Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund Posts 9% NAV Total Return for Six Months Ended August 31

• Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund’s six-month NAV return reached 9% through August 31, 2026, beating its benchmark by 7.6 percentage points.
• The Russell/Nomura Small Cap Index gained 1.4%; the fund’s market-price return was 7%.
• Shares closed at $12.63, a 12.1% discount to NAV.
• Net assets totaled $366.52 million, with NAV per share at $14.37.
• For the quarter ended August 31, 2026, NAV return reached 11.4%, outperforming the benchmark by 7.3 percentage points.

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