N-CSRS 1 fp0056931_ncsrs.htm

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-CSR

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

Investment Company Act file number 811-07655

 

Driehaus Mutual Funds

 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

25 East Erie Street
Chicago, IL 60611

 

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

Janet L. McWilliams
Driehaus Capital Management LLC
25 East Erie Street
Chicago, IL 60611

 

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 312-587-3800

 

Date of fiscal year end: December 31

 

Date of reporting period: June 30, 2020

 

Form N-CSR is to be used by management investment companies to file reports with the Commission not later than 10 days after the transmission to stockholders of any report that is required to be transmitted to stockholders under Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30e-1). The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-CSR in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and policymaking roles.

 

A registrant is required to disclose the information specified by Form N-CSR, and the Commission will make this information public. A registrant is not required to respond to the collection of information contained in Form N-CSR unless the Form displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") control number. Please direct comments concerning the accuracy of the information collection burden estimate and any suggestions for reducing the burden to Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20549-0609. The OMB has reviewed this collection of information under the clearance requirements of 44 U.S.C. § 3507.

 

 

 

Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.

 

The Reports to Shareholders are attached herewith.

 

 

 

Beginning on May 1, 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of shareholder reports will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports. Instead, the reports will be made available on the Fund’s website (https://www.driehaus.com/fund-resources), and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website link to access the report.

 

If you already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from a Fund electronically at any time by contacting your financial intermediary (such as a broker-dealer or bank) or, if you invest directly with a Fund, by calling 1-800-560-6111.

 

You may elect to receive all future reports in paper free of charge. If you invest through a financial intermediary, you can contact your financial intermediary to request that you continue to receive paper copies of your shareholder reports. If you invest directly with a Fund, you can call 1-800-560-6111 to inform the Fund that you wish to continue receiving paper copies of your shareholder reports. Your election to receive reports in paper will apply to all funds held in your account if you invest through a financial intermediary or all funds in the Driehaus Mutual Funds if you invest directly with a Fund.

 

 

Semi-Annual Report to Shareholders
June 30, 2020

 

Investment Philosophy:

 

The Adviser seeks to achieve superior investment returns primarily by investing in global companies that are currently demonstrating rapid growth in their sales and earnings and which, in its judgment, have the ability to continue or accelerate their growth rates in the future. The Adviser manages the portfolios actively (above average turnover) to ensure that the Funds are fully invested, under appropriate market conditions, in companies that meet these criteria. Investors should note that investments in overseas markets can pose more risks than U.S. investments, and the international Funds’ share prices are expected to be more volatile than those of the U.S.- only Funds. In addition, the Funds’ returns will fluctuate with changes in stock market conditions, currency values, interest rates, government regulations, and economic and political conditions in countries in which the Funds invest. These risks are generally greater when investing in emerging markets.

 

Driehaus Emerging Markets Growth Fund

 

Driehaus Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund

 

Driehaus International Small Cap Growth Fund

 

Driehaus Micro Cap Growth Fund

 

Driehaus Small Cap Growth Fund

 

Driehaus Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

 

 

Table of Contents

 

   

Performance Overview and Schedule of Investments:

 

Driehaus Emerging Markets Growth Fund

1

Driehaus Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund

6

Driehaus International Small Cap Growth Fund

11

Driehaus Micro Cap Growth Fund

16

Driehaus Small Cap Growth Fund

21

Driehaus Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

26

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

32

Statements of Operations

34

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

36

Financial Highlights

38

Notes to Financial Statements

46

Fund Expense Examples

56

Board Considerations in Connection with the Approval of the Investment Advisory Agreement for Driehaus Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

58

Board Review of Liquidity Risk Management Program

60

 

PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND PROXY VOTING RECORD

 

A description of the Funds’ policies and procedures with respect to the voting of proxies relating to the Funds’ portfolio securities is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-560-6111. This information is also available on the Funds’ website at http://www.driehaus.com.

 

Information regarding how the Funds voted proxies related to portfolio securities during the 12-month period ended June 30, 2020 is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-560-6111. This information is also available on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) website at http://www.sec.gov.

 

HOW TO OBTAIN QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

 

Each Fund files a complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form NPORT-EX. The Funds’ Form NPORT-EX is available electronically on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. Each Fund’s complete schedule of portfolio holdings is also available on the Fund’s website at http://www.driehaus.com.

 

 

Driehaus Emerging Markets Growth Fund

Performance Overview (unaudited)

 

The performance summarized below is historical and does not represent future results. Investment returns and principal value vary, and you may have a gain or loss when you sell shares. Performance data presented measures the change in the value of an investment in the Fund, assuming reinvestment of all dividends and capital gains. Average annual total return reflects annualized change.

 

The table does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. The graph compares the results of a $10,000 investment in the Fund over the last 10 fiscal year periods, with all dividends and capital gains reinvested, with the indicated indices (and dividends reinvested) for the same period.

 

Average Annual Total Returns as of 6/30/20

1 Year

3 Years

5 Years

10 Years

Driehaus Emerging Markets Growth Fund Investor Class (DREGX)

5.13%

6.52%

5.53%

6.16%

Driehaus Emerging Markets Growth Fund Institutional Class (DIEMX)1

5.43%

6.74%

5.66%

6.22%

MSCI Emerging Markets Index-N2

-3.39%

1.90%

2.86%

3.27%

MSCI Emerging Markets Growth Index-N3

9.67%

6.19%

6.35%

5.76%

 

 

 

1

The returns for the periods prior to July 17, 2017 (institutional share class inception date) include the performance of the investor share class.

 

2

The Morgan Stanley Capital International Emerging Markets Index-Net (MSCI Emerging Markets Index-N) is a market capitalization-weighted index designed to measure equity market performance in emerging markets. Data is in U.S. dollars and is calculated with net dividend reinvestment. Source: Morgan Stanley Capital International Inc.

 

3

The Morgan Stanley Capital International Emerging Markets Growth Index-Net (MSCI Emerging Markets Growth Index-N) is a subset of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index and includes only the MSCI Emerging Markets Index stocks which are categorized as growth stocks. Data is in U.S. dollars and is calculated with net dividend reinvestment. Source: Morgan Stanley Capital International Inc.

 


1

 

 

 

Driehaus Emerging Markets Growth Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020 (unaudited)

 

 

 

Number of
Shares

   

Value
(Note A)

 

EQUITY SECURITIES — 94.6%

FAR EAST — 74.1%

China — 44.0%

               

AIA Group, Ltd.

    1,856,151     $ 17,369,128  

Airtac International Group

    484,203       8,553,538  

Alibaba Group Holding, Ltd. — SP ADR**

    557,751       120,306,891  

Alibaba Health Information Technology, Ltd.**

    2,741,135       8,060,806  

By-Health Co., Ltd. — A

    4,119,600       11,517,016  

China Construction Bank Corp. — H

    19,685,333       16,011,718  

China Feihe, Ltd.1

    8,862,531       17,858,936  

China Mengniu Dairy Co., Ltd.

    2,863,402       10,979,946  

China Resources Cement Holdings, Ltd.

    10,228,788       12,615,409  

China Resources Gas Group, Ltd.

    1,538,777       7,528,948  

China Tourism Group Duty Free Corp., Ltd. — A

    1,016,335       22,274,327  

CIFI Holdings Group Co., Ltd.

    8,402,057       6,618,816  

Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd. — A

    591,410       14,740,376  

Country Garden Services Holdings Co., Ltd.

    3,156,604       14,736,158  

Foshan Haitian Flavouring & Food Co., Ltd. — A

    1,034,475       18,221,310  

Galaxy Entertainment Group, Ltd.

    1,226,442       8,413,085  

GDS Holdings, Ltd. — ADR**

    119,865       9,548,446  

Hefei Meiya Optoelectronic Technology, Inc. — A

    1,237,623       9,210,315  

Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing, Ltd.

    208,699       8,888,852  

Huazhu Group, Ltd. — ADR

    172,026       6,029,511  

Hundsun Technologies, Inc. — A

    675,309       10,336,027  

JD.com, Inc. — ADR**

    389,438       23,436,379  

Jinxin Fertility Group, Ltd.1

    2,550,213       3,862,912  

Kweichow Moutai Co., Ltd. — A

    119,561       24,828,956  

Li Ning Co., Ltd.

    3,130,624       10,025,637  

Luxshare Precision Industry Co., Ltd. — A

    3,577,421       26,155,956  

Mango Excellent Media Co., Ltd. — A**

    1,330,003       12,314,267  

Meituan Dianping — B**

    536,173       11,981,524  

NetEase, Inc. — ADR

    19,961       8,570,854  

Ping An Healthcare and Technology Co., Ltd.1**

    626,840       9,610,419  

Shenzhen Mindray Bio- Medical Electronics Co., Ltd. — A

    433,734       18,744,772  

Silergy Corp.

    333,729       21,862,020  

TAL Education Group — ADR

    144,726       9,896,364  

Techtronic Industries Co., Ltd.

    1,208,855       11,961,083  

 

 

 

Number of
Shares

   

Value
(Note A)

 

Tencent Holdings, Ltd.

    2,161,225     $ 138,486,788  

Vipshop Holdings, Ltd. — ADR**

    439,511       8,750,664  

Wuliangye Yibin Co., Ltd. — A

    463,804       11,269,018  

Wuxi Biologics Cayman, Inc.1**

    1,252,773       22,995,420  

Yum China Holdings, Inc.

    314,881       15,136,330  

Zhangzhou Pientzehuang Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. — A

    567,928       13,716,808  
              763,425,730  

India — 8.9%

               

Ashok Leyland, Ltd.

    3,172,163       1,975,951  

Asian Paints, Ltd.

    549,653       12,288,696  

Bajaj Finance, Ltd.

    459,627       17,299,517  

Bharti Airtel, Ltd.**

    2,287,994       16,992,872  

HDFC Bank, Ltd. — ADR

    476,375       21,656,008  

Hindustan Unilever, Ltd.

    552,008       15,958,984  

ICICI Bank, Ltd. — SP ADR

    2,259,643       20,992,083  

Nestle India, Ltd.

    102,772       23,334,907  

Reliance Industries, Ltd.

    827,886       18,831,443  

Titan Co., Ltd.

    457,192       5,756,590  
              155,087,051  

South Korea — 8.9%

               

Kakao Corp.

    58,963       13,231,451  

KB Financial Group, Inc.

    582,556       16,491,924  

LG Chem, Ltd.

    27,166       11,210,840  

Macquarie Korea Infrastructure Fund

    1,374,235       13,066,654  

NCSoft Corp.

    25,484       18,958,242  

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

    1,136,575       50,313,484  

SK Hynix, Inc.

    435,185       31,071,562  
              154,344,157  

Taiwan — 8.3%

               

Accton Technology Corp.

    1,007,165       7,821,243  

Century Iron & Steel Industrial Co., Ltd.

    2,130,628       6,083,768  

Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.

    2,133,910       8,474,725  

ITEQ Corp.

    2,078,321       10,439,275  

MediaTek, Inc.

    850,491       16,814,742  

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. — SP ADR

    1,660,556       94,269,764  
              143,903,517  

Indonesia — 1.3%

               

PT Bank Central Asia Tbk

    11,480,708       22,970,614  

Japan — 0.8%

               

Keyence Corp.

    31,800       13,326,157  

Malaysia — 0.7%

               

Dialog Group BHD

    13,680,493       11,594,063  

Singapore — 0.7%

               

Sea, Ltd. — ADR**

    106,668       11,439,076  

Thailand — 0.5%

               

CP ALL PCL — NVDR**

    3,882,708       8,557,318  

Total FAR EAST

            1,284,647,683  
                 

 

 

Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Schedule.
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Driehaus Emerging Markets Growth Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020 (unaudited)

 

 

 

Number of
Shares

   

Value
(Note A)

 

EUROPE — 7.5%

               

Russia — 3.4%

               

Lukoil PJSC — SP ADR

    301,041     $ 22,377,631  

Sberbank of Russia PJSC — SP ADR

    1,606,639       18,219,286  

Yandex NV — A**

    357,578       17,886,052  
              58,482,969  

Poland — 1.3%

               

CD Projekt SA**

    170,838       17,215,944  

Dino Polska SA1**

    108,427       5,523,074  
              22,739,018  

Netherlands — 1.0%

               

ASML Holding NV

    47,983       17,552,729  

Hungary — 0.7%

               

OTP Bank PLC**

    349,955       12,302,778  

Sweden — 0.7%

               

Spotify Technology SA**

    44,790       11,564,330  

Switzerland — 0.4%

               

Roche Holding AG

    22,419       7,767,052  

Total EUROPE

            130,408,876  
                 

SOUTH AMERICA — 6.6%

               

Brazil — 5.6%

               

Arco Platform, Ltd. — A**

    93,552       4,067,641  

B2W Cia Digital**

    579,660       11,554,614  

B3 SA - Brasil Bolsa Balcao

    3,619,973       37,071,090  

Cogna Educacao

    8,075,020       9,933,963  

Lojas Renner SA

    1,473,937       11,424,292  

Raia Drogasil SA

    861,474       17,688,565  

XP, Inc. — A**

    112,207       4,713,816  
              96,453,981  

Argentina — 0.5%

               

MercadoLibre, Inc.**

    9,149       9,018,810  

Chile — 0.5%

               

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA — SP ADR

    340,611       8,879,729  

Total SOUTH AMERICA

            114,352,520  
                 

NORTH AMERICA — 5.3%

               

United States — 3.8%

               

Analog Devices, Inc.

    139,376       17,093,073  

Facebook, Inc. — A**

    70,620       16,035,683  

Legend Biotech Corp. — ADR**

    144,106       6,133,151  

NVIDIA Corp.

    47,814       18,165,017  

The Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. — A

    43,998       8,301,543  
              65,728,467  

Mexico — 1.1%

               

Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste SAB de CV — ADR

    50,042       5,619,216  

Wal-Mart de Mexico SAB de CV

    5,461,946       13,062,854  
              18,682,070  

Canada — 0.4%

               

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.

    177,173       7,804,471  

Total NORTH AMERICA

            92,215,008  
                 

 

 

 

Number of
Shares

   

Value
(Note A)

 

AFRICA — 1.1%

               

Egypt — 0.7%

               

Commercial International Bank Egypt SAE

    3,032,821     $ 12,135,387  

South Africa — 0.4%

               

Clicks Group, Ltd.

    592,618       7,194,769  

Total AFRICA

            19,330,156  

Total EQUITY SECURITIES

               

(Cost $1,191,567,412)

            1,640,954,243  

 

               

TOTAL INVESTMENTS

               

(COST $1,191,567,412)

    94.6 %   $ 1,640,954,243  

Other Assets In Excess Of Liabilities

    5.4 %     94,078,711  

Net Assets

    100.0 %   $ 1,735,032,954  

 

1

144A — This security was purchased pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933 and may not be resold subject to that rule except to qualified institutional buyers. At June 30, 2020, these securities amounted to $59,850,761 or 3.4% of net assets. These 144A securities have not been deemed illiquid.

**

Non-income producing security

 

ADR — American Depository Receipt

NVDR — Non-Voting Depository Receipt

SP ADR — Sponsored American Depository Receipt

 

Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Schedule.
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Driehaus Emerging Markets Growth Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020 (unaudited)

 

 

Regional Weightings*

 

Asia/Far East Ex-Japan

73.3%

South America

6.6%

Eastern Europe

5.4%

North America

5.3%

Western Europe

2.1%

Africa

1.1%

Japan

0.8%

 

 

 

Top Ten Holdings*

 

Tencent Holdings, Ltd.

8.0%

Alibaba Group Holding, Ltd. — SP ADR

6.9%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. — SP ADR

5.4%

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

2.9%

B3 SA - Brasil Bolsa Balcao

2.1%

SK Hynix, Inc.

1.8%

Luxshare Precision Industry Co., Ltd. — A

1.5%

Kweichow Moutai Co., Ltd. — A

1.4%

JD.com, Inc. — ADR

1.4%

Nestle India, Ltd.

1.3%

 

 

 

*

All percentages are stated as a percent of net assets at June 30, 2020.

 

Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Schedule.
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Driehaus Emerging Markets Growth Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020 (unaudited)

 

 

Industry

Percent of
Net Assets

Beverages

2.1%

Biotechnology

0.4%

Capital Markets

3.7%

Chemicals

1.9%

Commercial Banks

8.1%

Commercial Services & Supplies

0.8%

Communications Equipment

0.5%

Computers & Peripherals

2.9%

Construction Materials

0.7%

Consumer Finance

1.0%

Diversified Consumer Services

1.4%

Diversified Telecommunication Services

0.5%

Electrical Equipment

0.8%

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

2.9%

Energy Equipment & Services

0.7%

Entertainment

4.6%

Food & Staples Retailing

3.0%

Food Products

4.1%

Gas Utilities

0.4%

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

1.1%

Health Care Providers & Services

0.2%

Health Care Technology

1.0%

 

 

Industry

Percent of
Net Assets

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

1.7%

Household Products

0.9%

Information Technology Services

0.5%

Insurance

1.0%

Interactive Media & Services

10.7%

Internet & Catalog Retail

10.7%

Life Sciences Tools & Services

1.3%

Machinery

1.8%

Metals & Mining

0.8%

Multiline Retail

0.7%

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

2.4%

Personal Products

1.1%

Pharmaceuticals

1.2%

Real Estate Management & Development

0.4%

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

12.5%

Software

0.6%

Specialty Retail

1.3%

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

0.9%

Transportation Infrastructure

0.3%

Wireless Telecommunication Services

1.0%

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities

5.4%

TOTAL

100.0%

 

 

Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Schedule.
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Driehaus Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund

Performance Overview (unaudited)

 

 

The performance summarized below is historical and does not represent future results. Investment returns and principal value vary, and you may have a gain or loss when you sell shares. Performance data presented measures the change in the value of an investment in the Fund, assuming reinvestment of all dividends and capital gains. Average annual total return reflects annualized change.

 

The table does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. The graph compares the results of a $10,000 investment in the Fund over the last 10 fiscal year periods (which includes performance of the Predecessor Limited Partnership’s inception), with all dividends and capital gains reinvested, with the indicated indices (and dividends reinvested) for the same period.

 

 

Fund Only

Including Predecessor Limited Partnership

Average Annual Total Returns as of 6/30/20

1 Year

3 Years

5 Years

Since Inception
(8/22/11 - 6/30/20)

10 Years

Driehaus Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund (DRESX)1

14.28%

6.56%

0.92%

5.51%

5.79%

MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap Index-N2

-8.82%

-2.95%

-1.38%

0.94%

1.78%

MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Index-N3

-2.81%

-1.76%

-2.26%

0.81%

1.39%

 

 

 

1

The Driehaus Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund (the “Fund”) performance shown above includes the performance of the Driehaus Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund, L.P. (the “Predecessor Limited Partnership”), the Fund’s predecessor, for the periods before the Fund’s registration statement became effective. The Predecessor Limited Partnership, which was established on December 1, 2008, was managed with substantially the same investment objective, policies and philosophies as are followed by the Fund. The Fund succeeded to the Predecessor Limited Partnership’s assets on August 22, 2011. The Predecessor Limited Partnership was not registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”), and thus was not subject to certain investment and operational restrictions that are imposed by the 1940 Act. If the Predecessor Limited Partnership had been registered under the 1940 Act, its performance may have been adversely affected. The Predecessor Limited Partnership’s performance has been restated to reflect estimated expenses of the Fund. The returns for the periods prior to August 21, 2014, reflect fee waivers and/or reimbursements without which performance would have been lower.

 

2

The Morgan Stanley Capital International Emerging Markets Small Cap Index-Net (MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap Index-N) is a market capitalization-weighted index designed to measure equity market performance of small cap stocks in emerging markets. Data is in U.S. dollars and is calculated with net dividend reinvestment. Source: Morgan Stanley Capital International Inc.

 


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Driehaus Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020 (unaudited)

 

 

 

Number of
Shares

   

Value
(Note A)

 

EQUITY SECURITIES — 94.2%

FAR EAST — 75.4%

China — 34.7%

               

Airtac International Group

    40,000     $ 706,608  

Amoy Diagnostics Co., Ltd. — A

    61,150       666,146  

Ausnutria Dairy Corp., Ltd.

    339,000       762,474  

C&S Paper Co., Ltd. — A

    199,175       629,377  

Changzhou Xingyu Automotive Lighting Systems Co., Ltd. — A

    33,900       611,518  

China Meidong Auto Holdings, Ltd.

    190,000       468,639  

China Resources Cement Holdings, Ltd.

    348,794       430,176  

China Tian Lun Gas Holdings, Ltd.

    385,500       296,429  

Ever Sunshine Lifestyle Services Group, Ltd.

    354,000       552,220  

GDS Holdings, Ltd. — ADR**

    7,289       580,642  

Hangzhou Tigermed Consulting Co., Ltd. — A

    36,232       521,556  

Hefei Meiya Optoelectronic Technology, Inc. — A

    106,974       796,094  

Innovent Biologics, Inc.1**

    90,500       673,564  

Jiajiayue Group Co., Ltd. — A

    78,470       547,202  

Jiangsu Hengli Hydraulic Co., Ltd. — A

    67,920       774,097  

Kingdee International Software Group Co., Ltd.

    333,000       779,181  

Laobaixing Pharmacy Chain JSC — A

    59,299       839,428  

Li Ning Co., Ltd.

    224,471       718,855  

Pharmaron Beijing Co., Ltd. — H1

    33,700       349,011  

Ping An Healthcare and Technology Co., Ltd.1**

    77,220       1,183,901  

Proya Cosmetics Co., Ltd. — A

    32,100       820,214  

Shanghai Putailai New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. — A

    20,400       298,136  

Shenzhen SC New Energy Technology Corp. — A

    84,744       1,064,941  

Silergy Corp.

    13,000       851,608  

SITC International Holdings Co., Ltd.

    248,000       265,544  

Times China Holdings, Ltd.

    323,000       602,290  

Times Neighborhood Holdings, Ltd.

    489,000       668,597  

West China Cement, Ltd.

    3,408,000       624,692  

Yantai Jereh Oilfield Services Group Co., Ltd. — A

    98,500       435,418  

Yihai International Holding, Ltd.

    76,157       784,802  

Zhejiang Dingli Machinery Co., Ltd. — A

    75,457       813,116  

 

 

 

Number of
Shares

   

Value
(Note A)

 

Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science and Technology Co., Ltd. — H**

    541,600     $ 419,332  
              20,535,808  

India — 12.4%

               

Aarti Industries, Ltd.

    23,590       291,446  

Aarti Surfactants, Ltd.2,3**

    2,704       0  

Amber Enterprises India, Ltd.

    38,249       728,821  

Ashok Leyland, Ltd.

    874,304       544,607  

AU Small Finance Bank, Ltd.1

    44,779       320,783  

Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Co., Ltd.

    107,503       269,640  

Colgate-Palmolive India, Ltd.

    15,747       293,745  

Dixon Technologies India, Ltd.

    9,769       744,802  

Gujarat Gas, Ltd.

    144,289       609,970  

IndiaMart InterMesh, Ltd.1

    9,098       280,232  

Indraprastha Gas, Ltd.**

    99,009       582,223  

Info Edge India, Ltd.

    16,024       585,167  

Ipca Laboratories, Ltd.

    26,861       596,208  

Jubilant Foodworks, Ltd.

    17,343       396,903  

Navin Fluorine International, Ltd.

    13,708       295,245  

PI Industries, Ltd.

    38,393       763,744  
              7,303,536  

Taiwan — 11.9%

               

Accton Technology Corp.

    92,000       714,435  

Advanced Ceramic X Corp.

    32,000       449,289  

ASPEED Technology, Inc.

    12,000       508,143  

Century Iron & Steel Industrial Co., Ltd.

    187,000       533,957  

Huaku Development Co., Ltd.

    190,000       543,922  

ITEQ Corp.

    146,000       733,349  

Parade Technologies, Ltd.

    23,455       786,165  

Sinbon Electronics Co., Ltd.

    112,000       569,688  

Sporton International, Inc.

    91,000       745,207  

Voltronic Power Technology Corp.

    26,000       749,194  

Wiwynn Corp.

    25,509       697,364  
              7,030,713  

South Korea — 7.8%

               

Douzone Bizon Co., Ltd.

    3,353       286,482  

Eugene Technology Co., Ltd.

    25,244       579,627  

Koh Young Technology, Inc.

    10,132       846,814  

LEENO Industrial, Inc.

    11,246       1,064,702  

NICE Information Service Co., Ltd.

    63,679       973,021  

Tesna, Inc.

    5,662       287,589  

Tokai Carbon Korea Co., Ltd.

    7,697       560,494  
              4,598,729  

Indonesia — 3.3%

               

PT Bank Tabungan Pensiunan Nasional Syariah Tbk

    2,625,500       588,238  

PT Bumi Serpong Damai Tbk**

    12,959,000       677,541  

PT Waskita Karya Persero Tbk

    13,869,900       695,439  
              1,961,218  

 

 

Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Schedule.
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Driehaus Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020 (unaudited)

 

 

 

Number of
Shares

   

Value
(Note A)

 

Vietnam — 3.0%

               

FPT Corp.

    478,754     $ 1,128,613  

Military Commercial Joint Stock Bank**

    805,374       621,555  
              1,750,168  

Philippines — 0.9%

               

Megaworld Corp.

    4,199,000       258,284  

Security Bank Corp.

    136,760       284,549  
              542,833  

Thailand — 0.5%

               

TQM Corp PCL — NVDR

    73,900       321,163  

Malaysia — 0.5%

               

Dialog Group BHD

    314,806       266,794  

Cambodia — 0.4%

               

NagaCorp, Ltd.

    222,403       259,444  

Total FAR EAST

            44,570,406  
                 

EUROPE — 8.2%

               

Russia — 2.6%

               

Detsky Mir PJSC1

    497,754       705,290  

Globaltrans Investment PLC — SP GDR

    51,192       276,282  

RusHydro PJSC

    54,102,812       558,936  
              1,540,508  

Poland — 2.5%

               

CD Projekt SA**

    4,279       431,210  

Dino Polska SA1**

    20,664       1,052,587  
              1,483,797  

Turkey — 2.0%

               

Enerjisa Enerji AS1

    445,417       558,924  

Sok Marketler Ticaret AS**

    306,364       600,701  
              1,159,625  

Jersey — 1.1%

               

Centamin PLC

    282,353       644,518  

Total EUROPE

            4,828,448  
                 

SOUTH AMERICA — 4.6%

               

Brazil — 3.6%

               

Arco Platform, Ltd. — A**

    8,390       364,797  

Bradespar SA — Pref.

    42,400       284,273  

Grupo SBF SA**

    63,500       383,819  

Lojas Renner SA

    56,826       440,451  

Metalurgica Gerdau SA — Pref.

    304,500       412,115  

Randon SA Implementos e Participacoes — Pref.

    150,300       264,499  
              2,149,954  

Argentina — 1.0%

               

Globant SA**

    3,924       588,011  

Total SOUTH AMERICA

            2,737,965  
                 

 

 

 

Number of
Shares

   

Value
(Note A)

 

NORTH AMERICA — 4.0%

               

Canada — 2.6%

               

B2Gold Corp.

    121,106     $ 688,670  

Centerra Gold, Inc.

    78,797       879,327  
              1,567,997  

Mexico — 1.4%

               

Qualitas Controladora SAB de CV

    209,300       823,195  

Total NORTH AMERICA

            2,391,192  
                 

AFRICA — 1.3%

               

South Africa — 1.3%

               

Clicks Group, Ltd.

    16,259       197,395  

Sibanye Stillwater, Ltd.**

    262,936       570,906  

Total AFRICA

            768,301  
                 

MIDDLE EAST — 0.7%

               

United Arab Emirates — 0.7%

               

Network International Holdings PLC1**

    71,485       391,330  

Total MIDDLE EAST

            391,330  

Total EQUITY SECURITIES

               

(Cost $44,047,053)

            55,687,642  

 

               

TOTAL INVESTMENTS

               

(COST $44,047,053)

    94.2 %   $ 55,687,642  

Other Assets In Excess Of Liabilities

    5.8 %     3,412,576  

Net Assets

    100.0 %   $ 59,100,218  

 

1

144A — This security was purchased pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933 and may not be resold subject to that rule except to qualified institutional buyers. At June 30, 2020, these securities amounted to $5,515,622 or 9.3% of net assets. These 144A securities have not been deemed illiquid, unless otherwise noted.

2

Pursuant to procedures adopted by Driehaus Mutual Funds’ (the “Trust”) Board of Trustees, this security has been determined to be illiquid by Driehaus Capital Management LLC, the Fund’s investment adviser.

3

Investments categorized as Level 3 pricing (See Note A in the Notes to Financial Statements).

**

Non-income producing security

 

ADR — American Depository Receipt

NVDR — Non-Voting Depository Receipt

SP GDR — Sponsored Global Depository Receipt

 

 

Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Schedule.
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Driehaus Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020 (unaudited)

 

 

Regional Weightings*

 

Asia/Far East Ex-Japan

75.4%

Eastern Europe

7.1%

South America

4.6%

North America

4.0%

Africa

1.3%

Western Europe

1.1%

Middle East

0.7%

 

 

Top Ten Holdings*

 

Ping An Healthcare and Technology Co., Ltd.

2.0%

FPT Corp.

1.9%

Shenzhen SC New Energy Technology Corp. — A

1.8%

LEENO Industrial, Inc.

1.8%

Dino Polska SA

1.8%

NICE Information Service Co., Ltd.

1.6%

Centerra Gold, Inc.

1.5%

Silergy Corp.

1.4%

Koh Young Technology, Inc.

1.4%

Laobaixing Pharmacy Chain JSC — A

1.4%

 

 

 

*

All percentages are stated as a percent of net assets at June 30, 2020.

 

Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Schedule.
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Driehaus Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020 (unaudited)

 

 

Industry

Percent of
Net Assets

Auto Components

1.0%

Biotechnology

2.3%

Chemicals

2.8%

Commercial Banks

3.1%

Commercial Services & Supplies

2.1%

Communications Equipment

2.0%

Computers & Peripherals

1.2%

Construction & Engineering

1.2%

Construction Materials

1.8%

Consumer Finance

0.4%

Diversified Consumer Services

0.6%

Electric Utilities

1.9%

Electrical Equipment

1.3%

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

4.1%

Energy Equipment & Services

1.2%

Entertainment

0.7%

Food & Staples Retailing

5.5%

Food Products

2.6%

Gas Utilities

2.5%

Health Care Technology

2.0%

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

1.1%

 

 

Industry

Percent of
Net Assets

Household Durables

2.5%

Household Products

1.1%

Information Technology Services

1.6%

Insurance

1.9%

Interactive Media & Services

1.0%

Life Sciences Tools & Services

1.5%

Machinery

7.3%

Marine

0.4%

Metals & Mining

6.8%

Multiline Retail

0.7%

Personal Products

1.9%

Pharmaceuticals

1.0%

Professional Services

2.9%

Real Estate Management & Development

3.5%

Road & Rail

0.5%

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

11.1%

Software

2.8%

Specialty Retail

2.6%

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

1.2%

Trading Companies & Distributors

0.5%

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities

5.8%

TOTAL

100.0%

 

 

Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Schedule.
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Driehaus International Small Cap Growth Fund

Performance Overview (unaudited)

 

 

The performance summarized below is historical and does not represent future results. Investment returns and principal value vary, and you may have a gain or loss when you sell shares. Performance data presented measures the change in the value of an investment in the Fund, assuming reinvestment of all dividends and capital gains. Average annual total return reflects annualized change.

 

The table does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. The graph compares the results of a $10,000 investment in the Fund over the last 10 fiscal year periods, with all dividends and capital gains reinvested, with the indicated index (and dividends reinvested) for the same period.

 

Average Annual Total Returns as of 6/30/20

1 Year

3 Years

5 Years

10 Years

Driehaus International Small Cap Growth Fund (DRIOX)1

6.30%

6.04%

6.35%

9.52%

MSCI AC World ex USA Small Cap Growth Index-N2

3.30%

3.21%

4.36%

7.19%

 

 

 

1

The returns for the periods prior to January 1, 2010, reflect fee waivers and/or reimbursements without which performance would have been lower.

