-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, OXMGRHYwmo1dp694FdtooIWTlq9JvPx6uxZ9oQsG8zycXGgxRXX1Khf0HDaggFOD 6iFYC4DBdxeMUW+UZVWlsQ== 0001193125-10-037298.txt : 20100223 0001193125-10-037298.hdr.sgml : 20100223 20100223130817 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-10-037298 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-Q PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20091231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20100223 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20100223 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20100223 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ARTISAN FUNDS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000935015 IRS NUMBER: 391811840 STATE OF INCORPORATION: WI FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-Q SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-08932 FILM NUMBER: 10625086 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 875 EAST WISCONSIN AVE STE 800 CITY: MILWAUKEE STATE: WI ZIP: 53202 BUSINESS PHONE: 414-390-6100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 875 EAST WISCONSIN AVE STE 800 CITY: MILWAUKEE STATE: WI ZIP: 53202 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ZIEGLER FUNDS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19950109 0000935015 S000006493 Artisan International Fund C000017760 Institutional Shares C000017761 Investor Shares ARTIX 0000935015 S000006494 Artisan International Small Cap Fund C000017762 Investor Shares ARTJX 0000935015 S000006495 Artisan International Value Fund C000017763 Investor Shares ARTKX C000037860 Institutional Shares 0000935015 S000006496 Artisan Mid Cap Fund C000017764 Institutional Shares C000017765 Investor Shares ARTMX 0000935015 S000006497 Artisan Mid Cap Value Fund C000017766 Investor Shares ARTQX 0000935015 S000006498 Artisan Small Cap Fund C000017767 Investor Shares ARTSX 0000935015 S000006499 Artisan Small Cap Value Fund C000017768 Investor Shares ARTVX 0000935015 S000006537 Artisan Opportunistic Value Fund C000017872 Investor Shares ARTLX 0000935015 S000012854 Artisan Emerging Markets Fund C000034765 Institutional Shares ARTEX C000063255 Advisor Shares ARTZX 0000935015 S000019611 Artisan Global Value Fund C000054562 Investor Shares ARTGX 0000935015 S000023270 Artisan Opportunistic Growth Fund C000068053 Investor Shares ARTRX N-Q 1 dnq.htm ARTISAN FUNDS, INC. Artisan Funds, Inc.

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF

REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number 811-08932

Artisan Funds, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

875 East Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 800

Milwaukee, WI 53202

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Janet D. Olsen

Artisan Funds, Inc.

875 East Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 800

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202

 

Alyssa Albertelli

Ropes & Gray LLP

One Metro Center, 700 12th Street, N.W., Suite 900

Washington, D.C. 20005

(Name and address of agents for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (414) 390-6100

Date of fiscal year end: 09/30/10

Date of reporting period: 12/31/09


Item 1. Schedule of Investments.


ARTISAN EMERGING MARKETS FUND

Schedule of Investments - December 31, 2009

(Unaudited)

 

     Shares
Held
   Value

COMMON AND PREFERRED STOCKS - 96.8%

     

BRAZIL - 20.1%

     

Amil Participacoes SA(1)(2)

   167,900    $ 1,308,865

CETIP(2)

   217,500      1,780,227

Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais- CEMIG, Preferred(1)(3)

   83,547      1,513,263

Companhia Vale do Rio Doce(1)

   251,162      7,278,479

Dufry South America Ltd (DR)(1)

   89,300      1,836,074

Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A.(1)(2)

   197,600      1,091,432

Hypermarcas SA(1)(2)

   92,000      2,111,661

Iguatemi Empresa de Shopping Centers SA(1)

   57,800      1,122,764

Itau Unibanco Holdings SA, Preferred(1)(3)

   175,451      3,970,562

Marcopolo S.A., Preferred(1)(3)

   346,600      1,343,478

OGX Petroleo e Gas Participacoes SA(1)

   184,000      1,798,685

Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.(1)

   371,200      8,869,271

Randon SA Implementos e Participacoes, Preferred(1)(3)

   116,900      1,039,851

Rodobens Negocios Imobiliarios SA(1)

   117,600      1,212,749

SEB- Sistema Educacional Brasileiro SA (Units)(1)(3)

   119,400      1,502,071

SLC Agricola SA(1)

   122,582      1,146,781

Tele Norte Leste Participacoes S.A.(1)

   60,500      1,540,263

Tim Participacoes S.A., Preferred(1)(3)

   578,900      1,721,912

Wilson Sons Limited (DR)(1)

   109,921      1,356,031
         
        43,544,419

CHILE - 1.3%

     

Compania Cervecerias Unidas S.A.(1)

   177,268      1,387,394

Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones S.A.(1)

   98,483      1,425,376
         
        2,812,770

CHINA - 12.5%

     

Airmedia Group, Inc. (DR)(2)

   143,733      1,079,435

Ajisen China Holdings Limited(1)

   1,688,913      1,439,641

Chaoda Modern Agriculture (Holdings) Limited(1)

   3,112,536      3,310,771

China Dongxiang Group Company(1)

   3,272,000      2,517,571

China Mobile Limited(1)

   489,500      4,562,686

China Railway Construction Corporation, H Shares(1)

   1,000,000      1,272,367

GOME Electrical Appliances Holdings Limited(1)(2)

   7,703,587      2,771,890

Huabao International Holdings Limited(1)

   2,762,900      2,982,720

Mindray Medical International Limited, Class A (DR)

   55,738      1,890,633

New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. (DR)(2)

   11,974      905,354

Tingyi (Cayman Islands) Holding Corporation(1)

   908,300      2,248,149

Zhuzhou CSR Times Electric Co., Ltd., H Shares(1)

   1,023,200      2,080,421
         
        27,061,638

CZECH REPUBLIC - 0.7%

     

CEZ(1)

   32,735      1,535,617

EGYPT - 1.2%

     

Commercial International Bank(1)

   110,610      1,100,019

Egyptian Financial Group-Hermes Holding(1)

   320,399      1,452,790
         
       

 

2,552,809

 

HONG KONG - 0.6%

     

Samson Holding Ltd.(1)

   7,942,955    1,254,661

HUNGARY - 0.7%

     

MOL Hungarian Oil and Gas Nyrt., Class A(1)(2)

   16,569    1,478,053

INDIA - 4.1%

     

Cairn India Ltd.(1)(2)

   397,882    2,395,248

India Cements Limited(1)

   763,855    2,019,813

Patni Computer Systems Ltd(1)

   142,599    1,481,003

Piramal Healthcare Ltd.(1)

   49,096    389,141

Power Finance Corporation(1)

   280,604    1,562,331

Welspun Gujarat Stahl Rohren Ltd.(1)

   194,812    1,124,490
       
      8,972,026

INDONESIA - 2.9%

     

PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia(1)

   2,009,000    1,623,312

PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa Tbk(1)

   1,524,595    2,224,217

PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia(1)

   2,438,000    2,439,604
       
      6,287,133

ITALY - 0.6%

     

Tenaris S.A. (DR)

   29,869    1,273,913

KOREA - 8.5%

     

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd.(1)(2)

   79,714    1,191,842

Hyundai Development Company(1)(2)

   35,021    1,137,239

MegaStudy Co., Ltd.(1)(2)

   7,978    1,634,664

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.(1)

   13,558    9,259,883

Shinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd.(1)(2)

   73,977    2,747,039

Shinsegae Co., Ltd.(1)(2)

   5,322    2,456,727
       
      18,427,394

KAZAKSTAN - 1.2%

     

KazMunaiGas Exploration Production (DR)(1)

   101,435    2,523,395

MEXICO - 5.9%

     

America Movil SAB de C.V., Series L(3)

   1,732,191    4,074,264

Bolsa Mexicana de Valores SA(2)

   828,061    972,253

Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB, Series UBD (Units)

   400,610    1,921,899

Grupo Financiero Banorte S.A.B. de C.V.

   528,421    1,905,741

Grupo Televisa S.A.

   475,845    1,979,838

Urbi, Desarrollos Urbanos, S.A. de C.V.(2)

   835,712    1,884,536
       
      12,738,531

NETHERLANDS - 0.8%

     

Plaza Centers (Europe) BV(1)(2)

   726,264    1,721,942

POLAND - 0.6%

     

Polski Koncern Naftowy Orlen S.A.(1)(2)

   113,992    1,338,346

RUSSIA - 5.0%

     

Globaltrans Investment PLC (DR)(1)(2)

   195,136    1,916,668

Globaltrans Investment PLC, 144A (DR)(1)(2)

   53,097    521,530

LUKOIL (DR)(1)

   81,342    4,556,357

Magnit(1)

   16,954    1,209,160

Mobile TeleSystems (DR)

   34,718    1,697,363

Razguliay Group(1)(2)

   640,466    1,003,288
       
      10,904,366

 

SINGAPORE - 0.9%

     

Epure International Ltd.(1)

   3,740,000    1,933,174

SOUTH AFRICA - 9.1%

     

ABSA Group Limited(1)

   130,643    2,262,219

African Bank Investments Limited(1)

   371,391    1,497,747

Barloworld Limited(1)

   193,587    1,176,158

Gold Fields Limited(1)

   153,602    2,021,017

Grindrod Limited(1)

   669,588    1,612,528

Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited(1)

   125,849    1,284,917

Impala Platinum Holdings Limited(1)

   123,293    3,351,735

Mondi Limited(1)

   345,487    1,950,594

Mr. Price Group Limited(1)

   242,941    1,147,849

MTN Group Limited(1)

   211,276    3,361,266
       
      19,666,030

SWEDEN - 0.8%

     

Alliance Oil Co Ltd. (DR)(1)

   118,853    1,698,585

TAIWAN - 11.5%

     

Acer Inc.(1)

   791,599    2,364,864

Cathay Financial Holding Co., Ltd.(1)(2)

   1,102,292    2,042,423

Chinatrust Financial Holding Company Ltd.(1)

   2,495,838    1,543,679

Far Eastern Textile Ltd.(1)

   1,358,698    1,688,938

Far EasTone Telecommunications Co., Ltd.(1)

   838,000    997,602

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.(1)

   860,729    4,049,047

HTC Corporation(1)

   187,400    2,132,800

MediaTek Incorporation(1)

   185,214    3,216,417

Taiwan Fertilizer Co., Ltd.(1)

   699,000    2,472,458

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd.(1)

   2,208,647    4,430,406
       
      24,938,634

THAILAND - 2.8%

     

Bangkok Bank Public Company Limited (DR)(1)

   395,900    1,378,215

Bumrungrad Hospital Public Company Limited (DR)(1)

   1,174,300    1,038,632

Glow Energy Pcl (DR)(1)

   1,003,000    990,001

Siam Commercial Bank Public Company Limited (DR)(1)

   717,200    1,868,430

Total Access Communication Public Company Limited (DR)(1)

   749,600    800,314
       
      6,075,592

TURKEY - 4.5%

     

Cimsa Cimento Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.(1)

   339,546    1,711,159

Ford Otomotiv Sanayi A.S.(1)

   243,362    1,474,677

Tekfen Holding A.S.(1)(2)

   330,730    1,078,991

Tupras-Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri A.S.(1)

   60,211    1,192,201

Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS(1)

   312,503    2,199,137

Turkiye Sinai Kalkinma Bankasi A.S.(1)(2)

   1,754,261    2,120,927
       
      9,777,092

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - 0.5%

     

Air Arabia(1)

   4,633,938    1,150,326
       

Total common and preferred stocks (Cost $176,588,714)

      209,666,446

 

      Par Amount       

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (CASH EQUIVALENTS) - 4.6%

     

Repurchase agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, 0.00%, dated 12/31/09, due 1/4/10, maturity value $9,892,000(4) (Cost $9,892,000)

   $ 9,892,000    $ 9,892,000   
           

Total investments - 101.4% (Cost $186,480,714)

        219,558,446   

Other assets less liabilities - (1.4%)

        (2,934,946
           

Total net assets - 100.0%(5)

      $ 216,623,500   
           

 

(1)

Valued at a fair value in accordance with procedures established by the board of directors of Artisan Funds, Inc. In total, securities valued at a fair value were $188,300,990 or 86.9% of total net assets.

(2)

Non-income producing security.

(3)

Non-voting shares.

(4)

Collateralized by:

 

Issuer

   Rate     Maturity    Value

U.S. Treasury Note

   3.500   2/15/2039    $ 10,092,544

 

(5)

Percentages for the various classifications relate to total net assets.

Company names are as reported by a data service provider and in some cases are translations; a company’s legal name may be different.

(DR) Depository Receipt, voting rights may vary.

