January 29, 2009

Dear Investor,

In the wake of the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, the global financial and economic system broke down in a fashion
not seen in the developed world since the early 1930’s. Lending between financial institutions ceased as LIBOR
spreads spiked to unprecedented levels and the equity markets broke through their 2002 lows as the financial
crisis finally morphed into a significant economic downturn. Capital injections and the “ad hoc” restructuring of the
financial services industry failed to halt the free fall of the markets in October and November. Against this
backdrop, our portfolios continued to struggle as all risky assets were shunned by investors in an environment that
was dominated by technical factors and fear. With the VIX at record levels, our large cash positions were our
primary defense against the market down draft. While we did get a bounce off of the November 20th lows at the
end of the year, our portfolios experienced modest declines in December as we marked our private book to reflect
the current economic environment.

Historically, major market dislocations tend to expose “bad behavior” by market participants and this period was
clearly no exception; from Porsche’s market manipulation of VW stock, to the many hedge funds that inexplicably
gated or suspended redemptions, and finally to Bernie Madoff’s epic fraud. All of these events combined for a
volatile quarter and resulted in significant technical pressure on our industry. Notwithstanding these pressures, the
firm has met all of its redemption requests in full for all of its Funds. Below is a summary of estimated
performance of the York Funds for the 4th quarter of 2008.

Performance¹ 3 Year Since Inception

As of December 31, 2008 4th Quarter 2008 2008 (Annualized) (Annualized)
Multi-Strategy (12.38)% (26.39)% (0.12)% 13.89%
Select (22.59)% (41.57)% (6.25)% 14.86%
Credit Opportunities (7.68)% (13.61)% 8.94% 18.46%
Global Value (15.60)% (38.59)% (3.70)% 10.36%
European Opportunities (23.65)% (26.66)% (2.07)% 6.54%
European Focus (25.90)% (22.90)% N/A (4.38)%
Asian Opportunities (9.01)% (29.40)% N/A 10.89%
Total Return (15.48)% (28.63)% N/A (2.69)%
S&P 500 (21.95)% (37.00)% (8.36)% N/A
Barclays High Yield Index (17.88)% (26.15)% (5.59)% N/A
MSCI Europe (16.95)% (38.52)% (7.81)% N/A
MSCI Asia (15.97)% (41.78)% N/A N/A

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 The key question for investors is whether the Fed’s reflation policy and the “Obama stimulus” will stop the current
deflationary spiral and instill some measure of confidence in the American consumer, so as to end the “paradox of
thrift” that has emerged since the Lehman collapse. If the stimulus is successful, the current market environment
will be viewed as the buying opportunity of a lifetime as corporate bond spreads are at historically wide levels and
many companies are trading below their cash value. However, we will continue to position the portfolios
defensively with relatively high cash positions and low net exposures as the stimulus is not certain to revive the
economy.

We do not expect to re-engage fully in the equity markets until we see signs of improving consumer confidence.
An important indicator will be the rate of job loss change as job insecurity seems to be weighing most heavily on
the psyche of the U.S. consumer. With volatility still soaring, our approach in the equity book will be to emphasize
short term, hard catalyst trades with stock specific risk rather than systematic risk. To the extent that we maintain
long term “value” positions, we will seek to take advantage of market volatility by trading around core positions. In
the credit book, we remain focused on taking advantage of what will likely be a deep and prolonged distressed
cycle that will present tremendous opportunities for investors who have the capital and fortitude to remain engaged.
Below is a summary of discussions with our portfolio managers, highlighting current positioning and the opportunity
set for 2009.

Credit

Despite maintaining relatively high cash positions and protection from a sizable CDS allocation, the credit book
struggled during the quarter as any positions that we purchased prior to the credit crisis declined in value as
spreads hit all time highs. Towards the end of the quarter, we were able to recover some of these losses by taking
profits in core bank debt positions where we thought the recovery was over done. We will likely add to these core
positions as we expect prices to return to pre-rally levels. Also, our private equity stakes in Chrysler and GMAC
were marked down following the significant deterioration of the automotive sector.

Our challenge in 2009 will be to balance our desire to buy distressed assets with our expectation that there are
likely to be future waves of forced selling from banks, hedge funds, CDO’s and CLO’s as the downgrade cycle
escalates. For the early part of 2009, we expect our core themes of long first lien bank debt and short credit via
CDS to remain intact as corporate credits continue to implode. In the coming months, we will likely enter the
restructuring phase of the corporate credit distressed cycle. We anticipate using a meaningful portion of our cash
position to increase our exposure to distressed corporates as weaker credits with limited access to capital
ultimately result in defaults.

