N-CSR 1 dncsr.htm DODGE & COX FUND'S ANNUAL REPORT Dodge & Cox Fund's Annual Report

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 811-173

 

DODGE & COX FUNDS

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

One Sansome Street, 35th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94104

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

(Address of principal executive offices)    (Zip code)

 

 

Thomas M. Mistele, Esq.

One Sansome Street, 35th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94104

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 415-981-1710

 

 

Date of fiscal year end: DECEMBER 31, 2003

 

 

Date of reporting period: DECEMBER 31, 2003

 

 

Form N-CSR is to be used by management investment companies to file reports with the Commission not later than 10 days after the transmission to stockholders of any report that is required to be transmitted to stockholders under Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30e-1). The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-CSR in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and policymaking roles.

 

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ITEM 1.   REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS.

 

The following are the December 31, 2003 annual reports for the Dodge & Cox Funds, a Delaware statutory trust, consisting of four series: Dodge & Cox Stock Fund, Dodge & Cox International Stock Fund, Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund and Dodge & Cox Income Fund. The reports of each series were transmitted to their respective shareholders on February 20, 2004

 

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Stock Fund

 

Established 1965

 

 

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39th Annual Report

December 31, 2003

2003

 

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Stock Fund

 

 

www.dodgeandcox.com

For Fund literature, transactions and account

information, please visit the

Funds’ web site.

 

or write or call:

 

Dodge & Cox Funds

c/o Boston Financial Data Services

P.O. Box 8422

Boston, Massachusetts

02266-8422

(800) 621-3979

 

Investment Manager

Dodge & Cox

One Sansome Street

35th Floor

San Francisco, California

94104-4443

(415) 981-1710

 


This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the Fund. The report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the Fund unless it is accompanied by a current prospectus.

 

This report reflects our views,

opinions and portfolio holdings

as of December 31, 2003, the end of

the reporting period. The information

provided is not a complete analysis of every

aspect of any industry, security or the Fund.

The Fund’s portfolio composition may change

depending on market and economic conditions.

Although historical performance is

no guarantee of future results, these

insights may help you understand

our investment management

philosophy.

 

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To Our Shareholders


 

It was a good year for both the overall equity market and the Dodge & Cox Stock Fund—well beyond our expectations. The Fund had a total return of 32.4% for the year-ended December 31, 2003 compared to a 28.7% total return for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (S&P 500). Total returns for longer periods are listed on the following page. Regular readers of our quarterly letters may remember that we did not think double-digit returns were likely one year ago. Instead, the Fund had its third best return in the last twenty years. Conclusion: Forecasting the market on a short-term basis has a large error rate.

 

At year-end the Fund had total assets of $29.4 billion and a cash position of 9%. The share price of the Fund rose from $88.05 at the end of 2002 to $113.78 on December 31, 2003. In addition, during the year, the Fund distributed income dividends of $1.615 per share, short-term capital gain of $0.39 per share and long-term capital gain of $0.45 per share.

 

Deconstructing the Stock Fund’s

Long-Term Performance

When explaining past performance, we believe it helps to look at longer time periods than the last twelve months. Since the stock market moves independently of the calendar year, we will discuss the Fund’s annualized investment performance using three non-traditional time periods:

 

1)   The Rise of the “New Economy” Bubble—
     12/31/1996 through 6/30/2000 (annualized)

 

Stock Fund


 

S&P 500


14.3%   23.1%

 

As you can see, for the 3½-year period ended June 30, 2000, the Fund’s results trailed the S&P 500. In 1997, 1998, 1999 and the first half of 2000, as stock market valuations rose to speculative levels, we sold or trimmed the few holdings the Fund had in the higher valuation areas of the S&P 500. During this period, most companies in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications sectors (the so-called “New Economy”) enjoyed extremely high valuations and drove the returns of the broad market. By the first half of 2000, the New Economy portion of the S&P 500 had reached stratospheric valuations, and the Fund had very little exposure in this broad area.

