Wasatch Global Select Strategy

Investor Summary

The Wasatch Global Select Strategy is managed by a team of experienced investment professionals led by Mick Rasmussen (11 years at Wasatch), along with Derrick Tzau (8 years) and Stuart Rigby (1 year). The strategy operates as part of Wasatch Global Investors, a 100% employee-owned firm founded in 1975 and headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. The firm has been SEC-registered since October 23, 1975, under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. With over 40 employee shareholders and no single employee owning 20% or more of the firm, Wasatch maintains a collaborative culture focused on long-term investment excellence. The management team oversees a high-conviction, concentrated portfolio of 20-40 stocks globally, maintaining 99% active share through rigorous fundamental analysis. The firm employs a team of 34 analysts and portfolio managers who conduct extensive travel and on-site company visits to support their investment decisions.

Fund Strategy

The Wasatch Global Select Strategy is built on the fundamental belief that 'earnings growth drives stock prices over the long term.' The strategy employs a truly active, collaborative, bottom-up fundamental process targeting the highest-quality growth companies across the globe. The investment team seeks high-quality companies that can grow faster and longer than generally anticipated and have the potential to become tomorrow's leaders. Using proprietary screening tools, the team targets companies with consistent earnings growth, strong cash flows, and above-average returns on capital. The Multiple Eyes™ collaborative process involves multiple team members in research and decision-making, supported by extensive travel and on-site company visits. The firm generates over 90% of research internally while conducting extensive screening to find high-quality growth companies that haven't been discovered or properly understood by most investors. The strategy specifically targets companies capable of growing earnings a minimum of 10-15% per year for at least three to five years, focusing on businesses with identifiable, sustainable competitive advantages and proven management teams.

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Executive Summary

Wasatch Global Select underperformed the MSCI AC World Index in Q1 2026 as markets rotated away from companies perceived vulnerable to AI disruption toward asset-heavy, commodity-oriented businesses. The strategy was hurt by overexposure to asset-light companies caught in broad AI-related selloffs, particularly in software and technology consulting. Hamilton Lane was the largest detractor as private credit concerns intensified, while MonotaRO and BayCurrent also declined despite strong fundamentals. Positive contributors included ASPEED Technology, which benefited from AI infrastructure demand, RBC Bearings from defense spending expectations, and Halma from data center growth. Geopolitical tensions involving Iran added volatility and supported energy stocks, where the strategy lacks exposure. The managers believe market participants have taken an undiscerning view of AI disruption risk, painting entire industries with a broad brush. They expect many holdings will ultimately benefit from AI through proprietary data and network effects, and plan to maintain balanced positioning to avoid overexposure to macroeconomic or geopolitical risks.

Core Thesis

Focus on asset-light businesses with durable competitive advantages that will ultimately benefit from AI adoption through proprietary data, established platforms and network effects, while maintaining global diversification and avoiding overexposure to commodity-dependent sectors.

Forward Outlook

Managers expect many of their holdings caught in broad AI-related selloffs will ultimately benefit from AI through proprietary data, established platforms and network effects. They plan to keep the portfolio balanced to avoid overexposure to macroeconomic or geopolitical risks in what could be a volatile market environment ahead.

Date	Letter	Tickers	Keywords	Pitches	Quick Takes
Apr 25 2026	2026 Q1	HLNE, HMSO.L, RBC	AI, Data centers, defense, disruption, Geopolitical, global, technology	HLNE 3064.T 2371.T 4966.TW RBC HLMA.L	Wasatch Global Select underperformed as markets rotated from AI beneficiaries to asset-heavy companies, hurting holdings perceived vulnerable to disruption. Managers believe the market has been undiscerning about AI risks and expect their companies with proprietary data and network effects to ultimately benefit. They plan balanced positioning amid potential volatility ahead.
Feb 10 2026	2025 Q4	FOUR, RBC, TREX	fundamentals, global, Japan, Quality, small caps, technology, underperformance, Valuations	6532 JP TREX FOUR WEGE3 BZ RBC	Wasatch Global Select significantly underperformed in 2025 as markets favored speculative stocks over quality businesses. Despite solid portfolio fundamentals and earnings growth, the strategy's focus on high ROA/ROE companies was a headwind. Managers remain disciplined, noting attractive relative valuations and positioning for when quality returns to favor.