PORTFOLIO DIVERSIFICATION - DECEMBER 31, 2009

(Unaudited)

 

     Value     Percentage of
Total Net Assets
 

Consumer Discretionary

   $ 22,641,010      10.4

Consumer Staples

     16,795,830      7.8   

Energy

     27,124,054      12.5   

Financials

     33,981,485      15.7   

Healthcare

     3,318,406      1.5   

Industrials

     19,657,800      9.1   

Information Technology

     26,934,420      12.4   

Materials

     28,421,599      13.1   

Telecommunication Services

     24,819,787      11.5   

Utilities

     5,972,055      2.8   
              

Total common and preferred stocks

     209,666,446      96.8   

Short-term investments

     9,892,000      4.6   
              

Total investments

     219,558,446      101.4   

Other assets less liabilities

     (2,934,946   (1.4
              

Total net assets

   $ 216,623,500      100.0
              

CURRENCY EXPOSURE - DECEMBER 31, 2009

(Unaudited)

 

     Value    Percentage of
Total Investments
 

Brazilian real

   $ 43,544,419    19.8

British pound

     1,721,942    0.8   

Chilean peso

     2,812,770    1.3   

Czech koruna

     1,535,617    0.7   

Egyptian pound

     2,552,809    1.2   

Hong Kong dollar

     24,440,877    11.1   

Hungarian forint

     1,478,053    0.7   

Indian rupee

     8,972,026    4.1   

Indonesian rupiah

     6,287,133    2.9   

Korean won

     18,427,394    8.4   

Mexican peso

     12,738,531    5.8   

Polish zloty

     1,338,346    0.6   

Singapore dollar

     1,933,174    0.9   

South African rand

     19,666,030    8.9   

Swedish krona

     1,698,585    0.8   

Taiwan dollar

     24,938,634    11.3   

Thai baht

     6,075,592    2.8   

Turkish lira

     9,777,092    4.4   

United Arab Emirates dirham

     1,150,326    0.5   

U.S. dollar

     28,469,096    13.0   
             

Total investments

   $ 219,558,446    100.0
             

 

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ARTISAN GLOBAL VALUE FUND

Schedule of Investments - December 31, 2009

(Unaudited)

 

     Shares
Held
   Value

COMMON STOCKS AND EQUITY-LINKED SECURITIES - 94.2%

     

FRANCE - 7.9%

     

Publicis Groupe(1)

   20,377    $ 826,631

Societe Television Francaise 1(1)

   25,314      467,471

Sodexo(1)

   13,608      777,223

Total SA(1)

   5,563      356,486
         
        2,427,811

HONG KONG - 2.8%

     

Guoco Group Limited(1)

   80,250      854,201

IRELAND - 1.5%

     

Ryanair Holdings PLC, Equity-Linked Security, 144A(1)(2)(3)(4)

   97,296      455,548

JAPAN - 3.4%

     

Credit Saison Co., Ltd.(1)

   37,000      414,233

Daiwa Securities Group Inc.(1)

   59,596      298,768

Sankyo Co., Ltd.(1)

   6,348      316,220
         
        1,029,221

NETHERLANDS - 1.2%

     

Wolters Kluwer NV(1)

   17,052      373,749

SWITZERLAND - 12.3%

     

Adecco SA(1)

   11,416      630,266

Givaudan SA(1)

   878      698,756

Novartis AG(1)

   16,284      887,189

Panalpina Welttransport Holding AG(1)

   8,763      557,852

Pargesa Holding SA(1)

   11,239      984,238
         
        3,758,301

UNITED KINGDOM - 21.7%

     

Cadbury PLC(1)

   8,099      104,220

Cadbury PLC (DR)

   4,832      248,317

Compass Group PLC(1)

   107,664      768,962

Diageo PLC(1)

   58,416      1,018,738

Experian PLC(1)

   154,328      1,525,629

Home Retail Group PLC(1)

   64,357      293,365

Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class A(1)

   12,231      367,462

Signet Jewelers Ltd.(4)

   49,166      1,313,716

Unilever PLC (DR)

   31,178      994,578
         
        6,634,987

 

UNITED STATES - 43.4%

     

3M Company

     5,840      482,793   

American Express Company

     35,885      1,454,060   

Arch Capital Group Ltd.(4)(5)

     14,118      1,010,143   

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation

     38,520      1,077,404   

Cintas Corporation

     28,804      750,344   

Covidien PLC

     11,403      546,090   

Dell Inc.(4)

     25,598      367,587   

Johnson & Johnson

     16,761      1,079,576   

Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.

     46,435      1,025,285   

Microsoft Corporation

     24,837      757,280   

Mohawk Industries, Inc.(4)

     15,460      735,896   

The Procter & Gamble Company

     18,151      1,100,495   

The Sherwin-Williams Company

     6,264      386,176   

Sysco Corporation

     23,481      656,059   

Tyco Electronics Ltd.

     38,670      949,349   

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

     13,687      731,570   

WellPoint Inc.(4)

     2,990      174,287   
           
        13,284,394   
           

Total common stocks and equity-linked securities (Cost $22,325,637)

        28,818,212   
     Par Amount       

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (CASH EQUIVALENTS) - 6.1%

     

Repurchase agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, 0.00%, dated 12/31/09, due 1/4/10, maturity value $1,867,000(6) (Cost $1,867,000)

   $ 1,867,000    $ 1,867,000   
           

Total investments - 100.3% (Cost $24,192,637)

        30,685,212   

Other assets less liabilities - (0.3%)

        (102,570
           

Total net assets - 100.0%(7)

      $ 30,582,642   
           

 

(1)

Valued at a fair value in accordance with procedures established by the board of directors of Artisan Funds, Inc. In total, securities valued at a fair value were $12,977,207 or 42.4% of total net assets.

(2)

Security is an equity-linked participation certificate issued by HSBC Bank plc. As described in Note (G) in Notes to Form N-Q, equity-linked participation certificates are subject to counterparty risk with respect to the bank or broker-dealer that issues them.

(3)

Security is restricted and was acquired in a transaction under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Restricted securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration normally to qualified institutional buyers. Ryanair Holdings PLC was acquired on various dates from September 17, 2008 to November 3, 2009 at an aggregate cost of $436,548. In total, the value of restricted securities held by the Fund was $455,548 or 1.5% of total net assets.

(4)

Non-income producing security.

(5)

Affiliated company as defined by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. See Note (J) in Notes to Form N-Q.

(6)

Collateralized by:

 

Issuer

   Rate     Maturity    Value

U.S. Treasury Note

   3.500   2/15/2039    $ 1,905,119

 

(7)

Percentages for the various classifications relate to total net assets.

Company names are as reported by a data service provider and in some cases are translations; a company’s legal name may be different.

(DR) Depository Receipt, voting rights may vary.

 

PORTFOLIO DIVERSIFICATION - DECEMBER 31, 2009

(Unaudited)

 

     Value     Percentage of
Total Net Assets
 

Consumer Discretionary

   $ 6,259,409      20.4

Consumer Staples

     4,853,977      15.9   

Energy

     723,948      2.3   

Financials

     7,118,332      23.3   

Healthcare

     2,687,142      8.8   

Industrials

     4,402,432      14.4   

Information Technology

     2,074,216      6.8   

Materials

     698,756      2.3   
              

Total common stocks

     28,818,212      94.2   

Short-term investments

     1,867,000      6.1   
              

Total investments

     30,685,212      100.3   

Other assets less liabilities

     (102,570   (0.3
              

Total net assets

   $ 30,582,642      100.0
              

CURRENCY EXPOSURE - DECEMBER 31, 2009

(Unaudited)

 

     Value    Percentage of
Total Investments
 

British pound

   $ 3,710,914    12.1

Euro

     3,624,570    11.8   

Hong Kong dollar

     854,201    2.8   

Japanese yen

     1,029,221    3.4   

Swiss franc

     3,758,301    12.2   

U.S. dollar

     17,708,005    57.7   
             

Total investments

   $ 30,685,212    100.0
             

 

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ARTISAN INTERNATIONAL FUND

Schedule of Investments - December 31, 2009

(Unaudited)

 

   Shares Held      Value

COMMON AND PREFERRED STOCKS - 98.3%

     

AUSTRALIA - 0.2%

     

Incitec Pivot Limited(1)

   7,045,868    $ 22,328,966

BELGIUM - 1.4%

     

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV(1)

   2,095,323      108,252,978

Umicore(1)

   1,120,403      37,309,330
         
        145,562,308

BRAZIL - 1.6%

     

Petroleo Brasileiro S.A., Preferred (DR)

   3,987,960      169,049,624

CANADA - 2.2%

     

Canadian Pacific Railway Limited

   4,245,479      229,255,866

CHINA - 5.8%

     

China Construction Bank, H Shares(1)

   172,387,100      146,732,874

China Life Insurance Co., Limited, H Shares(1)

   36,247,900      177,604,270

China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd., H Shares(1)

   9,841,420      25,530,596

China Merchants Holdings International Company Limited(1)

   20,918,674      67,389,098

Evergrande Real Estate Group Limited(2)

   103,453,000      57,374,558

Huabao International Holdings Limited(1)

   37,002,000      39,945,924

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd, H Shares(1)

   87,828,000      72,076,573

Wynn Macau Ltd.(1)(2)

   20,652,872      25,197,402
         
        611,851,295

DENMARK - 1.3%

     

Carlsberg A/S, B Shares(1)

   187,198      13,814,583

Danske Bank A/S(1)(2)

   5,232,627      119,141,553
         
        132,956,136

FRANCE - 12.3%

     

Accor S.A.(1)

   3,343,745      181,645,031

AXA SA(1)

   747,507      17,678,720

BNP Paribas(1)

   2,445,678      192,997,294

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain(1)

   803,726      43,142,120

Credit Agricole S.A.(1)

   3,150,220      54,919,847

Natixis(1)(2)

   19,558,714      97,363,966

Pernod Ricard SA(1)

   3,084,480      264,757,207

Societe Generale(1)

   2,716,318      187,948,708

Unibail-Rodamco(1)

   488,069      107,442,583

Vinci SA(1)

   2,713,331      151,973,822
         
        1,299,869,298

GERMANY - 15.6%

     

Allianz SE(1)

   1,106,498      137,728,983

Bayer AG(1)

   4,679,123      373,979,447

Daimler AG(1)

   5,133,494      274,267,169

Deutsche Boerse AG(1)

   698,499      58,074,131

Deutsche Post AG(1)

   7,206,161      138,655,323

Linde AG(1)

   2,922,326      351,745,787

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG(1)

   1,632,266      254,449,051

Rhoen-Klinikum AG(1)

   52,496      1,283,992

RWE AG(1)

   621,662      60,411,603
         
        1,650,595,486

 

HONG KONG - 1.9%

     

The Bank of East Asia, Ltd.(1)

   18,959,235    74,680,985

Li & Fung Limited(1)

   16,952,899    69,444,793

NWS Holdings Limited(1)

   33,563,746    61,897,493
       
      206,023,271

INDIA - 2.4%

     

Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd.(1)

   1,248,822    71,974,810

ICICI Bank Limited(1)

   2,180,220    40,793,006

ICICI Bank Limited (DR)

   3,639,014    137,227,218
       
      249,995,034

IRELAND - 0.2%

     

The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland(1)(2)

   12,493,764    23,432,419

ITALY - 3.1%

     

Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A.(1)

   4,587,253    122,989,350

Intesa Sanpaolo(1)(2)

   44,606,531    199,865,387
       
      322,854,737

JAPAN - 3.8%

     

DENSO CORPORATION(1)

   3,393,734    101,710,927

MITSUI & CO., LTD.(1)

   10,961,800    155,187,418

Nitori Co., Ltd.(1)

   85,800    6,384,229

SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION(1)

   5,777,406    141,864,991
       
      405,147,565

MEXICO - 1.5%

     

Grupo Televisa S.A. (DR)

   7,551,401    156,767,085

NETHERLANDS - 10.1%

     

Akzo Nobel N.V.(1)

   1,829,776    120,605,437

ASML Holding N.V.(1)

   13,736,782    467,228,883

Heineken Holding NV(1)

   2,106,715    88,264,965

Heineken NV(1)

   2,507,712    118,824,198

ING Groep N.V.(1)(2)

   25,996,320    251,310,952

TNT NV(1)

   618,324    18,926,181
       
      1,065,160,616

NORWAY - 0.4%

     

Yara International ASA(1)

   929,507    42,087,774

SINGAPORE - 2.0%

     

Genting Singapore PLC(1)(2)

   110,654,799    101,342,341

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited(1)

   17,052,900    109,771,673
       
      211,114,014

SPAIN - 2.4%

     

Industria de Diseno Textil, S.A.(1)

   1,687,257    104,548,662

Telefonica S.A.(1)

   5,474,264    152,576,221
       
      257,124,883

SWEDEN - 1.6%

     

AB SKF, Class B(1)

   2,642,181    45,382,117

Sandvik AB(1)

   5,926,172    71,034,098

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (SEB), Class A(1)(2)

   9,470,572    58,224,195
       
      174,640,410

 

SWITZERLAND - 12.0%

     

Credit Suisse Group AG(1)

     3,393,918      167,154,325   

Holcim Ltd.(1)(2)

     3,264,505      253,052,215   

Nestle SA(1)

     5,178,614      251,591,556   

Novartis AG(1)

     3,869,333      210,809,899   

Roche Holding AG(1)

     340,244      59,404,295   

Roche Holding AG - Genussscheine(1)(3)

     1,416,235      240,924,483   

UBS AG(1)(2)

     5,631,858      86,516,146   
           
        1,269,452,919   

TAIWAN - 1.3%

     

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (DR)

     12,262,088      140,278,287   

TURKEY - 0.0%(4)

     

Coca-Cola Icecek AS(1)

     348,439      3,499,340   

UNITED KINGDOM - 10.3%

     

Experian PLC(1)

     10,763,381      106,402,759   

HSBC Holdings plc(1)

     17,869,959      203,845,625   

Imperial Tobacco Group plc(1)

     5,890,139      185,628,865   

Kingfisher PLC(1)

     31,448,512      115,280,412   

National Grid PLC(1)

     12,685,208      138,663,261   

Smith & Nephew PLC(1)

     13,403,413      137,627,747   

Standard Chartered plc(1)

     1,553,099      38,893,613   

Tesco PLC(1)

     23,410,646      160,850,171   
           
        1,087,192,453   

UNITED STATES - 4.9%

     

Accenture PLC, Class A

     3,807,576      158,014,404   

Activision Blizzard, Inc.(2)

     5,720,580      63,555,644   

Covidien PLC

     3,418,151      163,695,251   

Philip Morris International Inc.

     2,709,813      130,585,888   
           
        515,851,187   
           

Total common and preferred stocks (Cost $8,663,412,306)

        10,392,090,973   
     Par Amount       

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (CASH EQUIVALENTS) - 2.2%

     

Repurchase agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, 0.00%, dated 12/31/09, due 1/4/10, maturity value $234,979,000(5) (Cost $234,979,000)

   $ 234,979,000    $ 234,979,000   
           

Total investments - 100.5% (Cost $8,898,391,306)

        10,627,069,973   

Other assets less liabilities - (0.5%)

        (55,954,300
           

Total net assets - 100.0%(6)

      $ 10,571,115,673   
           

 

(1)

Valued at a fair value in accordance with procedures established by the board of directors of Artisan Funds, Inc. In total, securities valued at a fair value were $8,986,287,148 or 85.0% of total net assets.

(2)

Non-income producing security.

(3)

Non-voting shares.

(4)

Represents less than 0.1% of total net assets.

