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AGRICULTURE STRATEGY

May 2009

PORTFOLIO MANAGERS: Jim Cunningham & Ejnar Knudsen STRATEGY AUM: $33 Million SUBSCRIPTIONS: Monthly OPEN/CLOSED STATUS: Open
STRATEGY INCEPTION DATE: 3/2009 FIRM AUM: $2.4 Billion REDEMPTIONS: Quarterly MINIMUM INVESTMENT: $3 Million

FIRM OVERVIEW
Passport Capital, LLC is a San Francisco based investment firm founded by John H. Burbank III in 2000. Passport’s investment process uses a combination of macroeconomic analyses
to develop major themes and rigorous fundamental research on individual companies to create global portfolios. The firm’s investment team focuses on the following areas: Agriculture,
Basic Materials, Capital Markets, Consumer, Energy, Healthcare, India, Internet/Technology and Middle East & North Africa. As appropriate, the firm makes available to its limited
partners co-investment opportunities.

INVESTMENT STRATEGY
The agriculture strategy is a long biased strategy investing in targeted sectors within the global food and agriculture industry ranging from “dirt to dinner table”, including agricultural
inputs, proteins, producers, manufacturers, distributors and retailers. World population growth, coupled with increasing demand and a tight supply of food, has led us to seek out the
franchises and bottlenecks within the industry. Namely, we look to identify companies with pricing power and those which benefit from supply chain bottlenecks at compelling valuations.
The strategy also seeks to identify industries that are approaching their cyclical inflection points, such as proteins (supply destruction for the past several years has positioned the sector
for tight supply/demand economics that could yield significant profits) and carbohydrates (worldwide sugar supply is tight, beverage companies have introduced retro drinks using cane
sugar, and there continues to be growing renewable fuel demand). Our global perspective and integrated approach gives us a unique advantage investing in the worldwide agriculture
industry.

EXPOSURES JAN 09 FEB 09 MAR 09 APR 09 MAY 09 JUN 09 JUL 09 AUG 09 SEP 09 OCT 09 NOV 09 DEC 09 AVG RANGE
Long 48% 67% 71% 62% 48-71%
Short -34% -74% -78% -62% (34-78%)
Gross 82% 142% 149% 124% 82-149%
Net 14% -7% -8% 0% -8-14%
PERFORMANCE YTD SINCE FUND INCEP*

Net 4.2% 2. 7% 5.9% 13.2%


S&P 500 8.8% 9.6% 5.6% 25.8%
MSCI AC World 8.2% 11.9% 10.0% 33.2%
MV AGRI (MOO) 6.7% 8.5% 20.2% 39.2%
EXPOSURES MANAGERS’ BACKGROUND

SECTOR LONG SHORT NET GROSS Jim Cunningham, CFA, Portfolio Manager
Commodities 11% 0% 11% 11% Manages the investment management and research process for basic materials, agriculture and commodity investments
Ag Equipment 2% -6% -4% 7% ▪ 1997-2003 Portfolio Manager for Renberg Capital Management. Co-managed $500 mm in assets.
▪ 1996-1997 Vice President of Business Development for Crossroads Software
Fertilizer 8% -1% 7% 8%
▪ 1994-1996 Senior Director of Worldwide Industry Strategy Group for Oracle Corp
Seed/Crop Protection 3% -2% 2% 5% ▪ 1993-1994 Consultant for Booz Allen & Hamilton in San Francisco
Forest/Timber/Paper 0% 0% 0% 0% ▪ 1985-1990 Manager in Information Services Group for Morgan Stanley in New York and Hong Kong
Agribusiness 4% 0% 4% 4% ▪ 1992 MA in Food Research received from Stanford University
Ag Processor 7% -2% 5% 9% ▪ 1992 MBA received from the Stanford Graduate School of Business
▪ 1985 BS received in Financial Economics from Lehigh University
Protein Prod./Proc. 16% -6% 10% 21%
Food & Beverage 5% -13% -9% 18% Ejnar Knudsen, CFA, Portfolio Manager
Co-manages the investment management and research process for food, agriculture and commodity investments
Food Retail/Service 8% -15% -7% 23%
▪ 1998-Present Portfolio Manager for Craton Capital, an investment partnership focused on the agriculture industry
Transports 0% -2% -2% 2% ▪ 2001-2007 Executive Vice President of Western Milling, a feed milling co. with over $700 million in sales
Other 8% -22% -14% 31% ▪ 1991-2001 Vice President for Rabobank in New York; managed a loan portfolio, venture capital investments and
Diversified Index/Fund 0% -10% -10% 10% corporate advisory services in food, agriculture and commodities
TOTAL 71% -78% -7% 149% ▪ 1991 BS received from Cornell University
▪ Serves in various capacities at the board and/or advisory level of six agricultural organizations: AdecoAgro,
TOP 5 LONGS
Cornell’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, California Grain and Feed Association, Limoneira, Western
Milling and Cillion
COMPANY TICKER SECTOR EXPOSURE
TERMS
JBS SA JBSS3 Protein Prod. 10%
Imperial Sugar Co IPSU Ag Processor 7% INVESTOR TYPE STANDARD* COMMITTED*
Kroger Co KR Food Retail 5% Management Fee: 2% 1.25%
Coffee Futures Sep 09 KCU09 Commodities 5% Incentive Fee: 20% 15%
MagIndustries MAA Fertilizer 4% Lock-Up: None 3 Years
Redemption: Quarterly Quarterly
KEY PORTFOLIO DATA
4% fee yr.1; 3% fee yr. 2; 2% fee yr. 3
AVG.WEIGHTED Notice: 60 days 60 days
NO.OF POSITIONS
MKT.CAP Co-Investment Opportunity: No Yes
Public Long 28 $21.6B
SERVICE PROVIDERS
Public Short 48 $7.1B
Private 0 - Structure: Master/Feeder Prime Broker: Goldman Sachs
* Both Standard and Committed share classes have the Vehicles: BVI Offshore/Delaware LP Administrator: Citco Fund Services
ability to “opt-out” of all private equity investments. US Legal Counsel: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP Auditor: Ernst & Young

