Al Meezan Investment Management Limited

MKT/FRM/08/10
April 06, 2010

Dear Investor,

We are pleased to share with you that Meezan Cash Fund (MCF), the first Shariah compliant money market fund in
Pakistan, has paid second interim dividend @ Rs. 1.50 per unit i.e., 3% of the par value of Rs. 50/ for the quarter
ended March 31, 2010. The payout is in the form of Bonus Units to the Growth Unit holders and Cash Dividend to the
Income Unit holders. A Growth Unit holder having 100 units of MCF as at March 31, 2010 got 2.9721 additional units
at the exdiv NAV of Rs. 50.47, while an Income unit holder got Cash Dividend of Rs. 1.50 per unit. This payout is in
addition to the first interim dividend of Rs. 1.75 per unit paid earlier, thus making the total payout of Rs. 3.25 per unit for
the nine months. Since the beginning of FY 2010, the fund has provided an annualized return of 10.11% to its investors.

We are delighted to highlight that Meezan Islamic Fund (MIF) has achieved another milestone. As an investor in MIF, you
have reaped return of 126% (appreciation from Rs. 22.27 per unit as on January 01, 2009 to Rs. 50.29 per unit as on March
31, 2010) during the last 15 months. In the process, the NAV of MIF has reached its face value of Rs. 50 per unit after a
period of 21 months when the Ex Dividend NAV was Rs.50.05 per unit as at June 30, 2008. We would also like to add here
that when KSE 100 index declined below 10,000 mark in first week of August 2008, NAV of Meezan Islamic Fund (MIF) was
Rs. 41.20. Now when the index has reached 10,000 level again after 19 months, one would expect the NAV of MIF to be
also back to Rs.41.20 but the NAV has reached Rs. 50.29, a clear out performance of 20% with respect to the KSE 100
index. Your patronage has also helped us in increasing fund size of MIF to about Rs. 4,400 million, and hence it continues to
be the largest open end equity fund in the private sector.

At the end of March 2010, the net assets under management of Al Meezan stood at Rs. 18.2 billion which is reflective
of your confidence and trust in our funds. We are thankful for your valuable support and continued patronage. We
will continuously strive to give the best Shariah compliant investment management services to all our investors. Fund
Managers Report for the month of March 2010 is enclosed for your review and record.

Yours truly,

Muhammad Anas Rehan

AVP Marketing

Ground Floor, Block B, Finance & Trade Centre, Shahrah-e-Faisal, Karachi 74400, Pakistan.
UAN: (92-21)111-633-926 (111-MEEZAN) Fax: (92-21) 5630808, Toll Free: 0800-HALAL (42525)
E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.almeezangroup.com
 March 2010

Fund Managers Report

Al Meezan Investment Management Limited

Al Meezan Investments (AMIM), the company in operation since 1995, has one of the longest track records of managing mutual funds in the
private sector in Pakistan. Al Meezan Investments manages eight mutual funds; namely Al Meezan Mutual Fund, Meezan Balanced Fund,
Meezan Islamic Fund, Meezan Islamic Income Fund, Meezan Tahaffuz Pension Fund, Meezan Capital Protected Fund I, Meezan Cash Fund
and Meezan Sovereign Fund. To cater to demands of its valued investors, Al Meezan launched Pakistans first Shariah compliant Government
securities fund Meezan Sovereign Fund on February 10, 2010.
The total funds under management of Al Meezan, the only full fledged Shariah compliant asset management company in Pakistan, have
reached Rs. 18.2 billion as on March 31, 2010. We are pleased to inform you that JCR-VIS recently upgraded management quality rating of
Al Meezan to AM2 which denotes high management quality, as the company clearly stays well ahead of all its competitors in the Islamic
asset management market in Pakistan.

