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Artisan Developing World Fund Fact Sheet

Commentary
Investor Class: ARTYX | Advisor Class: APDYX | Institutional Class: APHYX As of 30 June 2019

commerce business. MercadoLibre benefited from continued

momentum in the company’s Mercado Pago payments asset both
Portfolio Management on- and off-platform, and as the company continued to make
Lewis S. Kaufman, CFA progress on strategic initiatives in its core e-commerce business
while providing an improved glidepath to higher levels of
profitability. Kweichow Moutai continued to demonstrate that
2H18 fundamental issues reflected supply challenges rather than
Dear Fellow Shareholder: demand weakness, though it faces continued questions about any
potential mix benefit from an increase in direct-sales distribution.
Market Backdrop B3 was a beneficiary of higher trading volumes as optimism
Artisan Developing World Fund (Investor Class) returned 6.52% for increased that Brazil’s government would pass pension reform, and
the quarter ended June 30, 2019, versus 0.61% for the MSCI as the company could benefit from retail participation and capital
Emerging Markets Index (all returns in USD unless stated markets reform on a longer-term basis. HDFC Bank rose as it
otherwise). Since June 30, 2015, Artisan Developing World Fund capitalized on its leading position to take share against a backdrop
has returned 45.55% cumulatively, versus 19.18% for the MSCI of limited liquidity and questionable asset quality in the Indian
Emerging Markets Index. Market sentiment was dominated by banking sector.
movement toward increased global monetary policy
accommodation, as trade tensions continue to create uncertainty. Detractors from performance for the quarter included Brazilian
While the Fed did not formally lower rates, Federal Reserve merchant acquirer Stone, Chinese security camera and surveillance
commentary and limited inflationary pressures suggest lower systems company Hikvision, graphics semiconductor company
policy rates this year. Reflecting this dynamic, yields on 10-year NVIDIA, Chinese Internet leader Alibaba and Chinese hotel operator
government bonds declined to 2.0% from 2.4% during the quarter. Huazhu. Stone has been pressured by an increasingly competitive
European policy makers also showed a renewed willingness to use merchant-acquiring landscape in Brazil as the large incumbent
monetary policy to support growth. Despite the potential for lower banks seek to push out smaller competitors by undercutting
policy rates, emerging markets equities were subdued, as trade pricing, though Stone’s underlying business to date has proven
tensions between the US and China continued to weigh on resilient. Hikvision was down amid growing concerns about the
confidence, and as Washington used tariffs and sanctions to potential for US sanctions against Chinese surveillance companies,
achieve policy goals (i.e., India and Mexico). Not surprisingly, China as facial recognition increasingly becomes a human rights concern
was the worst performing major emerging market during the for US policy makers; Hikvision was sold from the portfolio during
quarter, with MSCI China declining 4.0%, though approximately the quarter. NVIDIA suffered from trade tensions during the quarter
2.2% of this decline is attributable to weakness in the renminbi which have served to push out expectations for industry recovery,
against the dollar. Russia was the best performing major emerging with investors left to ponder the longer-term ramifications. While
market during the quarter (+16.9%), and while there was no clear Alibaba did not suffer from direct exposure to the trade conflict, its
fundamental driver of this performance, it is notable that the share price seemed to be caught in the ebbs and flows of trade
Russian ruble contributed 4.1% to this return as currency markets discussions, with the company taking the additional step of
reacted to Fed policy expectations. Brazil also rose during the announcing a listing and IPO in China to broaden its investor base.
quarter (+7.2%), as optimism increased about the size and timing of Huazhu declined as Chinese tourism and occupancy rates have
pension reform; Brazilian real appreciation against the dollar dropped against the backdrop of ongoing domestic
similarly contributed 1.6% to this return. South Africa also macroeconomic concerns about the potential for growth weakness
performed reasonably well (+6.6%) after the ruling ANC party won in the back half of the year.
a narrow parliamentary election mandate (2.4% due to rand
appreciation against the dollar). Global markets also rose, as the Market Outlook
S&P 500® Index (+4.3%) and MSCI EAFE Index (+3.7%) both reacted With global monetary policy accommodation seemingly assured,
favorably to monetary policy dynamics. emerging markets central banks are likely to have more scope to
lower interest rates in the near future. Thus, the key variables in the
Contributors and Detractors market outlook appear to be continued growth pressures as trade
Top contributors to performance for the quarter included ASEAN uncertainties bite, and the ultimate outlook of trade negotiations
gaming and e-commerce leader Sea, South American e-commerce between the US and China. These two risks are of course
and payments platform MercadoLibre, premium Chinese spirits inextricably linked. As we write this letter, the US and China have
company Kweichow Moutai, Brazilian stock exchange Brasil Bolsa agreed at the G-20 in Osaka to resume trade discussions. Notably,
Balcao (B3) and Indian financial services leader HDFC Bank. Sea rose the US appears to have eased certain restrictions against Chinese
as the company’s self-developed Battle Royale game “Free Fire” networking company Huawei, and Congress’ reaction to this
continued to gain substantial traction in Sea’s home markets and apparent compromise is inherently unpredictable given the
beyond, and as take-rates began to rise in the company’s Shopee e-
national security implications. From the Chinese side, negotiators
have taken an increasingly hawkish tone, with a goal of
underscoring the importance of national dignity and mutual
respect. Ultimately, both sides have a vested interest in coming to
an agreement on tariffs and trade. In the event of a protracted
dispute or worse, we cannot rule out several tail risks, including
technology bans, restricted access to domestic Chinese markets,
further weaponization of tariffs and accidents of a geopolitical
nature. Also lurking in the background are the protests in Hong
Kong over the extradition bill, which have concerned Chinese
policy makers while drawing the ire of US ones and created a new
potential sphere for conflict. We continue to believe that domestic
Chinese businesses which form the bedrock of our China portfolio
will be relatively resilient to most scenarios, because they are likely
to benefit from continued Chinese policy support in the event of a
protracted trade dispute. However, we have become more inclined
to be compensated for risk in an outsized way when wading into
American multinationals with significant Chinese exposure. We
have also inserted a few new companies in the portfolio with the
potential to transcend an extended trade war, including Dutch
payments provider Adyen, which benefits from its cross-border and
local emerging markets businesses.

