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Top 10 Holdings as of November 30, 2008

Security Sector Country % of Net Assets
Pigeon Corp. Consumer Staples Japan 4.1%
Tingyi (Cayman Islands) Holding Corp. Consumer Staples China/Hong Kong 4.0%
Unicharm Petcare Corp. Consumer Staples Japan 4.0%
Benesse Corp. Consumer Discretionary Japan 3.5%
Nintendo Co., Ltd. Information Technology Japan 3.4%
Yahoo! Japan Corp. Information Technology Japan 3.3%
Sysmex Corp. Health Care Japan 3.3%
HDFC Bank, Ltd. Financials India 3.0%
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Health Care Japan 2.7%
GCA Savvian Group Corp. Financials Japan 2.7%
34.0%
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
Pigeon Corp. Consumer Staples Japan 3.5%
Unicharm Petcare Corp. Consumer Staples Japan 3.2%
Benesse Corp. Consumer Discretionary Japan 3.0%
Ichiyoshi Securities Co., Ltd. Financials Japan 3.0%
Nintendo Co., Ltd. Information Technology Japan 2.9%
Sysmex Corp. Health Care Japan 2.6%
Tingyi (Cayman Islands) Holding Corp. Consumer Staples China/Hong Kong 2.6%
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. Health Care India 2.4%
Kingdee International Software Group Co., Ltd. Information Technology China/Hong Kong 2.3%
Funai Zaisan Consultants Co., Ltd. Financials Japan 2.2%
27.6%
Top 10 holdings may combine more than one security from the same issuer.

Sector Allocation (%)a

Fund  MSCI AC Asia Pacific Index^ Difference 
Financials 33.9 27.1 6.9
Information Technology 17.5 12.6 4.9
Consumer Discretionary 14.3 12.0 2.3
Consumer Staples 13.1 5.7 7.4
Health Care 8.6 3.9 4.7
Industrials 7.5 13.8 –6.4
Telecom Services 4.2 5.6 –1.5
Materials 1.2 9.7 –8.6
Energy 0.0 4.9 –4.9
Utilities 0.0 4.6 –4.6
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 Pacific Index^ Difference
Japan 47.7 49.7 –2.0
China/Hong Kong 25.8 12.8 13.0
India 7.0 3.8 3.3
South Korea 5.1 7.4 –2.3
Australia 4.2 14.2 –10.0
Thailand 3.6 0.8 2.8
Indonesia 2.5 0.9 1.6
Taiwan 2.3 5.8 –3.5
Singapore 1.9 2.6 –0.7
Malaysia 0.0 1.4 –1.4
New Zealand 0.0 0.2 –0.2
Pakistan 0.0 0.1 –0.1
Philippines 0.0 0.3 –0.3
Cash, Cash Equivalents
and Other
–0.2 0.0 –0.2
Source: FactSet Research Systems.
 

Market Cap Exposure (%)a,b

Fund MSCI AC Asia Pacific Index^ Difference
Large cap (over $5 billion) 49.5 76.8 –27.3
Mid cap ($1 - $5 billion) 26.5 21.9 4.6
Small cap (under $1 billion) 24.1 0.9 23.2
Unclassified 0.0 0.4 –0.4
Cash, Cash Equivalents
and Other
–0.2 0.0 –0.2
       
Source: FactSet Research Systems.

Portfolio Characteristicsc

Number of securities 70
Weighted average market cap $10.3 bil
P/E using FY1 Estimates 13.5x
P/E using FY2 Estimates 12.1x
Source: FactSet Research Systems.


^ The MSCI All Country Asia Pacific Index is a free float-adjusted, market capitalization-weighted index of the stock markets of Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, 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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