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In the light of uncertainty of the overall health of the world’s economy, we have done some adjustments in the porolio. We reduced posions whose future prospects had started to change unfavourably due to unexpected polical decisions and bought some beaten down ones that have remarkable upside potenal. We believe it is beneficial to hold a sufficient cash posion in current market condion, due to which we increased it to 22 per- cent by the end of September. We reduced posions in Central Asia commodity reserves theme as we the companies are losing triggers needed to materialize their upside potenal on the back of declining commodity prices. In case we start to see stronger funda- mentals again, we can quickly reinvest. Two of such are mining companies in Mongolia. One of the main concerns with them was Mongolian govern- ment’s wish to revise the investment terms of one of its biggest underdeveloped copper and gold field, the Oyu Tolgoi, ahead of the parliamentary elecons to be held next year. Rio Tinto and its partner Ivanhoe Mines spent more than six years negoang an investment accord on the project, Mongolia in September seeked to increase its stake in it faster than agreed upon before. Instead of the agreed 34 percent, the country wanted half of the equity. According to the previous agreement, such an increase is permied only aſter 30 years. Oyu Tolgoi may have av- erage annual output of 450 000 tons of copper and 330 000 ounces of gold, according to Rio Tinto’s esmates. We decided to reduce our holdings in Mongolian mining sector, more specifically in Ivanhoe Mines and SouthGobi Resources, due to unclear outlook of the companies. Dangote Cement signed an agreement to build a 115 mil- lion USD plant in Camoeroon’s northeastern port city of Douala to increase its future output. The plant will have an annual capacity of 1.5 million tons and will take 14 to 18 months to build. The company also has plans to build plants in Gabon, Democrac Republic of Congo, Algeria and Tanzania. Tullow Oil made many very posive announcements in September. The company, in cooperaon with Royal Dutch Shell and Total, found a new hydrocarbon basin in French Guiana in South America. The Zaedys field is a mirror of the Jubilee field in Ghana, the biggest offshore discovery in a decade. Zaedys is the first well to test the “Atlanc mirror” theory – geologists believe that when the Atlanc Ocean started opening between South Amer- ica and Africa, organic sediment resulted in hydrocarbon deposits known as the Late Cretaceous turbidite sands. Tullow Oil has 27.5 percent stake in the licence, Shell has 45 percent, Total 25 percent and Northpet 2.5 percent stake. Tullow’s share price increased almost 30 percent following the news. The company also announced finding high-quality sandstone reservoirs at a well off the coast of Ghana. 80 85 90 95 100 105 80 85 90 95 100 105 Feb 11 Mar 11 Apr 11 May 11 Jun 11 Jul 11 Aug 11 Sep 11 NSP Globetroer Fund - Class A INVESTMENT TEAM Our Emerging Markets Equity team comprises 9 experienced investment professionals. Ari-Pekka Hilden Head of Froner Mar- kets Equies INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE The Fund seeks growth of capital through investment in equity issuers and funds in global froner markets believed to provide great opportunies for capital appreciaon that have been overlooked by internaonal investors due to lim- ited access or limited informaon. The Fund invests in listed stocks or related instruments and selected funds based or operang in global froner markets. The Fund Manager focuses on future investment stories and themes applying fun- damental and geopolical analysis as well as grass root level research to construct an acvely managed high convicon porolio of favourably priced companies. The Fund implements Environmental, Social and Governance issues in accor- dance with the UN Principles for Responsible Investment to a reasonable degree considering the investment universe. Fund Size (EUR) 22.4M Total Expense Rao 2.9% NAV 81.88 Number of Holdings 47 Total Expense Rao 1 2.9% Porolio Turnover Rate 44.1% 1 before performance fee ISIN LU0587755090 Benchmark None Currency EUR Bloomberg LIMNSPA LX Quotaon Semi-Monthly Launch Date 08.02.2011 Domicile Luxembourg Performance None Management 2.5% MONTHLY FACTS BASIC INFORMATION FEES AND CHARGES Subscripon (max) 5.0% Redempon (max) 1.0% MANAGER COMMENTARY The best performing themes in September were Middle East Recovery and Saudi Arabia Opening Gates themes. The currency effect has a notable contribuon as most of the Middle East assets are denominated in dollars in our fund and the currency has strengthened by 7 percent against the euro. Sll, some Saudi companies performed very well also in local currencies, Sahara Petrochemical, Saudi Steel Pipe and Jarir Markeng being some of the examples. We added some posions that we had been looking at for a while and waing for good entry points in the region. The least performing equies belonged to Central Asian Commodity Reserves theme as declining commodity prices and polical hassles weighed heavily on stocks. We reduced some posions in the theme during the month in line with our view on longer term weakness of com- modity prices. Winners and Losers Porolio and Strategy Middle East Recovery Saudi Arabia Opening Gates Food 5.5% 7.9% -4.5% 0.8% 0.6% -0.2% Central Asian Commodity Res. FSU Banking Sector China Luxury Goods -25.3% -21.9% -33.9% -1.8% -1.2% -1.0% 2 monthly, 3 including currency effect Best Worst return 2 contribuon 2,3 Fund (gross of fees) September 2011 Type UCITS CONTACT Fax +372 628 2370 e-mail [email protected] Phone +372 712 0801 Web www.limestonefunds.eu Cumulave Performance

