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Mutual Funds

VALUE STRATEGIES

Ariel Fund

Ariel Appreciation Fund

FOCUSED STRATEGIES

Ariel Focus Fund

GLOBAL STRATEGIES

Ariel International Fund

Ariel Global Fund

Separate Accounts

VALUE STRATEGIES

Ariel Small Cap Value

Ariel Small Cap Value Concentrated

Ariel Small/Mid Cap Value

Ariel Mid Cap Value

FOCUSED STRATEGIES

Ariel Focused Value

DEEP VALUE STRATEGIES

Ariel Micro-Cap Value

Ariel Small Cap Deep Value

GLOBAL STRATEGIES

Ariel International (DM)

Ariel International (DM/EM)

Ariel Global

Ariel Global Concentrated

Value Strategy

Ariel Focus Fund

Overview

Philosophy

Process

Performance

Characteristics

Holdings

Fund Materials

Distribution History

Investor Class

Reinvest Date	Reinvest Price Per Share	Long Term Capital Gain Per Share	Short Term Capital Gain Per Share	Income Dividend Per Share	Total Distribution Per Share
Nov. 17, 2005	$10.26	$0.000000	$0.114000	$0.000000	$0.114000
Dec. 29, 2005	$10.42	$0.000000	$0.000000	$0.033400	$0.033400
Nov. 16, 2006	$11.47	$0.000000	$0.000000	$0.000000	$0.000000
Dec. 28, 2006	$11.61	$0.000000	$0.000000	$0.046530	$0.046530
Nov. 15, 2007	$11.11	$0.078420	$0.188600	$0.000000	$0.267020
Dec. 27, 2007	$11.01	$0.000000	$0.000000	$0.040980	$0.040980
Nov. 24, 2008	$6.56	$0.000000	$0.000000	$0.000000	$0.000000
Dec. 29, 2008	$6.79	$0.000000	$0.000000	$0.055350	$0.055350
Nov. 23, 2009	$9.36	$0.000000	$0.000000	$0.000000	$0.000000
Dec. 29, 2009	$9.47	$0.000000	$0.000000	$0.035620	$0.035620
Nov. 22, 2010	$9.92	$0.000000	$0.000000	$0.000000	$0.000000
Dec. 29, 2010	$10.46	$0.000000	$0.000000	$0.026610	$0.026610
Nov. 21, 2011	$9.46	$0.000000	$0.000000	$0.000000	$0.000000
Dec. 29, 2011	$9.90	$0.000000	$0.000000	$0.057728	$0.057728
Nov. 16, 2012	$10.34	$0.000000	$0.000000	$0.000000	$0.000000
Dec. 27, 2012	$10.75	$0.000000	$0.000000	$0.130250	$0.130250
Nov. 14, 2013	$13.95	$0.701780	$0.000000	$0.000000	$0.701780
Dec. 30, 2013	$14.18	$0.000000	$0.000000	$0.093927	$0.093927
Nov. 20, 2014	$14.09	$1.142020	$0.314890	$0.000000	$1.456910
Dec. 30, 2014	$14.19	$0.000000	$0.000000	$0.105960	$0.105960
Nov. 19, 2015	$11.15	$1.290090	$0.042840	$0.000000	$1.332930
Dec. 30, 2015	$10.61	$0.000000	$0.000000	$0.130258	$0.130258
Nov. 17, 2016	$12.27	$0.000000	$0.000000	$0.000000	$0.000000
Dec. 29, 2016	$12.66	$0.000000	$0.000000	$0.131078	$0.131078
Nov. 16, 2017	$13.03	$0.440820	$0.233020	$0.000000	$0.673840
Dec. 28, 2017	$13.73	$0.000000	$0.000000	$0.114164	$0.114164
Nov. 15, 2018	$12.85	$0.712440	$0.000000	$0.000000	$0.712440
Dec. 27, 2018	$11.11	$0.000000	$0.000000	$0.131908	$0.131908
Nov. 21, 2019	$13.43	$0.000000	$0.000000	$0.000000	$0.000000
Dec. 17, 2019	$13.68	$0.000000	$0.000000	$0.142579	$0.142579