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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 27, 2019

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-CSR

 

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number 811-21597

 

 

PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

177 East Colorado Boulevard, 11th Floor

Pasadena, CA 91105

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

 

Michael J. Ricks

PRIMECAP Management Company

177 East Colorado Boulevard, 11th Floor

Pasadena, CA 91105

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

(626) 304-9222

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

Date of fiscal year end: October 31

Date of reporting period: October 31, 2019

 

 

 


Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.

 


Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.

ANNUAL REPORT

For the Year Ended October 31, 2019

 

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PRIMECAP ODYSSEY STOCK    (POSKX)

PRIMECAP ODYSSEY GROWTH (POGRX)

PRIMECAP ODYSSEY AGGRESSIVE GROWTH  (POAGX)

Beginning in January 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of the Funds’ annual and semiannual shareholder reports will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports. Instead, the reports will be made available on the Funds’ website (http://www.primecap.com/document-viewer/), and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website link to access the report.

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Table of Contents

PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds

 

Letter to Shareholders

     2  

Performance Graphs

     9  

PRIMECAP Odyssey Stock Fund

     9  

PRIMECAP Odyssey Growth Fund

     10  

PRIMECAP Odyssey Aggressive Growth Fund

     11  

Sector Breakdown

     12  

Schedule of Investments

     14  

PRIMECAP Odyssey Stock Fund

     14  

PRIMECAP Odyssey Growth Fund

     18  

PRIMECAP Odyssey Aggressive Growth Fund

     23  

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

     30  

Statements of Operations

     31  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     32  

PRIMECAP Odyssey Stock Fund

     32  

PRIMECAP Odyssey Growth Fund

     33  

PRIMECAP Odyssey Aggressive Growth Fund

     34  

Financial Highlights

     35  

PRIMECAP Odyssey Stock Fund

     35  

PRIMECAP Odyssey Growth Fund

     36  

PRIMECAP Odyssey Aggressive Growth Fund

     37  

Notes to Financial Statements

     38  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     47  

Expense Example

     48  

Additional Information

     50  

Management

     56  

Privacy Notice

  

 

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Letter to Shareholders

PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds

 

Dear Fellow Shareholders,

For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2019, the PRIMECAP Odyssey Stock Fund, PRIMECAP Odyssey Growth Fund, and PRIMECAP Odyssey Aggressive Growth Fund produced total returns of +11.22%, +5.75%, and +4.71%, respectively. The unmanaged S&P 500 index produced a total return of +14.33% during the period. Unfavorable stock selection detracted from results relative to the S&P 500, while sector allocation had a more mixed impact across the funds.

During the fiscal year, the American economy’s decade-long expansion moderated somewhat, demonstrating signs of late-cycle fatigue amid a broader global slowdown. Consumer spending generally remained healthy, bolstered by continued labor market strength, even as consumer confidence dipped in the summer months. But business investment weakened of late, a notable reversal from year-ago conditions, and trade-driven uncertainty has hindered business confidence. Elsewhere, major foreign economies slowed, particularly in Europe and China, and geopolitical tension intensified, including an apparent Iranian attack on Saudi Arabia oil infrastructure and a further deterioration in U.S.-China relations. The Federal Reserve responded to the unease with three interest rate cuts, an about-face from last year’s tightening campaign.

The equity market proved resilient in the face of this widespread uncertainty, finishing the period at record-high levels. The S&P 500’s +14% return defied a sharp deceleration in corporate earnings throughout the year, as analysts now project just +1% earnings growth for the S&P 500 index in 2019, well below original expectations for double-digit growth. Indeed, the index’s current expected earnings for 2020 nearly match year-ago expectations for 2019 earnings, implying forward valuation climbed in tandem with the market’s ascent.

Defensive sectors real estate (+27%) and utilities (+24%) led the market as beneficiaries of the Federal Reserve’s dovish pivot to lower interest rates, but many cyclical sectors also outperformed, including information technology (+23%) and consumer discretionary (+16%). Weakness, meanwhile, was concentrated in energy (-12%) and health care (+9%), which were beset by declining crude prices and domestic political scrutiny, respectively. The market’s performance overall featured something of a flight to quality, with bond-proxy defensive stocks and high-quality cyclical stocks both benefitting. In a sense, and somewhat counterintuitively, persistent anxiety and wilting bond yields together fueled the market rise, with investors crowding into ostensible safe harbors across disparate sectors.

We tend to fish in less tranquil seas, willfully eschewing perceived safety in return for what we assess as greater risk-adjusted opportunities. This results in relatively concentrated and often contrarian exposures to out-of-favor and higher-risk industries. Our consequent ownership of unloved (e.g., airlines and cruise lines) and more speculative (e.g., biotechnology) stocks bears limited resemblance to the S&P 500, creating the possibility for substantial deviation in performance. Unfortunately, many of our portfolios’ idiosyncratic features directly contributed to poor relative results this fiscal year, particularly in the Growth and Aggressive Growth Funds.

 

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Letter to Shareholders

PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds

 

continued

 

Each of the PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds continues to be overweight in the health care, information technology, industrials, and consumer discretionary sectors, and underweight in the communication services, energy, consumer staples, materials, utilities, and real estate sectors. Within the financials sector, the PRIMECAP Odyssey Stock Fund has developed a modest overweight position, while the Growth and Aggressive Growth Funds remain slightly underweight the sector.

A more detailed discussion of the results of each PRIMECAP Odyssey Fund follows.

PRIMECAP Odyssey Stock Fund

For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2019, the Stock Fund’s total return of +11.22% trailed the S&P 500’s total return of +14.33%. Relative to the S&P 500, modestly favorable sector allocation was more than offset by unfavorable stock selection.

The Stock Fund’s steep underweight position in the lagging energy sector (1% of average assets versus 5% for the index) benefited relative results, as did overweight positions in information technology and industrials. Providing a substantial offset were a sizable health care overweight position, modest cash holdings, and negligible exposure to the two best performing sectors, real estate (+27%) and utilities (+24%).

Sector allocation is reasonably similar across each of the Odyssey Funds with a few notable exceptions. Relative to its Odyssey Fund peers, the Stock Fund has larger industrials (20% of average assets) and financials (14% of average assets) ownership, while its health care overweight position (20% of average assets) is less pronounced than in the Growth and Aggressive Growth Funds. These distinctive features explain the Stock Fund’s modest sector allocation tailwind.

Stock selection was unfavorable in aggregate. Information technology and industrials were the areas of greatest relative weakness. Within information technology, strong performances from several key semiconductor holdings, led by KLA Corporation (+90%), failed to offset substantial weakness in our technology hardware ownership, most notably NetApp (-27%) and HP Inc. (-26%). Within industrials, FedEx (-30%) was the primary laggard, as both trade concerns and company-specific challenges weighed on the shares. Airlines generally detracted from results as well, with American Airlines (-13%) the worst performer in the group.

Favorable selection within health care provided a partial offset. The Stock Fund features fewer biotechnology holdings, and the portfolio’s differentiated pharmaceutical ownership outperformed overall. The fund’s largest holding at period-end, Astrazeneca PLC (+31%), was the standout performer, followed by Roche (+27%), while avoiding large-cap peers Pfizer (-8%) and Johnson & Johnson (-3%) also boosted relative results.

 

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Letter to Shareholders

PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds

 

continued

 

The top 10 holdings, which collectively represented 28.8% of the portfolio at the period end, are listed below:

 

   
PRIMECAP Odyssey Stock Fund
Top 10 Holdings as of 10/31/19
   Ending % of
Total Portfolio*
 

AstraZeneca Plc

     4.2  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     4.1  

Eli Lilly & Co.

     3.3  

United Airlines Holdings, Inc.

     2.6  

Discover Financial Services

     2.6  

Southwest Airlines Co.

     2.6  

Wells Fargo & Company

     2.4  

Siemens AG

     2.4  

Whirlpool Corporation

     2.3  

Sony Corporation

     2.3  

Total % of Portfolio

     28.8  

 

  *

The percentage is calculated by using the ending market value of the security divided by the ending market value of the total investments of the fund.

PRIMECAP Odyssey Growth Fund

For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2019, the Growth Fund returned +5.75%, behind both the S&P 500’s +14.33% total return and the Russell 1000 Growth Index’s total return of +17.10%. Both sector allocation and stock selection detracted from performance relative to the S&P 500.

The Growth Fund’s poor stock selection this period was widespread. Consumer discretionary holdings iRobot (-45%), L Brands (-44%), and Carnival (-21%) severely underperformed, even as the sector benchmark (+16%) managed to outpace the market. And while individual stock performance was somewhat more varied in other key sectors, selection was overall unfavorable in each of health care, information technology, industrials, and financials.

Within health care, Seattle Genetics (+91%) and Insulet (+65%) outperformed but were unable to offset the broader sell-off in biotechnology stocks, punctuated by a significant decline in Nektar Therapeutics (-56%) and Alkermes (-52%). ABIOMED (-39%) also underperformed, a sharp reversal following a remarkable multi-year ascent. The story was similar in the information technology sector, as strength in KLA Corporation (+90%) and Universal Display (+63%) failed to compensate for underperformance in other holdings, most notably BlackBerry (-43%) and NetApp (-27%). Elsewhere in the fund, airlines led the industrials’ underperformance, with American (-13%) and United (+6%) the main culprits, while E*TRADE Financial (-15%) dragged down the financials portfolio.

 

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Letter to Shareholders

PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds

 

continued

 

Sector allocation largely mirrored that of the Stock Fund, but with a larger health care overweight position (30% of average assets) and a slightly less pronounced energy underweight (2% of average assets), the overall allocation effect tipped modestly negative. Underweight positions in real estate and utilities were once again headwinds to relative performance.

The top 10 holdings, which collectively represented 26.4% of the portfolio at the period end, are listed below:

 

   
PRIMECAP Odyssey Growth Fund
Top 10 Holdings as of 10/31/19
   Ending % of
Total Portfolio*
 

Seattle Genetics, Inc.

     4.3  

United Airlines Holdings, Inc.

     3.5  

Eli Lilly & Co.

     2.7  

ABIOMED, Inc.

     2.7  

Alphabet Inc.

     2.4  

Insulet Corporation

     2.3  

Micron Technology

     2.3  

Alibaba Group Holding ADR

     2.2  

Southwest Airlines Co.

     2.1  

Siemens AG

     1.9  

Total % of Portfolio

     26.4  

 

  *

The percentage is calculated by using the ending market value of the security divided by the ending market value of the total investments of the fund.

PRIMECAP Odyssey Aggressive Growth Fund

For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2019, the Aggressive Growth Fund’s total return of +4.71% lagged both the S&P 500’s total return of +14.33% and the Russell Midcap Growth Index’s total return of +18.93%. As with the Growth Fund, both sector allocation and stock selection detracted from performance relative to the S&P 500.

Unfavorable stock selection was again broad-based, with the Aggressive Growth Fund’s greater biotechnology ownership contributing to the portfolio’s inferior results relative to the Growth Fund. The fund’s health care holdings significantly lagged (-6%) its sector benchmark (+9%), explaining roughly half of the fund-level underperformance during the period. Seattle Genetics (+91%) and Insulet (+65%) again provided a lift but were overwhelmed by declines in several key positions. In addition to Nektar Therapeutics (-56%), Alkermes (-52%), and ABIOMED (-39%), the portfolio also suffered from its exposure to Spectrum Pharmaceuticals (-35%), BioMarin (-21%), and QIAGEN (-18%). While the portfolio featured many smaller outperformers, significant weakness in our larger holdings proved insurmountable.

 

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Letter to Shareholders

PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds

 

continued

 

In the rest of the portfolio, favorable stock selection in financials, led by MarketAxess Holdings (+77%), was unable to offset weakness in communication services, industrials, information technology, and consumer discretionary. In a continuation of last year’s results in communication services, shares of both comScore (-86%), a media measurement firm, and Lions Gate Entertainment (-58%), a media content platform, led the portfolio’s underperformance. Within consumer discretionary, iRobot (-45%) was the principal detractor, while results in information technology and industrials closely mimicked the Stock and Growth Funds, as technology companies and airlines drove the underperformance.

The top 10 holdings, which collectively represented 29.8% of the portfolio at the period end, are listed below:

 

   
PRIMECAP Odyssey Aggressive Growth Fund
Top 10 Holdings as of 10/31/19
   Ending % of
Total Portfolio*
 

Sony Corporation

     4.3  

Seattle Genetics, Inc.

     3.9  

United Airlines Holdings, Inc.

     3.3  

Micron Technology, Inc.

     3.3  

Splunk Inc.

     2.7  

Universal Display Corporation

     2.6  

ABIOMED, Inc.

     2.5  

American Airlines Group, Inc.

     2.5  

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.

     2.4  

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

     2.3  

Total % of Portfolio

     29.8  

 

  *

The percentage is calculated by using the ending market value of the security divided by the ending market value of the total investments of the fund.

Outlook

Our longstanding cautious optimism currently tilts slightly towards caution, a reflection of increased concerns in both the international and domestic arenas. The S&P 500 finished the year at record highs despite a moderation in economic activity. Absolute valuation (17.2x forward P/E valuation) is perhaps reasonable relative to anemic bond yields (1.7% 10-year Treasury yield), but the divergence between equity market performance and underlying economic activity feels unsustainable. Indeed, even with equity market indices prevailing at elevated levels, the bond markets recently indicated apparent distress. In late August, the 10-year Treasury yield briefly dipped below the 2-year Treasury yield, an inversion notorious as a harbinger of recession.

 

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Letter to Shareholders

PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds

 

continued

 

Meanwhile, confidence in some form of a U.S.-China trade deal remains steadfast, with “phase one” enthusiasm reaching a crescendo of late, even as national political crises unfold in both countries (an impeachment inquiry and the Hong Kong protests, respectively). We have admittedly been hopeful that trade-inspired geopolitical risks would subside, but instead we have observed mostly false starts and provocation thus far. American domestic political rancor has likewise escalated, with hyper-partisanship effectively paralyzing the federal government’s legislative and executive branches for the indefinite future as another major election looms.

Despite the relentless uncertainty, we nonetheless remain believers in America’s economic engine, the free enterprise system. This fundamental faith undergirds and informs our desire to own U.S. equities over the long-term, and we remain cognizant of how quickly conditions can improve. Our largest sector positions continue to be in information technology and health care, where the development of innovative technologies and therapies is not tied to near-term economic prospects. We also, however, invest in companies and industries, such as semiconductors and airlines, with more cyclical orientations. These companies rely heavily on global growth and, in some cases, a constructive China relationship.

