Sterling). Beyond the US, most major

markets declined in local currency terms. Uneven

returns reflected higher US risk-free rates, trade war

escalation and diverging economic fortunes and

central bank policy.

• Risk-off sentiment caught up with US markets in

October with worsening trade relations, a choppier

earnings season and imminent mid-term elections

presaging the largest S&P 500 retracement since

2008.

• Technology stocks outperformed again (DJ World

Technology Index +7.0% in Sterling terms) due to

disproportionate US exposure, driven by a narrow

group of stocks concentrated in the software, Cloud

and payment subsectors.


Half Year Review

Technology Performance by Geography: April 2018 - Present

Source: Bloomberg, Polar Capital. Chart shown as at 6/12/18. Past performance is not indicative or a guarantee of future returns.

• Large-cap US technology companies delivered

almost twice the total return of their small-cap

peers (15.1% vs. 8.5% in Sterling terms)

• NAV performance (+8.4%) exceeded the

benchmark by 1.4%.

– Positives: AMD, Software-as-a-Service,

incumbent underperformance, asset allocation

(underweight Asia / semiconductors)

– Negatives: Japan (semiconductors / robotics)

computer gaming, Apple (relative)


Source: Polar Capital, 30 November 2018. The Polar Capital Technology Trust was awarded the Money Observer Rated Fund award.

• Technology is at the core of the Polar Capital business

• One of the largest technology franchises in Europe with c.US$5.0bn under management

• Seven dedicated technology specialists – strong multi-cycle track record

Introduction To The Team

Miss Fatima Iu

Fund Manager/Analyst

Investment experience: 12 years

Sectors: Europe (all-cap), global

security, networking, energy & med tech

Mr Ben Rogoff

Director - Technology


Sectors: US (mid/large-cap)

Polar Capital Technology

Trust (LSE listed)

US$2.2bn

Global Technology

Fund

US$2.7bn

Mr Nick Evans

Senior Fund Manager


Sectors: US (small/mid-cap)

Mr Xuesong Zhao

Fund Manager/Analyst


Sectors: Asia (all-cap), global

semi / Semi cap equipment

Mr Bradley Reynolds

Investment Analyst


Sectors: US (all-cap) – Internet &

digital media

Mr Paul Johnson

Investment Analyst


Sectors: Emerging Tech inc.

3D printing, gaming & autos

Mr Chris Wittstock (based in US)

Senior Investment Analyst


Sectors: US Technology / Software

Senior

Fund Managers

Analysts

Funds

Fund Managers

Automation & AI

Fund

US$349.3m


Investment Framework

4,000+ universe

Thematic overviewDynamic definition of technology

Real-world changes in user behaviour

What we look forS-Curve inflections

Secular themes / pure-plays

What we avoidLast-generation winners

Public venture capital

Portfolio constructionBottom-up stock picking

Benchmark aware

ValuationGrowth bias – rev/earnings / cash flow

Price targets (bull/base/bear) / Risk reward

Sell disciplinesMis-execution / model change

Price level attainmentPortfolio



Slope of enlightenment

InnovationTrigger

Trough ofdisillusionment

Plateau ofproductivity

Volumetric Displays

Neuromorphic Hardware

Deep Learning

Conversational

User Interface

IoT Platform

Augmented Data Discovery

Serverless PaaS

Smart Workforce

Quantum Computing

5G

Artificial General

Intelligence

Cognitive Computing

4D printing

Commercial UAVs (Drones)

Brain Computer Interface

Edge Computing

Smart Robots

Cognitive Expert Advisors

Enterprise Taxonomy and

Ontology Management

Virtual Personal Assistants Machine Learning

Software Defined Security

Autonomous Vehicles

Nanotube Electronics

Connected Home

Blockchain

No growth

uncertain / declining OM%

Thematic Investing: Hype vs. Reality

Source: Polar Capital & Gartner, July 2017. It should not be assumed that recommendations made in future will be profitable or will equal performance of the securities in this document. A list of all recommendations

made within the immediately preceding 12 months is available upon request.

Positioning of themes/products above is only intended to be indicative of approximate penetration/maturity

Maturity / Decline“Blue Sky” Emerging Mainstream

R&D

negative OM%

High growth

expanding OM%

Low growth

stable OM%

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investors Index / ETF

Polar Capital Global Technology Team

“Value Trap”?Developed market smartphones

PND/GPS

LCD TV / HDTV

Enterprise software

PVR/DVR (Sky+)

Home Broadband

Notebooks

ERP / Traditional software

Desktop PC / printers

DVD

Feature phones / 3G

VCR

Digital Camera (DSC)

Mainframe

IT Services

Electric

vehicles

Internet of Things (IoT) / M2M communication

Enterprise SSD / 64 bit ARM architecture

Mobile / social / location based advertising

Clean energy (solar & wind)

Wireless Networking (802.11n / ac)

Mobile broadband (4G / LTE)

Software as a Service (SaaS)

Server & Storage Virtualisation

Virtual Reality

EM smartphones & Ecommerce/Internet

Tablets / Ultrabooks (including Mac Air)

Smart agriculture / factory automation / robotics

Voice over LTE / WiFI (VoLTE / VoWiFI)

Cloud computing (public/private – PaaS/IaaS)

Big data / predictive analytics / Hadoop

Cyber security / app control / IPS

Software defined networking (SDN) / NFV / 100G optical / FTTx)

Mobile payments / mCommerce / NFC / biometrics

Moore’s stress / rising semi capital intensity

3D printing

eCommerce / online advertising

Multiplayer / mobile gaming / streaming media

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Virtual Reality

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Human Augmentation

Less than 2 years 2 to 5 years 5 to 10 years Obsolete before plateauMore than 10 years

Augmented Reality

Searching for revenue growth and

cash flow inflections

Energy

Storage

Deep Reinforcement

Learning

Digital Twin

Peak ofInflated

expectation


Next Generation Valuations

Source: Ned Davis, 30 November 2018. Copyright 2018 Ned Davis Research, Inc. Further distribution prohibited without prior permission. All Rights Reserved. See NDR Disclaimer at

www.ndr.com/copyright.html. For data vendor disclaimers refer to www.ndr.com/vendorinfo/. Past performance is not indicative or a guarantee of future returns.

Absolute sector valuation (PE):

Compelling vs. history (1992 – present)

Relative sector valuation (PE):

At / around market level – with superior balance sheet

http://www.ndr.com/vendorinfo/


Software as a Service (SaaS) valuation:

EV/forward 12 month revenue multiples2

Internet valuation (equal cap weighted):

EV/forward 2 year EV/EBITDA levels1

Source: 1. Bloomberg, 30 November 2018. UCITS Internet sector (AMZN/FB/GOOG/BABA/700HK/PYPL) vs Bank of America Merrill Lynch Internet sector Index. 2. KeyBanc, Capital Markets, 20 November 2018. Past

performance is not indicative or a guarantee of future returns.


