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Fund:

Baillie Gifford American B Acc
Sector:

IA North America
Benchmark:

S&P 500

Discrete calendar year performance

Discrete calendar year performance
Investment	31/12/19 to 31/12/20	31/12/20 to 31/12/21	31/12/21 to 31/12/22	31/12/22 to 31/12/23	31/12/23 to 31/12/24
Baillie Gifford American B Acc	121.84%	-2.76%	-50.58%	40.72%	30.92%
IA North America	16.17%	25.51%	-9.70%	16.67%	21.98%
S&P 500	17.75%	28.16%	-18.51%	25.67%	24.50%

Trailing returns

(*annualised)

Trailing returns
Investment	3 months	6 months	1 year	3 years*	5 years*
Baillie Gifford American B Acc	-19.01%	5.14%	7.47%	6.58%	12.29%
IA North America	-10.11%	0.41%	4.73%	9.47%	14.99%
S&P 500	-6.59%	0.70%	10.52%	11.76%	17.03%

Overview

Fund Objective: The fund aims to outperform (after deduction of costs) the S&P 500 Index, as stated in sterling, by at least 1.5% per annum over rolling five-year periods.

Manager name	Baillie Gifford & Co Ltd
Manager start date	01 June 2020
Manager Biography	Dave is an investment manager in the US Equity Growth Team. He joined Baillie Gifford in 2018 and became a partner in 2021. Before joining the firm, he co-founded Coburn Ventures in 2005. The company studies change to understand what shapes investment opportunities. Dave has also held various hedge fund roles. He began his career in 1996 at Warburg Dillon before joining UBS. Dave graduated from Boston College in 1993, where he majored in Finance and Philosophy.

Investment style:	Active,Concentrated
Region (geographical)	United States

Benchmark	S&P 500
Sector	IA North America
FE fundinfo Rating	1 of 5

Fees & charges

Fees and Charges

Fees and Charges
Charge	Who receives this?	What is it?	Amount
Initial charge:	The fund manager	Charges applied by the fund management company for investing in their fund. Please note that Investment Managers may charge each time you buy new units or shares in a fund or trust. Where Investment Managers would have an entry charge, we will negotiate to have it waived so you will not be charged.	0.00%
Ongoing Charges:	The fund manager	The annual charge paid to a fund manager to cover the costs of running the fund. It is an estimate based on the actual amount charged in the previous year.	0.52%
Performance Fee:	The fund manager	A performance fee joins up the interest of the fund manager and their investors. A performance fee is taken when the fund beats pre-set conditions.	N/A
Typical transaction cost:	The fund manager	The costs of dealing within a fund, which the Investment Manager must pay to continue managing the assets. This includes where the Manager decides to sell one stock and buy another. The costs will vary from one fund to another based on how often the Investment Manager trades and the costs applied when trading.	0.188%*
Dealing commission:	Halifax	The cost of buying or selling some or all of your investment.	£9.50 (per online trade)

*This is an indication based on the market average. The fund’s actual transaction cost will be shown before you place a trade.
Account charges are not included
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Breakdown

Asset Allocation

Fund size: 2,631,299,000.00 GBX

Chart date: March 14, 2025

Top 10 Holdings

Top 10 Holdings
Security	Weight
Amazon.com, inc.	7.72%
Meta platforms, inc.	7.50%
Cloudflare	6.64%
Shopify inc. npv subordinated a	6.55%
Netflix, inc.	5.75%
Doordash, inc.	5.62%
Duolingo	3.30%
The trade desk	3.10%
Nvidia corp	2.93%
Workday inc	2.66%

Sectors

Sectors
Sectors	Weight
Consumer Discretionary	27.29%
Information Technology	26.64%
Communications	22.19%
Health Care	12.76%
Financials	4.27%
Real Estate	2.88%
Industrials	2.46%
Money Market	0.84%
Consumer Staples	0.63%
Materials	0.04%

World regions

World regions
Country	Weight
United States	92.61%
Canada	6.55%
Cash and Deposits	0.84%

ESG

What is ESG?

ESG stands for Environmental, Social and Governance and is an approach for evaluating to what extent a company works towards social goals. For investors this can be used in order to understand how their funds and the assets they are made up of work towards these goals and use that information to help make sustainable investment choices.

Baillie Gifford American B Acc