Following a year of substantial underperformance, our conviction in our portfolios has only increased. With regards to our outsized health care ownership, despite the political noise, our assessment of company-level prospects is largely unaltered. And so rather than pursue perceived security in slow-growth businesses tied to food and other staples, we continue to prefer pharmaceutical and biotech companies, particularly research-intensive enterprises with substantial upside potential. At period-end, the health care sector traded at a far more attractive absolute and relative valuation (15.2x forward P/E versus its 16.3x 20-year average) than its defensive sector peers, including consumer staples (19.8x versus 16.8x) and utilities (19.9x versus 14.4x).

Similarly, our airlines ownership again detracted from relative results, extending its multi-year run of underperformance. We remain optimistic, and our disproportionate exposure to the group is a distinctive portfolio differentiator. We observe a consolidated industry with above-average growth prospects, improved balance sheets, and sustainable free cash flow generation, characteristics that make the airlines increasingly indistinguishable from highly-regarded industrial sector peers. And yet the airlines industry now trades at a forward P/E multiple (8.2x) that is less than half that of the market (17.2x) and the sector (18.6x), a discount we view as more rooted in legacy investor animosity than present day economic reality.

In short, we believe our portfolios possess an attractive combination of secular growth and reasonable valuations, a view borne out through the lens of the price/earnings-to-growth ratio, or PEG ratio. For instance, the S&P 500 at period-end comprised a 2020 P/E of 17.0x and an estimated 3-5 year earnings growth outlook of 10.9%, equivalent to a PEG of 1.6. In contrast, each of the PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds screens more favorably. Relative to the market, the Growth Fund features both a slight valuation discount and faster mid-term earnings growth, generating a PEG of roughly 1.0. The Stock Fund is considerably less expensive with marginally slower earnings growth, resulting in a PEG of roughly 1.4. And the Aggressive Growth Fund is modestly more expensive than the market, but its earnings are expected to grow notably faster, resulting in a PEG of roughly 1.0.

 

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Letter to Shareholders

PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds

 

continued

 

No single metric, of course, perfectly represents a portfolio’s inherent attractiveness, nor will any metric singularly govern relative performance. Our investment process is a fundamental, bottom-up search for stocks with long-term prospects we find to be materially better than market prices imply; a superior PEG ratio is an output of this process, not an input. Our approach to stock selection generates fund returns that will, at times, meaningfully deviate from their benchmarks, and not always in our favor. We nonetheless believe that this approach can generate superior results for shareholders over the long term.

Sincerely,

PRIMECAP Management Company

November 8, 2019

Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.

The funds invest in smaller companies, which involve additional risks such as limited liquidity and greater volatility. All funds may invest in foreign securities, which involves greater volatility and political, economic and currency risks and differences in accounting methods. Mutual fund investing involves risk, and loss of principal is possible. Growth stocks typically are more volatile than value stocks; however, value stocks have a lower expected growth rate in earnings and sales.

Please refer to the Schedule of Investments for details of fund holdings. Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change at any time and are not recommendations to buy or sell any security.

The S&P 500 is a market capitalization-weighted index of 500 large-capitalization stocks commonly used to represent the U.S. equity market. The Russell 1000 Growth Index is an index that measures the performance of those Russell 1000 companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values (the Russell 1000 Index measures the performance of the large-cap segment of the U.S. equity universe). The Russell Midcap Growth Index measures the performance of those Russell Midcap companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. You cannot invest directly in an index.

Earnings per share (EPS) is calculated by taking the total earnings divided by the number of shares outstanding.

Price-to-earnings ratio is calculated by dividing the current share price of a stock by its earnings per share.

Free cash flow represents the cash a company generates after cash outflows to support operations and maintain its capital assets.

The price/earnings to growth ratio (PEG ratio) is a stock’s price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio divided by the growth rate of its earnings for a specified time period.

Earnings growth is not a prediction of a fund’s future performance.

The information provided herein represents the opinions of PRIMECAP Management Company and is not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future results, or investment advice.

 

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Performance Graphs

PRIMECAP Odyssey Stock Fund

 

The following chart compares the value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the PRIMECAP Odyssey Stock Fund from October 31, 2009 to October 31, 2019, compared to the S&P 500. This chart illustrates the performance of a hypothetical $10,000 investment made October 31, 2009 and is not intended to imply any future performance. The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. The chart assumes reinvestment of capital gains and dividends.

 

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     Total Return
Period Ended October 31, 2019
 
     1 Year      Annualized
5 Year
     Annualized
10 Year
     Annualized
Since Inception^
 

Stock Fund

     11.22%        10.56%        13.45%        10.13%  

S&P 500*

     14.33%        10.78%        13.70%        9.05%  

Performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance of the fund may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. Performance data current to the most recent month end may be obtained by calling 1-800-729-2307.

 

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The S&P 500 is a market capitalization-weighted index of 500 large-capitalization stocks commonly used to represent the U.S. equity market.

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November 1, 2004

 

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Performance Graphs

PRIMECAP Odyssey Growth Fund

 

The following chart compares the value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the PRIMECAP Odyssey Growth Fund from October 31, 2009 to October 31, 2019, compared to the S&P 500. This chart illustrates the performance of a hypothetical $10,000 investment made October 31, 2009 and is not intended to imply any future performance. The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. The chart assumes reinvestment of capital gains and dividends.

 

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     Total Return
Period Ended October 31, 2019
 
     1 Year      Annualized
5 Year
     Annualized
10 Year
     Annualized
Since Inception^
 

Growth Fund

     5.75%        11.28%        14.32%        10.93%  

S&P 500*

     14.33%        10.78%        13.70%        9.05%  

Performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance of the fund may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. Performance data current to the most recent month end may be obtained by calling 1-800-729-2307.

 

  *

The S&P 500 is a market capitalization-weighted index of 500 large-capitalization stocks commonly used to represent the U.S. equity market.

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November 1, 2004

 

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Performance Graphs

PRIMECAP Odyssey Aggressive Growth Fund

 

The following chart compares the value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the PRIMECAP Odyssey Aggressive Growth Fund from October 31, 2009 to October 31, 2019, compared to the S&P 500. This chart illustrates the performance of a hypothetical $10,000 investment made October 31, 2009 and is not intended to imply any future performance. The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. The chart assumes reinvestment of capital gains and dividends.

 

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     Total Return
Period Ended October 31, 2019
 
     1 Year      Annualized
5 Year
     Annualized
10 Year
     Annualized
Since Inception^
 

Aggressive Growth Fund

     4.71%        11.39%        17.35%        12.97%  

S&P 500*

     14.33%        10.78%        13.70%        9.05%  

Performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance of the fund may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. Performance data current to the most recent month end may be obtained by calling 1-800-729-2307.

 

  *

The S&P 500 is a market capitalization-weighted index of 500 large-capitalization stocks commonly used to represent the U.S. equity market.

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November 1, 2004

 

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Sector Breakdown

PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds

 

PRIMECAP Odyssey Stock Fund

 

Communication Services

     1.8%  

Consumer Discretionary

     11.2%  

Consumer Staples

     0.6%  

Energy

     0.9%  

Financials

     15.3%  

Health Care

     20.5%  

Industrials

     19.6%  

Information Technology

     22.5%  

Materials

     0.9%  

Utilities

     0.2%  

Short-Term Investments and Other Assets

     6.5%  

Total

     100.0%  

PRIMECAP Odyssey Growth Fund

 

Communication Services

     3.1%  

Consumer Discretionary

     11.8%  

Consumer Staples

     0.1%  

Energy

     1.9%  

Financials

     9.0%  

Health Care

     29.8%  

Industrials

     16.5%  

Information Technology

     25.5%  

Materials

     0.3%  

Short-Term Investments and Other Assets

     2.0%  

Total

     100.0%  

The tables above list sector allocations as a percentage of each fund’s total net assets as of October 31, 2019. The management report may make reference to average allocations during the period. As a result, the sector allocations above may differ from those discussed in the management report.

 

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Sector Breakdown

PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds

 

continued

 

PRIMECAP Odyssey Aggressive Growth Fund

 

Communication Services

     4.7%  

Consumer Discretionary

     14.1%  

Consumer Staples

     0.1%  

Energy

     0.6%  

Financials

     5.7%  

Health Care

     26.6%  

Industrials

     14.7%  

Information Technology

     27.3%  

Materials

     0.1%  

Preferred Stocks (Financials)

     0.5%  

Rights (Communication Services)

     0.0%  

Rights (Health Care)

     0.0%  

Short-Term Investments, net of Other Liabilities

     5.6%  

Total

     100.0%  

The table above lists sector allocations as a percentage of the fund’s total net assets as of October 31, 2019. The management report may make reference to average allocations during the period. As a result, the sector allocations above may differ from those discussed in the management report.

 

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Schedule of Investments

PRIMECAP Odyssey Stock Fund

October 31, 2019

 

Shares            Value  
  COMMON STOCKS – 93.5%   
Communication Services – 1.8%       
  990,000     

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

   $ 55,469,700  
  32,725     

Alphabet, Inc. – Class A (a)

     41,194,230  
  32,725     

Alphabet, Inc. – Class C (a)

     41,237,100  
  300,000     

Comcast Corp. – Class A

     13,446,000  
  500,000     

Entercom Communications Corp. – Class A

     1,740,000  
  1,295,600     

Tribune Publishing Co.

     11,608,576  
  168,100     

Walt Disney Co. (The)

     21,839,552  
     

 

 

 
        186,535,158  
     

 

 

 
Consumer Discretionary – 11.2%       
  1,600,000     

Ascena Retail Group, Inc. (a)

     563,520  
  1,073,600     

CarMax, Inc. (a)

     100,027,312  
  2,971,650     

Carnival Corp.

     127,454,068  
  1,411,200     

eBay, Inc.

     49,744,800  
  1,174,100     

L Brands, Inc.

     20,006,664  
  8,295,200     

Mattel, Inc. (a)

     99,044,688  
  10,000     

McDonald’s Corp.

     1,967,000  
  1,191,800     

MGM Resorts International

     33,966,300  
  1,575,000     

Newell Brands, Inc.

     29,877,750  
  300,000     

Restaurant Brands International, Inc.

     19,632,000  
  1,143,900     

Ross Stores, Inc.

     125,451,513  
  353,100     

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

     38,427,873  
  3,767,000     

Sony Corp. – ADR

     229,146,610  
  300,000     

TJX Cos., Inc. (The)

     17,295,000  
  285,000     

V.F. Corp.

     23,452,650  
  1,543,539     

Whirlpool Corp.

     234,803,153  
     

 

 

 
        1,150,860,901  
     

 

 

 
Consumer Staples – 0.6%       
  300,000     

Altria Group, Inc.

     13,437,000  
  200,000     

Kroger Co. (The)

     4,928,000  
  150,000     

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     12,216,000  
  370,000     

Tyson Foods, Inc. – Class A

     30,632,300  
     

 

 

 
        61,213,300  
     

 

 

 
Energy – 0.9%       
  20,000     

EOG Resources, Inc.

     1,386,200  
  388,500     

Hess Corp.

     25,543,875  
  325,000     

Noble Energy, Inc.

     6,259,500  
  350,051     

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

     43,063,274  
  100,000     

Schlumberger Ltd.

     3,269,000  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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October 31, 2019 – continued

 

Shares            Value  
Energy (continued)       
  2,200,000     

Southwestern Energy Co. (a)

   $ 4,510,000  
  1,315,100     

Transocean Ltd. (a)

     6,246,725  
     

 

 

 
        90,278,574  
     

 

 

 
Financials – 15.3%       
  4,041,400     

Bank of America Corp.

     126,374,578  
  2,285,600     

Charles Schwab Corp. (The)

     93,046,776  
  2,100,000     

Citigroup, Inc.

     150,906,000  
  386,163     

CME Group, Inc.

     79,453,037  
  3,278,800     

Discover Financial Services

     263,156,488  
  3,325,500     

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     415,421,460  
  380,950     

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

     39,474,039  
  276,200     

Mercury General Corp.

     13,274,172  
  942,200     

Northern Trust Corp.

     93,918,496  
  234,400     

Progressive Corp. (The)

     16,337,680  
  412,000     

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

     34,397,880  
  4,802,408     

Wells Fargo & Co.

     247,948,325  
     

 

 

 
        1,573,708,931  
     

 

 

 
Health Care – 20.5%       
  691,100     

Abbott Laboratories

     57,782,871  
  1,345,004     

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

     101,884,053  
  282,870     

Alcon, Inc. (a)

     16,765,705  
  778,800     

Amgen, Inc.

     166,079,100  
  8,642,200     

AstraZeneca PLC – ADR

     423,727,066  
  260,500     

Biogen, Inc. (a)

     77,813,955  
  667,900     

Boston Scientific Corp. (a)

     27,851,430  
  2,901,870     

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

     166,480,282  
  825,000     

CVS Health Corp.

     54,771,750  
  1,828,096     

Elanco Animal Health, Inc. (a)

     49,395,154  
  2,909,441     

Eli Lilly & Co.

     331,530,802  
  252,000     

Medtronic PLC

     27,442,800  
  1,100,000     

Merck & Co., Inc.

     95,326,000  
  1,565,650     

Novartis AG – ADR

     136,900,436  
  759,200     

PerkinElmer, Inc.

     65,260,832  
  217,956     

Roche Holding AG – CHF

     65,574,598  
  340,000     

Sanofi – ADR

     15,667,200  
  1,557,489     

Siemens Healthineers AG – EUR

     66,173,566  
  400,000     

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

     120,792,000  
  253,900     

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

     35,096,597  
     

 

 

 
        2,102,316,197  
     

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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October 31, 2019 – continued

 

Shares            Value  
Industrials – 19.6%       
  3,894,000     

AECOM (a)

   $ 155,798,940  
  1,513,000     

Airbus SE – EUR

     216,702,126  
  86,400     

Alaska Air Group, Inc.

     5,998,752  
  5,807,200     

American Airlines Group, Inc.

     174,564,432  
  45,000     

Boeing Co. (The)

     15,295,950  
  1,121,700     

Caterpillar, Inc.

     154,570,260  
  269,200     

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

     36,409,300  
  315,000     

Deere & Co.

     54,854,100  
  1,627,700     

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

     89,653,716  
  820,200     

FedEx Corp.

     125,211,732  
  65,000     

General Dynamics Corp.

     11,492,000  
  759,500     

Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.

     71,074,010  
  175,900     

Matson, Inc.

     6,715,862  
  180,000     

Maxar Technologies, Inc.

     1,528,200  
  225,000     

Norfolk Southern Corp.

     40,950,000  
  127,600     

Pentair PLC

     5,291,572  
  30,000     

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

     5,159,700  
  2,106,889     

Siemens AG – EUR

     242,923,629  
  4,670,100     

Southwest Airlines Co.

     262,132,713  
  2,920,900     

United Airlines Holdings, Inc. (a)

     265,334,556  
  355,400     

United Parcel Service, Inc. – Class B

     40,931,418  
  190,762     

United Technologies Corp.