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AGRICULTURE STRATEGY
May 2009

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IMPORTANT DISCLOSURES AND RISK CONSIDERATIONS


* ESTIMATE AS OF MAY 31, 2009.
 THE S&P 500 INDEX IS AN UNMANAGED CAPITALIZATION-WEIGHTED INDEX OF 500 STOCKS. THIS INDEX IS DESIGNED TO MEASURE PERFORMANCE OF THE BROAD DOMESTIC (US)
ECONOMY THROUGH CHANGES IN THE AGGREGATE MARKET VALUE OF 500 STOCKS REPRESENTING ALL MAJOR INDUSTRIES. THE S&P INDEX WAS DEVELOPED WITH A BASE LEVEL OF
10 FOR THE 1941-43 BASE PERIOD. ALL PERFORMANCE DATA REGARDING THE INDEX ARE HISTORICAL AND ARE NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS, AND THERE CAN BE NO
ASSURANCE THAT THESE OR COMPARABLE RESULTS WILL ACTUALLY BE ACHIEVED BY THE FUND OR THAT THE FUND’S INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE WILL BE ACHIEVED.
 THE MSCI AC WORLD INDEX (ALL COUNTRY WORLD INDEX) INDEX IS A FREE FLOAT-ADJUSTED MARKET CAPITALIZATION WEIGHTED INDEX THAT IS DESIGNED TO MEASURE THE EQUITY
MARKET PERFORMANCE OF DEVELOPED AND EMERGING MARKETS. AS OF JANUARY 2009 THE MSCI ACWI CONSISTED OF 46 COUNTRY INDICES COMPRISING 23 DEVELOPED AND 23
EMERGING MARKET COUNTRY INDICES. THE DEVELOPED MARKET COUNTRY INDICES INCLUDED ARE: AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, CANADA, DENMARK, FINLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY,
GREECE, HONG KONG, IRELAND, ITALY, JAPAN, NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, NORWAY, PORTUGAL, SINGAPORE, SPAIN, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE
UNITED STATES. THE EMERGING MARKET COUNTRY INDICES INCLUDED ARE: ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, CHILE, CHINA, COLOMBIA, CZECH REPUBLIC, EGYPT, HUNGARY, INDIA, INDONESIA,
ISRAEL, KOREA, MALAYSIA, MEXICO, MOROCCO, PERU, PHILIPPINES, POLAND, RUSSIA, SOUTH AFRICA, TAIWAN, THAILAND, AND TURKEY.
 THE MARKET VECTORS AGRIBUSINESS ETF IS AN EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND INCORPORATED IN THE USA. THE FUND SEEKS INVESTMENT RESULTS THAT CORRESPOND TO THE PRICE
AND YIELD OF THE DAXGLOBAL AGRIBUSINESS INDEX, A MODIFIED MARKET-CAPITALIZATION INDEX.
 THE COMPARISON OF THE FUND’S PERFORMANCE TO A SINGLE MARKET INDEX IS IMPERFECT BECAUSE THE FUND'S PORTFOLIO MAY CONTAIN OPTIONS AND OTHER DERIVATIVE
SECURITIES, MAY INCLUDE MARGIN TRADING AND OTHER LEVERAGE, MAY EXPERIENCE GREATER VOLATILITY AND IS NOT AS DIVERSIFIED AS THE S&P INDEX OR OTHER INDICES. DUE
TO THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE FUND’S PORTFOLIO AND ITS INVESTMENT STRATEGY, POTENTIAL INVESTORS SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT NO SUCH INDICES ARE DIRECTLY
COMPARABLE TO THE RESULTS OF THE FUND.
 GROSS FIGURES ARE BASED ON PORTFOLIO A OF PASSPORT AGRICULTURE MASTER FUND SPC LTD. GROSS P&L FIGURES ARE BASED ON ESTIMATED UNAUDITED RETURNS – GROSS OF
MANAGEMENT FEES, APPLICABLE INCENTIVE FEES AND FUND EXPENSES.
 EXPOSURE FIGURES INCLUDE THE DELTA ADJUSTED EXPOSURES OF OPTIONS AND THE MARKET VALUE OF FIXED INCOME SECURITIES.
 THE AGRICULTURE PERFORMANCE FIGURES FOR THE PASSPORT AGRICULTURE FUND CONTAINED ON PAGE 1 ARE ACTUAL HISTORICAL INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE RESULTS FOR THE