Date

Letter

Tickers

Keywords

Pitches

Quick Takes

Apr 25 2026

2026 Q1

HLNE, HMSO.L, RBC

AI, Data centers, defense, disruption, Geopolitical, global, technology

HLNE
3064.T
2371.T
4966.TW
RBC
HLMA.L

Wasatch Global Select underperformed as markets rotated from AI beneficiaries to asset-heavy companies, hurting holdings perceived vulnerable to disruption. Managers believe the market has been undiscerning about AI risks and expect their companies with proprietary data and network effects to ultimately benefit. They plan balanced positioning amid potential volatility ahead.

Feb 10 2026

2025 Q4

FOUR, RBC, TREX

fundamentals, global, Japan, Quality, small caps, technology, underperformance, Valuations

6532 JP
TREX
FOUR
WEGE3 BZ
RBC

Wasatch Global Select significantly underperformed in 2025 as markets favored speculative stocks over quality businesses. Despite solid portfolio fundamentals and earnings growth, the strategy's focus on high ROA/ROE companies was a headwind. Managers remain disciplined, noting attractive relative valuations and positioning for when quality returns to favor.

QUARTER	THEMES	TAGS
2026 Q1	AI Market shifted focus from AI beneficiaries to companies vulnerable to AI disruption, hurting strategy performance. Managers believe market participants have taken an undiscerning view, painting entire industries with a broad brush. They expect many holdings will ultimately benefit from AI through proprietary data, established platforms and network effects.	Artificial Intelligence Disruption Technology Infrastructure Software
	Data Centers ASPEED Technology benefited from strong demand for testing, connectivity and semiconductor-related technologies required to support AI infrastructure expansion. Halma experienced strong growth from its data center business segment as AI buildout led to rapid expansion of data center demand.	Infrastructure Semiconductors Growth Technology
	Defense Aerospace and defense companies performed well as investors anticipated higher demand in a more geopolitically volatile environment. Managers believe the U.S. and other countries are in early stages of building out defense capabilities regardless of specific conflicts.	Aerospace Geopolitical Spending Volatility
	Private Credit Hamilton Lane declined as concerns regarding private credit intensified, with reports of rising distress in certain loan segments, increased use of redemption limits by credit funds, and fears of potential default cycle. Managers remain confident in Hamilton Lane's positioning due to portfolio diversification and business model quality.	Credit Distress Alternative Assets Risk
2025 Q4	AI AI has been the defining theme of market leadership in 2025, driving data center capex and benefiting companies like Bloom Energy and Sandisk. The theme experienced volatility in Q4 with concerns over durability, but reasserted dominance after NVIDIA's strong earnings. AI data centers require enormous power and storage, creating opportunities for infrastructure providers.	Data Centers Infrastructure Power Storage Semiconductors
	Electrification The portfolio maintains its largest absolute and relative exposure to the Electrification theme within Industrials. However, the manager has modestly reduced exposure to some larger holdings in this theme during the quarter, suggesting a more cautious approach while maintaining conviction.	Power Grid Infrastructure Energy Transition
	Biotech Biotech was a standout performer during the quarter, delivering its best quarter in five years. Performance was driven by an improving rate environment, easing regulation enabling more M&A activity, and excitement around AI's promise in driving efficiencies in drug discovery processes.	Pharmaceuticals M&A Drug Discovery Regulation
	Solar First Solar benefited from Trump Administration's 'One Big Beautiful Bill' which drove US demand for non-China solar products. The company differentiates itself with thin-film CdTe technology offering better performance in challenging conditions and being more efficient for large scale deployment.	Renewable Energy Manufacturing Trade Policy
	Space Rocket Lab operates as an end-to-end space company in Launch Services and Space Systems segments. The stock was up nearly 50% in the quarter on strong earnings and growing backlog, though the manager's late initiation of position meant it was a detractor to relative performance for most of the period.	Launch Services Satellites Defense

QUARTER

THEMES

AI

Market shifted focus from AI beneficiaries to companies vulnerable to AI disruption, hurting strategy performance. Managers believe market participants have taken an undiscerning view, painting entire industries with a broad brush. They expect many holdings will ultimately benefit from AI through proprietary data, established platforms and network effects.

