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Monthly Performance Report April 2012

Performance Summary
Brandywine's Symphony program posted flat performance in April (specifically +0.01%), resulting in a year-to-date return of -0.79%. The aggressively-traded Brandywine Symphony Preferred Fund was down slightly, -0.10%, in April, bringing its 2012 performance to -2.99%. This follows its strong 2011 performance of +37.89%.

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Performance
Sym phony Return Annual When Annual Volatility Others Return (2) Lose (3) +8.55% 6.14% NA

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-0.10% +0.30% -2.99% +37.89% +46.35% -0.34% -0.71% -3.69% -0.99% +7.49% 31.81% 4.21% 18.16% N/A +0.62% +1.10%

Investm ent Brandyw ine's Symphony Brandyw ine Symphony Preferred Fund BTOP 50 S&P 500

Apr 2012 +0.01%

YTD 2012 -0.79%

2011 (1) +7.90%

-0.63% +11.87%

Mike Dever

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(1) Beginning July 2011 (start of actual trading for Brandywine's Symphony) (2) Annualized standard deviation of monthly returns (3) Based on 20 years of testing, the BTOP 50 suffered 34 drawdowns averaging 4.35% each. During those periods, the tested performance of Brandywines Symphony program gained an average of +0.62%. S&P 500 had 28 drawdowns averaging -5.56%. Brandywine gained +1.10% on average during those periods.

CEO & Director of Research mike@brandywine.com 610.361.4000 x111

Rob Proctor Principal & Head Trader rob@brandywine.com 610.361.4000 x105

Brandywine's Symphony Program


Month Jan Feb Mar Apr 2012 0.41% 2.18% -3.31% 0.01% 2011

Brandywine Symphony Preferred Fund


Month Jan Feb Mar Apr 2012 1.47% 8.23% -11.77% -0.10% 2011

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May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec -0.79% 0.92% 2.47% 2.83% -0.45% 0.65% 1.27% 7.90%

May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec -2.99% 4.34% 11.72% 12.33% -2.01% 2.46% 4.89% 37.89%

Targets 12% annual returns and 8% annualized standard deviation

Aggressive - trades at 3x - 5x standard leverage of Brandywine's Symphony program

April Performance Attribution


April performance was the result of a tug-of-war between Brandywines directional arbitrage strategies, which produced gains of just under 1%, and our fundamentally-based strategies, which posted losses of the same magnitude. The majority of the arbitrage profits came from interest rate arbitrage, specifically long positions held in U.S. and European intermediate and long-term interest rate markets. The losses in the fundamentally-based strategies were primarily the result of long positions in the livestock markets. A fundamentallybased trade in natural gas, which led to losses in March, was profitable in April, helping to offset some of the other fundamental losses. Since the inception of Brandywines Symphony program in July 2011, the majority of the programs profits have come,

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approximately equally, from directional arbitrage, trend following and sentiment-based strategies.
Brandywine Asse t Manage m e nt The Mill 381 Brinton Lak e R oad Thornton, PA 19373 610-361-4000

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE PERFORMANCE. THERE IS THE RISK OF LOSS AS WELL AS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR GAIN WHEN INVESTING WITH BRANDYWINE.

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