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Top 10 Holdings as of October 31, 2008

Top 10 Holdings

Security Sector % of Net Assets
Dabur India, Ltd.
Consumer Staples 5.7%
Infosys Technologies, Ltd. Information Technology 5.7%
Bharti Airtel, Ltd. Telecom Services 5.1%
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. Health Care 4.8%
HDFC Bank, Ltd. Financials 4.7%
Axis Bank, Ltd. Financials 4.0%
Corporation Bank Financials 3.3%
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. Health Care 3.2%
Gail India, Ltd. Utilities 3.1%
Rolta India, Ltd. Information Technology 2.7%
42.3%
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 % of Net Assets
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. Health Care 5.1%
Dabur India, Ltd. Consumer Staples 5.1%
Bharti Airtel, Ltd. Telecom Services 5.0%
HDFC Bank, Ltd. Financials 4.8%
Infosys Technologies, Ltd. Information Technology 4.2%
Axis Bank, Ltd. Financials 4.1%
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. Health Care 3.8%
Corporation Bank Financials 3.3%
Cipla India, Ltd. Health Care 3.1%
Gail India, Ltd. Utilities 3.0%
41.4%
Top 10 holdings may combine more than one security from the same issuer.

Sector Allocation (%)a

Fund Bombay Stock Exchange 100 Index^ Difference
Financials 20.1 22.7 –2.6
Industrials 14.8 12.5 2.3
Information Technology 12.2 9.4 2.9
Health Care 12.1 3.6 8.5
Consumer Discretionary 12.0 4.0 8.0
Consumer Staples 9.3 7.1 2.2
Telecom Services 7.7 6.9 0.8
Utilities 6.0 6.1 –0.2
Energy 4.6 17.9 –13.3
Materials 0.0 9.8 –9.8
Cash, Cash Equivalents
and Other
1.2 0.0 1.2
Sector data based on MSCI’s revised Global Industry Classification Standards. For more details, visit www.msci.com.
Source: FactSet Research Systems.

Market Cap Exposure (%)a,b

Fund Bombay Stock Exchange 100 Index^ Difference
Large cap (over $5 billion) 36.8 70.0 –33.2
Mid cap ($1 - $5 billion) 26.5 27.9 –1.4
Small cap (under $1 billion) 35.5 2.1 33.4
Cash, Cash Equivalents
and Other
1.2 0.0 1.2
Source: FactSet Research Systems.

Portfolio Characteristicsc

Number of securities 53
Weighted average market cap $3.4 bil
P/E using FY1 Estimates 11.2x
P/E using FY2 Estimates 10.1x
Source: FactSet Research Systems.


^ The Bombay Stock Exchange 100 Index (BSE 100) is a free float-adjusted market capitalization-weighted index of the100 leading stocks listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange. 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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