Artificial Intelligence Disruption Technology Infrastructure Software

Data Centers

ASPEED Technology benefited from strong demand for testing, connectivity and semiconductor-related technologies required to support AI infrastructure expansion. Halma experienced strong growth from its data center business segment as AI buildout led to rapid expansion of data center demand.

Infrastructure Semiconductors Growth Technology

Defense

Aerospace and defense companies performed well as investors anticipated higher demand in a more geopolitically volatile environment. Managers believe the U.S. and other countries are in early stages of building out defense capabilities regardless of specific conflicts.

Aerospace Geopolitical Spending Volatility

Private Credit

Hamilton Lane declined as concerns regarding private credit intensified, with reports of rising distress in certain loan segments, increased use of redemption limits by credit funds, and fears of potential default cycle. Managers remain confident in Hamilton Lane's positioning due to portfolio diversification and business model quality.

Credit Distress Alternative Assets Risk

2025 Q4

AI

AI has been the defining theme of market leadership in 2025, driving data center capex and benefiting companies like Bloom Energy and Sandisk. The theme experienced volatility in Q4 with concerns over durability, but reasserted dominance after NVIDIA's strong earnings. AI data centers require enormous power and storage, creating opportunities for infrastructure providers.

Data Centers Infrastructure Power Storage Semiconductors

Electrification

The portfolio maintains its largest absolute and relative exposure to the Electrification theme within Industrials. However, the manager has modestly reduced exposure to some larger holdings in this theme during the quarter, suggesting a more cautious approach while maintaining conviction.

Power Grid Infrastructure Energy Transition

Biotech

Biotech was a standout performer during the quarter, delivering its best quarter in five years. Performance was driven by an improving rate environment, easing regulation enabling more M&A activity, and excitement around AI's promise in driving efficiencies in drug discovery processes.

Pharmaceuticals M&A Drug Discovery Regulation

Solar

First Solar benefited from Trump Administration's 'One Big Beautiful Bill' which drove US demand for non-China solar products. The company differentiates itself with thin-film CdTe technology offering better performance in challenging conditions and being more efficient for large scale deployment.

Renewable Energy Manufacturing Trade Policy

Space

Rocket Lab operates as an end-to-end space company in Launch Services and Space Systems segments. The stock was up nearly 50% in the quarter on strong earnings and growing backlog, though the manager's late initiation of position meant it was a detractor to relative performance for most of the period.