 

2

The Morgan Stanley Capital International All Country World ex USA Small Cap Growth Index-Net (MSCI AC World ex USA Small Cap Growth Index-N) is a market capitalization-weighted index designed to measure equity market performance in global developed markets and emerging markets, excluding the U.S., and is composed of stocks which are categorized as small capitalization growth stocks. Data is in U.S. dollars and is calculated with net dividend reinvestment. Source: Morgan Stanley Capital International Inc.

 


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Driehaus International Small Cap Growth Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020 (unaudited)

 

 

 

Number of
Shares

   

Value
(Note A)

 

EQUITY SECURITIES — 97.9%

EUROPE — 62.7%

United Kingdom — 17.4%

               

ASOS PLC**

    63,000     $ 2,677,644  

Balfour Beatty PLC

    725,946       2,337,140  

Bellway PLC

    89,185       2,808,983  

Codemasters Group Holdings PLC**

    140,200       592,798  

ConvaTec Group PLC1

    1,504,302       3,633,021  

Cranswick PLC

    56,691       2,539,413  

Electrocomponents PLC

    373,945       3,112,845  

Endava PLC — SP ADR**

    44,528       2,150,702  

Fevertree Drinks PLC

    132,400       3,356,259  

Halfords Group PLC

    496,000       934,179  

Intermediate Capital Group PLC

    50,773       810,021  

JD Sports Fashion PLC

    327,490       2,520,571  

QinetiQ Group PLC

    622,451       2,292,757  

Serco Group PLC**

    2,004,778       3,795,319  

Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC

    18,390       2,263,984  

Stock Spirits Group PLC

    545,151       1,577,874  

The Weir Group PLC

    223,512       2,937,221  

Vesuvius PLC

    377,140       1,809,540  
              42,150,271  

Germany — 12.6%

               

Duerr AG

    82,563       2,155,141  

DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA1

    88,701       3,231,984  

HelloFresh SE**

    80,423       4,302,200  

Hornbach Holding AG & Co. KGaA

    46,879       3,886,685  

Jungheinrich AG — Pref.**

    123,100       2,894,302  

Puma SE**

    38,271       2,967,326  

Rheinmetall AG

    10,742       933,446  

Scout24 AG1

    38,564       2,983,596  

TAG Immobilien AG

    102,047       2,437,279  

TeamViewer AG1**

    88,402       4,816,905  
              30,608,864  

Switzerland — 5.7%

               

Belimo Holding AG

    250       1,850,181  

Comet Holding AG

    9,887       1,421,261  

Galenica AG1

    42,268       3,030,416  

Softwareone Holding AG

    170,841       4,256,144  

Tecan Group AG

    9,105       3,226,900  
              13,784,902  

Netherlands — 5.3%

               

Alfen Beheer BV1**

    68,522       2,765,365  

Argenx SE**

    11,565       2,603,170  

BE Semiconductor Industries NV

    44,095       1,955,151  

OCI NV**

    99,469       1,044,861  

PostNL NV

    1,276,800       2,753,525  

Shop Apotheke Europe NV1**

    15,069       1,801,345  
              12,923,417  

 

 

 

Number of
Shares

   

Value
(Note A)

 

France — 4.8%

               

Coface SA**

    313,405     $ 2,067,991  

Edenred

    24,400       1,070,134  

Teleperformance

    7,841       1,996,952  

Trigano SA

    20,923       2,201,724  

Ubisoft Entertainment SA**

    22,873       1,894,115  

Virbac SA**

    10,723       2,350,424  
              11,581,340  

Denmark — 3.5%

               

Ascendis Pharma AS — ADR**

    9,628       1,423,981  

GN Store Nord AS

    27,570       1,475,833  

Netcompany Group AS1**

    37,651       2,474,547  

Royal Unibrew AS**

    38,541       3,212,852  
              8,587,213  

Sweden — 3.1%

               

BHG Group AB**

    93,297       826,825  

NetEnt AB

    464,741       3,578,722  

Tele2 AB — B

    230,951       3,074,385  
              7,479,932  

Luxembourg — 2.2%

               

B&M European Value Retail SA

    606,756       2,986,689  

Befesa SA1

    60,486       2,358,725  
              5,345,414  

Finland — 1.7%

               

Huhtamaki OYJ**

    47,394       1,874,940  

Tokmanni Group Corp.

    158,241       2,347,575  
              4,222,515  

Italy — 1.6%

               

DiaSorin SpA

    4,555       874,764  

FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA**

    98,300       1,330,393  

Leonardo SpA

    269,512       1,796,652  
              4,001,809  

Ireland — 1.3%

               

James Hardie Industries PLC

    161,500       3,111,871  

Spain — 1.0%

               

Masmovil Ibercom SA**

    93,923       2,406,622  

Turkey — 0.8%

               

Migros Ticaret AS**

    327,522       1,843,258  

Austria — 0.7%

               

BAWAG Group AG1**

    49,300       1,705,874  

Russia — 0.7%

               

Globaltrans Investment PLC — SP GDR

    120,195       648,690  

X5 Retail Group NV — GDR

    27,139       962,555  
              1,611,245  

Belgium — 0.3%

               

Melexis NV

    10,600       806,320  

Norway — 0.0%

               

Pexip Holding ASA**

    9,000       78,543  

Total EUROPE

            152,249,410  
                 

 

 

Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Schedule.
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Driehaus International Small Cap Growth Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020 (unaudited)

 

 

 

Number of
Shares

   

Value
(Note A)

 

FAR EAST — 25.2%

               

Japan — 16.9%

               

ASKUL Corp.

    64,025     $ 2,056,479  

BASE, Inc.**

    42,000       1,769,883  

CKD Corp.

    171,849       3,058,280  

Fujitec Co., Ltd.

    122,450       2,253,144  

Harmonic Drive Systems, Inc.

    45,077       2,486,584  

Kobe Bussan Co., Ltd.

    29,086       1,651,665  

Lasertec Corp.

    33,506       3,167,342  

Minebea Mitsumi, Inc.

    109,454       1,995,087  

MonotaRO Co., Ltd.

    63,420       2,548,116  

Nabtesco Corp.

    83,227       2,575,642  

Nichias Corp.

    79,930       1,670,470  

Nihon Unisys, Ltd.

    61,118       1,921,625  

SCSK Corp.

    32,405       1,585,407  

Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd.

    45,677       2,314,186  

Sugi Holdings Co., Ltd.

    46,378       3,145,086  

TechnoPro Holdings, Inc.

    34,687       2,002,466  

THK Co., Ltd.

    81,823       2,037,196  

Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd.

    244,855       2,818,265  
              41,056,923  

Australia — 4.0%

               

Elmo Software., Ltd.**

    225,008       1,117,774  

Megaport, Ltd.**

    379,153       3,188,912  

NEXTDC, Ltd.**

    788,217       5,421,522  
              9,728,208  

Taiwan — 1.7%

               

Giant Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

    326,589       2,935,564  

Hiwin Technologies Corp.

    121,838       1,221,571  
              4,157,135  

China — 1.1%

               

Li Ning Co., Ltd.

    845,898       2,708,938  

New Zealand — 0.8%

               

Pushpay Holdings., Ltd.**

    318,305       1,817,677  

South Korea — 0.7%

               

Douzone Bizon Co., Ltd.

    20,668       1,765,885  

Total FAR EAST

            61,234,766  
                 

NORTH AMERICA — 5.6%

               

Canada — 5.3%

               

Boardwalk REIT

    49,224       1,077,228  

Docebo, Inc.**

    54,065       1,432,866  

Empire Co., Ltd. — A

    47,493       1,137,299  

Kinaxis, Inc.**

    12,296       1,757,632  

Methanex Corp.

    55,800       1,006,998  

Morneau Shepell, Inc.

    100,427       2,344,234  

Parkland Corp.

    114,463       2,842,183  

Xebec Adsorption, Inc.**

    418,665       1,264,383  
              12,862,823  

Mexico — 0.3%

               

Grupo Cementos de

               

Chihuahua SAB de CV

    196,386       831,273  

Total NORTH AMERICA

            13,694,096  
                 

 

 

 

Number of
Shares

   

Value
(Note A)

 

MIDDLE EAST — 3.4%

               

Israel — 2.1%

               

Kornit Digital, Ltd.**

    41,737     $ 2,227,921  

Nice, Ltd. — SP ADR**

    15,352       2,905,212  
              5,133,133  

United Arab Emirates — 1.3%

               

Network International Holdings PLC1**

    555,410       3,040,479  

Total MIDDLE EAST

            8,173,612  
                 

SOUTH AMERICA — 0.6%

               

Brazil — 0.6%

               

Rumo SA**

    337,872       1,400,422  

Total SOUTH AMERICA

            1,400,422  
                 

AFRICA — 0.4%

               

South Africa — 0.4%

               

Clicks Group, Ltd.

    69,200       840,133  

Total AFRICA

            840,133  

Total EQUITY SECURITIES

               

(Cost $198,343,146)

            237,592,439  

 

               

TOTAL INVESTMENTS

               

(COST $198,343,146)

    97.9 %   $ 237,592,439  

Other Assets In Excess Of Liabilities

    2.1 %     5,146,724  

Net Assets

    100.0 %   $ 242,739,163  

 

1

144A — This security was purchased pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933 and may not be resold subject to that rule except to qualified institutional buyers. At June 30, 2020, these securities amounted to $31,842,257 or 13.1% of net assets. These 144A securities have not been deemed illiquid.

**

Non-income producing security

 

ADR — American Depository Receipt

GDR — Global Depository Receipt

REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust

SP ADR — Sponsored American Depository Receipt

SP GDR — Sponsored Global Depository Receipt

 

 

Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Schedule.
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Driehaus International Small Cap Growth Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020 (unaudited)

 

 

Regional Weightings*

 

Western Europe

61.2%

Japan

16.9%

Asia/Far East Ex-Japan

8.3%

North America

5.6%

Middle East

3.4%

Eastern Europe

1.5%

South America

0.6%

Africa

0.4%

 

 

Top Ten Holdings*

 

NEXTDC, Ltd.

2.2%

TeamViewer AG

2.0%

HelloFresh SE

1.8%

Softwareone Holding AG

1.8%

Hornbach Holding AG & Co. KGaA

1.6%

Serco Group PLC

1.6%

ConvaTec Group PLC

1.5%

NetEnt AB

1.5%

Fevertree Drinks PLC

1.4%

DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA

1.3%

 

 

 

*

All percentages are stated as a percent of net assets at June 30, 2020.

 

Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Schedule.
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Driehaus International Small Cap Growth Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020 (unaudited)

 

 

Industry

Percent of
Net Assets

Aerospace & Defense

1.7%

Air Freight & Logistics

1.1%

Automobiles

0.9%

Beverages

3.4%

Biotechnology

1.7%

Building Products

1.5%

Capital Markets

1.7%

Chemicals

0.8%

Commercial Banks

1.3%

Commercial Services & Supplies

2.5%

Construction & Engineering

1.0%

Construction Materials

1.6%

Containers & Packaging

0.8%

Diversified Telecommunication Services

1.0%

Electrical Equipment

1.1%

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

2.3%

Entertainment

2.0%

Food & Staples Retailing

3.9%

Food Products

1.0%

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

2.5%

Health Care Providers & Services

1.2%

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

1.5%

Household Durables

1.2%

 

 

Industry

Percent of
Net Assets

Industrial Conglomerates

0.4%

Information Technology Services

9.1%

Insurance

0.9%

Interactive Media & Services

1.2%

Internet & Catalog Retail

4.8%

Leisure Equipment & Products

1.2%

Life Sciences Tools & Services

1.3%

Machinery

12.8%

Multiline Retail

2.2%

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

1.2%

Pharmaceuticals

1.0%

Professional Services

2.6%

Real Estate Investment Trust

0.5%

Real Estate Management & Development

2.2%

Road & Rail

0.8%

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

2.4%

Software

6.7%

Specialty Retail

3.0%

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

2.3%

Trading Companies & Distributors

2.3%

Wireless Telecommunication Services

1.3%

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities

2.1%

TOTAL

100.0%

 

 

Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Schedule.
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Driehaus Micro Cap Growth Fund

Performance Overview (unaudited)

 

 

The performance summarized below is historical and does not represent future results. Investment returns and principal value vary, and you may have a gain or loss when you sell shares. Performance data presented measures the change in the value of an investment in the Fund, assuming reinvestment of all dividends and capital gains. Average annual total return reflects annualized change.

 

The table does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. The graph compares the results of a $10,000 investment in the Fund over the last 10 fiscal year periods (which includes performance of the Predecessor Limited Partnership), with all dividends and capital gains reinvested, with the indicated index (and dividends reinvested) for the same period.

 

 

Fund Only

Including Predecessor Limited Partnership

Average Annual Total Returns as of 6/30/20

1 Year

3 Years

5 Years

Since Inception (11/18/13 - 6/30/20)

10 Years

Driehaus Micro Cap Growth Fund (DMCRX)1

22.77%

23.04%

15.02%

17.34%

18.52%

Russell Microcap® Growth Index2

7.89%

5.20%

3.10%

5.70%

11.12%

 

 

 

1

The Driehaus Micro Cap Growth Fund (the “Fund”) performance shown above includes the performance of the Driehaus Micro Cap Fund, L.P. (the “Predecessor Limited Partnership”), one of the Fund’s predecessors, for the periods before the Fund’s registration statement became effective. The Predecessor Limited Partnership, which was established on July 1, 1996, was managed with substantially the same investment objective, policies and philosophies as are followed by the Fund. The Fund succeeded to the Predecessor Limited Partnership’s assets together with the assets of the Driehaus Institutional Micro Cap Fund, L.P. on November 18, 2013. The Predecessor Limited Partnership was not registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”), and thus was not subject to certain investment and operational restrictions that are imposed by the 1940 Act. If the Predecessor Limited Partnership had been registered under the 1940 Act, its performance may have been adversely affected. The Predecessor Limited Partnership’s performance has been restated to reflect estimated expenses of the Fund. The returns for periods prior to November 18, 2016, reflect fee waivers and/or reimbursements without which performance would have been lower.

 

2

The Russell Microcap® Growth Index is constructed to provide a comprehensive and unbiased barometer of the micro cap growth market. Based on ongoing empirical research of investment manager behavior, the methodology used to determine growth probability approximates the aggregate microcap growth manager’s opportunity set.

 


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Driehaus Micro Cap Growth Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020 (unaudited)

 

 

 

Number of
Shares

   

Value
(Note A)

 

EQUITY SECURITIES — 100.2%

HEALTH CARE — 35.9%

Biotechnology — 19.7%

Aeglea BioTherapeutics, Inc.**

    41,015     $ 379,389  

Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.**

    48,097       1,570,848  

Applied Therapeutics, Inc.**

    65,713       2,375,525  

Argenx SE — ADR**

    14,025       3,158,851  

BELLUS Health, Inc.**

    41,441       426,428  

Bioxcel Therapeutics, Inc.**

    26,692       1,414,943  

Black Diamond Therapeutics, Inc.**

    46,976       1,980,508  

Castle Biosciences, Inc.**

    61,477       2,317,068  

Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.**

    75,145       1,316,540  

Cytokinetics, Inc.**

    243,915       5,749,077  

Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc.**

    129,134       3,280,004  

Gamida Cell, Ltd.**

    118,491       541,504  

Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.**

    27,912       1,762,085  

Immunovant, Inc.**

    78,389       1,908,772  

Kodiak Sciences, Inc.**

    23,220       1,256,666  

Merus NV**

    94,547       1,521,261  

Mirati Therapeutics, Inc.**

    11,665       1,331,793  

Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.**

    34,111       1,134,873  

Natera, Inc.**

    76,812       3,829,846  

Principia Biopharma, Inc.**

    22,645       1,353,945  

SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc.**

    81,265       3,413,130  

Turning Point Therapeutics, Inc.**

    25,581       1,652,277  

Twist Bioscience Corp.**

    72,487       3,283,661  

Xenon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.**

    57,024       715,081  

Y-mAbs Therapeutics, Inc.**

    48,692       2,103,494  
              49,777,569  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 7.0%

Alphatec Holdings, Inc.**

    249,460       1,172,462  

Axonics Modulation Technologies, Inc.**

    39,715       1,394,394  

Inari Medical, Inc.**

    17,338       839,853  

OrthoPediatrics Corp.**

    80,234       3,511,040  

SeaSpine Holdings Corp.**

    120,683       1,263,551  

SI-BONE, Inc.**

    93,575       1,491,586  

Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.**

    37,285       3,688,232  

Vapotherm, Inc.**

    107,808       4,419,050  
              17,780,168  

Pharmaceuticals — 4.9%

Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.**

    33,992       2,796,862  

MyoKardia, Inc.**

    42,998       4,154,467  

Odonate Therapeutics, Inc.**

    65,673       2,780,595  

Revance Therapeutics, Inc.**

    91,819       2,242,220  

scPharmaceuticals, Inc.**

    64,096       471,747  
              12,445,891  

 

 

 

Number of
Shares

   

Value
(Note A)

 

Health Care Technology — 2.7%

Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.**

    40,449     $ 3,519,872  

Phreesia, Inc.**

    51,618       1,459,757  

Schrodinger, Inc.**

    20,949       1,918,300  
              6,897,929  

Health Care Providers & Services — 0.8%

PetIQ, Inc.**

    60,098       2,093,814  

Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.8%

NeoGenomics, Inc.**

    63,631       1,971,288  

Total HEALTH CARE

            90,966,659  
                 

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — 20.3%

Specialty Retail — 5.5%

Camping World Holdings, Inc. — A

    82,912       2,251,890  

GrowGeneration Corp.**

    267,489       1,829,625  

MarineMax, Inc.**

    43,812       980,951  

National Vision Holdings, Inc.**

    44,883       1,369,829  

OneWater Marine, Inc.**

    62,816       1,525,172  

Sonic Automotive, Inc. — A

    114,513       3,654,110  

Sportsman’s Warehouse Holdings, Inc.**

    161,509       2,301,503  
              13,913,080  

Household Durables — 4.1%

Century Communities, Inc.**

    23,984       735,349  

Installed Building Products, Inc.**

    23,270       1,600,511  

LGI Homes, Inc.**

    20,244       1,782,079  

Purple Innovation, Inc.**

    146,532       2,637,576  

Skyline Champion Corp.**

    50,070       1,218,704  

The Lovesac Co.**

    87,911       2,305,906  
              10,280,125  

Leisure Equipment & Products — 2.4%

Malibu Boats, Inc. — A**

    37,384       1,942,099  

Nautilus, Inc.**

    250,581       2,322,886  

Vista Outdoor, Inc.**

    133,349       1,926,893  
              6,191,878  

Internet & Catalog Retail — 2.4%

Fiverr International, Ltd.**

    20,393       1,505,411  

The Rubicon Project, Inc.**

    362,694       2,419,169  

US Auto Parts Network, Inc.**

    148,624       1,287,084  

Waitr Holdings, Inc.**

    306,464       806,000  
              6,017,664  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.8%

El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.**

    56,667       836,405  

GAN, Ltd.**

    99,357       2,528,636  

Twin River Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

    50,636       1,128,676  
              4,493,717  

Auto Components — 1.3%

Fox Factory Holding Corp.**

    40,568       3,351,322  

Automobiles — 0.8%

Winnebago Industries, Inc.

    31,026       2,066,952  

 

 

Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Schedule.
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Driehaus Micro Cap Growth Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020 (unaudited)

 

 

 

Number of
Shares

   

Value
(Note A)

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.8%

Crocs, Inc.**

    55,695     $ 2,050,690  

Multiline Retail — 0.6%

Big Lots, Inc.

    37,593       1,578,906  

Diversified Consumer Services — 0.6%

Aspen Group, Inc.**

    89,250       807,713  

Universal Technical Institute, Inc.**

    110,923       770,915  
              1,578,628  

Total CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

            51,522,962  
                 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — 18.0%

Information Technology Services — 7.3%

Endava PLC — SP ADR**

    79,637       3,846,467  

Fastly, Inc. — A**

    40,858       3,478,242  

Grid Dynamics Holdings, Inc.**

    147,585       1,018,337  

I3 Verticals, Inc. — A**

    84,787       2,564,807  

Limelight Networks, Inc.**

    551,864       4,061,719  

Perficient, Inc.**

    39,199       1,402,540  

Repay Holdings Corp.**

    89,049       2,193,277  
              18,565,389  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 5.3%

FormFactor, Inc.**

    48,057       1,409,512  

Inphi Corp.**

    24,569       2,886,857  

Silicon Motion Technology Corp. — ADR

    38,069       1,856,625  

SiTime Corp.**

    99,714       4,727,441  

Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc.**

    108,651       2,458,772  
              13,339,207  

Software — 4.5%

Agilysys, Inc.**

    41,173       738,644  

Everbridge, Inc.**

    19,748       2,732,333  

Five9, Inc.**

    22,780       2,521,063  

Model N, Inc.**

    41,134       1,429,818  

PROS Holdings, Inc.**

    47,640       2,116,645  

SVMK, Inc.**

    80,026       1,883,812  
              11,422,315  

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.9%

nLight, Inc.**

    105,686       2,352,570  

Total INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

            45,679,481  
                 

INDUSTRIALS — 10.8%

Electrical Equipment — 4.1%

Plug Power, Inc.**

    476,353       3,910,858  

Tortoise Acquisition Corp. — A**

    38,713       1,062,285  

TPI Composites, Inc.**

    77,636       1,814,353  

Vicor Corp.**

    50,666       3,645,419  
              10,432,915  

Machinery — 1.6%

Chart Industries, Inc.**

    53,622       2,600,131  

The Shyft Group, Inc.

    82,446       1,388,391  
              3,988,522  

 

 

 

Number of
Shares

   

Value
(Note A)

 

Construction & Engineering — 0.9%

Ameresco, Inc. — A**

    44,518     $ 1,236,710  

WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp.**

    94,924       1,166,616  
              2,403,326  

Building Products — 0.9%

Masonite International Corp.**

    11,790       917,026  

PGT Innovations, Inc.**

    89,528       1,403,799  
              2,320,825  

Professional Services — 0.9%

Upwork, Inc.**

    149,507       2,158,881  

Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.6%

Casella Waste Systems, Inc. — A**

    27,118       1,413,390  

Road & Rail — 0.5%

Marten Transport, Ltd.

    48,850       1,229,066  

Air Freight & Logistics — 0.5%

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.**

    28,140       1,210,864  

Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.4%

Herc Holdings, Inc.**

    35,222       1,082,372  

Aerospace & Defense — 0.4%

Vectrus, Inc.**

    20,532       1,008,737  

Total INDUSTRIALS

            27,248,898  
                 

FINANCIALS — 7.8%

Insurance — 4.9%

BRP Group, Inc. — A**

    137,990       2,383,087  

Goosehead Insurance, Inc. — A**

    32,147       2,416,168  

James River Group Holdings, Ltd.

    39,834       1,792,530  

Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.

    12,071       1,873,540  

Palomar Holdings, Inc.**

    45,091       3,867,004  
              12,332,329  

Commercial Banks — 1.5%

Live Oak Bancshares, Inc.

    55,476       804,957  

TriState Capital Holdings, Inc.**

    74,709       1,173,678  

Triumph Bancorp, Inc.**

    70,989       1,722,903  
              3,701,538  

Capital Markets — 0.7%

Cohen & Steers, Inc.

    26,513       1,804,210  

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.7%

NMI Holdings, Inc. — A**

    109,822       1,765,938  

Total FINANCIALS

            19,604,015  
                 

COMMUNICATION SERVICES — 4.0%

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.4%

Bandwidth, Inc. — A**

    28,745       3,650,615  

Interactive Media & Services — 1.2%

EverQuote, Inc. — A**

    51,697       3,006,697  

Media — 0.9%

Cardlytics, Inc.**

    34,438       2,409,971  

 

 

Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Schedule.
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Driehaus Micro Cap Growth Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020 (unaudited)

 

 

 

Number of
Shares

   

Value
(Note A)

 

Entertainment — 0.5%

Glu Mobile, Inc.**

    124,353     $ 1,152,752  

Total COMMUNICATION SERVICES

            10,220,035  
                 

CONSUMER STAPLES — 2.3%

Personal Products — 1.2%

elf Beauty, Inc.**

    164,891       3,144,471  

Food Products — 0.7%

Freshpet, Inc.**

    20,195       1,689,514  

Beverages — 0.4%

Celsius Holdings, Inc.**

    88,903       1,046,388  

Total CONSUMER STAPLES

            5,880,373  
                 

UTILITIES — 0.9%

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 0.9%

Sunnova Energy International, Inc.**

    134,788       2,300,831  

Total UTILITIES

            2,300,831  
                 

ENERGY — 0.2%

Energy Equipment & Services — 0.2%

Aspen Aerogels, Inc.**

    68,956       453,730  

Total ENERGY

            453,730  

Total EQUITY SECURITIES

               

(Cost $154,808,166)

            253,876,984  

 

               

TOTAL INVESTMENTS

               

(COST $154,808,166)

    100.2 %   $ 253,876,984  

Other Liabilities In Excess Of Assets

    (0.2 )%     (396,439 )

Net Assets

    100.0 %   $ 253,480,545  

 

**

Non-income producing security

 

ADR — American Depository Receipt

SP ADR — Sponsored American Depository Receipt

 

 

Top Ten Holdings*

 

Cytokinetics, Inc.

2.3%

SiTime Corp.

1.9%

Vapotherm, Inc.

1.7%

MyoKardia, Inc.

1.6%

Limelight Networks, Inc.

1.6%

Plug Power, Inc.

1.5%

Palomar Holdings, Inc.

1.5%

Endava PLC — SP ADR

1.5%

Natera, Inc.

1.5%

Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.

1.5%

 

 

*

All percentages are stated as a percent of net assets at June 30, 2020

 

Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Schedule.
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Driehaus Micro Cap Growth Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020 (unaudited)

 

 

Industry

Percent of
Net Assets

Aerospace & Defense

0.4%

Air Freight & Logistics

0.5%

Auto Components

1.3%

Automobiles

0.8%

Beverages

0.4%

Biotechnology

19.7%

Building Products

0.9%

Capital Markets

0.7%

Commercial Banks

1.5%

Commercial Services & Supplies

0.6%

Construction & Engineering

0.9%

Diversified Consumer Services

0.6%

Diversified Telecommunication Services

1.4%

Electrical Equipment

4.1%

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

0.9%

Energy Equipment & Services

0.2%

Entertainment

0.5%

Food Products

0.7%

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

7.0%

Health Care Providers & Services

0.8%

Health Care Technology

2.7%

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

1.8%

Household Durables

4.1%

 

 

Industry

Percent of
Net Assets

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders

0.9%

Information Technology Services

7.3%

Insurance

4.9%

Interactive Media & Services

1.2%

Internet & Catalog Retail

2.4%

Leisure Equipment & Products

2.4%

Life Sciences Tools & Services

0.8%

Machinery

1.6%

Media

0.9%

Multiline Retail

0.6%

Personal Products

1.2%

Pharmaceuticals

4.9%

Professional Services

0.9%

Road & Rail

0.5%

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

5.3%

Software

4.5%

Specialty Retail

5.5%

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

0.8%

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance

0.7%

Trading Companies & Distributors

0.4%

Other Liabilities in Excess of Assets

(0.2)%

TOTAL

100.0%

 

 

Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Schedule.
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Driehaus Small Cap Growth Fund

Performance Overview (unaudited)

 

 

The performance summarized below is historical and does not represent future results. Investment returns and principal value vary, and you may have a gain or loss when you sell shares. Performance data presented measures the change in the value of an investment in the Fund, assuming reinvestment of all dividends and capital gains. Average annual total return reflects annualized change.

 

The table does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. The graph compares the results of a $10,000 investment in the Fund over the last 10 fiscal year periods (which includes performance of the Predecessor Partnership), with all dividends and capital gains reinvested, with the indicated index (and dividends reinvested) for the same period.

 

 

Fund Only

Including Predecessor
Limited Partnership

Average Annual Total Returns as of 6/30/20

1 Year

Since Inception (8/21/17 - 6/30/20)

3 Years

5 Years

10 Years

Driehaus Small Cap Growth Fund Investor Class (DVSMX)1

15.18%

26.49%

22.15%

15.32%

18.07%

Driehaus Small Cap Growth Fund Institutional Class (DNSMX)1

15.49%

26.85%

22.47%

15.50%

18.16%

Russell 2000® Growth Index2

3.48%

9.50%

7.86%

6.86%

12.92%

 

 

 

1

The Driehaus Small Cap Growth Fund (“the Fund”) performance shown above includes the performance of the Driehaus Institutional Small Cap, L.P. (the “Predecessor Partnership”), one of the Fund’s predecessors, for the periods before the Fund’s registration statement became effective. The Predecessor Partnership was managed by the same investment team with substantially the same investment objective, policies and philosophies as are followed by the Fund. The Fund succeeded to the Predecessor Partnership’s assets together with the assets of the Driehaus Institutional Small Cap Recovery Fund, L.P., Driehaus Small Cap Recovery Fund, L.P. and Driehaus Small Cap Investors, L.P. (together, the “Limited Partnerships”) on August 21, 2017. The investment portfolios of the Limited Partnerships were identical and therefore had similar performance. The performance of the Predecessor Partnership is shown here because it has been in operation the longest. The Predecessor Partnership was not registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”), and thus was not subject to certain investment and operational restrictions that are imposed by the 1940 Act. If the Predecessor Partnership had been registered under the 1940 Act, its performance may have been adversely affected. The Predecessor Partnership’s performance has not been restated to reflect estimated expenses applicable to each class of shares of the Fund. The returns reflect fee waivers and/or reimbursements without which performance would have been lower.

 

2

The Russell 2000® Growth Index measures the performance of those Russell 2000® companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. The performance data includes reinvested dividends. The Russell 2000® Index measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000® Index.

 


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Driehaus Small Cap Growth Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020 (unaudited)

 

 

 

Number of
Shares

   

Value
(Note A)

 

EQUITY SECURITIES — 99.9%

HEALTH CARE — 30.4%

Biotechnology — 17.8%

Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.**

    35,330     $ 1,153,878  

Applied Therapeutics, Inc.**

    67,781       2,450,283  

Argenx SE — ADR**

    13,570       3,056,371  

Ascendis Pharma AS — ADR**

    20,366       3,012,131  

Black Diamond Therapeutics, Inc.**

    43,836       1,848,126  

Blueprint Medicines Corp.**

    15,260       1,190,280  

Cytokinetics, Inc.**

    149,106       3,514,428  

Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc.**

    44,939       1,141,451  

Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.**

    20,941       1,322,005  

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.**

    85,945       2,304,186  

Immunovant, Inc.**

    92,382       2,249,502  

Invitae Corp.**

    95,397       2,889,575  

Kodiak Sciences, Inc.**

    15,809       855,583  

Mirati Therapeutics, Inc.**

    11,146       1,272,539  

Natera, Inc.**

    71,404       3,560,203  

SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc.**

    88,041       3,697,722  

Turning Point Therapeutics, Inc.**

    29,991       1,937,119  

Twist Bioscience Corp.**

    34,400       1,558,320  
              39,013,702  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 4.1%

AtriCure, Inc.**

    37,484       1,684,906  

Inari Medical, Inc.**

    15,830       766,805  

OrthoPediatrics Corp.**

    18,174       795,294  

SI-BONE, Inc.**

    94,235       1,502,106  

Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.**

    42,516       4,205,683  
              8,954,794  

Pharmaceuticals — 3.1%

Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.**

    10,307       848,060  

MyoKardia, Inc.**

    34,685       3,351,264  

Odonate Therapeutics, Inc.**

    25,656       1,086,275  

Revance Therapeutics, Inc.**

    65,183       1,591,769  
              6,877,368  

Health Care Technology — 2.9%

Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.**

    30,134       2,622,261  

Livongo Health, Inc.**

    20,042       1,506,958  

Teladoc Health, Inc.**

    11,315       2,159,354  
              6,288,573  

Life Sciences Tools & Services — 2.1%

10X Genomics, Inc. — A**

    17,979       1,605,704  

NeoGenomics, Inc.**

    59,175       1,833,242  

Repligen Corp.**

    9,578       1,183,937  
              4,622,883  

Health Care Providers & Services — 0.4%

Guardant Health, Inc.**

    12,287       996,844  

Total HEALTH CARE

            66,754,164  
                 

 

 

 

Number of
Shares

   

Value
(Note A)

 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — 22.5%

Software — 9.8%

Alteryx, Inc. — A**

    13,718     $ 2,253,593  

Coupa Software, Inc.**

    5,185       1,436,452  

Elastic NV**

    19,848       1,830,184  

Everbridge, Inc.**

    28,772       3,980,894  

Five9, Inc.**

    31,950       3,535,907  

Paylocity Holding Corp.**

    8,089       1,180,104  

Q2 Holdings, Inc.**

    18,734       1,607,190  

RingCentral, Inc. — A**

    12,297       3,504,768  

Zscaler, Inc.**

    19,748       2,162,406  
              21,491,498  

Information Technology Services — 6.5%

Endava PLC — SP ADR**

    65,844       3,180,265  

EPAM Systems, Inc.**

    5,417       1,365,138  

Fastly, Inc. — A**

    36,333       3,093,028  

I3 Verticals, Inc. — A**

    60,732       1,837,143  

KBR, Inc.