Stock Market Review Money Market Review

During March, KSE-100 index increased by 521 points (5.4% up) In the bimonthly monetary policy statement on March 27, 2010,
to close at 10,178. The average daily turnover during the month State bank maintained the policy rate at 12.5% in line with the
was 158 million shares compared to 164 million shares in expectation as the inflation continued to hover around 13.7%. In
February. the beginning of the month, money market was illiquid with
Initially the market had a lack luster performance with overnight call and repo markets of around 12-12.25%. State
uncertainties about the modalities of capital gain tax and its Bank regularly conducted OMOs to bring these rates down and
effect on the volumes in the stock market. However, the rally in injected Rs. 378 billion. This helped to normalize the money
the banking and E&P sectors led by foreign buying enabled the market rates which closed at 10- 10.25%.
KSE-100 index to finally breach the critical level of 10,000 for In March, State bank conducted two T Bill auction and accepted
the first time after 19 months (that is since August, 2008). The Rs 173 billion, increasing the cut off rate for the six-month paper
main impetus behind this achievement was the buying by by 7bps to 12.35%. For the next quarter, government has
foreign funds as KSE witnessed net inflow of US$ 113 million announced to conduct 6 T bill auctions with the total target of
only in March. In addition, strong earnings growth, Rs. 438 billion against a maturity of Rs. 460 billion. A PIB
announcement of inland freight subsidy on exports of cements auction was also conducted in which Rs. 8.8 billion was accepted
and high oil prices provided much needed support to the market. with cut off rates for all the papers increasing by around 20 bps
On the macro economic front, external accounts posted an (10 year PIB cut off rate stood at 12.75%, up by 21 bps). The
encouraging picture with remittances increasing to US$ 5.8 KIBOR rates remained stable during March with 6 month KIBOR
billion and trade deficit shrinking to US$ 9.42 billion in the first 8 declining marginally by 2bps MoM to close at 12.41%.
months of the fiscal year. On the forex front, rupee remained strong vis--vis dollar and
It is expected that consensus on constitutional reforms package appreciated by 1.1% to close at Rs. 84.09 to a dollar in the
and release of IMFs fifth tranche will help market to continue its interbank market. The forex reserves of the country are
momentum. expected to further inch up to over US$ 15 billion with the
release of IMF tranche.

KSE-100 Index Performance 6 Month KIBOR

Vol (mn) (LHS) Index (RHS) PKR

12.45
240 10,600
12.44

10,200 12.43
160
12.42
9,800 12.41
80 12.40
9,400
12.39

0 9,000 12.38
1-Mar
3-Mar
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Disclaimer
This report has been prepared by Al Meezan Investment Management Limited for information purposes only. Reasonable care has been taken in the preparation of the report.
However, Al Meezan Investment Management Limited nor any of its employees or affiliated entities takes any responsibility for any loss that may be incurred by any user of this
report.
 March 2010

EQUITY MEEZAN ISLAMIC FUND (MIF)

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE
To maximize total investor returns by investing in Shariah Compliant
equities focusing on both capital gains and dividend income.

Performance
Funds Details Cumulative Returns
Fund Type: Open End 1M 3M 6M FYTD 1Yr 3Yr 5Yr PSD**
Risk Level High MIF 5% 9% 11% 43% 56% 21% 63% 191%
Benchmark 7% 12% 13% 45% 61% -9%* 23%* 142%*
Launch Date 8th Aug 2003
** Performance start date of August 08, 2003,
Trustee CDC
* KSE100 Index
Auditors A.F. Ferguson & Co.
Registrar Meezan Bank Ltd.
Annual Returns
Unit Types A, B and C FY09 FY08 FY07 FY06 FY05 FY04
Management Fee 2% MIF -30% 0.27% 29% 30% 40% 24%*
Front End Load 2%
Benchmark -29% -1% 17% 25% 22% 26%*
Back End Load Nil * Return from inception date
Benchmark KMI-30
Fund Review
Leverage Nil
Listing KSE Net assets of Meezan Islamic Fund as at March 31, 2010 stood at Rs. 4.4 billion. The
AMC Rating AM2 funds NAV increased by 4.8% during the period under review against an appreciation

Pricing Mechanism Forward of 7.4% in the benchmark index (KMI-30) while KSE-100 Index, during the same

Valuation Days Mon-Fri period increased by 5.4%.

