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LongLeaf Annual ShareHolder Meeting

LongLeaf Funds had its shareholder meeting on May 5th, 2010. The meeting was recorded for all shareholders who could not attend the meeting. Audio files of the meeting were separated by speaker and topic. The audio files are especially interesting since Mason Hawkins does a lot of speaking. He rarely does interviews, so it is always interesting to hear his commentary and insights. There is also commentary from Ken Siazon who runs the Singapore office, Scott Cobb who runs the London Office, Staley Cates President of the fund family. Cates has been at the fund for nearly 25 years and assists Hawkins in making investment decisions. There are also many other members of the LongLeaf team who spoke at the shareholder meeting.

LongLeaf has three mutual funds; its flagship fund Long Leaf Partner’s fund, Long Leaf International Fund, and Long Leaf small cap fund.

Below is some more information regarding the three funds.

Partners Fund:

Returns:

As of 5/31/10

YEAR-TO-DATE ONE YEAR FIVE YEARS TEN YEARS
PARTNERS

FUND
4.94% 31.72% 0.18% 5.41%
S & P 500

INDEX
(1.50)% 20.99% 0.31% (0.82)%
Top Ten Holdings

As of 3/31/10
DIRECTV satellite broadcaster 9.6%
Dell information technology 7.6%
Chesapeake Energy natural gas exploration & production 7.2%
Walt Disney entertainment and broadcasting 7.1%
Yum! Brands franchisor/owner-Taco Bell, KFC, Pizza Hut 6.2%
Pioneer Natural Resources oil & gas exploration & production 5.8%
NipponKoa Japanese non-life insurance 4.7%
Liberty Media Interactive tv, internet, & catalog retail 4.7%
Cemex cement company 4.6%
Philips electronics, medical, & lighting 4.2%
Total 61.7%


LongLeaf International Fund: 45% of the funds equities are Asian equities.

Returns:

As of 5/31/10

YEAR-TO-DATE ONE YEAR FIVE YEARS TEN YEARS
INTL

FUND
(7.25)% 8.11% 0.87% 5.91%
MSCI EAFE

INDEX
(12.36)% 6.38% 1.35% 0.65%


Top ten holdings:

As of 3/31/10
NipponKoa Insurance non-life insurance 8.3%
Fairfax Financial Holdings property/casualty insurance 8.1%
Accor corporate services & hotels 7.9%
Cheung Kong ports, real estate, & telecom 7.8%
ACS Actividades construction, infrastructure, & energy 6.4%
Genting Berhad casino operator 6.0%
Hochtief AG global infrastructure construction 5.0%
Yum! Brands franchisor/owner- Taco Bell, KFC, Pizza Hut 4.9%
Olympus medical imaging & cameras 4.8%
Willis Group insurance broker 4.8%
Total 64%


Small Cap Fund:



Returns:



As of 5/31/10

YEAR-TO-DATE ONE YEAR FIVE YEARS TEN YEARS
SMALL-CAP

FUND
8.68% 42.53% 4.21% 9.01%
RUSSELL 2000

INDEX
6.29% 33.62% 2.77% 4.71%






Top ten holdings:



As of 3/31/10
tw telecom telecommunications provider 9.9%
Pioneer Natural Resources oil & gas exploration & production 7.9%
Fair Isaac credit scoring software 6.8%
Fairfax Financial Holdings property/casualty insurance 6.7%
Dillard’s department store retailer 6.1%
Service Corp International funeral home/ cemetery operator 4.9%
Wendy's/Arby's fast food restaurant operator 4.6%
Washington Post education & media 4.6%
Texas Industries construction materials 4.5%
DineEquity developer/franchisor of restaurants 4.4%
Total 60.4%




Below is the full meeting divided by segment. The audio files can be viewed in wma format or mp3 format. Some of the audio files are accompanied by a slide show.





Subject and Speaker
Introduction and update

Lee Harper

(10 Minutes)
Windows

Media Audio
MP3

Audio
Slide Presentation
Performance Update and Governance Initiative

Mason Hawkins

(14 Minutes)
Windows

Media Audio
MP3

Audio
Slide Presentation
Research Team Update

Staley Cates

(9 Minutes)
Windows

Media Audio
MP3

Audio
Investment Case for Cheung Kong

Ken Siazon

(8 Minutes)
Windows

Media Audio
MP3

Audio
Slide Presentation
Investment Case for Accor

Scott Cobb

(17 Minutes)
Windows

Media Audio
MP3

Audio
Investment Case for Aon

Jason Dunn

(11 Minutes)
Windows

Media Audio
MP3

Audio
Dell

Mason Hawkins,

Staley Cates

(10 Minutes)
Windows

Media Audio
MP3

Audio
Daiwa

Mason Hawkins

(1 Minutes)
Windows

Media Audio
MP3

Audio
Level 3

Mason Hawkins,

Staley Cates

(3 Minutes)
Windows

Media Audio
MP3

Audio
Opportunities in pharmaceutical companies

Mason Hawkins,

(4 Minutes)
Windows

Media Audio
MP3

Audio
Cash levels and market opportunity

Mason Hawkins,

Staley Cates

(2 Minutes)
Windows

Media Audio
MP3

Audio
Opportunities in real estate

Mason Hawkins,

Staley Cates

(3 Minutes)
Windows

Media Audio
MP3

Audio
Long-term results more important than short term & analyst compensation

Mason Hawkins,

Staley Cates

(9 Minutes)
Windows

Media Audio
MP3

Audio
Currency hedging change

Mason Hawkins

(1 Minutes)
Windows

Media Audio
MP3

Audio
Current P/V Ratios

Mason Hawkins

(2 Minutes)
Windows

Media Audio
MP3

Audio
Is focus greater on winning or on not losing?

Mason Hawkins

(2 Minutes)
Windows

Media Audio
MP3

Audio
How broadly do you examine people at a company?

Mason Hawkins,

Staley Cates

(2 Minutes)
Windows

Media Audio
MP3

Audio
Do we anticipate getting fully invested?

Staley Cates

(2 Minutes)
Windows

Media Audio
MP3

Audio
Which Fund is best opportunity?

Mason Hawkins

(1 Minutes)




The full link is here http://www.longleafpartners.com/news/annual_presentation_2010.cfm

About the author:

My investment ideas have been inspired by many of value investors including Benjamin Graham, Charles Royce, John Neff, Joel Greenblatt, Peter Lynch, Seth Klarman,Martin Whitman and Bruce Greenwald. .I live with my wife and daughter in Monsey, NY. I can be contacted jacobwolinsky(AT)gmail.com and my blog is www.valuewalk.com

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