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Overview

Matthews Asian Growth and Income Fund

Matthews Asian Growth and Income Fund

Inception Date: 9/12/94

Geographic Focus: Asian countries: China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.

Benchmarks: MSCI All Country Asia ex-Japan Index, MSCI All Country Far East ex-Japan Index

Fund Assets: $2.8 billion (as of 06/30/10)

Symbol: MACSX

CUSIP: 577-130-206

Investment Objective

Long-term capital appreciation. The Fund also seeks to provide some current income.

Strategy

Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its total net assets in dividend-paying equity securities and the convertible securities, of any duration or quality, of companies located in Asia, which includes China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.

Distributions

The Matthews Asian Growth and Income Fund intends to distribute its dividends semi-annually. Semi-annual distributions were paid on June 24, 2010 to shareholders of record as of June 23, 2010. Distributions are now available »

Portfolio Managers

Lead Manager:
Andrew T. Foster

Co-Manager:
Robert J. Horrocks, PhD

Fees and Expenses

Gross Expense Ratio:1
Fiscal Year 2009: 1.17%

Portfolio Turnover:2
Fiscal Year 2009: 17.51%

1 Matthews Asia Funds does not charge 12b-1 fees.

2 The lesser of fiscal year 2009 long-term purchase costs or sales proceeds divided by the average monthly market value of long-term securities.