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 With the mortgage distressed cycle already in the restructuring phase, we have been active in the whole loan
mortgage space through our majority investment in a specialty servicer, Arch Bay. Whole loans offer significant
benefits over mortgage backed securities as investors with access to servicing expertise can restructure the loans
to create value. Arch Bay enables York to purchase loans at steep discounts, rehabilitate those loans through loan
modification and principal forgiveness, and resell the modified loans at a profit. In 2008, Arch Bay purchased
approximately $300mm in loans at discounts steep enough to substantially offset further declines in home prices.
In 2008, Arch Bay closed on 2.8% of bid requests, representing $600 million (face value) of mortgages out of
$21.4 billion (face value) of mortgages analyzed.

Cumulative Asset GrowthArch Bay 
Cumulative Asset Growth –

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400

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In 2009 and 2010, we expect to substantially increase our allocation to whole loans both through our hedge funds
and a new fund, the York Distressed Mortgage Fund that is dedicated to investing in whole loans. We plan to
launch the fund during the first quarter of 2009.

North America

The North American equity book struggled during the 4th quarter primarily due to continued selling pressure in the
industrial commodities sector, particularly during the month of October. During November and December, the book
stabilized and began to perform more in line with its net exposure to public and private equities. In keeping with
our efforts to emphasize positions with stock specific risk, we generated some profits by investing in a number of
high quality insurance companies that have taken mark to market losses in their investment grade corporate bond
portfolios as spreads hit all time highs. We believe that the investment grade market offers tremendous value and
with little supply of investment grade bonds available, we viewed the insurance sector as a cheap way to capture
those spreads.

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 As we begin 2009, volatility is still at extreme levels and we will continue to position the book defensively.
However, we will remain engaged, both on the long and short side, as we believe that the recent market
dislocations combined with the disengagement of both hedge fund and mutual fund investors will present a number
of relative value and deep value opportunities. Currently, we are assembling lists of attractive new potential
investment opportunities with compelling valuations and are waiting for the markets to stabilize before establishing
significant positions. We have already seen some signs that investors are willing to re-engage in the corporate
bond markets and would like to see similar signs in the equity markets before increasing our net exposures.

Given the current state of the markets, we do not expect a significant amount of merger activity in the first half of
2009. However, to the extent that there are strategic deals with a high level of complexity, spreads are likely to be
large and will present opportunities to generate outsized returns.

Asia

Despite being relatively underinvested with low net exposures, the book struggled during the quarter as global
financial deleveraging continued and the Asian markets experienced severe pressure. The portfolio lost money on
a number of illiquid mid cap Chinese stocks as hedge fund and retail redemptions continued to pressure Asian
equity markets The book was able to generate profits from short positions in Japan and Hong Kong, where
shorting is still permitted, and a number of merger arbitrage deals that closed during the quarter.

As we begin 2009, the book will likely maintain a neutral stance on the markets as we anticipate continued
volatility. We believe the withdrawal of substantial capital and the exodus of many market participants from Asia
will allow the portfolio to have the potential to make reasonable returns without taking significant market risk. The
book is out of all illiquid stocks with the exception of two which we believe have near term events and which have
been reduced to percentages where they are no longer illiquid relative to their average daily trading volume. In
addition, the book has no private placements. We believe that the increased liquidity of the portfolio will avoid the
basis risk that punished the portfolio in 2008, as well as position it to change its posture in the event that we
develop higher conviction regarding market direction. In general, our approach will be to continue to focus on hard
catalyst events with an increased focus on arbitrage and credit.

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 Europe

The European book performed poorly during the quarter primarily due to its short position in the German
automaker Volkswagen. Between the close on Friday, October 24th, and early trading on Tuesday, October 28th,
the price of the ordinary shares rose almost five-fold, from €210 to as high as €1,005, in what was an
unprecedented move for a large, liquid company listed in a developed country. Prior to this rise, the company was
already the largest European automaker with a market capitalization of over $80 billion. At €1,005 per share,
Volkswagen’s market capitalization was $400 billion (around 89 times consensus earnings estimates for 2009 of
$4.5 billion), making it the world’s largest company by market value, ahead of Exxon Mobil. Belatedly BaFin, the
German regulator, announced on October 29th that it had opened a formal investigation into Volkswagen’s stock
price movements.