 

2)   The Bubble Deflates—
     6/30/2000 through 6/30/2002 (annualized)

 

Stock Fund


 

S&P 500


13.0%   -16.4%

 

During the two years ended June 30, 2002, the air rapidly left the bubble, as New Economy and other highly valued stocks dropped dramatically in value while a number of the Fund’s “Old Economy” stocks (those stocks not in the Technology/ Media/ Telecommunication sectors) appreciated significantly from relatively modest valuations. While the overall market declined, these two quite different segments within the S&P 500 achieved dramatically different returns, and the Fund’s relative and absolute returns reflected our concentration in Old Economy stocks. The Fund’s shareholders were rewarded for their patience. Please note: This two-year period is the primary reason that the Fund’s trailing five-year return is currently so far ahead of the S&P 500—relative results that will not be repeated.

 

3)   The Past Eighteen Months—
     6/30/2002 through 12/31/2003 (annualized)

 

Stock Fund


 

S&P 500


13.2%   10.0%

 

During the past year and a half, we have witnessed the re-inflation of the S&P 500’s valuation, the Fund has continued to outperform the S&P 500, though by a smaller margin than the prior period.

 

2003 Performance Review

The Fund’s performance relative to the S&P 500 for 2003 should be considered in this longer-term context. Following the collapse of the bubble we identified a number of companies in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications sectors with attractive valuations, given our positive long-term outlook for their potential growth in profits and cash flow. Thus, we entered 2003 with a greater number of investments in companies that provide various technology products and services and are well positioned for long-term growth, such as Avaya (up 428% in 2003) and Corning (up 215% in 2003). While stocks in every sector, except for Telecommunications Services, contributed positively to the Fund’s results in 2003, technology-related companies were the strongest contributors to the Fund’s performance. Only a handful of companies declined. Eastman Kodak, one of the stock market’s strongest performers in 2002, was the Fund’s worst performer (down 24%) in 2003. AT&T and Schering-Plough also detracted from the Fund’s return, each with declines of 19% for the year. Please refer to the Fund’s third quarter letter for more detail on our view of the latter two stocks.

 

Closing the Stock Fund to New Investors

Throughout 2003, investors increasingly purchased new shares in the Stock Fund. In the fourth quarter, cash flowing into the Stock Fund accelerated rapidly. We have been able to accommodate these increased cash inflows in an orderly way, and importantly, we remain confident of our ability to find attractive investments with the assets that have been entrusted to us. However, we believe that accelerating cash flow into the Fund could eventually lead us to a different conclusion. As a result of our prospective caution, we decided to attempt to slow the pace and volume of assets coming into the Fund by closing the Stock Fund to new shareholders effective January 16, 2004. Existing shareholders may add to their holdings, including those that invest in the Fund via a retirement plan (and our other Funds remain open). If you have questions, please visit our web site at www.dodgeandcox.com.

 

Expected Returns

At the risk of looking like a stopped clock, we want to reiterate our caution about future equity returns. Over the next few years, we believe that there is a high probability

 

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that total returns will be significantly lower (and possibly negative) than the past 20 years (13% annualized for the S&P 500). The S&P 500 is selling well above the average price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) in the postwar period, and net margins (a measure of profitability) are at historically high levels. The market is anticipating sustained economic growth in the U.S. At the same time, many economies outside the United States may be in the early stages of surprisingly strong economic expansion in terms of length and magnitude. In spite of these prospects for worldwide economic growth, these historically high valuations give us pause. A sign of our caution is that the Fund’s cash position is historically high at 9%.

 

Our Fundamental Approach

We continue to invest the Fund today as we always have. Dodge & Cox manages your money out of a single location in San Francisco. We operate as a team and value proximity when we discuss what investment decisions to make in the Fund. Thirty-two people are directly involved in the equity decisions, analysis and trading. Today, Dodge & Cox is a major owner of many companies in which the Fund is invested. Our equity staff concentrates on understanding the long-term economic prospects of the companies we own. We have a strong price discipline and usually buy lower valuation, less popular companies which we believe have attractive long-term profit and cash-flow prospects. The Fund’s turnover is low, typically less than 20% per year, and was only 8% in 2003. In future quarterly letters, we will continue to describe specific investments, as we have in the past. You may also review past shareholder letters at the Dodge & Cox Funds’ website, www.dodgeandcox.com.