    112,589       2,538,882  

Repay Holdings Corp.**

    93,364       2,299,556  
              14,314,012  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 5.8%

Cirrus Logic, Inc.**

    9,024       557,503  

Inphi Corp.**

    25,382       2,982,385  

Lattice Semiconductor Corp.**

    65,115       1,848,615  

Power Integrations, Inc.

    11,136       1,315,495  

Silicon Motion Technology Corp. — ADR

    29,706       1,448,761  

SiTime Corp.**

    46,993       2,227,938  

Synaptics, Inc.**

    14,890       895,187  

Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc.**

    65,057       1,472,240  
              12,748,124  

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.4%

nLight, Inc.**

    38,603       859,303  

Total INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

            49,412,937  
                 

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — 19.4%

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 3.9%

Churchill Downs, Inc.

    13,797       1,837,071  

Eldorado Resorts, Inc.**

    46,508       1,863,110  

Papa John’s International, Inc.

    13,665       1,085,138  

Texas Roadhouse, Inc.

    37,230       1,957,181  

Wingstop, Inc.

    12,625       1,754,496  
              8,496,996  

Specialty Retail — 3.7%

Carvana Co.**

    21,585       2,594,517  

Lithia Motors, Inc. — A

    16,981       2,569,735  

Murphy USA, Inc.**

    9,013       1,014,774  

National Vision Holdings, Inc.**

    64,064       1,955,233  
              8,134,259  

Leisure Equipment & Products — 2.8%

BRP, Inc.

    112,372       4,784,800  

YETI Holdings, Inc.**

    32,758       1,399,749  
              6,184,549  

 

 

Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Schedule.
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Driehaus Small Cap Growth Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020 (unaudited)

 

 

 

Number of
Shares

   

Value
(Note A)

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 2.2%

Crocs, Inc.**

    73,019     $ 2,688,560  

Deckers Outdoor Corp.**

    10,967       2,153,809  
              4,842,369  

Household Durables — 1.9%

LGI Homes, Inc.**

    18,998       1,672,394  

Skyline Champion Corp.**

    42,241       1,028,146  

TopBuild Corp.**

    11,880       1,351,587  
              4,052,127  

Auto Components — 1.2%

Fox Factory Holding Corp.**

    31,459       2,598,828  

Internet & Catalog Retail — 1.1%

Fiverr International, Ltd.**

    18,327       1,352,899  

Magnite, Inc.**

    167,983       1,120,447  
              2,473,346  

Multiline Retail — 0.9%

Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.**

    20,366       1,988,740  

Automobiles — 0.9%

Winnebago Industries, Inc.

    29,373       1,956,829  

Diversified Consumer Services — 0.8%

Chegg, Inc.**

    26,823       1,804,115  

Total CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

            42,532,158  
                 

INDUSTRIALS — 14.3%

Machinery — 3.9%

Astec Industries, Inc.

    33,608       1,556,386  

Chart Industries, Inc.**

    55,120       2,672,769  

Colfax Corp.**

    32,932       918,803  

Kornit Digital, Ltd.**

    26,934       1,437,737  

The Shyft Group, Inc.

    116,380       1,959,839  
              8,545,534  

Electrical Equipment — 2.8%

Generac Holdings, Inc.**

    24,785       3,022,035  

Vicor Corp.**

    44,190       3,179,471  
              6,201,506  

Building Products — 2.3%

Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.

    30,403       1,501,908  

Masonite International Corp.**

    13,538       1,052,986  

The AZEK Co., Inc.**

    28,677       913,649  

Trex Co., Inc.**

    12,155       1,581,001  
              5,049,544  

Professional Services — 1.9%

Exponent, Inc.

    16,949       1,371,683  

FTI Consulting, Inc.**

    10,286       1,178,261  

Upwork, Inc.**

    109,134       1,575,895  
              4,125,839  

Aerospace & Defense — 1.7%

Axon Enterprise, Inc.**

    23,069       2,263,761  

Mercury Systems, Inc.**

    18,012       1,416,824  
              3,680,585  

 

 

 

Number of
Shares

   

Value
(Note A)

 

Road & Rail — 0.7%

Saia, Inc.**

    14,579     $ 1,620,893  

Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.5%

ABM Industries, Inc.

    29,030       1,053,789  

Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.5%

SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc.**

    8,622       982,649  

Total INDUSTRIALS

            31,260,339  
                 

FINANCIALS — 5.6%

Insurance — 2.2%

Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.

    12,910       2,003,761  

Palomar Holdings, Inc.**

    32,394       2,778,109  
              4,781,870  

Capital Markets — 2.1%

Cohen & Steers, Inc.

    24,901       1,694,513  

Hamilton Lane, Inc. — A

    16,432       1,107,024  

PJT Partners, Inc. — A

    32,711       1,679,383  
              4,480,920  

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.7%

NMI Holdings, Inc. — A**

    99,483       1,599,687  

Commercial Banks — 0.6%

Triumph Bancorp, Inc.**

    54,507       1,322,885  

Total FINANCIALS

            12,185,362  
                 

CONSUMER STAPLES — 2.4%

Personal Products — 1.0%

elf Beauty, Inc.**

    120,076       2,289,849  

Food Products — 0.9%

Freshpet, Inc.**

    22,251       1,861,519  

Beverages — 0.5%

The Boston Beer Co., Inc. — A**

    2,049       1,099,596  

Total CONSUMER STAPLES

            5,250,964  
                 

MATERIALS — 2.3%

Chemicals — 1.4%

Ingevity Corp.**

    38,561       2,027,152  

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Co.

    7,218       970,604  
              2,997,756  

Metals & Mining — 0.9%

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.

    197,367       1,089,466  

Kirkland Lake Gold, Ltd.

    22,678       935,241  
              2,024,707  

Total MATERIALS

            5,022,463  
                 

COMMUNICATION SERVICES — 1.9%

Interactive Media & Services — 0.9%

EverQuote, Inc. — A**

    32,029       1,862,807  

Entertainment — 0.6%

Roku, Inc.**

    11,875       1,383,794  

Media — 0.4%

Cardlytics, Inc.**

    12,477       873,140  

Total COMMUNICATION SERVICES

            4,119,741  
                 

 

 

Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Schedule.
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Driehaus Small Cap Growth Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020 (unaudited)

 

 

 

Number of
Shares

   

Value
(Note A)

 

REAL ESTATE — 1.1%

Real Estate Management & Development — 1.1%

Redfin Corp.**

    59,602     $ 2,497,920  

Total REAL ESTATE

            2,497,920  

Total EQUITY SECURITIES

               

(Cost $155,073,416)

            219,036,048  

 

               

TOTAL INVESTMENTS

               

(COST $155,073,416)

    99.9 %   $ 219,036,048  

Other Assets In Excess Of Liabilities

    0.1 %     254,989  

Net Assets

    100.0 %   $ 219,291,037  

 

**

Non-income producing security

 

ADR — American Depository Receipt

SP ADR — Sponsored American Depository Receipt

 

 

Top Ten Holdings*

 

BRP, Inc.

2.2%

Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.

1.9%

Everbridge, Inc.

1.8%

SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc.

1.7%

Natera, Inc.

1.6%

Five9, Inc.

1.6%

Cytokinetics, Inc.

1.6%

RingCentral, Inc. — A

1.6%

MyoKardia, Inc.

1.5%

Endava PLC — SP ADR

1.5%

 

 

*

All percentages are stated as a percent of net assets at June 30, 2020.

 

Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Schedule.
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Driehaus Small Cap Growth Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020 (unaudited)

 

 

Industry

Percent of
Net Assets

Aerospace & Defense

1.7%

Auto Components

1.2%

Automobiles

0.9%

Beverages

0.5%

Biotechnology

17.8%

Building Products

2.3%

Capital Markets

2.1%

Chemicals

1.4%

Commercial Banks

0.6%

Commercial Services & Supplies

0.5%

Diversified Consumer Services

0.8%

Electrical Equipment

2.8%

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

0.4%

Entertainment

0.6%

Food Products

0.9%

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

4.1%

Health Care Providers & Services

0.4%

Health Care Technology

2.9%

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

3.9%

Household Durables

1.9%

Information Technology Services

6.5%

 

 

Industry

Percent of
Net Assets

Insurance

2.2%

Interactive Media & Services

0.9%

Internet & Catalog Retail

1.1%

Leisure Equipment & Products

2.8%

Life Sciences Tools & Services

2.1%

Machinery

3.9%

Media

0.4%

Metals & Mining

0.9%

Multiline Retail

0.9%

Personal Products

1.0%

Pharmaceuticals

3.1%

Professional Services

1.9%

Real Estate Management & Development

1.1%

Road & Rail

0.7%

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

5.8%

Software

9.8%

Specialty Retail

3.7%

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

2.2%

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance

0.7%

Trading Companies & Distributors

0.5%

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities

0.1%

TOTAL

100.0%

 

 

Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Schedule.
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Driehaus Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

Performance Overview (unaudited)

 

 

The performance summarized below is historical and does not represent future results. Investment returns and principal value vary, and you may have a gain or loss when you sell shares. Performance data presented measures the change in the value of an investment in the Fund, assuming reinvestment of all dividends and capital gains. Average annual total return reflects annualized change.

 

The table does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. The graph compares the results of a $10,000 investment (minimum investment) in the Fund since May 1, 2020 (the date of the Fund’s inception), with all dividends and capital gains reinvested, with the indicated index (and dividends reinvested) for the same period.

 

Cumulative Total Returns as of 6/30/20

Since Inception (5/1/20 - 6/30/20)

Driehaus Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund (DSMDX)1

21.80%

Russell 2000® Growth Index2

18.11%

 

 

 

1

The returns for the period reflect fee waivers and/or reimbursements without which performance would have been lower.

 

2

The Russell 2000® Growth Index measures the performance of those Russell 2000® companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. The performance data includes reinvested dividends. The Russell 2000® Index measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000® Index.

 


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Driehaus Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020 (unaudited)

 

 

 

Number of
Shares

   

Value
(Note A)

 

EQUITY SECURITIES — 98.5%

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — 26.4%

Software — 14.6%

Alteryx, Inc. — A**

    262     $ 43,041  

Coupa Software, Inc.**

    66       18,285  

Datadog, Inc. — A**

    232       20,172  

DocuSign, Inc.**

    275       47,358  

Elastic NV**

    227       20,932  

Everbridge, Inc.**

    306       42,338  

Five9, Inc.**

    369       40,837  

Paycom Software, Inc.**

    66       20,442  

RingCentral, Inc. — A**

    205       58,427  

The Trade Desk, Inc. — A**

    44       17,886  

Zscaler, Inc.**

    307       33,616  
              363,334  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 6.6%

Cirrus Logic, Inc.**

    108       6,672  

Inphi Corp.**

    357       41,948  

Lattice Semiconductor Corp.**

    684       19,419  

MKS Instruments, Inc.

    164       18,571  

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.

    55       13,035  

Power Integrations, Inc.

    118       13,939  

Synaptics, Inc.**

    187       11,242  

Teradyne, Inc.

    477       40,311  
              165,137  

Information Technology Services — 4.7%

Endava PLC — SP ADR**

    337       16,277  

EPAM Systems, Inc.**

    106       26,713  

KBR, Inc.

    1,489       33,577  

MongoDB, Inc.**

    179       40,515  
              117,082  

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.5%

FLIR Systems, Inc.

    319       12,942  

Total INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

            658,495  
                 

HEALTH CARE — 25.5%

Biotechnology — 12.4%

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.**

    190       28,141  

Argenx SE — ADR**

    152       34,235  

Ascendis Pharma AS — ADR**

    275       40,672  

Blueprint Medicines Corp.**

    172       13,416  

Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc.**

    452       11,481  

Exact Sciences Corp.**

    108       9,390  

Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.**

    260       16,414  

Invitae Corp.**

    1,061       32,138  

Kodiak Sciences, Inc.**

    174       9,417  

Moderna, Inc.**

    201       12,906  

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.**

    156       19,032  

Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.**

    250       40,085  

Seattle Genetics, Inc.**

    163       27,697  

 

 

 

Number of
Shares

   

Value
(Note A)

 

SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc.**

    309     $ 12,978  
              308,002  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 6.1%

AtriCure, Inc.**

    224       10,069  

DexCom, Inc.**

    93       37,702  

Insulet Corp.**

    130       25,254  

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.**

    37       21,084  

Penumbra, Inc.**

    52       9,299  

Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.**

    479       47,383  
              150,791  

Pharmaceuticals — 2.6%

Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.**

    112       9,215  

Horizon Therapeutics PLC**

    255       14,173  

MyoKardia, Inc.**

    423       40,870  
              64,258  

Health Care Technology — 2.4%

Livongo Health, Inc.**

    370       27,820  

Teladoc Health, Inc.**

    165       31,489  
              59,309  

Life Sciences Tools & Services — 1.6%

10X Genomics, Inc. — A**

    220       19,648  

Medpace Holdings, Inc.**

    91       8,465  

Repligen Corp.**

    103       12,732  
              40,845  

Health Care Providers & Services — 0.4%

Guardant Health, Inc.**

    140       11,358  

Total HEALTH CARE

            634,563  
                 

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — 20.7%

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 4.5%

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.**

    25       26,309  

Churchill Downs, Inc.

    163       21,703  

Eldorado Resorts, Inc.**

    575       23,035  

Planet Fitness, Inc. — A**

    143       8,662  

Texas Roadhouse, Inc.

    421       22,132  

Vail Resorts, Inc.

    60       10,929  
              112,770  

Specialty Retail — 4.3%

Burlington Stores, Inc.**

    53       10,437  

Carvana Co.**

    315       37,863  

Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. — A**

    247       14,240  

Lithia Motors, Inc. — A

    214       32,385  

National Vision Holdings, Inc.**

    373       11,384  
              106,309  

Leisure Equipment & Products — 3.9%

BRP, Inc.

    1,317       56,078  

Brunswick Corp.

    196       12,546  

Peloton Interactive, Inc. — A**

    474       27,383  
              96,007  

 

 

Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Schedule.
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Driehaus Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020 (unaudited)

 

 

 

Number of
Shares

   

Value
(Note A)

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 2.3%

Crocs, Inc.**

    621     $ 22,865  

Deckers Outdoor Corp.**

    84       16,497  

Lululemon Athletica, Inc.**

    60       18,721  
              58,083  

Internet & Catalog Retail — 1.9%

Chewy, Inc. — A**

    499       22,300  

Wayfair, Inc. — A**

    126       24,899  
              47,199  

Auto Components — 1.2%

Fox Factory Holding Corp.**

    150       12,392  

Gentex Corp.

    714       18,400  
              30,792  

Diversified Consumer Services — 0.8%

Chegg, Inc.**

    302       20,313  

Multiline Retail — 0.8%

Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.**

    204       19,921  

Distributors — 0.5%

Pool Corp.

    47       12,778  

Household Durables — 0.5%

DR Horton, Inc.

    212       11,755  

Total CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

            515,927  
                 

INDUSTRIALS — 13.4%

Professional Services — 3.1%

Clarivate PLC**

    1,617       36,108  

CoreLogic, Inc.

    236       15,864  

CoStar Group, Inc.**

    17       12,081  

FTI Consulting, Inc.**

    113       12,944  
              76,997  

Machinery — 2.2%

Colfax Corp.**

    374       10,435  

Nordson Corp.

    159       30,164  

The Toro Co.

    203       13,467  
              54,066  

Electrical Equipment — 2.1%

Generac Holdings, Inc.**

    211       25,727  

Vicor Corp.**

    385       27,701  
              53,428  

Building Products — 2.1%

Carrier Global Corp.

    645       14,332  

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.

    305       19,499  

The AZEK Co., Inc.**

    43       1,370  

Trex Co., Inc.**

    134       17,429  
              52,630  

Aerospace & Defense — 1.8%

Axon Enterprise, Inc.**

    258       25,318  

Mercury Systems, Inc.**

    261       20,530  
              45,848  

 

 

 

Number of
Shares

   

Value
(Note A)

 

Road & Rail — 1.4%

Kansas City Southern

    67     $ 10,002  

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.

    141       23,912  
              33,914  

Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.7%

United Rentals, Inc.**

    112       16,692  

Total INDUSTRIALS

            333,575  
                 

FINANCIALS — 5.0%

Capital Markets — 2.9%

Cohen & Steers, Inc.

    238       16,196  

Hamilton Lane, Inc. — A

    193       13,002  

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.

    41       20,538  

MSCI, Inc.

    70       23,367  
              73,103  

Insurance — 1.7%

Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.

    154       23,902  

RenaissanceRe Holdings, Ltd.

    104       17,787  
              41,689  

Commercial Banks — 0.4%

Western Alliance Bancorp

    224       8,483  

Total FINANCIALS

            123,275  
                 

MATERIALS — 4.0%

Chemicals — 3.5%

FMC Corp.

    477       47,519  

Ingevity Corp.**

    446       23,446  

The Scotts Miracle-Gro Co.

    122       16,405  
              87,370  

Metals & Mining — 0.5%

Kirkland Lake Gold, Ltd.

    268       11,052  

Total MATERIALS

            98,422  
                 

COMMUNICATION SERVICES — 2.4%

Interactive Media & Services — 1.3%

Snap, Inc. — A**

    1,421       33,379  

Entertainment — 1.1%

Roku, Inc.**

    224       26,103  

Total COMMUNICATION SERVICES

            59,482  
                 

CONSUMER STAPLES — 0.7%

Food Products — 0.7%

Beyond Meat, Inc.**

    138       18,489  

Total CONSUMER STAPLES

            18,489  
                 

 

 

Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Schedule.
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Driehaus Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020 (unaudited)

 

 

 

Number of
Shares

   

Value
(Note A)

 

REAL ESTATE — 0.4%

Real Estate Investment Trust — 0.4%

QTS Realty Trust, Inc. — A

    171     $ 10,959  

Total REAL ESTATE

            10,959  

Total EQUITY SECURITIES

               

(Cost $2,236,311)

            2,453,187  

 

               

TOTAL INVESTMENTS

               

(COST $2,236,311)

    98.5 %   $ 2,453,187  

Other Assets In Excess Of Liabilities

    1.5 %     36,439  

Net Assets

    100.0 %   $ 2,489,626  

 

**

Non-income producing security

 

ADR — American Depository Receipt

SP ADR — Sponsored American Depository Receipt

 

 

Top Ten Holdings*

 

RingCentral, Inc. — A

2.3%

BRP, Inc.

2.3%

FMC Corp.

1.9%

Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.

1.9%

DocuSign, Inc.

1.9%

Alteryx, Inc. — A

1.7%

Everbridge, Inc.

1.7%

Inphi Corp.

1.7%

MyoKardia, Inc.

1.6%

Five9, Inc.

1.6%

 

 

*

All percentages are stated as a percent of net assets at June 30, 2020.

 

Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Schedule.
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Driehaus Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020 (unaudited)

 

 

Industry

Percent of
Net Assets

Aerospace & Defense

1.8%

Auto Components

1.2%

Biotechnology

12.4%

Building Products

2.1%

Capital Markets

2.9%

Chemicals

3.5%

Commercial Banks

0.4%

Distributors

0.5%

Diversified Consumer Services

0.8%

Electrical Equipment

2.1%

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

0.5%

Entertainment

1.1%

Food Products

0.7%

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

6.1%

Health Care Providers & Services

0.4%

Health Care Technology

2.4%

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

4.5%

Household Durables

0.5%

Information Technology Services

4.7%

 

 

Industry

Percent of
Net Assets

Insurance

1.7%

Interactive Media & Services

1.3%

Internet & Catalog Retail

1.9%

Leisure Equipment & Products

3.9%

Life Sciences Tools & Services

1.6%

Machinery

2.2%

Metal & Mining

0.5%

Multiline Retail

0.8%

Pharmaceuticals

2.6%

Professional Services

3.1%

Real Estate Investment Trust

0.4%

Road & Rail

1.4%

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

6.6%

Software

14.6%

Specialty Retail

4.3%

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

2.3%

Trading Companies & Distributors

0.7%

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities

1.5%

TOTAL

100.0%

 

 

Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Schedule.
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Statements of Assets and Liabilities

June 30, 2020 (unaudited)

 

   

Driehaus
Emerging
Markets Growth
Fund

   

Driehaus
Emerging
Markets Small
Cap Growth Fund

 

ASSETS:

               

Investments, at cost

  $ 1,191,567,412     $ 44,047,053  

Investments, at fair value

  $ 1,640,954,243     $ 55,687,642  

Foreign currency, at fair value*

    9,427,992       64,510  

Cash and cash equivalents

    86,325,505       1,822,513  

Receivables:

               

Dividends

    2,637,966       168,607  

Investment securities sold

    25,323,625       1,425,503  

Fund shares sold

    1,093,427       9,607  

Foreign taxes

    1,201,740       858,787  

Due from affiliates

           

Prepaid expenses

    146,048       17,876  

TOTAL ASSETS

    1,767,110,546       60,055,045  

LIABILITIES:

               

Payables:

               

Investment securities purchased

    27,150,057       761,264  

Fund shares redeemed

    2,771,849       24,044  

Net unrealized depreciation on unsettled foreign currency transactions

    2,751        

Due to affiliates

    1,749,709       30,827  

Audit and tax fees

    19,896       31,389  

Accrued expenses

    383,330       107,303  

TOTAL LIABILITIES

    32,077,592       954,827  

NET ASSETS

  $ 1,735,032,954     $ 59,100,218  

NET ASSETS CONSISTED OF THE FOLLOWING AT JUNE 30, 2020:

               

Paid-in capital

  $ 1,362,183,925     $ 93,903,752  

Total distributable earnings (deficit)

    372,849,029       (34,803,534 )

NET ASSETS

  $ 1,735,032,954     $ 59,100,218  

NET ASSETS

        $ 59,100,218  

SHARES OUTSTANDING (Unlimited shares authorized, no par value)

          4,003,895  

NET ASSET VALUE

        $ 14.76  

INVESTOR CLASS SHARES:

               

NET ASSETS

  $ 774,507,096        

SHARES OUTSTANDING (Unlimited shares authorized, no par value)

    20,296,275        

NET ASSET VALUE

  $ 38.16        

INSTITUTIONAL CLASS SHARES:

               

NET ASSETS

  $ 960,525,858        

SHARES OUTSTANDING (Unlimited shares authorized, no par value)

    25,168,915        

NET ASSET VALUE

  $ 38.16        

 

*

The cost of foreign currency was $9,423,747, $64,536, $38,862, $0, $0 and $0, respectively.

 

Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Statement.
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Statements of Assets and Liabilities
June 30, 2020 (unaudited)

 

 

 

Driehaus
International
Small Cap
Growth Fund

   

Driehaus
Micro Cap
Growth
Fund

   

Driehaus
Small Cap
Growth
Fund

   

Driehaus
Small/Mid Cap
Growth
Fund

 
                               
  $ 198,343,146     $ 154,808,166     $ 155,073,416     $ 2,236,311  
  $ 237,592,439     $ 253,876,984     $ 219,036,048     $ 2,453,187  
    39,169                    
    4,501,343       1,024,629       328,761       15,031  
                               
    736,013       12,789       24,642       635  
    1,002,110       2,152,239       1,767,171       24,230  
    3,240       244       190,946        
                       
                      9,968  
    4,583       41,745       70,133       20,735  
    243,878,897       257,108,630       221,417,701       2,523,786  
                               
                               
    813,240       2,760,357       1,440,573       18,389  
    80,201       561,896       553,320        
                       
    195,523       253,352       98,290        
    8,711       25,170       24,423       8,168  
    42,059       27,310       10,058       7,603  
    1,139,734       3,628,085       2,126,664       34,160  
  $ 242,739,163     $ 253,480,545     $ 219,291,037     $ 2,489,626  
                               
  $ 202,069,590     $ 147,047,031     $ 158,959,143     $ 2,282,388  
    40,669,573       106,433,514       60,331,894       207,238  
  $ 242,739,163     $ 253,480,545     $ 219,291,037     $ 2,489,626  
  $ 242,739,163     $ 253,480,545           $ 2,489,626  
    24,245,219       16,644,030             204,365  
  $ 10.01     $ 15.23           $ 12.18  
                               
              $ 12,414,127        
                733,818        
              $ 16.92        
                               
              $ 206,876,910        
                12,126,527        
              $ 17.06        

 

 

Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Statement.
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Statements of Operations

For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2020 (unaudited)

 

 

 

Driehaus
Emerging
Markets Growth
Fund

   

Driehaus
Emerging
Markets Small
Cap Growth Fund

 

INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS):

               

Income:

               

Dividends*

  $ 10,474,916     $ 392,228  

Total income

    10,474,916       392,228  

Expenses:

               

Investment advisory fee

    8,400,622       322,913  

Administration fee

    435,312       59,846  

Professional fees

    272,575       7,981  

Audit and tax fees

    36,519       47,915  

Federal and state registration fees

    19,255       12,357  

Custodian fees

    186,057       15,228  

Transfer agent fees

    173,620       23,337  

Trustees’ fees

    282,713       4,784  

Chief compliance officer fees

    9,945       9,945  

Reports to shareholders

    68,180       3,769  

Interest expense

           

Shareholder services fees (Investor Class)

    1,023,492        

Miscellaneous

    151,436       6,447  

Total expenses

    11,059,726       514,522  

Investment advisory fees recoupment (reimbursement)

          (107,370 )

Administration fees waived

           

Transfer agent fees waived

           

Fees paid indirectly

    (88,547 )     (3,110 )

Net expenses

    10,971,179       404,042  

Net investment income (loss)

    (496,263 )     (11,814 )

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS:

               

Net realized gain (loss) from security transactions**

    (71,514,466 )     (817,414 )

Net realized foreign exchange gain (loss)

    (1,096,834 )     (121,016 )

Net change in unrealized foreign exchange gain (loss)

    (95,867 )     (54,206 )

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

    1,514,071       1,581,100  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment transactions

    (71,193,096 )     588,464  

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

  $ (71,689,359 )   $ 576,650  
 

 

*

Dividends are net of $1,303,743, $34,444, $185,854, $0, $425 and $6 non-reclaimable foreign taxes withheld, respectively.

 

**

Net realized gain (loss) from security transactions are net of $(359,148), $0, $0, $0, $0 and $0 foreign capital gains tax withheld, respectively.

 

***

Fund commenced operations on May 1, 2020.

 

Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Statement.
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Statements of Operations
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2020 (unaudited)

 

 

 

Driehaus
International
Small Cap
Growth Fund

   

Driehaus
Micro Cap
Growth
Fund

   

Driehaus
Small Cap
Growth
Fund

   

Driehaus
Small/Mid Cap
Growth
Fund***

 
                               
                               
  $ 1,633,071     $ 183,471     $ 173,593     $ 992  
    1,633,071       183,471       173,593       992  
                               
    1,157,352       1,455,514       532,169       1,307  
    124,563       112,709       93,917       9,474  
    24,454       24,099       16,993       107  
    28,483       23,867       23,120       8,167  
    16,574       24,138       15,467       3,178  
    19,564       18,353       16,954       262  
    22,681       23,538       31,411       5,692  
    25,569       24,925       13,219       215  
    9,945       9,945       9,944       2,641  
    4,680       5,802       5,026       108  
          307              
                12,130        
    23,406       25,481       17,240       175  
    1,457,271       1,748,678       787,590       31,326  
                (4,267 )     (21,304 )
                      (2,338 )
                      (5,613 )
    (6,772 )     (37,498 )     (20,144 )      
    1,450,499       1,711,180       763,179       2,071  
    182,572       (1,527,709 )     (589,586 )     (1,079 )
                               
    (9,433,882 )     5,485,022       (4,210,705 )     (8,559 )
    (25,164 )                  
    (2,296 )                  
    (4,668,453 )     23,990,541       30,446,521       216,876  
    (14,129,795 )     29,475,563       26,235,816       208,317  
  $ (13,947,223 )   $ 27,947,854     $ 25,646,230     $ 207,238  
 

 

 

Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Statement.
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

   

Driehaus
Emerging
Markets
Growth Fund

   

Driehaus
Emerging
Markets Small
Cap Growth
Fund

 

 

For the
six month
period
January 1, 2020
through
June 30, 2020
(unaudited)

   

For the year
ended
December 31,
2019

   

For the
six month
period
January 1, 2020
through
June 30, 2020
(unaudited)

   

For the year
ended
December 31,
2019

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS:

                               

Operations:

                               

Net investment income (loss)

  $ (496,263 )   $ 15,788,913     $ (11,814 )   $ 344,582  

Net realized gain (loss) on investment transactions

    (72,611,300 )     71,686,094       (938,430 )     9,961,191  

Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on investment transactions

    1,418,204       281,848,637       1,526,894       10,273,967  

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (71,689,359 )     369,323,644       576,650       20,579,740  

Distributions from distributable earnings to shareholders:

                               

Fund

                      (255,325 )

Investor Class Shares

          (7,060,076 )            

Institutional Class Shares

          (9,417,880 )            

Total distributions to shareholders

          (16,477,956 )           (255,325 )

Capital share transactions:

                               

Proceeds from shares sold:

                               

Fund

                7,154,817       10,428,657  

Investor Class Shares

    68,547,435       102,153,849              

Institutional Class Shares

    176,293,755       247,854,903              

Reinvestment of distributions:

                               

Fund

                      209,523  

Investor Class Shares

          6,761,528              

Institutional Class Shares

          6,842,565              

Cost of shares redeemed:

                               

Fund

                (11,041,355 )     (58,228,599 )

Investor Class Shares

    (123,416,786 )     (215,941,727 )            

Institutional Class Shares

    (106,514,633 )     (154,953,413 )            

Redemption fees:

                               

Fund

                2,660       20,320  

Investor Class Shares

    21,842       53,415              

Institutional Class Shares

    25,708       46,979              

Net increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions

    14,957,321       (7,181,901 )     (3,883,878 )     (47,570,099 )

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

    (56,732,038 )     345,663,787       (3,307,228 )     (27,245,684 )

NET ASSETS:

                               

Beginning of period

  $ 1,791,764,992     $ 1,446,101,205     $ 62,407,446     $ 89,653,130  

End of period

  $ 1,735,032,954     $ 1,791,764,992     $ 59,100,218     $ 62,407,446  
 

 

 

*

Fund commenced operations on May 1, 2020.