     27,389,608  
     

 

 

 
        2,009,982,576  
     

 

 

 
Information Technology – 22.5%       
  356,000     

Adobe, Inc. (a)

     98,943,080  
  383,000     

Analog Devices, Inc.

     40,839,290  
  1,668,250     

Applied Materials, Inc.

     90,519,245  
  1,847,600     

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     87,779,476  
  635,898     

Corning, Inc.

     18,841,658  
  295,000     

Diebold Nixdorf, Inc. (a)

     2,065,000  
  216,398     

DXC Technology Co.

     5,987,733  
  11,468,486     

Flex Ltd. (a)

     134,754,711  
  13,747,500     

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

     225,596,475  
  5,967,800     

HP, Inc.

     103,660,686  
  2,915,000     

Intel Corp.

     164,784,950  
  809,550     

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (a)

     81,691,690  
  778,700     

KLA Corp.

     131,631,448  
  18,457,780     

L.M. Ericsson Telephone Co. – ADR

     160,951,842  
  1,898,400     

Micro Focus International PLC – ADR

     26,046,048  
  1,505,050     

Microsoft Corp.

     215,779,018  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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PRIMECAP Odyssey Stock Fund

 

October 31, 2019 – continued

 

Shares            Value  
Information Technology (continued)       
  3,100,800     

NetApp, Inc.

   $ 173,272,704  
  8,726,000     

Nokia Corp. – ADR

     31,849,900  
  128,600     

NVIDIA Corp.

     25,851,172  
  675,000     

Oracle Corp.

     36,780,750  
  558,750     

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a)

     58,165,875  
  90,199     

Perspecta, Inc.

     2,393,881  
  1,975,355     

QUALCOMM, Inc.

     158,897,556  
  685,000     

Teradyne, Inc.

     41,935,700  
  1,428,600     

Texas Instruments, Inc.

     168,560,514  
  131,000     

Visa, Inc. – Class A

     23,430,660  
     

 

 

 
        2,311,011,062  
     

 

 

 
Materials – 0.9%       
  777,500     

Albemarle Corp.

     47,225,350  
  375,333     

Corteva, Inc.

     9,901,285  
  368,333     

Dow, Inc.

     18,597,133  
  341,334     

DuPont de Nemours, Inc.

     22,497,324  
     

 

 

 
        98,221,092  
     

 

 

 
Utilities – 0.2%       
  365,279     

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

     23,125,814  
     

 

 

 
 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $6,470,756,590)

   $ 9,607,253,605  
     

 

 

 
  SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 5.1%   
  520,711,052     

Dreyfus Treasury Securities Cash Management Fund – Institutional Shares – 1.64% (b)

   $ 520,711,052  
     

 

 

 
 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $520,711,052)

     520,711,052  
     

 

 

 
 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES
(Cost $6,991,467,642) – 98.6%

     10,127,964,657  
 

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities – 1.4%

     146,382,789  
     

 

 

 
 

TOTAL NET ASSETS – 100.0%

   $ 10,274,347,446  
     

 

 

 

 

ADR

American Depository Receipt

CHF

Swiss Francs

EUR

Euros

(a)

Non-Income Producing

(b)

Rate quoted is seven-day yield at period end.

The Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®) was developed by and is the exclusive property of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (“S&P”). GICS is a service mark of MSCI and S&P and has been licensed for use by the fund’s administrator.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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PRIMECAP Odyssey Growth Fund

October 31, 2019

 

Shares            Value  
  COMMON STOCKS – 98.0%  
Communication Services – 3.1%  
  160,000     

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

   $ 8,964,800  
  136,767     

Alphabet, Inc. – Class A (a)

     172,162,299  
  100,815     

Alphabet, Inc. – Class C (a)

     127,037,990  
  105,000     

Comcast Corp. – Class A

     4,706,100  
  1,618,400     

comScore, Inc. (a)

     3,738,504  
  220,000     

Electronic Arts, Inc. (a)

     21,208,000  
  2,164,800     

IMAX Corp. (a)

     46,218,480  
  20,900     

Walt Disney Co. (The)

     2,715,328  
     

 

 

 
        386,751,501  
     

 

 

 
Consumer Discretionary – 11.8%  
  1,557,200     

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. – ADR (a)

     275,110,524  
  2,145,000     

Ascena Retail Group, Inc. (a)

     755,469  
  1,000,000     

Capri Holdings Ltd. (a)

     31,070,000  
  1,896,200     

CarMax, Inc. (a)

     176,668,954  
  2,689,746     

Carnival Corp.

     115,363,206  
  260,000     

eBay, Inc.

     9,165,000  
  331,500     

Gildan Activewear, Inc.

     8,463,195  
  105,000     

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

     10,180,800  
  2,582,100     

iRobot Corp. (a) (b)

     124,095,726  
  1,838,498     

L Brands, Inc.

     31,328,006  
  100,000     

Las Vegas Sands Corp.

     6,184,000  
  100,000     

Marriott International, Inc. – Class A

     12,655,000  
  5,658,100     

Mattel, Inc. (a)

     67,557,714  
  1,758,000     

MGM Resorts International

     50,103,000  
  1,744,700     

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (a)

     88,560,972  
  85,000     

Ross Stores, Inc.

     9,321,950  
  1,680,471     

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

     182,885,659  
  3,287,800     

Sony Corp. – ADR

     199,996,874  
  110,900     

Tesla, Inc. (a)

     34,924,628  
  252,000     

TJX Cos., Inc. (The)

     14,527,800  
  44,000     

Ulta Beauty, Inc. (a)

     10,258,600  
     

 

 

 
        1,459,177,077  
     

 

 

 
Consumer Staples – 0.1%  
  200,000     

Altria Group, Inc.

     8,958,000  
  20,000     

BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. (a)

     534,000  
     

 

 

 
        9,492,000  
     

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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PRIMECAP Odyssey Growth Fund

 

October 31, 2019 – continued

 

Shares            Value  
Energy – 1.9%  
  825,000     

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.

   $ 15,378,000  
  14,700     

EOG Resources, Inc.

     1,018,857  
  905,521     

Hess Corp.

     59,538,006  
  250,000     

Noble Energy, Inc.

     4,815,000  
  808,600     

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

     99,473,972  
  3,000,000     

Southwestern Energy Co. (a)

     6,150,000  
  9,465,404     

Transocean Ltd. (a)

     44,960,669  
     

 

 

 
        231,334,504  
     

 

 

 
Financials – 9.0%  
  725,000     

Bank of America Corp.

     22,670,750  
  380,000     

Cboe Global Markets, Inc.

     43,757,000  
  1,976,423     

Charles Schwab Corp. (The)

     80,460,180  
  589,300     

Citigroup, Inc.

     42,347,098  
  120,000     

CME Group, Inc.

     24,690,000  
  1,360,000     

Discover Financial Services

     109,153,600  
  5,165,400     

E*TRADE Financial Corp.

     215,862,066  
  1,520,500     

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     189,940,860  
  381,850     

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

     39,567,297  
  632,300     

Northern Trust Corp.

     63,027,664  
  160,000     

Progressive Corp. (The)

     11,152,000  
  671,000     

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

     56,021,790  
  4,103,400     

Wells Fargo & Co.

     211,858,542  
     

 

 

 
        1,110,508,847  
     

 

 

 
Health Care – 29.8%  
  760,718     

Abbott Laboratories

     63,603,632  
  1,581,850     

ABIOMED, Inc. (a)

     328,360,423  
  2,250,895     

Accuray, Inc. (a)

     5,852,327  
  411,300     

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

     31,155,975  
  235,787     

Alcon, Inc. (a)

     13,975,095  
  6,509,055     

Alkermes PLC (a)

     127,121,844  
  1,084,400     

Amgen, Inc.

     231,248,300  
  613,300     

Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     29,876,910  
  4,203,700     

AstraZeneca PLC – ADR

     206,107,411  
  465,000     

BeiGene Ltd. – ADR (a)

     64,328,100  
  2,409,800     

BeiGene Ltd. – HKD (a)

     25,648,112  
  416,150     

Biogen, Inc. (a)

     124,308,167  
  1,846,896     

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. (a)

     135,211,256  
  1,444,600     

Boston Scientific Corp. (a)

     60,239,820  
  2,774,000     

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

     159,144,380  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments

PRIMECAP Odyssey Growth Fund

 

October 31, 2019 – continued

 

Shares            Value  
Health Care (continued)  
  373,000     

CVS Health Corp.

   $ 24,763,470  
  2,890,944     

Elanco Animal Health, Inc. (a)

     78,113,307  
  2,920,026     

Eli Lilly & Co.

     332,736,963  
  4,136,543     

Epizyme, Inc. (a)

     47,611,610  
  284,900     

Illumina, Inc. (a)

     84,193,648  
  2,400,000     

ImmunoGen, Inc. (a)

     5,712,000  
  1,984,441     

Insulet Corp. (a)

     288,378,966  
  133,700     

LivaNova PLC (a)

     9,456,601  
  127,700     

Medtronic PLC

     13,906,530  
  392,900     

Merck & Co., Inc.

     34,048,714  
  573,500     

Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     8,877,780  
  6,818,158     

Nektar Therapeutics (a)

     116,760,956  
  1,782,936     

Novartis AG – ADR

     155,899,924  
  196,400     

NuVasive, Inc. (a)

     13,854,056  
  589,300     

OraSure Technologies, Inc. (a)

     5,032,622  
  375,000     

PerkinElmer, Inc.

     32,235,000  
  2,691,443     

QIAGEN N.V. (a)

     80,231,916  
  174,923     

Roche Holding AG – CHF

     52,627,619  
  4,943,300     

Seattle Genetics, Inc. (a)

     530,910,420  
  202,200     

Siemens Healthineers AG – EUR

     8,590,940  
  273,400     

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

     82,561,332  
  21,970     

Waters Corp. (a)

     4,649,291  
  864,400     

Xencor, Inc. (a)

     29,571,124  
  268,100     

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

     37,059,463  
     

 

 

 
        3,683,966,004  
     

 

 

 
Industrials – 16.5%  
  5,280,022     

AECOM (a)

     211,253,680  
  721,600     

Airbus SE – EUR

     103,352,448  
  7,326,801     

American Airlines Group, Inc.

     220,243,638  
  420,600     

Caterpillar, Inc.

     57,958,680  
  140,000     

CIRCOR International, Inc. (a)

     5,360,600  
  346,000     

Colfax Corp. (a)

     11,625,600  
  334,600     

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

     45,254,650  
  1,982,300     

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

     109,185,084  
  191,400     

FedEx Corp.

     29,219,124  
  255,000     

General Dynamics Corp.

     45,084,000  
  122,000     

IDEX Corp.

     18,974,660  
  1,412,694     

Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.

     132,199,905  
  3,852,650     

JetBlue Airways Corp. (a)

     74,356,145  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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PRIMECAP Odyssey Growth Fund

 

October 31, 2019 – continued

 

Shares            Value  
Industrials (continued)  
  135,100     

Lyft, Inc. – Class A (a)

   $ 5,598,544  
  2,062,270     

Siemens AG – EUR

     237,779,073  
  4,697,700     

Southwest Airlines Co.

     263,681,901  
  755,000     

Textron, Inc.

     34,797,950  
  4,762,000     

United Airlines Holdings, Inc. (a)

     432,580,080  
     

 

 

 
        2,038,505,762  
     

 

 

 
Information Technology – 25.5%  
  742,400     

Adobe, Inc. (a)

     206,335,232  
  826,300     

Altair Engineering, Inc. – Class A (a)

     30,465,681  
  439,800     

Analog Devices, Inc.

     46,895,874  
  546,700     

Applied Materials, Inc.

     29,663,942  
  195,707     

ASML Holding N.V. – ADR

     51,269,363  
  16,982,043     

BlackBerry Ltd. (a)

     89,325,546  
  164,875     

Cerence, Inc. (a)

     2,555,562  
  1,474,800     

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     70,067,748  
  1,702,400     

Cree, Inc. (a)

     81,255,552  
  60,000     

Dell Technologies, Inc. – Class C (a)

     3,173,400  
  1,382,500     

Descartes Systems Group, Inc. (The) (a)

     53,793,075  
  13,468,229     

Flex Ltd. (a)

     158,251,691  
  524,718     

FormFactor, Inc. (a)

     11,454,594  
  7,186,900     

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

     117,937,029  
  1,656,836     

HP, Inc.

     28,779,241  
  1,585,800     

Intel Corp.

     89,645,274  
  925,000     

Jabil, Inc.

     34,058,500  
  386,250     

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (a)

     38,976,488  
  667,424     

KLA Corp.

     112,821,353  
  8,044,200     

L.M. Ericsson Telephone Co. – ADR

     70,145,424  
  700,000     

MaxLinear, Inc. (a)

     13,272,000  
  900,000     

Micro Focus International PLC – ADR

     12,348,000  
  5,840,000     

Micron Technology, Inc. (a)

     277,692,000  
  1,457,000     

Microsoft Corp.

     208,890,090  
  3,203,111     

NetApp, Inc.

     178,989,843  
  800,000     

Nokia Corp. – ADR

     2,920,000  
  1,319,000     

Nuance Communications, Inc. (a)

     21,526,080  
  284,400     

NVIDIA Corp.

     57,170,088  
  370,000     

Oracle Corp.

     20,161,300  
  44,001     

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (a)

     10,005,387  
  1,974,730     

QUALCOMM, Inc.

     158,847,281  
  1,955,000     

Splunk, Inc. (a)

     234,521,800  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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October 31, 2019 – continued

 

Shares            Value  
Information Technology (continued)  
  4,696,900     

Stratasys Ltd. (a) (b)

   $ 97,131,892  
  80,000     

Teradyne, Inc.

     4,897,600  
  1,503,795     

Texas Instruments, Inc.

     177,432,772  
  1,068,200     

Trimble, Inc. (a)

     42,557,088  
  1,000,000     

Universal Display Corp.

     200,180,000  
  341,500     

Visa, Inc. – Class A

     61,080,690  
  250,000     

VMware, Inc. – Class A

     39,567,500  
  274,900     

Western Digital Corp.

     14,198,585  
     

 

 

 
        3,160,260,565  
     

 

 

 
Materials – 0.3%  
  591,600     

Albemarle Corp.

     35,933,784  
     

 

 

 
 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $7,705,791,424)

   $ 12,115,930,044  
     

 

 

 
  SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 2.0%   
  246,502,463     

Dreyfus Treasury Securities Cash Management Fund – Institutional Shares – 1.64% (c)

   $ 246,502,463  
     

 

 

 
 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $246,502,463)

     246,502,463  
     

 

 

 
 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES
(Cost $7,952,293,887) – 100.0%

     12,362,432,507  
 

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities – 0.0%

     3,167,724  
     

 

 

 
 

TOTAL NET ASSETS – 100.0%

   $ 12,365,600,231  
     

 

 

 

 

ADR

American Depository Receipt

CHF

Swiss Francs

EUR

Euros

HKD

Hong Kong Dollars

(a)

Non-Income Producing

(b)

Considered an affiliated company of the fund as the fund owns 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities of such company. (Note 7)

(c)

Rate quoted is seven-day yield at period end.

The Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®) was developed by and is the exclusive property of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (“S&P”). GICS is a service mark of MSCI and S&P and has been licensed for use by the fund’s administrator.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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PRIMECAP Odyssey Aggressive Growth Fund

October 31, 2019

 

Shares            Value  
  COMMON STOCKS – 93.9%   
Communication Services – 4.7%       
  84,120     

Alphabet, Inc. – Class A (a)

   $ 105,890,256  
  84,469     

Alphabet, Inc. – Class C (a)

     106,440,231  
  630,962     

ANGI Homeservices, Inc. – Class A (a)

     4,322,090  
  5,572,060     

comScore, Inc. (a) (b)

     12,871,459  
  6,450,000     

DHX Media Ltd. – CAD (a)

     9,304,533  
  125,000     

Electronic Arts, Inc. (a)

     12,050,000  
  3,055,700     

IMAX Corp. (a)

     65,239,195  
  1,792,886     

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. – Class A (a)

     14,325,159  
  2,746,300     

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. – Class B (a)

     20,569,787  
  5,500     

Netflix, Inc. (a)

     1,580,755  
  150,300     

Pinterest, Inc. – Class A (a)

     3,778,542  
  16,430,000     

Sprint Corp. (a)

     102,030,300  
  17,200     

T-Mobile US, Inc. (a)

     1,421,752  
  871,501     

Tribune Publishing Co.

     7,808,649  
     

 

 

 
        467,632,708  
     

 

 

 
Consumer Discretionary – 14.1%       
  1,003,700     

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. – ADR (a)

     177,323,679  
  5,300     

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

     9,416,298  
  2,248,000     

Ascena Retail Group, Inc. (a)

     791,745  
  31,000     

At Home Group, Inc. (a)

     264,120  
  540,000     

Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. (a)

     18,927,000  
  17,600     

Burlington Stores, Inc. (a)

     3,382,192  
  85,800     

Camping World Holdings, Inc. – Class A

     810,810  
  1,341,100     

CarMax, Inc. (a)

     124,950,287  
  5,862,300     

Chegg, Inc. (a)

     179,738,118  
  442,800     

eBay, Inc.

     15,608,700  
  6,300     

Five Below, Inc. (a)

     788,193  
  265,000     

Gildan Activewear, Inc.

     6,765,450  
  96,000     

Habit Restaurants, Inc. (The) – Class A (a)

     1,008,960  
  1,342,700     

iRobot Corp. (a)

     64,530,162  
  1,387,200     

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (a)

     70,414,272  
  1,045,000     

OneSpaWorld Holdings Ltd. (a)

     16,249,750  
  23,200     

Restaurant Brands International, Inc.

     1,518,208  
  1,642,000     

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

     178,698,860  
  333,600     

Rubicon Project, Inc. (The) (a)

     2,835,600  
  6,887,600     

Sony Corp. – ADR

     418,972,708  
  254,190     

Tesla, Inc. (a)

     80,049,515  
  1,509,000     

Tuesday Morning Corp. (a)

     2,052,240  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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October 31, 2019 – continued

 

Shares            Value  
Consumer Discretionary (continued)       
  74,200     

Ulta Beauty, Inc. (a)

   $ 17,299,730  
     

 

 

 
        1,392,396,597  
     

 

 

 
Consumer Staples – 0.1%       
  97,300     

Calavo Growers, Inc.

     8,438,829  
     

 

 

 
Energy – 0.6%       
  587,850     

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.

     10,957,524  
  40,000     

EOG Resources, Inc.

     2,772,400  
  8,873,882     

Transocean Ltd. (a)

     42,150,940  
     

 

 

 
        55,880,864  
     

 

 

 
Financials – 5.7%       
  150,500     

Cboe Global Markets, Inc.

     17,330,075  
  246,271     

CME Group, Inc.

     50,670,258  
  717,203     

Discover Financial Services

     57,562,713  
  2,562,166     

E*TRADE Financial Corp.

     107,072,917  
  654,520     

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.

     241,249,527  
  2,279,449     

NMI Holdings, Inc. – Class A (a)

     66,673,883  
  151,000     

Progressive Corp. (The)

     10,524,700  
  140,600     

Tradeweb Markets, Inc. – Class A

     5,870,050  
     

 

 

 
        556,954,123  
     

 

 

 
Health Care – 26.6%       
  648,700     

Abbott Laboratories

     54,237,807  
  1,208,873     

ABIOMED, Inc. (a)

     250,937,857  
  1,653,000     

Accuray, Inc. (a)

     4,297,800  
  5,480,222     

Alkermes PLC (a)

     107,028,736  
  2,292,000     

Amicus Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

     19,321,560  
  600,000     

Arbutus Biopharma Corp. (a)

     852,000  
  567,375     

Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     27,639,673  
  103,000     

Axovant Gene Therapies Ltd. (a)

     636,540  
  341,647     

BeiGene Ltd. – ADR (a)

     47,263,446  
  1,476,800     

BeiGene Ltd. – HKD (a)

     15,717,956  
  275,550     

Biogen, Inc. (a)

     82,309,541  
  1,545,900     

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. (a)

     113,175,339  
  896,376     

BioNTech SE – ADR (a)

     15,077,044  
  346,500     

Boston Scientific Corp. (a)

     14,449,050  
  11,300,000     

Cerus Corp. (a) (b)

     49,155,000  
  17,000     

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (a)

     2,209,660  
  507,040     

Dextera Surgical, Inc. (a) (c) (d)

     0  
  761,692     

Elanco Animal Health, Inc. (a)

     20,580,918  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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October 31, 2019 – continued

 

Shares            Value  
Health Care (continued)       
  1,383,089     

Eli Lilly & Co.

   $ 157,602,992  
  7,252,214     

Epizyme, Inc. (a) (b)

     83,472,983  
  1,329,900     

Exact Sciences Corp. (a)

     115,701,300  
  4,651,532     

Fluidigm Corp. (a) (b)

     22,885,537  
  215,700     

Glaukos Corp. (a)

     13,768,131  
  13,000     

Illumina, Inc. (a)

     3,841,760  
  325,000     

ImmunoGen, Inc. (a)

     773,500  
  1,533,556     

Insulet Corp. (a)

     222,856,358  
  367,028     

LivaNova PLC (a)

     25,959,890  
  483,487     

Mereo Biopharma Group PLC – ADR (a)

     1,402,112  
  1,804,583     

Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     27,934,945  
  296,726     

MyoKardia, Inc. (a)

     17,011,302  
  11,037,376     

Nektar Therapeutics (a) (b)

     189,015,064  
  490,000     

NuVasive, Inc. (a)

     34,564,600  
  990,000     

OraSure Technologies, Inc. (a)

     8,454,600  
  19,500     

Penumbra, Inc. (a)

     3,041,415  
  3,098,800     

Pfenex, Inc. (a) (b)

     28,570,936  
  3,503,221     

QIAGEN N.V. (a)

     104,431,018  
  1,462,312     

Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     31,176,492  
  182,600     

Roche Holding AG – CHF

     54,937,334  
  3,570,500     

Seattle Genetics, Inc. (a)

     383,471,700  
  9,656,300     

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) (b)

     74,932,888  
  973,726     

Wave Life Sciences Ltd. (a)

     24,625,531  
  4,894,182     

Xencor, Inc. (a) (b)

     167,429,966  
     

 

 

 
        2,622,752,281  
     

 

 

 
Industrials – 14.7%       
  2,268,500     

AECOM (a)

     90,762,685  
  774,000     

Alaska Air Group, Inc.

     53,738,820  
  9,100     

Allegiant Travel Co.

     1,522,703  
  8,237,400     

American Airlines Group, Inc.

     247,616,244  
  392,000     

Axon Enterprise, Inc. (a)

     20,042,960  
  70,600     

Bloom Energy Corp. – Class A (a)

     216,036  
  40,000     

CIRCOR International, Inc. (a)

     1,531,600  
  41,000     

Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.B. de C.V. – ADR (a)

     444,440  
  340,000     

Cornerstone Building Brands, Inc. (a)

     2,125,000  
  224,200     

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

     30,323,050  
  4,081,700     

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

     224,820,036  
  9,900     

FedEx Corp.

     1,511,334  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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October 31, 2019 – continued

 

Shares            Value  
Industrials (continued)       
  205,300     

Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (a)

   $ 10,928,119  
  781,200     

Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.

     22,350,132  
  1,153,600     

Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.

     107,953,888  
  8,184,225     

JetBlue Airways Corp. (a)

     157,955,542  
  41,000     

Lyft, Inc. – Class A (a)

     1,699,040  
  4,170,000     

NN, Inc. (b)

     30,107,400  
  25,000     

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.

     4,552,000  
  15,800     

Ryanair Holdings PLC – ADR (a)

     1,179,312  
  1,466,900     

Southwest Airlines Co.

     82,337,097  
  441,400     

Spirit Airlines, Inc. (a)

     16,578,984  
  8,500     

TransDigm Group, Inc.

     4,473,380  
  3,626,450     

United Airlines Holdings, Inc. (a)

     329,426,718  
  189,600     

WillScot Corp. (a)

     2,988,096  
     

 

 

 
        1,447,184,616  
     

 

 

 
Information Technology – 27.3%       
  1,222,700     

2U, Inc. (a)

     21,916,897  
  597,200     

Adobe, Inc. (a)

     165,979,796  
  1,500     

Arista Networks, Inc. (a)

     366,855  
  2,038,700     

Arlo Technologies, Inc. (a)

     6,951,967  
  95,300     

ASML Holding N.V. – ADR

     24,965,741  
  2,511,500     

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. (a) (b)

     48,145,455  
  23,472,518     

BlackBerry Ltd. (a)

     123,465,445  
  253,625     

Cerence, Inc. (a)

     3,931,187  
  250,000     

Corning, Inc.

     7,407,500  
  1,780,100     

Cree, Inc. (a)

     84,964,173  
  15,399     

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. – Class A (a)

     768,564  
  26,400     

CyberArk Software Ltd. (a)

     2,681,712  
  100,000     

Dell Technologies, Inc. – Class C (a)

     5,289,000  
  1,400,000     

Descartes Systems Group, Inc. (The) (a)

     54,474,000  
  355,000     

Digimarc Corp. (a)

     12,638,000  
  43,000     

DXC Technology Co.

     1,189,810  
  924,539     

FARO Technologies, Inc. (a) (b)

     44,082,019  
  10,571,200     

Flex Ltd. (a)

     124,211,600  
  770,250     

ForeScout Technologies, Inc. (a)

     23,692,890  
  1,109,300     

FormFactor, Inc. (a)

     24,216,019  
  1,290,000     

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

     21,168,900  
  540,000     

HP, Inc.

     9,379,800  
  441,750     

HubSpot, Inc. (a)

     68,515,425  
  145,000     

Intuit, Inc.

     37,337,500  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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October 31, 2019 – continued

 

Shares            Value  
Information Technology (continued)       
  750,000     

Jabil, Inc.

   $ 27,615,000  
  185,900     

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (a)

     18,759,169  
  77,639     

Keywords Studios PLC – GBP

     1,116,326  
  764,400     

KLA Corp.

     129,214,176  
  145,000     

MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. (a)

     3,297,300  
  668,500     

Materialise NV – ADR (a)

     12,761,665  
  2,663,861     

MaxLinear, Inc. (a)

     50,506,805  
  267,336     

Micro Focus International PLC – ADR

     3,667,850  
  6,740,200     

Micron Technology, Inc. (a)

     320,496,510  
  2,132,467     

NetApp, Inc.

     119,162,256  
  598,250     

nLIGHT, Inc. (a)

     7,992,620  
  2,029,000     

Nuance Communications, Inc. (a)

     33,113,280  
  163,000     

Nutanix, Inc. – Class A (a)

     4,762,860  
  229,100     

NVIDIA Corp.

     46,053,682  
  213,000     

OSI Systems, Inc. (a)

     21,138,120  
  73,000     

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (a)

     16,599,470  
  20,616     

Perspecta, Inc.

     547,149  
  336,900     

Pivotal Software, Inc. – Class A (a)

     5,043,393  
  270,300     

Pluralsight, Inc. – Class A (a)

     4,887,024  
  3,092,100     

PROS Holdings, Inc. (a) (b)

     158,439,204  
  1,548,340     

QUALCOMM, Inc.

     124,548,470  
  53,000     

Rapid7, Inc. (a)

     2,654,770  
  8,813,000     

ServiceSource International, Inc. (a) (b)

     11,016,250  
  2,222,000     

Splunk, Inc. (a)

     266,551,120  
  2,398,800     

Stratasys Ltd. (a)

     49,607,184  
  830,000     

Trimble, Inc. (a)

     33,067,200  
  1,281,431     

Universal Display Corp.

     256,516,858  
  260,000     

VMware, Inc. – Class A

     41,150,200  
  16,500     

Western Digital Corp.

     852,225  
  1,400     

Zoom Video Communications, Inc. – Class A (a)

     97,846  
     

 

 

 
        2,688,976,237  
     

 

 

 
Materials – 0.1%       
  116,300     

Albemarle Corp.

     7,064,062  
  9,800     

Ingevity Corp. (a)

     825,258  
  2,071,654     

Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. (a)

     2,734,583  
     

 

 

 
        10,623,903  
     

 

 

 
 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $5,634,962,911)

   $ 9,250,840,158  
     

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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October 31, 2019 – continued

 

Shares            Value  
  PREFERRED STOCKS – 0.5%   
Financials – 0.5%       
  1,756,376     

Fannie Mae Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock Series S, Perpetual Maturity 7.750% (a)

   $ 20,584,727  
  2,503,400     

Freddie Mac Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock Series Z, Perpetual Maturity 7.875% (a)

     29,039,440  
     

 

 

 
        49,624,167  
     

 

 

 
 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
(Cost $23,994,436)

     49,624,167  
     

 

 

 
  RIGHTS – 0.0%   
Communication Services – 0.0%       
  6,350,000     

DHX Media Ltd. – CAD (a)

     409,802  
     

 

 

 
Health Care – 0.0%       
  3,786,300     

Mereo BioPharma Group PLC – CVR
(Issue Date 4/5/19) (a) (c) (d)

     0  
  3,786,300     

Mereo BioPharma Group PLC – CVR
(Issue Date 4/23/19) (a) (c) (d)

     0  
     

 

 

 
        0  
     

 

 

 
 

TOTAL RIGHTS
(Cost $1,047,967)

     409,802  
     

 

 

 
  SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 5.7%   
  564,921,413     

Dreyfus Treasury Securities Cash Management Fund – Institutional Shares – 1.64% (e)

   $ 564,921,413  
     

 

 

 
 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $564,921,413)

     564,921,413  
     

 

 

 
 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES
(Cost $6,224,926,727) – 100.1%

     9,865,795,540  
 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets – (0.1)%

     (14,429,789
     

 

 

 
 

TOTAL NET ASSETS – 100.0%

   $ 9,851,365,751  
     

 

 

 

 

ADR

American Depository Receipt

CAD

Canadian Dollars

CHF

Swiss Francs

CVR

Contingent Value Rights

GBP

British Pound Sterling

HKD

Hong Kong Dollars

(a)

Non-Income Producing

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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PRIMECAP Odyssey Aggressive Growth Fund

 

October 31, 2019 – continued

 

(b)

Considered an affiliated company of the fund as the fund owns 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities of such company. (Note 7)

(c)

Fair-valued security (Note 4)

(d)

Illiquid security

(e)

Rate quoted is seven-day yield at period end.

The Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®) was developed by and is the exclusive property of MSCI Inc. and Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (“S&P”). GICS is a service mark of MSCI and S&P and has been licensed for use by the fund’s administrator.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities

PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds

October 31, 2019

 

    PRIMECAP
Odyssey
Stock Fund
    PRIMECAP
Odyssey
Growth Fund
    PRIMECAP
Odyssey Aggressive
Growth Fund
 

ASSETS

     

Investments, at cost (unaffiliated)

  $ 6,991,467,642     $ 7,671,934,434     $ 5,209,600,808  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investments, at cost (affiliated)

          280,359,453       1,015,325,919  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investments, at value (unaffiliated)

    10,127,964,657       12,141,204,889       8,945,671,379  

Investments, at value (affiliated)

          221,227,618       920,124,161  

Receivable for investments sold

    33,413       21,035,444       4,470,852  

Receivable for dividends and interest

    13,184,684       11,294,391       5,283,195  

Receivable for fund shares sold

    160,853,021       9,310,460       3,462,222  

Prepaid expenses and other assets

    81,056       118,685       73,465  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

    10,302,116,831       12,404,191,487       9,879,085,274  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
LIABILITIES      

Payable for investments purchased

    895,684       7,104,488       6,327,007  

Payable for fund shares repurchased

    12,165,988       13,229,415       6,707,814  

Payable to the advisor (Note 6)

    13,548,740       16,978,123       13,758,808  

Payable to custodian

    30,162       33,010       23,017  

Other accrued expenses and liabilities

    1,128,811       1,246,220       902,877  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    27,769,385       38,591,256       27,719,523  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 10,274,347,446     $ 12,365,600,231     $ 9,851,365,751  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Number of shares issued and outstanding (unlimited shares authorized, $0.01 par value)

    299,274,034       311,638,641       226,657,092  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE, OFFERING AND REDEMPTION PRICE PER SHARE

  $ 34.33     $ 39.68     $ 43.46  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
COMPONENTS OF NET ASSETS      

Paid-in capital

  $ 6,546,720,948     $ 7,353,458,417     $ 5,687,917,175  

Total distributable earnings

    3,727,626,498       5,012,141,814       4,163,448,576  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net assets

  $ 10,274,347,446     $ 12,365,600,231     $ 9,851,365,751  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Statements of Operations

PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds

For the Year Ended October 31, 2019

 

    PRIMECAP
Odyssey
Stock Fund
    PRIMECAP
Odyssey
Growth Fund
    PRIMECAP
Odyssey Aggressive
Growth Fund
 

INVESTMENT INCOME

     

Dividends (unaffiliated)(1)

  $ 195,958,428     $ 142,873,887     $ 52,797,157  

Dividends (affiliated)

                1,164,100  

Interest income

    8,588,495       7,946,674       12,093,555  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investment income

    204,546,923       150,820,561       66,054,812  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

     

Advisory fees

    55,423,350       70,849,570       56,598,065  

Shareholder servicing

    7,436,412       9,406,187       6,801,988  

Custody

    175,436       195,273       128,679  

Trustee fees

    157,422       157,623       157,623  

Other

    2,041,842       2,110,252       1,448,628  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    65,234,462       82,718,905       65,134,983  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

    139,312,461       68,101,656       919,829  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS AND FOREIGN CURRENCY      

Net realized gain (loss) on:

     

Investments (unaffiliated)

    550,161,628       645,186,820       424,426,145  

Investments (affiliated)

          (9,675,862     169,519,247  

Foreign currency transactions

    (141,292     (194,335     (128,102

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:

     

Investments (unaffiliated)

    387,588,658       81,927,799       245,728,866  

Investments (affiliated)

          (85,591,842     (386,400,930

Foreign currency translations

    121,344       199,299       168,102  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments and foreign currency

    937,730,338       631,851,879       453,313,328  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

  $ 1,077,042,799     $ 699,953,535     $ 454,233,157  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (1)

Net of foreign taxes withheld of $3,764,063, $3,994,966, and $1,176,676, respectively.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

PRIMECAP Odyssey Stock Fund

 

    Year Ended
October 31, 2019
    Year Ended
October 31, 2018
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM:

   
OPERATIONS    

Net investment income

  $ 139,312,461     $ 104,496,815  

Net realized gain (loss) on:

   

Investments

    550,161,628       204,413,813  

Foreign currency transactions

    (141,292     (18,144

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:

   

Investments

    387,588,658       75,501,205  

Foreign currency translations

    121,344       (108,069
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    1,077,042,799       384,285,620  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
NET DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS     (279,726,568     (196,909,495
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS    

Proceeds from shares sold

    2,288,869,865       3,456,847,979  

Proceeds from reinvestment of distributions

    228,973,462       152,175,213  

Cost of shares repurchased

    (3,197,882,950     (2,337,913,774
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase/(decrease) from capital share transactions

    (680,039,623     1,271,109,418  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase in net assets

    117,276,608       1,458,485,543  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
NET ASSETS    

Beginning of year

    10,157,070,838       8,698,585,295  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of year

  $ 10,274,347,446     $ 10,157,070,838  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
CHANGE IN CAPITAL SHARES    

Shares outstanding, beginning of year

    319,462,317       280,436,108  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares sold

    71,470,237       105,750,521  

Shares issued on reinvestment of distributions

    7,846,932       4,748,056  

Shares repurchased

    (99,505,452     (71,472,368
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase/(decrease) in capital shares

    (20,188,283     39,026,209  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares outstanding, end of year

    299,274,034       319,462,317  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

PRIMECAP Odyssey Growth Fund

 

    Year Ended
October 31, 2019
    Year Ended
October 31, 2018
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM:

   
OPERATIONS    

Net investment income

  $ 68,101,656     $ 32,488,370  

Net realized gain (loss) on:

   

Investments

    635,510,958       267,857,974  

Foreign currency transactions

    (194,335     (17,022

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:

   

Investments

    (3,664,043     485,804,162  

Foreign currency translations

    199,299       (84,778
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    699,953,535       786,048,706  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
NET DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS     (286,506,874     (160,292,332
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS    

Proceeds from shares sold

    2,455,955,463       4,654,487,440  

Proceeds from reinvestment of distributions

    274,658,653       154,711,162  

Cost of shares repurchased

    (3,923,397,524     (1,991,511,906
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase/(decrease) from capital share transactions

    (1,192,783,408     2,817,686,696  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase/(decrease) in net assets

    (779,336,747     3,443,443,070  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
NET ASSETS    

Beginning of year

    13,144,936,978       9,701,493,908  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of year

  $ 12,365,600,231     $ 13,144,936,978  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
CHANGE IN CAPITAL SHARES    

Shares outstanding, beginning of year

    342,085,105       272,228,484  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares sold

    64,552,659       115,258,917  

Shares issued on reinvestment of distributions

    7,816,125       4,125,631  

Shares repurchased

    (102,815,248     (49,527,927
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase/(decrease) in capital shares

    (30,446,464     69,856,621  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares outstanding, end of year

    311,638,641       342,085,105  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

PRIMECAP Odyssey Aggressive Growth Fund

 

    Year Ended
October 31, 2019
    Year Ended
October 31, 2018
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM:

   
OPERATIONS    

Net investment income (loss)

  $ 919,829     $ (20,849,154

Net realized gain (loss) on:

   

Investments

    593,945,392       738,147,688  

Foreign currency transactions

    (128,102     (25,260

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:

   

Investments

    (140,672,064     12,355,810  

Foreign currency translations

    168,102       (59,386
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    454,233,157       729,569,698  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
NET DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS     (683,057,590     (81,924,081
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS    

Proceeds from shares sold

    1,331,245,698       2,035,610,194  

Proceeds from reinvestment of distributions

    647,702,692       77,951,618  

Cost of shares repurchased

    (2,144,086,023     (1,395,356,499
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase/(decrease) from capital share transactions

    (165,137,633     718,205,313  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase/(decrease) in net assets

    (393,962,066     1,365,850,930  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
NET ASSETS    

Beginning of year

    10,245,327,817       8,879,476,887  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of year

  $ 9,851,365,751     $ 10,245,327,817  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
CHANGE IN CAPITAL SHARES    

Shares outstanding, beginning of year

    229,145,250       214,433,583  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares sold

    31,073,538       42,031,699  

Shares issued on reinvestment of distributions

    16,689,067       1,750,935  

Shares repurchased

    (50,250,763     (29,070,967
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase/(decrease) in capital shares

    (2,488,158     14,711,667  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares outstanding, end of year

    226,657,092       229,145,250  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

PRIMECAP Odyssey Stock Fund

For a capital share outstanding throughout each year.

 

    Year
Ended
Oct. 31,
2019
    Year
Ended
Oct. 31,
2018
    Year
Ended
Oct. 31,
2017
    Year
Ended
Oct. 31,
2016
    Year
Ended
Oct. 31,
2015
 

Net asset value, beginning of the year

  $ 31.79     $ 31.02     $ 24.84     $ 24.45     $ 23.59  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income from investment operations:

         

Net investment income

    0.46       0.33       0.33       0.29       0.31  

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments and foreign currency

    2.95       1.13       6.61       0.55       1.21  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    3.41       1.46       6.94       0.84       1.52  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less:

         

Dividends from net investment income

    (0.34     (0.30     (0.31     (0.24     (0.31

Distributions from net realized gain

    (0.53     (0.39     (0.45     (0.21     (0.35
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

    (0.87     (0.69     (0.76     (0.45     (0.66
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 34.33     $ 31.79     $ 31.02     $ 24.84     $ 24.45  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return

    11.22     4.70     28.51     3.52     6.64

Ratios/supplemental data:

         

Net assets, end of year (millions)

  $ 10,274.3     $ 10,157.1     $ 8,698.6     $ 5,654.3     $ 5,126.0  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

    0.65     0.64     0.65     0.67     0.65

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

    1.38     1.04     1.18     1.22     1.38

Portfolio turnover rate

    6     5     6     8     7

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

PRIMECAP Odyssey Growth Fund

For a capital share outstanding throughout each year.

 

    Year
Ended
Oct. 31,
2019
    Year
Ended
Oct. 31,
2018
    Year
Ended
Oct. 31,
2017
    Year
Ended
Oct. 31,
2016
    Year
Ended
Oct. 31,
2015
 

Net asset value, beginning of the year

  $ 38.43     $ 35.64     $ 27.90     $ 27.09     $ 26.14  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income from investment operations:

         

Net investment income

    0.22       0.10       0.12       0.12       0.14  

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments and foreign currency

    1.88       3.26       8.62       1.04       1.62  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    2.10       3.36       8.74       1.16       1.76  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less:

         

Dividends from investment income

    (0.12     (0.11     (0.14     (0.10     (0.16

Distributions from net realized gain

    (0.73     (0.46     (0.86     (0.25     (0.65
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

    (0.85     (0.57     (1.00     (0.35     (0.81
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 39.68     $ 38.43     $ 35.64     $ 27.90     $ 27.09  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return

    5.75     9.48     32.12     4.31     6.96

Ratios/supplemental data:

         

Net assets, end of year (millions)

  $ 12,365.6     $ 13,144.9     $ 9,701.5     $ 6,604.5     $ 6,254.6  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

    0.64     0.64     0.66     0.65     0.64

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

    0.53     0.26     0.39     0.47     0.53

Portfolio turnover rate

    6     4     5     9     5

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

PRIMECAP Odyssey Aggressive Growth Fund

For a capital share outstanding throughout each year.

 

    Year
Ended
Oct. 31,
2019
    Year
Ended
Oct. 31,
2018
    Year
Ended
Oct. 31,
2017
    Year
Ended
Oct. 31,
2016
    Year
Ended
Oct. 31,
2015
 

Net asset value, beginning of the year

  $ 44.71     $ 41.41     $ 33.78     $ 33.27     $ 33.21  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income from investment operations:

         

Net investment income (loss)

    0.03       0.00 (1)      (0.03     (0.05     0.06  

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments and foreign currency

    1.72       3.68       10.44       2.59       1.54  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    1.75       3.68       10.41       2.54       1.60  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less:

         

Dividends from investment income

    (0.03                 (0.00 )(1)      (0.06

Distributions from net realized gain

    (2.97     (0.38     (2.78     (2.03     (1.48
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

    (3.00     (0.38     (2.78     (2.03     (1.54
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 43.46     $ 44.71     $ 41.41     $ 33.78     $ 33.27  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return

    4.71     8.90     32.59     7.90     5.13

Ratios/supplemental data:

         

Net assets, end of year (millions)

  $ 9,851.4     $ 10,245.3     $ 8,879.5     $ 6,721.4     $ 6,502.8  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

    0.63     0.63     0.64     0.63     0.62

Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets

    0.01     (0.19 %)      (0.07 %)      (0.16 %)      0.17

Portfolio turnover rate

    7     12     9     15     15

 

  (1) 

Less than one cent per share

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds

For the Year Ended October 31, 2019

 

(1)  Organization

PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds (the “Trust”) was organized on June 8, 2004 as a Delaware statutory trust and is registered as an open-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). The Trust is comprised of three series: PRIMECAP Odyssey Stock Fund, PRIMECAP Odyssey Growth Fund, and PRIMECAP Odyssey Aggressive Growth Fund (the “Funds”), each of which is diversified within the meaning of the 1940 Act. PRIMECAP Management Company (the “Investment Advisor”) serves as investment advisor to the Funds. Each Fund commenced operations on November 1, 2004.

Each Fund’s investment objective is to achieve long-term capital appreciation. Each Fund is authorized to issue unlimited shares of beneficial interest. All shares of each Fund have equal rights with respect to voting. The PRIMECAP Odyssey Aggressive Growth Fund is closed to most new investors.

(2)  Significant Accounting Policies

The Funds consistently follow the accounting policies set forth below which are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). The Funds are considered investment companies under U.S. GAAP and follow the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies in the Financial Accounting Standards Board Auditing Standards Codification Topic 946.

 

  A.