 

In Closing

To our long-term shareholders, we thank you for sticking with us through some periods (the late 1990’s) when we didn’t look that swift. To new shareholders who have joined us in 2003 and as late as January 16, 2004, we welcome you aboard. As we said at the start of this letter, twelve months ago thoughts of appreciation in excess of 30% for 2003 were non-existent. The global economic world will continue to unfold in unforeseen ways. In this environment of continual change, our team at Dodge & Cox will do our best to uncover attractive investment values for the shareholders of the Dodge & Cox Stock Fund.

 

Thank you for the continued confidence you have placed in our firm as a shareholder of the Stock Fund. As always, we welcome your comments and questions.

 

For the Board of Trustees,

 

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Harry R. Hagey, Chairman   John A. Gunn, President

 

February 4, 2004

 

Ten Years of Investment Performance


 

through December 31, 2003 (in thousands)

 

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Average annual total return for periods ended December 31, 2003

 

     1 Year     5 Years     10 Years     20 Years  

Dodge & Cox Stock Fund    32.35 %   12.60 %   15.43 %   15.42 %
S&P 500    28.67     (0.56 )   11.07     12.98  

 

Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investment return and share price will fluctuate with market conditions, and investors may have a gain or loss when shares are sold. Mutual fund performance changes over time and currently may be significantly lower than stated above. Performance is updated and published monthly. Visit the Fund’s web site at www.dodgeandcox.com or call 800-621-3979 for current performance figures.

 

The Fund’s total returns include the reinvestment of dividend and capital gain distributions, but have not been adjusted for any income taxes payable by shareholders on these distributions. The Standard & Poor’s 500 (S&P 500) is a broad-based unmanaged measure of common stocks. Index returns include dividends and/or interest income and, unlike Fund returns, do not reflect fees or expenses.

 

Standard & Poor’s, Standard & Poor’s 500, and S&P 500® are trademarks of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

 

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Fund Information

December 31, 2003


 

General Information


Net Asset Value Per Share

   $113.78

Total Net Assets (millions)

   $29,437

30-Day SEC Yield1

   1.26%

2003 Expense Ratio

   0.54%

2003 Portfolio Turnover

   8%

Fund Inception Date

   1965

 

Investment Manager:  Dodge & Cox, San Francisco. Managed by the Investment Policy Committee, whose ten members’ average tenure at Dodge & Cox is 23 years.

 

Asset Allocation


 

 

 

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Stock Characteristics    Fund   S&P 500

Number of Stocks

   82   500

Median Market Capitalization (billions)

   $12   $9

Weighted-Average Market Cap. (billions)

   $28   $90

Price-to-Earnings Ratio2

   16x   18x

Price-to-Book Value

   2.0x   3.2x

Foreign Stocks3 (% of Fund)

   12.3%   0.0%

 

Ten Largest Holdings       

 

AT&T

  2.9 %

Hewlett-Packard

  2.7  

Dow Chemical

  2.4  

Bank One

  2.4  

Schering-Plough

  2.3  

HCA—The Healthcare Company

  2.2  

Sony ADR (Japan)

  2.2  

News Corp. Ltd., Pref. ADR (Australia)

  2.2  

Comcast

  2.2  

Electronic Data Systems

  2.0  

  

Sector Diversification    Fund     S&P 500  

 

Consumer Discretionary

   19.2 %   10.9 %

Financials

   16.8     20.8  

Information Technology

   12.1     17.9  

Health Care

   10.0     13.5  

Materials

   9.7     3.0  

Energy

   8.3     5.9  

Industrials

   5.1     10.6  

Telecommunication Services

   4.8     3.5  

Utilities

   2.6     2.9  

Consumer Staples

   2.3     11.0  

 

1   SEC Yield is an annualization of the Fund’s total net investment income per share for the 30-day period ended on the last day of the month.
2   The Fund’s Price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio is calculated using Dodge & Cox’s estimated forward earnings and excludes extraordinary items. The S&P 500’s P/E ratio is calculated by Standard & Poor’s and uses an aggregated estimate of forward earnings.
3   All U.S. dollar-denominated.