Portfolio Positioning
Those of you that have invested with us over the long run are
familiar with our desire to avoid both capital and fundamental
impairment. Increasingly, we think of this impairment focus as a
capital preservation concept, rather than how we compound
business value. Today, we conceive of business-value creation in
terms of marrying low-penetration domestic demand with scalable
platforms and durable opportunity sets. One example of a scalable
platform is MercadoLibre, which began as a third-party e-
commerce marketplace but now houses perhaps Latin America’s
premier payments asset. Similarly, Tencent started as an instant-
messaging company, then became China’s dominant gaming
company, and has evolved again into the purveyor of the country’s
most valued social networking asset. While we have never
formalized the concept of scalability until recently, we believe it is a
crucial building block of some of the multi-year relationships we
have had with many of our best investments. Similarly, durability
and repeatability are increasingly important concepts for us. We
like Kweichow Moutai not only because it is compounding business
value today, but because it is a supply-constrained story that has a
certain longevity to it (premium Baijou must be aged and
availability is limited). Similarly, Titan’s value proposition of selling
formal jewelry whose purity and veracity can be trusted is likely to
resonate across India, such that growth can prove quite durable.
Overall, we believe our focus on scalability and durability gives us
the opportunity to identify businesses that are conducive to
compelling compounding outcomes over time. As always, we will
continue to evolve around our core set of investment principles.

We thank you for your trust and confidence.

 Investment Process
We seek to capitalize on low-penetration opportunities by investing in companies that compound business value over a market cycle, while
implementing a forward-looking construct for managing risk.

Investment Results (%) Average Annual Total Returns

As of 30 June 2019 QTD YTD 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr Inception1

Investor Class: ARTYX 6.52 30.79 18.76 15.31 — — 9.94
Advisor Class: APDYX 6.49 30.86 18.93 15.52 — — 10.14
Institutional Class: APHYX 6.55 30.87 19.04 15.62 — — 10.25
MSCI Emerging Markets Index 0.61 10.58 1.21 10.66 4.84
Source: Artisan Partners/MSCI. Returns for periods less than one year are not annualized. 1Fund inception: 29 June 2015.

Expense Ratios ARTYX APDYX APHYX

Semi-Annual Report 31 Mar 20191 1.40 1.16 1.08
Prospectus 30 Sep 20182 1.37 1.18 1.09
Unaudited, annualized for the six-month period. 2See prospectus for further details.
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International investments involve special risks, including currency fluctuation, lower liquidity, different accounting methods and economic and political systems, and higher transaction costs. These risks typically are greater in
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This summary represents the views of the portfolio managers as of 30 Jun 2019. Those views may change, and the Fund disclaims any obligation to advise investors of such changes. For the purpose of determining the Fund’s holdings,
securities of the same issuer are aggregated to determine the weight in the Fund. The holdings mentioned above comprised the following percentages of the Fund's total net assets as of 30 Jun 2019: Sea Ltd 5.0%, MercadoLibre Inc 5.0%,
Kweichow Moutai Co Ltd 4.4%, B3 SA - Brasil Bolsa Balcao 3.2%, HDFC Bank Ltd 4.5%, StoneCo Ltd 0.9%, NVIDIA Corp 4.4%, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 5.0%, Huazhu Group Ltd 2.2%, Adyen NV 3.4%, Tencent Holdings Ltd 4.3%, Titan Co
Ltd 2.3%. Securities named in the Commentary, but not listed here are not held in the Fund as of the date of this report. Portfolio holdings are subject to change without notice and are not intended as recommendations of individual securities.
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