Subscription/ Since the market is relatively attractive on multiples as compared to regional markets,
Mon-Fri 9am 3pm
Redemption Days
we hold a positive stance on the future performance. As of March 31, the fund was
Fund Manager Muhammad Asad
98% invested in equities.
Members of M. Shoaib, CFA
Investment
Committee Muhammad Asad Portfolio
Sanam Zaib
Syed Talal Mehdi
Top Ten Holdings
Company Name(in alphabetical order) Sectors
Madiha Javed
Fund Assets:
Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim Limited Fertilizer
Feb Mar MoM Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited Fertilizer
'10 '10 % ICI Pakistan Limited Chemicals
Lucky Cement Limited Cement
Net Assets (Rs mn) 4,348 4,436 2.02%
Oil & Gas Development Company Limited E&P
NAV Per Unit (Rs) 47.99 50.29 4.79% Packages Limited Paper
Pakistan Oilfields Limited E&P
% held in
97.8 97.7 Pakistan Petroleum Limited E&P
Securities
Pakistan State Oil Company Limited OMC
% held as Cash 2.2 2.3 The Hub Power Company Limited Power

Sector Allocation
Risk Measures Mar 10 29% Oil & Gas Exp.

Fertilizer
Standard Sharpe 20%
Deviation Ratio Oil & Gas Mkt.
MIF 0.78 0.23
17% Power Gen.
KSE-100 index 0.90 0.23
Chemicals
KMI-30 Index 0.81 0.36
Cement
11%
4%
5% 5% 9% Paper & Borad

Others
 March 2010

INCOME MEEZAN ISLAMIC INCOME FUND (MIIF)

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE: To provide investors with a high and stable rate of current income
consistent with long term preservation of capital in a Shariah compliant way. A secondary objective
is to take advantage of opportunities to realize capital appreciation.

Funds Details Performance

Fund Type Open End
Cumulative Returns (annualized)
Risk Level Minimal
Launch Date 15-Jan-07
1M 3M 6M FYTD 1Yr 3Yr 5Yr PSD**
MIIF 9.31% 4.05% 4.59% 6.70% 7.94% 8.98% - 9.04%
Trustee CDC
Benchmark 5.86% 5.87% 5.84% 5.76% 5.73% 5.89% - 5.72%
Registrar Meezan Bank Ltd
** Performance start date of Jan 15, 2007
Unit Types A, B & C
Front End Load 0.5% Annual Returns
Contingent load for
Back End Load FY09 FY08 FY07 FY06 FY05 FY04
Type C investors
Management Fee 1.5% MIIF 10.15% 9.15% 9.93% - - -
Average bank
Benchmark deposit rate of three Benchmark 6.54% 5.75% 4.66% - - -
Islamic banks
Leverage Nil
Fund Review
Auditors A.F. Ferguson & Co.
Portfolio Duration 105 days Net assets of Meezan Islamic Income Fund (MIIF) as at March 31, 2010 stood at Rs.
AMC Rating AM2 3.7 billion. For the month, MIIF has provided an annualized return of 9.3% as
Fund Stability Rating A+ (f) compared to its benchmark which has provided an annualized return of 5.9% during
Pricing Mechanism Forward the same period.
Valuation Days Mon-Sat
Subscription/ Mon-Fri 9am3 pm
Redemption Days Sat 9am12:30 pm
Fund Manager Muhammad Asad
Members of
Investment
M. Shoaib, CFA
Muhammad Asad
Portfolio
Committee
Sanam Zaib Top Ten Sukuk Holdings
Syed Talal Mehdi
Madiha Javed
Sukuks Names Sectors %
Century Paper & Board Paper 2%
Fund Assets: DG Cement Cement 5%
Eden Housing Limited Construction 5%
Feb Mar MoM
'10 '10 % Engro Chemical Pakistan Chemicals 8%
GoP Ijarah Sukuks III GoP Ijarah 8%
Net Assets (Rs mn) 3,972 3,738 -5.91% GoP Ijarah Sukuks IV GoP Ijarah 25%
KSEW - I GoP Backed 2%
NAV Per Unit (Rs) 50.36 50.75 0.76%
KSEW - II GoP Backed 7%
Maple Leaf Cement Cement 6%
Sitara Chemicals Ltd. III Chemicals 4%
Rating Distribution of sukuks
Portfolio Composition
GoP Ijarah 32.7%
Gop Backed 8.5% 36%
AA 7.7%
AA- 4.2%
Sukuks
11%
A+ 2.2% GoP Ijarah
A 1.2% GoP Backed Sukuks
Cash & Cash Equivalents
A- 1.6%
TDR
BBB+ 5.2% 12%
BBB and below 6.8%
33%
Unrated 6.6% 8%
 March 2010

