Overview

Investment Objective

Long-term capital appreciation.

Strategy

Under normal market conditions, the Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its total net assets, which include borrowings for investment purposes, in the common and preferred stocks of small companies located in Asia excluding Japan including: China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.

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Portfolio Managers

Lead Manager:
Lydia So

Co-Manager:
Michael B. Han, CFA

Fees and Expenses

Gross Expense Ratios:¹
Fiscal Year 2009: 2.10%
     After Fee Waiver, Reimbursement and Recoupment: 2.00%²

Portfolio Turnover:³
Fiscal Year 2009: 21.39%

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

² Matthews has contractually agreed to waive fees and reimburse expenses until April 30, 2012 to the extent needed to limit Total Annual Operating Expenses to 2.00%. The amount of the waiver is based on estimated Fund expenses. The fee waiver may be terminated at any time by the Trust on 60 days’ written notice.

³ The lesser of fiscal year 2009 long-term purchase costs or sales proceeds divided by the average monthly market value of long-term securities.

Investing in small- and mid-size companies is more risky and volatile than investing in large companies as they may be more volatile and less liquid than larger companies.