(5)

Collateralized by:

 

Issuer

   Rate     Maturity    Value

U.S. Treasury Note

   4.500   4/30/2012    $ 66,408,638

U.S. Treasury Note

   3.125      8/31/2013      73,395,000

U.S. Treasury Note

   2.625      12/31/2014      99,875,000
           
        $ 239,678,638
           

 

(6)

Percentages for the various classifications relate to total net assets.

Company names are as reported by a data service provider and in some cases are translations; a company’s legal name may be different.

(DR) Depository Receipt, voting rights may vary.

PORTFOLIO DIVERSIFICATION - DECEMBER 31, 2009

(Unaudited)

 

     Value     Percentage of
Total Net Assets
 

Consumer Discretionary

   $ 1,278,453,042      12.1

Consumer Staples

     1,326,069,751      12.6   

Energy

     169,049,624      1.6   

Financials

     3,293,743,411      31.2   

Healthcare

     1,187,725,114      11.2   

Industrials

     1,089,246,295      10.3   

Information Technology

     829,077,218      7.8   

Materials

     867,075,433      8.2   

Telecommunication Services

     152,576,221      1.4   

Utilities

     199,074,864      1.9   
              

Total common and preferred stocks

     10,392,090,973      98.3   

Short-term investments

     234,979,000      2.2   
              

Total investments

     10,627,069,973      100.5   

Other assets less liabilities

     (55,954,300   (0.5
              

Total net assets

   $ 10,571,115,673      100.0
              

CURRENCY EXPOSURE - DECEMBER 31, 2009

(Unaudited)

 

     Value    Percentage of
Total Investments
 

Australian dollar

   $ 22,328,966    0.2

British pound

     1,049,670,835    9.9   

Danish krone

     132,956,136    1.3   

Euro

     4,764,599,747    44.8   

Hong Kong dollar

     855,396,184    8.1   

Indian rupee

     112,767,816    1.1   

Japanese yen

     405,147,565    3.8   

Norwegian krone

     42,087,774    0.4   

Singapore dollar

     211,114,014    2.0   

Swedish krona

     174,640,410    1.6   

Swiss franc

     1,269,452,919    11.9   

Turkish lira

     3,499,340    0.0 1 

U.S. dollar

     1,583,408,267    14.9   
             

Total investments

   $ 10,627,069,973    100.0
             

 

1

Represents less than 0.1% of total investments.

 

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ARTISAN INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP FUND

Schedule of Investments - December 31, 2009

(Unaudited)

     Shares Held    Value

COMMON STOCKS - 97.0%

     

AUSTRALIA - 2.6%

     

Centamin Egypt Limited(1)(2)

   2,358,502    $ 4,631,512

Domino’s Pizza Enterprises Limited(1)

   3,143,650      15,219,211
         
        19,850,723

AUSTRIA - 4.1%

     

bwin Interactive Entertainment AG(1)(2)

   227,821      13,574,756

Flughafen Wien AG(1)

   356,359      17,791,402
         
        31,366,158

CANADA - 1.9%

     

Finning International Inc.

   894,043      14,258,868

CHINA - 13.2%

     

Beijing Capital Land Limited, H Shares(1)

   4,112,000      1,839,256

China Everbright International Limited(1)

   25,404,700      13,006,273

China Everbright Limited(1)

   2,086,600      5,119,143

China Gas Holdings Ltd.(1)

   16,978,000      9,185,367

China National Building Material Company Ltd., H Shares(1)

   4,752,000      9,677,551

China Real Estate Information Corp. (DR)(2)

   471,430      5,176,301

Hengan International Group Company Limited(1)

   2,533,050      18,781,909

Intime Department Store Group Company Limited(1)

   9,711,000      8,953,650

Ports Design Limited(1)

   2,901,000      8,983,555

REXLot Holdings Limited(1)

   140,675,000      15,703,785

Tong Ren Tang Technologies Company Limited, H Shares(1)

   349,000      627,314

Yingde Gases(1)(2)

   3,454,000      3,534,606
         
        100,588,710

EGYPT - 4.9%

     

Commercial International Bank (DR)(1)

   2,471,324      24,399,011

Eastern Tobacco(1)

   602,194      12,506,409
         
        36,905,420

FRANCE - 3.0%

     

Laurent-Perrier(1)

   59,498      4,596,412

Meetic(1)(2)

   328,557      8,949,278

Remy Cointreau SA(1)

   190,297      9,647,975
         
        23,193,665

GERMANY - 15.1%

     

Gerresheimer AG(1)

   533,622      17,925,092

Praktiker Bau- und Heimwerkermaerkte Holding AG(1)

   1,944,066      21,507,297

Sixt AG(1)

   166,815      5,250,877

Wacker Neuson SE(1)

   1,164,841      13,721,684

Wirecard AG(1)

   4,101,120      56,384,128
         
        114,789,078

HONG KONG - 6.9%

     

Beijing Enterprises Water Group Limited(1)(2)

   44,446,000    14,736,262

Cafe De Coral Holdings Limited(1)

   4,868,000    11,106,245

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Limited(1)

   12,457,000    26,957,240
       
      52,799,747

INDIA - 0.6%

     

ACC Limited(1)

   226,011    4,226,810

ITALY - 7.1%

     

Azimut Holding SpA(1)

   637,304    8,507,298

Bulgari S.p.A.(1)

   1,431,007    11,815,543

Davide Campari - Milano S.p.A.(1)

   2,461,996    25,650,095

Geox SpA(1)

   1,108,193    7,623,800
       
      53,596,736

MALAYSIA - 0.5%

     

PureCircle(1)(2)

   965,263    3,791,367

SINGAPORE - 3.0%

     

City Developments Limited(1)

   690,000    5,628,556

Raffles Education Corp Ltd(1)

   18,992,000    5,421,517

SIA Engineering Company(1)

   4,906,700    11,571,964
       
      22,622,037

SWITZERLAND - 10.4%

     

Bank Sarasin & Cie AG, B Shares(1)(2)

   754,188    28,502,647

Nobel Biocare Holding AG(1)

   475,249    15,905,559

Schindler Holding AG, Participation Certificates(1)(3)

   284,436    21,820,839

Straumann Holding AG(1)

   43,986    12,398,407
       
      78,627,452

THAILAND - 1.2%

     

CP ALL PCL(1)

   12,012,400    8,917,326

TURKEY - 5.2%

     

Coca-Cola Icecek AS(1)

   3,935,101    39,519,849

UNITED KINGDOM - 17.3%

     

888 Holdings PLC(1)

     3,265,025      5,806,218   

The Berkeley Group Holdings PLC(1)(2)

     841,406      11,063,164   

Bovis Homes Group PLC(1)(2)

     1,028,681      7,175,382   

Catlin Group Limited(1)

     1,194,993      6,555,855   

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC(1)

     1,062,779      15,208,566   

Mothercare plc(1)

     644,822      7,067,574   

Persimmon plc(1)(2)

     1,211,747      9,175,688   

Playtech Ltd.(1)

     1,422,103      9,554,022   

Premier Foods PLC(1)(2)

     38,083,765      21,793,172   

Redrow plc(1)(2)

     4,457,662      9,564,701   

Robert Walters plc(1)

     939,470      3,220,028   

SSL International plc(1)

     1,532,915      19,344,028   

VT Group plc(1)

     658,985      5,493,977   
           
        131,022,375   
           

Total common stocks (Cost $605,487,416)

        736,076,321   
     Par Amount       

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (CASH EQUIVALENTS) - 4.0%

     

Repurchase agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, 0.00%, dated 12/31/09, due 1/4/10, maturity value $30,475,000(4) (Cost $30,475,000)

   $ 30,475,000    $ 30,475,000   
           

Total investments - 101.0% (Cost $635,962,416)

        766,551,321   

Other assets less liabilities - (1.0%)

        (7,394,508
           

Total net assets - 100.0%(5)

      $ 759,156,813   
           

 

(1)

Valued at a fair value in accordance with procedures established by the board of directors of Artisan Funds, Inc. In total, securities valued at a fair value were $716,641,152 or 94.4% of total net assets.

(2)

Non-income producing security.

(3)

Non-voting shares.

(4)

Collateralized by:

 

Issuer

   Rate     Maturity    Value

U.S. Treasury Note

   3.250   12/31/2016    $ 31,085,100

 

(5)

Percentages for the various classifications relate to total net assets.

Company names are as reported by a data service provider and in some cases are translations; a company’s legal name may be different.

(DR) Depository Receipt, voting rights may vary.

PORTFOLIO DIVERSIFICATION - DECEMBER 31, 2009

(Unaudited)

 

     Value     Percentage of
Total Net Assets
 

Consumer Discretionary

   $ 184,970,652      24.4

Consumer Staples

     145,204,514      19.1   

Financials

     112,685,307      14.9   

Healthcare

     66,200,400      8.7   

Industrials

     106,135,912      14.0   

Information Technology

     89,623,690      11.8   

Materials

     22,070,479      2.9   

Utilities

     9,185,367      1.2   
              

Total common stocks

     736,076,321      97.0   

Short-term investments

     30,475,000      4.0   
              

Total investments

     766,551,321      101.0   

Other assets less liabilities

     (7,394,508   (1.0
              

Total net assets

   $ 759,156,813      100.0
              

 

CURRENCY EXPOSURE - DECEMBER 31, 2009

(Unaudited)

 

     Value    Percentage of
Total Investments
 

Australian dollar

   $ 15,219,211    2.0

British pound

     139,445,254    18.2   

Canadian dollar

     14,258,868    1.9   

Egyptian pound

     12,506,409    1.6   

Euro

     222,945,637    29.1   

Hong Kong dollar

     148,212,156    19.3   

Indian rupee

     4,226,810    0.5   

Singapore dollar

     22,622,037    2.9   

Swiss franc

     78,627,452    10.3   

Thai baht

     8,917,326    1.2   

Turkish lira

     39,519,849    5.2   

U.S. dollar

     60,050,312    7.8   
             

Total investments

   $ 766,551,321    100.0
             

 

4


ARTISAN INTERNATIONAL VALUE FUND

Schedule of Investments - December 31, 2009

(Unaudited)

 

     Shares Held    Value

COMMON STOCKS AND EQUITY-LINKED SECURITIES - 92.0%

     

BELGIUM - 0.8%

     

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert S.A.(1)

   192,258    $ 18,093,291

CANADA - 0.3%

     

MDS Inc.(2)

   929,318      7,277,444

FRANCE - 12.7%

     

Gemalto NV(1)(2)

   849,071      36,541,240

Publicis Groupe(1)

   1,807,146      73,310,257

Societe Television Francaise 1(1)

   3,278,131      60,536,946

Sodexo(1)

   1,036,949      59,225,497

Total SA(1)

   1,062,400      68,080,244
         
        297,694,184

HONG KONG - 3.2%

     

Guoco Group Limited(1)

   7,023,800      74,763,094

IRELAND - 2.3%

     

Ryanair Holdings PLC, Equity-Linked Security, 144A(1)(2)(3)(4)

   11,370,419      53,237,295

JAPAN - 8.6%

     

Aderans Holdings Company Limited(1)

   1,501,900      17,633,237

Credit Saison Co., Ltd.(1)

   4,129,259      46,229,027

Daiwa Securities Group Inc.(1)

   7,548,431      37,841,966

MEITEC CORPORATION(1)

   1,168,052      15,737,056

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.(1)

   2,125,400      10,406,359

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.(1)(5)

   3,654,200      17,891,653

Sankyo Co., Ltd.(1)

   931,838      46,418,695

SEINO HOLDINGS CO., LTD.(1)

   1,352,800      8,568,537
         
        200,726,530

KOREA - 0.6%

     

Lotte Chilsung Beverage Co., Ltd.(1)(2)

   19,453      14,069,752

NETHERLANDS - 1.5%

     

Wolters Kluwer NV(1)

   1,628,862      35,701,691

SINGAPORE - 0.1%

     

ARA Asset Management Limited(1)

   1,488,000      917,265

SWITZERLAND - 18.9%

     

Adecco SA(1)

   1,574,766      86,941,311

Givaudan SA(1)

   99,857      79,471,164

Nestle SA(1)

   784,590      38,117,577

Novartis AG(1)

   1,534,276      83,590,781

Panalpina Welttransport Holding AG(1)

   885,116      56,346,439

Pargesa Holding SA(1)

   1,022,578      89,550,634

Tamedia AG(1)

   110,411      7,933,339
         
           441,951,245

 

UNITED KINGDOM - 28.9%

     

Brit Insurance Holdings PLC(1)

   8,517,204    27,029,237

Cadbury PLC(1)

   2,158,025    27,769,907

Carpetright PLC(1)

   1,452,542    22,088,043

Compass Group PLC(1)

   9,173,144    65,516,820

Diageo PLC(1)

   4,681,627    81,644,641

Experian PLC(1)

   12,267,224    121,269,189

Home Retail Group PLC(1)

   7,109,286    32,407,010

Lancashire Holdings Ltd(1)

   3,589,568    25,775,016

Reed Elsevier PLC(1)

   698,919    5,739,361

Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class A(1)

   1,534,626    46,105,564

Savills Plc(1)

   5,451,006    28,167,877

Signet Jewelers Ltd.(2)

   3,718,426    99,356,343

Unilever PLC (DR)

   2,670,549    85,190,513

Vitec Group PLC(1)

   1,321,051    8,249,473
       
      676,308,994

UNITED STATES - 14.1%

     

Accenture PLC, Class A

   752,849    31,243,233

Arch Capital Group Ltd.(2)(6)

   1,503,385    107,567,197

Covidien PLC

   2,176,829    104,248,341

Tyco Electronics Ltd.

   3,541,431    86,942,131
       
      330,000,902
       

Total common stocks and equity-linked securities (Cost $1,886,661,424)

      2,150,741,687

 

     Par Amount     

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (CASH EQUIVALENTS) - 7.1%

     

Repurchase agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, 0.00%, dated 12/31/09, due 1/4/10, maturity value $166,146,000(7) (Cost $166,146,000)

   $ 166,146,000    $ 166,146,000
         

Total investments - 99.1% (Cost $2,052,807,424)

        2,316,887,687

Other assets less liabilities - 0.9%

        22,094,016
         

Total net assets - 100.0%(8)

      $ 2,338,981,703
         

 

(1)

Valued at a fair value in accordance with procedures established by the board of directors of Artisan Funds, Inc. In total, securities valued at a fair value were $1,628,916,485 or 69.6% of total net assets.