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Source: 1. Citi Research, FactSet, 21 November 2018. 2. Bloomberg, BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research, December 2018. Past performance is not indicative or a guarantee of future returns.


Select M&A activity2

Date Target Acquirer Premium Value $m

May-12 Ariba SAP 19% 4,324

Aug-12 Kenexa IBM 42% 1,260

Oct -12 OPNET Riverbed 31% 912

June-13 ExactTarget Salesforce 50% 2,419

Jul -13 Sourcefire Cisco 29% 2,185

Dec-13 Responsys Oracle 38% 1,438

Sept-14 Concur SAP 28% 7,241

Nov-14 Sapient Publicis 70% 3,264

Feb-15 Freescale NXP 2% 17,469

Apr-15 Informatica PE consortium 11% 4,784

May-15 Altera Intel 18% 14,354

Oct-15 KLA-Tencor Lam Research 27% 10,955

Nov-15 King Digital Activision Blizzard 16% 4,881

Apr-16 Ruckus Wireless Brocade 45% 1,044

Apr-16 Cvent Vista Equity 68% 1,408

Jun-16 QLIK Technologies Thoma Bravo (PE) 5% 2,899

Jun-16 LinkedIn Microsoft 50% 26,401

Jun-16 Demandware Salesforce 56% 2,779

Jul-16 ARM Holdings SoftBank 43% 22,897

Jul-16 Netsuite Oracle 19% 8,716

Sept -16 Arcam GE 53% 688

Jan-17 AppDynamics Cisco 100%* 3,700

Mar-17 Nimble Storage HP Enterprise 45% 1,000

Mar-17 Mobileye Intel 34% 14,131

Mar-18 MuleSoft Salesforce.com 36% 5,667

June-18 GitHub Microsoft Private 7,500

Sept-18 Marketo Adobe Private 4,750

Oct-18 Red Hat IBM 63% 34,000

Nov-18 Qualtrics SAP Private 8,000

Source: 1. Centaur Partners, December 2015. 2. Bloomberg and Polar Capital, August 2018. 3. E&Y, June 2016. It should not be assumed that recommendations made in future will be profitable or will equal

performance of the securities in this document. A list of all recommendations made within the immediately preceding 12 months is available upon request.

Valuations Supported By Elevated M&A…

Cash & equivalents at top 25 tech companies3

Technology M&A since 19951

BOLD: owned in Fund


Source: 1. Gartner Q417. 2. Factset, Q118. 3. https://siliconangle.com/blog/2018/02/28/citing-acceleration-demand-salesforce-com-beats-earnings-estimates/. 4. Baird.

It should not be assumed that recommendations made in future will be profitable or will equal performance of the securities in this document. A list of all recommendations made within the immediately preceding 12

months is available upon request. All opinions and estimates constitute the best judgment of Polar Capital as of the date hereof, but are subject to change without notice, and do not necessarily represent the views of

Polar Capital.

….And Strengthening Fundamentals

S&P 500 Revenue Growth CY18E2

Worldwide IT spending (2016 – 2022E)1

“I’ve never seen a demand environmentlike this. Every CEO is using the positiveeconomic environment, as well as thedomestic tax cuts, as a way to acceleratetheir digital transformation.”3

- Mark Benioff, CEO Salesforce.com

“the business imperative of responding

to needs of a new generation of

customers, partners and suppliers who

expect transactions to be seamless, real-

time, Facebook-like in experience, Amazon-like in reliability”4

https://siliconangle.com/blog/2018/02/28/citing-acceleration-demand-salesforce-com-beats-earnings-estimates/


Source: Gartner, 2018 The stocks represented herein do not reflect the entire holdings contained within the Fund. All opinions and estimates constitute the best judgment of Polar Capital as of the date hereof, but are

subject to change without notice, and do not necessarily represent the views of Polar Capital. It should not be assumed that recommendations made in future will be profitable or will equal performance of the securities in

this document. A list of all recommendations made within the immediately preceding 12 months is available upon request.

“Hot Off The Press” – Gartner’s Vision For 2019

Top 10 Strategic Trends

• Continuous innovation at scale

• Projects vs. Products

This year’s buzzword: ‘ContinuousNext’


Digital Disruption



Centralised, decentralised and distributed networks1

Source: 1. RAND corporation, ‘Where wizards stay up late’’. Other sources: Amazon https://www.scrapehero.com/many-products-amazon-sell-january-2018/ https://www.nasdaq.com/article/youll-never-believe-

amazons-share-of-the-e-commerce-market-cm904080, techcrunch; Alibaba https://seekingalpha.com/article/4170052-alibaba-group-holding-limited-2018-q1-results-earnings-call-slides May 2018; Tencent, August 2017;

Facebook, https://zephoria.com/top-15-valuable-facebook-statistics/ ; Google, August 2017; Booking.com, July 2017; Airbnb, https://press.atairbnb.com/fast-facts/ March 2018; Uber, August 2017. The stocks represented

herein do not reflect the entire holdings contained within the Fund. It should not be assumed that recommendations made in future will be profitable or will equal performance of the securities in this document. A list of all

recommendations made within the immediately preceding 12 months is available upon request.

562m products, 100m prime subs

44% of 2017 US ecommerce

c.5m listings

>300m guest arrivals

>5bn rides, 78 countries

1.3m properties online

1.5m room nights/day

>2tr annual searches

5 apps > 1bn MAU

WeChat: >1bn MAU

2.2bn MAU, 1.45bn DAU

20+ minutes/user/day

552m active users

$768bn GMV in F18

Digital Disruption: New Networks / Scale

https://www.scrapehero.com/many-products-amazon-sell-january-2018/

https://www.nasdaq.com/article/youll-never-believe-amazons-share-of-the-e-commerce-market-cm904080

https://seekingalpha.com/article/4170052-alibaba-group-holding-limited-2018-q1-results-earnings-call-slides

https://zephoria.com/top-15-valuable-facebook-statistics/

https://press.atairbnb.com/fast-facts/


Source: 1. KPCB, BI Intelligence. 2. KPCB. 3. Kornit Digital IR presentation. The stocks represented herein do not reflect the entire holdings contained within the Fund. It should not be assumed that recommendations

made in future will be profitable or will equal performance of the securities in this document. A list of all recommendations made within the immediately preceding 12 months is available upon request. All opinions and

estimates constitute the best judgment of Polar Capital as of the date hereof, but are subject to change without notice, and do not necessarily represent the views of Polar Capital.

Digital Disruption: Retail

US Retail Store Closings: 1995 – 20171 Amazon Prime Subscriber Growth: 2012 – 20171

“I don't think retail is dead.

Mediocre retail experiences are dead.”

