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Big Pharma Split Corp. Class A

Health Care Equity

Fundata ESG GradeA Click for more information on Fundata’s ESG Grade

Fundata ESG Grade A

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NAVPS
(12-12-2025)
$13.80
Change
$0.11 (0.79%)

As at November 30, 2025

As at November 30, 2025

As at November 30, 2025

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Big Pharma Split Corp. Class A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (November 24, 2017): 10.77%

Fund Returns
Row Heading Return Annualized Return
1 Mth 3 Mth 6 Mth YTD 1 Yr 2 Yr 3 Yr 4 Yr 5 Yr 6 Yr 7 Yr 8 Yr 9 Yr 10 Yr
Fund 15.77% 24.82% 35.46% 32.58% 25.19% 15.46% 5.50% 11.87% 11.37% 10.24% 9.09% 10.65% - -
Benchmark 7.21% 13.51% 18.59% 12.85% 9.19% 12.51% 7.70% 6.84% 7.73% 8.59% 8.64% 9.53% 10.46% 8.79%
Category Average - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Category Rank - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Quartile Ranking - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Fund -5.57% 8.36% 7.68% -2.36% -8.30% -6.33% -0.81% -1.94% 11.58% 1.89% 5.82% 15.77%
Benchmark -3.25% 6.66% 0.57% -2.81% -5.42% -3.48% 0.91% -0.60% 4.16% 2.38% 3.42% 7.21%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

19.38% (November 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-14.28% (October 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - - 11.79% 20.23% 0.23% 22.85% 10.83% -3.40% -4.65%
Benchmark 27.73% -8.68% 14.01% 11.82% 17.06% 13.59% 15.28% -1.72% 1.42% 9.95%
Category Average - - - - - - - - - -
Quartile Ranking - - - - - - - - - -
Category Rank - - - - - - - - - -

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

22.85% (2021)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-4.65% (2024)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 68.84
International Equity 28.91
Cash and Equivalents 2.94
Derivatives -0.69

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Healthcare 97.75
Cash and Cash Equivalent 2.94

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 70.98
Europe 28.91
Other 0.11

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Eli Lilly and Co 11.90
Johnson & Johnson 10.78
AstraZeneca PLC - ADR 10.65
Merck & Co Inc 10.30
GSK plc - ADR 10.00
Abbvie Inc 9.69
Amgen Inc 9.50
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co 8.36
Pfizer Inc 8.30
Sanofi SA - ADR 8.26

Equity Style

Market capitalization is large. Equity style is growth.

Fixed Income Style

Fixed income style data not available
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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

Big Pharma Split Corp. Class A

Median

Other - Health Care Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 21.24% 22.51% -
Beta 1.72% 1.61% -
Alpha -0.06% 0.00% -
Rsquared 0.75% 0.65% -
Sharpe 0.17% 0.47% -
Sortino 0.33% 0.75% -
Treynor 0.02% 0.07% -
Tax Efficiency 19.74% 63.81% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 10 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 10 on a scale of 1 to 10 -

Risk Rating

Rating Not Available

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 26.50% 21.24% 22.51% -
Beta 1.72% 1.72% 1.61% -
Alpha 0.09% -0.06% 0.00% -
Rsquared 0.85% 0.75% 0.65% -
Sharpe 0.87% 0.17% 0.47% -
Sortino 1.79% 0.33% 0.75% -
Treynor 0.13% 0.02% 0.07% -
Tax Efficiency 81.45% 19.74% 63.81% -

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

The E, S, and G scores are averaged for each security in the portfolio, to arrive at an ESG score for each security. We take the portfolio weighted average of the ESG scores for each fund and rank them against their peers to arrive at the Fundata ESG Score from 0-100.

Fundata E Score

Three scores under the Environment bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Environment Score for each fund from 0-100: (1) Pollution Prevention, (2) Environmental Transparency, (3) Resource Efficiency.

Fundata S Score

Six scores under the Social bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Social Score for each fund from 0-100. (1) Compensation and Satisfaction, (2) Diversity and Rights, (3) Education and Work Conditions, (4) Community and Charity, (5) Human Rights, (6) Sustainability Integration.

Fundata G Score

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Fund Details

Start Date November 24, 2017
Instrument Type Closed-End Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status -
Sales Status Capped
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Monthly
Assets ($mil) $18

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
N/A

Investment Objectives

The investment objectives for the Class A Shares are to provide their holders with regular monthly non-cumulative cash distributions targeted to be $0.1031 per Class A Share representing a yield on the issue price of the Class A Shares of 8.25% per annum on the issue price of $15.00 per Class A Shares and to provide holders with the opportunity for growth in the asset value per Class A Share.

Investment Strategy

To seek to achieve its investment objectives, the Company will invest in an initially equally-weighted Portfolio comprised of Equity Securities of ten issuers, selected by the Portfolio Manager from the Investable Universe, eight of which will be selected from the ten largest (as determined by market capitalization calculated in US$) Pharmaceutical Issuers in the Investable Universe and the remaining two issuers will be selected by the Portfolio Manager from the Investable Universe.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Harvest Portfolios Group Inc.

Sub-Advisor

-

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Harvest Portfolios Group Inc.

Custodian

-

Registrar

-

Distributor

-

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed No
PAC Initial Investment -
PAC Subsequent -
SWP Allowed No
SWP Min Balance -
SWP Min Withdrawal -

Fees

MER 8.36%
Management Fee 0.75%
Load No Load
FE Max -
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) -
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) -
Trailer Fee Max (NL) -
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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