(2)

Non-income producing security.

(3)

Security is an equity-linked participation certificate issued by HSBC Bank plc. As described in Note (G) in Notes to Form N-Q, equity-linked participation certificates are subject to counterparty risk with respect to the bank or broker-dealer that issues them.

(4)

Security is restricted and was acquired in a transaction under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Restricted securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration normally to qualified institutional buyers. Ryanair Holdings PLC was acquired on various dates from September 17, 2008 to November 5, 2009 at an aggregate cost of $47,189,809. In total, the value of these restricted securities acquired in a transaction under Rule 144A and held by the Fund was $53,237,295 or 2.3% of total net assets.

(5)

Security is restricted and was acquired in a private placement and is not deemed to be liquid in the United States; however, the shares of the security are freely tradeable outside the United States, where the Fund expects to trade them. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. was acquired on December 14, 2009 at an aggregate cost of $17,639,402. In total, the value of these restricted securities acquired in a private placement and held by the Fund was $17,891,653 or 0.8% of total net assets.

(6)

Affiliated company as defined by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. See Note (J) in Notes to Form N-Q.

(7)

Collateralized by:

 

Issuer

   Rate     Maturity    Value

U.S. Treasury Note

   3.000   9/30/2016    $ 17,231,875

U.S. Treasury Note

   3.125      10/31/2016      152,239,975
           
          169,471,850
           

 

(8)

Percentages for the various classifications relate to total net assets.

Company names are as reported by a data service provider and in some cases are translations; a company’s legal name may be different.

(DR) Depository Receipt, voting rights may vary.

PORTFOLIO DIVERSIFICATION - DECEMBER 31, 2009

(Unaudited)

 

     Value    Percentage of
Total Net Assets
 

Consumer Discretionary

   $ 516,483,475    22.1

Consumer Staples

     264,425,627    11.3   

Energy

     114,185,808    4.9   

Financials

     484,232,616    20.7   

Healthcare

     195,116,566    8.4   

Industrials

     342,099,827    14.6   

Information Technology

     154,726,604    6.6   

Materials

     79,471,164    3.4   
             

Total common stocks

     2,150,741,687    92.0   

Short-term investments

     166,146,000    7.1   
             

Total investments

     2,316,887,687    99.1   

Other assets less liabilities

     22,094,016    0.9   
             

Total net assets

   $ 2,338,981,703    100.0
             

CURRENCY EXPOSURE - DECEMBER 31, 2009

(Unaudited)

 

     Value    Percentage of
Total Investments
 

British pound

   $ 445,656,574    19.2

Canadian dollar

     7,277,444    0.3   

Euro

     450,832,025    19.5   

Hong Kong dollar

     74,763,094    3.2   

Japanese yen

     200,726,530    8.7   

Korean won

     14,069,752    0.6   

Singapore dollar

     917,265    0.0 1 

Swiss franc

     441,951,245    19.1   

U.S. dollar

     680,693,758    29.4   
             

Total investments

   $ 2,316,887,687    100.0
             

 

1

Represents less than 0.1% of total investments.

 

5


ARTISAN MID CAP FUND

Schedule of Investments - December 31, 2009

(Unaudited)

 

     Shares
Held
   Value

COMMON STOCKS - 95.9%

     

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 17.7%

     

Auto Components - 1.7%

     

BorgWarner Inc.

   785,499    $ 26,094,277

Johnson Controls, Inc.

   1,795,062      48,897,489
         
        74,991,766

Distributors - 0.9%

     

LKQ Corporation(1)

   2,100,001      41,139,020

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 4.5%

     

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc., Class A(1)

   250,300      22,066,448

Ctrip.com International, Ltd. (DR)(1)(2)

   851,200      61,167,232

Home Inns & Hotels Management, Inc. (DR)(1)(2)

   698,700      24,699,045

Panera Bread Company, Class A(1)

   249,700      16,722,409

Starbucks Corporation(1)

   567,283      13,081,546

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

   1,475,622      53,963,496

Wynn Resorts, Limited

   69,800      4,064,454
         
        195,764,630

Household Durables - 1.9%

     

Gafisa S.A. (DR)(2)

   785,900      25,431,724

Harman International Industries, Incorporated

   1,607,300      56,705,544
         
        82,137,268

Multiline Retail - 3.5%

     

Kohl’s Corporation(1)

   2,862,664      154,383,469

Specialty Retail - 3.6%

     

Best Buy Co., Inc.

   398,274      15,715,892

CarMax, Inc.(1)

   1,271,400      30,831,450

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc., Class A(1)

   2,263,200      56,285,784

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(1)

   1,472,900      56,146,948
         
        158,980,074

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 1.6%

     

Coach, Inc.

   1,454,500      53,132,885

Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation, Class A

   213,500      17,289,230
         
        70,422,115

CONSUMER STAPLES - 1.9%

     

Beverages - 1.9%

     

Hansen Natural Corporation(1)

   2,196,112      84,330,701

ENERGY - 3.2%

     

Energy Equipment & Services - 1.6%

     

Cameron International Corporation(1)

   909,800      38,029,640

Dresser-Rand Group Inc.(1)

   701,396      22,171,128

Smith International, Inc.

   335,058      9,103,526
         
        69,304,294

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 1.6%

     

Range Resources Corporation

   1,363,331      67,962,050

FINANCIALS - 5.0%

     

Capital Markets - 2.5%

     

Greenhill & Co., Inc.

   554,886      44,524,053

TD AMERITRADE Holding Corporation(1)

   3,248,100      62,948,178
         
        107,472,231

Commercial Banks - 0.5%

     

HDFC Bank Ltd. (DR)(2)

   174,848      22,744,228

Diversified Financial Services - 2.0%

     

CME Group Inc., Class A

   136,941      46,005,329

IntercontinentalExchange, Inc.(1)

   365,600      41,056,880
         
        87,062,209

HEALTHCARE - 16.4%

     

Biotechnology - 0.7%

     

Human Genome Sciences, Inc.(1)

   519,100      15,884,460

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated(1)

   297,400      12,743,590
         
        28,628,050

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 2.0%

     

Edwards Lifesciences Corporation(1)

   487,400      42,330,690

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(1)

   100,012      30,335,640

NuVasive, Inc.(1)

   466,570      14,920,909
         
        87,587,239

Health Care Providers & Services - 1.5%

     

Community Health Systems, Inc.(1)

   1,865,400      66,408,240

Health Care Technology - 6.7%

     

athenahealth, Inc.(1)

   1,385,400      62,675,496

Cerner Corporation(1)

   2,601,500      214,467,660

Quality Systems, Inc.

   248,761      15,619,703
         
        292,762,859

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 1.1%

     

Illumina, Inc.(1)

   1,563,596      47,924,217

Pharmaceuticals - 4.4%

     

Allergan, Inc.

   3,061,861      192,927,862

INDUSTRIALS - 14.1%

     

Aerospace & Defense - 2.7%

     

Precision Castparts Corp.

   1,057,420      116,686,297

Air Freight & Logistics - 0.9%

     

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

   292,102      17,155,150

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

   609,027      21,151,508
         
        38,306,658

Building Products - 0.3%

     

Owens Corning(1)

   477,063      12,231,895

Construction & Engineering - 3.2%

     

AECOM Technology Corporation(1)

   770,500      21,188,750

Fluor Corporation

   1,403,519      63,214,496

Quanta Services, Inc.(1)

   2,552,128      53,186,347
         
           137,589,593

Electrical Equipment - 1.8%

     

First Solar, Inc.(1)

   138,655      18,773,887

Roper Industries, Inc.

   1,170,054      61,275,728
         
        80,049,615

Machinery - 1.8%

     

Cummins Inc.

   1,122,800      51,491,608

PACCAR Inc

   699,906      25,385,591
         
        76,877,199

 

Professional Services - 1.7%

     

IHS Inc., Class A(1)

     534,900      29,317,869   

Robert Half International Inc.

     516,600      13,808,718   

Verisk Analytics, Inc., Class A(1)

     1,005,000      30,431,400   
           
        73,557,987   

Road & Rail - 1.2%

     

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

     1,624,826      52,433,135   

Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.5%

     

Watsco, Inc., Class A

     400,000      19,592,000   

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 34.9%

     

Communications Equipment - 2.6%

     

CommScope, Inc.(1)

     1,640,900      43,533,077   

Juniper Networks, Inc.(1)

     2,543,127      67,825,197   
           
        111,358,274   

Computers & Peripherals - 1.6%

     

NetApp, Inc.(1)

     2,041,275      70,199,447   

Electronic Equipment & Instruments - 3.6%

     

Agilent Technologies, Inc.(1)

     3,623,600      112,585,252   

Trimble Navigation Limited(1)

     1,791,599      45,148,295   
           
        157,733,547   

Internet Software & Services - 3.0%

     

GSI Commerce, Inc.(1)

     588,100      14,931,859   

MercadoLibre, Inc.(1)

     973,900      50,516,193   

NetEase.com, Inc. (DR)(1)(2)

     1,037,400      39,016,614   

VistaPrint Limited(1)

     470,200      26,641,532   
           
        131,106,198   

IT Services - 2.6%

     

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation, Class A(1)

     709,000      32,117,700   

The Western Union Company

     4,265,347      80,401,791   
           
        112,519,491   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 9.4%

     

Analog Devices, Inc.

     3,058,566      96,589,514   

ARM Holdings PLC (DR)(2)

     8,073,800      69,111,728   

Broadcom Corporation, Class A(1)

     2,160,919      67,960,902   

Cree, Inc.(1)

     1,015,711      57,255,629   

MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc.(1)

     2,889,098      39,349,515   

NVIDIA Corporation(1)

     4,241,976      79,240,112   
           
        409,507,400   

Software - 12.1%

     

ANSYS, Inc.(1)

     1,306,000      56,758,760   

AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc.(1)

     791,500      24,117,005   

Autodesk, Inc.(1)

     2,647,337      67,268,833   

Blackboard Inc.(1)

     952,000      43,211,280   

Citrix Systems, Inc.(1)

     2,398,960      99,820,726   

Electronic Arts Inc.(1)

     2,404,235      42,675,171   

Mc Afee, Inc.(1)

     459,728      18,651,165   

Red Hat, Inc.(1)

     2,033,688      62,840,959   

salesforce.com, inc.(1)

     686,535      50,645,687   

SolarWinds, Inc.(1)

     685,600      15,775,656   

VMware, Inc., Class A(1)

     1,110,402      47,058,837   
           
        528,824,079   

MATERIALS - 2.7%

     

Chemicals - 2.7%

     

Agrium Inc.(2)

     1,377,900      84,740,850   

Ecolab Inc.

     747,018      33,302,062   
           
        118,042,912   
           

Total common stocks (Cost $3,298,679,960)

        4,179,548,249   
     Par Amount       

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (CASH EQUIVALENTS) - 4.4%

     

Repurchase agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, 0.00%, dated 12/31/09, due 1/4/10, maturity value $191,856,000(3) (Cost $191,856,000)

   $ 191,856,000    $ 191,856,000   
           

Total investments - 100.3% (Cost $3,490,535,960)

        4,371,404,249   

Other assets less liabilities - (0.3%)

        (11,075,491
           

Total net assets - 100.0%(4)

      $ 4,360,328,758   
           

 

(1)

Non-income producing security.

(2)

The Fund considers the company to be from outside of the United States. See the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information for information on how a particular country is assigned.

 

Security

  

Country

  

Trading Currency

Agrium Inc.    Canada    U.S. dollar
ARM Holdings PLC (DR)    United Kingdom    U.S. dollar
Ctrip.com International, Ltd. (DR)    China    U.S. dollar
Gafisa S.A. (DR)    Brazil    U.S. dollar
HDFC Bank Ltd. (DR)    India    U.S. dollar
Home Inns & Hotels Management, Inc. (DR)    China    U.S. dollar
NetEase.com, Inc. (DR)    China    U.S. dollar

 

(3)

Collateralized by:

 

Issuer

   Rate     Maturity    Value

U.S. Treasury Note

   2.875   6/30/2010    $ 99,993,230

U.S. Treasury Note

   0.875      1/31/2011      95,704,438
           
        $ 195,697,668
           

 

(4)

Percentages for the various classifications relate to total net assets.

Company names are as reported by a data service provider and in some cases are translations; a company’s legal name may be different.

(DR) Depository Receipt, voting rights may vary.

 

6


ARTISAN MID CAP VALUE FUND

Schedule of Investments - December 31, 2009

(Unaudited)

 

     Shares Held    Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 94.7%

     

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 12.8%

     

Auto Components - 1.3%

     

BorgWarner Inc.

     2,006,600    $ 66,659,252   

Diversified Consumer Services - 1.9%

     

H&R Block, Inc.

     4,467,000      101,043,540   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 2.2%

     

Burger King Holdings, Inc.

     5,112,300      96,213,486   

Carnival Corporation(1)

     609,800      19,324,562   
           
        115,538,048   

Household Durables - 1.4%

     

Mohawk Industries, Inc.(1)

     1,512,500      71,995,000   

Leisure Equipment & Products - 1.7%

     

Mattel, Inc.

     4,577,900      91,466,442   

Media - 3.9%

     

Marvel Entertainment, Inc.(1)

     1,704,100      92,157,728   

Omnicom Group Inc.

     2,883,900      112,904,685   
           
        205,062,413   

Specialty Retail - 0.4%

     

AutoZone, Inc.(1)

     131,500      20,786,205   

CONSUMER STAPLES - 6.9%

     

Food & Staples Retailing - 3.8%

     

The Kroger Co.