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In the light of uncertainty of the overall health of the world’s economy, we have done some adjustments in the portfolio. We reduced positions whose future prospects had started to change unfavourably due to unexpected political decisions and bought some beaten down ones that have remarkable upside potential. We believe it is beneficial to hold a sufficient cash position in current market condition, due to which we increased it to 22 per-cent by the end of September.We reduced positions in Central Asia commodity reserves theme as we the companies are losing triggers needed to materialize their upside potential on the back of declining commodity prices. In case we start to see stronger funda-mentals again, we can quickly reinvest.Two of such are mining companies in Mongolia. One of the main concerns with them was Mongolian govern-ment’s wish to revise the investment terms of one of its biggest underdeveloped copper and gold field, the Oyu Tolgoi, ahead of the parliamentary elections to be held next year. Rio Tinto and its partner Ivanhoe Mines spent more than six years negotiating an investment accord on the project, Mongolia in September seeked to increase its stake in it faster than agreed upon before. Instead of the agreed 34 percent, the country wanted half of the equity. According to the previous agreement, such an increase is permitted only after 30 years. Oyu Tolgoi may have av-erage annual output of 450 000 tons of copper and 330 000 ounces of gold, according to Rio Tinto’s estimates. We decided to reduce our holdings in Mongolian mining sector, more specifically in Ivanhoe Mines and SouthGobi Resources, due to unclear outlook of the companies.Dangote Cement signed an agreement to build a 115 mil-lion USD plant in Camoeroon’s northeastern port city of Douala to increase its future output. The plant will have

an annual capacity of 1.5 million tons and will take 14 to 18 months to build. The company also has plans to build plants in Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Algeria and Tanzania.Tullow Oil made many very positive announcements in September. The company, in cooperation with Royal Dutch Shell and Total, found a new hydrocarbon basin in French Guiana in South America. The Zaedys field is a mirror of the Jubilee field in Ghana, the biggest offshore discovery in a decade. Zaedys is the first well to test the “Atlantic mirror” theory – geologists believe that when the Atlantic Ocean started opening between South Amer-ica and Africa, organic sediment resulted in hydrocarbon deposits known as the Late Cretaceous turbidite sands. Tullow Oil has 27.5 percent stake in the licence, Shell has 45 percent, Total 25 percent and Northpet 2.5 percent stake. Tullow’s share price increased almost 30 percent following the news. The company also announced finding high-quality sandstone reservoirs at a well off the coast of Ghana.