Security Valuation

Securities traded on a national securities exchange are valued at the last reported sales price at the close of regular trading on each day the exchanges are open for trading. Securities traded on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (“NASDAQ”) are valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price, which may not necessarily represent the last sale price. Non-U.S. traded stocks are valued at the last sale price or official closing price in the primary local market where the stock is traded. Securities traded on an exchange for which there have been no sales are valued at the mean between the bid and ask price. Because trading on most non-U.S. exchanges is normally completed before the close of the New York Stock Exchange, the value of securities traded on foreign exchanges can change by the time a Fund calculates its net asset value per share (“NAV”). To address these changes, the Funds may utilize adjustment factors provided by an independent pricing service to systematically value foreign securities at fair value. These adjustment factors are based on statistical analyses of subsequent movement in securities indices, specific security prices, and exchange rates in foreign markets.

Securities for which quotations are not readily available are valued at their respective fair values as determined in good faith by a valuation committee of the Investment Advisor in accordance with procedures approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees. In determining fair value, the Funds take into account all relevant factors and available information. Consequently, the price of a security used by a Fund to calculate its NAV may differ from quoted or published prices for the same security. Fair value pricing involves

 

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PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds

 

For the Year Ended October 31, 2019 – continued

 

subjective judgments, and there is no single standard for determining a security’s fair value. As a result, different mutual funds could reasonably arrive at a different fair value for the same security. It is possible that the fair value determined for a security is materially different from the value that could be realized upon the sale of that security or from the values that other mutual funds may determine.

Investments in other funds are valued at their respective net asset values as determined by those funds, in accordance with the 1940 Act.

 

  B.

Share Valuation

The NAV of a Fund is calculated by dividing the sum of the value of the securities held by the Fund, plus cash or other assets, minus all liabilities (including estimated accrued expenses), by the total number of outstanding shares of the Fund. The result is rounded to the nearest cent. The Funds’ shares will not be priced on the days on which the NYSE is closed for trading.

 

  C.

Foreign Currency

Securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars using exchange rates as of 4 p.m. Eastern time on the valuation date. Purchases and sales of investments and dividend and interest income are converted into U.S. dollars using the spot market rate of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such translations. Realized foreign exchange gains or losses may arise from 1) sales of foreign currencies; 2) currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions; and 3) the difference between the recorded amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in foreign exchange rates on foreign denominated assets and liabilities other than investments in securities held at the end of the reporting period. Foreign securities and currency transactions may involve risks not associated with U.S. securities and currency.

 

  D.

Federal Income Taxes

Each Fund has elected to be treated as a “regulated investment company” under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “IRC”). Each Fund intends to distribute substantially all of its taxable income and any accumulated net realized capital gains. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes has been made in the financial statements.

The Funds may be subject to foreign taxes on income, gains on investments, or currency repatriation, a portion of which may be reclaimed. The Funds will accrue such taxes and reclaims as applicable based upon their current interpretations of the tax rules and regulations that exist in the markets in which they invest.

Each Fund has adopted accounting standards regarding recognition and measurement of tax positions taken or expected to be taken on a tax return. The Funds recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds

 

For the Year Ended October 31, 2019 – continued

 

expense in the Statement of Operations. During the year ended October 31, 2019, the Funds did not incur any interest or penalties. As of October 31, 2019, open tax years include the tax years ended October 31, 2016 through October 31, 2019. No Fund is aware of any tax positions for which it is more likely than not that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits or loss will significantly change in the next 12 months.

 

  E.

Allocation of Expenses

Each Fund is charged for those expenses directly attributable to it. Expenses that are not directly attributable to a Fund are allocated among the Funds by an appropriate method based on the nature of the expense.

 

  F.

Security Transactions, Investment Income, and Distributions

Security transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Dividend income and distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date, and interest income is recognized on the accrual basis. Realized gains and losses are evaluated on the basis of identified costs. Premiums and discounts on the purchase of securities are amortized/accreted using the effective interest method. U.S. GAAP requires that permanent financial reporting and tax differences be reclassified in the capital accounts.

 

  G.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these estimates, and such differences could be material.

 

  H.

Indemnification Obligations

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its current and former officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Funds. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts that contain a variety of representations and warranties that provide general indemnifications. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Funds that have not yet occurred. Based on experience, the Funds would expect the risk of loss to be minimal.

(3)  Investment Transactions

The cost of purchases and the proceeds from sales of securities, excluding short-term investments, for the year ended October 31, 2019 were as follows:

 

Fund

  Purchases      Sales  

Stock Fund

  $ 538,091,539      $ 1,709,338,617  

Growth Fund

  $ 798,896,522      $ 1,834,454,019  

Aggressive Growth Fund

  $ 647,562,215      $ 1,532,887,891  

 

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PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds

 

For the Year Ended October 31, 2019 – continued

 

(4)  Valuation Measurements

The Funds have adopted fair valuation accounting standards which establish an authoritative definition of fair value and set forth a hierarchy for measuring fair value. These standards require additional disclosure about the various inputs and valuation techniques used to develop the measurements of fair value and a discussion of changes in valuation techniques and related inputs during the period. These standards define fair value as the price that would be received in the sale of an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. The fair value hierarchy is organized into three levels based upon the assumptions (referred to as “inputs”) used to value the asset or liability. These standards state that “observable inputs” reflect the significant assumptions that market participants would use in valuing an asset or liability based on market data obtained from independent sources. “Unobservable inputs” reflect the Funds’ own assumptions about the inputs market participants would use to value the asset or liability.

Various inputs are used in determining the value of each Fund’s investments, and the lowest level for any significant input determines leveling. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels below:

 

  Level 1 –

Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical securities to which the Trust has access at the date of measurement.

 

 

  Level 2 –

Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar or related securities in both active and inactive markets, interest rates, foreign exchange rates, and fair value estimates for foreign securities indices).

 

 

  Level 3 –

Significant unobservable inputs to the extent observable inputs are unavailable (including the Funds’ own assumptions in determining fair value of investments based on the best available information).

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds

 

For the Year Ended October 31, 2019 – continued

 

The following table provides the fair value measurements of applicable Fund assets by level within the fair value hierarchy for each Fund as of October 31, 2019. These assets are measured on a recurring basis.

 

Fund

 

Description

  Quoted prices
in active
markets for
identical assets
(Level 1)
    Significant
other
observable
inputs
(Level 2)
    Significant
unobservable
inputs
(Level 3)
    Total  
Stock Fund  

Common Stock(1)

  $ 9,607,253,605     $     $     $ 9,607,253,605  
 

Short-Term Investments

    520,711,052                   520,711,052  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

Total Investments in Securities

  $ 10,127,964,657     $     $     $ 10,127,964,657  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Growth Fund  

Common Stock(1)

  $ 12,115,930,044     $     $     $ 12,115,930,044  
 

Short-Term Investments

    246,502,463                   246,502,463  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

Total Investments in Securities

  $ 12,362,432,507     $     $     $ 12,362,432,507  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Aggressive

Growth Fund

 

Common Stock(1)

  $ 9,250,840,158     $     $ 0     $ 9,250,840,158  
 

Preferred Stock(2)

    49,624,167                   49,624,167  
 

Rights(3)

    409,802             0       409,802  
 

Short-Term Investments

    564,921,413                   564,921,413  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

Total Investments in Securities

  $ 9,865,795,540     $     $ 0     $ 9,865,795,540  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (1) 

Refer to each Fund’s respective Schedule of Investments for the breakdown of major categories.

  (2) 

Financials

  (3)

Communication Services and Health Care

 

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PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds

 

For the Year Ended October 31, 2019 – continued

 

(5)  Distribution to Shareholders

Net investment income and net realized gains differ for financial statement and tax purposes due to differing treatments of deferred wash sale losses.

As of October 31, 2019, the components of capital on a tax basis were as follows:

 

    PRIMECAP
Odyssey
Stock Fund
    PRIMECAP
Odyssey
Growth Fund
    PRIMECAP
Odyssey Aggressive
Growth Fund
 

Cost of investments for tax purposes(1)

  $ 6,996,617,342     $ 7,976,580,023     $ 6,237,475,230  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross tax unrealized appreciation

    3,598,275,048       5,316,870,138       4,718,810,220  

Gross tax unrealized depreciation

    (467,003,488     (931,049,501     (1,090,487,579
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net tax unrealized appreciation

    3,131,271,560       4,385,820,637       3,628,322,641  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed ordinary income

    118,197,783       71,970,840       25,463,714  

Undistributed long-term capital gain

    478,157,155       554,350,337       509,662,221  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributable earnings

    596,354,938       626,321,177       535,125,935  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other accumulated gain (loss)

                 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total accumulated gain

  $ 3,727,626,498     $ 5,012,141,814     $ 4,163,448,576  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (1) 

At October 31, 2019 the differences in the basis for federal income tax purposes and financial reporting purposes are due to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales.

U.S. GAAP requires that permanent book-to-tax differences be reclassified among the components of net assets. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or NAV. For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2019, the following reclassifications were made:

 

    Undistributed
Net Investment
Gain (Loss)
     Accumulated
Net Realized
Loss
     Paid In Capital  

Stock Fund

  $ (144,275)      $ (68,302,702)      $ 68,446,977  

Growth Fund

  $ (194,335)      $ (80,064,277)      $ 80,258,612  

Aggressive Growth Fund

  $ 4,968,272      $ (61,066,741)      $ 56,098,469  

The Funds used a tax accounting practice to treat a portion of the price of capital shares redeemed during the year as distributions from net realized capital gains. The PRIMECAP Odyssey Stock Fund, PRIMECAP Odyssey Growth Fund, and PRIMECAP Odyssey Aggressive Growth Fund reclassified $68,446,977, $80,258,612, and $56,098,469, respectively, from Accumulated Net Realized Gain to Paid In Capital. Other permanent book-to-tax differences that required reclassification among the Funds’ capital accounts related to foreign currency adjustments and net operating losses.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds

 

For the Year Ended October 31, 2019 – continued

 

Tax components of dividends paid during the fiscal years ended October 31, 2019 and October 31, 2018 were as follows:

 

    October 31, 2019     October 31, 2018  
    Ordinary
Income
Distributions
    Long-Term
Capital Gain
Distributions
    Ordinary
Income
Distributions
     Long-Term
Capital Gain
Distributions
 

Stock Fund

  $ 122,583,434     $ 157,143,134     $ 95,637,597      $ 101,271,898  

Growth Fund

  $ 53,586,031     $ 232,920,843     $ 33,749,309      $ 126,543,023  

Aggressive Growth Fund

  $ 10,794,465     $ 672,263,125     $ 3,605,900      $ 78,318,181  

The Funds designated as long-term capital gain dividends, pursuant to IRC Section 852 (b) (3), the amounts necessary to reduce the earnings and profits of the Funds related to net capital gains to zero for the tax year ended October 31, 2019.

(6)  Investment Advisory and Other Agreements

The Trust has entered into an investment management agreement with the Investment Advisor on behalf of each Fund. For its services to the Funds, the Investment Advisor receives a fee paid quarterly at the annual rate of 0.60% of the first $100 million of each Fund’s average daily net assets and 0.55% of each Fund’s average daily net assets in excess of $100 million. For the year ended October 31, 2019, each Fund paid the Investment Advisor at an effective annual rate of 0.55% of its respective average net assets.

U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (“USBFS”) serves as the administrator, fund accountant, and transfer agent to the Funds. Quasar Distributors, LLC, an affiliate of USBFS, serves as the Funds’ distributor. U.S. Bank, N.A., an affiliate of USBFS, serves as the Funds’ custodian.

(7)  Other Affiliates

Certain of the Funds’ investments are in companies that are considered to be affiliated companies of a Fund because the Fund owns 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the company. With respect to each such investment, refer to each Fund’s respective Schedule of Investments for the information on the sector, the number of shares held, and the percentages of net assets held in each sector. Transactions during the period in securities of these companies were as follows:

PRIMECAP Odyssey Growth Fund

 

          Current Period Transactions        

Common Stock

  Market
Value at
October 31,
2018
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from
Securities
Sold
    Dividend
Income
    Realized
Gain
(Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
    Market
Value at
October 31,
2019
 

iRobot Corp.

  $ 244,707,018     $ 3,326,002     $ 20,072,149     $     $ 1,064,405     $ (104,929,550   $ 124,095,726  

Stratasys Ltd.

    93,666,558             5,132,107             (10,740,267     19,337,708       97,131,892  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 338,373,576     $ 3,326,002     $ 25,204,256     $     $ (9,675,862   $ (85,591,842   $ 221,227,618  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds

 

For the Year Ended October 31, 2019 – continued

 

PRIMECAP Odyssey Aggressive Growth Fund

 

          Current Period Transactions        

Common Stock

  Market
Value at
October 31,
2018
    Purchases
at Cost
    Proceeds
from
Securities
Sold
    Dividend
Income
    Realized
Gain
(Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
    Market
Value at
October 31,
2019
 

Arbutus Biopharma Corp.(1)

  $ 17,258,496     $     $ 3,383,415     $     $ (39,559,685   $ 26,536,604     $ N/A  

Axcelis Technologies, Inc.

    43,581,500       74,981       326,238             (4,650     4,819,862       48,145,455  

Cerus Corp

    69,010,000       5,200,037                         (25,055,037     49,155,000  

Chegg, Inc.(1)

    212,778,544             67,657,165             51,717,485       (17,100,746     N/A  

comScore, Inc.

    91,858,602       188,101       2,367,548             (4,256,226     (72,551,470     12,871,459  

Ellie Mae, Inc.(1)(2)

    136,052,956             200,086,075             148,031,677       (83,998,558     N/A  

Epizyme, Inc.

    46,443,541       18,510,280       758,823             (3,187,002     22,464,987       83,472,983  

FARO Technologies, Inc.

    71,460,224             25,751,099             7,555,954       (9,183,060     44,082,019  

Fluidigm Corp.

    28,072,310       5,183,325       71,864             (433,834     (9,864,400     22,885,537  

IMAX Corp.(1)

    64,540,432             5,483,612             (3,440,157     9,622,532       N/A  

Nektar Therapeutics

    444,498,028       2,500,033       21,584,332             13,448,364       (249,847,029     189,015,064  

NN, Inc.

    46,980,000       1,070,992             1,164,100             (17,943,592     30,107,400  

OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(1)(3)

    6,303,668             3,252,594             (24,274,350     21,223,276       N/A  

Pfenex, Inc.

    12,471,358       74,556       182,061             (602,239     16,809,322       28,570,936  

PROS Holdings, Inc.

    90,727,520       19,115,341       6,670,252             2,392       55,264,203       158,439,204  

ServiceSource International, Inc.

