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THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM THE
BENCHMARK FUNDS SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT DATED MAY 31, 1996 AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS
ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
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<NAME> INTERNATIONAL BOND PORTFOLIO - CLASS D
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THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM THE
BENCHMARK FUNDS SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT DATED MAY 31, 1996 AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS
ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
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<NAME> INTERNATIONAL GROWTH PORTFOLIO - CLASS A
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THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM THE
BENCHMARK FUNDS SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT DATED MAY 31, 1996 AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS
ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
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THE BENCHMARK FUNDS
EXHIBIT INDEX
77.D) Policies with respect to security investment:
The Benchmark Funds' policy of investing in other investment
companies has been revised as follows:
ORIGINAL POLICY
INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Each Portfolio currently intends to limit its investments in
securities issued by other investment companies so that, as
determined immediately after a purchase of such securities
is made: (i) not more than 5% of the value of the Portfolio's
total assets will be invested in the securities of any one
investment company; (ii) not more than 10% of the value of
its total assets will be invested in the aggregate in
securities of investment companies as a group; and (iii) not
more than 3% of the outstanding voting stock of any one
investment company will be owned by the Portfolio or by the
Trust as a whole.
REVISED POLICY
INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Each Portfolio currently intends to limit its investments in
securities issued by other investment companies so that, as
determined immediately after a purchase of such securities
is made, not more than 3% of the total outstanding stock of
any one investment company will be owned by the Portfolio,
the Trust as a whole and their affiliated persons (as defined
in the 1940 Act). An investment company whose securities are
purchased by a Portfolio or the Trust is not obligated to
redeem such securities in an amount exceeding 1% of the
investment company's total outstanding securities during any
period of less than 30 days. Therefore, such securities that
exceed this amount may be illiquid.