 

Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Statement.
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

 

Driehaus
International
Small Cap
Growth Fund

   

Driehaus Micro
Cap
Growth Fund

   

Driehaus Small
Cap
Growth Fund

   

Driehaus Small/
Mid Cap
Growth Fund

 
 

For the
six month
period
January 1, 2020
through
June 30, 2020
(unaudited)

   

For the year
ended
December 31,
2019

   

For the
six month
period
January 1, 2020
through
June 30, 2020
(unaudited)

   

For the year
ended
December 31,
2019

   

For the
six month
period
January 1, 2020
through
June 30, 2020
(unaudited)

   

For the year
ended
December 31,
2019

   

For the period
May 1, 2020
through
June 30, 2020*
(unaudited)

 
                                                       
                                                       
  $ 182,572     $ 1,632,146     $ (1,527,709 )   $ (3,317,303 )   $ (589,586 )   $ (1,140,258 )   $ (1,079 )
    (9,459,046 )     18,156,966       5,485,022       50,822,845       (4,210,705 )     21,736,831       (8,559 )
    (4,670,749 )     46,116,055       23,990,541       21,885,605       30,446,521       30,538,084       216,876  
    (13,947,223 )     65,905,167       27,947,854       69,391,147       25,646,230       51,134,657       207,238  
                                                       
          (1,976,543 )           (33,768,834 )                  
                                  (640,385 )      
                                  (9,268,936 )      
          (1,976,543 )           (33,768,834 )           (9,909,321 )      
                                                       
                                                       
    14,816,058       44,599,170       29,744,625       68,729,193                   2,282,388  
                            3,513,098       7,758,179        
                            52,385,783       57,398,808        
                                                       
          1,754,974             29,366,777                    
                                  640,385        
                                  9,197,963        
                                                       
    (26,358,863 )     (60,484,970 )     (73,334,132 )     (129,214,201 )                  
                            (3,136,558 )     (7,175,856 )      
                            (31,842,653 )     (67,276,279 )      
                                                       
    500       406       2,028       9,243                    
                            279       1,112        
                            4,673       17,340        
    (11,542,305 )     (14,130,420 )     (43,587,479 )     (31,108,988 )     20,924,622       561,652       2,282,388  
    (25,489,528 )     49,798,204       (15,639,625 )     4,513,325       46,570,852       41,786,988       2,489,626  
                                                       
  $ 268,228,691     $ 218,430,487     $ 269,120,170     $ 264,606,845     $ 172,720,185     $ 130,933,197     $  
  $ 242,739,163     $ 268,228,691     $ 253,480,545     $ 269,120,170     $ 219,291,037     $ 172,720,185     $ 2,489,626  
 

 

 

Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Statement.
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Driehaus Emerging Markets Growth Fund — Investor Class

Financial Highlights

 

 

 

For the six
month period
January 1, 2020
through
June 30, 2020
(unaudited)

   

For the year
ended
December 31,
2019

   

For the year
ended
December 31,
2018

   

For the year
ended
December 31,
2017

   

For the year
ended
December 31,
2016

   

For the year
ended
December 31,
2015

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 39.53     $ 31.80     $ 39.64     $ 27.98     $ 26.52     $ 29.63  

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

                                               

Net investment income (loss)

    (0.04 )^     0.30 ^     0.26 ^     0.11 ^     0.03       0.06  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (1.33 )     7.76       (6.73 )     11.78       1.54       (3.17 )

Total income (loss) from investment operations

    (1.37 )     8.06       (6.47 )     11.89       1.57       (3.11 )

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS:

                                               

Dividends from net investment income

          (0.33 )     (0.16 )     (0.23 )     (0.11 )      

Distributions from capital gains

                (1.21 )                  

Total distributions

          (0.33 )     (1.37 )     (0.23 )     (0.11 )      

Redemption fees added to paid-in capital

    0.00 ~     0.00 ~     0.00 ~     0.00 ~     0.00 ~     0.00 ~

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 38.16     $ 39.53     $ 31.80     $ 39.64     $ 27.98     $ 26.52  

Total Return

    (3.47 )%**     25.34 %     (16.26 )%     42.52 %     5.88 %     (10.49 )%

RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA

                                               

Net assets, end of period (in 000’s)

  $ 774,507     $ 863,535     $ 791,656     $ 1,266,365     $ 1,335,873     $ 1,362,421  

Ratio of expenses before reimbursements, waivers and fees paid indirectly to average net assets

    1.49 %*     1.41 %     1.38 %     1.54 %     1.65 %     1.65 %

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

    1.48 %*#     1.40 %#     1.37 %#     1.53 %#     1.63 %#     1.64 %#

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

    (0.20 )%*#     0.85 %#     0.69 %#     0.33 %#     0.11 %#     0.22 %#

Portfolio turnover

    116 %**     167 %     218 %     176 %     232 %     257 %

 

*

Annualized

 

**

Not Annualized

 

^

Net investment income (loss) per share has been calculated using the average shares method.

 

~

Amount represents less than $0.01 per share

 

#

Such ratios are net of fees paid indirectly (see Note B in the Notes to Financial Statements).

 

Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Schedule.
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Driehaus Emerging Markets Growth Fund —Institutional Class
Financial Highlights

 

 

 

For the six
month period
January 1, 2020
through
June 30, 2020
(unaudited)

   

For the year
ended
December 31,
2019

   

For the year
ended
December 31,
2018

   

For the period
July 17, 2017
through
December 31,
2017

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 39.48     $ 31.76     $ 39.61     $ 34.85  

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

                               

Net investment income (loss)

    0.01       0.38 ^     0.32       0.12 ^

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (1.33 )     7.75       (6.71 )     4.92  

Total income (loss) from investment operations

    (1.32 )     8.13       (6.39 )     5.04  

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS:

                               

Dividends from net investment income

          (0.41 )     (0.25 )     (0.28 )

Distributions from capital gains

                (1.21 )      

Total distributions

          (0.41 )     (1.46 )     (0.28 )

Redemption fees added to paid-in capital

    0.00 ~     0.00 ~     0.00 ~     0.00 ~

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 38.16     $ 39.48     $ 31.76     $ 39.61  

Total Return

    (3.32 )%**     25.60 %     (16.08 )%     14.47 %**

RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA

                               

Net assets, end of period (in 000’s)

  $ 960,526     $ 928,230     $ 654,445     $ 513,135  

Ratio of expenses before reimbursements, waivers and fees paid indirectly to average net assets

    1.22 %*     1.20 %     1.17 %     1.17 %*

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

    1.21 %*#     1.19 %#     1.16 %#     1.16 %*#

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

    0.06 %*#     1.07 %#     0.89 %#     0.71 %*#

Portfolio turnover

    116 %**     167 %     218 %     176 %**

 

*

Annualized

 

**

Not Annualized

 

^

Net investment income (loss) per share has been calculated using the average shares method.

 

~

Amount represents less than $0.01 per share

 

#

Such ratios are net of fees paid indirectly (see Note B in the Notes to Financial Statements).

 

Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Schedule.
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Driehaus Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund
Financial Highlights

 

 

 

For the six
month period
January 1, 2020
through
June 30, 2020
(unaudited)

   

For the year
ended
December 31,
2019

   

For the year
ended
December 31,
2018

   

For the year
ended
December 31,
2017

   

For the year
ended
December 31,
2016

   

For the year
ended
December 31,
2015

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 14.38     $ 10.80     $ 14.21     $ 10.66     $ 11.85     $ 13.21  

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

                                               

Net investment income (loss)

    0.00 ~     0.06       (0.04 )^     0.02 ^     (0.03 )^     (0.05 )^

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.38       3.58       (3.37 )     3.53       (1.14 )     (1.31 )

Total income (loss) from investment operations

    0.38       3.64       (3.41 )     3.55       (1.17 )     (1.36 )

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS:

                                               

Dividends from net investment income

          (0.06 )                 (0.02 )      

Distributions from capital gains

                                   

Total distributions

          (0.06 )                 (0.02 )      

Redemption fees added to paid-in capital

    0.00 ~     0.00 ~     0.00 ~     0.00 ~     0.00 ~     0.00 ~

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 14.76     $ 14.38     $ 10.80     $ 14.21     $ 10.66     $ 11.85  

Total Return

    2.64 %**     33.71 %     (24.00 )%     33.30 %     (9.97 )%     (10.22 )%

RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA

                                               

Net assets, end of period (in 000’s)

  $ 59,100     $ 62,407     $ 89,653     $ 271,146     $ 261,387     $ 432,718  

Ratio of expenses before reimbursements, waivers and fees paid indirectly and recoupments, if any, to average net assets

    1.83 %*     1.80 %∞     2.27 %∞     1.82 %     1.75 %     1.69 %∞

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

    1.44 %*+#     1.45 %+#∞     2.26 %#∞     1.80 %#     1.73 %#     1.68 %#∞

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

    (0.04 )%*+#     0.52 %+#     (0.30 )%#     0.15 %#     (0.26 )%#     (0.39 )%#

Portfolio turnover

    133 %**     220 %     207 %     243 %     240 %     306 %

 

*

Annualized

 

**

Not Annualized

 

^

Net investment income (loss) per share has been calculated using the average shares method.

 

~

Amount represents less than $0.01 per share

 

+

Such ratios are after administrative and transfer agent waivers and adviser expense reimbursements, when applicable. BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc., the administrative agent and transfer agent, waived a portion of its fees beginning with the Fund’s commencement of operations, August 22, 2011. The Adviser contractually agreed to waive its investment advisory fee or absorb other operating expenses to the extent necessary to ensure that total annual Fund operating expenses (other than interest, taxes, brokerage commissions and other portfolio transaction expenses, capital expenditures, and extraordinary expenses) would not exceed the Fund’s operating expense cap of 1.45% of average daily net assets from November 1, 2018 until October 31, 2021.

 

#

Such ratios are net of fees paid indirectly (see Note B in the Notes to Financial Statements).

 

Ratio of expenses to average net assets includes interest expense of 0.01% for the year ended December 31, 2019, and less than 0.005% for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2015. The interest expense is from utilizing the line of credit (see Note E in the Notes to Financial Statements).

 

Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Schedule.
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Driehaus International Small Cap Growth Fund
Financial Highlights

 

 

 

For the six
month period
January 1, 2020
through
June 30, 2020
(unaudited)

   

For the year
ended
December 31,
2019

   

For the year
ended
December 31,
2018

   

For the year
ended
December 31,
2017

   

For the year
ended
December 31,
2016

   

For the year
ended
December 31,
2015

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 10.52     $ 8.13     $ 11.39     $ 9.33     $ 10.08     $ 9.20  

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

                                               

Net investment income (loss)

    0.01       0.06       (0.02 )^     (0.04 )     (0.02 )     (0.02 )^

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.52 )     2.41       (1.92 )     3.88       (0.61 )     1.17  

Total income (loss) from investment operations

    (0.51 )     2.47       (1.94 )     3.84       (0.63 )     1.15  

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS:

                                               

Dividends from net investment income

          (0.01 )                       (0.03 )

Distributions from capital gains

          (0.07 )     (1.32 )     (1.78 )     (0.12 )     (0.24 )

Total distributions

          (0.08 )     (1.32 )     (1.78 )     (0.12 )     (0.27 )

Redemption fees added to paid-in capital

    0.00 ~     0.00 ~     0.00 ~     0.00 ~     0.00 ~     0.00 ~

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 10.01     $ 10.52     $ 8.13     $ 11.39     $ 9.33     $ 10.08  

Total Return

    (4.85 )%**     30.41 %     (16.92 )%     41.44 %     (6.22 )%     12.58 %

RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA

                                               

Net assets, end of period (in 000’s)

  $ 242,739     $ 268,229     $ 218,430     $ 325,361     $ 270,401     $ 341,249  

Ratio of expenses before reimbursements, waivers and fees paid indirectly to average net assets

    1.26 %*     1.24 %     1.50 %     1.73 %     1.72 %     1.71 %

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

    1.25 %*#     1.24 %#     1.49 %#     1.71 %#     1.70 %#     1.70 %#

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

    0.16 %*#     0.65 %#     (0.21 )%#     (0.44 )%#     (0.15 )%#     (0.19 )%#

Portfolio turnover

    46 %**     96 %     118 %     143 %     151 %     251 %

 

*

Annualized

 

**

Not annualized

 

^

Net investment income (loss) per share has been calculated using the average shares method.

 

~

Amount represents less than $0.01 per share

 

#

Such ratios are net of fees paid indirectly (see Note B in the Notes to Financial Statements).

 

Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Schedule.
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Driehaus Micro Cap Growth Fund
Financial Highlights

 

 

 

For the six
month period
January 1, 2020
through
June 30, 2020
(unaudited)

   

For the year
ended
December 31,
2019

   

For the year
ended
December 31,
2018

   

For the year
ended
December 31,
2017

   

For the year
ended
December 31,
2016

   

For the year
ended
December 31,
2015

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 12.95     $ 11.11     $ 14.44     $ 12.65     $ 10.74     $ 11.25  

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

                                               

Net investment income (loss)

    (0.09 )     (0.16 )     (0.19 )     (0.18 )^     (0.11 )^     (0.14 )^

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    2.37       3.90       0.55       3.26       2.02       0.08  

Total income (loss) from investment operations

    2.28       3.74       0.36       3.08       1.91       (0.06 )

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS:

                                               

Dividends from net investment income

          (0.02 )                        

Distributions from capital gains

          (1.88 )     (3.69 )     (1.29 )           (0.45 )

Total distributions

          (1.90 )     (3.69 )     (1.29 )           (0.45 )

Redemption fees added to paid-in capital

    0.00 ~     0.00 ~     0.00 ~     0.00 ~     0.00 ~     0.00 ~

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 15.23     $ 12.95     $ 11.11     $ 14.44     $ 12.65     $ 10.74  

Total Return

    17.53 %**     33.89 %     3.88 %     24.30 %     17.78 %     (0.55 )%

RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA

                                               

Net assets, end of period (in 000’s)

  $ 253,481     $ 269,120     $ 264,607     $ 322,533     $ 396,590     $ 282,178  

Ratio of expenses before reimbursements, waivers and fees paid indirectly and recoupments, if any, to average net assets

    1.50 %*     1.48 %     1.44 %∞     1.45 %∞     1.48 %     1.53 %

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

    1.47 %*#∞     1.43 %#     1.42 %#∞     1.43 %#∞     1.44 %+#     1.52 %+#

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

    (1.31 )%*#     (1.32 )%#     (1.19 )%#     (1.33 )%#     (1.00 )%+#     (1.21 )%+#

Portfolio turnover

    79 %**     165 %     156 %     177 %     180 %     183 %

 

*

Annualized

 

**

Not Annualized

 

^

Net investment income (loss) per share has been calculated using the average shares method.

 

~

Amount represents less than $0.01 per share

 

+

Such ratios are after administrative and transfer agent waivers and adviser expense reimbursements, when applicable. BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc., the administrative agent and transfer agent, waived a portion of its fees beginning with the Fund’s commencement of operations, November 18, 2013. The Adviser contractually agreed to waive its investment advisory fee or absorb other operating expenses to the extent necessary to ensure that total annual Fund operating expenses (other than interest, taxes, brokerage commissions and other portfolio transaction expenses, capital expenditures, and extraordinary expenses) would not exceed the Fund’s operating expense cap of 1.70% of average daily net assets until November 17, 2016.

 

#

Such ratios are net of fees paid indirectly (see Note B in the Notes to Financial Statements).

 

Ratio of expenses to average net assets includes interest expense of less than 0.005% for the six months ended June 30,2020, and the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017. The interest expense is from utilizing the line of credit (see Note E in the Notes to Financial Statements).

 

Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Schedule.
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Driehaus Small Cap Growth Fund — Investor Class
Financial Highlights

 

 

 

For the six
month period
January 1, 2020
through
June 30, 2020
(unaudited)

   

For the year
ended
December 31,
2019

   

For the year
ended
December 31,
2018

   

For the period
August 21, 2017
through
December 31,
2017

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 15.37     $ 11.66     $ 11.62     $ 10.00  

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

                               

Net investment income (loss)

    (0.07 )     (0.13 )     (0.12 )^     (0.04 )^

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    1.62       4.81       0.48       1.86  

Total income (loss) from investment operations

    1.55       4.68       0.36       1.82  

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS:

                               

Dividends from net investment income

                       

Distributions from capital gains

          (0.97 )     (0.33 )     (0.20 )

Total distributions

          (0.97 )     (0.33 )     (0.20 )

Redemption fees added to paid-in capital

    0.00 ~     0.00 ~     0.01        

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 16.92     $ 15.37     $ 11.66     $ 11.62  

Total Return

    10.09 %**     40.25 %     3.33 %     18.18 %**

RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA

                               

Net assets, end of period (in 000’s)

  $ 12,414     $ 10,899     $ 7,538     $ 1,344  

Ratio of expenses before reimbursements, waivers and fees paid indirectly to average net assets

    1.47 %*     1.59 %     2.57 %     7.86 %*

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

    1.18 %*+#     1.17 %+#     1.18 %+#     1.20 %*+

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

    (0.98 )%*+#     (0.95 )%+#     (0.87 )%+#     (0.94 )%*+

Portfolio turnover

    89 %**     206 %     193 %     66 %**

 

*

Annualized

 

**

Not Annualized

 

^

Net investment loss per share has been calculated using the average share method.

 

~

Amount represents less than $0.01 per share

 

+

Such ratios are after administrative and transfer agent waivers and adviser expense reimbursements, when applicable. BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc., the administrative agent and transfer agent, waived a portion of its fees beginning with the Fund’s commencement of operations, August 21, 2017. The Adviser contractually agree to waive its investment advisory fee or absorb other operating expenses to the extent necessary to ensure that total annual operating expenses for the Investor Class (other than interest, taxes, brokerage commissions and other portfolio transaction expenses, capital expenditures, and extraordinary expenses) would not exceed the Investor Class’s operating expense cap of 1.20% of average daily net assets until August 20, 2021.

 

#

Such ratios are net of fees paid indirectly (see Note B in the Notes to Financial Statements).

 

Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Schedule.
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Driehaus Small Cap Growth Fund — Institutional Class
Financial Highlights

 

 

 

For the six
month period
January 1, 2020
through
June 30, 2020
(unaudited)

   

For the year
ended
December 31,
2019

   

For the year
ended
December 31,
2018

   

For the period
August 21, 2017
through
December 31,
2017

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 15.47     $ 11.70     $ 11.63     $ 10.00  

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

                               

Net investment income (loss)

    (0.04 )     (0.10 )     (0.08 )^     (0.03 )^

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    1.63       4.84       0.47       1.86  

Total income (loss) from investment operations

    1.59       4.74       0.39       1.83  

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS:

                               

Dividends from net investment income

                       

Distributions from capital gains

          (0.97 )     (0.33 )     (0.20 )

Total distributions

          (0.97 )     (0.33 )     (0.20 )

Redemption fees added to paid-in capital

    0.00 ~     0.00 ~     0.01        

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 17.06     $ 15.47     $ 11.70     $ 11.63  

Total Return

    10.28 %**     40.62 %     3.59 %     18.28 %**

RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA

                               

Net assets, end of period (in 000’s)

  $ 206,877     $ 161,821     $ 123,395     $ 38,631  

Ratio of expenses before reimbursements, waivers and fees paid indirectly and recoupments, if any, to average net assets

    0.85 %*     0.89 %     1.04 %     1.48 %*

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

    0.84 %*+#     0.92 %+#     0.93 %+#     0.95 %*+

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

    (0.65 )%*+#     (0.70 )%+#     (0.62 )%+#     (0.69 )%*+

Portfolio turnover

    89 %**     206 %     193 %     66 %**

 

*

Annualized

 

**

Not Annualized

 

^

Net investment loss per share has been calculated using the average share method.

 

~

Amount represents less than $0.01 per share

 

+

Such ratios are after administrative and transfer agent waivers and adviser expense reimbursements, when applicable. BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc., the administrative agent and transfer agent, waived a portion of its fees beginning with the Fund’s commencement of operations, August 21, 2017. The Adviser contractually agreed to waive its investment advisory fee or absorb other operating expenses to the extent necessary to ensure that total annual operating expenses for the Institutional Class (other than interest, taxes, brokerage commissions and other portfolio transaction expenses, capital expenditures, and extraordinary expenses) would not exceed the Institutional Class’s operating expense cap of 0.95% of average daily net assets until August 20, 2021.

 

#

Such ratios are net of fees paid indirectly (see Note B in the Notes to Financial Statements).

 

Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Schedule.
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Driehaus Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund
Financial Highlights

 

 

 

For the period
May 1, 2020
through
June 30, 2020
(unaudited)

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 10.00  

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

       

Net investment income (loss)

    (0.01 )

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    2.19  

Total income (loss) from investment operations

    2.18  

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS:

       

Dividends from net investment income

     

Distributions from capital gains

     

Total distributions

     

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 12.18  

Total Return

    21.80 %**

RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA

       

Net assets, end of period (in 000’s)

  $ 2,490  

Ratio of expenses before reimbursements and waivers to average net assets

    14.37 %*

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets

    0.95 %*+

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

    (0.50 )%*+

Portfolio turnover

    26 %**

 

*

Annualized

 

**

Not Annualized

 

+

Such ratios are after administrative and transfer agent waivers and adviser expense reimbursements, when applicable. BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc., the administrative agent and transfer agent, waived a portion of its fees beginning with the Fund’s commencement of operations, May 1, 2020. The Adviser contractually agreed to waive its investment advisory fee or absorb other operating expenses to the extent necessary to ensure that total annual Fund operating expenses (other than interest, taxes, brokerage commissions and other portfolio transaction expenses, capital expenditures, and extraordinary expenses) would not exceed the Fund’s operating expense cap of 0.95% of average daily net assets until May 1, 2023.

 

Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Schedule.
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Driehaus Mutual Funds

Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

A. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Organization

 

The Driehaus Mutual Funds (the “Trust”) is an open-end registered management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, organized as a Delaware statutory trust, with nine separate series currently in operation. The Trust was organized under an Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated May 31, 1996, as subsequently amended and restated as of June 6, 2013, and amended as of June 4, 2015, and may issue an unlimited number of full and fractional units of beneficial interest (shares) without par value. The six series (“Funds” or each a “Fund”) included in this report are as follows:

 

Fund

Commencement of Operations

Driehaus Emerging Markets Growth Fund*

12/31/97

Driehaus Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund

08/22/11

Driehaus International Small Cap Growth Fund

09/17/07

Driehaus Micro Cap Growth Fund*

11/18/13

Driehaus Small Cap Growth Fund

08/21/17

Driehaus Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

05/01/20

 

 

*

The Driehaus Emerging Markets Growth Fund and the Driehaus Micro Cap Growth Fund closed to new investors on February 28, 2020 and September 29, 2017, respectively.

 

The Driehaus Emerging Markets Growth Fund and Driehaus Small Cap Growth Fund each has two classes of shares, designated as Institutional Class and Investor Class. Each class of shares represents an interest in the same portfolio of investments of the respective Fund and voting privileges with respect to the Fund in general. Each class of shares has exclusive voting rights with respect to any matters involving only that class. The classes of each Fund pay pro rata the costs of management of that Fund’s portfolio, including the management fee. Each class of a Fund bears the cost of its own transfer agency and shareholder servicing arrangements, and any other class-specific expenses, which will result in differing expenses by class.

 

The investment objective of each Fund is to maximize capital appreciation.

 

Driehaus Emerging Markets Growth Fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing primarily in equity securities of emerging markets companies.

 

Driehaus Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing primarily in equity securities of small capitalization emerging markets companies.

 

Driehaus International Small Cap Growth Fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing primarily in equity securities of smaller capitalization non-U.S. companies exhibiting strong growth characteristics.

 

Driehaus Micro Cap Growth Fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing primarily in equity securities of micro capitalization U.S. companies exhibiting strong growth characteristics.

 

Driehaus Small Cap Growth Fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing primarily in equity securities of U.S. small capitalization companies.

 

Driehaus Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing primarily in equity securities of U.S. small/medium capitalization companies.

 

The Funds, which are investment companies within the scope of Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Update 2013-08, follow accounting and reporting guidance under FASB Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services-Investment Companies.

 

Cash is held at U.S. financial institutions, and at times, may exceed the amount insured by the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The Funds consider highly liquid investments, with maturities of ninety days or less when purchased to be cash equivalents, and such investments may include money market mutual fund investments. All such investments are categorized in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

 


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Driehaus Mutual Funds
Notes to Financial Statements — (Continued)

 

 

Securities Valuation and Transactions

 

Equity securities and exchange-traded options are valued at the last sale price as of the close of the primary exchange or other designated time. Equity certificates are valued at the last sale price of the underlying security as of the close of the primary exchange. Investments initially valued in currencies other than the U.S. dollar are converted to the U.S. dollar using exchange rates obtained from an independent pricing service. In addition, if quotations are not readily available, if the values have been materially affected by events occurring after the closing of a foreign market, or if there has been a movement in the U.S. market that exceeds a certain threshold, assets may be valued at fair value as determined in good faith by or under the direction of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”). Events that may materially affect asset values that could cause a fair value determination include, but are not limited to: corporate announcements relating to a specific security; natural and other disasters which may impact an entire market or region; and political and other events which may be global or impact a particular country or region. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and may be utilized to a significant extent. To the extent utilized, securities would be considered level 2 or Level 3 in the hierarchy described below.

 

Each Fund is subject to fair value accounting standards that define fair value, establish the framework for measuring fair value and provide a three-level hierarchy for fair valuation based upon the inputs to the valuation as of the measurement date. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:

 

Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

 

Level 2 — significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

 

Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the Funds’ own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

 

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

 

The summary of the Funds’ investments that are measured at fair value by level within the fair value hierarchy as of June 30, 2020 is as follows:

 

Fund

 

Total
Value at
June 30, 2020

   

Level 1
Quoted
Price

   

Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs

   

Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs

 

Driehaus Emerging Markets Growth Fund

                               

Equity Securities:

                               

Africa

  $ 19,330,156     $     $ 19,330,156     $  

Europe

    130,408,876       47,669,668       82,739,208        

Far East

    1,284,647,683       350,032,370       934,615,313        

North America

    92,215,008       92,215,008              

South America

    114,352,520       114,352,520              

Total Investments

  $ 1,640,954,243     $ 604,269,566     $ 1,036,684,677     $  
                                 

Driehaus Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund

                               

Equity Securities:

                               

Africa

  $ 768,301     $     $ 768,301     $  

Europe

    4,828,448       558,924       4,269,524        

Far East

    44,570,406       580,642       43,989,764       0  

Middle East

    391,330             391,330        

North America

    2,391,192       2,391,192              

South America

    2,737,965       2,737,965              

Total Investments

  $ 55,687,642     $ 6,268,723     $ 49,418,919     $ 0  
                                 

 


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Driehaus Mutual Funds
Notes to Financial Statements — (Continued)

 

 

Fund

 

Total
Value at
June 30, 2020

   

Level 1
Quoted
Price

   

Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs

   

Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs

 

Driehaus International Small Cap Growth Fund

                               

Equity Securities:

                               

Africa

  $ 840,133     $     $ 840,133     $  

Europe

    152,249,410       6,388,750       145,860,660        

Far East

    61,234,766             61,234,766        

Middle East

    8,173,612       5,133,133       3,040,479        

North America

    13,694,096       13,694,096              

South America

    1,400,422       1,400,422              

Total Investments

  $ 237,592,439     $ 26,616,401     $ 210,976,038     $  
                                 

Driehaus Micro Cap Growth Fund

                               

Investments in Securities*

  $ 253,876,984     $ 253,876,984     $     $  
                                 

Driehaus Small Cap Growth Fund

                               

Investments in Securities*

  $ 219,036,048     $ 219,036,048     $     $  
                                 

Driehaus Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

                               

Investments in Securities*

  $ 2,453,187     $ 2,453,187     $     $  

 

 

*

See Schedule of Investments for industry breakout.

 

At June 30, 2020, the Driehaus Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund held a Level 3 investment in Aarti Surfactants, Ltd. The shares were received as part of a spin-off in mid-September 2019 but have not yet commenced trading and were valued at $0.

 

The Funds used observable inputs in their valuation methodologies whenever they were available and deemed reliable.

 

When fair value pricing is employed, the prices of securities used by a Fund to calculate its net asset value may differ from closing prices for the same securities, which means that a Fund may value those securities higher or lower than another fund that does not employ fair value. In addition, the fair value price may differ materially from the value a Fund may ultimately realize.

 

Securities transactions are accounted for on trade date. The cost of investments sold is determined by the use of the specific identification method for both financial reporting and income tax purposes. Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Dividend income, net of non-reclaimable foreign taxes withheld, is recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon as the information is available. Income and expenses are accrued daily. The Funds’ investment income, expenses (other than class-specific expenses) and unrealized and realized gains and losses are allocated daily to each class of shares based upon the relative proportion of net assets of each class at the beginning of the day.

 

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

 

The Funds may use forward foreign currency contracts to hedge foreign currency exposure in the portfolio. A forward foreign currency contract involves an obligation to purchase or sell a specific currency at a future date, which may be any fixed number of days from the date of the contract agreed upon by the parties, at a price set at the time of the contract. These contracts are principally traded in the inter-bank market conducted directly between currency traders (usually large commercial banks) and their customers.

 

The fair value of a forward foreign currency contract fluctuates with changes in currency exchange rates. Outstanding forward foreign currency contracts are valued daily at current market rates and the resulting change in fair value is recorded as net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on the Statements of Operations. When a forward foreign currency contract is settled, the Funds record a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value

 


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Driehaus Mutual Funds
Notes to Financial Statements — (Continued)

 

 

at the time the forward foreign currency contract was opened and the value at the time it was settled. A forward foreign currency contract may involve market risk in excess of the unrealized gain or loss reflected on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. In addition, the Funds could be exposed to credit risk if the counterparties are unable or unwilling to meet the terms of the contracts or market risk if the value of the foreign currency changes unfavorably. As of June 30, 2020, the Funds had no outstanding forward foreign currency contracts.

 

Foreign Currency Spot Contracts

 

The Funds enter into foreign currency spot contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign currency denominated securities. These spot contracts are typically open for 2 to 5 days, depending on the settlement terms of the underlying security transaction. On June 30, 2020, the Funds had foreign currency spot contracts outstanding under which they are obligated to exchange currencies at specified future dates. The net unrealized appreciation or depreciation on spot contracts is reflected as Net unrealized appreciation or depreciation on unsettled foreign currency transactions in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

Equity Certificates

 

The Funds may invest in equity certificates, which allow the Funds to participate in the appreciation (depreciation) of the underlying security without actually owning the underlying security. These derivative instruments are purchased pursuant to an agreement with a financial institution and are valued at a calculated market price based on the value of the underlying security in accordance with the agreement. These equity certificates are subject to the credit risk of the issuing financial institution. There is no off-balance sheet risk associated with equity certificates and the Funds’ potential loss is limited to the purchase price of the securities. The Funds are exposed to credit risk associated with the counterparty to the transaction, which is monitored by the Funds’ management on a periodic basis. A Fund’s equity certificates are not subject to any master netting agreement.

 

Federal Income Taxes

 

No provision is made for Federal income taxes since each Fund has elected to be taxed as a “regulated investment company” under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) and has made and declared all the required distributions to its shareholders in amounts sufficient to relieve each Fund from all or substantially all Federal income and excise taxes under provisions of current Federal tax law.

 

Each Fund is subject to accounting standards that establish a minimum threshold for recognizing, and a system for measuring, the benefits of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. Taxable years ending 2019, 2018, 2017 and 2016 remain open to Federal and state audit. As of June 30, 2020, management has evaluated the application of these standards to each Fund, and has determined that no provision for income tax is required in each Fund’s financial statements for uncertain tax provisions. The Funds recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense in the Statements of Operations. During the year, the Funds did not incur any interest or penalties. The Funds may be subject to foreign taxes on income, gains on investments or currency repatriation, a portion of which may be recoverable. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Funds’ understanding of the tax rules and regulations that exist in the foreign markets in which they invest.

 

The amount of dividends and distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gains are determined in accordance with Federal income tax regulations, which may differ from United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“U.S. GAAP”).

 

For the year ended December 31, 2019, reclassifications were recorded to distributable earnings (deficit) and paid -in capital for any permanent tax differences. These reclassifications relate primarily to foreign currency losses, sales of passive foreign investment companies (“PFIC”), net operating losses and foreign capital gain taxes paid. Results of operations and net assets were not affected by these reclassifications.

 

   

Driehaus
Emerging
Markets
Growth
Fund

   

Driehaus
Emerging
Markets
Small Cap
Growth Fund

   

Driehaus
International
Small Cap
Growth
Fund

   

Driehaus
Micro Cap
Growth
Fund

   

Driehaus
Small Cap
Growth
Fund

 

Distributable earnings (deficit)

  $     $     $     $ 1,817,658     $ 1,106,394  

Paid-in capital

                      (1,817,658 )     (1,106,394 )

 


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Driehaus Mutual Funds
Notes to Financial Statements — (Continued)

 

 

Accumulated capital losses represent net capital loss carryovers that may be available for an unlimited period to offset future realized capital gains and thereby reduce future capital gains distributions. Capital loss carryover retains the character of the original loss. The following table shows the amounts of capital loss carryover, if any, by each of the applicable Funds as of December 31, 2019:

 

   

Unlimited Period of Net Capital Loss Carryover

 

Fund

 

Short-Term

   

Long- Term

   

Accumulated
Capital Loss
Carryover

 

Driehaus Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund

  $ 45,337,455     $     $ 45,337,455  

 

During the year ended December 31, 2019, Driehaus Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund utilized $9,103,909 of capital loss carryforwards.