 

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Portfolio of Investments

December 31, 2003


COMMON STOCKS: 88.7%


SHARES   MARKET VALUE
 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY: 17.0%
CONSUMER DURABLES & APPAREL: 5.6%      
18,791,100     

Sony Corp. ADR(b) (Japan)

  $ 651,487,437
26,879,500     

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. ADR(b) (Japan)

    374,700,230
3,291,350     

Whirlpool Corp.

    239,116,577
9,060,700     

Eastman Kodak Co.

    232,588,169
3,513,700     

VF Corp.

    151,932,388
          

             1,649,824,801
MEDIA: 3.5%
19,588,892     

Comcast Corp.(a)

    643,886,880
20,625,500     

Time Warner Inc.(a)

    371,052,745
          

             1,014,939,625
RETAILING: 3.3%
16,320,900     

May Department Stores Co.

    474,448,563
8,995,700     

Gap, Inc.

    208,790,197
6,061,700     

Nordstrom, Inc.

    207,916,310
5,190,700     

Dillard’s, Inc. Class A

    85,438,922
          

             976,593,992
HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE: 2.4%
22,863,700     

McDonald’s Corp.

    567,705,671
15,160,421     

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC ADR(b) (United Kingdom)

    145,085,229
          

             712,790,900
AUTOMOBILES & COMPONENTS: 1.2%
30,557,032     

Delphi Automotive Systems Corp.

    311,987,297
2,097,960     

Ford Motor Co.

    33,567,360
130,200     

Honda Motor Co. Ltd. ADR(b) (Japan)

    2,929,500
          

             348,484,157
TRADING COMPANIES & DISTRIBUTORS: 1.0%
8,976,800     

Genuine Parts Co.

    298,029,760
          

             5,000,663,235
FINANCIALS: 16.8%
BANKS: 5.9%
15,314,550     

Bank One Corp.

    698,190,334
4,461,350     

Golden West Financial Corp.

    460,366,707
7,430,600     

Wachovia Corp.

    346,191,654
4,223,700     

Wells Fargo & Co.

    248,733,693
          

             1,753,482,388
INSURANCE: 5.1%      
7,819,800     

Loews Corp.

    386,689,110
9,299,650     

St. Paul Companies, Inc.

    368,731,122
3,852,050     

Chubb Corp.

    262,324,605
4,537,800     

Torchmark Corp.

    206,651,412
11,779,900     

UNUMProvident Corp.

    185,769,023
1,572,400     

MBIA, Inc.

    93,133,252
          

             1,503,298,524
DIVERSIFIED FINANCIALS: 3.0%      
7,567,500     

Capital One Financial Corp.

    463,812,075
11,320,000     

CIT Group, Inc.

    406,954,000
          

             870,766,075

 

 

 

SHARES   MARKET VALUE
REAL ESTATE: 2.8%      
18,569,200     

Equity Office Properties Trust

  $ 532,007,580
10,017,600     

Equity Residential Properties Trust

    295,619,376
          

             827,626,956
          

             4,955,173,943
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: 12.1%      
TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE & EQUIPMENT: 8.4%      
34,327,289     

Hewlett-Packard Co.

    788,497,828
41,985,600     

Xerox Corp.(a)

    579,401,280
22,487,000     

Motorola, Inc.