     5,384,600      110,545,838   

Sysco Corporation

     3,146,100      87,902,034   
           
        198,447,872   

Food Products - 3.1%

     

Campbell Soup Company

     2,430,100      82,137,380   

H.J. Heinz Company

     1,976,400      84,510,864   
           
        166,648,244   

ENERGY - 7.3%

     

Energy Equipment & Services - 3.2%

     

Nabors Industries Ltd.(1)

     6,201,400      135,748,646   

Pride International, Inc.(1)

     988,700      31,549,417   
           
        167,298,063   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 4.1%

     

Cimarex Energy Co.

     3,035,190      160,774,014   

EOG Resources, Inc.

     594,900      57,883,770   
           
        218,657,784   

FINANCIALS - 16.8%

     

Consumer Finance - 0.3%

     

The Student Loan Corporation

     313,000      14,576,410   

Insurance - 15.0%

     

Alleghany Corporation(1)(2)

     506,276      139,732,176   

Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, Ltd

     1,865,500      85,943,585   

The Allstate Corporation

     3,620,000      108,744,800   

Arch Capital Group Ltd.(1)(2)

     1,581,073      113,125,773   

Brown & Brown, Inc.

     3,781,300      67,949,961   

Fidelity National Financial, Inc.

     8,219,281      110,631,522   

The Progressive Corporation(1)

     5,082,100      91,426,979   

W. R. Berkley Corporation

     3,035,100      74,784,864   
           
        792,339,660   

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) - 1.5%

     

Annaly Capital Management, Inc.

     4,618,300      80,127,505   

HEALTHCARE - 6.3%

     

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 2.1%

     

Stryker Corporation

     2,200,700      110,849,259   

Health Care Providers & Services - 2.9%

     

Cardinal Health, Inc.

     1,562,100      50,362,104   

CIGNA Corporation

     2,856,450      100,746,992   
           
        151,109,096   

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 1.3%

     

Covance Inc.(1)

     1,240,400      67,688,628   

INDUSTRIALS - 21.6%

     

Aerospace & Defense - 4.2%

     

L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.

     1,341,100      116,608,645   

Rockwell Collins, Inc.

     1,904,253      105,419,446   
           
        222,028,091   

Commercial Services & Supplies - 1.8%

     

Cintas Corporation

     3,690,600      96,140,130   

Electrical Equipment - 3.8%

     

Acuity Brands, Inc.(2)

     2,530,915      90,201,811   

Hubbell Inc., Class B

     2,339,400      110,653,620   
           
        200,855,431   

Machinery - 1.9%

     

Dover Corporation

     2,359,500      98,178,795   

Marine - 0.7%

     

Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.

     1,149,500      39,347,385   

Professional Services - 6.4%

     

The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation

     1,099,100      92,731,067   

Equifax Inc.

     3,630,100      112,133,789   

Manpower Inc.

     1,179,800      64,393,484   

Robert Half International Inc.

     2,539,100      67,870,143   
           
        337,128,483   

Road & Rail - 1.6%

     

Ryder System, Inc.

     2,026,800      83,443,356   

Trading Companies & Distributors - 1.2%

     

GATX Corporation

     2,188,100      62,907,875   

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 17.4%

     

Computers & Peripherals - 0.7%

     

Seagate Technology

     2,133,700      38,812,003   

Electronic Equipment & Instruments - 6.7%

     

Arrow Electronics, Inc.(1)

     3,569,600      105,695,856   

Avnet, Inc.(1)

     4,083,110      123,146,598   

Ingram Micro Inc., Class A(1)

     7,119,000      124,226,550   
           
        353,069,004   

IT Services - 5.5%

     

Hewitt Associates, Inc.(1)

     2,783,100      117,613,806   

SAIC, Inc.(1)

     4,860,300      92,054,082   

Total System Services, Inc.

     4,709,000      81,324,430   
           
        290,992,318   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 3.8%

     

Analog Devices, Inc.

     2,484,900      78,473,142   

Lam Research Corporation(1)

     690,900      27,090,189   

National Semiconductor Corporation

     6,251,800      96,027,648   
           
        201,590,979   

Software - 0.7%

     

SYNOPSYS, INC.(1)

     1,708,400      38,063,152   

UTILITIES - 5.6%

     

Electrical Utilities - 1.5%

     

PPL Corporation

     2,541,000      82,099,710   

Multi-Utilities - 3.1%

     

OGE Energy Corp.

     2,188,100      80,719,009   

SCANA Corporation

     2,218,400      83,589,312   
           
        164,308,321   

Water Utilities - 1.0%

     

American Water Works Company, Inc.

     2,349,500      52,652,295   
           

Total common stocks (Cost $4,362,767,620)

        5,001,910,749   
     Par Amount       

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (CASH EQUIVALENTS) - 6.4%

     

Repurchase agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, 0.00%, dated 12/31/09, due 1/4/10, maturity value $340,238,000(3) (Cost $340,238,000)

   $ 340,238,000    $ 340,238,000   
           

Total investments - 101.1% (Cost $4,703,005,620)

        5,342,148,749   

Other assets less liabilities - (1.1%)

        (59,392,011
           

Total net assets - 100.0%(4)

      $ 5,282,756,738   
           

 

(1)

Non-income producing security.

(2)

Affiliated company as defined by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. See Note (J) in Notes to Form N-Q.

(3)

Collateralized by:

 

Issuer

   Rate     Maturity    Value

U.S. Treasury Note

   0.875   1/31/2011    $ 347,045,563

 

(4)

Percentages for the various classifications relate to total net assets.

Company names are as reported by a data service provider and in some cases are translations; a company’s legal name may be different.

 

7


ARTISAN OPPORTUNISTIC GROWTH FUND

Schedule of Investments - December 31, 2009

(Unaudited)

 

     Shares Held    Value

COMMON STOCKS - 92.1%

     

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 14.6%

     

Auto Components - 2.7%

     

Johnson Controls, Inc.

     55,894    $ 1,522,553

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 3.3%

     

Ctrip.com International, Ltd. (DR)(1)(2)

     16,500      1,185,690

Starbucks Corporation(1)

     28,952      667,633
         
        1,853,323

Household Durables - 1.1%

     

Gafisa S.A.(2)(3)

     36,900      598,289

Multiline Retail - 3.7%

     

Kohl’s Corporation(1)

     38,400      2,070,912

Specialty Retail - 1.3%

     

Best Buy Co., Inc.

     18,350      724,091

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 2.5%

     

NIKE, Inc., Class B

     21,445      1,416,871

CONSUMER STAPLES - 2.0%

     

Food Products - 2.0%

     

Tingyi (Cayman Islands) Holding Corporation(2)(3)

     469,500      1,162,067

ENERGY - 6.6%

     

Energy Equipment & Services - 2.5%

     

Schlumberger Limited

     21,500      1,399,435

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 4.1%

     

Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (DR)(2)

     23,325      1,112,136

Range Resources Corporation

     24,100      1,201,385
         
        2,313,521

FINANCIALS - 5.6%

     

Capital Markets - 1.5%

     

TD AMERITRADE Holding Corporation(1)

     43,500      843,030

Diversified Financial Services - 4.1%

     

CME Group Inc., Class A

     2,635      885,228

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     34,975      1,457,408
         
        2,342,636

HEALTHCARE - 11.6%

     

Health Care Providers & Services - 2.9%

     

Community Health Systems, Inc.(1)

     45,500      1,619,800

Health Care Technology - 3.8%

     

Cerner Corporation(1)

     25,790      2,126,128

Pharmaceuticals - 4.9%

     

Allergan, Inc.

     43,575      2,745,661

INDUSTRIALS - 9.9%

     

Aerospace & Defense - 1.5%

     

Precision Castparts Corp.

     7,600      838,660

Construction & Engineering - 1.5%

     

Quanta Services, Inc.(1)

     39,975      833,079

Electrical Equipment - 3.0%

     

ABB Limited (DR)(1)(2)

     42,800      817,480

Gamesa Corporacion Tecnologica, S.A.(2)(3)

     51,725      867,098
         
        1,684,578

Machinery - 2.7%

     

Cummins Inc.

     16,900      775,034

Weg S.A.(2)(3)

     72,300      757,942
         
        1,532,976

Road & Rail - 1.2%

     

Localiza Rent a Car SA(2)(3)

     64,400      710,773

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 39.5%

     

Computers & Peripherals - 9.1%

     

Apple Inc.(1)

     12,250      2,583,035

EMC Corporation(1)

     146,700      2,562,849
         
        5,145,884

Electronic Equipment & Instruments - 6.0%

     

Agilent Technologies, Inc.(1)

     73,200      2,274,324

Corning Incorporated

     58,500      1,129,635
         
        3,403,959

Internet Software & Services - 8.3%

     

eBay Inc.(1)

     97,700      2,299,858

Google Inc., Class A(1)

     3,835      2,377,623
         
        4,677,481

IT Services - 4.0%

     

Visa Inc., Class A

     25,800      2,256,468

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 8.3%

     

ARM Holdings PLC(2)(3)

     537,100      1,535,831

Broadcom Corporation, Class A(1)

     32,425      1,019,766

MediaTek Incorporation(2)(3)

     33,600      583,496

MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc.(1)

     43,740      595,739

NVIDIA Corporation(1)

     51,720      966,130
         
        4,700,962

Software - 3.8%

     

Citrix Systems, Inc.(1)

     51,700      2,151,237

MATERIALS - 2.3%

     

Chemicals - 2.3%

     

The Mosaic Company

     21,465      1,282,104
         

Total common stocks (Cost $43,264,858)

        51,956,478
     Par Amount     

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (CASH EQUIVALENTS) - 7.8%

     

Repurchase agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, 0.00%, dated 12/31/09, due 1/4/10, maturity value $4,362,000(4) (Cost $4,362,000)

   $ 4,362,000    $ 4,362,000
         

Total investments - 99.9% (Cost $47,626,858)

        56,318,478

Other assets less liabilities - 0.1%

        79,624
         

Total net assets - 100.0%(5)

      $ 56,398,102
         

 

(1)

Non-income producing security.

(2)

The Fund considers the company to be from outside of the United States. See the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information for information on how a particular country is assigned.

 

Security

  

Country

  

Trading Currency

ABB Limited (DR)    Switzerland    U.S. dollar
ARM Holdings PLC    United Kingdom    British pound
Ctrip.com International, Ltd. (DR)    China    U.S. dollar
Gafisa S.A.    Brazil    Brazilian real
Gamesa Corporacion Tecnologica, S.A.    Spain    Euro
Localiza Rent a Car SA    Brazil    Brazilian real
MediaTek Incorporation    Taiwan    Taiwan dollar
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (DR)    Brazil    U.S. dollar
Tingyi (Cayman Islands) Holding Corporation    China    Hong Kong dollar
Weg S.A.    Brazil    Brazilian real

 

(3)

Valued at a fair value in accordance with procedures established by the board of directors of Artisan Funds, Inc. In total, securities valued at a fair value were $6,215,496 or 11.0% of total net assets.

(4)

Collateralized by:

 

Issuer

   Rate     Maturity    Value

U.S. Treasury Note

   3.000   9/30/2016    $ 4,453,625

 

(5)

Percentages for the various classifications relate to total net assets.

Company names are as reported by a data service provider and in some cases are translations; a company’s legal name may be different.

(DR) Depository Receipt, voting rights may vary.

CURRENCY EXPOSURE - DECEMBER 31, 2009

(Unaudited)

 

     Value    Percentage of
Total Investments
 

Brazilian real

   $ 2,067,004    3.7

British pound

     1,535,831    2.7   

Euro

     867,098    1.5   

Hong Kong dollar

     1,162,067    2.1   

Taiwan dollar

     583,496    1.0   

U.S. dollar

     50,102,982    89.0   
             

Total investments

   $ 56,318,478    100.0
             

 

8


ARTISAN OPPORTUNISTIC VALUE FUND

Schedule of Investments - December 31, 2009

(Unaudited)

 

     Shares Held    Value

COMMON STOCKS - 94.7%

     

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 8.9%

     

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 2.3%

     

McDonald’s Corporation

     79,000    $ 4,932,760

Household Durables - 1.7%

     

Mohawk Industries, Inc.(1)

     73,800      3,512,880

Media - 4.9%

     

Comcast Corporation, Class A Special(2)

     353,700      5,662,737

Omnicom Group Inc.

     115,700      4,529,655
         
        10,192,392

CONSUMER STAPLES - 14.1%

     

Food & Staples Retailing - 7.0%

     

The Kroger Co.

     310,300      6,370,459

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

     155,400      8,306,130
         
        14,676,589

Food Products - 5.8%

     

Kraft Foods Inc.

     234,400      6,370,992

Nestle SA(3)(4)

     118,200      5,742,487
         
        12,113,479

Tobacco - 1.3%

     

Philip Morris International Inc.

     58,900      2,838,391

ENERGY - 5.8%

     

Energy Equipment & Services - 3.2%

     

Nabors Industries Ltd.(1)

     309,800      6,781,522

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 2.6%

     

Apache Corporation

     53,200      5,488,644

FINANCIALS - 22.5%

     

Insurance - 20.6%

     

Alleghany Corporation(1)

     22,600      6,237,600

The Allstate Corporation

     216,850      6,514,174

Arch Capital Group Ltd.(1)(5)

     114,500      8,192,475

Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Class B(1)

     2,610      8,576,460

The Chubb Corporation

     81,600      4,013,088

Fidelity National Financial, Inc.

     389,800      5,246,708

The Progressive Corporation(1)

     252,000      4,533,480
         
        43,313,985

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) - 1.9%

     

Annaly Capital Management, Inc.

     228,200      3,959,270

HEALTHCARE - 12.3%

     

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 4.2%

     

Baxter International Inc.

     92,900      5,451,372

Stryker Corporation

     68,700      3,460,419
         
        8,911,791

Health Care Providers & Services - 2.0%

     

CIGNA Corporation

     117,700      4,151,279

Pharmaceuticals - 6.1%

     

Johnson & Johnson

     114,100      7,349,181

Pfizer Inc.

     303,100      5,513,389
         
        12,862,570

INDUSTRIALS - 9.1%

     

Aerospace & Defense - 9.1%

     

Lockheed Martin Corporation

     112,000      8,439,200

Raytheon Company

     136,800      7,047,936

Rockwell Collins, Inc.