    12,045,810             234,024             (1,904,196     1,108,660       11,016,250  

Shutterfly, Inc.(1)(4)

    136,985,000       5,635,291       145,298,068             39,737,956       (37,060,179     N/A  

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

    126,021,000       1,106,418       9,231,052             (14,265,235     (28,698,243     74,932,888  

Xencor, Inc.

    166,727,443             7,302,408             952,993       7,051,938       167,429,966  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 1,823,816,432     $ 58,659,355     $ 499,640,630     $ 1,164,100     $ 169,519,247     $ (386,400,930   $ 920,124,161  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (1) 

No longer an affiliate as of October 31, 2019.

  (2) 

Included in “Proceeds from Securities Sold” are proceeds received when Ellie Mae, Inc. was acquired.

  (3) 

Included in “Proceeds from Securities Sold” are proceeds received when OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was acquired.

  (4) 

Included in “Proceeds from Securities Sold” are proceeds received when Shutterfly, Inc. was acquired.

(8)  Subsequent Events

In preparing these financial statements, the Funds have evaluated events and transactions for potential recognition or disclosure through the date the financial statements were issued.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds

 

For the Year Ended October 31, 2019 – continued

 

On November 25, 2019, U.S. Bancorp, the parent company of Quasar Distributors, LLC, the Fund’s distributor, announced that it had signed a purchase agreement to sell Quasar to Foreside Financial Group, LLC (“Foreside”) such that Quasar will become a wholly-owned broker-dealer subsidiary of Foreside. The transaction is expected to close by the end of March 2020. Management is evaluating firms, including Foreside, to serve as the Funds’ distributor.

 

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LOGO  

Report of Independent Registered

Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees of PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds and shareholders of

PRIMECAP Odyssey Stock Fund

PRIMECAP Odyssey Growth Fund and

PRIMECAP Odyssey Aggressive Growth Fund

Opinions on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of PRIMECAP Odyssey Stock Fund, PRIMECAP Odyssey Growth Fund, and PRIMECAP Odyssey Aggressive Growth Fund (constituting PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds, hereafter collectively referred to as the “Funds”) as of October 31, 2019, the related statements of operations for the year ended October 31, 2019, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended October 31, 2019, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended October 31, 2019 (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of October 31, 2019, the results of each of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in each of their net assets for each of the two years in the period ended October 31, 2019 and each of the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended October 31, 2019 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinions

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of October 31, 2019 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Los Angeles, California

December 11, 2019

We have served as the auditor of one or more investment companies in PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds Investment Company Complex since 2004.

 

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Expense Example

PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds

(Unaudited)

 

As a shareholder of one or more of the Funds, you incur ongoing costs including management fees and other Fund expenses. This expense example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The expense example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested for a six-month period beginning May 1, 2019 through October 31, 2019.

Actual Expenses

The information in the table adjacent to the heading “Actual Performance” provides actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in these columns, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the column entitled “Expenses Paid during Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The information in the table adjacent to the heading “Hypothetical Performance (5% return before expenses)” provides hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Funds’ actual expense ratios and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which are not the Funds’ actual returns. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Funds and other mutual funds. To do so, compare these 5% hypothetical examples with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other mutual funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. Therefore, the information adjacent to the heading “Hypothetical Performance (5% return before expenses)” is useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different mutual funds. In addition, if transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

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Expense Example

PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds

 

(Unaudited) – continued

 

    

Beginning

Account

Value

(5/1/19)

   

Ending

Account

Value

(10/31/19)

   

Expenses Paid

During Period(1)

(5/1/19 to

10/31/19)

   

Expense Ratio

During Period(1)

(5/1/19 to

10/31/19)

 

PRIMECAP Odyssey Stock Fund

 

Actual Performance

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,026.60     $ 3.32       0.65%  

Hypothetical Performance
(5% return before expenses)

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,021.93     $ 3.31       0.65%  

PRIMECAP Odyssey Growth Fund

 

Actual Performance

  $ 1,000.00     $ 993.00     $ 3.22       0.64%  

Hypothetical Performance
(5% return before expenses)

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,021.98     $ 3.26       0.64%  

PRIMECAP Odyssey Aggressive Growth Fund

 

Actual Performance

  $ 1,000.00     $ 969.00     $ 3.13       0.63%  

Hypothetical Performance
(5% return before expenses)

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,022.03     $ 3.21       0.63%  

 

  (1) 

Expenses are equal to a Fund’s annualized expense ratio as indicated, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year period (184), then divided by the number of days in the fiscal year (365) to reflect the one-half year period.

 

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Additional Information

PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds

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Additional Tax Information

PRIMECAP Odyssey Stock Fund, PRIMECAP Odyssey Growth Fund, and PRIMECAP Odyssey Aggressive Growth Fund designate 100%, 100%, and 100%, respectively, of ordinary income distributions paid during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2019 as qualified dividend income.

PRIMECAP Odyssey Stock Fund, PRIMECAP Odyssey Growth Fund, and PRIMECAP Odyssey Aggressive Growth Fund designate 100%, 100%, and 100%, respectively, of ordinary income distributions paid during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2019 as dividends qualifying for the dividends received deduction available for corporate shareholders.

PRIMECAP Odyssey Stock Fund, PRIMECAP Odyssey Growth Fund, and PRIMECAP Odyssey Aggressive Growth Fund designate 10.44%, 22.47%, and 92.67%, respectively, of ordinary income distributions paid during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2019 as short-term capital gain under Internal Revenue Code 871(k)(2)(C).

Proxy Voting Procedures

The Investment Advisor votes proxies relating to portfolio securities in accordance with procedures that have been approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees. You may obtain a description of these procedures, free of charge, by calling toll-free 1-800-729-2307. This information is also available through the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) website at www.sec.gov.

Proxy Voting Record

Information regarding how the Funds voted proxies relating to the portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available, without charge, by calling toll-free 1-800-729-2307. This information is also available through the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

Portfolio Holdings Disclosure

The Funds file a complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q or Part F of Form N-PORT (beginning with filings after March 31, 2019). This information is available, without charge, by calling toll-free 1-800-729-2307. The Funds’ Forms N-Q or Part F of Form N-PORT are also available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The Funds’ Forms N-Q or Part F of Form N-PORT may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC, and information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.

Board Approval of the Renewal of the Investment Advisory Agreement

The Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds (the “Trust”) is comprised of seven Trustees, five of whom are not “interested persons” of the Trust as defined by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Independent Trustees”). In October 2019, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, approved a one-year renewal of the Trust’s investment advisory agreement with PRIMECAP Management Company (the “Advisor”) with respect to the series of the Trust (the “Funds”).

 

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General Information

As part of the annual contract review process, the Independent Trustees, through counsel to the Trust and the Independent Trustees, requested and received extensive materials, including information related to the nature, extent, and quality of the services provided to the Funds by the Advisor; the short- and long-term performance of each Fund relative to the performance of market indices and other funds in its Morningstar category as selected by Broadridge Financial Solutions (“Broadridge”); the advisory fees paid to the Advisor and the total expense ratio of each Fund compared to the advisory fees and the total expense ratios of other funds in the Fund’s Morningstar category; financial information for the Advisor and information related to the profitability to the Advisor of the investment advisory agreement with the Trust; the extent to which the Advisor expects to achieve economies of scale in connection with the services it provides to each Fund; any ancillary or “fall out” benefits that the Advisor may derive from its relationship with the Funds; and the personnel of the Advisor providing services to the Funds. The Independent Trustees also requested and received information regarding the Advisor’s risk controls, risk evaluation processes, compliance program (including brokerage and trading processes), information technology infrastructure (including cyber security), business continuity plans, and other matters.

The Trust engaged Broadridge to prepare an independent expense and performance analysis for each Fund. Broadridge used Morningstar data to compare the expenses and performance of each Fund to similar funds managed by other advisors identified by Broadridge. The Board reviewed the Broadridge materials, which included comparisons of the performance and risk profile of each Fund to those of relevant market indices and of other funds in the relevant Morningstar institutional and retail categories and in a smaller group of funds selected by Broadridge (each a “peer group”). The Broadridge materials also included for each Fund comparisons of advisory fees and total expenses to those of other funds in the relevant Morningstar category and peer group.

With respect to investment performance, the Trustees noted that the Advisor had made quarterly presentations to the Board regarding the Funds’ portfolio construction, investment strategies, and results. The Trustees also noted that in addition to meeting with the Funds’ portfolio managers on a quarterly basis, they also received presentations from different investment analysts throughout the year on specific investment sectors and each Fund’s investments in those sectors. In considering the renewal of the agreement, the Board also took into account other information it had received at past Board and committee meetings with respect to various matters.

The Independent Trustees reviewed information from counsel to the Trust and the Independent Trustees regarding their responsibilities in considering whether to renew the investment advisory agreement for an additional one-year period. In connection with their deliberations, the Board considered such information and factors that they believed to be relevant. The Board considered renewal of the investment advisory agreement separately for each Fund, although the Board took into account the common interests of all the Funds in its review. In considering these matters, the Board discussed the renewal of the investment advisory agreement with management, and the Trustees who are not employees of the Advisor met in a private session with counsel to the Trust and the Independent Trustees at which no employees of the Advisor were present.

 

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In deciding to approve the renewal of the investment advisory agreement, the Board and the Independent Trustees did not identify a single factor that was controlling. The Board and the Independent Trustees concluded that each of the various factors referred to below favored such approval. The following summary describes the key factors considered by the Independent Trustees and their conclusions that formed the basis for approving the renewal of the investment advisory agreement in light of the legal advice furnished by counsel and their own business judgment. This summary is not inclusive of all of the factors considered, and each Board member did not necessarily attribute the same weight to each factor.

Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services

The Board considered the services provided by the Advisor to the Funds under the investment advisory agreement, including the background, education, and experience of the Advisor’s key portfolio management, compliance, and operational personnel; its overall financial strength and stability; its resources and efforts to retain, attract, and motivate capable personnel to serve the Funds; and the overall general quality and depth of its organization. The Board also took into account the experience, capability, and integrity of the Advisor’s senior management, the time that senior management commits to the Funds, and the Advisor’s demonstrated commitment to the Funds; its investment philosophy and processes, including its brokerage and trading practices; its disaster recovery and contingency planning; its oversight of the Funds’ internal control environment with regard to compliance with applicable laws and regulations; and the significant investment by each portfolio manager in the Funds that he manages, which helps align his interests with those of Fund shareholders. The Board and the Independent Trustees concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of services provided under the investment advisory agreement were of a high level and satisfactory.

Investment Performance

The Board assessed the performance of each Fund compared with the performance of its benchmark(s) and other funds in the Fund’s Morningstar retail category and peer group for the one-year, three-year, five-year and ten-year periods ended July 31, 2019. The Board made the following observations in reviewing the Funds’ performance:

 

   

The annualized total return of the PRIMECAP Odyssey Stock Fund outperformed the S&P 500 index for the period from the Fund’s inception through July 31, 2019, although it underperformed the S&P 500 index during the one-, three-, five-, and ten-year periods ended July 31, 2019, by 4.69%, 0.09%, 0.21% and 0.32%, respectively. The Fund’s annualized total return was above the median of funds in the Morningstar Large Cap Blend category for all periods with the exception of the one-year period. For the one-year period, the Fund’s total return ranked in the 73rd percentile, with a return 3.05% under the median of the category.

 

   

The annualized total returns of the PRIMECAP Odyssey Growth Fund were above the returns of the S&P 500 index for the three-, five-, ten-year and since inception periods ended July 31, 2019, but trailed the S&P 500 for the one-year period by 9.11%. The

 

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Fund outperformed its secondary benchmark, the Russell 1000 Growth Index, for the period from the Fund’s inception through July 31, 2019, although the Fund’s annualized total returns underperformed the Index for the three-, five-, and ten-year periods by 1.85%, 1.49% and 0.98%, respectively. The Fund’s performance was above the median of funds in the Morningstar Large Cap Growth category for the five- and ten-year periods ended July 31, 2019 but ranked in the 99th and 53rd percentile, respectively, for the one- and three-year periods then ended. For the one- and three-year periods, the Fund’s annualized total return was below the Morningstar Category’s median return by 10.24% and 0.20%, respectively.

 

   

The annualized total returns of the PRIMECAP Odyssey Aggressive Growth Fund were above the returns of the Fund’s primary benchmark, the S&P 500 index, and its secondary benchmark, the Russell Mid Cap Growth Index, for the three-, five-, ten-year and since inception periods ended July 31, 2019. For the one-year period, the Fund’s total return was below the returns of the S&P 500 index and the Russell Mid Cap Growth Index by 8.45% and 14.61%, respectively. The Fund’s performance was above the median of funds in the Morningstar Mid Cap Growth category for all periods with the exception of the one-year period. For the one-year period, the Fund ranked in the 96th percentile and returned 12.45% less than the category median.

Based on the information provided to them and in consideration of the specific investment objectives and risk profiles of each Fund, the Board and the Independent Trustees concluded that the performance of each Fund was satisfactory.

Advisory Fees and Fund Expenses

The Board reviewed the advisory fees and expenses paid by each Fund compared to those of other funds in the same Morningstar retail category (for the Stock Fund – Large Blend funds; for the Growth Fund – Large Growth funds; and for the Aggressive Growth Fund – Mid-Cap Growth funds), and of other funds in the Fund’s expense peer group, which was selected by Broadridge and was comprised of funds comparable to the Fund with fee structures and characteristics similar to those of the Funds (e.g., no distribution or shareholder servicing fees, and excluding load funds, index and enhanced index funds, funds of funds, and multi-manager funds).

The Independent Trustees observed that the advisory fee of the Stock Fund was below median with respect to other funds in the Morningstar Large Cap Blend retail category and ranked 10th lowest out of 16 funds in the Broadridge selected peer group. The advisory fee of each of the Growth Fund and Aggressive Growth Fund was below the median fees of the funds in the relevant Morningstar retail category and the Fund’s peer group. With respect to the Funds’ total expense ratios, in each case the total expense ratio of the Fund was in the lowest quartile of funds in its selected peer group. The total expense ratios for the Growth and Aggressive Growth Funds were in the lowest quartile relative to their respective Morningstar retail categories, while the Stock Fund’s total expense ratio was in the second lowest quartile of its Morningstar retail category.

 

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The Board also reviewed the fees charged by the Advisor to other clients, including other mutual funds for which it provides sub-advisory services. The Board considered that although those fees were lower than those charged by the Advisor to the Funds, the differences appropriately reflected the investment, operational, and regulatory differences between advising other clients and the Funds, noting that mutual funds are subject to certain requirements under the 1940 Act that do not apply to the Advisor’s separate account clients. The Board and the Independent Trustees determined that the advisory fees and expenses charged to the Funds were reasonable in consideration of the services provided.

