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MVPFX PRESS RELEASE:

MARATHON VALUE PORTFOLIO (mvpfx)CELEBRATES FIFTH ANNIVERSARY

Ranked Among Nation’s Top Mutual Funds

Atlanta, Georgia, March 28, 2005 - Marathon Value Portfolio, the Atlanta based mutual fund managed by Marc Heilweil, celebrates its fifth anniversary while having been consistently ranked as one of the outstanding mutual funds in its category. Marathon Value seeks returns greater than its S&P 500 benchmark, while also seeking less volatility. Notably, Lipper Fund Services considers Marathon Value less risky than 99 percent of all equity funds. Even with being ranked one of the lowest risk funds, it has nevertheless outperformed the S&P 500 by more than 70 percent over its five-year history. That performance puts Marathon Value Portfolio in the top 6 percent of funds in the Lipper Multi-Cap Core category for the five-year period.

Marathon Value Portfolio (MVP) is managed by Atlanta based money manager, Marc Heilweil. MVP offers an excellent opportunity to new investors to enter the market for a nominal initial investment. Marathon also is appealing to self-managed retirement accounts as a simpler way to manage their equity allocation. The fund invests in companies from all sectors of the market, and even some international companies. Mr. Heilweil states, “I started Marathon with a view of simplifying the process for investors to pick a fund since too many funds are narrow in what they will buy and don’t offer diversified exposure to the market.”

Marathon Value Portfolio is a no-load, general equity mutual fund. The Fund uses a value investing strategy to give investors broad exposure to the equity market. MVP was started five years ago with a Net Asset Value (NAV) of $9.32, and ended 2004 with a dividend-adjusted NAV of $13.89. The ticker symbol for Marathon is MVPFX and the Fund can be purchased through many brokers or directly at Marathon.

Past performance is not indicative of future results. Share price will fluctuate over time so that the value upon sale may be worth more or less than the original cost. The prospectus should be read carefully before investing, and is available by calling 1-800-788-6086. The S&P 500 index is a widely recognized unmanaged index of common stocks. Performance figures reflect the change in value of the stocks in the index, reinvestment of dividends and are not annualized. The index is unmanaged and is not available for direct investment. The Lipper five-year ranking is based on a category universe of 348 funds.

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Contact:
Spectrum Advisory Services Inc.
1050 Crown Pointe Parkway, Suite 750
Atlanta, GA 30338
Adam Coker, (770) 393-8725

www.spectrumadvisory.com
www.marathonvalue.com

The Fund is distributed by Unified Financial Securities, Inc.
431 North Pennsylvania Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Member NASD, SIPC, (800) 788-6086


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