     64,500      3,570,720
         
        19,057,856

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 22.0%

     

Computers & Peripherals - 6.1%

     

Hewlett-Packard Company

     166,800      8,591,868

International Business Machines Corporation

     33,000      4,319,700
         
        12,911,568

Electronic Equipment & Instruments - 6.5%

     

Avnet, Inc.(1)

     120,800      3,643,328

Corning Incorporated

     167,300      3,230,563

Ingram Micro Inc., Class A(1)

     389,800      6,802,010
         
        13,675,901

IT Services - 4.0%

     

Accenture PLC, Class A

     201,400      8,358,100

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 2.9%

     

Texas Instruments Incorporated

     230,800      6,014,648

Software - 2.5%

     

Microsoft Corporation

     171,900      5,241,231
         

Total common stocks (Cost $179,134,663)

        198,994,856
     Par Amount     

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (CASH EQUIVALENTS) - 4.9%

     

Repurchase agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, 0.00%, dated 12/31/09, due 1/4/10, maturity value $10,265,000(6) (Cost $10,265,000)

   $ 10,265,000    $ 10,265,000
         

Total investments - 99.6% (Cost $189,399,663)

        209,259,856

Other assets less liabilities - 0.4%

        779,545
         

Total net assets - 100.0%(7)

      $ 210,039,401
         

 

(1)

Non-income producing security.

(2)

Non-voting shares.

(3)

Valued at a fair value in accordance with procedures established by the board of directors of Artisan Funds, Inc. In total, securities valued at a fair value were $5,742,487 or 2.7% of total net assets.

(4)

The Fund considers the company to be from Switzerland. See the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information for information on how a particular country is assigned. The security trades in Swiss franc.

(5)

Affiliated company as defined by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. See Note (J) in Notes to Form N-Q.

(6)

Collateralized by:

 

Issuer

   Rate     Maturity    Value

U.S. Treasury Note

   3.500   2/15/2039    $ 10,471,900

 

(7)

Percentages for the various classifications relate to total net assets.

Company names are as reported by a data service provider and in some cases are translations; a company’s legal name may be different.

 

9


ARTISAN SMALL CAP FUND

Schedule of Investments - December 31, 2009

(Unaudited)

 

     Shares Held    Value

COMMON STOCKS - 95.5%

     

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 11.4%

     

Distributors - 2.2%

     

LKQ Corporation(1)

   412,900    $ 8,088,711

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 2.3%

     

7 Days Group Holdings Ltd. (DR)(1)(2)

   223,300      2,786,784

Home Inns & Hotels Management, Inc. (DR)(1)(2)

   33,700      1,191,295

WMS Industries(1)

   118,300      4,732,000
         
        8,710,079

Specialty Retail - 5.4%

     

The Gymboree Corporation(1)

   85,200      3,705,348

Hibbett Sports, Inc.(1)

   300,950      6,617,891

Monro Muffler Brake, Inc.

   111,000      3,711,840

PETsMART, Inc.

   233,900      6,242,791
         
        20,277,870

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 1.5%

     

Iconix Brand Group, Inc.(1)

   453,900      5,741,835

CONSUMER STAPLES - 3.2%

     

Food Products - 1.4%

     

Flowers Foods, Inc.

   219,300      5,210,568

Personal Products - 1.8%

     

Bare Escentuals, Inc.(1)

   235,200      2,876,496

Chattem, Inc.(1)

   41,000      3,825,300
         
        6,701,796

ENERGY - 6.6%

     

Energy Equipment & Services - 3.4%

     

Atwood Oceanics, Inc.(1)

   78,600      2,817,810

Core Laboratories N.V.

   52,200      6,165,864

Dril-Quip, Inc.(1)

   68,700      3,880,176
         
        12,863,850

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 3.2%

     

Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc.(1)

   220,000      5,827,800

Comstock Resources, Inc.(1)

   148,600      6,028,702
         
        11,856,502

FINANCIALS - 7.2%

     

Capital Markets - 4.7%

     

Ares Capital Corporation

   898,861      11,190,819

Artio Global Investors Inc., Class A(1)

   55,500      1,414,695

Greenhill & Co., Inc.

   21,100      1,693,064

Investment Technology Group, Inc.(1)

   165,200      3,254,440
         
        17,553,018

Commercial Banks - 0.8%

     

MB Financial, Inc.

   151,900      2,995,468

Insurance - 1.7%

     

Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated

   134,800      6,423,220

HEALTHCARE - 14.2%

     

Biotechnology - 1.2%

     

AMAG Pharamaceuticals, Inc.(1)

   64,700      2,460,541

Cepheid(1)

   154,600      1,929,408
         
        4,389,949

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 1.1%

     

Masimo Corporation(1)

   130,100      3,957,642

Health Care Providers & Services - 7.0%

     

Catalyst Health Solutions, Inc.(1)

   160,500      5,853,435

Clarient, Inc.(1)

   948,000      2,512,200

Genoptix, Inc.(1)

   150,600      5,350,818

PSS World Medical, Inc.(1)

   372,600      8,409,582

Psychiatric Solutions, Inc.(1)

   199,500      4,217,430
         
        26,343,465

Health Care Technology - 3.7%

     

athenahealth, Inc.(1)

   123,500      5,587,140

Phase Forward Incorporated(1)

   543,000      8,335,050
         
        13,922,190

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 1.2%

     

ICON PLC (DR)(1)(2)

   208,100      4,522,013

INDUSTRIALS - 20.6%

     

Aerospace & Defense - 2.1%

     

AAR CORP.(1)

   257,000      5,905,860

Hexcel Corporation(1)

   157,200      2,040,456
         
        7,946,316

Air Freight & Logistics - 0.8%

     

UTi Worldwide Inc.

   211,400      3,027,248

Airlines - 0.7%

     

Allegiant Travel Company(1)

   52,900      2,495,293

Commercial Services & Supplies - 7.0%

     

Clean Harbors, Inc.(1)

   73,300      4,369,413

Corrections Corporation of America(1)

   260,300      6,390,365

The GEO Group, Inc.(1)

   253,700      5,550,956

Waste Connections, Inc.(1)

   301,125      10,039,507
         
        26,350,241

Electrical Equipment - 0.8%

     

Regal-Beloit Corporation

   58,100      3,017,714

Machinery - 4.6%

     

Actuant Corporation

   150,600      2,790,618

Astec Industries, Inc.(1)(3)

   114,300      3,079,242

IDEX Corporation

   137,400      4,280,010

The Middleby Corporation(1)

   60,800      2,980,416

Robbins & Myers, Inc.

   172,400      4,054,848
         
        17,185,134

Professional Services - 1.4%

     

FTI Consulting, Inc.(1)

   114,300      5,390,388

Road & Rail - 1.6%

     

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.(1)

   197,500      6,063,250

Transportation Infrastructure - 1.6%

     

Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc.(2)

   212,700      5,844,996

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 29.8%

     

Communications Equipment - 1.0%

     

Riverbed Technology, Inc.(1)

   165,200      3,794,644

Computers & Peripherals - 1.2%

     

STEC, Inc.(1)

   98,400      1,607,856

Synaptics Incorporated(1)

   99,100      3,037,415
         
        4,645,271

Electronic Equipment & Instruments - 1.8%

     

Brightpoint, Inc.(1)

   907,700      6,671,595

Internet Software & Services - 4.0%

     

Equinix, Inc.(1)

   60,800      6,453,920

GSI Commerce, Inc.(1)

   331,600      8,419,324
         
        14,873,244

IT Services - 3.6%

     

Euronet Worldwide, Inc.(1)

   395,080      8,672,006

ManTech International Corporation, Class A(1)

   98,400      4,750,752
         
        13,422,758

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 5.5%

     

Atheros Communications, Inc.(1)

   212,700      7,282,848

Microsemi Corporation(1)

   331,600      5,885,900

Nanometrics Incorporated(1)

   185,600      2,102,848

Tessera Technologies, Inc.(1)

   190,900      4,442,243

Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc.(1)

   21,100      757,068
         
        20,470,907

Software - 12.7%

     

ANSYS, Inc.(1)

   132,100      5,741,066

AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc.(1)

   61,400      1,870,858

CommVault Systems, Inc.(1)

   294,600      6,979,074

Concur Technologies, Inc.(1)

   121,600      5,198,400

Informatica Corporation(1)

   280,100      7,243,386

Progress Software Corporation(1)

   197,500      5,768,975

Quest Software, Inc.(1)

   195,500      3,597,200

Rovi Corporation(1)

   204,100      6,504,667

SolarWinds, Inc.(1)

   210,700      4,848,207
         
        47,751,833

MATERIALS - 0.9%

     

Chemicals - 0.9%

     

Albemarle Corporation

   94,500      3,436,965

UTILITIES - 1.6%

     

Electrical Utilities - 1.6%

     

ITC Holdings Corp.

   111,600      5,813,244
         

Total common stocks (Cost $241,395,083)

        357,759,217

Total investments - 95.5% (Cost $241,395,083)

        357,759,217
         

Other assets less liabilities - 4.5%

        16,962,835
         

Total net assets - 100.0%(4)

      $ 374,722,052
         

 

(1)

Non-income producing security.

(2)

The Fund considers the company to be from outside of the United States. See the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information for information on how a particular country is assigned.

 

Security

  

Country

    

Trading Currency

7 Days Group Holdings Ltd. (DR)    China      U.S. dollar
Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc.    Greece      U.S. dollar
Home Inns & Hotels Management, Inc. (DR)    China      U.S. dollar
ICON PLC (DR)    Ireland      U.S. dollar

 

(3)

Affiliated company as defined by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. See Note (J) in Notes to Form N-Q.

(4)

Percentages for the various classifications relate to total net assets.

Company names are as reported by a data service provider and in some cases are translations; a company’s legal name may be different.

(DR) Depository Receipt, voting rights may vary.

 

10


ARTISAN SMALL CAP VALUE FUND

Schedule of Investments - December 31, 2009

(Unaudited)

 

     Shares
Held
   Value

COMMON STOCKS - 93.8%

     

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 6.2%

     

Diversified Consumer Services - 0.8%

     

Matthews International Corporation

   553,000    $ 19,592,790

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 2.4%

     

International Speedway Corporation, Class A

   1,060,100      30,159,845

Jack in the Box Inc.(1)

   1,378,800      27,120,996
         
        57,280,841

Media - 1.7%

     

Meredith Corporation

   1,021,400      31,510,190

World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Class A

   596,400      9,142,812
         
        40,653,002

Specialty Retail - 1.3%

     

Rent-A-Center, Inc.(1)

   1,772,485      31,408,434

CONSUMER STAPLES - 4.1%

     

Food & Staples Retailing - 1.0%

     

Ruddick Corporation

   949,000      24,417,770

Food Products - 0.5%

     

Sanderson Farms, Inc.

   297,000      12,521,520

Personal Products - 1.2%

     

Chattem, Inc.(1)

   305,300      28,484,490

Tobacco - 1.4%

     

Universal Corporation

   731,700      33,372,837

ENERGY - 8.5%

     

Energy Equipment & Services - 5.4%

     

Cal Dive International, Inc.(1)

   3,955,388      29,902,733

Parker Drilling Company(1)

   3,697,000      18,300,150

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.

   1,753,100      26,910,085

RPC, Inc.

   1,566,300      16,289,520

Seahawk Drilling, Inc.(1)(2)

   806,500      18,178,510

Superior Energy Services, Inc.(1)

   756,200      18,368,098
         
           127,949,096

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 3.1%

     

Comstock Resources, Inc.(1)

   485,400      19,692,678

Forest Oil Corporation(1)

   1,444,000      32,129,000

Holly Corporation

   854,800      21,908,524
         
        73,730,202

FINANCIALS - 8.5%

     

Consumer Finance - 0.6%

     

The Student Loan Corporation

   321,500      14,972,255

Diversified Financial Services - 1.0%

     

PICO Holdings, Inc.(1)

   734,100      24,027,093

Insurance - 6.2%

     

Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, Ltd

   393,600      18,133,152

Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited

   437,100      11,124,195

Assured Guaranty Ltd.

   910,400      19,810,304

Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd.

   246,300      9,169,749

Max Capital Group Ltd.

   625,400      13,946,420

Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd.

   632,700      24,226,083

Stewart Information Services Corporation(2)

   1,161,778      13,104,856

Willis Group Holdings Limited

   416,246      10,980,570

Zenith National Insurance Corp.

   927,300      27,596,448
         
        148,091,777

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) - 0.7%

     

Hatteras Financial Corporation

   94,645      2,646,274

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust(1)

   574,700      12,649,147
         
        15,295,421

HEALTHCARE - 4.5%

     

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 1.2%

     

CONMED Corporation(1)

   1,110,800      25,326,240

National Dentex Corporation(1)

   247,700      2,501,770
         
        27,828,010

Health Care Providers & Services - 2.5%

     

AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.(1)(2)

   2,438,900      22,096,434

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc.(1)(2)

   2,317,100      22,962,461

HealthSpring, Inc.(1)

   795,000      13,999,950

Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc.(1)

   1,530,300      627,423
         
        59,686,268

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.8%

     

Varian Inc.(1)

   340,500      17,549,370

INDUSTRIALS - 22.1%

     

Aerospace & Defense - 1.9%

     

Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., Class A(1)

   1,374,000      27,287,640

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated(1)

   432,200      16,579,192
         
        43,866,832

Building Products - 1.0%

     

Quanex Building Products Corporation

   1,401,775      23,788,122

Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.4%

     

Sykes Enterprises, Incorporated(1)

   386,400      9,841,608

Construction & Engineering - 3.9%

     

Comfort Systems USA, Inc.(2)

   2,236,100      27,593,474

EMCOR Group, Inc.(1)

   1,304,000      35,077,600

Granite Construction Incorporated

   888,600      29,910,276
         
        92,581,350

Electrical Equipment - 2.7%

     

Acuity Brands, Inc.(2)

   908,000      32,361,120

Woodward Governor Company

   1,246,000      32,109,420
         
        64,470,540

Industrial Conglomerates - 0.5%

     

McDermott International, Inc.(1)

   470,900      11,306,309

Machinery - 3.0%

     

Astec Industries, Inc.(1)(2)

   1,016,600      27,387,204

IDEX Corporation

   772,700      24,069,605

Mueller Industries, Inc.

