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Top 10 Holdings as of November 30, 2008

Security Sector Country % of Net Assets
Hang Lung Group, Ltd. Financials China/Hong Kong 3.1%
HDFC Bank, Ltd. Financials India 2.8%
President Chain Store Corp. Consumer Staples Taiwan 2.6%
NHN Corp. Information Technology South Korea 2.4%
Bharti Airtel, Ltd. Telecom Services India 2.4%
Tencent Holdings, Ltd. Information Technology China/Hong Kong 2.4%
Advanced Info Service Public Co., Ltd. Telecom Services Thailand 2.4%
Shangri-La Asia, Ltd. Consumer Discretionary China/Hong Kong 2.3%
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. Health Care India 2.3%
PT Bank Central Asia Financials Indonesia 2.2%
24.9%
Top 10 holdings may combine more than one security from the same issuer.

Portfolio Data as of September 30, 2008

Top 10 Holdings

Security Sector Country % of Net Assets
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. Health Care India 3.0%
HDFC Bank, Ltd. Financials India 2.9%
President Chain Store Corp. Consumer Staples Taiwan 2.8%
Advanced Info Service Public Co., Ltd. Telecom Services Thailand 2.7%
Swire Pacific, Ltd. Financials China/Hong Kong 2.6%
Dairy Farm International Holdings, Ltd. Consumer Staples China/Hong Kong 2.4%
Dabur India, Ltd. Consumer Staples India 2.4%
Tencent Holdings, Ltd. Information Technology China/Hong Kong 2.3%
Hang Lung Group, Ltd. Financials China/Hong Kong 2.3%
Bharti Airtel, Ltd. Telecom Services India 2.3%
25.7%
Top 10 holdings may combine more than one security from the same issuer.

Sector Allocation (%)a

Fund MSCI AC Asia ex-Japan Index^ Difference
Financials 29.5 30.6 –1.1
Consumer Discretionary 17.0 6.1 10.9
Information Technology 13.4 16.5 –3.1
Health Care 11.8 0.5 11.4
Consumer Staples 10.5 3.9 6.6
Industrials 8.9 12.1 –3.2
Telecom Services 8.3 9.9 –1.5
Utilities 0.8 4.6 –3.9
Energy 0.0 9.2 –9.2
Materials 0.0 6.6 –6.6
Cash, Cash Equivalents,
and Other
–0.2 0.0 –0.2
Sector data based on MSCI's revised Global Industry Classification Standards. For more details, visit www.msci.com.
Source: FactSet Research Systems.

Country Allocation (%)a

Fund MSCI AC Asia ex-Japan Index^ Difference
China/Hong Kong 34.9 35.7 –0.8
India 19.0 10.5 8.6
South Korea 14.8 20.6 –5.8
Singapore 7.9 7.2 0.7
Thailand 6.8 2.2 4.6
Indonesia 6.1 2.6 3.6
Taiwan 5.4 16.2 –10.8
Malaysia 4.7 4.0 0.7
Philippines 0.6 0.8 –0.2
Pakistan 0.0 0.2 –0.2
Cash, Cash Equivalents
and Other
–0.2 0.0 –0.2
Source: FactSet Research Systems.
 

Market Cap Exposure (%)a,b

Fund MSCI AC Asia ex-Japan Index^ Difference
Large cap (over $5 billion) 41.5 70.9 –29.3
Mid cap ($1 - $5 billion) 46.0 25.8 20.2
Small cap (under $1 billion) 12.7 2.4 10.3
Unclassified 0.0 1.0 –1.0
Cash, Cash Equivalents
and Other
–0.2 0.0 –0.2
       
Source: FactSet Research Systems.

Portfolio Characteristicsc

Number of securities 72
Weighted average market cap $6.9 bil
P/E using FY1 Estimates 13.1x
P/E using FY2 Estimates 11.5x
Source: FactSet Research Systems.


^ As of April 29, 2008, the primary benchmark for the Matthews Pacific Tiger Fund was changed to the MSCI All Country Asia ex-Japan Index so as to more closely match the portfolio’s blend of holdings. Prior to that date, the MSCI All Country Far East ex-Japan Index served as the Fund’s primary benchmark. TheMSCI All Country Asia ex-Japan Index is a free float adjusted, market capitalization-weighted index of the stockmarkets of China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia,Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.



a Percentage values in data are rounded to the nearest tenth of one percent; the values may not sum to 100% due to marginal rounding errors.
b Equity market cap of issuer.
c The P/E figures represent the Harmonic Average P/E- which measures the price/earnings ratio of the Fund's entire portfolio, excluding negative earners- weighted by the size of the company's position within the portfolio.



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