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For shareholders in Forward Long/Short Credit Analysis Fund, 38.44% of the distributions received in 2007 are exempt from federal tax and may be exempt from state tax. This tax-exempt amount will be reported to you on Form 1099-INT. 1.74% of the tax-exempt distributions are subject to the federal Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT). The table below indicates the percentage of tax-exempt income derived from each respective state. Please note that tax-exempt income is reported to the IRS.

 

State

% of Total
Alabama 0.28%
Alaska 0.00%
Arizona 0.00%
Arkansas 0.00%
California 19.55%
Colorado 3.82%
Connecticut 0.00%
Delaware 0.00%
District of Columbia 0.00%
Florida 5.35%
Georgia 0.00%
Hawaii 0.00%
Idaho 0.00%
Illinois 3.29%
Indiana 0.00%
Iowa 0.00%
Kansas 0.00%
Kentucky 7.31%
Louisiana 0.59%
Maine 0.00%
Maryland 0.00%
Massachusetts 0.00%
Michigan 0.00%
Minnesota 5.63%
Mississippi 0.00%
Missouri 0.85%
Montana 0.00%
Nebraska 0.00%
Nevada 0.00%
New Hampshire 0.00%
New Jersey 25.96%
New Mexico 0.00%
New York 9.14%
North Carolina 0.79%
North Dakota 0.00%
Ohio 3.38%
Oklahoma 0.00%
Oregon 0.00%
Pennsylvania 4.96%
Puerto Rico 0.00%
Rhode Island 2.23%
South Carolina 0.00%
South Dakota 0.00%
Tennessee 4.61%
Texas 1.74%
Utah 0.00%
Vermont 0.52%
Virginia 0.00%
Washington 0.00%
West Virginia 0.00%
Wisconsin 0.00%
Wyoming 0.00%
   
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The Hoover Small Cap Equity Fund's and Hoover Mini-Cap Fund's benchmark is the Russell 2000 Index. It is an index that measures the performance of the 2000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000 Index. The Russell 3000 Index represents approximately 98% of the investable U.S. equity market.

The Forward Hansberger International Growth Fund's benchmark is the Morgan Stanley All Country World ex US Index. It is an unmanaged market capitalization-weighted index that includes reinvestment of capital gains and dividends, if any. It is commonly used to represent the performance of developed stock markets throughout the world, excluding the United States.

The Forward Global Emerging Markets Fund's benchmark is the MSCI Emerging Markets Free Index. It includes securities of approximately 680 companies domiciled in 26 markets.

The Forward Progressive Real Estate Fund's benchmark is the NAREIT Equity REIT Index (adjusted to reflect reinvestment of dividends). It is an index representative of tax-qualified REITs listed on the New York Stock Exchange, American Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ National Market System.

Investors cannot invest directly in an index.