Moerus Worldwide Fund - Institutional Class · NASDAQ:MOWIX
Moerus Worldwide Fund - Institutional Class — Moerus Worldwide Fund — Investor Presentation (March 2026)
23 slides from Moerus Worldwide Fund - Institutional Class's investor presentation, Mar 31, 2026
Slide 1: Moerus Worldwide Fund
FOR INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR USE ONLY – Not for Public Distribution Moerus Worldwide Fund Quarter Ending March 31, 2026 MOWIX - MOWNX
Slide 2: Disclaimer
Disclaimer The information in this document is not an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy an interest in any investment fund or for the provision of any investment management or advisory services. Any such offer or solicitation will be made only by means of a Confidential Private Offeri
Slide 3: Moerus Capital Management
Moerus Capital Management ► Background: After nearly a decade plus of working together, Amit Wadhwaney, John Mauro, and Michael Campagna formed Moerus Capital Management in September of 2015 with the goal of doing only one thing and doing it very well – pursuing our unique style of value investing.
Slide 4: The Moerus Name
The Moerus Name Moerus is the Ancient Latin word describing a city’s defensive walls. ► Our style of investing requires a deeply discounted asset. However, cheapness alone is not enough to warrant an investment. We believe a keen awareness of risks is essential to generating attractive returns over
Slide 5: Investment Team
Investment Team ► Amit Wadhwaney, Portfolio Manager: Amit has over 30 years of experience researching and analyzing investment opportunities in developed, emerging, and frontier markets worldwide, and has managed global investment portfolios since 1996. Prior to founding Moerus, Amit was a Portfolio
Slide 6: Investment Philosophy
Investment Philosophy ► A Long-term Focus • In our experience, few investors actually focus on the long term • Balance Sheet is typically weighed more heavily than the Income Statement • A good business with a strong Balance Sheet will usually ride out short term market and industry dislocations • E
Slide 7: Investment Overview
Investment Overview ► Opportunistic Global Bottom-Up Value Investing • Focus on the business, the industry it operates in, its valuation & investment risks, etc. • Limited dependence upon long-term macro forecasts, maintain an acute awareness of impact on the investee company of adverse shifts in re
Slide 8: Investment Overview
Investment Overview ► Conservative Valuation Methodology • Focus on the here & now, rather than projections given limited macro forecasting • Conservatism in both the assumptions & the valuation methodology • Important for Margin of Safety considerations (taken in conjunction with the below) ► Risk
Slide 9: Examples of Sources of Ideas
Examples of Sources of Ideas Misunderstood Companies Global Macroeconomic Trends Complex Corporate Structures Capital Markets Crises Underfollowed Businesses Commodities Cycles Holding Companies Cyclical Downturns Transitory Accounting Quirks Analytical Market Turmoil Complexity Event Industries Spi
Slide 10: Typical Research Process
Typical Research Process ► Strive to Develop a Thorough Understanding of the Business: • Know the industry, business, and regulatory environment • Identify key risk factors • Understand the business model ► Financial Statement Analysis: • Evaluate Balance Sheet and asset composition • Relationship b
Slide 11: Portfolio Construction
Portfolio Construction ► Benchmark-independent approach ► Bottom-up opportunities rather than top-down or index considerations ► Top ten holdings account for a meaningful portion of the portfolio ► Cash as a residual of the investment process ► Risk aggregation considerations CONFIDENTIAL 11
Slide 12: Portfolio Construction
Portfolio Construction ► Position Sizing • Goal is to have a portfolio of high conviction ideas, but prudent diversification is appropriate o Qualified by factors such as liquidity, financial risk, and business quality • Key drivers of position size: o Level of discount to our NAV estimate o Quality
Slide 13: Sell Discipline
Sell Discipline ► Valuation: • Buy on assets, sell on earnings expectations • Security trades at a material premium to an optimistic valuation ► Corporate Actions: • Company is acquired or goes private • Sizeable return of capital to shareholders • Spin-off or sale of assets ► Fundamental Change to
Slide 14: Risk Management Framework
Risk Management Framework ► Holistic approach toward mitigating risk: Company Specific Internal External View Company-Specific Company-Specific Risk Factors Risk Factors Risk Management Portfolio Mitigate Aggregation of Risks Level View Position Sizing | Industry Exposures | Geographic Exposures CON
Slide 15: Portfolio Characteristics – as of March 31, 2026
Portfolio Characteristics – as of March 31, 2026 Top 10 Positions Country % of Assets Fund Benchmark1 Natura Cosmeticos SA Brazil 5.81% Number of Holdings 37 1,977 Greenfire Resources Ltd Canada 4.27% Price/Book2 1.17x 2.18x Dundee Corp Canada 3.60% Average Market $15.0 bn $16.7 bn International Pet
Slide 16: GICS Industry Group Weights
10% 15% 20% 25% 0% 5% Financials Materials Energy Banks Real Estate Mgmt. & Dev. Household & Personal Products CONFIDENTIAL Capital Goods Equity REITs Consumer Services GICS INDUSTRY GROUP WEIGHTS (%) Transportation Consumer Durables & Apparel Cash (net) Portfolio Characteristics – as of March 31, 2
Slide 17: Country Allocation
Portfolio Characteristics – as of March 31, 2026 COUNTRY ALLOCATION (%) 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% Canada United United Brazil Hong Kong India South Italy Norway Australia Other States Kingdom Africa CONFIDENTIAL 17
Slide 18: Portfolio Characteristics – Country Allocation Over Time
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 11/1/2016 2/1/2017 5/1/2017 8/1/2017 11/1/2017 2/1/2018 5/1/2018 8/1/2018 11/1/2018 2/1/2019 5/1/2019 8/1/2019 11/1/2019 2/1/2020 5/1/2020 8/1/2020 11/1/2020 2/1/2021 5/1/2021 8/1/2021 11/1/2021 2/1/2022 5/1/2022 CONFIDENTIAL 8/1/2022 11/1/2022 2/1/2023 5/
Slide 19: Performance – as of March 31, 2026
Performance – as of March 31, 2026 Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. Returns are shown net of fees and expenses and assume reinvestment of dividends and other income. The investment
Slide 20: Appendix
APPENDIX 2°) MOERUS TAL MANAGEMENT CONFIDENTIAL 20
Slide 21: Investor Relations
Investor Relations Mary Papamarkou, Managing Director: Hayden Barry, Marketing Associate: Ms. Papamarkou has over 30 years of experience Ms. Barry joined Moerus in 2020 and supports all and leads marketing, business development, and aspects of marketing, business development, and relationship manage
Slide 22: Operations
Operations Julie Smith, Chief Financial Officer & Chief Cassie Bachovchin, Compliance Officer/ Compliance Officer: Operations Manager: Ms. Smith has over 25 years of investment Ms. Bachovchin joined Moerus as an Associate in management industry experience with a focus on 2016, assisting in almost al
Slide 23: A Unique Approach to Global Investing
A Unique Approach to Global Investing ► Amit Wadhwaney has had a long career investing in developed, emerging, and frontier markets. ► A unique brand of investing, as profiled by, among others: • Manual of Ideas (MOI) Global • Smart Money • Barron’s • The New York Times • Forbes • Value Investor Ins
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