Mason Hawkins
Southeastern Asset Management, Inc.
6410 Poplar Avenue
Memphis, TN 38119

Mason Hawkins is the lead portfolio manager for the portion of the Fund’s assets run by Southeastern Asset Management, Inc. (“Southeastern”). Hawkins has been in the investment business since 1972 and was one of the original founders in 1975 of Southeastern, of which he is now the majority owner. He has managed the Longleaf Partners Fund since its inception in 1987 and Longleaf Partners International Fund since its inception in 1998. Hawkins has been an investment manager to Masters’ Select Value Fund since its inception in June 2000.

Approximately 30% of the Fund’s assets are managed by Southeastern. The firm considers companies of all sizes, although most of its portion of the Fund’s assets are expected to be invested in mid-sized and larger companies.

Southeastern focuses on securities of companies believed to have unrecognized intrinsic value and the potential to grow their economic worth. Southeastern believes that superior long-term performance can be achieved when positions in financially strong, well-managed companies are acquired at prices significantly below their business value and are sold when they approach their corporate worth. Corporate intrinsic value is determined through careful securities analysis and the use of established disciplines consistently applied over long periods of time. Securities that can be identified and purchased at a price significantly discounted from their intrinsic worth not only protect investment capital from significant loss but also facilitate major rewards when the true business value is ultimately recognized. Seeking the largest margin of safety possible, Southeastern requires at least a 40% market value discount from its appraisal of an issuer’s intrinsic value before purchasing the security.

To determine intrinsic value, current publicly available financial statements are carefully scrutinized, and two primary methods of appraisal are applied. The first assesses what Hawkins believes to be the real economic value of the issuer’s net assets; the second examines the issuer’s ability to generate free cash flow after required or maintenance capital expenditures. After free cash flow is determined, conservative projections about its rate of future growth are made. The present value of that stream of cash flow plus its terminal value is then calculated using a discount rate based on expected interest rates. If the calculations are accurate, the present value would be the price at which buyers and sellers negotiating at arm’s length would accept for the whole company. In a concluding analysis, the asset value determination and/or the discounted free cash flow value are compared with business transactions of comparable corporations. Other considerations used in selecting potential investments include the following:

• Indications of shareholder-oriented management
• Evidence of financial strength
• Potential earnings improvement

References to other mutual funds should not be deemed an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy shares of such funds.