- Neil Blumenthal, Co-CEO @ Warby Parker2

“This business is all about reducing response time.

In fashion, stock is like food. It goes bad quickly”

- Jose Maria Castellano, former CEO Inditex Group3


Source: 1. Amazon market share as at August 2016 . 2. http://www.businessinsider.com/new-breed-programmatic-first-ad-agencies-grabbing-business-ignored-by-traditional-firms-2018-4?IR=T The stocks represented

herein do not reflect the entire holdings contained within the Fund. It should not be assumed that recommendations made in future will be profitable or will equal performance of the securities in this document. A list of all

recommendations made within the immediately preceding 12 months is available upon request.

Digital Disruption: Brands

Amazon Basics, US online market share1

“Big brands are being nibbled to death”2

– IAB CEO Randall Rothenberg


An extra large, wet,

double-shot

caramel macchiato

(and WiFi)

Coffee

£1.00 £4.00

It should not be assumed that recommendations made in future will be profitable or will equal performance of the securities in this document. A list of all recommendations made within the immediately preceding

12 months is available upon request.



Source: 1. KPCB, 2017. 2. KPCB, 2018 3. https://expandedramblings.com/index.php/spotify-statistics/

The stocks represented herein do not reflect the entire holdings contained within the Fund. It should not be assumed that recommendations made in future will be profitable or will equal performance of the

securities in this document. A list of all recommendations made within the immediately preceding 12 months is available upon request.

Digital Disruption: Content (Is Not King)

• Number of TV channels watched <10% of those received while Pay TV ARPU 10-15x > Netflix1

• Spotify = 180m active users, 83m paid subscribers3, c.20% of global music industry revenues1

US Recorded Music Revenues by Format (US$bn)1 Unique Artist Listening (2014 – 2017)2


Source: 1. https://www.pcgamesn.com/fortnite/fortnite-vs-pubg-map-players-graphics-gameplay-weapons-review#playercount 2. www.nme.com/news/fortnite-most-watched-game-youtube-history-2280172

It should not be assumed that recommendations made in future will be profitable or will equal performance of the securities in this document. A list of all recommendations made within the immediately preceding

12 months is available upon request.


• Free-to-play ‘shooter’ where you battle 99 other players solo / team

• Released in July 2017 but became popular once a ‘Battle Royale’

mode was introduced following the success of PC-based

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG)

• More than just a ‘Call of Duty for kids’ – a new genre, easy to play

including random elements to the gameplay, amusing emotes and

skins (rather than pure skill / ‘pay to play’)

• >45m players and over 3m concurrent users1 and now the most

watched game in YouTube history: 2.4bn views in Feb 182

• Monetisation via exclusive (time-sensitive) skins, items and emotes

https://www.pcgamesn.com/fortnite/fortnite-vs-pubg-map-players-graphics-gameplay-weapons-review#playercount

http://www.nme.com/news/fortnite-most-watched-game-youtube-history-2280172


Cyber / Physical SecuritySecurity spending expected to reach $114bn in 2018E, +12.4% y/y5

Drivers include data breaches, regulation, digitalisation, cyberwarfare

Block & Protect → Detection, Mitigation & Response

Digital Marketing / AdvertisingInternet advertising worth $273bn in 20183, 43% of total ad spending3

Alphabet and Facebook combined account for c.90% of US market growth4

Brand Building → Transaction facilitation

Eight Core Investment Themes

eCommerce / Digital PaymentseCommerce worth $2.3tr in 2017, c10% of total retail sales2

Mobile commerce reached $1.4tr in 2017, >60% of total2

Number of SKU → Payments, Logistics + Ecosystem

Source: 1. Gartner, April 2018; 2.eMarketer, January 2018; 3. eMarketer, March 2018; 4. BoA / ML / Zenith, US market Jan 18; 5. Gartner, August 2018; 6. MS, Geekwire July 2018. It should not be assumed that

recommendations made in future will be profitable or will equal performance of the securities in this document. A list of all recommendations made within the immediately preceding 12 months is available upon request.

Cloud Infrastructure / Artificial Intelligence (AI)Public Cloud market worth $186bn in 2018 (+21% y/y growth)1

By 2021, 44% of application workloads expected to run in Cloud services6

Under-utilisation / cost arbitrage → Elastic Compute / TAM expansion



Source: 1. Newzoo, April 2018; 2. UBS, Jan 2016; 3. marketsandmarkets, May 2018; 4. http://www.cultofmac.com/305200/foxconns-promised-iphone-building-robot-army-running-late/ 5. IDC. 6. NewZoo May 2017.


months is available upon request.

Software / SaaS “Reshaping The World”Usage based pricing disrupting $150bn2 maintenance market

As penetration rises (~30% today5 ) expect more strategic M&A by incumbents

SMB adoption / TAM expansion→ Enterprise / ‘rip and replace’

Robotics / Automation$381bn TAM by 2023 (c.10% CAGR)3 enabled by advanced components (e.g. sensors, gears)

Position repeatability: 0.01mm (robots) / 0.5mm (humans) VS 0.02mm (iPhone64) / 0.1mm (cars)

Cost savings → Necessity, Flexibility (‘CoBot’) and Consistency

Rising Semiconductor ComplexityRising capital intensity due to end of ‘Moore’s Law’ (transistor costs stop falling at 20nm)

Greater focus on integration / power consumption vs. performance / density

Lithography → Materials Improvement / Process Innovation

Digital Content / Games Software$122bn gaming market1 growing to $152bn by 2020E driven by mobile, DLC / MTX1

eSports: 165m enthusiasts1 and a market worth $906m in 2018E, +38% y/y6

Leisure → Connected / Competitive

http://www.cultofmac.com/305200/foxconns-promised-iphone-building-robot-army-running-late/


0%1%2%3%4%5%6%7%8%9%

10%11%12%13%14%15%16%17%18%19%20%21%22%23%24%

Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17 Jun-17 Jul-17 Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17 Dec-17 Jan-18 Feb-18 Mar-18 Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 Nov-18

eCommerce / Digital Payments Digital Marketing / Advertising Cyber / Physical Security

Cloud Infrastructure / Artificial Intelligence Software / SaaS Digital Content / Games Software

Robotics / Automation Semiconductor / Material Science Apple/smartphone related

Other / Legacy Other / Growth Market hedge / beta offset

Source: Polar Capital, 30 November 2018. Past performance is not indicative or a guarantee of future returns. It should not be assumed that recommendations made in future will be profitable or will equal

performance of the securities in this document. A list of all recommendations made within the immediately preceding 12 months is available upon request.