Launch Services Satellites Defense

Date	Pitch Type	Author	Ticker	Company	Industry	Sub Industry	Bull / Bear	Exchange	Keywords	Action
Apr 25, 2026	Fund Letters	Wasatch Global Select Strategy	HLMA.L	Halma PLC	Conglomerates	Electronic Equipment & Instruments	Bull	New York Stock Exchange	AI infrastructure, Bull, data centers, Industrial technology, Technology Solutions, United Kingdom	Login
Apr 25, 2026	Fund Letters	Wasatch Global Select Strategy	HLNE	Hamilton Lane, Inc.	Asset Management	Asset Management & Custody Banks	Bull	NASDAQ	alternative investments, asset management, Bull, Institutional Investors, portfolio diversification, Private Credit, Private markets	Login
Apr 25, 2026	Fund Letters	Wasatch Global Select Strategy	3064.T	MonotaRO Co. Ltd.	Internet Retail	Trading Companies & Distributors	Bull	New York Stock Exchange	Bull, e-commerce, Industrial distribution, Japan, MRO products, Share Buyback, small-cap growth	Login
Apr 25, 2026	Fund Letters	Wasatch Global Select Strategy	2371.T	BayCurrent, Inc.	Internet Content & Information	IT Consulting & Other Services	Bull	New York Stock Exchange	Artificial Intelligence, Bull, Business Advisory, Digital transformation, IT services, Japan, Technology Consulting	Login
Apr 25, 2026	Fund Letters	Wasatch Global Select Strategy	4966.TW	ASPEED Technology, Inc.	Other	Semiconductors	Bull	New York Stock Exchange	AI infrastructure, Bull, data centers, semiconductors, Server management, Taiwan, technology hardware	Login
Apr 25, 2026	Fund Letters	Wasatch Global Select Strategy	RBC	RBC Bearings, Inc.	Tools & Accessories	Machinery	Bull	NASDAQ	Aerospace, Bull, Defense, engineering, geopolitical, industrial manufacturing, Precision Bearings	Login
Feb 10, 2026	Fund Letters	Mick Rasmussen	RBC	RBC Bearings Incorporated	Industrials	Aerospace & Defense	Bull	New York Stock Exchange	Acquisitions, Aerospace, Defense, engineering, Margins	Login
Feb 10, 2026	Fund Letters	Mick Rasmussen	6532 JP	BayCurrent Consulting, Inc.	Information Technology	IT Consulting & Other Services	Bull	New York Stock Exchange	Consulting, Digitalization, earnings, Japan, transformation	Login
Feb 10, 2026	Fund Letters	Mick Rasmussen	TREX	Trex Company, Inc.	Industrials	Building Products	Bull	New York Stock Exchange	Cyclical, duopoly, Housing, marketshare, Remodeling	Login
Feb 10, 2026	Fund Letters	Mick Rasmussen	FOUR	Shift4 Payments, Inc.	Financials	Transaction & Payment Processing Services	Bull	New York Stock Exchange	Fintech, growth, hospitality, Payments, Recurring	Login
Feb 10, 2026	Fund Letters	Mick Rasmussen	WEGE3 BZ	WEG SA	Industrials	Electrical Components & Equipment	Bull	Brasil Bolsa Balcão	Capacity, data centers, Electrification, infrastructure, renewables	Login

Date

Pitch Type

Author

Ticker

Company

Industry

Sub Industry

Bull / Bear

Exchange

Keywords

Action

Apr 25, 2026

Fund Letters

Wasatch Global Select Strategy

HLMA.L

Halma PLC

Conglomerates

Electronic Equipment & Instruments

Bull

New York Stock Exchange

AI infrastructure, Bull, data centers, Industrial technology, Technology Solutions, United Kingdom

Apr 25, 2026

Fund Letters

Wasatch Global Select Strategy

HLNE

Hamilton Lane, Inc.

Asset Management

Asset Management & Custody Banks

Bull

NASDAQ

alternative investments, asset management, Bull, Institutional Investors, portfolio diversification, Private Credit, Private markets

Apr 25, 2026

Fund Letters

Wasatch Global Select Strategy

3064.T

MonotaRO Co. Ltd.

Internet Retail

Trading Companies & Distributors

Bull

New York Stock Exchange

Bull, e-commerce, Industrial distribution, Japan, MRO products, Share Buyback, small-cap growth

Apr 25, 2026

Fund Letters

Wasatch Global Select Strategy

2371.T

BayCurrent, Inc.

Internet Content & Information

IT Consulting & Other Services

Bull

New York Stock Exchange

Artificial Intelligence, Bull, Business Advisory, Digital transformation, IT services, Japan, Technology Consulting

Apr 25, 2026

Fund Letters

Wasatch Global Select Strategy

4966.TW

ASPEED Technology, Inc.

Other

Semiconductors

Bull

New York Stock Exchange

AI infrastructure, Bull, data centers, semiconductors, Server management, Taiwan, technology hardware

Apr 25, 2026

Fund Letters

Wasatch Global Select Strategy

RBC

RBC Bearings, Inc.

Tools & Accessories

Machinery

Bull

NASDAQ

Aerospace, Bull, Defense, engineering, geopolitical, industrial manufacturing, Precision Bearings

Feb 10, 2026

Fund Letters

Mick Rasmussen

RBC

RBC Bearings Incorporated

Industrials

Aerospace & Defense

Bull

New York Stock Exchange

Acquisitions, Aerospace, Defense, engineering, Margins

Feb 10, 2026

Fund Letters

Mick Rasmussen

6532 JP

BayCurrent Consulting, Inc.

