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Pender Alternative Special Situations Fund Class A

Alternative Equity Focus

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FundGrade B

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NAVPS
(10-09-2025)
$33.22
Change
-$0.23 (-0.70%)

As at September 30, 2025

As at August 31, 2025

Period
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Pender Alternative Special Situations Fund Class A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (July 10, 2020): 31.25%

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 6.23% 22.63% 41.71% 31.97% 37.32% 32.50% 30.56% 15.67% 25.91% - - - - -
Benchmark 5.40% 12.50% 22.09% 23.93% 28.60% 27.66% 21.31% 14.00% 16.68% 13.71% 12.74% 11.86% 11.56% 11.82%
Category Average 2.80% 6.44% 13.71% 12.52% 14.26% 17.33% 12.43% 7.95% 10.51% 8.80% - - - -
Category Rank 37 / 243 10 / 232 9 / 215 10 / 206 16 / 180 11 / 142 6 / 125 11 / 109 2 / 65 - - - - -
Quartile Ranking 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - - - -

Monthly Return

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Monthly Return
Return % Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep
Fund 1.85% 3.82% -1.60% -0.94% 0.35% -6.32% 0.43% 5.12% 9.46% 3.74% 11.28% 6.23%
Benchmark 0.85% 6.37% -3.27% 3.48% -0.40% -1.51% -0.10% 5.56% 2.91% 1.69% 4.96% 5.40%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

15.87% (November 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-12.44% (September 2022)

Calendar Return (%)

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Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - - - - - 37.10% -16.46% 23.00% 27.15%
Benchmark -8.32% 21.08% 9.10% -8.89% 22.88% 5.60% 25.09% -5.84% 11.75% 21.65%
Category Average - - - - - 5.11% 17.27% -5.96% 6.54% 16.58%
Quartile Ranking - - - - - - 1 4 1 2
Category Rank - - - - - - 3/ 87 85/ 110 22/ 128 40/ 150

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

37.10% (2021)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-16.46% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Canadian Equity 85.84
Income Trust Units 6.71
US Equity 3.59
International Equity 2.99
Foreign Corporate Bonds 2.34

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Basic Materials 22.02
Energy 15.92
Technology 13.38
Healthcare 12.09
Industrial Goods 9.32
Other 27.27

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 91.23
Latin America 5.73
Europe 3.09
Asia -0.01

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
5N Plus Inc 6.71
dentalcorp Holdings Ltd 5.63
MDA Space Ltd 5.39
BITCOIN TREASURY CORP 5.16
Telesat Corp Cl A 4.68
Logan Energy Corp 3.94
Partners Value Investments LP - Units 3.42
Glass House Brands Inc 3.32
Burford Capital Ltd 3.21
Kraken Robotics Inc 2.99

Equity Style

Market capitalization is small. Equity style is growth.

Fixed Income Style

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

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Pender Alternative Special Situations Fund Class A

Median

Other - Alternative Equity Focus

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 17.76% 20.33% -
Beta 0.86% 0.91% -
Alpha 0.11% 0.10% -
Rsquared 0.35% 0.33% -
Sharpe 1.38% 1.11% -
Sortino 2.63% 1.93% -
Treynor 0.28% 0.25% -
Tax Efficiency 98.44% - -
Volatility Volatility rating is 10 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 10 on a scale of 1 to 10 -

Risk Rating

Rating 10 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 16.98% 17.76% 20.33% -
Beta 1.10% 0.86% 0.91% -
Alpha 0.05% 0.11% 0.10% -
Rsquared 0.49% 0.35% 0.33% -
Sharpe 1.80% 1.38% 1.11% -
Sortino 4.39% 2.63% 1.93% -
Treynor 0.28% 0.28% 0.25% -
Tax Efficiency 99.69% 98.44% - -

Fund Details

Start Date July 10, 2020
Instrument Type Mutual Fund (Alternative)
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status -
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) -

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
PGF1500

Investment Objectives

The Fund’s objective is to achieve long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in Canadian and US equities with the ability to also invest in debt and other securities. The Fund seeks to identify investment opportunities that are believed to represent special situations.

Investment Strategy

The investment strategies of the Fund are as described below. The Fund aims to identify investment opportunities that it believes represents special situations, which are investments that may realize a revaluation, the potential for which has not been reflected by the market. This includes seeking to capitalize on changes in fundamentals, sentiment or momentum for companies and industries.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

PenderFund Capital Management Ltd.

  • Amar Pandya
Sub-Advisor

-

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

PenderFund Capital Management Ltd.

Custodian

The Bank of Nova Scotia

Registrar

CIBC Mellon Trust Company

Distributor

-

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 0
PAC Subsequent 0
SWP Allowed No
SWP Min Balance -
SWP Min Withdrawal -

Fees

MER 0.00%
Management Fee 1.95%
Load Back Fee Only
FE Max 5.00%
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) -
Trailer Fee Max (NL) -
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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