Eight core theme breakdown (31 January 2017 – 30 November 2018)

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eCommerce / Payments

Source: Polar Capital, unless otherwise stated. 1. Based on eMarketer forecast, January 2018. 2. Techcrunch, July 2018. 3. eMarketer January 2018. 4. Euromonitor/BofAML 2018. It should not be assumed that

recommendations made in future will be profitable or will equal performance of the securities in this document. A list of all recommendations made within the immediately preceding 12 months is available upon request. All

opinions and estimates constitute the best judgment of Polar Capital as of the date hereof, but are subject to change without notice, and do not necessarily represent the views of Polar Capital.

• eCommerce growth continues unabated and reached $2.3tr in 2017, representing c.10% of total retail sales1

• Amazon’s share of US e-commerce now 49%, c.5% of all retail spend2

• Mobile now an integral part of the shopping experience, reaching $1.4tr in 2017 (c6% of total retail sales3)

• Improvements in payments / delivery continue to reduce online buying friction / change user behaviour and expectations

Global eCommerce Retail Sales ($bn): 2012 – 2020E4

Sample Holdings


• Mobile remains the dominant trend in payments while merchant adoption represents the biggest obstacle

• Smartphone is replacing the physical wallet, aided by the use of biometric authentication – Apple Pay etc

• Banks are being reduced to ‘dumb pipes’ as value moves to the networks

• Blockchain: a longer-term opportunity, enabling payment systems to operate in a decentralised framework

Source: 1. Statista, 2016 2. KPCB, August 2018. It should not be assumed that recommendations made in future will be profitable or will equal performance of the securities in this document. A list of all

recommendations made within the immediately preceding 12 months is available upon request. All opinions and estimates constitute the best judgment of Polar Capital as of the date hereof, but are subject to

change without notice, and do not necessarily represent the views of Polar Capital.

Global Mobile Payments (2010 – 2017E)1 China Mobile Payment Volume2

eCommerce / Payments

Sample Holdings


Digital Advertising / Marketing

Source: Polar Capital, unless otherwise stated. 1. Based on eMarketer forecast, March 2018. 2. BoAML/Zenith, US market January 2018. 3. KPCB, 2018. It should not be assumed that recommendations made in future

will be profitable or will equal performance of the securities in this document. A list of all recommendations made within the immediately preceding 12 months is available upon request. All opinions and estimates constitute

the best judgment of Polar Capital as of the date hereof, but are subject to change without notice, and do not necessarily represent the views of Polar Capital.

• Global online advertising expected to reach $273bn in 2018, c. 43% of total advertising spend1

• Paid Search and Social Media markets expected to grow 14% and 27% respectively in 20172

• Size matters: US market dominated by Alphabet and Facebook, combined c. 90% of overall growth in 20172

• Growth drivers: continued improvement in ROI measurement, video content, location-based marketing

US Daily Hours Spent with Digital Media per Adult User: 2008 – 20173

Sample Holdings


Software As A Service (SaaS)

Source: Polar Capital unless otherwise stated.1. IDC. 2. KeyBanc, August 2018. It should not be assumed that recommendations made in future will be profitable or will equal performance of the securities in this

document. A list of all recommendations made within the immediately preceding 12 months is available upon request. All opinions and estimates constitute the best judgment of Polar Capital as of the date hereof, but are

subject to change without notice, and do not necessarily represent the views of Polar Capital.

• Rental / usage-based model is expanding the software market while threatening incumbent franchises / maintenance

• Software as a service (SaaS) targets a $164bn opportunity by 2022, c. 30% penetrated today1

• Recent acceleration in M&A supportive of our view that Cloud disruption is intensifying

• Top Categories: Communications (UCaaS), Sales/Marketing, Analytics, Education, Procurement, Vertical/Horizontal & SMB

Worldwide SaaS and Cloud Software (2012 – 2017E)2

Sample Holdings


Digital & Online Gaming

• Video games: $122bn market in 2017 → $152bn by 2020E (~10% CAGR), driven by new console cycle, mobile and AR/VR1

• Improving market dynamics: industry consolidation = greater scale / profitability / barriers to entry

• The shift to digital distribution (full game digital downloads / additional content) improves margins and expands the TAM

• Meteoric rise of ‘Battle Royale’ games PUBG and Fortnite (>40m MAUs2, $296m sales3) = risk and opportunity?

Global Games Market ($bn) 2017 – 2020E1

Source: 1. Newzoo, Apr 2018. 2. Tencent, May 2018 3. Superdata (April data) May 2018. It should not be assumed that recommendations made in future will be profitable or will equal performance of the securities in

this document. A list of all recommendations made within the immediately preceding 12 months is available upon request. All opinions and estimates constitute the best judgment of Polar Capital as of the date hereof,

but are subject to change without notice, and do not necessarily represent the views of Polar Capital.

Sample Holdings


Cyber & Physical Security

• Security remains one of the more attractive areas within traditional IT budgets, expected to grow c. 12% to $114bn in 2018E1

• Favourable backdrop likely to persist – regulation (GDPR, Federal Action Plan), digitalisation, cyberwarfare, IoT / BYOD

• Priorities shifting from ‘block and protect’ to rapid detection and response (c. 60% of budgets by 2020)2

• Preferred areas: email security, privileged account management (PAM), vulnerability management (VM) and SIEM

US cyber security spending: 2009 – 20173

Source: 1. Gartner August 2018. 2. Gartner, January 2016. 3. atlanticcouncil.org, 2015. It should not be assumed that recommendations made in future will be profitable or will equal performance of the securities in this



Sample Holdings


Cloud Provider Market Share Q2’186

• Having debunked many of the earlier barriers to adoption, we expect Cloud migration to accelerate over the coming years

• Computing / storage costs headed lower: Amazon Web Services (AWS) has lowered prices 61 times since launch1

• Expect ‘all’ incremental capacity added in cloud: c. 50% of spend by 20192 and 44% of application workloads by 20213

• Cloud deflation likely to be felt throughout the IT stack while pressuring pricing / volume in the $866bn IT services / BPO market4

Amazon Web Services ($m): Q2’14 – Q1’185

Cloud Infrastructure

Source: Polar Capital unless otherwise stated. 1. Amazon, May 2017. 2. Deutsche Bank, January 2016. 3. Morgan Stanley / Geekwire August 2018 4. BNP, Gartner, July 2016. 5. Geekwire. 6. Synergy Research. It

should not be assumed that recommendations made in future will be profitable or will equal performance of the securities in this document. A list of all recommendations made within the immediately preceding 12 months

is available upon request. All opinions and estimates constitute the best judgment of Polar Capital as of the date hereof, but are subject to change without notice, and do not necessarily represent the views of Polar

Capital.


