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LONGLEAF PARTNERS FUNDS'
MASON HAWKINS, C.T. FITZPATRICK & STALEY CATES
"FINDING A FEW GREAT IDEAS AT A 50% DISCOUNT IS NEAT.
FINDING A PORTFOLIO FULL OF 'EM IS UNPRECEDENTED."

from Outstanding Investor Digest's July 31, 2000 Edition

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FINDING A FEW GREAT IDEAS AT A 50% DISCOUNT IS NEAT.
FINDING A PORTFOLIO FULL OF 'EM IS UNPRECEDENTED.
..................  1
 
QUOTATIONS ARE ARBITRARY AND CAPRICIOUS.
BUT THEY'RE AN OPPORTUNITY, NOT A PROBLEM.
..................  2
 
IT'S ALL ABOUT VALUING BUSINESSES.
AND YET NOBODY SEEMS TO DO IT.
..................  3
 
OUR HOLDINGS ARE INCREDIBLY CHEAP
- IN FACT, UNPRECEDENTEDLY SO.
..................  4
 
AND THESE AREN'T WIDE-EYED, LUSTY VALUATIONS.
IN FACT, THEY'RE PRETTY DARNED CONSERVATIVE.
..................  5
 
BUYBACKS WILL UNLOCK THE VALUE DISCREPANCY
OR INCREASE THAT DISCREPANCY IN OUR FAVOR.
..................  6
 
OUR HOLDINGS ARE ALREADY CHEAP -
AND THEIR VALUES ARE GROWING RAPIDLY.
..................  7
 
OUR SMALL CAP PORTFOLIO IS EXTREMELY CHEAP.
FOR EXAMPLE... LET'S MAKE THAT THREE EXAMPLES.
..................  8
 
WCLX ENJOYS A 50%± DISCOUNT TODAY
ON DEPRESSED UNDERLYING ASSETS.
..................  9
 
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