 

Pursuant to Federal income tax rules applicable to regulated investment companies, the Funds may elect to treat certain capital losses between November 1 and December 31 as occurring on the first day of the following tax year. For the year ended December 31, 2019, the following qualified late-year losses were deferred and recognized on January 1, 2020:

 

Fund

 

Late-Year
Ordinary Loss
Deferral

   

Total Capital
Loss Deferral

   

Total

 

Driehaus Emerging Markets Growth Fund

  $ 187,752     $     $ 187,752  

Driehaus Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund

                 

Driehaus International Small Cap Growth Fund

                 

Driehaus Micro Cap Growth Fund

                 

Driehaus Small Cap Growth Fund

                 

 

Distributions to Shareholders

 

The Funds had no distributions during the six months ended June 30, 2020.

 

The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 was as follows:

 

Distributions paid from:

 

Driehaus
Emerging
Markets
Growth
Fund

   

Driehaus
Emerging
Markets
Small Cap
Growth Fund

   

Driehaus
International
Small Cap
Growth
Fund

   

Driehaus
Micro Cap
Growth
Fund

   

Driehaus
Small Cap
Growth
Fund

 

Ordinary income

  $ 15,701,188     $ 255,325     $ 343,991     $     $  

Net long-term capital gain

    776,768             1,632,552       33,768,834       9,909,321  

Total distributions paid

  $ 16,477,956     $ 255,325     $ 1,976,543     $ 33,768,834     $ 9,909,321  

 

The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 was as follows:

 

Distributions paid from:

 

Driehaus
Emerging
Markets
Growth
Fund

   

Driehaus
Emerging
Markets
Small Cap
Growth Fund

   

Driehaus
International
Small Cap
Growth
Fund

   

Driehaus
Micro Cap
Growth
Fund

   

Driehaus
Small Cap
Growth
Fund

 

Ordinary income

  $ 8,970,853     $     $ 5,657,722     $ 22,348,104     $ 1,454,358  

Net long-term capital gain

    53,973,948             25,166,722       50,514,284       2,139,592  

Total distributions paid

  $ 62,944,801     $     $ 30,824,444     $ 72,862,388     $ 3,593,950  

 


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Driehaus Mutual Funds
Notes to Financial Statements — (Continued)

 

 

As of December 31, 2019, the components of net assets on a tax basis were as follows:

 

   

Driehaus
Emerging
Markets
Growth
Fund

   

Driehaus
Emerging
Markets
Small Cap
Growth Fund

   

Driehaus
International
Small Cap
Growth
Fund

   

Driehaus
Micro Cap
Growth
Fund

   

Driehaus
Small Cap
Growth
Fund

 

Undistributed ordinary income

  $     $ 246,959     $ 1,663,136     $     $  

Undistributed long-term capital gain

    7,126,649             9,929,217       5,257,541       2,747,088  

Accumulated earnings

  $ 7,126,649     $ 246,959     $ 11,592,353     $ 5,257,541     $ 2,747,088  

Paid-in capital

    1,347,226,604       97,787,630       213,611,895       190,634,510       138,034,521  

Accumulated capital and other losses

    (187,752 )     (45,337,455 )                  

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on foreign currency

    31,152       (32,620 )     1,409              

Unrealized appreciation on Investments

    437,568,339       9,742,932       43,023,034       73,228,119       31,934,101  

Other temporary differences.

                            4,475  

Net assets

  $ 1,791,764,992     $ 62,407,446     $ 268,228,691     $ 269,120,170     $ 172,720,185  

 

The differences between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation are attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales and PFIC mark-to-market.

 

The aggregate cost of investments and the composition of unrealized appreciation and depreciation on investments and net unrealized appreciation and/or depreciation on derivatives for Federal income tax purposes as of June 30, 2020, were as follows:

 

Fund

 

Basis

   

Gross
Appreciation

   

Gross
Depreciation

   

Net
Appreciation/
Depreciation

 

Driehaus Emerging Markets Growth Fund

  $ 1,201,871,833     $ 457,088,875     $ (18,006,465 )   $ 439,082,410  

Driehaus Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund

  $ 44,363,610     $ 12,336,911     $ (1,012,879 )   $ 11,324,032  

Driehaus International Small Cap Growth Fund

  $ 199,237,858     $ 50,793,248     $ (12,438,667 )   $ 38,354,581  

Driehaus Micro Cap Growth Fund

  $ 156,658,324     $ 101,346,802     $ (4,128,142 )   $ 97,218,660  

Driehaus Small Cap Growth Fund

  $ 156,655,426     $ 65,649,714     $ (3,269,092 )   $ 62,380,622  

Driehaus Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

  $ 2,236,311     $ 233,965     $ (17,089 )   $ 216,876  

 

Foreign Currency Translation

 

Foreign currency and equity securities not denominated in U.S. dollars are translated into U.S. dollar values based upon the current rates of exchange on the date of the Funds’ valuations.

 

Net realized foreign exchange gains or losses which are reported by the Funds result from currency gains and losses on transaction hedges arising from changes in exchange rates between the trade and settlement dates on spot contracts underlying securities transactions and the difference between the amounts accrued for dividends, interest, and foreign taxes and the amounts actually received or paid in U.S. dollars for these items. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses result from changes in the U.S. dollar value of assets and liabilities (other than investments in securities), which are denominated in foreign currencies, as a result of changes in exchange rates.

 

The Funds do not isolate that portion of the results of operations which results from fluctuations in foreign exchange rates on investments. These fluctuations are included with the net realized gain (loss) from security transactions and the net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements, in conformity with U.S. GAAP, requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of net increases or decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 


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Indemnifications

 

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, the officers and Trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Trust enters into contracts that provide general indemnifications to other parties. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these agreements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Funds that have not yet occurred. However, the Funds have not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts and expect the risk of loss to be remote.

 

B. INVESTMENT ADVISORY FEES, TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES, AND ADMINISTRATIVE FEES

 

Richard H. Driehaus is Chairman of Driehaus Capital Management LLC (“DCM” or the “Adviser”), a registered investment adviser, and was Chairman of Driehaus Securities LLC (“DS LLC”), an entity that was registered as a broker-dealer and served as the distributor of the Funds through December 31, 2019. As of June 30, 2020, employees of the Adviser held a controlling interest in the Driehaus Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund, and Richard H. Driehaus together with certain employees of the Adviser held substantial, non-controlling interests in certain other Funds.

 

DCM serves as the Funds’ investment adviser. In return for its services to the Funds, DCM receives monthly fees. Driehaus Micro Cap Growth Fund pays the Adviser a monthly fee computed and accrued daily at an annual rate of 1.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. Driehaus Small Cap Growth Fund and Driehaus Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund pay the Adviser a monthly fee computed and accrued daily at an annual rate of 0.60% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. Driehaus Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund pays the Adviser a monthly fee computed and accrued daily at the annual rate of 1.15% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. Driehaus International Small Cap Growth Fund pays the Adviser a monthly fee computed and accrued daily at an annual rate of 1.00% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. Driehaus Emerging Markets Growth Fund pays the Adviser a monthly fee computed and accrued daily at an annual rate of 1.05% on the first $1.5 billion and 0.75% in excess of $1.5 billion of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

 

DCM entered into a contractual agreement to cap Driehaus Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund’s annual operating expenses (other than interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, dividends and interest on short sales and other portfolio transaction expenses and extraordinary expenses such as litigation and other expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund’s business) at 0.95% of average daily net assets until May 1, 2023. For a period of three years subsequent to the Fund’s commencement of operations on May 1, 2020, DCM is entitled to recoupment of previously waived fees and reimbursed expenses to the extent that the expense ratio remains below the operating expense cap in place at the time of the waiver and the current operating expense cap for a period not to exceed three years from the date on which the waiver or reimbursement was made. For the six months ended June 30, 2020, DCM waived fees for Driehaus Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund totaling $21,304 under this agreement.

 

DCM entered into a contractual agreement to cap Driehaus Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund’s annual operating expenses (other than interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, dividends and interest on short sales and other portfolio transaction expenses and extraordinary expenses such as litigation and other expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund’s business) at 1.45% of average daily net assets until October 31, 2021. DCM is entitled to recoupment for previously waived fees and reimbursed expenses to the extent that the Fund’s expense ratio remains below the operating expense cap in place at the time of the waiver and the current operating expense cap for a period not to exceed three years from the date on which the waiver or reimbursement was made. For the six months ended June 30, 2020, DCM waived fees for Driehaus Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund totaling $107,370 under this agreement.

 

DCM has entered into a contractual agreement to cap Driehaus Small Cap Growth Fund’s annual operating expenses (other than interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, dividends and interest on short sales and other portfolio transaction expenses and extraordinary expenses such as litigation and other expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund’s business) at 1.20% of average daily net assets for the Investor Class and 0.95% of average daily net assets for the Institutional Class until April 30, 2021. DCM is entitled to recoupment for previously waived fees and reimbursed expenses to the extent that the Fund’s expense ratio remains below the operating expense cap in place at the time of the waiver and the current operating expense cap for a period not to exceed three years from the date on which the waiver or reimbursement was made. For the six months ended June 30, 2020, DCM waived fees for the Investor Class shares of the Driehaus Small Cap Growth Fund totaling $13,771 and recouped fees for the Institutional Class shares of the Driehaus Small Cap Growth Fund totaling $9,504 under this agreement.

 


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Driehaus Mutual Funds
Notes to Financial Statements — (Continued)

 

 

The table below indicates the amount of fees available for potential recoupment by DCM in future periods:

Six Months Ended June 30

 

Driehaus
Emerging
Markets
Small Cap
Growth Fund

   

Driehaus
Small Cap
Growth
Fund

   

Driehaus
Small/Mid
Cap Growth
Fund

 

2021

  $     $ 34,463     $  

2022

    227,780       31,856        

2023

    107,370       13,771       21,304  

Total

  $ 335,150     $ 80,090     $ 21,304  

 

The amounts incurred and payable to DCM during the six months ended June 30, 2020 are as follows:

 

Fund

 

Advisory Fees

   

Advisory Fees
Payable/(Receivable)
(included in Due
to affiliate/(Due
from affiliate))

 

Driehaus Emerging Markets Growth Fund

  $ 8,400,622     $ 1,411,750  

Driehaus Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund

    322,913       30,827  

Driehaus International Small Cap Growth Fund

    1,157,352       195,523  

Driehaus Micro Cap Growth Fund

    1,455,514       253,352  

Driehaus Small Cap Growth Fund

    532,169       100,102  

Driehaus Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

    1,307       (9,968 )

 

The Funds direct certain portfolio trades, subject to obtaining the best price and execution, to brokers who have agreed to pay a portion of the Funds’ operating expenses using part of the commissions generated. For the six months ended June 30, 2020, these arrangements reduced the expenses of Driehaus Emerging Markets Growth Fund, Driehaus Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund, Driehaus International Small Cap Growth Fund, Driehaus Micro Cap Growth Fund, Driehaus Small Cap Growth Fund and Driehaus Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund by $88,547 (0.8%), $3,110 (0.6%), $6,772 (0.5%), $37,498 (2.1%), $20,144 (2.6%) and $0 (0.0%), respectively.

 

Certain officers of the Trust are also officers of DCM. The Funds pay a portion of the Chief Compliance Officer’s salary and bonus. No other officers received compensation from the Funds. The Independent Trustees are compensated for their services to the Trust and such compensation is reflected as Trustees’ fees in the Statements of Operations. During the period covered by this shareholder report, BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. (“BNY Mellon”) served as the Funds’ administrative and accounting agent. In compensation for these services, BNY Mellon earned the greater of a monthly minimum fee or a monthly fee based upon average daily net assets. BNY Mellon agreed to waive a portion of its monthly fee for administrative services for the first two years of operations for Driehaus Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund. For the six months ended June 30, 2020, BNY Mellon waived $2,338 for Driehaus Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund. BNY Mellon also acted as the transfer agent and dividend disbursing agent for the Funds. For these services, BNY Mellon earned a monthly fee based on shareholder processing activity during the month. BNY Mellon agreed to waive a portion of its monthly fee for transfer agent services for the first two years of operations for Driehaus Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund. For the six months ended June 30, 2020, BNY Mellon waived $5,613 for Driehaus Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund.

 

Effective January 1, 2020, the Adviser entered into a Fee Reimbursement Agreement (“Agreement”) with the Driehaus Emerging Markets Growth Fund and the Driehaus Small Cap Growth Fund. Prior to January 1, 2020, DS LLC was a party to the Agreements instead of the Adviser. Under these Agreements, the Funds reimbursed the Adviser for certain fees paid to intermediaries who provide shareholder administrative and /or sub-transfer agency services to the

 


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Driehaus Mutual Funds
Notes to Financial Statements — (Continued)

 

 

Funds. Currently, the amount to be reimbursed will not exceed 0.25% of the average daily net assets held by such intermediaries. The amounts incurred and payable to the Adviser during the period January 1, 2020 through June 30, 2020 are as follows:

Fund

 

Shareholder
Services Fees

   

Accrued
Shareholder Services
Fees (included in
Due to affiliate)

 

Driehaus Emerging Markets Growth Fund

  $ 1,023,492     $ 337,959  

Driehaus Small Cap Growth Fund

    12,130        

 

C. INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS

 

The aggregate purchases and sales of investment securities, other than short-term obligations and options, for the six months ended June 30, 2020 were as follows:

 

Fund

 

Purchases

   

Sales

 

Driehaus Emerging Markets Growth Fund

  $ 1,801,582,136     $ 1,801,575,785  

Driehaus Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund

    70,761,364       75,617,006  

Driehaus International Small Cap Growth Fund

    102,234,830       101,824,897  

Driehaus Micro Cap Growth Fund

    186,748,571       229,740,197  

Driehaus Small Cap Growth Fund

    179,393,154       158,923,923  

Driehaus Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

    2,601,702       356,833  

 

D. CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

 

For the six-month period ended June 30, 2020, and the year ended December 31, 2019, transactions in capital shares (authorized shares unlimited) were as follows:

 

   

Driehaus Emerging
Markets Growth Fund

   

Driehaus Emerging Markets
Small Cap Growth Fund

   

Driehaus International
Small Cap Growth Fund

 
   

June 30,
2020

   

December 31,
2019

   

June 30,
2020

   

December 31,
2019

   

June 30,
2020

   

December 31,
2019

 

Fund

                                               

Shares issued

                522,648       874,262       1,706,711       4,710,527  

Shares reinvested

                      14,891             169,235  

Shares redeemed

                (857,381 )     (4,849,550 )     (2,956,826 )     (6,242,924 )

Net increase (decrease)

                (334,733 )     (3,960,397 )     (1,250,115 )     (1,363,162 )
                                                 

Investor Class

                                               

Shares issued

    1,990,277       2,872,532                          

Shares reinvested

          172,532                          

Shares redeemed

    (3,537,714 )     (6,094,234 )                        

Net increase (decrease)

    (1,547,437 )     (3,049,170 )                        
                                                 

Institutional Class

                                               

Shares issued

    4,728,833       7,006,838                          

Shares reinvested

          174,824                          

Shares redeemed

    (3,070,207 )     (4,277,922 )                        

Net increase (decrease)

    1,658,626       2,903,740                          

Total net increase (decrease)

    111,189       594,976                          

 


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Notes to Financial Statements — (Continued)

 

 

   

Driehaus Micro Cap
Growth Fund

   

Driehaus Small Cap
Growth Fund

   

Driehaus
Small/Mid
Cap Growth
Fund*

 
   

June 30,
2020

   

December 31,
2019

   

June 30,
2020

   

December 31,
2019

   

June 30,
2020

 

Fund

                                       

Shares issued

    2,803,298       5,178,977                   204,365  

Shares reinvested

          2,292,488                    

Shares redeemed

    (6,945,017 )     (10,513,427 )                  

Net increase (decrease)

    (4,141,719 )     (3,041,962 )                 204,365  
                                         

Investor Class

                                       

Shares issued

                237,899       526,045        

Shares reinvested

                      42,020        

Shares redeemed

                (213,381 )     (505,115 )      

Net increase (decrease)

                24,518       62,950        
                                         

Institutional Class

                                       

Shares issued

                3,938,553       3,970,530        

Shares reinvested

                      599,613        

Shares redeemed

                (2,273,586 )     (4,651,842 )      

Net increase (decrease)

                1,664,967       (81,699 )      

Total net increase (decrease)

                1,689,485       (18,749 )      

 

 

*

Fund commenced operations on May 1, 2020

 

E. LINE OF CREDIT

 

The Funds, together with other funds in the Trust, obtained a committed line of credit in the amount of $50,000,000. The line of credit is available primarily to meet large, unexpected shareholder redemptions subject to certain restrictions. Interest is charged at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate in effect at the time of the borrowings plus 1.5%, or 1.75%, whichever is greater. There is a commitment fee of 0.10% of the excess of the $50,000,000 committed amount over the sum of the average daily balance of any loans, which is allocated amongst all funds that have access to the line. Driehaus Micro Cap Growth Fund utilized the line of credit on June 25, 2020. For the period of June 25, 2020, the average daily loan balance outstanding on days where borrowings existed was $7,000,000 and the weighted average interest rate was 1.58%. The interest expense, which is included on the Statements of Operations, was $307 for Driehaus Micro Cap Growth Fund.

 

F. FOREIGN INVESTMENT RISKS

 

To the extent a Fund invests in foreign securities, it may entail risks due to the potential for political and economic instability in the countries where the issuers of these securities are located. In addition, foreign exchange fluctuations could affect the value of positions held. These risks are generally intensified in emerging markets.

 

G. REDEMPTION FEES

 

The Funds may charge a redemption fee of 2.00% of the redemption amount for shares redeemed within 60 days of purchase. The redemption fees are recorded in paid-in capital and reflected in the Statements of Changes in Net Assets.

 

H. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

Events or transactions that occurred after the date of this report through the date the report was issued have been evaluated for potential impact to the financial statements. Effective August 1, 2020, The Northern Trust Company replaced BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. as the Funds’ administrative and accounting agent and transfer agent and dividend disbursing agent for the Funds.

 


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Fund Expense Examples (unaudited)

 

 

As a mutual fund shareholder, you may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges; redemption fees; and exchange fees and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution (12b-1) fees; and other fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in each Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

 

The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire six months ended June 30, 2020.

 

Actual Expenses

 

The first line of the tables below (“Actual”) provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

 

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

 

The second line of the tables below (“Hypothetical”) provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Funds versus other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

 

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges, redemption fees or exchange fees. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

Driehaus Emerging Markets Growth Fund — Investor Class

 

Beginning
Account Value
January 1, 2020

Ending
Account Value
June 30, 2020

Expenses
Paid During
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2020*

Actual

$1,000

$ 965.30

$7.28

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

$1,000

$ 1,017.45

$7.47

 

Driehaus Emerging Markets Growth Fund — Institutional Class

 

Beginning
Account Value
January 1, 2020

Ending
Account Value
June 30, 2020

Expenses
Paid During
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2020*

Actual

$1,000

$ 966.80

$5.97

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

$1,000

$ 1,018.80

$6.12

 

Driehaus Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund

 

Beginning
Account Value
January 1, 2020

Ending
Account Value
June 30, 2020

Expenses
Paid During
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2020*

Actual

$1,000

$ 1,026.40

$7.31

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

$1,000

$ 1,017.65

$7.27

 

 


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Fund Expense Examples (unaudited) — (Continued)

 

 

Driehaus International Small Cap Growth Fund

 

Beginning
Account Value
January 1, 2020

Ending
Account Value
June 30, 2020

Expenses
Paid During
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2020*

Actual

$1,000

$ 951.50

$6.11

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

$1,000

$ 1,018.60

$6.32

 

Driehaus Micro Cap Growth Fund

 

Beginning
Account Value
January 1, 2020

Ending
Account Value
June 30, 2020

Expenses
Paid During
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2020*

Actual

$1,000

$ 1,175.30

$8.11

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

$1,000

$ 1,017.40

$7.52

 

Driehaus Small Cap Growth Fund – Investor Class

 

Beginning
Account Value
January 1, 2020

Ending
Account Value
June 30, 2020

Expenses
Paid During
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2020*

Actual

$1,000

$ 1,100.90

$6.27

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

$1,000

$ 1,018.90

$6.02

 

Driehaus Small Cap Growth Fund – Institutional Class

 

Beginning
Account Value
January 1, 2020

Ending
Account Value
June 30, 2020

Expenses
Paid During
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2020*

Actual

$1,000

$ 1,102.80

$4.50

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

$1,000

$ 1,020.59

$4.32

 

Driehaus Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

 

Beginning
Account Value
May 1, 2020

Ending
Account Value
June 30, 2020

Expenses
Paid During
Period Ended
June 30, 2020**

Actual

$1,000

$ 1,218.00

$1.67

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

$1,000

$ 1,020.14

$4.77

 

*

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratios for the six-month period in the table below multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (182), then divided by 366 to reflect the half-year period. These amounts exclude the reduction in expenses for fees paid indirectly and may differ from the Fund’s annualized expense ratio shown in the Financial Highlights.

**

The Driehaus Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund commenced operations on May 1, 2020. The actual return and expenses paid during the period by this Fund were for the period from May 1, 2020 through June 30, 2020 (58 days) instead of the entire six-month period. The hypothetical return is based on the entire six-month period for comparison purposes.

 

Driehaus Emerging Markets Growth Fund – Investor Class

1.49%

Driehaus Emerging Markets Growth Fund – Institutional Class

1.22%

Driehaus Emerging Markets Small Cap Growth Fund

1.45%

Driehaus International Small Cap Growth Fund

1.26%

Driehaus Micro Cap Growth Fund

1.50%

Driehaus Small Cap Growth Fund – Investor Class

1.20%

Driehaus Small Cap Growth Fund – Institutional Class

0.86%

Driehaus Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

0.95%

 


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Board Considerations in Connection with the Approval of the Investment Advisory
Agreement for Driehaus Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

 

 

The Board of Trustees of Driehaus Mutual Funds (the “Trust”), including a majority of the Trustees who are not “interested persons” (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) (the “Independent Trustees”), approved a new investment advisory agreement (the “Agreement”) with Driehaus Capital Management LLC (the “Adviser”) for Driehaus Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund (the “New Fund”) on March 11, 2020. As part of its review process, the Board requested and evaluated all information it deemed reasonably necessary to evaluate the Agreement. The Board reviewed comprehensive materials received from the Adviser and from independent legal counsel. The Board also received extensive information throughout the year regarding performance and operating results of each Fund. The Independent Trustees held a conference call with their independent legal counsel on March 5, 2020 to review the materials provided in response to their request, and identified areas for further response by Fund management. Following receipt of further information from Fund management, the Independent Trustees, represented by independent legal counsel, met independent of Fund management to consider renewal of the Agreement for each Fund. After their consideration of all the information received, the Independent Trustees presented their findings and their recommendation to renew the Agreement at the Board meeting.

 

In connection with the contract review process, the Board considered the factors discussed below, among others. The Board also considered that the Adviser has managed each Fund since its inception, and the Board believes that a long-term relationship with a capable, conscientious adviser is in the best interests of each Fund. The Board considered, generally, that shareholders invested in each Fund, knowing that the Adviser managed the Fund and knowing the investment advisory fee schedule.

 

Nature, Quality and Extent of Services. The Board considered the nature, extent and quality of services to be provided under the Agreement, including portfolio management services and administrative services. The Board considered the experience and skills of senior management and investment personnel, the resources made available to such personnel, the ability of the Adviser to attract and retain high-quality personnel, and the organizational depth of the Adviser. The Board also considered the Trust’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements as well as the Adviser’s risk management processes developed for analyzing, reviewing and assessing risk exposure for the New Fund. In particular, the Board considered the management team’s experience relevant to managing other products with a small/mid-cap growth investment strategy (the “Composite”) as compared to the Russell 2500 Growth Index for the 1-, 3- and 5-year periods ended December 31, 2019. The Board noted that the Composite outperformed the Russell 2500 Growth Index for all periods reviewed. The Board also considered the performance of the Composite as compared to peer group information based on data compiled from Lipper Analytical Services, Inc., an independent provider of mutual fund data that is a service of Broadridge Financial Solutions (“Lipper”) and noted that the Composite outperformed the median of the Lipper small/mid cap growth peer group for all periods reviewed. Because the Composite did not operate as a mutual fund and was not subject to certain investment and operational restrictions, the Board factored those differences into its evaluation of the performance information.

 

On the basis of this evaluation and the Board’s experience with the Adviser in managing other series of the Trust, the Board concluded that the nature, quality and extent of services to be provided by the Adviser are expected to be satisfactory.

 

Fees. The Board considered the New Fund’s proposed advisory fee, estimated operating expenses and total expense ratio, and compared the advisory fee and expense ratio to fees and expense ratios of a peer group of funds based on data compiled from Lipper, as of the fiscal year end of each fund in the peer group. The Board noted that the New Fund’s proposed advisory fee of 0.60% would rank in the 49th percentile of the Lipper peer group actual management fees as of December 30, 2019 (1st percentile would be the highest advisory fee). The Board considered that the Adviser will reimburse the New Fund for annual expenses in excess of 0.95% of average daily net (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, other investment-related expenses, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses, such as litigation and other expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the New Fund’s business) for a three-year period, which would rank the New Fund’s expense ratio in the 64th percentile (1st percentile would be the highest expense ratio). In addition, the New Fund’s advisory fee rate as compared to fees charged by the Adviser for similarly managed institutional accounts. With respect to institutional accounts, the Board noted that: (i) both the mix of services provided and the level of responsibility and resources required under the Agreement were significantly greater as compared to the Adviser’s obligations for managing the other accounts; and (ii) the advisory fees for the other accounts are less relevant to the Board’s consideration because they reflect significantly different competitive forces than those in the mutual fund marketplace.

 

On the basis of the information provided, the Board concluded that the proposed advisory fee was reasonable and appropriate in light of the nature and quality of services expected to be provided by the Adviser.

 


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Profitability and Economies of Scale. In considering the reasonableness of the proposed advisory fee, the Board considered the undertaking by the Adviser to assume the New Fund’s organizational expenses as well as to reimburse New Fund expenses exceeding a 0.95% cap (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, other investment-related expenses, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses, such as litigation and other expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the New Fund’s business) for a three-year period.

 

The Board also considered potential economies of scale with respect to the management of the New Fund and whether the New Fund will benefit from any economies of scale. The Board noted the Adviser’s estimation that it will not earn its full fee until net assets reach approximately $75 million.

 

Other Benefits to the Adviser and its Affiliates. The Board also considered the character and amount of other incidental benefits to be received by the Adviser and its affiliates. The Board noted that the Adviser expects to earn fall-out benefits in the form of soft dollar credits from its relationship with the New Fund. The Board concluded that the proposed advisory fee was reasonable in light of any anticipated fall-out benefits.

 

Based on all of the information considered and the conclusions reached, the Board determined that the terms of the Agreement for the New Fund were fair and reasonable and that the approval of the Agreement is in the best interests of the New Fund. No single factor was determinative in the Board’s analysis.

 


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Board Review of Liquidity Risk Management Program

 

 

Pursuant to Rule 22e-4 under the 1940 Act, the Funds have adopted a liquidity risk management program. The program’s principal objectives include assessing, managing and periodically reviewing each Fund’s liquidity risk, based on factors specific to the circumstances of the Fund. Liquidity risk is defined as the risk that a Fund could not meet redemption requests without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the Fund.

 

The Adviser has been designated by the Board to administer the Funds’ liquidity risk management program. At a board meeting during the period ended June 30, 2020, The Adviser provided the Board with a report addressing the operations of the program and assessing its adequacy and effectiveness of implementation, including:

 

 

the program supported each Fund’s ability to honor redemption requests timely;

 

 

the program supported the Adviser’s management of each Fund’s liquidity profile, including during periods of market volatility and net redemptions;

 

 

no material liquidity issues were identified during the period;

 

 

there were no material changes to the program during the period;

 

 

the implementation of the program was effective to manage each Fund’s liquidity risk; and

 

 

the program operated adequately during the period.

 

There can be no assurance that the program will achieve its objectives in the future. Please refer to the prospectus for more information regarding each Fund’s exposure to liquidity risk and other principal risks to which an investment in the Funds may be subject.

 


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PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND PROXY VOTING RECORD
A description of the Funds’ policies and procedures with respect to the voting of proxies relating to the Funds’ portfolio securities is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-560-6111. This information is also available on the Funds’ website at http://www.driehaus.com.
Information regarding how the Funds voted proxies related to portfolio securities during the 12-month period ended June 30, 2020 is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-560-6111. This information is also available on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) website at http://www.sec.gov.
HOW TO OBTAIN QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
Each Fund files a complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form NPORT-EX. The Funds’ Form NPORT-EX is available electronically on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. Each Fund’s complete schedule of portfolio holdings is also available on the Fund’s website at http://www.driehaus.com.


