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Directors

The directors and officers of The Jensen Portfolio are listed below, together with information about their principal business occupations during at least the last five years:

Independent Directors

Name: Roger A. Cooke, J.D.
Age: 58
Address: The Jensen Portfolio, Inc., 5300 Meadows Road, Suite 250, Lake Oswego, OR 97035-8234
Position(s) held with the Fund: Independent Director
Term of office and length of time served**: Indefinite term; since June 1999.
Principal occupation during the past five years: Vice President - Regulatory and Legal Affairs of Precision Castparts Corp., an investment casting and forging company, (2000-Present); Executive Vice President - Regulatory and Legal Affairs of Fred Meyer, Inc., a retail grocery and general merchandise company, (1992-2000).
No. of portfolios in fund complex overseen by director: 1
Other directorships held by director: None.

Name: Robert E. Harold, C.P.A. (Retired)
Age: 59
Address: The Jensen Portfolio, Inc., 5300 Meadows Road, Suite 250, Lake Oswego, OR 97035-8234
Position(s) held with the Fund: Independent Director
Term of office and length of time served**: Indefinite term; since September 2000
Principal occupation during the past five years: Senior Director of Financial Planning of Nike, Inc. a footwear and apparel company (2001-2002); Global Brand Controller for Nike, Inc. (1996, 1997, 2000-2001); Interim Chief Financial Officer for Nike, Inc. (1998-1999); Interim Chief Executive Officer of Laika, Inc. (formerly Will Vinton Studios), an animation studio (March 2005 - October 2005).
No. of portfolios in fund complex overseen by director: 1
Other directorships held by director: Director of StoriedLearning, Inc. (2000-2003); Director of St. Mary's Academy, a non-profit high school (2000-Present); Director of Laika, Inc. (formerly Will Vinton Studios), an animation studio (2002-Present); Director of the Sisters of the Holy Names Foundation (2004-Present).

Name: Louis B. Perry, Ph.D.***
Age: 88
Address: The Jensen Portfolio, Inc., 5300 Meadows Road, Suite 250, Lake Oswego, OR 97035-8234
Position(s) held with the Fund: Director Emeritus
Term of office and length of time served**: Indefinite term; Served since inception (at times as Independent Director).
Principal occupation during the past five years: Retired.
No. of portfolios in fund complex overseen by director: 1
Other directorships held by director: None.

Name: Thomas L. Thomsen, Jr.
Age: 62
Address: The Jensen Portfolio, Inc., 5300 Meadows Road, Suite 250, Lake Oswego, OR 97035-8234
Position(s) held with the Fund: Independent Director
Term of office and length of time served**: Indefinite term; Served since December 2003.
Principal occupation during the past five years: Private rancher and real estate investor (2002-Present);
Chief Executive Officer (2000-2002) and President (1998-2002) of Columbia Management Company (now called Columbia Management Advisors, Inc.), investment adviser to the Columbia Funds family of mutual funds and to institutional and individual investors.
No. of portfolios in fund complex overseen by director: 1
Other directorships held by director: None.

Name: Kenneth Thrasher
Age:
Address: The Jensen Portfolio, Inc., 5300 Meadows Road, Suite 250, Lake Oswego, OR 97035-8234
Position(s) held with the Fund: Independent Director
Term of office and length of time served**: Indefinite term; since July 2007.
Principal occupation during the past five years: CEO of Compli
No. of portfolios in fund complex overseen by director: 1
Other directorships held by director: None.

Interested Directors

Name: Val E. Jensen*
Age: 77
Address: The Jensen Portfolio, Inc., 5300 Meadows Road, Suite 250, Lake Oswego, OR 97035-8234
Position(s) held with the Fund: Director and Chairman
Term of office and length of time served**: Indefinite term; Served as Director since inception; Served as President from inception to March 2002; Served as Chariman since March 2002.
Principal occupation during the past five years: Chairman and Director of Jensen Investment Management, Inc., (1988-2004).
No. of portfolios in fund complex overseen by director: 1
Other directorships held by director: None.

Name: Gary W. Hibler, Ph.D.*
Age: 63
Address: The Jensen Portfolio, Inc., 5300 Meadows Road, Suite 250, Lake Oswego, OR 97035-8234
Position(s) held with the Fund: Director and President
Term of office and length of time served**: Indefinite term; Served as Director since inception; Served as Secretary from inception to March 2002; Served as Treasurer from December 2002 to March 2004; Served as President since March 2002.
Principal occupation during the past five years: President and Director of Jensen Investment Management Inc. (1999-Present); Secretary and Director of Jensen Investment Management Inc (1994-1999).
No. of portfolios in fund complex overseen by director: 1
Other directorships held by director: None.

Officers of the Fund

.Name: Robert McIver
Age:
Address: Jensen Investment Management, Inc., 5300 Meadows Road, Suite 250, Lake Oswego, OR 97035-8234
Position(s) held with the Fund:
Term of office and length of time served**:
Principal occupation during the past five years: President of Jensen Investment Management, Inc. (2007 - Present).
No. of portfolios in fund complex overseen by director: N/A
Other directorships held by director: N/A

Name: Robert F. Zagunis*
Age: 52
Address: Jensen Investment Management, Inc., 5300 Meadows Road, Suite 250, Lake Oswego, OR 97035-8234
Position(s) held with the Fund: Vice President
Term of office and length of time served**: 1-Year term; Served since inception.
Principal occupation during the past five years: Vice President and Director of Jensen Investment Management, Inc. (1993 - Present).
No. of portfolios in fund complex overseen by director: N/A
Other directorships held by director: N/A

Name: Brian S. Ferrie*
Age: 48
Address: Jensen Investment Management, Inc., 5300 Meadows Road, Suite 250, Lake Oswego, OR 97035-8234
Position(s) held with the Fund: Treasurer and Chief Compliance Officer
Term of office and length of time served**: 1 Year Term; Served since March 2004.
Principal occupation during the past five years: Director of Finance and Chief Compliance Officer for Jensen Investment Management, Inc. (2003-Present); Vice President and CFO of Berger Financial Group LLC (2001-2003); Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of Berger Financial Group LLC (1994-2001).
No. of portfolios in fund complex overseen by director: N/A
Other directorships held by director: N/A

Name: Robert G. Millen*
Age: 59
Address: Jensen Investment Management, Inc., 5300 Meadows Road, Suite 250, Lake Oswego, OR 97035-8234
Position(s) held with the Fund: Vice President and Secretary
Term of office and length of time served**: 1-Year term; Served as Vice President from July 2001 to March 2002 and since June 2005; Served as Secretary since March 2002.
Principal occupation during the past five years: Vice President and Director of Jensen Investment Management, Inc., (2000-Present); Vice President of Principal Financial Group, an insurance company (1997-2000).
No. of portfolios in fund complex overseen by director: N/A
Other directorships held by director: N/A

*This individual is an "interested person" of the Fund within the meaning of the 1940 Act. Mr. Jensen is an interested person because Mr. Jensen was a control person and director of the Fund's Investment Adviser and continues to receive from the Investment Adviser annual installment payments of the purchase price for the sale of his shares of the Investment Adviser to the Investment Adviser in March 2004. Dr. Hibler is an interested person because he is a control person, Director and President of the Fund's Investment Adviser.

** Each director serves for an indefinite term in accordance with the Bylaws of the Fund until the date a director resigns, retires or is removed in accordance with the Bylaws of the Fund.

***Dr. Perry is a director emeritus of the Fund and receives no fees. A director emeritus may participate in meetings of the Fund's Board of Directors but may not vote on any matter.