MONEY MARKET MEEZAN CASH FUND (MCF)

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE: To seek maximum possible preservation of
capital and a reasonable rate of return via investing primarily in liquid
Shariah compliant money market and debt securities.

Performance
Funds Details Cumulative Returns (annualized)
Fund Type Open End 1M 3M 6M YTD 1Yr 2Yr 5Yr PSD**
Risk Level Minimal MCF 10.30% 10.26% 10.10% 9.98% - - - 10.19%

Launch Date 15-Jun-09 Benchmark 7.37% 7.39% 7.45% 7.48% - - - 7.49%

Trustee CDC ** Performance start date of June 15, 2009
Registrar Meezan Bank Ltd Annual Returns
Unit Types A, B and C FY09 FY08 FY07 FY06 FY05 FY04
Front End Load Nil
MCF (Annualized) 8.08%* - - - - -
Back End Load 0.1% if redemption
within 3 days Benchmark 7.60% - - - - -
Management Fee 1% * 15 days of operations.
Auditors A.F. Ferguson & Co.
Fund Review
Leverage Nil
Portfolio Duration 13 Days The fund provides our valued investors with the opportunity to park their excess liquidity
AMC Rating AM2 in secure high quality instruments. To minimize the impact of interest rate volatility, the
investment policy limits investment avenues to short tenure, i.e. to a maximum maturity
Fund Stability Rating AA (f)
of six months. Moreover, to ensure security of investment, rating of instruments must at
Pricing Mechanism Forward least be AA.
Valuation Days Mon-Sat
Mon-Fri 9am3pm As of March 31, 2010, net assets of the fund were Rs. 4.63 billion, showing a decline of
Subscription/ over 4% month-on-month. For the month, MCF provided an annualized return of 10.3 %
Redemption Days Sat 9am12:30 pm
to its investors.
Fund Manager Syed Talal Mehdi
Members of M. Shoaib, CFA
Investment
Committee Muhammad Asad Portfolio
Sanam Zaib
Salient Features
Syed Talal Mehdi
Madiha Javed Maximum Preservation of Principal Investment
High Liquidity (Redemption within Two working days)
Key Benefits Tax-free Returns
Fund Assets:
No Sales Load (No Entry or Exit charges)*

Feb Mar MoM Tax Credit as per tax laws

'10 '10 % Investments in High Grade & Liquid avenues:

Investment Policy and Instrument/Issuer Rating : Minimum AA

Net Assets (Rs mn) 4,828 4,633 -4.03% Strategy Maximum Maturity of Instruments : Six Months

NAV Per Unit (Rs) 51.51 51.97 0.89% Average Time to Maturity of Portfolio : Three Months
Average Return on 3 month deposit with three Islamic
Benchmark
Banks

Portfolio Composition
Rating Exposure
6%
AA+ 57.3%
AA 42.7%
19%
TDR

Murabaha Placements

Cash & Cash Equivalents

75%
 March 2010

INCOME MEEZAN SOVEREIGN FUND (MSF)

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE: To seek maximum possible preservation of
capital and a reasonable rate of return

