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CARMIGNAC PORTFOLIO SICAV Audited annual report as at 31/12/18 R.C.S. Luxembourg B 70 409 Database Publishing System: CO-Reporter® by CO-Link, Belgium. CARMIGNAC PORTFOLIO Table of contents Page Organisation 4 General Information 5 Management Report 6 Audit report 57 Combined 60 CARMIGNAC PORTFOLIO Grande Europe 63 CARMIGNAC PORTFOLIO Commodities 69 CARMIGNAC PORTFOLIO Emerging Discovery 76 CARMIGNAC PORTFOLIO Unconstrained Global Bond 84 CARMIGNAC PORTFOLIO Capital Plus 91 CARMIGNAC PORTFOLIO Emerging Patrimoine 100 CARMIGNAC PORTFOLIO Emergents 108 CARMIGNAC PORTFOLIO Euro-Entrepreneurs 116 CARMIGNAC PORTFOLIO Long-Short European Equities (formerly Euro-Patrimoine) 122 CARMIGNAC PORTFOLIO Investissement 129 CARMIGNAC PORTFOLIO Patrimoine 137 CARMIGNAC PORTFOLIO Sécurité 148 CARMIGNAC PORTFOLIO Investissement Latitude 160 CARMIGNAC PORTFOLIO Capital Cube 167 CARMIGNAC PORTFOLIO Active Risk Allocation (liquidated on 30/11/18) 174 CARMIGNAC PORTFOLIO Unconstrained Credit 177 CARMIGNAC PORTFOLIO Unconstrained Emerging Markets Debt 183 CARMIGNAC PORTFOLIO Patrimoine Europe 188 CARMIGNAC PORTFOLIO Flexible Allocation 2024 194 CARMIGNAC PORTFOLIO Long-Short Global Equities 199 Page 2 CARMIGNAC PORTFOLIO Table of contents Page Notes to the financial statements - Statement of derivative instruments 202 Other notes to the financial statements 240 Unaudited information 260 No subscription may be accepted on the basis of the financial reports. Subscriptions are only valid if made on the basis of the current prospectus, accompanied by the latest annual report and the latest semi-annual report if published after the annual report. Page 3 CARMIGNAC PORTFOLIO Organisation Registered Office: CARMIGNAC PORTFOLIO, 5, Allée Scheffer, L-2520 Luxembourg Board of Directors: Chairman Mr. Edouard CARMIGNAC Managing Director of Carmignac Gestion S.A. Director of Carmignac Gestion Luxembourg S.A. Directors Mr. Jean-Pierre MICHALOWSKI Senior Country Officer of Credit Agricole at Singapore Mr. Eric HELDERLE Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Carmignac Gestion Luxembourg S.A. Deputy Managing Director of Carmignac Gestion S.A. Board of Directors of the Management Company: Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors Mr. Eric HELDERLE Directors Mr. Edouard CARMIGNAC Mr. Cyril de GIRARDIER Delegates for day-to-day management Mr. Eric HELDERLE Mr. Giorgio VENTURA Mr. Mischa CORNET Mr. Cyril de GIRARDIER Mr. Jean-Yves LASSAUT Depositary Bank: BNP Paribas Securities Services, Luxembourg Branch, 60, Avenue J.F. Kennedy, L-1855 Luxembourg Domiciliary Agent, Administrative Agent, Registrar & Transfer Agent and Paying Agent: CACEIS Bank, Luxembourg Branch, 5, Allée Scheffer, L-2520 Luxembourg Management Company: Carmignac Gestion Luxembourg S.A., 7, rue de la Chapelle, L-1325 Luxembourg Invesment Manager: Carmignac Gestion S.A., 24, Place Vendôme, 75001 Paris, France Carmignac Gestion Luxembourg S.A., London Branch Distribution agent: Carmignac Gestion Luxembourg S.A., 7, rue de la Chapelle, L-1325 Luxembourg Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers, Société coopérative, 2, rue Gerhard Mercator, L-2182 Luxembourg Financial services: In Luxembourg : CACEIS Bank, Luxembourg Branch, 5, Allée Scheffer, L-2520 Luxembourg In France : CACEIS Bank, 1-3 place Valhubert, F-75013 Paris Representative and Distributor for Switzerland: CACEIS (Switzerland), S.A., Route de Signy 35, CH-1260 Nyon, Suisse Paying agent for Switzerland: CACEIS Bank, Paris, succursale de Nyon, Route de Signy 35, CH-1260 Nyon, Suisse The Articles of Incorporation, the prospectus, the annual and semi-annual reports and the list of purchases and sales made for the fund during the financial year may be obtained free of charge from the representative in Switzerland and from the SICAV's registered office. Page 4 CARMIGNAC PORTFOLIO General Information The Articles of Incorporation and the legal notice of CARMIGNAC PORTFOLIO (the "SICAV") are filed with the Registry of the District Court of and in Luxembourg, where any interested person may consult them or obtain a copy thereof. The SICAV is registered in the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register under number B 70 409. The issue prospectuses and the semi-annual and annual reports may be obtained free of charge from the institutions responsible for the SICAV's financial services, as well as from the SICAV's registered office. The net asset value is established each common bank business day in Luxembourg and Paris. The net asset value as well as the issue and redemption prices may also be obtained at the SICAV's registered office and from the institutions responsible for its financial services as well as on Carmignac Gestion's website at the following address: www.carmignac.com. All