Information Technology

IT Consulting & Other Services

Bull

New York Stock Exchange

Consulting, Digitalization, earnings, Japan, transformation

Feb 10, 2026

Fund Letters

Mick Rasmussen

TREX

Trex Company, Inc.

Industrials

Building Products

Bull

New York Stock Exchange

Cyclical, duopoly, Housing, marketshare, Remodeling

Feb 10, 2026

Fund Letters

Mick Rasmussen

FOUR

Shift4 Payments, Inc.

Financials

Transaction & Payment Processing Services

Bull

New York Stock Exchange

Fintech, growth, hospitality, Payments, Recurring

Feb 10, 2026

Fund Letters

Mick Rasmussen

WEGE3 BZ

WEG SA

Industrials

Electrical Components & Equipment

Bull

Brasil Bolsa Balcão

Capacity, data centers, Electrification, infrastructure, renewables

TICKER	COMMENTARY
HLNE	The largest detractor from strategy performance during the quarter was Hamilton Lane, Inc. (HLNE). The company provides private market investment solutions to institutional and high-net-worth investors. Stocks tied to private markets declined during the quarter as concerns regarding private credit intensified. Reports of rising distress in certain loan segments, increased use of redemption limits by credit funds, and fears of a potential default cycle—particularly in software-heavy portfolios exposed to AI disruption—contributed to broader risk aversion and pressured valuations across publicly traded private market managers. While there has been negative news on some competitors' funds, we remain confident in the strength and positioning of Hamilton Lane because of the diversification of its portfolios, the quality of the business model, and the large opportunity that exists for asset allocations to the private market to continue to increase.
RBC	Another strong stock was RBC Bearings, Inc. (RBC). The company is a U.S. industrial manufacturer of highly engineered precision bearings and components used in critical aerospace, defense, industrial and energy applications. Stocks of companies tied to the aerospace and defense industries tended to be strong performers in the first quarter, as investors anticipated higher demand for their products in a more geopolitically volatile environment. Separately, fundamentals for the company remain strong. We continue to like the growth potential of this longtime holding.
HMSO.L	Halma PLC also contributed. The U.K.-based industrial distributor has experienced strong growth from its business segment that's focused on data centers, as the buildout of AI has led to a rapid expansion of data center demand. That has in turn propelled Halma's stock higher in recent months.

TICKER

COMMENTARY

HLNE

The largest detractor from strategy performance during the quarter was Hamilton Lane, Inc. (HLNE). The company provides private market investment solutions to institutional and high-net-worth investors. Stocks tied to private markets declined during the quarter as concerns regarding private credit intensified. Reports of rising distress in certain loan segments, increased use of redemption limits by credit funds, and fears of a potential default cycle—particularly in software-heavy portfolios exposed to AI disruption—contributed to broader risk aversion and pressured valuations across publicly traded private market managers. While there has been negative news on some competitors' funds, we remain confident in the strength and positioning of Hamilton Lane because of the diversification of its portfolios, the quality of the business model, and the large opportunity that exists for asset allocations to the private market to continue to increase.

RBC

Another strong stock was RBC Bearings, Inc. (RBC). The company is a U.S. industrial manufacturer of highly engineered precision bearings and components used in critical aerospace, defense, industrial and energy applications. Stocks of companies tied to the aerospace and defense industries tended to be strong performers in the first quarter, as investors anticipated higher demand for their products in a more geopolitically volatile environment. Separately, fundamentals for the company remain strong. We continue to like the growth potential of this longtime holding.

HMSO.L

Halma PLC also contributed. The U.K.-based industrial distributor has experienced strong growth from its business segment that's focused on data centers, as the buildout of AI has led to a rapid expansion of data center demand. That has in turn propelled Halma's stock higher in recent months.

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Mick Rasmussen

Wasatch Global Select Strategy

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FUND PERFORMANCE AS OF 31st March 2026

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AI

Data Centers

Defense

Private Credit

AI

Electrification

Biotech

Solar

Space

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