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Date: 04/28/09
Event:

Masters' Select Conference Call with Bill Fries and Michael Sramek

Jeremy DeGroot
Litman/Gregory

Michael Sramek
Sands Capital

Bill Fries
Thornburg

Vinson Walden
Thornburg

The conference call featured Bill Fries and Vinson Walden, sub-advisors for the Masters' Select International Fund, and Michael Sramek, a sub-advisor for the Masters' Select Equity and Focused Opportunities Funds. Litman/Gregory's CIO Jeremy DeGroot provided an update on the Masters' Select Funds and discussed how sub-advisors are sticking to their investment process while adjusting their assumptions given the severity of the current market environment.

Call Length: 49:28 minutes

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