Excellence. Honour. Brilliance. Respect. Hard work. Efficiency. Superiority. These attributes exemplify our executives at Kotak Mutual Fund. Such qualities combined with excellent work ethics have resulted in our Kotak Bond Regular Plan - Growth being awarded the "Best Fund over Five Years in the Bond Category" by "Lipper Fund Awards India 2006". The Fund has consistently delivered strong risk adjusted performance relative to its peers. Kotak Mutual Fund was also awarded the "Best Bond Fund Group over Three years". These awards simply underscore the exuberance and professionalism that everyone at Kotak brings to its task.

Lipper is a large group with its presence in the United States, Europe and Asia. In assessing which funds should be awarded, their data verification process is rigorous and it continues to invest in the integrity, accuracy and validity of its information. After assessing various parties in a given category, Lipper judges each party's performance relative to each other.

A detailed methodology based on which the award was given can be viewed on www.lipperweb.com