ABOUT US

Brandes Investment Partners^® is a leading investment advisory firm, managing equity and fixed income assets for institutional and private clients worldwide. Since our inception in 1974, we have applied the value investing approach to security selection pioneered by Benjamin Graham. Among the first investment firms to bring a global perspective to value investing, we manage a variety of investment strategies.

As of 3/31/08 (USD):

Total Assets Under Management: $93.4 billion

Total Institutional/Private Client Assets: $70.0 billion

Total Employees Worldwide: 509

Investment Professionals: 80, including 39 equity & fixed income analysts

Ownership: 100% employee owned

Total Assets, Japan Investments: $20 billion

Japanese Investments as a % of total assets under management: 21.8%

Total assets, investors delegating from Japan: $2.0 billion*

Japanese investors delegating as a % of total assets under management: 2.2%

*Under delegations from Japanese financial instruments firms, Brandes Investment Partners^® also manages Japanese investors’ money.