Driehaus Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund
Performance Overview (unaudited)

The performance summarized below is historical and does not represent future results. Investment returns and principal value vary, and you may have a gain or loss when you sell shares. Performance data presented measures the change in the value of an investment in the Fund, assuming reinvestment of all dividends and capital gains.
The table does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. The graph compares the results of a $10,000 investment in the Fund since April 10, 2017 (the date of the Fund’s inception), with all dividends and capital gains reinvested, with the indicated indices (and dividends reinvested) for the same period.
Cumulative Total Returns as of 6/30/20 1 Year 3 Years Since Inception
(4/10/17 - 6/30/20)
Driehaus Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund (DMAGX)1 8.41% 6.92% 8.42%
MSCI EM/JP Morgan GBI Blended Index2 (2.82)% 1.72% 3.12%
MSCI Emerging Markets Index-N3 (3.39)% 1.90% 3.58%

1 Prior to January 29, 2020, the Driehaus Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund was known as the Driehaus Multi-Asset Growth Economies Fund. The returns for the period reflect fee waivers and/or reimbursements without which performance would have been lower.
2 The MSCI EM/JPMorgan GBI Blended Index is an equally weighted benchmark comprised of 50 percent by the Morgan Stanley Capital International Emerging Markets Index-Net (MSCI EM) and 50 percent by the JPMorgan Global Bond Index Emerging Markets Global Diversified (JPMorgan GBI). The MSCI EM is a market capitalization-weighted index designed to measure equity market performance in emerging markets and the JPMorgan GBI tracks debt instruments in the emerging markets. Source: Morgan Stanley Capital International Inc. and JPMorgan.
3 The Morgan Stanley Capital International Emerging Markets Index-Net (MSCI Emerging Markets Index-N) is a market capitalization-weighted index designed to measure equity market performance in emerging markets. Data is in U.S. dollars and is calculated with net dividend reinvestment. Source: Morgan Stanley Capital International Inc.
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Driehaus Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020 (unaudited)

  Shares,
Principal
Amount, or
Number of
Contracts
Value
SOVEREIGN BONDS — 17.85%
Brazil — 2.15%
Brazilian Government International Bond
4.62, 1/13/281
$500,000 $522,755
Brazilian Government International Bond
4.50, 5/30/291
200,000 204,988
    727,743
China — 1.30%
China Government Bond
3.20, 3/16/242
1,200,0002 173,963
China Government Bond
3.54, 8/16/282
1,800,0002 265,777
    439,740
Czech Republic — 1.10%
Czech Republic Government Bond
4.70, 9/12/222
8,000,0002 371,485
Egypt — 2.36%
Egypt Government Bond
17.00, 4/3/222
6,500,0002 426,355
Egypt Government International Bond
8.70, 3/1/491
380,000 374,078
    800,433
Indonesia — 1.42%
Indonesia Treasury Bond
8.37, 9/15/262
3,400,000,0002 257,172
Indonesia Treasury Bond
8.25, 5/15/292
3,000,000,0002 224,249
    481,421
Malaysia — 1.04%
Malaysia Government Bond
3.89, 8/15/292
1,400,0002 352,621
Mexico — 3.62%
Mexican Bonos
8.50, 11/18/382
14,800,0002 764,646
Mexico Government International Bond
4.50, 4/22/291
260,000 282,490
Petroleos Mexicanos
6.50, 3/13/271
200,000 180,504
    1,227,640
Peru — 1.01%
Peruvian Government International Bond
6.95, 8/12/312
1,000,0002 343,693
South Africa — 0.81%
Republic of South Africa Government Bond
8.50, 1/31/372
5,900,0002 275,340
  Shares,
Principal
Amount, or
Number of
Contracts
Value
Turkey — 1.40%
Turkey Government International Bond
7.63, 4/26/291
$450,000 $473,246
Ukraine — 1.64%
Ukraine Government International Bond
7.38, 9/25/321
550,000 554,255
Total SOVEREIGN BONDS
(Cost $6,029,314)
  6,047,617
EQUITY SECURITIES — 77.47%
Brazil — 4.35%
Cia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo - ADR*,1,3 17,803 187,110
Gerdau SA - SP ADR1 79,438 235,136
LOG Commercial Properties e Participacoes SA 65,796 398,665
Magazine Luiza SA* 24,652 324,804
Pagseguro Digital Ltd. - A*,1,3 9,230 326,188
    1,471,903
Canada — 1.06%
B2Gold Corp. 63,377 360,394
Chile — 0.97%
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA - SP ADR 2.71%1,3,4 12,549 327,152
China — 29.70%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.* 21,500 580,152
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. - SP ADR*,1,3 4,462 962,453
BGI Genomics Co. Ltd. - A* 9,527 209,996
China Construction Bank Corp. - H 307,142 249,824
China Feihe Ltd.5 87,753 176,832
China Merchants Bank Co. Ltd. - H 45,500 210,853
China Tourism Group Duty Free Corp. Ltd. - A 22,094 484,219
CIFI Holdings Group Co. Ltd. 164,107 129,277
Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. - A 11,100 276,658
Hundsun Technologies, Inc - A 21,730 332,591
Innovent Biologics, Inc.*,5 48,500 360,971
JD.com, Inc. - ADR*,1,3 5,722 344,350
Jinxin Fertility Group Ltd.5 204,000 310,071
Li Ning Co. Ltd. 51,016 163,376
Luxshare Precision Industry Co. Ltd. - A 41,258 301,654
Meituan Dianping - B* 16,990 379,665
Ping An Healthcare and Technology Co. Ltd.*,5 32,823 503,227
 
Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Schedule.
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Driehaus Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020 (unaudited)

  Shares,
Principal
Amount, or
Number of
Contracts
Value
Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China Ltd. - H 29,959 $298,661
Sany Heavy Industry Co. Ltd. - A 96,700 257,929
Silergy Corp. 3,953 258,954
TAL Education Group - ADR*,1,3 4,740 324,121
Tencent Holdings Ltd. 32,700 2,095,348
Wuxi Biologics Cayman, Inc.*,5 17,129 314,413
Yum China Holdings, Inc.1,3 5,796 278,614
Zhangzhou Pientzehuang Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. - A 10,629 256,716
    10,060,925
France — 1.31%
L'Oreal SA* 1,372 442,808
Hong Kong — 3.98%
AIA Group Ltd. 35,794 334,946
Alibaba Health Information Technology Ltd.* 90,000 264,661
Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd. 25,233 173,092
Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd. 6,602 281,191
Sun Art Retail Group Ltd. 171,840 294,813
    1,348,703
India — 6.52%
Bharti Airtel Ltd.* 34,528 256,438
HDFC Bank Ltd. - ADR1,3 7,673 348,815
Hindustan Unilever Ltd. 17,763 513,542
ICICI Bank Ltd. - SP ADR1,3 37,702 350,252
Reliance Industries Ltd. 22,826 519,210
Tech Mahindra Ltd. 30,614 220,272
    2,208,529
Indonesia — 0.99%
Bank Central Asia Tbk PT 167,449 335,032
Mexico — 0.46%
Wal-Mart de Mexico SAB de CV 64,835 155,568
Netherlands — 0.94%
ASML Holding NV 874 319,721
Poland — 1.58%
CD Projekt SA* 2,494 251,329
Dino Polska SA*,5 5,559 283,165
    534,494
Russia — 3.73%
LUKOIL PJSC - SP ADR1 4,935 366,839
Sberbank of Russia PJSC - SP ADR1 29,970 340,691
Tatneft PJSC - SP ADR1 3,941 183,535
Yandex NV - A*,1,3 7,450 372,649
    1,263,714
  Shares,
Principal
Amount, or
Number of
Contracts
  Value
Singapore — 1.09%
Sea Ltd. - ADR*,1,3 3,425   $367,297
Slovenia — 0.57%
Nova Ljubljanska Banka dd - GDR 22,452   193,379
South Africa — 1.10%
Anglo American Platinum Ltd. 5,117   372,404
South Korea — 7.34%
KB Financial Group, Inc. 6,445   182,455
Kia Motors Corp. 6,498   175,593
Macquarie Korea Infrastructure Fund 44,563   423,719
NAVER Corp. 1,515   340,850
NICE Information Service Co. Ltd. 15,539   237,437
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. 16,314   722,182
SK Hynix, Inc. 5,671   404,901
      2,487,137
Sweden — 0.97%
Spotify Technology SA*,1,3 1,268   327,385
Taiwan — 8.42%
Accton Technology Corp. 39,705   308,333
Kindom Development Co. Ltd. 365,000   386,082
MediaTek, Inc. 21,839   431,771
Parade Technologies Ltd. 11,000   368,698
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. 107,445   1,147,461
Taiwan Union Technology Corp. 43,000   211,120
      2,853,465
United Arab Emirates — 0.44%
Network International Holdings PLC*,5 27,486   150,467
United States — 1.95%
Facebook, Inc. - A*,3 1,290   292,920
NVIDIA Corp.3 969   368,134
      661,054
Total EQUITY SECURITIES
(Cost $19,471,967)
    26,241,531
SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS — 4.94%
Northern Institutional U.S. Government Select Portfolio (Shares Class), 0.13% 1,672,200   1,672,200
TOTAL INVESTMENTS
(Cost $27,173,481)
    33,961,348
Other Assets In Excess Liabilities (0.26)%   (87,717)
Net Assets 100.00%   $33,873,631
    
ADR American Depositary Receipt
 
Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Schedule.
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Driehaus Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020 (unaudited)

GDR Global Depositary Receipt
PJSC Public Joint Stock Company
PLC Public Limited Company
SP ADR Sponsored American Depositary Receipt
    
* Non-income producing security.
1 Foreign security denominated in U.S. dollars and traded in the U.S.
2 Foreign security, par value shown in local currency.
3 All or a portion of this security is pledged as collateral for short sales or derivatives transactions.
4 Current yield is disclosed. Dividends are calculated based on a percentage of the issuer’s net income.
5 Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Unless otherwise indicated, this security has been determined to be liquid under procedures established by Driehaus Mutual Funds’ Board of Trustees and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. The total value of these securities is $2,099,146, which represents 6% of Net Assets.
Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.
Security Type   Percent of Total
Net Assets
Sovereign Bonds   17.85%
Equity Securities   77.47%
Short Term Investments   4.94%
Total Investments   100.26%
Other Assets less Liabilities   (0.26)%
Total Net Assets   100.00%
Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.
 
FORWARD FOREIGN CURRENCY CONTRACTS
Counterparty Currency
Purchased
Currency Sold Settlement
Date
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
Goldman Sachs EUR 301,635 JPY 35,019,603 7/20/2020 $14,627
Goldman Sachs CNH 21,400,248 USD 3,020,294 7/3/2020 5,837
SUBTOTAL APPRECIATION $20,464
Goldman Sachs JPY 35,019,603 EUR 300,000 7/20/2020 (12,789)
Goldman Sachs USD 3,000,000 CNH 21,400,248 7/3/2020 (26,131)
SUBTOTAL DEPRECIATION $(38,920)
TOTAL FORWARD FOREIGN CURRENCY CONTRACTS $(18,456)
    
EUR = Euro
JPY = Japanese Yen
CNH = Chinese Offshore Yuan
USD = United States Dollar
Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Schedule.
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Driehaus Event Driven Fund
Performance Overview (unaudited)

The performance summarized below is historical and does not represent future results. Investment returns and principal value vary, and you may have a gain or loss when you sell shares. Performance data presented measures the change in the value of an investment in the Fund, assuming reinvestment of all dividends and capital gains.
The table does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. The graph compares the results of a $10,000 investment in the Fund since August 26, 2013 (the date of the Fund’s inception), with all dividends and capital gains reinvested, with the indicated indices (and dividends reinvested) for the same period.
Cumulative Total Returns as of 6/30/20 1 Year 3 Years 5 Years Since Inception
(8/26/13 - 6/30/20)
Driehaus Event Driven Fund (DEVDX)1 6.12% 6.01% 4.74% 4.53%
S&P 500 Index2 7.51% 10.73% 10.73% 11.79%
FTSE 3-Month T-Bill Index3 1.55% 1.72% 1.15% 0.85%

1 The returns for the periods prior to March 1, 2014, reflect fee waivers and/or reimbursements without which performance would have been lower.
2 The S&P 500 Index consists of 500 stocks chosen for market size, liquidity and industry group. It is a market-weighted index, with each stock’s weight in the index proportionate to its market value.
3 The FTSE 3-Month T-Bill Index is designed to mirror the performance of the 3-month U.S. Treasury Bill. The FTSE 3-Month T-Bill Index is unmanaged and its returns reflect reinvestment of all distributions and changes in market prices.
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Driehaus Event Driven Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020 (unaudited)

  Shares,
Principal
Amount, or
Number of
Contracts
Value
CONVERTIBLE BONDS — 1.59%
Pharmaceuticals — 1.59%
Cytokinetics, Inc. 
4.00%, 11/15/261
$700,000 $1,662,679
CORPORATE BONDS — 18.35%
Agriculture — 0.66%
Vector Group Ltd. 
6.12%, 2/1/251,2
715,000 686,400
Banks — 5.13%
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 
4.23%, (3-Month USD Libor + 347 basis points), 10/30/201,3,4
3,773,000 3,434,562
USB Realty Corp. 
2.37%, (3-Month USD Libor + 115 basis points), 1/15/221,2,3,4
2,428,000 1,936,330
    5,370,892
Diversified Financial Services — 1.07%
ILFC E-Capital Trust I 
3.02%, 12/21/651,2,4,5
2,269,000 1,115,236
Insurance — 2.16%
Fidelity & Guaranty Life Holdings, Inc. 
5.50%, 5/1/251,2
2,092,000 2,259,360
Internet — 0.37%
Uber Technologies, Inc. 
7.50%, 11/1/231,2
380,000 383,800
Lodging — 1.48%
Arrow Bidco LLC 
9.50%, 3/15/241,2
1,985,000 1,548,300
Telecommunications — 7.48%
Cincinnati Bell, Inc. 
7.00%, 7/15/241,2
1,674,000 1,707,480
Consolidated Communications, Inc. 
6.50%, 10/1/221
4,739,000 4,358,932
HC2 Holdings, Inc. 
11.50%, 12/1/211,2
1,842,500 1,754,982
    7,821,394
Total CORPORATE BONDS
(Cost $20,016,532)
  19,185,382
FOREIGN ISSUER BONDS — 1.24%
Oil & Gas — 1.24%
Transocean Pontus Ltd. (Cayman Islands) 
6.12%, 8/1/251,2,6
1,490,475 1,296,713
COMMON STOCKS — 42.00%
Advertising — 0.26%
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.*,1 263,472 274,011
  Shares,
Principal
Amount, or
Number of
Contracts
Value
Banks — 1.07%
HarborOne Bancorp, Inc.*,1 $131,735 $1,125,017
Biotechnology — 7.28%
Argenx SE - ADR (Netherlands)*,1,6 7,105 1,600,259
Ascendis Pharma A/S - ADR (Denmark)*,1,6 9,653 1,427,679
Black Diamond Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 28,947 1,220,405
Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 60,631 1,062,255
Gamida Cell Ltd. (Israel)*,1,6 205,628 939,720
Orchard Therapeutics PLC (United Kingdom)*,1,6 100,065 600,390
SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 16,668 700,056
Sutro Biopharma, Inc.*,1 8,054 62,499
    7,613,263
Electric — 0.75%
Vistra Energy Corp.1 42,301 787,645
Healthcare - Products — 2.85%
Alphatec Holdings, Inc.*,1 57,772 271,528
SeaSpine Holdings Corp.*,1 91,750 960,623
Wright Medical Group NV (Netherlands)*,1,6 58,695 1,744,415
    2,976,566
Healthcare - Services — 1.77%
SI-BONE, Inc.*,1 62,555 997,127
Vapotherm, Inc.*,1 20,809 852,961
    1,850,088
Holding Companies-Diversified — 6.00%
Flying Eagle Acquisition Corp. - A*,1 184,340 2,024,053
Gores Holdings IV, Inc. - A*,1 109,100 1,101,910
Landcadia Holdings II, Inc. - A*,1 56,450 922,958
Longview Acquisition Corp.*,1 88,800 896,880
Professional Holding Corp. - A*,1 22,875 317,505
Sustainable Opportunities Acquisition Corp.*,1 100,200 1,012,020
    6,275,326
Lodging — 2.26%
Caesars Entertainment Corp.*,1 195,039 2,365,823
Pharmaceuticals — 13.35%
AdaptHealth Corp.*,1 115,658 1,862,094
Bioxcel Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 15,903 843,018
Cytokinetics, Inc.*,1 171,126 4,033,440
Ideaya Biosciences, Inc.*,1 84,997 1,207,807
Merus NV (Netherlands)*,1,6 30,638 492,966
MyoKardia, Inc.*,1 32,949 3,183,532
 
Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Schedule.
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Driehaus Event Driven Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020 (unaudited)

  Shares,
Principal
Amount, or
Number of
Contracts
Value
Odonate Therapeutics, Inc.*,1 $44,720 $1,893,445
scPharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1 59,940 441,158
    13,957,460
REITS — 2.31%
MGM Growth Properties LLC - A1 56,970 1,550,154
Taubman Centers, Inc.1 22,845 862,627
    2,412,781
Retail — 1.13%
Tiffany & Co.1 9,682 1,180,623
Savings & Loans — 1.46%
Waterstone Financial, Inc.1 102,884 1,525,770
Telecommunications — 1.51%
Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc.*,1 188,672 1,277,309
HC2 Holdings, Inc.*,1 90,338 301,729
    1,579,038
Total COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $37,627,637)
  43,923,411
PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC EQUITY (PIPES) — 1.91%
Healthcare - Services — 1.91%
Invitae Corp. *,^,1,7   1,994,066
CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS — 0.00%
Auto Manufacturers — 0.00%
General Motors Corp. Senior Convertible Preferred Escrow - B*,^ 25,000
General Motors Corp. Senior Convertible Preferred Escrow - C*,^ 162,750
   
MASTER LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS — 0.44%
Trucking & Leasing — 0.44%
Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors LLC1 35,650 463,093
PREFERRED STOCKS — 1.88%
Banks — 1.88%
GMAC Capital Trust I
6.18%, (3-Month USD Libor + 579 basis points), 2/15/401,4
87,226 1,968,691
PRIVATE PREFERRED STOCKS — 1.48%
Biotechnology — 1.48%
14ner Oncology, Inc. Private Equity*,^,1 1,550,000 1,550,000
WARRANTS — 0.54%
AdaptHealth Corp.*,1 69,352 337,050
Flying Eagle Acquisition Corp. - A*,1 34,435 103,305
  Shares,
Principal
Amount, or
Number of
Contracts
  Value
Gores Holdings IV, Inc. - A*,1 25,000   $45,000
Healthcare Merger Corp.*,1 70,000   80,500
X4 Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,^,1 5,547   3
Total WARRANTS
(Cost $121,220)
    565,858
SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS — 25.15%
Northern Institutional Treasury Portfolio (Premier Class), 0.10% 26,294,391   26,294,391
TOTAL INVESTMENTS
(Cost $89,836,816)
94.58%   $98,904,284
Other Assets In Excess Liabilities 5.42%   5,666,212
Net Assets 100.00%   $104,570,496
INVESTMENT SECURITIES SOLD SHORT—(11.46)%
CORPORATE BONDS — (1.10)%
Advertising — (0.91)%
Outfront Media Capital LLC / Outfront Media Capital Corp.
5.00%, 8/15/272
$(1,056,000)   (950,400)
REITS — (0.19)%
MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP / MGP Finance Co-Issuer, Inc.
4.63%, 6/15/252
(210,000)   (205,355)
Total CORPORATE BONDS
(Proceeds $1,210,478)
    (1,155,755)
COMMON STOCKS — (0.60)%
Agriculture — (0.05)%
Vector Group Ltd. (5,278)   (53,097)
Diversified Financial Services — (0.07)%
AerCap Holdings NV (Ireland)*,6 (2,277)   (70,132)
Entertainment — (0.39)%
Eldorado Resorts, Inc.* (10,258)   (410,935)
Telecommunications — (0.09)%
Cincinnati Bell, Inc.* (6,000)   (89,100)
Total COMMON STOCKS
(Proceeds $428,313)
    (623,264)
EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS — (9.76)%
iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF (28,860)   (3,944,873)
SPDR S&P Biotech ETF (47,114)   (5,274,412)
SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (25,691)   (986,278)
Total EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS
(Proceeds $7,566,319)
    (10,205,563)
 
Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Schedule.
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Driehaus Event Driven Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020 (unaudited)

  Shares,
Principal
Amount, or
Number of
Contracts
Value
TOTAL INVESTMENT SECURITIES SOLD SHORT
(Proceeds $9,205,110)
(11.46)% $(11,984,582)
    
ADR American Depositary Receipt
PLC Public Limited Company
    
* Non-income producing security.
^ Security valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Adviser, in accordance with procedures established by, and under the general supervision of, the Trust’s Board of Trustee. The security is valued using significant unobservable inputs.
1 All or a portion of this security is pledged as collateral for short sales or derivatives transactions.
2 Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Unless otherwise indicated, this security has been determined to be liquid under procedures established by Driehaus Mutual Funds’ Board of Trustees and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. The total value of these securities is $11,532,846, which represents 11% of Net Assets.
3 Perpetual security. Maturity date shown is the next call date or final legal maturity date, whichever comes first.
4 Variable rate security. Rates disclosed as of June 30, 2020.
5 The coupon rate equals 155 basis points plus the highest of the LIBOR 3 Month, the Constant Maturity Treasury 10 year rate, and the Constant Maturity Treasury 30 year rate, with a maximum of 12.95%.
6 Foreign security denominated in U.S. dollars and traded in the U.S.
7 The entire commitment to purchase 148,368 shares for $2,500,001 was unfunded as of June 30, 2020.
Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.
Security Type   Percent of Total
Net Assets
Convertible Bonds   1.59%
Corporate Bonds   18.35%
Common Stocks   42.00%
Convertible Preferred Stocks   0.00%
Foreign Issuer Bonds   1.24%
Master Limited Partnerships   0.44%
Preferred Stocks   1.88%
Private Investment in Public Equity   4.30%
Private Preferred Stocks   1.48%
Warrants   0.54%
Short Term Investments   25.15%
Total Investments   96.97%
Other Assets less Liabilities   3.03%
Total Net Assets   100.00%
Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.
 
Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Schedule.
9


Driehaus Active Income Fund
Performance Overview (unaudited)

The performance summarized below is historical and does not represent future results. Investment returns and principal value vary, and you may have a gain or loss when you sell shares. Performance data presented measures the change in the value of an investment in the Fund, assuming reinvestment of all dividends and capital gains. Average annual total return reflects annualized change.
The table does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. The graph compares the results of a $25,000 investment (minimum investment) in the Fund over the last 10 fiscal year periods (which includes performance of the Predecessor Fund), with all dividends and capital gains reinvested, with the indicated indices (and dividends reinvested) for the same period.
Average Annual Total Returns as of 6/30/20 1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years
Driehaus Active Income Fund (LCMAX) (4.50)% (0.91)% 0.19% 1.25%
FTSE 3-Month T-Bill Index1 1.55% 1.72% 1.15% 0.61%
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index2 8.74% 5.32% 4.30% 3.82%

1 The FTSE 3-Month T-Bill Index is designed to mirror the performance of the 3-month U.S. Treasury Bill. The FTSE 3-Month T-Bill Index is unmanaged and its returns reflect reinvestment of all distributions and changes in market prices.
2 The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, an unmanaged index, represents securities that are SEC-registered, taxable and dollar denominated. This index covers the U.S. investment grade fixed rate bond market, with index components for government and corporate securities, mortgage pass-through securities and asset-backed securities. These major sectors are subdivided into more specific indices that are calculated and reported on a regular basis.
10


Driehaus Active Income Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020 (unaudited)

  Shares,
Principal
Amount, or
Number of
Contracts
Value
BANK LOANS — 8.55%
Computers — 2.44%
McAfee LLC, Initial Loan 
9.50%, (1-Month USD Libor+850 basis points), 9/29/251,2
$2,463,636 $2,446,391
Healthcare - Services — 0.27%
Heartland Dental LLC, Initial Term Loan 
3.68%, (1-Month USD Libor+350 basis points), 4/30/251,2
303,244 269,002
Investment Companies — 3.53%
Larchmont Resources LLC, Tranche A Term Loan 
8.00%, (3-Month USD Libor+700 basis points), 8/7/20^,1,2
5,884,141 3,530,484
Software — 2.31%
Blackboard Inc., Term B-5 Loan 
7.00%, (3-Month USD Libor+500 basis points), 6/30/241,2
2,481,250 2,307,562
Total BANK LOANS
(Cost $10,935,586)
  8,553,439
CORPORATE BONDS — 58.58%
Agriculture — 1.26%
Vector Group Ltd. 
6.13%, 2/1/253,4
1,310,000 1,257,600
Auto Manufacturers — 1.07%
Navistar International Corp. 
9.50%, 5/1/253
1,000,000 1,071,550
Banks — 5.91%
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 
4.23%, (3-Month USD Libor + 347 basis points), 10/30/204,5,6
2,915,000 2,653,525
USB Realty Corp. 
2.37%, (3-Month USD Libor + 115 basis points), 1/15/223,5,6
4,085,000 3,257,787
    5,911,312
Beverages — 1.26%
Cott Holdings, Inc. 
5.50%, 4/1/253
1,250,000 1,256,362
Commercial Services — 1.80%
Nielsen Finance LLC / Nielsen Finance Co. 
5.00%, 4/15/223
1,809,000 1,802,596
Computers — 2.39%
NCR Corp. 
6.38%, 12/15/234
1,000,000 1,016,250
  Shares,
Principal
Amount, or
Number of
Contracts
Value
NCR Corp. 
8.12%, 4/15/253
$1,300,000 $1,378,000
    2,394,250
Cosmetics/Personal Care — 2.89%
Avon International Operations, Inc. 
7.87%, 8/15/223,4
2,886,000 2,890,329
Diversified Financial Services — 1.80%
ILFC E-Capital Trust I 
3.02%, 12/21/653,6,7
1,906,000 936,818
ILFC E-Capital Trust I 
3.02%, 12/21/656,8
1,750,000 860,143
    1,796,961
Electrical Components & Equipments — 1.03%
Energizer Holdings, Inc. 
6.38%, 7/15/263
1,000,000 1,033,960
Entertainment — 2.02%
Lions Gate Capital Holdings LLC 
6.38%, 2/1/243,4
2,070,000 2,018,250
Food — 2.04%
Albertsons Cos., Inc. / Safeway, Inc. / New Albertsons LP / Albertsons LLC 
5.75%, 3/15/25
2,000,000 2,043,760
Insurance — 2.99%
Acrisure LLC / Acrisure Finance, Inc. 
8.12%, 2/15/243,4
1,318,000 1,370,325
Fidelity & Guaranty Life Holdings, Inc. 
5.50%, 5/1/253
1,500,000 1,620,000
    2,990,325
Internet — 2.02%
Uber Technologies, Inc. 
7.50%, 11/1/233
2,000,000 2,020,000
Investment Companies — 2.88%
Compass Group Diversified Holdings LLC 
8.00%, 5/1/263
1,118,000 1,136,928
Icahn Enterprises LP / Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp. 
4.75%, 9/15/24
1,851,000 1,740,310
    2,877,238
Iron/Steel — 1.69%
AK Steel Corp. 
7.63%, 10/1/214
1,775,000 1,686,251
Media — 4.37%
CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings Capital Corp. 
5.38%, 5/1/253
1,000,000 1,025,000
GCI LLC 
6.87%, 4/15/25
1,000,000 1,030,000
 
Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Schedule.
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Driehaus Active Income Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020 (unaudited)

  Shares,
Principal
Amount, or
Number of
Contracts
Value
Sirius XM Radio, Inc. 
5.37%, 4/15/253
$1,000,000 $1,027,000
Townsquare Media, Inc. 
6.50%, 4/1/233
1,500,000 1,290,000
    4,372,000
Mining — 0.26%
Compass Minerals International, Inc. 
6.75%, 12/1/273
250,000 262,500
Oil & Gas Services — 2.46%
Archrock Partners LP / Archrock Partners Finance Corp. 
6.87%, 4/1/273,4
2,372,000 2,234,424
Archrock Partners LP / Archrock Partners Finance Corp. 
6.25%, 4/1/283
250,000 227,500
    2,461,924
Pharmaceuticals — 2.76%
HLF Financing Sarl LLC / Herbalife International, Inc. 
7.25%, 8/15/263,4
2,745,000 2,758,725
Telecommunications — 9.70%
Cincinnati Bell, Inc. 
7.00%, 7/15/243,4
3,000,000 3,060,000
Consolidated Communications, Inc. 
6.50%, 10/1/224
5,451,000 5,013,830
HC2 Holdings, Inc. 
11.50%, 12/1/213,4
634,000 603,885
T-Mobile USA, Inc. 
3.50%, 4/15/253
500,000 544,195
Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. 
4.00%, 3/1/273
250,000 237,890
Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. 
6.12%, 3/1/283
250,000 243,125
    9,702,925
Transportation — 3.03%
Cargo Aircraft Management, Inc. 
4.75%, 2/1/283,4
2,000,000 1,982,500
XPO Logistics, Inc. 
6.25%, 5/1/253
1,000,000 1,047,500
    3,030,000
Trucking & Leasing — 2.95%
Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors LLC 
6.75%, 3/15/223,4
3,070,000 2,948,612
Total CORPORATE BONDS
(Cost $61,517,430)
  58,587,430
  Shares,
Principal
Amount, or
Number of
Contracts
  Value
FOREIGN ISSUER BONDS — 5.53%
Media — 2.81%
LCPR Senior Secured Financing DAC (Ireland) 
6.75%, 10/15/273,9
$2,750,000   $2,805,000
Oil & Gas — 2.72%
Transocean Pontus Ltd. (Cayman Islands) 
6.12%, 8/1/253,4,9
3,131,250   2,724,187
Total FOREIGN ISSUER BONDS
(Cost $5,920,387)
    5,529,187
COMMON STOCKS — 0.36%
Telecommunications — 0.36%
Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc.* 53,265   360,604
CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS — 0.00%
Auto Manufacturers — 0.00%
General Motors Corp. Senior Convertible Preferred Escrow - B*,^ 475,000   0
General Motors Corp. Senior Convertible Preferred Escrow - C*,^ 11,790,650   0
      0
PREFERRED STOCKS — 2.12%
Banks — 2.12%
GMAC Capital Trust I
6.18%, (3-Month USD Libor + 579 basis points), 2/15/404,6
93,866   2,118,556
PRIVATE STOCK — 0.12%
Investment Companies — 0.12%
Larchmont Resources LLC^ 7,824   117,360
SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS — 22.15%
Northern Institutional Treasury Portfolio (Premier Class), 0.10% 22,150,523   22,150,523
TOTAL INVESTMENTS
(Cost $104,193,115)
97.41%   $97,417,099
Other Assets In Excess Liabilities 2.59%   2,593,971
Net Assets 100.00%   $100,011,070
INVESTMENT SECURITIES SOLD SHORT—(3.86)%
CORPORATE BONDS — (2.61)%
Advertising — (1.08)%
Outfront Media Capital LLC / Outfront Media Capital Corp.
5.00%, 8/15/273
(1,200,000)   (1,080,000)
 
Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Schedule.
12


Driehaus Active Income Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020 (unaudited)

  Shares,
Principal
Amount, or
Number of
Contracts
Value
Packaging & Container — (1.04)%
Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc.
6.63%, 5/13/273
$(1,000,000) $(1,040,000)
Software — (0.49)%
Blackboard, Inc.
10.37%, 11/15/243
(500,000) (487,500)
Total CORPORATE BONDS
(Proceeds $2,623,565)
  (2,607,500)
MASTER LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS — (0.17)%
Investment Companies — (0.17)%
Compass Diversified Holdings
0.00%,
(10,000) (172,400)
COMMON STOCKS — (1.08)%
Agriculture — (0.14)%
Vector Group Ltd. (14,250) (143,355)
Computers — (0.10)%
NCR Corp.* (5,500) (95,260)
Diversified Financial Services — (0.12)%
AerCap Holdings NV (Ireland)*,9 (3,905) (120,274)
Entertainment — (0.18)%
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. - A* (25,000) (185,250)
Iron/Steel — (0.07)%
Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. (12,000) (66,240)
Pharmaceuticals — (0.27)%
Herbalife Nutrition Ltd.* (6,000) (269,880)
Telecommunications — (0.20)%
Cincinnati Bell, Inc.* (13,400) (198,990)
Total COMMON STOCKS
(Proceeds $1,095,370)
  (1,079,249)
TOTAL INVESTMENT SECURITIES SOLD SHORT
(Proceeds $3,901,853)
(3.86)% $(3,859,149)
    
^ Security valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Adviser, in accordance with procedures established by, and under the general supervision of, the Trust’s Board of Trustee. The security is valued using significant unobservable inputs.
* Non-income producing security.
1 Bank loans in which the Fund invests pay interest at rates which are periodically predetermined by reference to a base lending rate plus a premium. These base lending rates are generally (i) the lending rate offered by one or more major European banks, such as the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), (ii) the prime rate offered by one or more United States banks or (iii) the certificate of deposit rate. Certain bank loans are subject to a LIBOR floor that establishes a minimum LIBOR rate. The interest rate shown reflects the rate in effect at June 30, 2020. Bank loans generally are subject to mandatory and/or optional repayment. As a result, the actual remaining maturity may be substantially less than the stated maturities shown.
2 Floating rate security. Rates disclosed as of June 30, 2020.
3 Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Unless otherwise indicated, this security has been determined to be liquid under procedures established by Driehaus Mutual Funds’ Board of Trustees and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. The total value of these securities is $45,465,048, which represents 45% of Net Assets.
4 All or a portion of this security is pledged as collateral for short sales or derivatives transactions.
5 Perpetual security. Maturity date shown is the next call date or final legal maturity date, whichever comes first.
6 Variable rate security. Rates disclosed as of June 30, 2020.
7 The coupon rate equals 155 basis points plus the highest of the LIBOR 3 Month, the Constant Maturity Treasury 10 year rate, and the Constant Maturity Treasury 30 year rate, with a maximum of 12.95%.
8 The coupon rate equals 155 basis points plus the highest of the LIBOR 3 Month, the Constant Maturity Treasury 10 year rate, and the Constant Maturity Treasury 30 year rate, with a maximum of 14.5%.
9 Foreign security denominated in U.S. dollars and traded in the U.S.
Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.
 
Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Schedule.
13


Driehaus Active Income Fund
Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020 (unaudited)

Security Type   Percent of Total
Net Assets
Bank Loans   8.55%
Corporate Bonds   58.58%
Common Stocks   0.36%
Convertible Preferred Stocks   0.00%
Foreign Issuer Bonds   5.53%
Preferred Stocks   2.12%
Private Stock   0.12%
Short Term Investments   22.11%
Total Investments   97.37%
Other Assets less Liabilities   2.63%
Total Net Assets   100.00%
Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.
FUTURES CONTRACTS            
Counterparty Futures Contracts Number of
Contracts
(Short)
Expiration
Date
Notional
Amount
  Value at
June 30, 2020
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
Goldman Sachs E-Mini S&P 500 (United States Dollar) (14) September 18, 2020 $(2,163,140)   $(2,154,205)   $8,935
Goldman Sachs U.S. 5 Year Treasury Note (15) September 30, 2020 (1,886,133)   (1,891,601)   (5,468)
Goldman Sachs U.S. 10 Year Treasury Note (9) September 21, 2020 (1,252,547)   (1,256,995)   (4,448)
Goldman Sachs U.S. Treasury Long Bond (2) September 21, 2020 (357,125)   (359,475)   (2,350)
TOTAL FUTURES CONTRACTS $(5,658,945)   $(5,662,276)   $(3,331)
Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Schedule.
14


Driehaus Mutual Funds
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
June 30, 2020 (unaudited)

  Driehaus Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund   Driehaus Event Driven Fund   Driehaus Active Income Fund
ASSETS:          
Investments, at cost $25,501,281   $63,421,205   $82,042,592
Investments securities, at fair value $32,289,148   $72,044,035   $75,266,576
Short-term securities, at fair value (cost $1,672,200, $26,294,391 and $22,150,523, respectively) $1,672,200   $26,294,391   $22,150,523
Warrant securities, at fair value (cost $0, $121,220 and $0, respectively)   565,858  
Foreign currency, at fair value (cost $35,855, $0 and $0, respectively) 35,756    
Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts 20,464    
Collateral held at custodian for the benefit of brokers 144,063   14,615,956   5,805,371
Receivable for investment securities sold 579,676   3,707,072  
Receivable for fund shares sold   90,311   71
Receivable for interest and dividends 155,485   398,988   1,185,856
Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts     2,813
Due from affiliates 13,060    
Prepaid expenses 28,280   48,168   22,178
TOTAL ASSETS 34,938,132   117,764,779   104,433,388
LIABILITIES:          
Payable for investment securities sold short, cost   9,205,110   3,901,853
Payable for investment securities sold short, at fair value   11,984,582   3,859,149
Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts 38,920    
Payable for fund shares redeemed   312,162   226,039
Payable for investment securities purchased 961,670   742,559  
Payable to affiliate 24,234   83,573   47,491
Payable for interest and dividends on securities sold short   20,653   38,142
Payable for variation margin on futures contracts     29,750
Accrued shareholder services plan fees     28,038
Accrued administration and accounting fees 2,865   4,735   15,745
Accrued expenses 36,812   46,019   177,964
TOTAL LIABILITIES 1,064,501   13,194,283   4,422,318
NET ASSETS $33,873,631   $104,570,496   $100,011,070
NET ASSETS CONSISTED OF THE FOLLOWING AT JUNE 30, 2020:          
Paid-in-capital $27,791,629   $99,392,900   $624,066,292
Total distributable earnings (deficit) 6,082,002   5,177,596   (524,055,222)
NET ASSETS $33,873,631   $104,570,496   $100,011,070
NET ASSETS $33,873,631   $104,570,496   $100,011,070
SHARES OUTSTANDING (Unlimited shares authorized, no par value) 2,795,265   8,694,734   11,910,873
NET ASSET VALUE $12.12   $12.03   $8.40
Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Statement.
15


Driehaus Mutual Funds
Statements of Operations
June 30, 2020 (unaudited)

  Driehaus Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund   Driehaus Event Driven Fund   Driehaus Active Income Fund
INVESTMENT INCOME:          
Interest income $297,251   $1,218,494   $3,773,661
Dividend income 142,276   108,463   180,294
Total investment income 439,527   1,326,957   3,953,955
Expenses:          
Investment advisory fees 148,679   411,342   408,283
Shareholder services fees   7,847   1,539
Administration fees 33,705   38,290   57,474
Transfer agent fees 16,161   59,891   176,724
Trustees fees 5,467   9,856   43,508
Custody fees 21,325   16,988   11,162
Reports to shareholders 2,885   7,138   20,413
Professional fees 2,477   5,709   20,645
Audit and tax fees 24,238   25,170   23,847
Federal and state registration fees 10,401   10,872   13,833
Chief compliance officer fees 8,305   8,305   8,305
Income on short positions   53,466   118,739
Interest expense     7,753
Miscellaneous 21,032   16,240   43,808
Total expenses 294,675   671,114   956,033
Fees paid indirectly   (7,585)   (210)
Fees waived by Adviser (130,724)    
Net expenses 163,951   663,529   955,823
Net investment income (loss) 275,576   663,428   2,998,132
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS:          
Net realized gain (loss) on transactions from:          
Investments (443,762)   (1,020,877)   (7,024,449)
Purchased options contracts     (2,036)
Securities sold short   695,799   405,937
Futures contracts     (1,148,339)
Swaps contracts 44,544    
Foreign currency 3,055    
Net realized gain (loss) on investment transactions (396,163)   (325,078)   (7,768,887)
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:          
Investments 9,112   5,766,116   (7,275,096)
Purchased options contracts     28,995
Warrants   344,520  
Securities sold short   (304,928)   438,302
Futures contracts     (124,349)
Swap contracts (26,132)    
Forward foreign currency contracts (18,456)    
Foreign currency (554)    
Foreign currency translations (2,637)    
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment transactions (38,667)   5,805,708   (6,932,148)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment transactions (434,830)   5,480,630   (14,701,035)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS $(159,254)   $6,144,058   $(11,702,903)
Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Statement.
16


Driehaus Mutual Funds
Statements of Changes in Net Assets

  Driehaus Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund   Driehaus Event Driven Fund
  For the six months ended
June 30, 2020
(unaudited)
  For the year
ended
December 31,
2019
  For the six months ended
June 30, 2020
(unaudited)
  For the year
ended
December 31,
2019
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS:              
Operations:              
Net investment income (loss) $275,576   $947,357   $663,428   $1,448,301
Net realized gain (loss) on investment transactions (396,163)   333,334   (325,078)   4,699,382
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment transactions (38,667)   5,614,238   5,805,708   4,010,666
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations (159,254)   6,894,929   6,144,058   10,158,349
Distributions from distributable earnings to shareholders   (443,723)     (2,262,269)
Capital share transactions:              
Proceeds from shares sold 1,351,498   10,925,869   43,189,813   36,050,717
Reinvested distributions   443,412   99,000   2,071,307
Cost of shares redeemed (6,361,670)   (10,414,503)   (14,317,404)   (28,238,483)
Net increase (decrease) from capital transactions (5,010,172)   954,778   28,971,409   9,883,541
Total increase (decrease) in net assets (5,169,426)   7,405,984   35,115,467   17,779,621
NET ASSETS:              
Beginning of period $39,043,057   $31,637,073   $69,455,029   $51,675,408
End of period $33,873,631   $39,043,057   $104,570,496   $69,455,029
Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Statement.
17


Driehaus Mutual Funds
Statements of Changes in Net Assets


    
Driehaus Active Income Fund
For the six months ended
June 30, 2020
(unaudited)
  For the year
ended
December 31,
2019
     
     
$2,998,132   $22,016,763
(7,768,887)   (31,100,746)
(6,932,148)   39,951,481
(11,702,903)   30,867,498
(4,104,061)   (26,303,891)
     
13,632,043   79,909,192
1,814,657   9,520,893
(139,312,376)   (649,333,198)
(123,865,676)   (559,903,113)
(139,672,640)   (555,339,506)
     
$239,683,710   $795,023,216
$100,011,070   $239,683,710
Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Statement.
18


Driehaus Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund
Financial Highlights

  For the six
month period
January 1, 2020
through
June 30, 2020
(unaudited)
  For the year
ended
December 31,
2019
  For the year
ended
December 31,
2018
  For the period
April 10, 2017*
through
December 31,
2017
Net asset value, beginning of period $ 11.94   $ 9.93   $ 11.54   $ 10.00
INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:              
Net investment income1 0.09   0.29   0.24   0.17
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments 0.09   1.86   (1.77)   1.94
Total income (loss) from investment operations 0.18   2.15   (1.53)   2.11
LESS DISTRIBUTIONS:              
Net investment income   (0.14)     (0.16)
Net realized gain     (0.08)   (0.41)
Total distributions   (0.14)   (0.08)   (0.57)
Redemption fees added to paid-in capital 0.002       0.002
Net asset value, end of period $ 12.12   $ 11.94   $ 9.93   $ 11.54
Total Return 1.51%3   21.64%   (13.22)%   21.14%3
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:              
Net assets, end of period (000’s) $ 33,874   $ 39,043   $ 31,637   $ 43,183
Ratio of total expenses before reimbursements, waivers, recaptures and/or fees paid indirectly to average net assets 1.78%4   1.89%   2.05%   2.04%4
Ratio of total expenses net of reimbursements, waivers, recaptures and/or fees paid indirectly to average net assets5 0.99%4,6   1.23%6,7   1.75%6,7   1.75%4
Ratio of net investment income (including dividends and interest on short positions and interest expense) net of reimbursements, waivers, recaptures and/or fees paid indirectly to average net assets5 1.66%4,6   2.67%7   2.19%7   2.12%4
Portfolio turnover 75%3   155%   169%   99%3
    
   
* Fund commenced operations on April 10, 2017.
1 Calculated using the average shares outstanding method.
2 Amount represents less than $0.01 per share.
3 Not annualized.
4 Annualized.
5 Effective May 1, 2019 the Adviser contractually agreed to waive its investment advisory fee or absorb other operating expenses to the extent necessary to ensure that total annual Fund operating expenses (other than interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, dividends and interest on short sales, other investment-related expenses, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses such as litigation and other expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund’s business) would not exceed the Fund’s operating expense cap of 0.99% of average daily net assets until April 30, 2022. Prior to May 1, 2019. the annual operating expense limitation was 1.75%.
6 Such ratios are net of fees paid indirectly (see Note C in the Notes to Financial Statements).
7 The ratio for the fund includes the effect of fees paid indirectly which impacted the ratio by 0.00% for the years 2018 and 2019.
Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Schedule.
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Financial Highlights

  For the six
month period
January 1, 2020
through
June 30, 2020
(unaudited)
  For the year
ended
December 31,
2019
  For the year
ended
December 31,
2018
  For the year
ended
December 31,
2017
  For the year
ended
December 31,
2016
  For the year
ended
December 31,
2015
Net asset value, beginning of period $ 11.55   $ 9.99   $ 10.79   $ 10.34   $ 9.85   $ 10.01
INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:                      
Net investment income1 0.09   0.26   0.25   0.02   0.02   0.05
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments 0.39   1.69   (0.69)   0.43   0.59   (0.15)
Total income (loss) from investment operations 0.48   1.95   (0.44)   0.45   0.61   (0.10)
LESS DISTRIBUTIONS:                      
Net investment income   (0.39)   (0.36)     (0.09)   (0.06)
Tax return of capital         (0.03)  
Total distributions   (0.39)   (0.36)     (0.12)   (0.06)
Net asset value, end of period $ 12.03   $ 11.55   $ 9.99   $ 10.79   $ 10.34   $ 9.85
Total Return 4.16%2   19.53%   (4.03)%   4.35%   6.25%   (1.08)%
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:                      
Net assets, end of period (000’s) $ 104,570   $ 69,455   $ 51,675   $ 165,648   $ 256,482   $ 232,456
Ratio of total expenses before reimbursements, waivers, recaptures and/or fees paid indirectly to average net assets 1.63%3   1.93%   1.90%   1.77%   2.03%   1.86%
Ratio of total expenses net of reimbursements, waivers, recaptures and/or fees paid indirectly to average net assets 1.61%3,4,5,6   1.90%4,5,6   1.88%4,5,6   1.76%4,5,6   2.01%4,5,6   1.86%
Ratio of net investment income (including dividends and interest on short positions and interest expense) net of reimbursements, waivers, recaptures and/or fees paid indirectly to average net assets 1.61%3,5,6   2.33%5   2.25%5   0.17%5   0.19%5   0.45%
Portfolio turnover 83%2   111%   101%   198%   246%   400%
    
   
1 Calculated using the average shares outstanding method.
2 Not annualized.
3 Annualized.
4 The ratio for the fund includes the effect of income on short positions which increased the ratio by 0.43%, 0.59%, 0.31%, 0.31% and 0.30% for the years 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. For the six months ended June 30, 2020, the effect of income on short positions increased the ratio by 0.13%.
5 The ratio for the fund includes the effect of fees paid indirectly which impacted the ratio by 0.02%, 0.01%, 0.02%, 0.03% and 0.02% for the years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and for the six months ended June 30, 2020.
6 Such ratios are net of fees paid indirectly (see Note C in the Notes to Financial Statements).
Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Schedule.
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Driehaus Active Income Fund
Financial Highlights

  For the six
month period
January 1, 2020
through
June 30, 2020
(unaudited)
  For the year
ended
December 31,
2019
  For the year
ended
December 31,
2018
  For the year
ended
December 31,
2017
  For the year
ended
December 31,
2016
  For the year
ended
December 31,
2015
Net asset value, beginning of period $ 9.33   $ 9.32   $ 9.86   $ 10.18   $ 9.95   $ 10.42
INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:                      
Net investment income1 0.18   0.43   0.46   0.35   0.32   0.38
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments (0.83)   0.11   (0.57)   (0.29)   0.23   (0.49)
Total income (loss) from investment operations (0.65)   0.54   (0.11)   0.06   0.55   (0.11)
LESS DISTRIBUTIONS:                      
Net investment income (0.28)   (0.53)   (0.43)   (0.38)   (0.32)   (0.36)
Total distributions (0.28)   (0.53)   (0.43)   (0.38)   (0.32)   (0.36)
Net asset value, end of period $ 8.40   $ 9.33   $ 9.32   $ 9.86   $ 10.18   $ 9.95
Total Return (6.84)%2   5.89%   (1.26)%   0.59%   5.63%   (1.07)%
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:                      
Net assets, end of period (000’s) $ 100,011   $ 239,684   $ 795,023   $ 1,534,270   $ 2,274,827   $ 2,875,993
Ratio of total expenses before reimbursements, waivers, recaptures and/or fees paid indirectly to average net assets 1.27%3   1.40%   1.10%   1.18%   1.38%   1.05%
Ratio of total expenses net of reimbursements, waivers, recaptures and/or fees paid indirectly to average net assets 1.27%3,4,5,6   1.40%4,5,6   1.10%4,5,6   1.17%4,5,6   1.38%4,5,6   1.05%
Ratio of net investment income (including dividends and interest on short positions and interest expense) net of reimbursements, waivers, recaptures and/or fees paid indirectly to average net assets 4.00%3,5   4.55%5   4.70%5   3.53%5   3.20%5   3.69%
Portfolio turnover 28%2   84%   74%   89%   115%   76%
    
   
1 Calculated using the average shares outstanding method.
2 Not annualized.
3 Annualized.
4 The ratio for the fund includes the effect of income on short positions which decreased the ratio by 0.27%, 0.58%, 0.36%, 0.28% and 0.49% for the years 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. For the six months ended June 30, 2020, the effect of income on short positions decreased the ratio by 0.16%.
5 The ratio for the fund includes the effect of fees paid indirectly which decreased the ratio by 0.00%, 0.01%, 0.00%, 0.00% and 0.00% for the years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and for the six months ended June 30, 2020.
6 Such ratios are net of fees paid indirectly (see Note C in the Notes to Financial Statements).
Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this Schedule.
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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited)

A. ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Organization
The Driehaus Mutual Funds (the “Trust”) is an open-end registered management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, organized as a Delaware statutory trust, with nine separate series currently in operation. The Trust was organized under an Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated May 31, 1996, as subsequently amended and restated as of June 6, 2013, and amended as of June 4, 2015, and may issue an unlimited number of full and fractional units of beneficial interest (shares) without par value. The three series (each a “Fund”, and collectively, the “Funds”) included in this report are as follows:
Fund Commencement of Operations
Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund* 04/10/17
Event Driven Fund 08/26/13
Active Income Fund 06/01/09

* Prior to January 29, 2020, the Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund was known as the Driehaus Multi-Asset Growth Economies Fund.
The Active Income Fund seeks to provide current income and capital appreciation.
The Event Driven Fund seeks to provide positive returns over full market cycles.
The Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund seeks to maximize total return.
The Funds, which are investment companies within the scope of Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Update 2013-08, follow accounting and reporting guidance under FASB Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services-Investment Companies.
Securities Valuation
Investments in securities traded on a national securities exchange, including exchange-traded futures and options, are valued at the last reported sales or settlement price on the day of valuation and are generally classified as level 1. Exchange-traded securities for which no sale was reported are valued at the mean of the closing bid and ask prices from the exchange the security is primarily traded on and are generally classified as level 1. Equity certificates are valued at the last sale price of the underlying security as of the close of the primary exchange. Long-term fixed income securities are valued at the representative quoted bid price when held long or the representative quoted ask price if sold short or, if such prices are not available, at prices for securities of comparable maturity, quality and type or as determined by an independent pricing service. The pricing service provider may employ methodologies that utilize actual market transactions, broker-dealer supplied valuations or other techniques. Such techniques generally consider factors such as composite security prices, yields, maturities, call features, credit ratings and developments relating to specific securities, in arriving at valuations. Fixed income securities are generally classified as level 2. Our fair value analysis includes an analysis of the value of any unfunded commitments. Short-term investments with remaining maturities of 60 days or less at the time of purchase are stated at amortized cost, which approximates fair value. If amortized cost does not approximate fair value, short-term securities are reported at fair value. These securities are generally classified as level 2. Swaps, forward foreign currency contracts and other financial derivatives are valued daily, primarily by an independent pricing service using pricing models and are generally classified as level 2. The pricing models use inputs that are observed from actively quoted markets such as issuer details, indices, spreads, interest rates, yield curves, dividends and exchange rates. If valuations are not available from the independent pricing service or values received are deemed not representative of fair value, values will be obtained from a third party broker-dealer or counterparty. Investments initially valued in currencies other than the U.S. dollar are converted to the U.S. dollar using exchange rates obtained from an independent pricing service. In addition, for Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund, if quotations are not readily available, if the values have been materially affected by events occurring after the closing of a foreign market, or if there has been a movement in the U.S. market that exceeds a certain threshold, assets may be valued at fair value as determined in good faith by or under the direction of the Trust’s Board of Trustees. Events that may materially affect asset values that could cause a fair value determination include, but are not limited to: corporate announcements relating to a specific security; natural and other disasters which may impact an entire market or region; and political and other events which may be global or impact a particular country or region. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and may be utilized to a significant extent. To the extent utilized, securities would be considered level 2 in the
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hierarchy described below. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith in accordance with procedures established by or under the direction of the Trust’s Board of Trustees and are generally classified as level 3. Under these procedures, the Funds primarily employ a market-based approach, which may use related or comparable assets or liabilities, recent transactions, market multiples, book values and other relevant information for the investment to determine the fair value of the investment. In addition, level 3 investments in certain early stage companies may be valued based upon initial transaction prices with management conducting ongoing assessments to determine whether new information is available to support a fair value adjustment. The information management may consider in its ongoing assessments may include, but are not limited to, actual or upcoming financing or third-party sale transactions, current or forecasted performance, or regulatory approval status updates. It is possible that estimated values may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had a ready market existed for the investments, and such differences could be material.
Each Fund is subject to fair value accounting standards that define fair value, establish the framework for measuring fair value and provide a three-level hierarchy for fair valuation based upon the inputs to the valuation as of the measurement date. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:
Level 1 – quoted prices for active markets for identical securities
Level 2 – significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)
Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund’s investments as of June 30, 2020:
Assets   Total
Value at
June 30, 2020
  Level 1
Quoted
Price
  Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
  Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Equity Securities                
Brazil   $1,471,903   $1,471,903   $   $
Canada   360,394   360,394    
Chile   327,152   327,152    
China   10,060,925   1,909,538   8,151,387  
France   442,808     442,808  
Hong Kong   1,348,703     1,348,703  
India   2,208,529   699,067   1,509,462  
Indonesia   335,032     335,032  
Mexico   155,568   155,568    
Netherlands   319,721     319,721  
Poland   534,494     534,494  
Russia   1,263,714   372,649   891,065  
Singapore   367,297   367,297    
Slovenia   193,379     193,379  
South Africa   372,404     372,404  
South Korea   2,487,137     2,487,137  
Sweden   327,385   327,385    
Taiwan   2,853,465     2,853,465  
United Arab Emirates   150,467     150,467  
United States   661,054   661,054    
Short Term Investments   1,672,200   1,672,200    
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Assets   Total
Value at
June 30, 2020
  Level 1
Quoted
Price
  Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
  Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Sovereign Bonds   $6,047,617   $   $6,047,617   $
Total   $33,961,348   $8,324,207   $25,637,141   $
    
Other Financial Instruments                
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts - Assets   $20,464   $   $20,464   $
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts - Liabilities   (38,920)     (38,920)  
Total Other Financial Instruments   $(18,456)   $
  $(18,456)   $
The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Event Driven Fund’s investments as of June 30, 2020:
Assets   Total
Value at
June 30, 2020
  Level 1
Quoted
Price
  Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
  Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks                
Advertising   $274,011   $274,011   $   $
Banks   1,125,017   1,125,017    
Biotechnology   7,613,263   7,613,263    
Electric   787,645   787,645    
Healthcare - Products   2,976,566   2,976,566    
Healthcare - Services   1,850,088   1,850,088    
Holding Companies-Diversified   6,275,326   6,275,326    
Lodging   2,365,823   2,365,823    
Pharmaceuticals   13,957,460   13,957,460    
REITS   2,412,781   2,412,781    
Retail   1,180,623   1,180,623    
Savings & Loans   1,525,770   1,525,770    
Telecommunications   1,579,038   1,579,038    
Convertible Bonds   1,662,679     1,662,679  
Convertible Preferred Stocks   0       0
Corporate Bonds   19,185,382     19,185,382  
Foreign Issuer Bonds   1,296,713     1,296,713  
Master Limited Partnerships   463,093   463,093    
Preferred Stocks   1,968,691     1,968,691  
Private Investment in Public Equity   1,994,066       1,994,066
Private Preferred Stocks   1,550,000       1,550,000
Short Term Investments   26,294,391   26,294,391    
Warrants   565,858   565,855   3  
Total   $98,904,284   $71,246,750   $24,113,468   $3,544,066
    
Liabilities        
Common Stocks Sold Short $(623,264) $(623,264) $ $
Corporate Bonds Sold Short (1,155,755) (1,155,755)
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Liabilities   TotalValue at
June 30, 2020
  Level 1Quoted
Price
  Level 2Significant
Observable
Inputs
  Level 3Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Exchange-Traded Funds Sold Short   $(10,205,563)   $(10,205,563)   $   $
Total   $(11,984,582)   $(10,828,827)   $(1,155,755)   $
The following is a reconciliation of Level 3 assets for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value in the Event Driven Fund:
  Investments,
at Value
Balance as of December 31, 2019  $412,500
Realized gain (loss)
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) 2,129,688
Purchases 1,001,878
Sales
Transfers in and/or out of Level 3 0
Balance as of June 30, 2020  $3,544,066
As of June 30, 2020, the Event Driven Fund held Level 3 investments in General Motors Corp. senior convertible preferred stock, Invitae Corp. private investment in public equity (PIPE), and 14ner Oncology, Inc. private preferred stock, valued in good faith in accordance with procedures established by or under the direction of the Trust’s Board of Trustees. As a part of the ongoing restructuring of General Motors, any value previously ascribed to these holdings has been transferred to the General Motors Co. Motors Liquidation Co. GUC Trust common stock, which is freely and actively traded, and therefore the senior convertible preferred stock was fair valued at $0. The unfunded commitment in the Invitae Corp. PIPE has been valued at a discount to the last closing share price on June 30, 2020 of Invitae Corp. less the Fund's commitment. A discount is applied to the share price for the risk that such transaction does not close. The 14ner Oncology, Inc. private preferred stock was valued using a market approach as adjusted based upon an assessment of the probability assigned to a successful regulatory outcome. As of June 30, 2020, the Event Driven Fund's investment in X4 Pharmaceuticals, Inc. warrant contracts transferred from Level 3 to Level 2 because the security was valued using a market available bid price. The following table summarizes the quantitative inputs and assumptions used for items categorized as Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy as of June 30, 2020:
Financial Assets   Fair Value at
June 30, 2020
  Valuation Technique(s)   Unobservable Inputs   Price/Range
Convertible preferred stocks   $0   Cash available in relation to claim   Estimated recovery   -
Private Investment in Public Equity (PIPES)   $1,994,066   Market approach   Probability of transaction close   98.25%
Private Preferred Stocks   $1,550,000   Market approach   Transaction price   $1
The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Active Income Fund’s investments as of June 30, 2020:
Assets   Total
Value at
June 30, 2020
  Level 1
Quoted
Price
  Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
  Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Bank Loans   $8,553,439   $   $8,553,439   $
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Assets   Total
Value at
June 30, 2020
  Level 1
Quoted
Price
  Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
  Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Common Stocks   $360,604   $360,604   $   $
Convertible Preferred Stocks   0       0
Corporate Bonds   58,587,430     58,587,430  
Foreign Issuer Bonds   5,529,187     5,529,187  
Preferred Stocks   2,118,556     2,118,556  
Private Stock   117,360       117,360
Short Term Investments   22,150,523   22,150,523    
Total   $97,417,099   $22,511,127   $74,788,612   $117,360
    
Liabilities                
Common Stocks Sold Short   $(1,079,249)   $(1,079,249)   $   $
Corporate Bonds Sold Short   (2,607,500)     (2,607,500)  
Master Limited Partnership Sold Shorts   (172,400)   (172,400)    
Total   $(3,859,149)   $(1,251,649)   $(2,607,500)   $
    
