SMBC NIKKO INVESTMENT FUND MANAGEMENT COMPANY S.A.

SMBC Nikko Investment Fund Management Company S.A. holds a management company licence under Chapter 16, the Luxembourg framework that governs Alternative Investment Fund Managers. This authorisation permits the entity to manage alternative investment funds in accordance with AIFM rules applicable across the European Union, subject to ongoing prudential oversight by the CSSF. The licence has been recorded as active since 27 February 1992, a date that reflects the formal grant of the authorisation rather than any separately documented incorporation event. The company is situated at 2, rue Hildegard von Bingen, L-1282 Luxembourg, which serves as its registered address for regulatory and correspondence purposes. For identification in international regulatory reporting, counterparty data systems, and financial transaction records, the entity uses the Legal Entity Identifier 5493004RR5ECR7HWL854, issued under the global LEI framework administered by the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation. The CSSF, which maintains the official register from which these details are drawn, is the Luxembourg authority responsible for supervising investment fund managers, credit institutions, and other regulated financial entities operating under Luxembourg law. No RCS registration number is recorded in the CSSF register data available for this profile, and no further details regarding specific services or strategies are specified in the source data. All information presented here derives from the CSSF official register and is intended to provide a factual directory record of the entity's licensed status and registered particulars.