notices to holders of shares are published in the "d'Wort" as well as, insofar as Luxembourg law so requires, in the Mémorial. The financial year begins on 1 January and ends on 31 December. Page 5 CARMIGNAC PORTFOLIO Grande Europe Management Report Performance commentary In 2018, Carmignac Portfolio Grande Europe (Category A EUR Acc - ISIN LU0099161993) had negative performance of -9.56%, nevertheless better than that of its reference indicator¹ which dropped by -10.77%. European markets had a year that was punctuated by economic and political uncertainties. After having touched a low point in March, they bounced back, helped by the fall in the euro, which improved the competitiveness of European companies. Investors temporarily overcame their worries about American customs threats and the weakening of certain economic statistics in Europe. These concerns nevertheless appeared again, with investor sentiment changing with the announcements of President Trump in his trade war, the news surrounding the 2019 budget crisis faced by the new Italian government and, lately, the position of the US Federal reserve suggesting the probability of a continuation of its monetary tightening. At the same time, although European economic indicators dropped overall, the profitability of companies held up well in 2018. The initial forecasts of an increase in profitability of around 7% to 8% in 2018 appear correct, but we think that the current anticipation of a consensus on a similar increase in 2019 is too optimistic, given the circumstances. Nevertheless, the prices of European stocks are already reflecting a slowdown, and valuations are in line with low historical averages. This being the case, we intend to remain with our approach, which consists of seeking advantageous investment opportunities, and, in spite of problems at the worldwide level and moderate economic growth in Europe, we identify numerous possibilities for the selection of securities. Thus, over 2018, we retained significant exposure to innovative and high added-value sectors, such as technology and health. The latter significantly contributed to performance over the period. Amongst those with which we are satisfied, Argenx and Morphosys, two of our positions in companies of modest size, presented very sound clinical data concerning their respective treatments for leukaemia during the large annual conference devoted to this illness, and their prices clearly increased subsequently. We are continuing to prefer such innovations within the pharmaceutical products sector, which are often poorly understood and undervalued by investors. However, our investments in finance (AIB Group, Prudential PLC), technology (SAP) and industry (ELIS, Weir Group PLC), were detrimental to performance. In spite of an atypical year 2018, characterised by sharp adjustment of market actions resulting from the collision between the three cycles, economic, monetary and political, which penalised our share portfolio, Carmignac Portfolio Grande Europe demonstrated a certain resilience in relation to its reference indicator. We are therefore maintaining our portfolio construction, backed by our management process, which is based essentially upon the selection of securities, favouring companies with sound yield on invested capital, and we are confident for the forthcoming year. ¹Stoxx 600 (EUR) – Net dividends reinvested Page 6 CARMIGNAC PORTFOLIO Grande Europe Management Report Summary table of the annual performance of each category of Carmignac Portfolio Grande Europe open over the whole of 2018 Reference 2018 annual Categories ISIN Currency indicator performance performance A EUR ACC LU0099161993 EUR -9.56% -10.77% E EUR ACC LU0294249692 EUR -10.28% -10.77% W GBP ACC HDG LU0553405878 GBP -8.34% -10.77% A CHF ACC HDG LU0807688931 CHF -9.96% -10.77% A USD ACC HDG LU0807689079 USD -7.49% -10.77% A EUR YDIS LU0807689152 EUR -9.56% -10.77% E USD ACC HDG LU0992628775 USD -9.60% -10.77% F EUR ACC LU0992628858 EUR -9.61% -10.77% F CHF ACC HDG LU0992628932 CHF -9.37% -10.77% F USD ACC HDG LU0992629070 USD -6.66% -10.77% W GBP ACC LU1299301280 GBP -7.94% -9.77% W EUR ACC LU1623761951 EUR -8.95% -10.77% Past performance is no guide to future performance. Communication of Environmental, Social and Governance criteria (ESG) Carmignac Portfolio Grande Europe invests with the aim of achieving sustainable long-term growth through an investment approach that is socially responsible. The details concerning the application of the socially-responsible investment approach are accessible on the following Internet site: www.carmignac.com. Under our commitment to PRI ("Principles for Responsible Investment"), our portfolios are analysed by MSCI through three main aspects of socially-responsible investment based on environmental, social and governance criteria. Carmignac