Hennessy Large Value Fund (Formerly Hennessy Select Large Value Fund)

Overview
The Hennessy Large Value Fund seeks long-term growth of capital and current income by purchasing larger capitalization companies that are out of favor and undervalued.

Investment Strategy
The Hennessy Large Value Fund invests in stocks which its portfolio managers consider to be undervalued based on earnings, dividends and/or assets, or on other widely recognized stock valuation measurements. Further, the portfolio managers believe that these companies have sound businesses with good future potential based on their fundamental characteristics.

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Fund Information as of 03/31/13
Equity Sector Weighting
Consumer Discretionary
9.0%
Consumer Staples
7.9%
Energy
15.4%
Financials
26.0%
Health Care
11.6%
Industrials
9.4%
Information Technology
5.8%
Materials
4.5%
Telecommunication Services
2.8%
Utilities
6.4%
Top 10 Holdings
Chevron Corp.
4.4%
Wells Fargo & Co
3.9%
Johnson & Johnson
3.7%
General Electric Co.
3.5%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
3.3%
J.P. Morgan Chase & Company
3.2%
Procter & Gamble Co.
2.7%
Cisco Systems, Inc.
2.4%
Dominion Resources, Inc.
2.1%
Northeast Utilities
2.0%
 
Fund Information as of 03/31/13
Fund Information
Total Net Assets $136 million  
Beta (vs. S&P 500)* 1.03  
Distributions Paid Annually, generally in Nov. or Dec.  
  Investor Class Institutional Class
30-Day SEC Yield-net 0.90% 1.36%
Expense Ratio 1.40% Gross 1.22%; Net 0.98%**
CUSIP 425 88P 502 425 88P 601
Ticker HLVFX HLVIX
SEC Fund Identifier Series S000025096 Series S000025096

Class C000074660 Class C000074661
Inception Date 9/30/84*** 9/30/84***
Minimum Investment $2,500 $250,000^
Minimum Investment (IRA) $250 $250,000^

Performance as of
03/31/13
Domestic/Foreign Holdings
Bermuda
0.7%
Ireland
2.2%
Netherlands
1.2%
Switzerland
1.6%
United States
93.2%
Cash and Other Assets, Less Liabilities
1.1%
Portfolio Composition
Equity
98.9%
Cash
1.1%
Average Annual Total Returns
3 Months
YTD
1 Year
3 Year
5 Year
10 Year
Since Inception (9/30/84)
HLVFX (Investor)
10.88%
10.88%
16.02%
10.61%
3.75%
7.41
9.85%
Russell 1000 Value Index
12.31%
12.31%
18.77%
12.74%
4.85%
9.18%
11.24%
S&P 500 Index
10.61%
10.61%
13.96%
12.67%
5.81%
8.53%
10.84%
Year by Year Total Returns
 
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
HLVFX (Investor)
24.95%
16.34%
1.29%
15.28%
3.31%
-36.35%
19.45%
10.76%
0.58%
16.33%
Russell 1000 Value Index
30.03%
16.49%
7.05%
22.25%
-0.17%
-36.85%
19.69%
15.51%
0.39%
17.51%
S&P 500 Index
28.68%
10.88%
4.91%
15.80%
5.49%
-37.00%
26.46%
15.06%
2.11%
16.00%

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The Fund may invest in medium-capitalization companies, which tend to have limited liquidity and greater price volatility than large-capitalization companies.

* Beta is a measure of a portfolio’s sensitivity to market movements (as represented by the S&P 500). The index has a beta of 1.0. A beta of more (less) than 1.0 indicates that a fund’s historical returns have fluctuated more (less) than the index.