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The Fund's aim is to achieve long-term capital growth from a UK equity portfolio selected from the FTSE 100 Index. Its objective is to beat the index and therefore all FTSE 100 Tracker Funds. The SVM UK100 Select Fund is run on a highly focused, bottom-up stockpicking basis. The Fund is jointly run by Colin McLean and Margaret Lawson, who both co-founded SVM Asset Management in 1990.

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(Details as at 30 April 2008)

	Price	Date
Retail Share Class	199.40 p	15 May 2008
Institutional Share Class	204.00 p	15 May 2008

The prices for the funds are calculated at 12 noon each day. The funds operate on a forward pricing basis.

Please note that the above prices are for information purposes only and are not necessarily the price at which the funds can be bought or sold.

The fund was originally launched offshore on 20 March 2000.

The SVM UK100 Select Fund has been awarded the following accreditations:

Source & Copyright: CITYWIRE. Colin McLean is AAA rated by Citywire for his 3 year risk adjusted performance for the period 30/04/2005 - 30/04/2008

Morningstar Rating: 3 stars

Lipper: Consistent Return

Lipper: Total Return

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Prior to co-founding SVM in 1990, Margaret previously worked as an investment manager at FS Investment Managers and was manager of its flagship UK fund, FS Balanced Growth Fund. Margaret manages the SVM UK100 Select Fund. Her sector responsibilities include UK telecoms, media & leisure, transport and general financials.

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SVM UK100 Fund Manager - Colin McLean

Colin has over 30 years' investment experience and is widely regarded as one of the UK’s top stockpicking analysts. Prior to establishing SVM Asset Management in 1990, he held senior positions with three major financial institutions. He was Head of Investment of two UK life assurers, FS Assurance and Scottish Provident, before being Managing Director of Templeton International’s European operations. His sector responsibilities include UK banks, insurance and mining.

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The Fund's aim is to achieve medium to long-term capital growth from an equity portfolio selected from the FTSE 100 Index and other permitted securities. Its objective is to beat the FTSE 100 Index.

Chart showing investment performance

	SVM UK 100 Select Fund A
	FTSE 100 Index

Time span: Update chart

Source: Lipper, mid to mid, UK net, to 15/05/2008.
Past performance should not be seen as an indication of future performance.

09 April 2008

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Annual Short Report

31 December 2007

Interim Short Report

	One month	2008 yr to date	One year	Three years	Five years	Since launch
	%	%	%	%	%	%
SVM UK100 Select Fund A	7.5	0.9	0.7	61.1	95.7	36.1
Benchmark Index	7.1	-4.2	-2.1	40.6	84.0	18.9
Average Fund	4.5	-5.2	-8.4	37.3	88.7	24.2

Source: Lipper Hindsight, UK All Companies, mid to mid, UK net, since launch to 30/04/2008.

% Change	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004
SVM UK100 Select Fund A	-3.4	14.6	30.8	10.8	20.0

FTSE 100	-6.3	9.3	26.0	15.4	25.7
Performance difference	+2.9	+5.3	+4.8	-4.6	-5.7

Source: Lipper Hindsight, UK All Companies, mid to mid, UK net, to last quarter end 31/03/2008. The Fund was originally launched offshore on 20 March 2000. Past performance should not be seen as an indication of future performance. The value of an investment may fall as well as rise and investors may not get back the amount originally invested. All performance data refers to the Retail share class.

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