London Business School: Academic Prestige: Forbes ranks LBS MBA second only to Harvard

2. London Business School: • Academic Prestige: • Forbes ranks LBS MBA second only to Harvard • FT and Business Week both rank LBS in top 10 Business Schools • LBS Research awarded maximum score (5*) by Higher Education Funding Council for England • Location: • London’s only world class business school, located in the heart of the world financial community • Presence and Scale: • 1,450 graduate students, 5,000 executive students, 90 world-class faculty, 13,500 alumni

3. Our Mission: • Provide education in security analysis and portfolio management best gained through actual investing experience • Expose students to the investment process, research techniques, and the workings of a real investment fund • Highlight the interests and calibreof LBS students to the fund management community • Benefit LBS and its students over the long term by encouraging contribution to the LBS community

4. Joining the Ranks: • London Business School will be the first European Business School to join top-tier peers in creating a student-managed investment fund. • Wharton $200 thousand Kellogg (Northwestern) $250 thousand • Stanford $150 thousand University of Chicago $50 thousand • Darden (Virginia) $2 million Anderson (UCLA) $2 million • Cornell $2 million NYU Stern $200 thousand • Fuqua (Duke) $200 thousand Haas (Berkley) $130 thousand

5. Experiential Education: • An Executive Committee of 8 selected students and 2 alumni donors make the final stock selection decisions • All interested LBS students join as research analysts, proposing equities for placement in the portfolio • Investment focus: Selection of low-risk, high potential stocks to be held long-term • Students encouraged conduct ‘hands-on’ research, building a detailed and objective understanding of their companies

6. Benefits to Students: • Enhance the LBS education by putting classroom theories into practice • Develop skills in security analysis, serving as a training ground for those interested in pursuing careers in finance • Serve as a resource for students who would like to learn about the investment management industry • Provide a forum for educational activities through speaker events, company visits, and group discussion • Enhance professional opportunities by preparing students for interviews and careers in investment management/finance

7. Benefits to the Companies who are involved: • Provide real-life training to better prepare students for positions within their companies • Build brand awareness, attracting high calibre students to their companies • Give companies the opportunity to get to know students • Facilitate the recruitment process • Develop corporate ties with London Business School

8. Benefits for Donors: • Provide Donors an opportunity to give back to London Business School • Enhance LBS prestige and reputation as top business school • Donations will make an influential and sizable impact on students’ LBS experience and education • Provide a means of tax-efficient giving

9. Contacts: To learn more about the LBS Student Investment Fund, please contact: Shantanu Lodh MBA 2004 slodh.mba2004@london.edu Rushil Khanna MBA 2004 rkhanna.mba2004@london.edu