Performance
Funds Details Cumulative Returns (annualized)
Fund Type Open End 1M 3M 6M YTD 1Yr 2Yr 5Yr PSD**
Risk Level Minimal MSF 10.37% - - - - - - 9.23%

Launch Date 10-Feb-10 Benchmark 7.37% - - - - - - 7.36%

Trustee CDC ** Performance start date of Feb 10, 2010
Registrar Meezan Bank Ltd
Unit Types A, B , C & D
Fund Review
Front End Load 0.5%
Back End Load Nil Meezan Sovereign Fund (MSF) was launched during February. As of March 31, 2010, the
Management Fee 1% net assets of the fund stood at 536 million. For the month of March, The fund has

Auditors A.F. Ferguson & Co. provided an annualized return of 10.37% against a return of 7.37% of its benchmark.
Benchmark Average return on
6-month Islamic
bank deposits
Leverage Nil
Portfolio Duration 9 Days
AMC Rating AM2
Fund Stability Rating AA+ (f)
Pricing Mechanism Forward Portfolio
Valuation Days Mon-Sat

Subscription/
Mon-Fri 9am3pm Salient Features
Redemption Days Sat 9am12:30 pm
Maximum Preservation of Principal Investment
Fund Manager Ayesha Irfan Primary Investments in securities issued by Government
Members of of Pakistan
M. Shoaib, CFA
Investment
Committee Muhammad Asad Very Low Risk
Key Benefits
Sanam Zaib Liquidity (Redemption on average in 2-3 working days)

Syed Talal Mehdi Tax-free Returns

Madiha Javed Tax Credit as per tax laws

Investments in High Grade & Liquid avenues:
Fund Assets: Minimum 70% Investment in Government backed /
Investment Policy and issued securities (rated AAA)
Strategy
Feb Mar MoM Placements in top rated banks and financial institutions
'10 '10 % Average Time to Maturity of Portfolio : Three months

Benchmark Average return on 6-month Islamic bank deposits

Net Assets (Rs mn) 608 536 -11.8%

NAV Per Unit (Rs) 50.19 50.61 0.84%

Sector Allocation

GoP Ijarah
Asset Rating
5%
GoP Backed (AAA) 4.7%
AA+ 68.3%
AA 27.0%
Cash & Cash Equivalents
95%
 March 2010

PENSION MEEZAN TAHAFFUZ PENSION FUND (MTPF)

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE: To provide participants a regular Halal income stream after
retirement/disability when they can no longer earn regular income to support their
living so that they are not dependent on other members of the society.
.

Performance
Funds Details Cumulative Returns
Fund Type Open End 1M 3M 6M YTD 1Yr 3Yr 5Yr PSD**
MTPF- Equity 6.0% 11.5% 12.1% 43.1% 58.2% - - 9.6%
Risk Level Minimal
MTPF- Debt* 14.5% 10.7% 8.1% 8.1% 9.2% - - 8.9%
Launch Date 28-Jun-07
MTPF- MMkt* 6.5% 7.5% 6.8% 7.3% 9.2% - - 8.8%
Trustee CDC ** Performance start date of June 28, 2007,
Registrar Meezan Bank Ltd * at annualized rate

Auditors A.F. Ferguson & Co. Annual Returns

AMC Rating AM2
FY09 FY08 FY07 FY06 FY05 FY04
Pricing Mechanism Forward
Valuation Days Mon-Fri
MTPF- Equity -25.8% 3.1% - - - -

Subscription/Redeem Mon-Fri 9 am 3 pm MTPF- Debt 10.2% 8.3% - - - -

Fund Manager Syed Talal Mehdi MTPF- MMkt 11.1% 7.7% - - - -
Members of
M. Shoaib, CFA
Investment
Committee Muhammad Asad Fund Review
Sanam Zaib As at March 31, 2010, total size of Meezan Tahaffuz Pension Fund (MTPF) stood at Rs.
Syed Talal Mehdi 246 million. The Debt sub fund posted an annualized return of 14.5% whereas the
Money Market sub funds posted a return of 6.5%. Moreover, equity sub-fund
Madiha Javed
appreciated by 6% MoM.