The book was also negatively impacted by a markdown in our private equity investment in Psagot, an Israeli based
mutual fund company, as its valuation was reduced to reflect the diminished valuations of publicly traded asset
management firms. While Psagot endured a difficult market environment in 2008, the firm successfully increased
its assets under management by approximately 17%, not including additional assets secured through a strategic
acquisition earlier this year.

The VW position aside, much of the alpha generated in 2008 came from short positions, particularly in
financials. Still months behind the US in responding to the crisis with monetary and fiscal policy, our outlook for the
European markets is quite cautious. As we enter the New Year, we will continue to run a portfolio that is
defensively positioned with an emphasis on shorting companies with broken business models or that are directly or
indirectly exposed to the ongoing financial crisis. We are focused on taking advantage of short term, hard catalyst
events on the equity side and are finding increased opportunities for longer term value investments in the
distressed credit arena.

Firm Update

After paying out all year end redemptions, firm wide assets were approximately $8.7 billion. Net redemptions for
the 4th quarter were approximately 30% of assets, which were in line with reported industry averages.
Unfortunately, we became the source of liquidity for investors who could not access their cash at hedge funds that
raised gates or suspended redemptions. As always, we are committed to honoring the spirit of our partnership
agreements and paying out all redemption requests in cash.

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 Despite the general turmoil surrounding hedge funds, we enter 2009 with a healthy business and optimism about
our ability to take advantage of market opportunities in a much less competitive environment. We did not have any
personnel turnover among our senior investment professionals and at year end named four new equity partners.
Please join us in congratulating the new partners of the firm:

• Zalmie Jacobs – Co-head of Private Equity

• Luis Medeiros – Co-head of Private Equity

• Brooke Parish – Global Head, Investor Relations

• Christian Reyntjens – Co-Portfolio Manager, European Focus Fund

In early 2008, we opened an office in Moscow in anticipation of investment opportunities in emerging Europe.
However, as the political and economic circumstances in Russia have changed dramatically, we decided to close
the office as of year end. Opportunities in emerging Europe will be covered out of our London office. In 2007, we
moved our Asian team to Hong Kong and our Singapore office remained open primarily for administrative
functions. At year end, we also closed our Singapore office and transferred the remaining administrative functions
to our Hong Kong office.

Due to recent tax law changes amending Section 409A of the tax code, and expected tax law changes during the
next administration, we are accelerating a significant portion of our offshore deferred compensation plan. While we
are accelerating a significant portion of our deferred compensation into 2009, we are also re-deferring portions of
our deferred compensation for ten years, until 2017, as recent amendments to Section 409A also permit.
Additionally, again for tax reasons, our partners are selectively withdrawing portions of their capital from our
domestic funds, to realize long-term capital gains at what we expect may be a historically low rate. A substantial
portion of the after-tax proceeds are being re-invested across the York platform, reflecting our long term
commitment to our business and our investment strategies.

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 In addition, for tax efficiency, we are creating a “master-feeder” structure for York Investment Limited, York Select
Unit Trust, York Credit Opportunities Unit Trust, York Global Value Unit Trust and York Total Return Unit Trust.
These funds will “feed” into newly created Cayman limited partnerships. There will be no change in the
management fees or incentive fees which will be charged for these funds. The only difference will be that, instead
of charging management and incentive fees at the offshore fund (feeder fund) level, the same management fee
and an equivalent incentive allocation will be charged at the Cayman limited partnership (master fund) level. Any
unrecouped net losses attributable to your investment in the feeder funds on account of this year’s market turmoil
(i.e., the “high water mark”) will carry forward to the master fund, and must be recouped before we will be entitled
to any incentive allocation going forward.

We thank all of our investors for your continued support during these challenging markets, and as always, we
welcome your questions and comments.

Sincerely,

James G. Dinan Daniel A. Schwartz

Please note that the Firm’s Form ADV Part II is available upon request.

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REFLECTS PERFORMANCE OF ALL DOMESTIC HEDGE FUND STRATEGIES OFFERED TO OUTSIDE INVESTORS SINCE YORK’S INCEPTION. RESPECTIVE PERFORMANCE OF NON-U.S. AND FEEDER FUNDS IN THE SAME
INVESTMENT STRATEGY AND MANAGED ACCOUNTS ARE NOT SHOWN ABOVE. PERFORMANCE FIGURES ARE NET AFTER ALL EXPENSES, MANAGEMENT FEES AND INCENTIVE ALLOCATIONS FOR AN INVESTMENT IN EACH
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