Growth 10 Equity Strategy and Portfolio

Performance Objective:
To provide, over the life of the strategy and over every three-year period, a net-of-fee investment return superior to that of the S&P/Citigroup Growth Index.

Investment Philosophy:
Growth 10 was developed around the following beliefs:

Key to success--disciplined stock selection processes
Superior capital appreciation--stock selection processes emphasizing well above-average corporate earnings and stock -price momentum
Periods of above-average stock market risk have certain characteristics; portfolio equities should be replaced by high-yielding Value equities and/or intermediate Treasuries during these periods.

Portfolio Structure:
The Growth 10 portfolio consists of 10 stocks representing the following group:

S&P Growth - Momentum Group

Selected from the entire S&P 500 on the basis of superior corporate earnings and stock-price momentum

Investment Process:
Growth 10 is a concentrated, growth-oriented equity strategy, the primary goal of which is maximum participation when the stock market in general is performing well. During these periods of opportunity, about 80% of the time, stocks are selected from the entire S&P 500, on the basis of positive corporate earnings and stock-price momentum. During periods of above-average risk, on the other hand, portfolio equities are replaced by a 50% position in high-yielding Value equities, selected from our LARGCAP Universe, and a 50% position in intermediate Treasuries. The result of using contrasting selection processes during different phases of the stock market cycle is a more consistent pattern of superior investment returns.

Investment Results:

	Growth 10*		Large Cap Growth Index**		Firm Assets		Composite Portfolios	Composite Assets		% of Firm Assets		Annual Composite Dispersion

1999 QIII–QIV	-0.40	%	15.58	%	$31.7	mm	1	$0.3	mm	1	%	–
2000	2.46		-22.07		27.0		2	0.5		2		1.45	%
2001	-12.37		-12.71		31.5		6	0.9		3		0.59
2002	-24.76		-23.59		36.1		6	1.1		3		0.43
2003	44.80		25.65		57.7		7	1.6		3		2.58
2004	39.00		6.13		70.8		9	2.5		4		0.49
2005	32.45		3.47		123.1		11	3.2		3		0.98
2006	-2.82		10.99		162.3		22	6.0		4		0.84
2007	-9.57		9.13		162.5		22	17.0		10		0.63

Annualized
1999-2007	5.50	%	0.05	%

2003-2007	18.56	%	10.82	%
2005-2007	5.13	%	7.82	%
* Net-of-fee
**S&P/BARRA Growth Index 1999-2005; S&P/Citigroup Growth Index thereafter

Nottinghill Investment Advisers, Ltd., has prepared and presented this report in compliance with the Performance Presentation Standards of the Association for Investment Management and Research (AIMR-PPSTM) for the period from July 1, 1996 to December 31, 2005 and the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPSR) beginning in 2006. No regulatory or governing body has been involved in the preparation or review of this report.
1. Nottinghill Investment Advisers, Ltd., (“Firm”) is an independent, SEC-registered investment adviser utilizing a number of primarily large capitalization equity investment strategies. Berge & Company, Ltd. and BKD, LLP, Certified Public Accountants in each case, completed Firm-wide Verifications of Nottinghill’s compliance with the AIMR-PPSTM for, respectively, the 1996-2001 and 2002-2005 periods. The Verifications associated with years after 2005 also were completed by BKD, LLP, and tested Nottinghill’s compliance with the aforementioned Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPSR). Verifications are conducted annually; a copy of the most recent report is available by request.
2. The Growth 10 performance composite (Composite A: all non-wrap fee accounts and those with a fixed annual broker charge less than 0.25% of assets) officially was created on January 1, 2002; however, the composite as currently defined has an effective date of compliance with the AIMR-PPSTM of July 1, 1999. Berge & Company, Ltd. and BKD, LLP, Certified Public Accountants in each case, completed Performance Examinations of the investment results presented for, respectively, the 1999-2001 and 2002-2006 periods. On December 31, 2007, no accounts in the composite had a fixed annual brokerage charge.
3. No segments of other portfolio composites are included in the Growth 10 composite.
4. The most appropriate benchmark for the Growth 10 strategy is the Large Cap Growth Index, an unmanaged, capitalization-weighted index of primarily U.S. corporations. The Large Cap Growth Index is a combination of the S&P/BARRA Growth Index, the official benchmark until discontinued on December 31, 2005, and the successor S&P/Citigroup Growth Index. The Large Cap Growth Index includes price change and income, however, no expenses are involved. The S&P 500 Index was the benchmark prior to June 30, 2002.
5. Investment results have been calculated net of management fees, which were deducted from the results achieved by every account in the composite. The annual fee schedule is 1.0% of the first $1 million, 0.75% of the next $14 million, 0.65% of the next $35 million, and 0.50% of the next $50 million.
6. Investment results calculated net of management fees are appropriate for presentation or redistribution in all settings, but must be accompanied by this disclosure language.
7. All performance calculations are based upon trade-date accounting, and, except where otherwise noted, are associated with time periods ending December 31.
8. Performance is expressed in U.S. Dollars.
9. Annual composite dispersion is the asset-weighted standard deviation of gross investment returns.
10. Exchange-Traded Fund shares may be utilized in this strategy from time to time. No other derivatives and no leverage are employed.
11. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
12. A complete list of Nottinghill performance composites and additional information regarding the calculation and reporting of Nottinghill performance are available upon request.

Investment Style:

Quantitative, disciplined
Large cap
Growth

Representative
Securities:
Amazon.com
CONSOL Energy
DIRECTV
Nucor
Oracle

Key Personnel:
Douglas G. McPeek
Managing Director
35 years' experience

W. Russ Stewart
Managing Director
36 years' experience

Jeffrey E. McPeek
Portfolio Manager
9 years’ experience

Martha J. Stenson
Director of Operations
23 years' experience

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