Costs and Profits of the Advisor

The Board reviewed information regarding the Advisor’s financial position and concluded that the Advisor would be able to continue to provide advisory services to the Funds. The Board also reviewed information relating to the Advisor’s profitability. Recognizing the difficulty in evaluating an investment advisor’s profitability with respect to the funds it manages in the context of an advisor with multiple lines of business, and noting that other profitability methodologies might also be reasonable, the Board and the Independent Trustees concluded that the profit of the Advisor from its relationship with each Fund was reasonable. The Board noted that the Advisor had closed the Aggressive Growth Fund in January 2014 to most new investors, limiting the growth of the Fund and consequently future profits to the Advisor as it relates to the Aggressive Growth Fund. In considering the Advisor’s profitability, the Independent Trustees recognized the importance of the profitability of the Advisor, not only in maintaining its own financial condition, but also in maintaining an environment in which it is able to attract and retain talented investment professionals.

Economies of Scale and Other Benefits to the Investment Advisor

The Board and the Independent Trustees noted that the Investment Advisory Agreement provides for a fee breakpoint at $100 million in assets for each Fund. The Board considered that the Advisor had significant assets under management at the time the Funds commenced operations and that the Funds were offered advisory fee rates at inception that reflected scale within the Advisor’s business. The Board also acknowledged various diseconomies of scale experienced by the Advisor as the Funds have grown, including the hiring of additional personnel and the provision of additional services to the Funds including improved technology. The Board and the Independent Trustees concluded that the Advisor had shared any economies of scale it had realized from the Funds with the Funds and their shareholders, through advisory fee breakpoints, the hiring of additional personnel, and the provision of additional services to the Funds.

The Board also considered the benefits received by the Advisor as a result of its relationship with the Funds other than investment advisory fees, including any research received by broker-dealers providing execution services to the Funds, the intangible benefits of the Advisor’s association with the Funds generally, and any favorable publicity arising in connection with the Funds’ performance.

 

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Conclusions

Based on their review, including their consideration of each of the factors referred to above, the Board and the Independent Trustees concluded that the compensation payable to the Advisor pursuant to the investment advisory agreement with respect to each Fund is fair and reasonable in light of the services being provided by the Advisor to the Fund and its shareholders and that renewal of the investment advisory agreement with respect to each Fund was in the best interest of the Fund and its shareholders.

 

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Management

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Portfolio Managers

PRIMECAP Management Company has five portfolio managers who together have more than 135 years of investment experience. The portfolio managers primarily responsible for overseeing the Funds’ investments are:

 

Name   Years of Experience  

Theo A. Kolokotrones

    49  

Joel P. Fried

    34  

Alfred W. Mordecai

    22  

M. Mohsin Ansari

    19  

James Marchetti

    14  

Each of these five individuals manages a portion of the PRIMECAP Odyssey Stock Fund, the PRIMECAP Odyssey Growth Fund, and the PRIMECAP Odyssey Aggressive Growth Fund. A portion of each Fund’s assets may be managed by individuals in the Investment Advisor’s research department.

Officers and Trustees

The Trust’s officers, who oversee the Funds’ daily operations, are appointed by the Board of Trustees. The trustees are responsible for the overall management of the Trust, including establishing the Funds’ policies and general supervision and review of their investment activities. The Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the trustees and is available, without charge, by calling 1-800-729-2307 or at the Funds’ website at www.primecap.com.

Executive Officers. The table below sets forth certain information about each of the Trust’s executive officers. The address for each officer is 177 East Colorado Boulevard, 11th Floor, Pasadena, CA 91105.

 

Name

Age

  Position(s)
Held
with Trust
  Term of Office;
Length of
Time Served
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years

Theo A. Kolokotrones

Age: 73

  Co-Chief Executive Officer   Indefinite;
Since 09/04
 

Chairman, Director, and Portfolio Manager

PRIMECAP Management Company

Joel P. Fried

Age: 58

  Co-Chief Executive Officer and Trustee   Indefinite;
Since 09/04
 

President, Director, and Portfolio Manager

PRIMECAP Management Company

 

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Name
Age
  Position(s)
Held
with Trust
  Term of Office;
Length of
Time Served
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years

Alfred W. Mordecai

Age: 52

  Co-Chief Executive Officer   Indefinite;
Since 10/12
 

Vice Chairman, Director, and Portfolio Manager

PRIMECAP Management Company

Michael J. Ricks

Age: 41

  Chief Financial Officer, Chief Administrative Officer, Secretary,   Indefinite;
Since 03/11
  Director of Fund Administration PRIMECAP Management Company
       
    Chief Compliance Officer, and AML Compliance Officer   Indefinite;
Since 02/19
   

“Independent” Trustees. The table below sets forth certain information about each of the trustees of the Trust who is not an “interested person” of the Trust as defined in the 1940 Act (“Independent Trustees”). The address for each Independent Trustee is 177 East Colorado Boulevard, 11th Floor, Pasadena, CA 91105.

 

Name
Age
  Position(s)
Held
with Trust
  Term of
Office;
Length of
Time Served
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number of
Portfolios in
Fund Complex
Overseen  by
Trustee(1)
  Other
Director-
ships Held
by  Trustee

Benjamin F. Hammon

Age: 84

  Chairman of the Board and Trustee   Indefinite;
Since 09/04
  Retired; Private investor   3   None

Wayne H. Smith

Age: 78

  Chairman of the Audit Committee and Trustee   Indefinite;
Since 09/04
  Retired; Private investor   3   None

Joseph G. Uzelac

Age: 75

  Trustee   Indefinite;
Since 10/07
  Retired; Private investor   3   None

Elizabeth D. Obershaw

Age: 59

  Trustee   Indefinite;
Since 06/08
  Managing Director, Horsley Bridge Partners, an investment advisor (2007-present)   3   None

J. Blane Grinstead

Age: 64

  Trustee   Indefinite;
Since 03/19
 

Retired; Private investor

  3   None

 

  (1) 

Fund Complex includes any funds, series of funds, or trusts that share the same advisor or that hold themselves out to investors as related companies.

 

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“Interested” Trustees. The table below sets forth certain information about each of the trustees of the Trust who is an “interested person” of the Trust as defined by the 1940 Act. The address for each interested trustee is 177 East Colorado Boulevard, 11th Floor, Pasadena, CA 91105.

 

Name
Age
  Position(s)
Held
with Trust
  Term of
Office;
Length of
Time Served
 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

  Number of
Portfolios in
Fund Complex
Overseen  by
Trustee(1)
  Other
Director-
ships Held
by  Trustee

Joel P. Fried(2)

Age: 58

  Co-Chief Executive Officer and Trustee   Indefinite;
Since 09/04
  President, Director, and Portfolio Manager
PRIMECAP Management Company
  3   None

Michael Glazer(3)

Age: 79

  Trustee   Indefinite;
Since 10/19
  Formerly, Partner and Senior Counsel, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP   3   None

 

  (1) 

Fund Complex includes any funds, series of funds, or trusts that share the same advisor or that hold themselves out to investors as related companies.

  (2) 

Mr. Fried is an “interested person” of the Trust, as defined by the 1940 Act, because of his employ- ment with PRIMECAP Management Company, the investment advisor to the Trust.

  (3) 

Mr. Glazer is an “interested person” of the Trust, as defined by the 1940 Act, due to his former employment with the Trust’s counsel, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.

 

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Privacy Notice

PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds

 

PRIMECAP Management Company

Maintaining the confidentiality of client personal financial information is very important to PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds (the “Trust”) and PRIMECAP Management Company (the “Advisor”). The Advisor and the Trust may collect several types of nonpublic personal information about investors, including:

 

   

Information from forms that investors may fill out and send to the Advisor or the Trust in connection with an account (such as name, address, and social security number).

 

   

Information an investor may give the Advisor or the Trust orally.

 

   

Information about the amount investors have invested in an account.

 

   

Information about any bank account investors may use for transfers between a bank account and a shareholder account.

The Advisor and the Trust will not sell or disclose client personal information to anyone except as permitted or required by law. For example, information collected may be shared with the independent auditors in the course of the annual audit of the Advisor or the Trust. The Advisor or the Trust may also share this information with the Advisor’s or the Trust’s legal counsel, as deemed appropriate, and with regulators. Finally, the Advisor or the Trust may disclose information about clients or investors at the client’s or investor’s request (for example, by sending duplicate account statements to someone designated by the client or investor), or as otherwise permitted or required by law.

Within the Advisor and the Trust, access to information about clients and investors is restricted to those employees or service providers who need to know the information to service client accounts. The Advisor’s employees are trained to follow its procedures to protect client privacy and are instructed to access information about clients only when they have a business reason to obtain it.

The Advisor and the Trust reserve the right to change this privacy policy in the future, but we will not disclose investor nonpublic personal information except as required or permitted by law without giving the investor an opportunity to instruct us not to do so.


Investment Advisor

PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT COMPANY

177 East Colorado Boulevard, 11th Floor

Pasadena, California 91105

 

Distributor

QUASAR DISTRIBUTORS, LLC

777 East Wisconsin Avenue

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202

 

Custodian

U.S. BANK, N.A.

1555 North RiverCenter Drive, Suite 302

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53212

 

Transfer Agent

U.S. BANCORP FUND SERVICES, LLC

615 East Michigan Street, 3rd Floor

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202

 

Administrator

U.S. BANCORP FUND SERVICES, LLC

2020 East Financial Way, Suite 100

Glendora, California 91741

 

Legal Counsel

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP

300 South Grand Avenue, Twenty-Second Floor

Los Angeles, California 90071

 

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP

601 South Figueroa Street, Suite 900

Los Angeles, California 90017

This report is intended for the shareholders of the PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds and may not be used as sales literature unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus.

Past performance results shown in this report should not be considered a representation of future performance. Share price and returns will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Statements and other information herein are dated and are subject to change.

PRIMECAP, PRIMECAP Odyssey, and the PRIMECAP Odyssey logo are trademarks of PRIMECAP Management Company.


Item 2. Code of Ethics.

The registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officers and principal financial officer. The registrant has not made any amendments to its code of ethics during the period covered by this report. The registrant has not granted any waivers from any provisions of the code of ethics during the period covered by this report.

The registrant undertakes to provide to any person without charge, upon request, a copy of its code of ethics by mail when such person calls the registrant at 1-800-729-2307.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

The registrant’s Board of Trustees has determined that there is at least one audit committee financial expert serving on its audit committee. Wayne Smith is the registrant’s “audit committee financial expert” and is considered to be “independent” as each term is defined in Item 3 of Form N-CSR.

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

The registrant has engaged its principal accountant, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, to perform audit services, audit-related services, and tax services during the past two fiscal years. “Audit services” refer to performing an audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements or services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for those fiscal years. “Audit-related services” refer to the assurance and related services by the principal accountant that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit. “Tax services” refer to professional services rendered by the principal accountant for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning and specifically relate to the accountant’s review of the registrant’s federal and state tax returns. There were no other services provided by the principal accountant to the registrant during the past two fiscal years. The following table details the aggregate fees billed or expected to be billed to the registrant for each of the last two fiscal years for audit fees, audit-related fees, tax fees and other fees by the principal accountant.

 

     FYE 10/31/2019      FYE 10/31/2018  

Audit Fees

   $ 128,340      $ 124,600  

Audit-Related Fees

   $ 0      $ 0  

Tax Fees

   $ 16,392      $ 15,915  

All Other Fees

   $ 0      $ 0  

The audit committee has adopted pre-approval policies and procedures that require the audit committee to pre-approve all audit and non-audit services of the registrant, including services provided to any entity affiliated with the registrant. All services were pre-approved and no waivers to the pre-approval requirement were made.


The percentage of fees billed by PricewaterhouseCoopers applicable to non-audit services pursuant to waiver of pre-approval requirement were as follows:

 

     FYE 10/31/2019     FYE 10/31/2018  

Audit-Related Fees

     0     0

Tax Fees

     0     0

All Other Fees

     0     0

All of the principal accountant’s hours spent on auditing the registrant’s financial statements were attributed to work performed by full-time permanent employees of the principal accountant.

The following table indicates the non-audit fees billed or expected to be billed by the registrant’s accountant for services to the registrant and to the registrant’s investment adviser (and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser) for the last two years. The audit committee of the board of trustees/directors has considered whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to the registrant’s investment adviser is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence and has concluded that the provision of such non-audit services by the accountant has not compromised the accountant’s independence.

 

Non-Audit Related Fees

   FYE 10/31/2019      FYE 10/31/2018  

Registrant

   $ 16,392      $ 15,915  

Registrant’s Investment Adviser

   $ 0      $ 0  

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

Not applicable to registrants who are not listed issuers (as defined in Rule 10A-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934).

Item 6. Investments.

The registrant’s Schedule of Investments is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable to open-end investment companies.

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable to open-end investment companies.

Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

Not applicable to open-end investment companies.


Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

There have been no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s board of trustees.

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

 

(a)

The Registrant’s Co-Chief Executive Officers and Chief Financial Officer have reviewed the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”)) as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report, as required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the Act and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Based on their review, such officers have concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures are effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed in this report is appropriately recorded, processed, summarized and reported and made known to them by others within the Registrant and by the Registrant’s service provider.

 

(b)

There were no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 12. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable to open-end investment companies.

Item 13. Exhibits.

 

(a)

(1) Any code of ethics or amendment thereto, that is the subject of the disclosure required by Item 2, to the extent that the registrant intends to satisfy Item 2 requirements through filing an exhibit. Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form N-CSR filed January 5, 2006.

(2) A separate certification for each principal executive and principal financial officer pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)). Filed herewith.

(3) Any written solicitation to purchase securities under Rule 23c-1 under the Act sent or given during the period covered by the report by or on behalf of the registrant to 10 or more persons. Not applicable to open-end investment companies.

(4) Change in the registrant’s independent public accountant. There was no change in the registrant’s independent public accountant for the period covered by this report.

 

(b)

Certifications pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Furnished herewith.


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.

 

  

PRIMECAP Odyssey Funds

  
   By   

/s/ Joel P. Fried

  
      Joel P. Fried, Co-Chief Executive Officer   
   Date   

December 19, 2019

  
   By   

/s/ Theo A. Kolokotrones

  
      Theo A. Kolokotrones, Co-Chief Executive Officer   
   Date   

December 19, 2019

  
   By   

/s/ Alfred W. Mordecai

  
      Alfred W. Mordecai, Co-Chief Executive Officer   
   Date   

December 19, 2019

  

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/ Joel P. Fried

  
      Joel P. Fried, Co-Chief Executive Officer   
   Date   

December 19, 2019

  
   By   

/s/ Theo A. Kolokotrones

  
      Theo A. Kolokotrones, Co-Chief Executive Officer   
   Date   

December 19, 2019

  
   By   

/s/ Alfred W. Mordecai

  
      Alfred W. Mordecai, Co-Chief Executive Officer   
   Date   

December 19, 2019

  
   By   

/s/ Michael J. Ricks

  
      Michael J. Ricks, Chief Financial Officer   
   Date   

December 19, 2019