Needham Funds   
daily NAV
7/1/2009
symbol
 NAV
 daily
 change
 YTD
NEAGX $10.65 $0.04 0.38% 12.70%
NEEGX $23.86 $0.22 0.93% 17.71%
NESGX $9.02 $0.09 1.01% 18.53%
  

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The Small Cap Growth Fund seeks to create long-term, tax-efficient capital appreciation for its shareholders by investing primarily in equity securities of smaller public companies with well managed, financially strong businesses.
Fund Highlights Statistics
• Focus on small cap growth stocks
• Growth At a Reasonable Price
• To provide long-term capital appreciation while seeking tax efficiency
• Fundamental valuation analysis
• "Know the Management" approach
• Shorts and hedges permitted

NASDAQ Symbol: NESGX
Load: No-Load
Assets (3/31/09): $6.1M
Inception Date: 5/22/02

Portfolio Manager

 

Chris Retzler
Fund Manager since  1/08
Education:                                                                                               Bucknell University, BA 1993                                                                    Fulbright Scholar 1994                                                                            Columbia Business School, MBA 1999 
Securities Industry Experience:
1994-2002     Merrill Lynch Investment Banking
2002-2005     Winterkorn
2005 to date   Needham Asset Management, LLC

Phone: 212-705-0424
cretzler@needhamco.com

 

Fund News

November 14, 2008 - the Needham Small Cap Growth Fund made a long-term capital gains distribution in the amount of $1.00 per share. This distribution has a record date of November 12, an ex-dividend date of November 13 and a payable date of November 14.

November 14, 2007 - the Needham Small Cap Growth Fund made a long-term capital gains distribution in the amount of $2.75 per share. This distribution has a record date of November 13, an ex-dividend date of November 14 and a payable date of November 15.

November 14, 2006 - the Needham Small Cap Growth Fund made a long-term capital gains distribution in the amount of $4.18 per share. This distribution has a record date of November 13, an ex-dividend date of November 14 and a payable date of November 15.

December 23, 2005 - Vince Gallagher is quoted in a Smart Money.com article on what investment pros expect from the tech sector in 2006 ("Taking Stock of Tech Stocks," by Monica Rivituso). Text is online at http://www.smartmoney.com/Techsmart/index.cfm?story=20051223.

November 15, 2005 - the Needham Small Cap Growth Fund made a long-term cap gains distribution in the amount of $1.79 per share. This distribution has a record date of November 11, an ex-dividend date of November 14 and a payable date of November 15.

Funds holding smaller capitalized companies are subject to greater price fluctuations
than those of larger companies.





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Needham & Company, LLC,  member NASD/SIPC, is the distributor of The Needham Funds, Inc.

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For details regarding the Needham Funds, please contact Needham Investment Management, LLC at 1-800-625-7071.

• Not FDIC Insured • No Bank Guarantee • May Lose Value



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