PERIODS PRESENTED OF PORTFOLIO A OF PASSPORT AGRICULTURE MASTER FUND SPC LTD. THE NET PERFORMANCE FIGURES ARE AFTER THE DEDUCTION OF ALL COSTS, INCLUDING
MANAGEMENT FEES OF 2.0% ANNUALLY AND INCENTIVE ALLOCATIONS OF 20%, THIS REFLECTS INCENTIVE ALLOCATIONS, IF ANY, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN PAID OR MADE TO THE
GENERAL PARTNER AT THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR. THE PERFORMANCE OF INDIVIDUAL INVESTORS IN THE FUND MAY VARY DEPENDING UPON A NUMBER OF FACTORS,
INCLUDING THE TIMING OF CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS OR WITHDRAWALS, NEW ISSUE ELIGIBILITY, OFFSHORE OR ONSHORE FEEDER FUND CHOICE AND OTHER FACTORS AND COULD
RESULT IN LOWER INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE THAN THAT OF ANY OF THE ACCOUNTS PRESENTED HEREIN. PERFORMANCE DATA HAS NOT BEEN AUDITED AND MAY INCLUDE
ESTIMATES. PAST PERFORMANCE IS NO ASSURANCE OF FUTURE RESULTS. THE GENERAL PARTNER MAY CHOOSE TO VARY THE PARTNERSHIP’S ACTIVITIES AND MAY NOT
NECESSARILY CONTINUE INVESTING IN THE MANNER THAT GENERATED THE RESULTS PRESENTED HEREIN.
 THIS DOCUMENT IS MEANT ONLY TO PROVIDE A BROAD OVERVIEW FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES. WHILE INFORMATION USED IN THESE MATERIALS MAY HAVE BEEN OBTAINED FROM
VARIOUS PUBLISHED AND UNPUBLISHED SOURCES CONSIDERED TO BE RELIABLE, NEITHER PASSPORT NOR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES GUARANTEES ITS ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS
AND ACCEPTS NO LIABILITY FOR ANY DIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL LOSSES ARISING FROM ITS USE.
 THIS DOCUMENT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFERING TO SELL SECURITIES OR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY OR SELL ANY SECURITIES. THIS DOCUMENT IS NOT INTENDED TO
BE A RISK DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT, AND IS SUBJECT IN ITS ENTIRETY TO DEFINITIVE DISCLOSURE AND OTHER DOCUMENTS (COLLECTIVELY, THE “DOCUMENTS”) RESPECTING THE
FUNDS. ANY INVESTMENT DESCRIBED HEREIN MAY ONLY BE OFFERED PURSUANT TO AN OFFERING MEMORANDUM, WHICH WILL CONTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION NEEDED BY
INVESTORS TO EVALUATE THE POTENTIAL INVESTMENT AND PROVIDE IMPORTANT DISCLOSURES REGARDING RISKS, FEES AND EXPENSES. THE OFFERING MEMORANDUM WILL
DESCRIBE IN MORE DETAIL RISKS OF INVESTING IN THE FUND, AND PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS SHOULD RELY SOLELY UPON THEIR OWN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION, INCLUDING
REVIEW OF THE DOCUMENTS IN MAKING THEIR DECISION TO INVEST WITH PASSPORT THROUGH ANY FUND.
 ANY SPECIFIC PORTFOLIO SECURITIES IDENTIFIED AND DESCRIBED IN THESE MATERIALS DO NOT REPRESENT ALL OF THE SECURITIES PURCHASED OR SOLD BY THE FUND, AND THERE
SHOULD BE NO ASSUMPTION THAT INVESTMENTS IN SUCH SECURITIES IDENTIFIED AND DISCUSSED IN THESE MATERIALS WERE OR WILL BE PROFITABLE. AN INVESTMENT IN THE FUND
IS SUBJECT TO SIGNIFICANT RISKS AND IS SUITABLE ONLY FOR INVESTORS OF SUBSTANTIAL FINANCIAL MEANS THAT HAVE NO NEED FOR IMMEDIATE LIQUIDITY IN THIS INVESTMENT.