• Having debunked many of the earlier barriers to adoption, we expect Cloud migration to accelerate over the coming years

• Computing / storage costs headed lower: Amazon Web Services (AWS) has lowered prices 61 times since launch1

• Expect ‘all’ incremental capacity added in cloud: c. 50% of spend by 20192 and 44% of application workloads by 20213

• Cloud deflation likely to be felt throughout the IT stack while pressuring pricing / volume in the $866bn IT services / BPO market4

Enterprise Computing Workloads: 2016 – 2024E5

Cloud Infrastructure

Source: Polar Capital unless otherwise stated. 1. Amazon, May 2017. 2. Deutsche Bank, January 2016. 3. Morgan Stanley / Geekwire August 2018 4. BNP, Gartner, July 2016. 5. Gartner, August 2016. It should not be

assumed that recommendations made in future will be profitable or will equal performance of the securities in this document. A list of all recommendations made within the immediately preceding 12 months is available

upon request. All opinions and estimates constitute the best judgment of Polar Capital as of the date hereof, but are subject to change without notice, and do not necessarily represent the views of Polar Capital.

Sample Holdings


Robotics / Automation

Source: 1. Boston Consulting Group, September 2015. 2. marketsandmarkets, February 2016. 3. Rob Lineback, IC Insights. It should not be assumed that recommendations made in future will be profitable or will equal

performance of the securities in this document. A list of all recommendations made within the immediately preceding 12 months is available upon request. All opinions and estimates constitute the best judgment of Polar

Capital as of the date hereof, but are subject to change without notice, and do not necessarily represent the views of Polar Capital.

• The Fourth Industrial Revolution underway driven by Cyber Physical Systems, Internet of Things and Cloud Services

• Over 25% of manufacturing tasks that can be automated may be performed by robots over the next decade1

• Human-robot collaboration will radically alter the way factories operate, making highly versatile production lines possible

• $80bn TAM by 2022 (c.12% CAGR)2 - we prefer high precision components / sensors over robotic manufacturers

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Sample Holdings


Robotics / Automation

Source: 1. Boston Consulting Group, September 2015. 2. marketsandmarkets, February 2016. 3. Recode, ABI Research. It should not be assumed that recommendations made in future will be profitable or will equal

performance of the securities in this document. A list of all recommendations made within the immediately preceding 12 months is available upon request. All opinions and estimates constitute the best judgment of Polar

Capital as of the date hereof, but are subject to change without notice, and do not necessarily represent the views of Polar Capital.

• The Fourth Industrial Revolution underway driven by Cyber Physical Systems, Internet of Things and Cloud Services

• Over 25% of manufacturing tasks that can be automated may be performed by robots over the next decade1

• Human-robot collaboration will radically alter the way factories operate, making highly versatile production lines possible

• $80bn TAM by 2022 (c.12% CAGR)2 - we prefer high precision components / sensors over robotic manufacturers

Global shipments of industrial robots (2016-205E)3

Sample Holdings


‘More Than Moore’ – Rising Semiconductor Complexity

Source: 1. Computer Architecture by John Hennessy and David Patterson, FT. It should not be assumed that recommendations made in future will be profitable or will equal performance of the securities in this

document. A list of all recommendations made within the immediately preceding 12 months is available upon request. All opinions and estimates constitute the best judgment of Polar Capital as of the date

hereof, but are subject to change without notice, and do not necessarily represent the views of Polar Capital.

• Cost reductions tied to shrinkage stops <20nm, diluting benefits of migration to finer nodes. Opportunity for ‘fast followers’

• Increasing complexity drives up capital intensity on a per wafer basis benefiting semiconductor equipment (SPE) vendors.

• Greater focus on compound materials, advance packaging and IC design to deliver future performance / cost improvement.

• Growth segments 1) Solid State Drive (SSD) 2) Public Cloud 2) Artificial Intelligence 3) Automotive (8.5% CAGR to $50bn

in 2020)1

Cost ($m per 1000 300mm wafer / month) by node1 Transistor density growth (1978 – Present)1

Sample Holdings


Smartphones / Apple

Source: 1. https://www.zenithmedia.com/smartphone-penetration-reach-66-2018/ 2. https://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/3859963 3. https://www.recode.net/2018/1/23/16923832/global-smartphone-prices-

grew-faster-iphone-quarter 4. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/23/smartphone-sales-are-slowing-and-here-are-two-key-reasons-why.html 5. https://www.pcworld.com/article/3078010/hardware/the-pc-

upgrade-cycle-slows-to-every-five-to-six-years-intels-ceo-says.html) 6. Statista. It should not be assumed that recommendations made in future will be profitable or will equal performance of the securities in this



• The smartphone market is now mature: global penetration at c.66%1 and unit growth of just +2.7% in 2017 and -5.6% y/y in Q417 2

• The ‘unit’ super-cycle’ has given way to a ‘value’ one, driven by average selling prices which increased 6% in 20173

• Replacement cycles are extending: 2.4 years (2016) → 2.6 years in 20174. The PC experience is sobering (5-6 years today)5

• Apple remains a unique story: mass affluent customer base / premium pricing and a walled-garden services business

Smartphone unit shipments (2007 - 2017)6

https://www.zenithmedia.com/smartphone-penetration-reach-66-2018/

https://www.recode.net/2018/1/23/16923832/global-smartphone-prices-grew-faster-iphone-quarter

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/23/smartphone-sales-are-slowing-and-here-are-two-key-reasons-why.html

https://www.pcworld.com/article/3078010/hardware/the-pc-upgrade-cycle-slows-to-every-five-to-six-years-intels-ceo-says.html)


Emerging Themes

Source: Gartner, August 2018.


Collapsing Computing Costs (1850 – 2010)1

Source: 1. Aiimpacts.org (https://aiimpacts.org/trends-in-the-cost-of-computing/) 2. Gartner http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/3784363.

“Artificial Intelligence technologies will be the most

disruptive class of technologies over the next 10 years

due to radical computational power, near-endless

amounts of data, and unprecedented advances in

deep neural networks; these will enable organizations

with AI technologies to harness data in order to adapt to

new situations and solve problems that no one has

ever encountered previously”

- Gartner, July 20172

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

https://aiimpacts.org/trends-in-the-cost-of-computing/)

http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/3784363


Collapsing Computing Costs (1850 – 2010)1

Source: 1. Aiimpacts.org (https://aiimpacts.org/trends-in-the-cost-of-computing/) 2. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-future-brain/201805/20-great-quotes-artificial-intelligence

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/oct/27/elon-musk-artificial-intelligence-ai-biggest-existential-threat https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/4/16251226/russia-ai-putin-rule-the-world . All opinions and

estimates constitute the best judgment of Polar Capital as of the date hereof, but are subject to change without notice, and do not necessarily represent the views of Polar Capital.

