High-Conviction Alger Small Cap Focus Fund Achieves Notable Three-Year Record

Founded in 1964, Alger is widely recognized as a pioneer of growth-style investment management. Headquartered in New York City with affiliate offices in Boston and London, Alger provides U.S. and non-U.S. institutional investors and financial advisors access to a suite of growth equity separate accounts, mutual funds, and privately offered investment vehicles. The firm’s investment philosophy, discovering companies undergoing Positive Dynamic Change, has been in place for over 50 years. Weatherbie Capital, LLC, a Boston-based investment adviser specializing in small and mid-cap growth equity investing, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alger. For more information, please visit www.alger.com. Alger SICAV, a Luxembourg UCITS vehicle, makes the Fund available to non-U.S. investors.

Products, services, and information may not be available in all jurisdictions and are offered outside the U.S. by other Fred Alger Management, Inc. (“Fred Alger”) affiliates and/or their distributors as local laws and regulation permit. Please consult your own professional adviser for further information on availability of products and services in your jurisdiction.

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Important information for UK investors: The content of this commentary has been approved for the purposes of Section 21(2)(b) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (“FSMA”) by Alger Management, Ltd., which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority for distribution in the UK to persons who qualify as professional clients or eligible counterparties only.  The rules made under the FSMA for the protection of retail clients do not apply to the services provided by Alger Associates, Inc., Fred Alger Management, Inc. and Fred Alger & Company, and compensation under the United Kingdom Financial Services Compensation Scheme will not be available.

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