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Educators Dividend Fund Class A

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Canadian Div & Inc Equity

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NAVPS
(09-17-2025) 		$40.49
Change
-$0.08 (-0.19%)

As at August 31, 2025

As at August 31, 2025

As at August 31, 2025

Period
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Educators Dividend Fund Class A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (February 24, 2000): 7.72%

Fund Returns
Row Heading Return Annualized Return
1 Mth 3 Mth 6 Mth YTD 1 Yr 2 Yr 3 Yr 4 Yr 5 Yr 6 Yr 7 Yr 8 Yr 9 Yr 10 Yr
Fund 3.30% 5.45% 7.83% 10.46% 14.60% 14.23% 9.43% 6.43% 10.38% 8.05% 7.73% 8.13% 8.16% 7.95%
Benchmark 4.96% 9.85% 14.09% 17.59% 25.86% 22.26% 17.49% 11.88% 14.98% 13.03% 11.75% 11.54% 11.06% 10.82%
Category Average 2.86% 5.51% 8.88% 11.87% 16.36% 16.05% 11.25% 8.86% 12.64% 9.79% 8.69% 8.56% 8.32% 8.42%
Category Rank 110 / 460 235 / 454 328 / 453 343 / 452 367 / 449 377 / 438 394 / 430 392 / 415 360 / 391 358 / 386 317 / 368 258 / 344 231 / 329 212 / 270
Quartile Ranking 1 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4

Monthly Return

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Monthly Return
Return % Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug
Fund 3.44% -0.45% 4.44% -3.53% 1.63% 0.79% -1.14% -0.72% 4.19% 0.81% 1.26% 3.30%
Benchmark 3.15% 0.85% 6.37% -3.27% 3.48% -0.40% -1.51% -0.10% 5.56% 2.91% 1.69% 4.96%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

11.93% (November 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-15.90% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

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Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund -4.20% 12.21% 11.44% -7.76% 24.64% 1.18% 23.55% -10.05% 8.34% 13.48%
Benchmark -8.32% 21.08% 9.10% -8.89% 22.88% 5.60% 25.09% -5.84% 11.75% 21.65%
Category Average -6.21% 17.48% 7.25% -7.75% 18.42% -1.18% 26.41% -3.72% 7.17% 15.51%
Quartile Ranking 3 4 1 3 1 2 4 4 2 4
Category Rank 148/ 263 239/ 299 19/ 330 194/ 355 12/ 377 118/ 390 342/ 396 411/ 418 151/ 430 381/ 439

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

24.64% (2019)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-10.05% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Canadian Equity 88.03
International Equity 4.63
US Equity 2.97
Cash and Equivalents 2.24
Income Trust Units 2.14

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Financial Services 37.30
Energy 11.32
Basic Materials 10.10
Industrial Services 7.64
Technology 5.77
Other 27.87

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 95.38
Europe 4.62

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Bank of Nova Scotia 5.78
Canadian Dollars - London 5.59
Onex Corp 5.37
Royal Bank of Canada 5.35
Power Corp of Canada 5.14
Enbridge Inc 4.94
Toronto-Dominion Bank 4.07
Manulife Financial Corp 3.43
Bank of Montreal 3.26
Rogers Communications Inc Cl B 3.12

Equity Style

Market capitalization is large. Equity style is growth.

Fixed Income Style

Fixed income style data not available
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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

Created with Highcharts 10.3.3Risk (Annualized Standard Deviation)ReturnMedian DeviationMedian Return9101112131415160%5%10%15%20%25%

Educators Dividend Fund Class A

Median

Other - Canadian Div & Inc Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 11.38% 12.21% 11.93%
Beta 0.88% 0.91% 0.88%
Alpha -0.05% -0.03% -0.01%
Rsquared 0.93% 0.91% 0.89%
Sharpe 0.50% 0.66% 0.55%
Sortino 0.92% 1.05% 0.65%
Treynor 0.06% 0.09% 0.08%
Tax Efficiency 78.07% 86.58% 89.20%
Volatility Volatility rating is 6 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 7 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 6 on a scale of 1 to 10

Risk Rating

Rating 6 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 8.33% 11.38% 12.21% 11.93%
Beta 0.77% 0.88% 0.91% 0.88%
Alpha -0.04% -0.05% -0.03% -0.01%
Rsquared 0.89% 0.93% 0.91% 0.89%
Sharpe 1.32% 0.50% 0.66% 0.55%
Sortino 2.63% 0.92% 1.05% 0.65%
Treynor 0.14% 0.06% 0.09% 0.08%
Tax Efficiency 89.06% 78.07% 86.58% 89.20%

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

Created with Highcharts 10.3.3Grade: EGrade: DGrade: CGrade: BGrade: A52.7​52.769.8​69.80%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%

The E, S, and G scores are averaged for each security in the portfolio, to arrive at an ESG score for each security. We take the portfolio weighted average of the ESG scores for each fund and rank them against their peers to arrive at the Fundata ESG Score from 0-100.

Fundata E Score

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Three scores under the Environment bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Environment Score for each fund from 0-100: (1) Pollution Prevention, (2) Environmental Transparency, (3) Resource Efficiency.

Fundata S Score

Created with Highcharts 10.3.3Grade: EGrade: DGrade: CGrade: BGrade: A61.9​61.968.6​68.60%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%

Six scores under the Social bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Social Score for each fund from 0-100. (1) Compensation and Satisfaction, (2) Diversity and Rights, (3) Education and Work Conditions, (4) Community and Charity, (5) Human Rights, (6) Sustainability Integration.

Fundata G Score

Created with Highcharts 10.3.3Grade: EGrade: DGrade: CGrade: BGrade: A13.5​13.557.9​57.90%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%

Three scores under the governance bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Governance Score for each fund from 0-100: (1) Board Effectiveness, (2) Management Ethics, (3) Disclosure and Accountability.

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Fund Details

Start Date February 24, 2000
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Restricted
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Semi Annual
Assets ($mil) $182

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
OTG0226

Investment Objectives

The Fund's investment objective is to provide investors with a stable and growing stream of after-tax income with long-term capital growth.

Investment Strategy

To achieve its investment objective, the Fund invests primarily in dividend producing preferred and common shares of Canadian corporations to take advantage of the favourable tax treatment generally available to individual Canadians who receive dividend income from Canadian corporations.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

1832 Asset Management L.P.
Sub-Advisor

-

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Educators Financial Group Inc.
Custodian

RBC Investor Services Trust (Canada)
Registrar

Educators Financial Group Inc.
Distributor

Educators Financial Group Inc.

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 25
PAC Subsequent 25
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 0
SWP Min Withdrawal 0

Fees

MER 1.81%
Management Fee 1.60%
Load No Load
FE Max -
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) -
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) -
Trailer Fee Max (NL) 0.00%
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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