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   BayCurrent Consulting Inc.                    JP:6532  Japan                                                                 1.7%                                         21.2%                                       21.3% 
   MercadoLibre Inc.                              MELI    Uruguay                                                               1.6%                                         21.4%                                       48.8% 
   Siemens AG                                    XE:SIE   Germany                                                               1.6%                                          5.2%                                        9.2% 
   Ashtead Group PLC                             UK:AHT   U.K.                                                                  1.6%                                          7.9%                                        9.9% 
   GFL Environmental Inc                         CA:GFL   Canada                                                                1.6%                                          6.5%                                       27.0% 
   Icon PLC                                       ICLR    Ireland                                                7.0%                                       15.0% 
   SK Hynix Inc.                                KR:000660 South Korea                                           35.8%                                       31.9% 
   Disco Corp.                                   JP:6146  Japan                                                 17.8%                                       27.3% 
   Shin-Etsu Chemical Co.                        JP:4063  Japan                                                  5.5%                                        7.7% 
                                                                                                                                                                                               Sources: FactSet, Buffalo Funds 

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The projected sales and EPS CAGR on the table are for three years, except for the EPS growth projection for SK Hynix. Since the company posted a net loss last year, the projected EPS CAGR on the table is a two-year figure using consensus estimates for 2024 and 2026.

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Fund performance

The Buffalo International Fund's Investor shares BUFIX have annual expenses of 1.04% of assets under management. The fund's Institutional shares BUIIX have an expense ratio of 0.89% and were first made available in August 2019. The fund's benchmark index is the FTSE All-World ex US Index.

Here is how both classes have performed against the Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index ETF VEU, which tracks the fund's benchmark and has an expense ratio of 0.07%. All returns are after expenses and include reinvested dividends.

   Fund                                               Ticker   3-year return  5-year return  10-year return  15-year return 
   Buffalo International Fund - Investor Class        BUFIX             1.3%            46%            100%            303% 
   Buffalo International Fund - Institutional Class   BUIIX             1.7%            N/A             N/A             N/A 
   Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund            VEU             -1.5%            27%             49%            180% 
                                                                                                            Source: FactSet 

Another way to look at performance is by using average annual returns, which is Morningstar's method. So here are the averages for the Buffalo International Fund's two share classes, VEU and Morningstar's Large Foreign Blend category:

   Fund or category                                    3-year avg. return  5-year avg. return  10-year avg. return  15-year avg. return 
   Buffalo International Fund - Investor Class                       0.4%                7.8%                 7.2%                 9.7% 
   Buffalo International Fund - Institutional Class                  0.6%                 N/A                  N/A                  N/A 
   Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund                         -0.5%                4.8%                 4.1%                 7.1% 
   Morningstar Foreign Large Blend category                         -3.3%                5.7%                 5.3%                 8.2% 
                                                                                                          Sources: FactSet, Morningstar 

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