Other Financial Instruments                
Futures Contracts - Assets   $8,935   $8,935   $   $
Futures Contracts - Liabilities   (12,266)   (12,266)    
Total Other Financial Instruments   $(3,331)   $(3,331)   $
  $
The following is a reconciliation of Level 3 assets for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value in the Active Income Fund:
  Investments,
at Value
Balance as of December 31, 2019  $1,173,600
Realized gain (loss)
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) (1,056,240)
Purchases
Sales
Transfers in and/or out of Level 3
Balance as of June 30, 2020  $117,360
As of June 30, 2020, the Active Income Fund held Level 3 investments in General Motors Corp. senior convertible preferred stock and Larchmont Resources LLC private stock valued at fair value as determined in good faith in accordance with procedures established by or under the direction of the Trust’s Board of Trustees. As a part of the ongoing restructuring of General Motors, any value previously ascribed to these holdings has been transferred to the General Motors Co. Motors Liquidation Co. GUC Trust common stock, which is freely and actively traded, and therefore the senior convertible preferred stock was fair valued at $0. The common stock investment in Larchmont Resources LLC has been valued using a recovery analysis approach performed by an oil and gas broker and discussions with management and
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other investors. There were no transfers into or out of Level 3 during the period ended June 30, 2020. The following table summarizes the quantitative inputs and assumptions used for items categorized as Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy as of June 30, 2020:
Financial Assets   Fair Value at
June 30, 2020
  Valuation Technique(s)   Unobservable Inputs   Price/Range
Convertible preferred stocks   $0   Cash available in relation to claim   Estimated recovery   -
Private Stock   $117,360   Recovery Analysis   N/A   N/A
Securities Sold Short
The Funds are engaged in selling securities short, which obligates them to replace a borrowed security by purchasing it at market price at the time of replacement. Each Fund incurs a loss if the price of the security increases between the date of the short sale and the date on which the Fund replaces the borrowed security. Each Fund realizes a gain if the price of the security declines between those dates. Gains are limited to the price at which the Fund sold the security short, while losses are potentially unlimited in size.
The Funds are required to establish a margin account with the broker lending the security sold short. While the short sale is outstanding, the broker retains the proceeds of the short sale and the Fund must maintain a deposit with the broker consisting of cash and securities having a value equal to a specified percentage of the value of the securities sold short. Such deposit is included in “Collateral held at custodian for the benefit of brokers” on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Each Fund is obligated to pay any dividends or interest due on securities sold short. Such dividends and interest are recorded as an expense to the Funds on the Statements of Operations.
Federal Income Taxes
No provision is made for Federal income taxes since each Fund has elected to be taxed as a "regulated investment company" under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code (the "Code") and has made and declared all the required distributions to its shareholders in amounts sufficient to relieve each Fund from all or substantially all Federal income and excise taxes under provisions of current Federal tax law.
Each Fund is subject to accounting standards that establish a minimum threshold for recognizing, and a system for measuring, the benefits of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. Taxable years ending 2019, 2018, 2017, and 2016 remain open to Federal and state audit. As of June 30, 2020, management has evaluated the application of these standards to each Fund, and has determined that no provision for income tax is required in each Fund's financial statements for uncertain tax provisions. The Funds recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense in the Statements of Operations. During the year, the funds did not incur any interest or penalties. The Funds may be subject to foreign taxes on income, gains on investments or currency repatriation, a portion of which may be recoverable. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Funds' understanding of the tax rules and regulations that exist in the foreign markets in which they invest.
The amount of dividends and distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gains are determined in accordance with Federal income tax regulations, which may differ from United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("U.S. GAAP").
For the year ended December 31, 2019, reclassifications were recorded to distributable earnings (deficit) and paid-in capital for any permanent tax differences. These reclassifications relate primarily to foreign currency losses, sales of passive foreign investment companies ("PFIC"), net operating losses and foreign capital gain taxes paid. Results of operations and net assets were not affected by these reclassifications.
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Accumulated capital losses represent net capital loss carryovers that may be available for an unlimited period to offset future realized capital gains and thereby reduce future capital gains distributions. Capital loss carryover retains the character of the original loss. The following table shows the amounts of capital loss carryover, if any, by each of the applicable Funds as of December 31, 2019:
    Not Subject to Expiration
Fund   Short-Term   Long-Term
Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund   $702,292   $
Event Driven Fund   1,364,303  
Active Income Fund   332,112,366   176,616,975
Distributions to Shareholders
The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended December 31, 2019, and December 31, 2018, were as follows:
Fund   Year   Ordinary
Income
  Long-Term
Capital Gain
  Return
of Capital
  Total
Distribution
Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund   2019   $443,723   $   $   $443,723
2018   233,414   29,970     263,384
Event Driven Fund   2019   2,262,269       2,262,269
2018   1,805,482       1,805,482
Active Income Fund   2019   26,303,891       26,303,891
2018   61,286,044       61,286,044
As of December 31, 2019, the components of net assets on a tax basis were as follows:
  Emerging
Markets
Opportunities
Fund
  Event
Driven
Fund
  Active
Income
Fund
Undistributed ordinary income $255,525   $539,724   $1,277,797
Undistributed long-term capital gain    
Accumulated earnings 255,525   539,724   1,277,797
Accumulated capital and other losses (702,292)   (1,364,303)   (508,729,341)
Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on currency and foreign currency translations 2,880    
Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on swap and swaptions contracts 26,132    
Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, securities, sold short, options and futures contracts 6,659,011   (141,883)   (796,714)
Net assets $6,241,256   $(966,462)   $(508,248,258)
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The differences between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation are attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales and PFIC mark-to-market.
The aggregate cost of investments and the composition of unrealized appreciation and depreciation on investments and net unrealized appreciation and/or depreciation on derivatives for Federal income tax purposes as of June 30, 2020, were as follows:
Fund   Basis   Gross
Appreciation
  Gross
Depreciation
  Net
Appreciation/
Depreciation
Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund   $27,293,329   $7,243,973   $(594,410)   $6,649,563
Event Driven Fund   81,255,877   12,426,719   (6,762,894)   5,663,825
Active Income Fund   101,162,463   697,405   (8,305,249)   (7,607,844)
Foreign Currency Translation
The value of securities, currencies and other assets and liabilities not denominated in U.S. dollars are translated into U.S. dollar values based upon the current rates of exchange on the date of the Funds’ valuations.
Net realized foreign exchange gains or losses which are reported by the Funds result from currency gains and losses on transaction hedges arising from changes in exchange rates between the trade and settlement dates on forward contract transactions, and the difference between the amounts accrued for dividends, interest, and foreign taxes and the amounts actually received or paid in U.S. dollars for these items. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses result from changes in the U.S. dollar value of assets and liabilities (other than investments in securities), which are denominated in foreign currencies, as a result of changes in exchange rates.
Net realized gain (loss) on foreign currency contracts on portfolio hedges result from the use of forward contracts to hedge portfolio positions denominated or quoted in a particular currency in order to reduce or limit exposure in that currency. The Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund held portfolio hedges as of June 30, 2020, as disclosed in the Schedule of Investments.
The Funds do not isolate that portion of the results of operations which results from fluctuations in foreign exchange rates on investments. These fluctuations are included with the net realized gain (loss) on investments and the net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements, in conformity with U.S. GAAP, requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of net increases or decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Indemnifications
Under the Trust’s organizational documents, the officers and Trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Trust enters into contracts that provide general indemnifications to other parties. A Fund’s maximum exposure under these agreements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against a Fund that have not yet occurred. However, the Funds have not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts and expect the risk of loss to be remote.
Securities Transactions, Income and Commitments
The Trust records security transactions based on trade date. Dividend income is recognized on the ex-dividend date, and interest income is recognized on an accrual basis. Discounts and premiums on securities purchased are accreted and amortized over the lives of the respective securities using the effective yield method. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends and interest have been provided for in accordance with the Trust’s understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates.
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Pursuant to the terms of certain of the senior unsecured loan agreements, the Funds may have unfunded loan commitments, which are callable on demand. Each Fund will have available with its custodian, cash and/or liquid securities having an aggregate value at least equal to the amount of the unfunded senior loan commitments. At June 30, 2020, the Funds had no unfunded senior loan commitments.
With respect to the senior loans held in each Fund’s portfolio, the Funds may: 1) invest in assignments; 2) act as a participant in primary lending syndicates; or 3) invest in participations. If a Fund purchases a participation of a senior loan interest, the Fund would typically enter into a contractual agreement with the lender or other third party selling the participation, rather than directly with the borrower. As such, the Fund not only assumes the credit risk of the borrower, but also that of the selling participant or other persons interpositioned between the Fund and the borrower. At June 30, 2020, the Funds had no such outstanding senior loan participation commitments.
The Event Driven Fund may invest in early-stage companies that may require additional contributions or funding if certain performance milestones are met. Management continuously assesses whether these companies will achieve these performance milestones and considers the impact of these commitments as they become due. Additionally, in connection with certain investments the Event Driven Fund provides commitments for future investments. The commitments and unfunded commitments of the Fund at June 30, 2020 are summarized on the Schedule of Investments.
B. INVESTMENTS IN DERIVATIVES
Each Fund uses derivative instruments such as swaps, futures, options, swaptions, and forward foreign currency contracts in connection with their respective investment strategies. During the period January 1, 2020, through June 30, 2020, the Active Income Fund primarily utilized: 1) futures to hedge its interest rate and/or commodity risk and manage volatility; and 2) options to hedge downside risk and manage volatility. During the period January 1, 2020, through June 30, 2020, the Event Driven Fund primarily utilized: 1) options, including warrants, to both hedge exposure and provide exposure to certain market segments or specific securities; and 2) forward foreign currency contracts to manage currency risk in portfolio holdings. During the period January 1, 2020, through June 30, 2020, the Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund primarily utilized: 1) interest rate swaps to hedge against interest rate fluctuation and enable the parties involved to exchange fixed and floating cash flows; 2) credit default swaps as alternatives to direct investments to manage exposure to specific sectors/markets/industries and/or credit events and manage volatility; 3) options to both hedge exposure and provide exposure to certain market segments or specific securities; and 4) forward foreign currency contracts to manage currency risk in portfolio holdings. Detail regarding each derivative type is included below.
Swap Contracts
The Funds are subject to credit risk, volatility risk, and interest rate risk exposure in the normal course of pursuing their investment objectives. The Funds engage in various swap transactions, including forward rate agreements and interest rate, currency, volatility, index, and total return swaps, primarily to manage duration and yield curve risk, or as alternatives to direct investments. Swaps that are centrally cleared are exposed to the creditworthiness of the clearing organizations (and, consequentially, that of their members generally, banks and broker-dealers) involved in the transaction. Centrally cleared swaps are valued daily and unrealized gains or losses are recorded in a “variation margin” account. The Fund receives from or pays to the clearing organization a specified amount of cash based upon changes in the variation margin account. When a contract is closed, the Fund recognizes a realized gain or loss.
Interest rate swaps are agreements between two parties to exchange cash flows based on a notional principal amount. The Funds may elect to pay a fixed rate and receive a floating rate or receive a fixed rate and pay a floating rate on a notional principal amount. The net interest received or paid on interest rate swap agreements is accrued daily as interest income/expense. Interest rate swaps are marked-to-market daily using fair value estimates provided by an independent pricing service. Changes in value, including accrued interest, are recorded as changes in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the Statements of Operations. Unrealized appreciation is reported as an asset and unrealized depreciation is reported as a liability on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Gains or losses are realized upon termination of the contracts. The risk of loss under a swap contract may exceed the amount recorded as an asset or a liability.
Total return swap contracts are arrangements to exchange a market linked return for a periodic payment, both based on a notional principal amount, to hedge sector exposure and to manage exposure to specific sectors or industries and/or to gain exposure to specific markets/countries and to specific sectors/industries. To the extent that the total return of the
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security, index or other financial measure underlying the transaction exceeds or falls short of the offsetting interest rate obligation, the Fund will receive a payment from or make a payment to the counterparty. Total return swap contracts are marked to market daily based upon quotations from market makers and the change, if any, is recorded as a change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the Statements of Operations. Unrealized appreciation is reported as an asset and unrealized depreciation is reported as a liability on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Payments received or made are recorded as realized gains or losses. Gains or losses are realized upon termination of the contracts. Each Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty risk is the fair value of the contract. The Funds held no total return swaps at June 30, 2020.
Volatility swaps are forward contracts on the future realized volatility of an underlying instrument. Volatility swaps are generally used to speculate on future volatility levels, trade the spread between realized and implied volatility or hedge volatility exposure of other positions. Changes in value are recorded as changes in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the Statements of Operations. Unrealized gains are reported as an asset and unrealized losses are reported as a liability on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Gains or losses are realized upon termination of the contracts. The risk of loss under a volatility swap contract is dependent upon the volatility of the underlying instrument. The Funds held no volatility swaps at June 30, 2020.
Under the terms of a credit default swap contract, one party acts as a guarantor receiving a periodic payment that is a fixed percentage applied to a notional amount. In return, the party agrees to purchase the notional amount of the underlying instrument, at par, if a credit event occurs during the term of the contract. Each Fund may enter into credit default swaps in which the Fund acts as guarantor (a seller of protection), and may enter into credit default swaps in which the counterparty acts as guarantor (a buyer of protection). Premiums paid to or by the Funds are accrued daily and included in net realized gain (loss) on swap contracts. The contracts are marked-to-market daily using fair value estimates provided by an independent pricing service. Changes in value are recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the Statements of Operations. Unrealized gains are reported as an asset and unrealized losses are reported as a liability on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Gains or losses are realized upon termination of the contracts. The risk of loss under a swap contract may exceed the amount recorded as an asset or a liability. The notional amount of a swap contract is the reference amount pursuant to which the counterparties make payments. For swaps in which the referenced obligation is an index, in the event of default of any debt security included in the corresponding index, the Fund pays or receives the percentage of the corresponding index that the defaulted security comprises (1) multiplied by the notional value and (2) multiplied by the ratio of one minus the ratio of the market value of the defaulted debt security to its par value. The Funds held no credit default swaps at June 30, 2020.
Risks associated with swap contracts include changes in the returns of underlying instruments and/or interest rates, failure of the counterparties to perform under the contracts’ terms and the possible lack of liquidity with respect to the contracts. For centrally cleared swap contracts, counterparty risk is limited due to the role of the clearinghouse. Credit default swaps can involve greater risks than if an investor had invested in the reference obligation directly since, in addition to general market risks, credit default swaps are subject to counterparty credit risk, leverage risk, hedging risk, correlation risk, and liquidity risk. The Funds disclose swap contracts on a gross basis, with no netting of contracts held with the same counterparty. The Funds held no swap contracts at June 30, 2020.
Futures Contracts
The Funds may enter into futures contracts to produce incremental earnings, hedge existing positions or protect against market changes in the value of equities or interest rates. Upon entering into a futures contract with a broker, a Fund is required to deposit in a segregated account a specified amount of cash or U.S. government securities. Futures contracts are valued daily and unrealized gains or losses are recorded in a “variation margin” account. Daily, the Fund receives from or pays to the broker a specified amount of cash based upon changes in the variation margin account. When a contract is closed, the Fund recognizes a realized gain or loss. Futures contracts have market risks, including the risk that the change in the value of the contract may not correlate with changes in the value of the underlying securities. With futures contracts, there is minimal counterparty credit risk to the Funds since futures contracts are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures contracts, guarantees the futures contract against default. As of June 30, 2020, the Active Income Fund had outstanding futures contracts as listed in the Schedule of Investments and the required collateral is included in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. The Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund and the Event Driven Fund had no outstanding futures contracts at June 30, 2020.
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Options Contracts
The Funds may use options, which include warrants, contracts to hedge downside risk, produce incremental earnings or protect against market changes in the value of equities or interest rates. The Funds may write covered call and put options on futures, swaps, securities or currencies the Funds own or in which they may invest. Writing put options tends to increase a Fund’s exposure to the underlying instrument. Writing call options tends to decrease a Fund’s exposure to the underlying instrument. When a Fund writes a call or put option, an amount equal to the premium received is recorded as a liability and subsequently marked to market to reflect the current value of the option written. These liabilities are reflected as written options outstanding in the Schedule of Investments. Premiums received from writing options that expire are treated as realized gains. Premiums received from writing options that are exercised or closed are added to the proceeds or offset against amounts paid on the underlying future, swap, security or currency transaction to determine the realized gain or loss. A Fund, as a writer of an option, has no control over whether the underlying future, swap, security or currency may be sold (call) or purchased (put) and, as a result, bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the future, swap, security or currency underlying the written option. The risk exists that a Fund may not be able to enter into a closing transaction because of an illiquid market. In addition, to the extent a Fund purchases an over-the-counter (“OTC”) option, it is subject to credit risk that the counterparty to the trade does not perform under the contract’s terms. The Funds are not subject to credit risk on OTC options written as the counterparty has already performed its obligation by paying the premium at the inception of the contract.
The Funds may also purchase put and call options. Purchasing call options tends to increase a Fund’s exposure to the underlying instrument. Purchasing put options tends to decrease a Fund’s exposure to the underlying instrument. A Fund pays a premium, which is included in its Schedule of Investments as an investment and subsequently marked-to-market to reflect the current value of the option. Premiums paid for purchasing options that expire are treated as realized losses. The risk associated with purchasing put and call options is limited to the premium paid. Premiums paid for purchasing options that are exercised or closed are added to the amounts paid or offset against the proceeds on the underlying future, swap, security or currency transaction to determine the realized gain or loss. When entering into purchased option contracts, a Fund bears the risk of securities prices moving unexpectedly, in which case, a Fund may not achieve the anticipated benefits of the purchased option contracts; however, the risk of loss is limited to the premium paid. As of June 30, 2020, the Event Driven Fund had outstanding warrants as listed on the Schedule of Investments and the required collateral is included in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. The Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund and the Active Income Fund had no outstanding options at June 30, 2020.
Swaptions
An option on a swap contract, also called a “swaption,” is an option that gives the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to enter into a swap on a future date in exchange for paying a market-based “premium.” A call or receiver swaption gives the owner the right to receive the total return of a specified asset, reference rate, or index swap. A put or payer swaption gives the owner the right to pay the total return of a specified asset, reference rate, or index swap. Swaptions also include options that allow an existing swap to be terminated or extended by one of the counterparties. The Funds had no outstanding swaptions at June 30, 2020.
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts
The Funds use forward foreign currency contracts to manage foreign currency, to produce incremental earnings or to hedge existing positions. A forward foreign currency contract involves an obligation to purchase or sell a specific currency at a future date, which may be any fixed number of days from the date of the contract agreed upon by the parties, at a price set at the time of the contract. These contracts are principally traded in the inter-bank market conducted directly between currency traders (usually large commercial banks) and their customers.
The market value of a forward foreign currency contract fluctuates with changes in currency exchange rates. Outstanding forward foreign currency contracts are valued daily at current market rates and the resulting change in market value is recorded as change in net unrealized appreciation or depreciation on the Statements of Operations. When a forward foreign currency contract is settled, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value at the time the forward foreign currency contract was opened and the value at the time it was settled. A forward foreign currency contract may involve market risk in excess of the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) reflected on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. In addition, the Funds could be exposed to credit risk if the counterparties are unable or unwilling to meet the terms of the contracts or market risk if the value of the foreign currency changes unfavorably.
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As of June 30, 2020, the Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund had forward foreign currency contracts as listed in the Schedule of Investments. The Event Driven Fund and Active Income Fund had no outstanding forward foreign currency contracts at June 30, 2020.
Equity Certificates
The Funds may invest in equity certificates, which allow the Funds to participate in the appreciation (depreciation) of the underlying security without actually owning the underlying security. These derivative instruments are purchased pursuant to an agreement with a financial institution and are valued at a calculated market price based on the value of the underlying security in accordance with the agreement. These equity certificates are subject to the credit risk of the issuing financial institution. There is no off-balance sheet risk associated with equity certificates and the Funds’ potential loss is limited to the purchase price of the securities. The Funds are exposed to credit risk associated with the counterparty to the transaction, which is monitored by the Funds’ management on a periodic basis. A Fund’s equity certificates are not subject to any master netting agreement. The Funds had no outstanding equity certificates at June 30, 2020.
Derivative Investment Holdings Categorized by Risk Exposure
Each Fund is subject to the FASB’s “Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” (the “Derivatives Statement”). The Derivatives Statement amends and expands disclosures about derivative instruments and hedging activities. The Derivatives Statement is intended to improve financial reporting about derivative instrument by requiring enhanced disclosures to enable investors to better understand how and why the Fund uses derivative instruments, how these derivative instruments are accounted for and their effects on the Funds’ financial position and results of operations.
The following table sets forth the fair value and the location in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities of the Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund’s derivative contracts by primary risk exposure as of June 30, 2020:
    Asset derivatives
Risk exposure category   Statements of Assets and Liabilities location   Fair Value
Currency contracts   Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts   $20,464
Total       $20,464
    
    Liabilities derivatives
Risk exposure category   Statements of Assets and Liabilities location   Fair Value
Currency contracts   Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts   $38,920
Total       $38,920
The following table sets forth the fair value and the location in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities of the Event Driven Fund’s derivative contracts by primary risk exposure as of June 30, 2020:
    Asset derivatives
Risk exposure category   Statements of Assets and Liabilities location   Fair Value
Equity contracts   Warrant securities, at fair value   $565,858
Total       $565,858
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The following table sets forth the fair value and the location in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities of the Active Income Fund’s derivative contracts by primary risk exposure as of June 30, 2020:
    Asset derivatives
Risk exposure category   Statements of Assets and Liabilities location   Fair Value
Equity contracts   N/A*   $8,935
Total       $8,935

* Includes cumulative appreciation/depreciation of futures contracts as shown in the Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
    
    Liabilities derivatives
Risk exposure category   Statements of Assets and Liabilities location   Fair Value
Interest rate contracts   N/A*   $12,266
Total       $12,266

* Includes cumulative appreciation/depreciation of futures contracts as shown in the Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
The following table sets forth the Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund’s net realized gain (loss) by primary risk exposure and by type of derivative contract for the period January 1, 2020, through June 30, 2020:
Amount of net realized gain (loss) on derivatives
    Risk exposure category
Derivative   Interest rate
contracts
  Total
Swap contracts    $44,544    $44,544
Total    $44,544    $44,544
The following table sets forth the Active Income Fund’s net realized gain (loss) by primary risk exposure and by type of derivative contract for the period January 1, 2020, through June 30, 2020:
Amount of net realized gain (loss) on derivatives
    Risk exposure category
Derivative   Equity
contracts
  Interest rate
contracts
  Total
Purchased options contracts    $(2,036)    $    $(2,036)
Futures contracts   (227,730)   (920,610)   (1,148,339)
Total    $(229,766)    $(920,610)   $
(1,150,375)
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The following table sets forth Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund’s change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) by primary risk exposure and by type of derivative contract for the period January 1, 2020, through June 30, 2020:
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on derivatives
    Risk exposure category
Derivative   Currency
contracts
  Interest rate
contracts
  Total
Forward foreign currency contracts    $(18,456)    $    $(18,456)
Swap contracts     (26,132)   (26,132)
Total    $(18,456)    $(26,132)    $(44,588)
The gross notional amount and/or the number of contracts for the Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund as of June 30, 2020, are included on the Schedule of Investments. The quarterly average values of derivative investments for the period January 1, 2020, through June 30, 2020 is set forth in the table below:
Quarterly Derivative Averages
Derivative   Quarterly Average   $ Amount/
Number
Swap contracts   gross notional amount   $18,215,035
Forward foreign currency contracts - Long   gross notional amount   $1,221,073
Forward foreign currency contracts - Short   gross notional amount   $1,227,225
The following table sets forth the Event Driven Fund’s change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) by primary risk exposure and by type of derivative contract for the period January 1, 2020, through June 30, 2020:
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on derivatives
    Risk exposure category
Derivative   Equity
contracts
  Total
Warrant contracts    $344,520    $344,520
Total    $344,520    $344,520
The gross notional amount and/or the number of contracts for the Event Driven Fund as of June 30, 2020, are included on the Schedule of Investments. The quarterly average values of derivative investments for the period January 1, 2020, through June 30, 2020, is set forth in the table below:
Quarterly Derivative Averages
Derivative   Quarterly Average   $ Amount/
Number
Warrant contracts   number of contracts   154,377
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The following table sets forth the Active Income Fund’s change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) by primary risk exposure and by type of derivative contract for the period January 1, 2020, through June 30, 2020:
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on derivatives
    Risk exposure category
Derivative   Equity
contracts
  Interest rate
contracts
  Total
Purchased options contracts    $28,995    $    $28,995
Futures contracts   8,935   (133,284)   (124,349)
Total    $37,930    $(133,284)    $(95,354)
The gross notional amount and/or the number of contracts for the Active Income Fund as of June 30, 2020, are included on the Schedule of Investments. The quarterly average values of derivative investments for the period January 1, 2020, through June 30, 2020, is set forth in the table below:
Quarterly Derivative Averages
Derivative   Quarterly Average   $ Amount/
Number
Purchased options contracts   number of contracts   302
Futures contracts - Short   number of contracts   (87)
Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities
The Funds are party to various agreements, including International Swaps and Derivatives Association Agreements and related Credit Support Annexes (“Master Netting Agreements” or “MNA”), which govern the terms of certain transactions with select counterparties. MNAs are designed to reduce counterparty risk associated with the relevant transactions by establishing credit protection mechanisms and providing standardization as a means of improving legal certainty. As MNAs are specific to the unique operations of different asset types, they allow each Fund to close out and net its total exposure to a counterparty in the event of default with respect to all of the transactions governed under a single agreement with that counterparty. MNAs can also help reduce counterparty risk by specifying collateral posting requirements at pre-arranged exposure levels. Securities and cash pledged as collateral are reflected as assets in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as either a component of Investment securities at fair value or Collateral held at custodian for the benefit of brokers.
The Funds’ derivative contracts held at June 30, 2020, are not accounted for as hedging instruments under U.S. GAAP. For financial reporting purposes, the Funds do not offset financial assets and financial liabilities that are subject to MNAs or similar arrangements on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. The settlement of futures contracts, swap contracts and exchange-traded purchased options is guaranteed by the clearinghouse or exchange the instrument is traded on and is not subject to arrangements with particular counterparties. For that reason, these instruments are excluded from the below disclosure.
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Netting Agreements by type, net of amounts available for offset under a MNA and net of the related collateral received by the Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund as of June 30, 2020:
The following table presents the Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund’s financial and derivative assets subject to Master Netting Agreements by type, net of amounts available for offset under a MNA and net of the related collateral received by the Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund as of June 30, 2020:
Description   Gross Amounts
Recognized in
Statements of
Assets and
Liabilities
  Derivatives
Available for
Offset
  Collateral
Received/
(Pledged)
  Net Amount1
Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts   $20,464   $(20,464)   $   $
The following table presents the Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund’s financial and derivative liabilities subject to Master Netting Agreements by type, net of amounts available for offset under a MNA and net of the related collateral received by the Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund as of June 30, 2020:
Description   Gross Amounts
Recognized in
Statements of
Assets and
Liabilities
  Derivatives
Available for
Offset
  Collateral
Received/
(Pledged)
  Net Amount2
Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts   $(38,920)   $20,464   $   $(18,456)

1 Net amount represents the net amount receivable from the counterparty in the event of default.
2 Net amount represents the net amount payable to the counterparty in the event of default.
C. INVESTMENT ADVISORY FEES, TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES, AND ADMINISTRATIVE FEES
Richard H. Driehaus is Chairman of Driehaus Capital Management LLC (“DCM” or the “Adviser”), a registered investment adviser, and was Chairman of Driehaus Securities LLC (“DS LLC”), an entity that was registered as a broker-dealer and served as the distributor of the Funds through December 31, 2019. As of June 30, 2020, Richard H. Driehaus held a controlling interest in the Driehaus Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund and substantial, non-controlling interests in certain other Funds.
DCM serves as the Funds’ investment adviser. In return for its services to the Funds, the Funds pay the Adviser an annual management fee on a monthly basis of 0.55%, for the Active Income Fund of average daily net assets and 1.00% for Event Driven Fund of average daily net assets. The Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund pays the Adviser a management fee on a monthly basis of 0.90% of average daily net assets.
DCM entered into a written agreement to cap the Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund’s annual ordinary operating expenses (other than interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, dividends and interest on short sales, other investment-related costs, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses such as litigation and other expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund’s business) at 0.99% of average daily net assets until at least April 30, 2022. For this same time period, DCM is entitled to reimbursement for previously waived fees and reimbursed
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expenses to the extent that the Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund’s expense ratio remains below the operating expense cap in place at the time of the waiver and the current operating expense cap. The table below indicates the amount of fees available for recoupment by DCM in future periods:
Year Ended December 31   Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund
2021   $119,889
2022   234,125
2023   130,724
Total   $484,738
The Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund incurred $148,679 for investment advisory fees during the period January 1, 2020, through June 30, 2020, of which $24,234 was payable to DCM at June 30, 2020. The Event Driven Fund incurred $411,342 for investment advisory fees during the period January 1, 2020, through June 30, 2020, of which $83,573 was payable to DCM at June 30, 2020. The Active Income Fund incurred $408,283 for investment advisory fees during the period January 1, 2020, through June 30, 2020, of which $47,491 was payable to DCM at June 30, 2020.
The Funds direct certain portfolio trades, subject to obtaining the best price and execution, to brokers who have agreed to pay a portion of the Funds’ operating expenses using part of the commissions generated. For the six months ended June 30, 2020, these arrangements reduced the expenses of Driehaus Event Driven Fund and Active Income Fund by $7,585 (1.1%) and $210 (0.0%), respectively.
The Funds are permitted to purchase or sell securities from or to certain affiliated funds under specified conditions outlined in procedures adopted by the Board. The procedures have been designed to ensure that any purchase or sale of securities by a Fund from or to another fund or portfolio that is or could be considered an affiliate by virtue of having a common investment adviser (or affiliated investment advisers), common trustees and/or common officers complies with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Further, as defined under these procedures, each transaction is effected at the current market price to minimize trading costs, where permissible. For the six months ended June 30, 2020, the Funds engaged in purchases and sales of securities, pursuant to Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act, as follows:
Fund   Purchases   Sales   Net Realized
Gain (Loss)
Event Driven Fund   $1,079,445   $   $
Active Income Fund     5,350,225   (109,648)
Effective January 1, 2020, the Adviser entered into a Fee Reimbursement Agreement (“Agreement”) with the Active Income Fund and Event Driven Fund. Prior to January 1, 2020, DS LLC was a party to the Agreements instead of the Adviser. Under these Agreements, the Funds reimbursed the Adviser for certain fees paid to intermediaries who provide shareholder administrative and/or sub-transfer agency services to the Funds. Currently, the amount to be reimbursed will not exceed 0.25% of the average daily net assets held by such intermediaries. The amounts incurred and payable to the Adviser during the period January 1, 2020, through June 30, 2020, are as follows:
Fund   Shareholder
services
plan fees
  Accrued
shareholder
services
plan fees
Event Driven Fund   $ 7,847   $
Active Income Fund   1,539   28,038
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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) — (Continued)

Certain officers of the Trust are also officers of DCM and DS LLC. The Funds pay a portion of the Chief Compliance Officer’s salary. No other officers received compensation from the Funds during the period January 1, 2020 through June 30, 2020. The Independent Trustees are compensated for their services to the Trust and such compensation is reflected as Trustees’ fees in the Statements of Operations.
Prior to June 1, 2020, UMB Fund Services, Inc. (“UMBFS”) served as the Funds’ administrative and accounting agent and transfer agent. Effective June 1, 2020, The Northern Trust Company ("Northern") serves as fund accounting and administration services provider and transfer agent for each Fund. Under the terms of the Fund Administration and Accounting Services Agreement, Northern is entitled to receive fees, computed daily and payable monthly, based upon the average daily net assets of each Fund. The fees, excluding out of pocket expenses, range between 0.0175% and 0.045% of average daily net assets. For its services as Transfer Agent, Northern receives a fee, computed daily and payable monthly, based upon the average daily net assets of each Fund. The fees, excluding out of pocket expenses, range between 0.002% and 0.0175% of average daily net assets of each Fund.
D. INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS
Purchases and sales of investment securities (excluding swaps, options, futures, forwards, short-term securities and U.S. government obligations) for the period January 1, 2020, through June 30, 2020, were as follows:
Fund   Purchases   Sales
Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund   $23,421,552   $26,588,352
Event Driven Fund   67,361,544   59,344,721
Active Income Fund   34,809,590   127,828,983
The Funds had no purchases and sales of U.S. government obligations for the period January 1, 2020 through June 30, 2020.
E. CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
For the six-month period ended June 30, 2020, and the year ended December 31, 2019, transactions in capital shares (authorized shares unlimited) were as follows:
  Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund   Event Driven Fund   Active Income Fund
  2020   2019   2020   2019   2020   2019
Fund                      
Shares issued 113,473   920,608   3,933,357   3,126,556   1,556,173   8,508,587
Shares reinvested   37,514   8,594   181,217   223,196   1,024,936
Shares redeemed (587,224)   (873,645)   (1,261,624)   (2,468,451)   (15,566,993)   (69,173,948)
Net increase (decrease) (473,751)   84,477   2,680,327   839,322   (13,787,624)   (59,640,425)
F. RESTRICTED SECURITIES
Restricted securities are securities that are not registered for sale under the Securities Act of 1933 or applicable foreign law and that may be resold only in transactions exempt from applicable registration. Restricted securities include Rule 144A securities which may be sold normally to qualified institutional buyers. At June 30, 2020, the Funds held restricted securities as denoted on the Schedule of Investments.
G. LINE OF CREDIT
The Funds, together with the other funds in the Trust, obtained a committed line of credit in the amount of $50,000,000. The line of credit is available primarily to meet large, unexpected shareholder redemptions subject to certain restrictions. Interest is charged at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate in effect at the time of the borrowings plus 1.5%, or 1.75%, whichever is greater. There is a commitment fee of 0.10% of the excess of the $50,000,000 committed amount over the sum of the average daily balance of any loans, which is allocated amongst all funds that have access to the line. The Funds did not borrow under the line of credit during the period ended June 30, 2020, and thus had no outstanding balances as of that date.
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Driehaus Mutual Funds
Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) — (Continued)

H. REDEMPTION FEES
The Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund may charge a redemption fee of 2.00% of the redemption amount for shares redeemed within 60 days of purchase. The redemption fees are recorded in paid-in capital and reflected in the Statements of Changes in Net Assets.
I. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Events or transactions that occurred after the date of this report through the date the report was issued have been evaluated for potential impact to the financial statements. There are no subsequent events that require recognition or disclosure in the financial statements.
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Fund Expense Examples (unaudited)

As a mutual fund shareholder, you may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges; redemption fees; and exchange fees and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution (12b-1) and/or service fees; and other fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire six month period ended June 30, 2020.
Actual Expenses
The first line of the table below (“Actual”) provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expense that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line of the tables below (“Hypothetical”) provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund versus other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges, redemption fees or exchange fees. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund      
  Beginning
Account Value
January 1, 2020
Ending
Account Value
June 30, 2020
Expenses
Paid During
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2020*
Actual $1,000.00 $1,015.10 $4.96
Hypothetical Example,
assuming a 5% return before expenses
$1,000.00 $1,019.94 $4.97
    
Event Driven Fund      
  Beginning
Account Value
January 1, 2020
Ending
Account Value
June 30, 2020
Expenses
Paid During
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2020*
Actual $1,000.00 $1,041.60 $7.51
Hypothetical Example,
assuming a 5% return before expenses
$1,000.00 $1,017.50 $7.42
    
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Fund Expense Examples (unaudited) — (Continued)

Active Income Fund      
  Beginning
Account Value
January 1, 2020
Ending
Account Value
June 30, 2020
Expenses
Paid During
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2020*
Actual $1,000.00 $931.60 $5.33
Hypothetical Example,
assuming a 5% return before expenses
$1,000.00 $1,019.34 $5.57
*    Expenses are equal to the Funds’ annualized expense ratios for the six-month period in the table below multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (182), then divided by 366 to reflect the half-year period. These amounts exclude the reduction in expenses for fees paid indirectly and may differ from the Fund’s annualized ratio shown in the Financial Highlights.
   
Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund 0.99%
Event Driven Fund 1.48%
Active Income Fund 1.11%
   
   
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Board Review of Liquidity Risk Management Program

Pursuant to Rule 22e-4 under the 1940 Act, the Funds have adopted a liquidity risk management program. The program’s principal objectives include assessing, managing and periodically reviewing each Fund’s liquidity risk, based on factors specific to the circumstances of the Fund. Liquidity risk is defined as the risk that a Fund could not meet redemption requests without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the Fund.
The Adviser has been designated by the Board to administer the Funds’ liquidity risk management program. At a board meeting during the period ended June 30, 2020, The Adviser provided the Board with a report addressing the operations of the program and assessing its adequacy and effectiveness of implementation, including:
the program supported each Fund’s ability to honor redemption requests timely;
the program supported the Adviser’s management of each Fund’s liquidity profile, including during periods of market volatility and net redemptions;
no material liquidity issues were identified during the period;
there were no material changes to the program during the period;
the implementation of the program was effective to manage each Fund’s liquidity risk; and
the program operated adequately during the period.
There can be no assurance that the program will achieve its objectives in the future. Please refer to the prospectus for more information regarding each Fund’s exposure to liquidity risk and other principal risks to which an investment in the Funds may be subject.
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Item 2. Code of Ethics.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 6. Investments.

 

(a)Schedule of Investments in securities of unaffiliated issuers as of the close of the reporting period is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this form.
(b)Not applicable.

 

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Companies and Affiliated Purchasers.

 

Not applicable.

 

 

 

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

There have been no material changes to the procedures by which the shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s board of directors, where those changes were implemented after the registrant last provided disclosure in response to the requirements of Item 407(c)(2)(iv) of Regulation S-K (17 CFR 229.407) (as required by Item 22(b)(15) of Schedule 14A (17 CFR 240.14a-101)), or this Item.

 

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

 

(a)The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c))) are effective, as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(b)) and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (17 CFR 240.13a-15(b) or 240.15d-15(b)).

 

(b)There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d))) that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 12. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 13. Exhibits.

 

(a)(1) Not applicable.
   
(a)(2) Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act and Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto.
   
(a)(3) Not applicable.
   
(a)(4) Not applicable.
   
(b) Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the 1940 Act and Section 906 of the Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto.

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

(Registrant) Driehaus Mutual Funds  
     
By (Signature and Title)* /s/ Stephen T. Weber  
  Stephen T. Weber, President  
  (principal executive officer)  
     
Date September 2, 2020  

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By (Signature and Title)* /s/ Stephen T. Weber  
  Stephen T. Weber, President  
  (principal executive officer)  
     
Date September 2, 2020  
     
By (Signature and Title)* /s/ Robert M. Kurinsky  
  Robert M. Kurinsky, Vice President and Treasurer  
  (principal financial officer)  
     
Date September 2, 2020  

 

*Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.