 THE INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES DESCRIBED HEREIN HAVE GENERALLY NOT BEEN REGISTERED FOR SALE TO THE PUBLIC IN ANY JURISDICTION AND WILL NOT BE MADE AVAILABLE
FOR INVESTMENT EXCEPT UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WILL RESULT IN COMPLIANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS. THE INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES DESCRIBED
HEREIN ARE NOT GUARANTEED BY PASSPORT OR ITS AFFILIATES.
 THE VIEWS AND OPINIONS EXPRESSED IN THESE PRESENTATION MATERIALS ARE AS OF MAY 31, 2009, ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE, MAY NOT COME TO PASS AND DO
NOT REPRESENT A RECOMMENDATION OR OFFER OF ANY PARTICULAR SECURITY, STRATEGY, OR INVESTMENT. NEITHER PASSPORT NOR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES, EMPLOYEES, OR
AGENTS ARE AUTHORIZED TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES INCONSISTENT WITH OR IN ADDITION TO THOSE CONTAINED IN THE DOCUMENTS.
RISK CONSIDERATIONS
 ANY FUND MAY NOT ACHIEVE THE DESIRED RESULTS DUE TO IMPLEMENTATION LAG, OTHER TIMING FACTORS, PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT DECISION-MAKING, ECONOMIC OR MARKET
CONDITIONS OR OTHER UNANTICIPATED FACTORS. THE GENERAL PARTNER MAY CHOOSE TO VARY THE FUNDS’ ACTIVITIES AND MAY NOT NECESSARILY CONTINUE INVESTING IN THE
MANNER THAT GENERATED THE RESULTS PRESENTED.
 ALL FUNDS USE SOPHISTICATED INVESTMENT TECHNIQUES, AND MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR ALL INVESTORS. THE DOCUMENTS WILL DESCRIBE IN MORE DETAIL RISKS OF INVESTING IN
ANY OF THE FUNDS, AND PROSPECTIVE ADVISORY CLIENTS MUST READ THE DOCUMENTS CAREFULLY BEFORE INVESTING WITH PASSPORT THROUGH THE FUNDS.
 ANY PERSON CONSIDERING MAKING AN INVESTMENT MUST BE ABLE TO BEAR THE RISKS INVOLVED AND MUST BE ABLE MEET CERTAIN SUITABILITY REQUIREMENTS. SOME OR ALL
ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT PROGRAMS MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR CERTAIN INVESTORS. AMONG SUCH RISKS ARE THE FOLLOWING: AN INVESTMENT IS SPECULATIVE AND INVOLVES A
SUBSTANTIAL DEGREE OF RISK, AN INVESTMENT MAY BE LEVERAGED, PAST PERFORMANCE RESULTS ARE NOT NECESSARILY INDICATIVE OF FUTURE PERFORMANCE, AND
PERFORMANCE MAY BE VOLATILE, AN INVESTOR COULD LOSE ALL OR A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF HIS OR HER INVESTMENT, THERE IS NO SECONDARY MARKET FOR THE INVESTORS'
INTERESTS IN THE FUNDS AND NONE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP, THERE ARE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERRING INTERESTS IN THE FUNDS, FEES AND EXPENSES MAY OFFSET TRADING
PROFITS. A PORTION OF THE TRADING MAY TAKE PLACE ON FOREIGN MARKETS, AN INVESTMENT IS SUBJECT TO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.
NOTE: THIS DOCUMENT IS CONFIDENTIAL AND INTENDED SOLELY FOR THE USE OF PASSPORT AND ITS AFFILIATES AND THE CLIENT OR PROSPECTIVE CLIENT TO WHOM IT IS PRESENTED. IT
IS NOT TO BE REPRODUCED OR DISTRIBUTED TO ANY OTHER PERSONS EXCEPT TO THE RECIPIENT’S PROFESSIONAL ADVISORS.

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