Funds Assets
Portfolio
MoM
Rs (Mn) Feb'10 Mar'10 %
MTPF- Equity 91 97 7.1% Sector Weightage as a % of Net Assets (MTPF Equity)
MTPF- Debt 77 82 6.7% Auto Assemblers
MTPF- MMkt 65 67 1.8%
18% Cash
Total Fund 233 246 5.5% 24%
Cement
5%
Chemicals
11%
Sukuk Holdings MTPF (Debt fund)
Fertilizer
Dawood Hercules Oil & Gas Exp.
4%
Eden Housing Limited
Oil & Gas MKT.
GoP Ijarah Sukuks IV
5% 9%
KSEW II Power Gen.
13%
Maple Leaf Cement 7%
4% Technology & Comm.
Security Leasing Sukuk II
Shahmurad Sugar Mills
Others
MTPF Debt Sub Fund MTPF Money Market Sub

Other Corporate Sukuk

Cash & Cash Equivalents 2%
40%
Gop Ijarah I
26%
Sukuks
60%
Cash & Cash Equivalents
72%
 March 2010

CLOSED END FUNDS

PAKISTANS ONLY SHARIAH-COMPLIANT CLOSED-END FUNDS

Al Meezan Mutual Fund Meezan Balanced Fund

Performance Performance

Month on Month Feb '10 Mar '10 Month on Month Feb '10 Mar '10

Return on AMMF 0.30% 4.83% Return on MBF 0.70% 3.23%

Return on KSE-100 index 0.45% 5.39% Benchmark Return* 1.0% 3.95%

Return on KMI-30 Index* 0.09% 7.43% Return on KMI-30 Index 0.09% 7.43%

Year to - date (FY) Year to - date (FY)

Return on AMMF 35.25% 41.21% Return on MBF 22.33% 25.95%

Return on KSE-100 index 34.84% 42.11% Benchmark Return* 19.42% 24.62%

Return on KMI-30 Index* 34.89% 44.91% Return on KMI-30 Index 34.89% 44.91%

* Benchmark *50% return on Islamic deposits and 50% return on KMI-30

AMMF Assets Distribution March 10 MBF Assets Distribution March 10

Power Gen. Sukuk
8% 5% 4% Cement 15% Oil & Gas Exp.
Paper & Board 37%
18% 20% Fertilizer
Fertilizer 13%
Power Gen.
Oil & Gas Exp.
Oil & Gas MKT. Oil & Gas MKT.
4% 8%
Chemicals Cement
11% 30% 17% 4% 6%
Others Others

Fund Assets: Fund Assets:

Feb '10 Mar '10 MoM % Feb '10 Mar '10 MoM %

Net Assets (mn) 1,451 1,521 4.83% Net Assets (mn) 1,278 1,319 3.23%

NAV Per Unit (Rs) 10.55 11.06 4.83% NAV Per Unit (Rs) 10.65 10.99 3.23%

Investment Objective Investment Objective

The objective of Al Meezan Mutual Fund is to optimize the The objective of Meezan Balanced Fund is to generate long
total investment returns, both capital gains and dividend term capital appreciation as well as current income by
income, through prudent investment management. creating a balanced portfolio that is invested both in high
quality equity securities and Islamic Income Instruments
such as TFCs, COIs, Certificates of Musharika, Islamic
Fund Review
Sukuk, Ready-future hedges, and other Shariah compliant
Net assets of Al Meezan Mutual Fund (AMMF) as at March 31, instruments.
2010 stood at Rs. 1.52 billion. The funds NAV appreciated
by 4.83% during the period under review against a rise of Fund Review
7.4% in the benchmark index (KMI-30) while KSE-100
Index, during the same period increased by 5.4%. Net assets of Meezan Balanced Fund (MBF) as at March 31,
2010 stood at Rs. 1.32 billion. The funds NAV appreciated
by 3.2% during the month.