Artificial Intelligence: Great Expectations

“Artificial Intelligence is the future…for all humankind. It

comes with colossal opportunities, but also threats that are

difficult to predict. Whoever becomes the leader in this

sphere will become the ruler of the world”

“With artificial

intelligence we are

summoning the

demon” – Elon Musk2

“I set the date for the Singularity

as 2045. The nonbiological

intelligence created in that year will

be one billion times more powerful

than all human intelligence today” – Ray Kurzweil2

- Vladimir Putin2

https://aiimpacts.org/trends-in-the-cost-of-computing/)

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-future-brain/201805/20-great-quotes-artificial-intelligence

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/oct/27/elon-musk-artificial-intelligence-ai-biggest-existential-threat

https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/4/16251226/russia-ai-putin-rule-the-world


Source: 1. KPCB, 2016.

Artificial Intelligence: Today

Words recognised by machine: 1970 - 20161


Source: Gartner, July 2018 https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2018-02-13-gartner-says-nearly-half-of-cios-are-planning-to-deploy-artificial-intelligence . The stocks represented herein do not reflect

the entire holdings contained within the Fund. All opinions and estimates constitute the best judgment of Polar Capital as of the date hereof, but are subject to change without notice, and do not necessarily represent the

views of Polar Capital. It should not be assumed that recommendations made in future will be profitable or will equal performance of the securities in this document. A list of all recommendations made within the

immediately preceding 12 months is available upon request.

Artificial Intelligence: Hype Cycle

• Only 4% of CIOs have

actually implemented AI

• 53% of organisations

rated their own ability

to mine and exploit data

as "limited"

• 85% of AI projects will

deliver erroneous

outcomes due to bias in

data, algorithms or

human mismanagement

https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2018-02-13-gartner-says-nearly-half-of-cios-are-planning-to-deploy-artificial-intelligence . 2


Source: Gartner, July 2018 The stocks represented herein do not reflect the entire holdings contained within the Fund. All opinions and estimates constitute the best judgment of Polar Capital as of the date hereof, but

are subject to change without notice, and do not necessarily represent the views of Polar Capital. It should not be assumed that recommendations made in future will be profitable or will equal performance of the


Artificial Intelligence: Hype Cycle


The Near Future: Augmentation, Not Autonomy

“By 2030, intelligent agents and robots

could eliminate as much as 30% of…

human labour” – McKinsey1

Source: 1. https://www.iotforall.com/impact-of-artificial-intelligence-job-losses/

https://www.iotforall.com/impact-of-artificial-intelligence-job-losses/


The Near Future: Augmentation, Not Autonomy

“The major challenge… is to maintain full

employment at a time when automation is

replacing men” - JFK, 1961

Source: 1. https://www.iotforall.com/impact-of-artificial-intelligence-job-losses/

https://www.iotforall.com/impact-of-artificial-intelligence-job-losses/


• Automotive market ripe for reinvention: connectivity / infotainment,

advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) / autonomous driving,

vehicle electrification

• 1.25m deaths worldwide due to vehicle crashes in 2014 while

94% of US accidents involve human choice / error1

• Global ADAS / autonomous vehicle penetration forecast to grow from

12% in 2015, to 48% in 2020 and 70% by 20252

• Fully autonomous driving by 2020? Technically yes – Waymo

cars have already completed 5m miles3

• Car ownership? Depreciating, underutilised asset used just c. 4% of

the time → shared private rides becoming mainstream4

Source: 1. https://waymo.com/tech/. 2. KPCB, 2016. 3. https://waymo.com/tech/. 4. Baidu / KPCB, 2016. 5. www.autonews.com Chart from https://waymo.com/tech/. It should not be assumed that recommendations

made in future will be profitable or will equal performance of the securities in this document. A list of all recommendations made within the immediately preceding 12 months is available upon request. Forecasts contained

herein are for illustrative purposes only and does not constitute advice or a recommendation. All opinions and estimates constitute the best judgment of Polar Capital as of the date hereof, but are subject to change

without notice, and do not necessarily represent the views of Polar Capital.

Electric / Autonomous Vehicles

“We are approaching the end of the

automotive era. The tipping point will

come when 20-30% of vehicles are

fully autonomous. Countries will look

at the accident statistics and figure

out that human drivers are causing

99.9% of the accidents”5

– Bob Lutz, former vice Chairman GM

Sample

Holdings

https://waymo.com/tech/


http://www.autonews.com/



eSports

• eSports = Competitive gaming as a spectator sport

• Rapidly growing TAM: $906m in 2018E, +38% y/y2

• Social media has grown eSports viewership making professional

leagues with full time players / teams possible

– 165m enthusiasts and a further 215m occasional viewers expected in 20181

– 42% of eSports viewers do not play the games themselves2

– Twitch reaches 55% of US millennial males3

– >10m people watched Overwatch League’s opening weekend4

• Sales opportunities: broadcast rights, franchise sales, advertising,

sponsorship, tickets and merchandise

– Overwatch franchises $20m each; Twitch paid $90m for 2yr broadcast rights5

Source: 1. Newzoo, February 2018. 2. Newzoo, May 2017. 3. comScore, September 2017. 4. https://blizzardwatch.com/2018/01/17/10-million-viewers-watched-overwatch-leagues-opening-week/. 5. www.sporttechie.com,

July 2018. It should not be assumed that recommendations made in future will be profitable or will equal performance of the securities in this document. A list of all recommendations made within the immediately preceding

12 months is available upon request. Forecasts contained herein are for illustrative purposes only and does not constitute advice or a recommendation.

Sample

Holdings

https://blizzardwatch.com/2018/01/17/10-million-viewers-watched-overwatch-leagues-opening-week/

http://www.sporttechie.com/


Total number of holdings 112

Top 15 holdings

Alphabet 9.0%

Microsoft 9.0%

Apple 5.4%

Facebook* 3.3%

Tencent 3.3%

Alibaba Group Holding 3.3%

Amazon 3.0%

TSMC 2.3%

Salesforce.com 1.9%

Adobe Systems 1.9%

ServiceNow 1.8%

Advanced Micro Devices* 1.8%

Zendesk 1.6%

Samsung Electronics 1.5%

Arista Networks 1.3%

Large Cap (>$10bn)

Mid Cap (>$1bn - $10bn)

Small Cap (<$1bn)

71.6%

27.3%

1.1%

Market cap exposure (%)

PCT Positioning

Sector exposure (%)

Source: Polar Capital, 30 November 2018. It should not be assumed that recommendations made in future will be profitable or will equal performance of the securities in this document. A list of all recommendations

made within the immediately preceding 12 months is available upon request. Totals may not sum due to rounding. *The Trust holds AMD and Facebook Call options which represent 1bps of NAV and a delta adjusted

exposure of 10bps. The Trust also currently holds a QQQ (NASDAQ) Put option, which represents 6bps of NAV and a delta adjusted exposure of -1.60%. All are held to reduce risk/beta (in the event of a market

correction) whilst maintaining optimal portfolio structure (efficient portfolio management). The delta adjusted impact of these options is only reflected in the top 15 positions table and all other exposure tables are based

on MTM figures.

