3i Group plc (“3i”, or “the Company”) is required to produce and publish this document by the Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (the “Regulation”). 3i is required to follow the Regulation’s prescribed methodology in preparing the document, including for the determination of the Summary Risk Indicator. 3i believes that the methodology prescribed by the Regulation for the preparation of the information in this document is primarily designed for packaged retail investment products rather than shares in a listed company such as 3i and, in 3i’s case, produces results which, in 3i’s view, could be misleading.
Shares in the Company are intended for investors wishing to gain exposure to a portfolio of unlisted private equity and infrastructure assets, with an objective of generating long-term capital growth and regular dividends. An investment in the Company is suitable for investors who have a long-term investment horizon, are capable of evaluating the merits and risks of such an investment, and who understand the potential risk of capital loss, which may equal the whole amount invested. Past performance is not a guide to future performance.
3i Investments plc (“3i Investments”, or the "Investment Manager”) is required to produce and publish this document by Regulation (EU) 1286/2014 of the European Parliament and the Council on key information documents for packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (the “Regulation”). 3i Investments is required to follow the Regulation’s prescribed methodology in preparing the document, including for the determination of the Summary Risk Indicator and calculation of the Performance Scenarios. 3i Investments believes that the methodology prescribed by the Regulation for the preparation of the information in this document and, in particular, the Performance Scenarios, is primarily designed for packaged retail investment products rather than shares in a listed company such as 3i Infrastructure plc and, in 3i Infrastructure’s case, produces results which, in the Investment Manager’s view, could be misleading.
Ordinary shares in the Company are suitable only for investors that are capable of evaluating the merits and risks of such an investment, who understand the potential risk of capital loss, for whom an investment in the Company constitutes part of a diversified investment portfolio, who fully understand and are willing to assume the risks involved in investing in the Company, who understand the limitations of the determination of the Summary Risk Indicator and calculation of the Performance Scenarios and who have sufficient resources to be able to bear losses (which may equal the whole amount invested) that could result from such an investment in the Company’s ordinary shares. Past performance is not a guide to future performance.