   789,600      19,613,664
         
        71,070,473

Marine - 0.7%

     

Kirby Corporation(1)

   502,300      17,495,109

Professional Services - 6.4%

     

CRA International, Inc.(1)

   246,300      6,563,895

Diamond Management & Technology Consultants, Inc.

   1,145,100      8,439,387

Hudson Highland Group, Inc.(1)(2)

   1,349,000      6,394,260

Kforce Inc.(1)

   238,700      2,983,750

Korn/Ferry International(1)

   598,900      9,881,850

Monster Worldwide, Inc.(1)

   1,716,900      29,874,060

School Specialty, Inc.(1)(2)

   1,183,200      27,675,048

TrueBlue, Inc.(1)

   1,504,400      22,280,164

Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Inc.

   794,500      37,754,640
         
        151,847,054

Road & Rail - 1.6%

     

Arkansas Best Corporation

   732,300      21,551,589

Ryder System, Inc.

   405,700      16,702,669
         
        38,254,258

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 24.5%

     

Computers & Peripherals - 2.6%

     

Imation Corp.(1)

   1,176,000      10,254,720

Intermec, Inc.(1)

   2,005,800      25,794,588

Lexmark International, Inc., Class A(1)

   997,300      25,909,854
         
        61,959,162

Electronic Equipment & Instruments - 4.9%

     

Anixter International Inc.(1)

   265,600      12,509,760

Arrow Electronics, Inc.(1)

   1,009,400      29,888,334

Benchmark Electronics, Inc.(1)

   1,252,800      23,690,448

Coherent, Inc.(1)

   438,400      13,033,632

Orbotech, Ltd.(1)(2)(3)

   2,440,479      22,867,288

RadiSys Corporation(1)(2)

   1,499,600      14,321,180
         
        116,310,642

Internet Software & Services - 0.6%

     

EarthLink, Inc.

   1,622,700      13,484,637

IT Services - 3.4%

     

CACI International Inc(1)

   472,800      23,096,280

MAXIMUS, Inc.

   608,500      30,425,000

SRA International, Inc., Class A(1)

   1,374,000      26,243,400
         
        79,764,680

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 4.7%

     

Actel Corporation(1)(2)

   1,729,000      20,540,520

ATMI, Inc.(1)

   605,300      11,270,686

LTX Corporation(1)

   3,804,100      6,771,298

Rudolph Technologies, Inc.(1)(2)

   2,128,400      14,302,848

Standard Microsystems Corporation(1)

   584,400      12,143,832

Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc.(1)(2)

   1,594,444      11,145,164

Ultratech, Inc.(1)(2)

   1,736,200      25,799,932

Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc.(1)

   268,500      9,633,780
         
        111,608,060

Software - 8.3%

     

Fair Isaac Corporation

   1,224,300      26,089,833

Jack Henry and Associates, Inc.

   729,300      16,861,416

Lawson Software, Inc.(1)

   5,365,600      35,681,240

Manhattan Associates, Inc.(1)(2)

   1,598,600      38,414,358

MicroStrategy Incorporated, Class A(1)

   268,000      25,197,360

Progress Software Corporation(1)

   969,000      28,304,490

TIBCO Software Inc.(1)

   1,418,600      13,661,118

Websense, Inc.(1)

   765,400      13,363,884
         
        197,573,699

MATERIALS - 4.9%

     

Chemicals - 4.5%

     

H.B. Fuller Company

     1,535,800      34,939,450

Olin Corporation

     1,531,000      26,823,120

OM Group, Inc.(1)

     574,700      18,039,833

Sensient Technologies Corporation

     1,055,300      27,754,390
         
        107,556,793

Construction Materials - 0.4%

     

Eagle Materials Inc.

     335,700      8,744,985

UTILITIES - 10.5%

     

Electrical Utilities - 7.7%

     

ALLETE, Inc.

     843,800      27,575,384

Cleco Corporation

     1,354,700      37,023,951

El Paso Electric Company(1)

     1,640,700      33,273,396

The Empire District Electric Company

     905,500      16,960,015

IDACORP, Inc.

     852,400      27,234,180

Portland General Electric Company

     1,632,400      33,317,284

UIL Holdings Corporation

     295,500      8,297,640
         
        183,681,850

Gas Utilities - 0.5%

     

Northwest Natural Gas Company

     280,100      12,615,704

Multi-Utilities - 2.3%

     

NorthWestern Corporation

     1,026,300      26,704,326

Vectren Corporation

     1,103,500      27,234,380
         
        53,938,706
         

Total common stocks (Cost $2,108,951,165)

        2,228,621,749
     Par Amount     

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (CASH EQUIVALENTS) - 5.9%

     

Repurchase agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, 0.00%, dated 12/31/09, due 1/4/10, maturity value $139,297,000(4) (Cost $139,297,000)

   $ 139,297,000    $ 139,297,000
         

Total investments - 99.7% (Cost $2,248,248,165)

        2,367,918,749

Other assets less liabilities - 0.3%

        6,555,319
         

Total net assets - 100.0%(5)

      $ 2,374,474,068
         

 

(1)

Non-income producing security.

(2)

Affiliated company as defined by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. See Note (J) in Notes to Form N-Q.

(3)

The Fund considers the company to be from Israel. See the Fund’s Statement of Additional Information for information on how a particular country is assigned. The security trades in U.S. dollars.

(4)

Collateralized by:

 

Issuer

   Rate     Maturity    Value

U.S. Treasury Note

   3.000   9/30/2016    $ 142,086,438

 

(5)

Percentages for the various classifications relate to total net assets.

Company names are as reported by a data service provider and in some cases are translations; a company’s legal name may be different.

 

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ARTISAN FUNDS, INC.

Notes to Form NQ – December 31, 2009 (Unaudited)

 

(A) Organization:

As of December 31, 2009, Artisan Funds, Inc. (“Artisan Funds”) is a series comprised of eleven open-end, diversified mutual funds (each a “Fund” and collectively the “Funds”):

 

Fund Name
Artisan Emerging Markets Fund (“Emerging Markets Fund” or “Emerging Markets”)
Artisan Global Value Fund (“Global Value Fund” or “Global Value”)
Artisan International Fund (“International Fund” or “International”)
Artisan International Small Cap Fund (“International Small Cap Fund” or “International Small Cap”)
Artisan International Value Fund (“International Value Fund” or “International Value”)
Artisan Mid Cap Fund (“Mid Cap Fund” or “Mid Cap”)
Artisan Mid Cap Value Fund (“Mid Cap Value Fund” or “Mid Cap Value”)
Artisan Opportunistic Growth Fund (“Opportunistic Growth Fund” or “Opportunistic Growth”)
Artisan Opportunistic Value Fund (“Opportunistic Value Fund” or “Opportunistic Value”)
Artisan Small Cap Fund (“Small Cap Fund” or “Small Cap”)
Artisan Small Cap Value Fund (“Small Cap Value Fund” or “Small Cap Value”)

Each Fund is managed by Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (the “Adviser”).

 

(B) Security valuation:

The net asset value (“NAV”) of the shares of each class of each Fund was determined as of the close of regular session trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (usually 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time) each day the NYSE was open for regular session trading. The NAV of each class of shares was determined by dividing the value of each Fund’s securities and other assets attributed to that class, less its liabilities attributed to that class, by the number of outstanding shares of that class of that Fund.

In determining NAV, each equity security traded on a securities exchange, including the Nasdaq Stock Market and over-the-counter securities, was valued at the closing price as of the time of valuation on the exchange or market designated by the Fund’s accounting agent or pricing vendor as the principal exchange (the “principal exchange”). The closing price provided by the pricing vendor for a principal exchange may differ and may represent information such as last sales price, an official closing price, a closing auction price or other information, depending on exchange or market convention. Absent closing price information from the principal exchange as of the time of valuation, the security was valued using the closing price on another exchange on which the security traded (if such price is made available by the pricing vendor) or the most recent bid quotation on the principal exchange or, if not available, another exchange or in the over-the-counter market, except that securities listed on the London Stock Exchange were valued at the mean of the most recent bid and asked quotations as of the time of valuation. Short-term investments, other than repurchase agreements, maturing within sixty days from the valuation date were valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.

 

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Securities for which prices were not readily available were valued by Artisan Funds’ valuation committee (the “valuation committee”) at a fair value determined in good faith under procedures established by and under the general supervision of Artisan Funds’ board of directors (the “board of directors”). A price was considered to be not readily available if, among other things, the valuation committee believed that the price determined as described in the preceding paragraph did not reflect a fair value of the security.

Emerging Markets Fund, Global Value Fund, International Fund, International Small Cap Fund and International Value Fund generally invested a significant portion, and perhaps as much as substantially all, of their total assets in securities principally traded in markets outside the U.S. Opportunistic Growth Fund and Opportunistic Value Fund had the ability to invest, and did invest, in securities principally traded outside the U.S. The foreign markets in which the Funds invested were sometimes open on days when the NYSE was not open and the Funds did not calculate their NAVs, and sometimes were not open on days when the Funds did calculate their NAVs. Even on days on which both the foreign market and the NYSE were open, several hours may have passed between the time when trading in the foreign market closed and the time as of which the Funds calculate their NAVs. That was generally the case for markets in Europe, Asia, Australia and other far eastern markets; the regular closing time of foreign markets in North and South America was generally the same as the closing time of the NYSE and the time as of which the Funds calculated their NAVs.

The valuation committee concluded that a price determined under the Funds’ valuation procedures was not readily available if, among other things, the valuation committee believed that the value of the security might have been materially affected by events occurring after the close of the market in which the security was principally traded but before the time for determination of NAV (“subsequent event”). A subsequent event might include a company-specific development (for example, announcement of a merger that is made after the close of the foreign market), a development that might affect an entire market or region (for example, imposition of foreign exchange controls by a foreign government), a potentially global development (such as a terrorist attack that may be expected to have an impact on investor expectations worldwide) or a significant change in one or more U.S. securities indexes. Artisan Funds monitored for subsequent events using several tools. An indication by any of those tools of a potential material change in the value of securities resulted in either a meeting of the valuation committee, which considered whether a subsequent event had occurred and whether local market closing prices continued to represent fair values for potentially affected non-U.S. securities, and/or a valuation based on information provided by a third party research service. This third party research service was used to assist in determining estimates of fair values for foreign securities. That service utilized statistical data based on historical performance of securities, markets and other data in developing factors used to estimate a fair value.

Estimates of fair values utilized by the Funds as described above may differ from the value realized on the subsequent sale of those securities and from quoted or published prices for those securities. The differences may have been material to the NAV of the applicable Fund or to the information presented.

Foreign stocks as an asset class may underperform U.S. stocks, and foreign stocks may be more volatile than U.S. stocks. Risks relating to investment in foreign securities (including, but not limited to, depository receipts and participation certificates) include: currency exchange rate fluctuation; less available public information about the issuers of securities; less stringent regulatory standards; lack of uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards; and country risks including less liquidity, high inflation rates, unfavorable economic practices and political instability. The risks of foreign investments are typically greater in emerging and less developed markets.

 

(C) Fair Value Measurements:

Under generally accepted accounting principles for fair value measurement, accounting standards provide guidance on the definition of fair value for financial reporting, establish a framework for measuring fair value and require additional disclosures about the use of fair value measurements. In accordance with this standard, fair value is defined as the price that each Fund would receive upon selling an investment in an orderly transaction to an independent buyer in the principal or most advantageous market of the investment. The standard establishes a three-tier hierarchy to distinguish between (1) inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability developed based on the market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity (observable inputs) and (2) inputs that reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances (unobservable inputs) and to establish classification of fair value measurements for disclosure purposes. Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Funds’ investments. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized in three broad levels:

 

  Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

 

  Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including but not limited to quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risks, etc.)

 

  Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Funds’ own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

 

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The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities.

The following table summarizes each Fund’s investments by major security type, based on the inputs used to determine their fair values as of December 31, 2009:

 

Fund    Level 1 - Quoted Prices    Level 2 - Other Significant
Observable Inputs
    Level 3 - Significant
Unobservable Inputs
   Total

Emerging Markets

                            

Equity Securities(1)

                            

Emerging Asia

   $ 3,875,422    $ 87,886,995      $ —      $ 91,762,417

Latin America

     14,518,758      44,576,962        —        59,095,720

Emerging Europe, Middle East & Africa

     1,697,363      49,228,671        —        50,926,034

Developed Markets

     1,273,913      6,608,362        —        7,882,275

Repurchase Agreements

     —        9,892,000        —        9,892,000

Total

   $ 21,365,456    $ 198,192,990 (2)    $ —      $ 219,558,446

Global Value

                            

Equity Securities(1)

                            

Americas

   $ 12,738,304    $ —        $ —      $ 12,738,304

Emerging Markets

     —        —          —        —  

Europe

     2,556,611      11,093,785        —        13,650,396

Pacific Basin

     546,090      1,883,422        —        2,429,512

Repurchase Agreements

     —        1,867,000        —        1,867,000

Total

   $ 15,841,005    $ 14,844,207 (2)    $ —      $ 30,685,212

International

                            

Equity Securities(1)

                            

Americas

   $ 745,107,053    $ —        $ —      $ 745,107,053

Emerging Markets

     660,696,772      670,743,893        —        1,331,440,665

Europe

     —        7,470,929,439        —        7,470,929,439

Pacific Basin

     —        844,613,816        —        844,613,816

Repurchase Agreements

     —        234,979,000        —        234,979,000

Total

   $ 1,405,803,825    $ 9,221,266,148 (2)    $ —      $ 10,627,069,973

International Small Cap

                            

Equity Securities(1)

                            

Americas

   $ 14,258,868    $ —        $ —      $ 14,258,868

Emerging Markets

     5,176,301      188,773,182        —        193,949,483

Europe

     —        432,595,463        —        432,595,463

Pacific Basin

     —        95,272,507        —        95,272,507

Repurchase Agreements

     —        30,475,000        —        30,475,000

Total

   $ 19,435,169    $ 747,116,152 (2)    $ —      $ 766,551,321

International Value

                            

