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HISTORY

Winslow founder Jack Robinson has been an active environmentalist for most of his life. His parents were the co-authors of the classic 1950s homesteading guide, The Have-More Plan, and he was raised in a fully self-sufficient rural household that taught him the value of sustainable living firsthand. In 1979, Jack left behind his career at Prudential Securities to return home to a rural lifestyle in Vermont, and took senior management positions at two environmentally focused organizations: Garden Way, Inc., a private garden supply company, and the National Association of Gardening, a trade association. As CFO of Garden Way, Jack saw that many of the company's most profitable products had 'green' attributes, such as utilization of recycled materials. Seeing the market potential for environmentally responsible products and services, he incorporated Winslow Management Company in 1983 with the mission of demonstrating that an environmentally-focused investment strategy could yield positive results for clients.

Over the past quarter-century, Winslow has developed extensive expertise in the arena of green investing. It has developed a comprehensive portfolio management approach that integrates financial and environmental analysis. It has also expanded its knowledge of crucial green markets, such as renewable energy, energy efficiency, and natural products, over many years of active investment in these sectors.

As it refined its investment approach between 1983 and 2001, Winslow built relationships with individual and institutional clients, including foundations, endowments, subadvisory relationships and pension plans. Over that time it managed separate accounts in a unique, green small cap growth style, as well as a commingled trust fund for clients who could not meet the firm's separate account minimums. In 2001, the firm launched the Winslow Green Growth Fund (WGGFX), the first fund within the Winslow Green Mutual Funds family. Also in 2001, Winslow welcomed portfolio manager Matthew Patsky, a well-known green investing expert, and since that time the firm has continued to add top-quality research analysts to its investment team. In 2003 Winslow began to offer a second investment strategy to clients - its Green Solutions™ strategy - providing a global, multi-cap approach to investing in green market sectors. In 2007, the Winslow Green Solutions Fund (WGSLX) was launched.

Today, Winslow is widely recognized as a pioneer in the rapidly growing field of green investing. Winslow and its portfolio managers are regularly featured in a wide variety of media, such as Time, Barron's, Kiplinger's, SmartMoney, Outside Magazine, Marketwatch.com, TheStreet.com, Forbes, Investment Advisor, CNBC, Bloomberg TV & Radio, and the Christian Science Monitor. In 2007, Winslow's Jack Robinson was recognized in the annual Barron's / Value Line mutual fund manager survey as one of the top 10 equity fund managers in the U.S. for the 2nd year in a row, earning the #2 ranking in the aggressive growth category and the #10 ranking overall. The Winslow Green Growth Fund was also named Best Socially Screened Fund of 2006 by Kiplinger's Personal Finance.

As Winslow celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2008, the company looks forward to another quarter-century of helping its clients and shareholders to capitalize on the potential opportunities in green investing.

"Twenty five years of experience has convinced us that our green investing approach is about more than beliefs and values - it adds immeasurable value to our portfolio decisions."

-Jack Robinson, President,
Winslow Mgmt.

DATE FOUNDED

1983

INVESTMENT STRATEGY

Environmentally responsible aggressive growth

CONTACT INFORMATION

Winslow Management Company, LLC
99 High Street
Boston, MA 02110
www.winslowgreen.com
Mutual Funds: 888-314-9049
Advisors / Institutions: 866-804-5414
Separate Accounts: 866-804-5414

This Internet site is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy shares in any jurisdiction outside the United States. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. For more complete information about the Funds, including fees and expenses, investment objectives, and risks, please download prospectuses for the Fund or request prospectuses by calling 888.314.9049. Read the prospectuses carefully before investing. Distributed by Quasar Distributors, LLC. Winslow Management Company is a registered investment advisor.

Investment in growth stocks may be susceptible to rapid price swings, especially during periods of economic uncertainty. The Funds invest in small and medium capitalization companies, which present greater risk than larger companies due to limited product lines, markets and financial or managerial resources. The Winslow Green Solutions Fund invests in foreign securities, which present increased risk over U.S. investments in the form of currency fluctuation, different regulation, accounting standards, trading practices and levels of available information, generally higher transaction costs, and political risk; it also focuses on green solutions companies, which presents increased risk over a more diversified portfolio by limiting investment choices to a specific sector that may or may not perform as well as other industry sectors. Total return figures include reinvestment of investment income and capital gains. During the period, some of the Funds' fees were waived or expenses reimbursed; otherwise, total return would have been lower. Prior to April 1, 2001, Winslow Management Company managed a common trust fund (“CTF”) with investment objectives and policies that were, in all material respects, equivalent to the Winslow Green Growth Fund ("the Fund"). The Fund’s performance for periods before April 1, 2001 is that of the CTF and reflects the expenses of the CTF. If the CTF’s performance had been readjusted to reflect estimated expenses of the Fund for its first fiscal year, the performance would have been lower. The CTF was not registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“1940 Act”) nor subject to certain investment limitations, diversification requirements, and other restrictions imposed by the 1940 Act and the Internal Revenue Code, which, if applicable, may have adversely affected the performance results.

The 2007 Barron’s/Value Line fund manager survey screened 5,447 equity funds, eliminating funds with more than two lead managers and funds managed by managers with less that three years tenure. It included funds with more than $200 million in assets. 928 managers finally qualified to be scored based on how much risk-adjusted value they added relative to others with the same Value Line investment objective. The Winslow Green Growth Fund was subjectively awarded the Best Socially Screened Fund 2006 award by the editors and staff at Kiplinger's. Kiplinger's did not define any specific criteria or prerequisites for award consideration, other than funds that maintained social screens.

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