Software 30.2%

Interactive Media & Services 16.4%

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 16.0%

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail 8.5%

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals 7.8%

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components 4.8%

IT Services 3.9%

Entertainment 2.3%

Communications Equipment 1.8%

Healthcare Equipment & Supplies 1.3%

Other 3.4%

Cash 3.4%

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PCT Positioning

Source: Polar Capital, as at 30 November 2018. Bold denotes a zero position. It should not be assumed that recommendations made in future will be profitable or will equal performance of the securities in this

document. A list of all recommendations made within the immediately preceding 12 months is available upon request. Benchmark: Dow Jones World Technology Index Total Return Sterling adjusted with the removal of

relevant withholding taxes (from 1 May 2013). *The Trust holds AMD and Facebook Call options which represent 1bps of NAV and a delta adjusted exposure of 10bps. The Trust also currently holds a QQQ (NASDAQ)

Put option, which represents 6bps of NAV and a delta adjusted exposure of -1.60%. All are held to reduce risk/beta (in the event of a market correction) whilst maintaining optimal portfolio structure (efficient portfolio

management). The delta adjusted impact of these options is only reflected in the top 15 positions table and all other exposure tables are based on MTM figures.

Largest overweights Largest underweights Market cap exposure versus benchmark

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Advanced Micro Devices*

Alteryx

Amazon

ANSYS Inc

Arista Networks

Dolby Laboratories Inc

Dropbox

HubSpot

Medidata Solutions

New Relic

PayPal Holdings

Proofpoint

Pure Storage

RingCentral

ServiceNow

Twilio

Xilinx

Zendesk

Amadeus IT Holding

Analog Devices

Apple

Applied Materials

Baidu

Broadcom

Cisco Systems

Cognizant Technology Solutions

Facebook*

HP

IBM

Infosys

Intel

Intuit

Microsoft

Oracle

Qualcomm

Red Hat

Samsung Electronics

SAP


PCT Positioning

Thematic breakdown Thematic breakdown relative to benchmark (%)1

Source: Polar Capital, 30 November 2018. 1. Benchmark: Dow Jones World Technology Index (TR). Index exposure based on Top 100 index constituents. Figures are shown as gross weightings.


months is available upon request.

Internet24%

Cloud: applications19%

Cloud: infrastructure6%

Cybersecurity2%

Big data / AI3%

Automotive2%

Factory automation/robotics

3%

Payments3%

IoT1%

3D Printing0%

Other0%

Emerging0% Solar

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Apple6%

Smartphones1%

Semiconductors17%

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PE (Median) CY 26.3 18.7 18.7

NY 23.9 17.2 17.3

Earnings growth (Median) CY 23.7 19.3 19.2

NY 12.8 9.5 9.5

EV/Sales (Mean) CY 6.6 5.0 5.0

NY 5.4 4.4 4.5

EV/Sales (Median) CY 5.6 4.0 4.0

NY 4.9 3.7 3.8

EV/Sales (Weighted)** CY 6.6 5.2 5.6

NY 5.6 4.6 4.9

Sales Growth (Mean) CY 22.5 23.5 23.6

NY 16.4 9.0 9.1

Sales Growth (Median) CY 19.5 12.2 12.2

NY 14.4 5.8 5.9

Sales Growth (Weighted)** CY 23.8 19.4 20.4

NY 16.5 10.7 11.7

Gross Margin (Mean) 61.4 59.2 59.4

Gross Margin (Median) 65.3 61.0 61.1

Gross Margin (Weighted)** 59.0 57.9 60.8

Net Cash as % mkt cap Avg 8.0 -1.2 -1.4

Wgtd** 8.2 6.7 5.6

Market Cap ($m) Mean 69,633 74,871 67,049

Median 7,777 21,716 21,404

Wgtd** 293,508 396,317 331,201

PCT Positioning

Sales growth 2019 – PCT vs. benchmark2

Source: 1. Polar Capital, 04 December 2018. Figures in blue exclude Apple (12.6% gross) from the Index Top 100. CY = Current Year, NY = 2018 calendar year estimates. 2. Polar Capital, 06 December 2018.

Benchmark: Dow Jones World Technology Index (TR). Past performance is not indicative or a guarantee of future results. All opinions and estimates constitute the best judgment of Polar Capital as of the date hereof,

but are subject to change without notice, and do not necessarily represent the views of Polar Capital. It should not be assumed that recommendations made in future will be profitable or will equal performance of the


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Appendix


Team Biographies

Ben Rogoff, Director – Technology

Experience: 23 years

Ben joined Polar Capital in May 2003. He is lead manager of Polar Capital Technology Trust plc and is a Fund Manager of the

Polar Capital Global Technology Fund and Polar Capital Automation and Artificial Intelligence Fund. He has been a

technology specialist for 23 years. Prior to joining Polar Capital he began his career in fund management at CMI, as a global

technology analyst. He moved to Aberdeen Fund Managers in 1998 where he spent four years as a senior technology

manager. Ben graduated from St Catherine’s College, Oxford in 1995.

Nick Evans, Senior Fund Manager


Nick joined Polar Capital in September 2007 and has 21 years’ experience as a technology specialist. He has been lead

manager of the Polar Capital Global Technology Fund since January 2008 and is also a fund manager on the Polar Capital

Technology Trust and Polar Capital Automation and Artificial Intelligence Fund. Prior to joining Polar he was head of

technology at AXA Framlington and lead manager of the AXA Framlington Global Technology Fund and the AXA world fund

(AWF) – Global Technology from 2001 to 2007 (both rated five stars by S&P). He also spent three years as a Pan-European

investment manager and technology analyst at Hill Samuel Asset Management. Nick has a degree in Economics and

Business Economics from Hull University, has completed all levels of the ASIP, and is a member of the CFA Institute.

Fatima Iu


Fatima joined Polar Capital in April 2006 and has 12 years’ experience. She is a fund manager on the Polar Capital

Technology Fund, Polar Capital Technology Trust and Polar Capital Automation and Artificial Intelligence Fund. She is

responsible for the coverage of European Technology, Global Security, Networking, Clean Energy and Medical Technology.

Prior to joining Polar, Fatima spent 18 months working at Citigroup Asset Management with a focus on consumer products

and pharmaceuticals. Fatima holds an MSc in Medicinal Chemistry from Imperial College of Science & Technology in London.

She is also a CFA Charterholder.


Team Biographies cont.

Xuesong Zhao


Xuesong joined Polar Capital in May 2012 and has 11 years’ investment experience. He is a lead manager of the Polar Capital Automation

and Artificial Intelligence Fund and is a Fund Manager on the Polar Capital Technology Trust and Polar Capital Global Technology Fund.