Equity Securities(1)

                            

Americas

   $ 337,278,346    $ —        $ —      $ 337,278,346

Emerging Markets

     —        14,069,752        —        14,069,752

Europe

     184,546,856      1,338,439,844        —        1,522,986,700

Pacific Basin

     —        276,406,889        —        276,406,889

Repurchase Agreements

     —        166,146,000        —        166,146,000

Total

   $ 521,825,202    $ 1,795,062,485 (2)    $ —      $ 2,316,887,687

Mid Cap

                            

Equity Securities(1)

   $ 4,179,548,249    $ —        $ —      $ 4,179,548,249
Repurchase Agreements      —      $ 191,856,000        —        191,856,000
Total    $ 4,179,548,249    $ 191,856,000      $ —      $ 4,371,404,249

Mid Cap Value

                            
Equity Securities(1)    $ 5,001,910,749    $ —        $ —      $ 5,001,910,749

Repurchase Agreements

     —      $ 340,238,000        —        340,238,000

Total

   $ 5,001,910,749    $ 340,238,000      $ —      $ 5,342,148,749

Opportunistic Growth Fund

                            

Equity Securities

                            

Consumer Discretionary

   $ 7,587,750    $ 598,289      $ —      $ 8,186,039

Consumer Staples

     —        1,162,067        —        1,162,067

Energy

     3,712,956      —          —        3,712,956

Financials

     3,185,666      —          —        3,185,666

Health Care

     6,491,589      —          —        6,491,589

Industrials

     3,264,253      2,335,812        —        5,600,065

Information Technology

     20,216,664      2,119,327        —        22,335,991

Materials

     1,282,105      —          —        1,282,105

Repurchase Agreements

     —        4,362,000        —        4,362,000

Total

   $ 45,740,983    $ 10,577,495 (2)    $ —      $ 56,318,478

Opportunistic Value Fund

                            

Equity Securities

                            

Consumer Discretionary

   $ 18,638,032    $ —        $ —      $ 18,638,032

Consumer Staples

     23,885,972      5,742,487        —        29,628,459

Energy

     12,270,166      —          —        12,270,166

Financials

     47,273,255      —          —        47,273,255

Health Care

     25,925,640      —          —        25,925,640

Industrials

     19,057,856      —          —        19,057,856

Information Technology

     46,201,448      —          —        46,201,448

Repurchase Agreements

     —        10,265,000        —        10,265,000

Total

   $ 193,252,369    $ 16,007,487 (2)    $ —      $ 209,259,856

Small Cap Fund

                            

Equity Securities(1)

   $ 357,759,217    $ —        $ —      $ 357,759,217

Repurchase Agreements

     —        —          —        —  

Total

   $ 357,759,217    $ —        $ —      $ 357,759,217

Small Cap Value Fund

                            

Equity Securities(1)

   $ 2,228,621,749    $ —        $ —      $ 2,228,621,749

Repurchase Agreements

     —        139,297,000        —        139,297,000

Total

   $ 2,228,621,749    $ 139,297,000      $ —      $ 2,367,918,749

 

(1)

See Fund’s Schedule of Investments for sector or country classifications.

(2)

Includes trading primarily outside the U.S. whose value the Fund adjusted as result of significant market movements following the close of local trading.

 

(D) Repurchase agreements:

Each Fund may enter into repurchase agreements with institutions that the Adviser determined were creditworthy pursuant to criteria adopted by the board of directors. Repurchase agreements were recorded at cost plus accrued interest and were collateralized in an amount greater than or equal to the repurchase price plus accrued interest. Collateral (in the form of U.S. government securities) was held by the Funds’ custodian and in the event of default on the obligation of the counterparty to repurchase, the Funds had the right to liquidate the collateral and apply the proceeds in satisfaction of the obligation. If the proceeds from any sale of such collateral were less than the repurchase price, the Fund would have suffered a loss.

 

(E) Depository receipts:

Each of the Funds may invest in depository receipts. Depository receipts are typically issued by a financial institution (a “depository”), evidencing ownership interests in a security issued by an issuer and deposited with the depository.

 

(F) Foreign currency translation:

Values of foreign investments, open foreign currency forward contracts, payables for capital gains taxes and cash denominated in foreign currencies were translated into U.S. dollars using a spot market rate of exchange as of the time of determination of each Fund’s NAV on the day of valuation. Payables and receivables for securities transactions, dividend and reclaim receivables and other receivables and payables denominated in a foreign currency were translated into U.S. dollars

using a spot market rate of exchange as of 12:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the day of valuation. Purchases and sales of investments and dividend and interest income were translated into U.S. dollars using a spot market rate of exchange as of 12:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the date of such transactions.

 

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(G) Equity-linked participation certificates:

Emerging Markets Fund, Global Value Fund, International Fund, International Small Cap Fund, International Value Fund, Opportunistic Growth Fund, and Opportunistic Value Fund may invest in equity-linked participation certificates. Equity-linked participation certificates are derivative securities which are designed to provide synthetic exposure to one or more underlying securities. An investment in an equity-linked participation certificate typically entitles the holder to a return equal to the market return of the underlying security or securities, subject to the credit risk of the issuing financial institution.

 

(H) Investment transactions:

Security transactions were accounted for no later than one business day after trade date, in accordance with applicable law. However, for financial reporting purposes, security transactions were recorded on trade date in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles. The cost of securities purchased and the proceeds from the sale of securities (excluding short-term securities) for the three months ended December 31, 2009 were as follows:

 

Fund

   Security Purchases    Security Sales

Emerging Markets

   $ 56,092,888    $ 8,587,533

Global Value

     2,404,769      2,280,152

International

     1,530,815,492      2,015,051,387

International Small Cap

     138,223,712      120,371,235

International Value

     377,784,745      109,163,660

Mid Cap

     649,261,318      690,593,570

Mid Cap Value

     828,529,713      442,212,697

Opportunistic Growth

     17,638,079      10,733,584

Opportunistic Value

     49,270,939      38,564,297

Small Cap

     46,452,442      130,061,366

Small Cap Value

     389,304,973      269,153,292

 

(I) Information for Federal income tax purposes:

For Federal income tax purposes, the cost of investments, gross unrealized appreciation, gross unrealized depreciation and net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments as of December 31, 2009 were as follows:

 

Fund

   Cost of Investments    Gross Unrealized
Appreciation
   Gross
Unrealized
Depreciation
    Net Unrealized
Appreciation on
Investments

Emerging Markets

   $ 197,777,634    $ 27,071,010    $ (5,290,198   $ 21,780,812

Global Value

     25,443,030      5,560,069      (317,887     5,242,182

International

     9,007,222,419      1,863,414,456      (243,566,902     1,619,847,554

International Small Cap

     636,687,347      181,223,420      (51,359,446     129,863,974

International Value

     2,114,516,509      264,533,725      (62,162,547     202,371,178

Mid Cap

     3,523,992,121      976,349,848      (128,937,720     847,412,128

Mid Cap Value

     4,753,761,549      703,947,951      (115,560,751     588,387,200

Opportunistic Growth

     47,834,132      8,915,368      (431,022     8,484,346

Opportunistic Value

     197,170,310      18,772,512      (6,682,966     12,089,546

Small Cap

     263,629,547      98,791,050      (4,661,380     94,129,670

Small Cap Value

     2,266,964,827      290,123,733      (189,169,811     100,953,922

The difference between cost of investments for financial reporting and cost of investments for Federal income tax purposes was due primarily to timing differences in recognizing certain gains and losses on security transactions (e.g., wash sale loss deferrals and passive foreign investment company transactions).

 

(J) Transactions in securities of affiliates:

The table below shows information about securities of the Funds’ “affiliates” (as defined below) that were held by the Funds, purchased or sold by the Funds, or from which dividends were received by the Funds during the three months ended December 31, 2009. The Funds identify a company as an affiliate for the purpose of this report if one or more of the Funds owned, in the aggregate, voting securities that it believed represented 5% or more of that company’s outstanding voting securities (as defined by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) during the three months ended December 31, 2009.

 

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Fund

 

Security

   As of
9/30/09
Share Balance
   Purchase
Cost
   Sales Cost    Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Dividend
Income(1)
   As of
12/31/09
Share
Balance
   As of
12/31/09

Value

Global Value

                   
 

Arch Capital Group Ltd.(2)(3)

   13,901    $ 28,796    $ 13,258    $ (128   $ —      14,118    $ 1,010,143
 

Total(4)

      $ 28,796    $ 13,258    $ (128   $ —         $ 1,010,143

International Value

                   
 

Arch Capital Group Ltd.(2)(3)

   1,276,234    $ 2,608,680    $ —      $ —        $ —      1,503,385    $ 107,567,197
 

Total(4)

      $ 2,608,680    $ —      $ —        $ —         $ 107,567,197

Mid Cap Value

                   
 

Acuity Brands, Inc.

   2,418,315    $ 8,016,828    $ 5,424,399    $ (862,673   $ 310,455    2,530,915    $ 90,201,811
 

Alleghany Corporation(3)

   475,576      8,070,608      —        —          —      506,276      139,732,176
 

Arch Capital Group Ltd.(2)(3)

   1,414,873      11,630,322      —        —          —      1,581,073      113,125,773
 

Total(4)

      $ 27,717,758    $ 5,424,399    $ (862,673   $ 310,455       $ 343,059,760

Opportunistic Value

                   
 

Arch Capital Group Ltd.(2)(3)

   69,700    $ 3,157,113    $ —      $ —        $ —      114,500    $ 8,192,475
 

Total(4)

      $ 3,157,113    $ —      $ —        $ —         $ 8,192,475

Small Cap

                   
 

Astec Industries, Inc.(2)(3)

   140,900    $ —      $ 762,408    $ (74,233   $ —      114,300    $ 3,079,242
 

Total(4)

      $ —      $ 762,408    $ (74,233   $ —         $ 3,079,242

Small Cap Value

                   
 

Actel Corporation(2)(3)

   1,305,900    $ 4,951,216    $ —      $ —        $ —      1,729,000    $ 20,540,520
 

Acuity Brands, Inc.

   897,200      1,266,748      1,331,919      (381,411     113,139    908,000      32,361,120
 

AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.(3)

   2,231,300      1,804,614      —        —          —      2,438,900      22,096,434
 

Astec Industries, Inc.(2)(3)

   668,100      8,882,447      —        —          —      1,016,600      27,387,204
 

Comfort Systems USA, Inc.(2)

   1,700,600      6,162,620      —        —          110,290    2,236,100      27,593,474
 

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc.(3)

   2,147,700      1,769,407      440,888      (193,242     —      2,317,100      22,962,461
 

Diamond Management & Technology Consultants, Inc.(5)

   1,658,000      —        4,933,309      (1,258,902     104,853    1,145,100      8,439,387
 

Hudson Highland Group, Inc.(2)(3)

   1,220,200      541,736      —        —          —      1,349,000      6,394,260
 

Manhattan Associates, Inc.(3)

   1,503,300      2,746,944      472,592      (51,271     —      1,598,600      38,414,358
 

Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc.(3)(5)

   1,577,900      —        223,656      (211,950     —      1,530,300      627,423
 

Orbotech, Ltd.(3)

   2,243,779      1,937,003      —        —          —      2,440,479      22,867,288
 

Quanex Building Products Corporation(5)

   2,030,475      408,852      10,766,941      73,421        45,164    1,401,775      23,788,122
 

RadiSys Corporation(3)

   1,294,500      1,813,474      —        —          —      1,499,600      14,321,180
 

Rudolph Technologies, Inc.(3)

   1,922,600      1,411,566      —        —          —      2,128,400      14,302,848
 

School Specialty, Inc.(2)(3)

   851,600      7,842,024      —        —          —      1,183,200      27,675,048
 

Seahawk Drilling, Inc.(2)(3)

   366,100      10,313,737      —        —          —      806,500      18,178,510
 

Stewart Information Services Corporation

   1,120,678      432,975      —        —          58,089    1,161,778      13,104,856
 

Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc.(3)

   1,455,900      902,111      —        —          —      1,594,444      11,145,164
 

Ultratech, Inc.(3)

   1,434,300      4,072,127      —        —          —      1,736,200      25,799,932
 

Total(4)

      $ 57,259,601    $ 18,169,305    $ (2,023,355   $ 431,535       $ 345,144,657

 

(1)

Net of foreign taxes withheld, if any.

(2)

Issuer was not an affiliate as of September 30, 2009.

(3)

Non-income producing security.

(4)

Total value as of December 31, 2009 is presented for only those issuers that were affiliates as of December 31, 2009.

(5)

Issuer was no longer an affiliate as of December 31, 2009.

 

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Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

(a) The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers have concluded, based on an evaluation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the “Disclosure Controls”) as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date (the “Filing Date”) of this Form N-Q (the “Report”), that the Disclosure Controls are effectively designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in the Report is recorded, processed, summarized and reported by the Filing Date, including ensuring that information required to be disclosed in the Report is accumulated and communicated to the registrant’s management, including the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

(b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 3. Exhibits.

 

(a) Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (17 CFR 270.30a-2), are attached hereto as Exhibits (a)(1) and (a)(2).


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Artisan Funds, Inc.

 

By:   /s/    Eric R. Colson
  Eric R. Colson
  Principal Executive Officer

Date: February 23, 2010

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By:   /s/    Eric R. Colson
  Eric R. Colson
  Principal Executive Officer

Date: February 23, 2010

 

By:   /s/    Lawrence A. Totsky
  Lawrence A. Totsky
  Principal Financial Officer

Date: February 23, 2010

EX-99.CERT 2 dex99cert.htm CERTIFICATIONS Certifications

Exhibit (a)(1)

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Eric R. Colson, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of Artisan Funds, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the schedules of investments included in this report fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report, based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: February 23, 2010

 

/s/    Eric R. Colson
Eric R. Colson
Principal Executive Officer

 


Exhibit (a)(2)

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Lawrence A. Totsky, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of Artisan Funds, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the schedules of investments included in this report fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report, based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: February 23, 2010

 

/s/    Lawrence A. Totsky
Lawrence A. Totsky
Principal Financial Officer
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