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NSP Globetrotter Fund - Class A

INVESTMENT TEAMOur Emerging Markets Equity team comprises 9 experienced investment professionals.

Ari-Pekka HildenHead of Frontier Mar-kets Equities

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVEThe Fund seeks growth of capital through investment in equity issuers and funds in global frontier markets believed to provide great opportunities for capital appreciation that have been overlooked by international investors due to lim-ited access or limited information. The Fund invests in listed stocks or related instruments and selected funds based or operating in global frontier markets. The Fund Manager focuses on future investment stories and themes applying fun-damental and geopolitical analysis as well as grass root level research to construct an actively managed high conviction portfolio of favourably priced companies. The Fund implements Environmental, Social and Governance issues in accor-dance with the UN Principles for Responsible Investment to a reasonable degree considering the investment universe.

Fund Size (EUR) 22.4M

Total Expense Ratio 2.9%

NAV 81.88

Number of Holdings 47

Total Expense Ratio1 2.9%

Portfolio Turnover Rate 44.1%

1before performance fee

ISIN LU0587755090

Benchmark None

Currency EUR

Bloomberg LIMNSPA LX

Quotation Semi-Monthly

Launch Date 08.02.2011

Domicile Luxembourg

Performance None

Management 2.5%

MONTHLY FACTS

BASIC INFORMATION

FEES AND CHARGES

Subscription (max) 5.0%

Redemption (max) 1.0%

MANAGER COMMENTARY

The best performing themes in September were Middle East Recovery and Saudi Arabia Opening Gates themes. The currency effect has a notable contribution as most of the Middle East assets are denominated in dollars in our fund and the currency has strengthened by 7 percent against the euro. Still, some Saudi companies performed very well also in local currencies, Sahara Petrochemical, Saudi Steel Pipe and Jarir Marketing being some of the examples. We added some positions that we had been looking at for a while and waiting for good entry points in the region.The least performing equities belonged to Central Asian Commodity Reserves theme as declining commodity

prices and political hassles weighed heavily on stocks. We reduced some positions in the theme during the month in line with our view on longer term weakness of com-modity prices.

Winners and Losers

Portfolio and Strategy

Middle East RecoverySaudi Arabia Opening GatesFood

5.5%7.9%

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Fund (gross of fees)

September 2011

Type UCITS

CONTACT

Fax +372 628 2370

e-mail [email protected]

Phone +372 712 0801

Web www.limestonefunds.eu

Cumulative Performance

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SHARE CLASS PERFORMANCE

CONTACT

ALLOCATION

Fax +372 628 2370

e-mail [email protected]

Phone +372 712 0801

Web www.limestonefunds.eu

September 2011Limestone Investment Management is a signatory to the UN Principles for Re-sponsible Investment

Saudi ArabiaChinaAfricaQatarUnited Arab EmiratesVietnamKazakhstanRussian FederationGeorgiaRomaniaOtherCash

13.2%12.6%12.0%

8.4%8.2%3.7%3.0%2.8%2.6%2.3%9.5%

21.6%

Middle East RecoverySaudi Arabia Opening GatesOil Exploration in the Last Front.Asian New TigersAfrican ConsumerLocal China MarketCementFoodFSU Banking SectorEastern European LaggardsCentral Asian Commodity Res.China Luxury Goods

16.6%9.9%8.4%7.7%7.3%7.0%5.4%5.4%4.5%3.4%2.8%0.0%

ETHICAL INVESTMENT

Silk - African Lions FundFLEXIFUND-EQUITY CHINAORIGO PARTNERSPXP Vietnam FundBank of Georgia GDRTullow Oil Arabtec HoldingAfrica Oil Corp.Dana GasBank of St.Petersburg

7.3%7.0%4.0%3.7%2.6%2.5%2.4%2.2%2.2%1.9%

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STATISTICS

Best Monthly ReturnWorst Monthly ReturnStandard DeviationSharpe

0.6%-7.2%

Price/Earnings (projected)Price/BookDividend Yield

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