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Clipper Fund is managed by Chris Davis and Ken Feinberg, who, as managers of Selected American Shares and Davis NY Venture A, won the 2005 Morningstar Domestic-Stock Fund Manager of the Year award.

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Average Annual Total Returns As of 4/30/08
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Clipper S&P 500 Index
Year to Date -9.09% -5.03%
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Total Return As of 4/30/08
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Clipper S&P 500 Index
1 Year -10.02% -4.68%
3 Year 2.76% 8.22%
5 Year 6.42% 10.61%
10 Year 7.58% 3.89%
Since Inception* 13.46% 12.20%
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Historical Returns
Clipper S&P 500 Index
2007 0.05% 5.49%
2006 15.27% 15.79%
2005 -0.24% 4.91%
2004 5.87% 10.88%
2003 19.35% 28.69%
2002 -5.50% -22.10%
2001 10.26% -11.89%
2000 37.40% -9.10%
1999 -2.02% 21.04%
1998 19.20% 28.58%
1997 30.44% 33.35%
1996 19.43% 22.94%
1995 45.22% 37.53%
1994 -2.45% 1.32%
1993 11.20% 10.06%
1992 15.90% 7.62%
1991 32.74% 30.40%
1990 -7.59% -3.11%
1989 22.14% 31.63%
1988 19.65% 16.56%
1987 3.05% 5.25%
1986 18.74% 18.66%
1985 26.43% 31.73%
  1984* 21.28% 10.77%
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*Clipper Fund Inception Date: 2/29/84

The figures above represent past performance and are not a guarantee of future results. The investment return and principal value will vary so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Mutual fund performance changes over time and currently may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted above. As of the most recent prospectus, the expense ratio for the Clipper Fund was 0.69%.

The Fund's total returns include reinvestment of dividend and capital gain distributions, but have not been adjusted for any income taxes payable by shareholders on these distributions.

Clipper Fund was managed from inception until January 1, 2006 by another Adviser. Davis Selected Advisers, L.P. took over management of the Fund on January 1, 2006.

The S&P 500 Index is an unmanaged, capitalization weighted index of the common stocks of 500 major U.S. corporations. Index returns include dividends and/or interest income and, unlike Fund returns, do not reflect fees or expenses. In addition, unlike the Fund, which periodically maintains a significant cash position, the S&P 500 is fully invested. Investors cannot directly invest in an index.

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