Prior to joining Polar Capital, he spent four years working as an investment analyst within the emerging markets & Asia team at Aviva

Investors, where he was responsible for the technology, media and telecom sectors. Prior to that, he worked as a quantitative analyst and

risk manager for the emerging market debt team at Pictet Asset Management. He started his career as a financial engineer at Algorithmics,

now owned by IBM, in 2005. He holds an MSc in Finance from Imperial College of Science & Technology, a BA (Hons) in Economics from

Peking University and has passed all three levels of the CFA.

Brad Reynolds


Brad joined Polar Capital in October 2011 as an Investment Analyst and Trader working as part of the European Market Neutral team with

a focus on media and internet. In 2014, he joined the Technology team as an Investment Analyst. Prior to joining Polar Capital, Brad

worked at Ratio Asset Management as an analyst and trader, and from 2007 to 2011 he worked at F&C as a hedge fund analyst. Brad

started his career in 2001 at Gartmore Investment Management working within the hedge fund team. Brad graduated from the University of

Hertfordshire with a degree in Business Studies.

Paul Johnson

Experience: 6 years

Paul joined Polar Capital in March 2012 as an Investment Analyst on the Polar Capital Technology team. Prior to joining Polar Capital,

Paul helped manage a private investment fund between 2010 and 2012. Paul holds a BA in History and Politics and a Masters in History

from Keele University. He has successfully passed all three levels of the CFA program.

Chris Wittstock


Chris joined Polar Capital in July 2017 as a senior technology analyst based in the US. Prior to joining, Chris led the International research

sales effort at Pacific Crest, a technology investment bank that was ultimately acquired by KeyBanc Capital in 2014. Prior to joining Pacific

Crest in 2004, Chris led the International sales effort at Schwab SoundView, the successor company to Soundview Technology Group

where he was since 1996. Chris spent significant time in Europe as a derivative products specialist in the late 80s and 90s, lastly with

Morgan Stanley International. He is a graduate of University of Toronto, Faculty of Engineering (Industrial).


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updated information to professional investors to enable them to monitor the Company or Fund.

Benchmarks: The following benchmark index is used: Dow Jones World Technology Index (Total Return). This benchmark is generally considered to be representative of the Technology Equity universe. This

benchmark is a broad-based index which is used for comparative/illustrative purposes only and has been selected as it is well known and is easily recognizable by investors. Please refer to www.djindexes.com

for further information on this index. Comparisons to benchmarks have limitations as benchmarks volatility and other material characteristics that may differ from the Company or Fund. Security holdings, industry

weightings and asset allocation made for the Company or Fund may differ significantly from the benchmark. Accordingly, investment results and volatility of the Company or Fund may differ from those of the

benchmark. The indices noted in this document are unmanaged, are unavailable for direct investment, and are not subject to management fees, transaction costs or other types of expenses that the Company or

Fund may incur. The performance of the indices reflects reinvestment of dividends and, where applicable, capital gain distributions. Therefore, investors should carefully consider these limitations and differences

when evaluating the comparative benchmark data performance. Information regarding indices is included merely to show general trends in the periods indicated, it is not intended to imply that the fund was similar

to the indices in composition or risk.

Polar Capital

16 Palace Street

London SW1E 5JD

Important Information


Regulatory Status: Polar Capital LLP is a limited liability partnership number OC314700. It is authorised and regulated by the UK FCA and is registered as an investment adviser with the US Securities &

Exchange Commission (“SEC”). A list of members is open to inspection at the registered office, 16 Palace Street, London SW1E 5JD. FCA authorised and regulated Investment Managers are expected to write to

investors in funds they manage with details of any side letters they have entered into. The FCA considers a side letter to be an arrangement known to the investment manager which can reasonably be expected

to provide one investor with more materially favourable rights, than those afforded to other investors. These rights may, for example, include enhanced redemption rights, capacity commitments or the provision of

portfolio transparency information which are not generally available. The Fund and the Investment Manager are not aware of, or party to, any such arrangement whereby an investor has any preferential

redemption rights. However, in exceptional circumstances, such as where an investor seeds a new fund or expresses a wish to invest in the Fund over time, certain investors have been or may be provided with

portfolio transparency information and/or capacity commitments which are not generally available. Investors who have any questions concerning side letters or related arrangements should contact the Polar

Capital Desk at the Registrar on 0800 876 6889 (PCTT) or Administrator on +353 1 434 5007 (UCITS). The Fund is prepared to instruct the custodian of the Fund, upon request, to make available to investors

portfolio custody position balance reports monthly in arrears.

Information Subject to Change: The information contained herein is subject to change, without notice, at the discretion of Polar Capital and Polar Capital does not undertake to revise or update this information

in any way.

Forecasts: References to future returns are not promises or estimates of actual returns Polar Capital may achieve. Forecasts contained herein are for illustrative purposes only and does not constitute advice or a

recommendation. Forecasts are based upon subjective estimates and assumptions about circumstances and events that have not and may not take place.

Performance/Investment Process/Risk: Performance is shown net of fees and expenses and includes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gain distributions. Factors affecting the Company or Fund’s

performance may include changes in market conditions (including currency risk) and interest rates and in response to other economic, political, or financial developments. Past performance is not a guide to or

indicative of future results. Future returns are not guaranteed and a loss of principal may occur. Investments are not insured by the FDIC (or any other state or federal agency), or guaranteed by any bank, and

may lose value. No investment process or strategy is free of risk and there is no guarantee that the investment process or strategy described herein will be profitable.

Allocations: The strategy allocation percentages set forth in this document are estimates and actual percentages may vary from time-to-time. The types of investments presented herein will not always have the

same comparable risks and returns. Please see the private placement memorandum or prospectus for a description of the investment allocations as well as the risks associated therewith. Please note that the

Company or Fund may elect to invest assets in different investment sectors from those depicted herein, which may entail additional and/or different risks. Performance of the Company or Fund is dependent on

the Investment Manager’s ability to identify and access appropriate investments, and balance assets to maximize return to the Company or Fund while minimizing its risk. The actual investments in the Company

or Fund may or may not be the same or in the same proportion as those shown herein.

Country Specific disclaimers: The Company or Funds have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Investment Company Act") and the holders

of its shares will not be entitled to the benefits of the Investment Company Act. In addition, the offer and sale of the Securities have not been, and will not be, registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as

amended (the "Securities Act"). No Securities may be offered or sold or otherwise transacted within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of U.S. Persons (as defined in Regulation S of the

Securities Act). In connection with the transaction referred to in this document the shares of the Fund will be offered and sold only outside the United States to, and for the account or benefit of non U.S. Persons

in "offshore- transactions" within the meaning of, and in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Regulation S under the Securities Act. No money, securities or other consideration is being solicited

and, if sent in response to the information contained herein, will not be accepted. Any failure to comply with the above restrictions may constitute a violation of such securities laws.

Important Information Cont.

Polar Capital

16 Palace Street

London SW1E 5JD

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