    316,392,090
5,819,800     

NCR Corp.(a)

    225,808,240
7,451,500     

Thermo Electron Corp.(a)

    187,777,800
13,685,200     

Avaya, Inc.(a)

    177,086,488
6,000,100     

Storage Technology Corp.(a)

    154,502,575
4,276,050     

Corning, Inc.(a)

    44,599,202
          

             2,474,065,503
SOFTWARE & SERVICES: 3.7%      
24,105,200     

Electronic Data Systems

    591,541,608
7,718,300     

Computer Sciences Corp.(a)

    341,380,409
19,401,100     

Compuware Corp.(a)

    117,182,644
2,518,500     

BMC Software, Inc.(a)

    46,970,025
          

             1,097,074,686
          

             3,571,140,189
HEALTH CARE: 10.0%      
PHARMACEUTICALS & BIOTECHNOLOGY: 4.8%      
39,249,100     

Schering-Plough Corp.

    682,541,849
7,462,165     

Pfizer Inc.

    263,638,289
8,963,650     

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    256,360,390
4,550,400     

Wyeth

    193,164,480
          

             1,395,705,008
HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SERVICES: 3.9%      
15,210,800     

HCA—The Healthcare Company

    653,455,968
3,366,650     

WellPoint Health Networks, Inc.(a)

    326,531,384
4,234,150     

Becton, Dickinson & Co.

    174,192,931
          

             1,154,180,283
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES: 1.3%      
6,269,800     

Cardinal Health, Inc.

    383,460,968
          

             2,933,346,259
MATERIALS: 9.7%      
CHEMICALS: 7.0%      
17,343,614     

Dow Chemical Co.

    720,974,034
13,562,223     

Akzo Nobel N.V. ADR(b) (Netherlands)

    518,076,919
6,802,700     

Rohm and Haas Co.

    290,543,317
5,682,700     

Engelhard Corp.

    170,196,865
12,288,400     

Syngenta A.G. ADR(b) (Switzerland)

    165,647,632
5,756,770     

NOVA Chemicals Corp.(b) (Canada)

    155,144,951
932,300     

Lubrizol Corp.

    30,318,396
          

             2,050,902,114
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

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Portfolio of Investments

December 31, 2003


COMMON STOCKS (continued)


SHARES        MARKET VALUE
 
METALS AND MINING: 2.1%      
2,895,131   

Rio Tinto PLC ADR(b) (United Kingdom)

  $ 322,257,032
7,832,500   

Alcoa, Inc.

    297,635,000
        

           619,892,032
PAPER AND FOREST PRODUCTS: 0.6%      
4,454,900   

International Paper Co.

    192,050,739
        

           2,862,844,885
ENERGY: 8.3%      
6,050,714   

ChevronTexaco Corp.

    522,721,182
13,155,700   

Unocal Corp.

    484,524,431
6,475,300   

ConocoPhillips

    424,585,421
9,523,200   

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

    402,259,968
9,746,750   

Baker Hughes, Inc.

    313,455,480
5,639,100   

Amerada Hess Corp.

    299,830,947
        

           2,447,377,429
INDUSTRIALS: 5.1%      
TRANSPORTATION: 2.6%      
5,744,050   

Union Pacific Corp.

    399,096,594
5,315,800   

FedEx Corp.

    358,816,500
        

           757,913,094
CAPITAL GOODS: 1.4%      
8,239,000   

Masco Corp.

    225,830,990
4,386,550   

Fluor Corp.

    173,882,842
        

           399,713,832
COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES: 1.1%      
4,275,900   

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

    173,687,058
5,270,900   

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co.

    158,917,635
        

           332,604,693
        

           1,490,231,619
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES: 4.8%      
41,562,080   

AT&T Corp.

    843,710,224
70,811,700   

AT&T Wireless Services, Inc.(a)

    565,785,483
        

           1,409,495,707
UTILITIES: 2.6%      
16,451,000   

Duke Energy Corp.

    336,422,950
6,501,410   

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

    198,358,019
4,200,300   

Scottish Power PLC ADR(b) (United Kingdom)

    114,164,154
4,537,500   

TXU Corp.

    107,629,500
        

           756,574,623
CONSUMER STAPLES: 2.3%      
FOOD, BEVERAGE AND TOBACCO: 2.3%      
7,978,700   

Unilever N.V.(b) (Netherlands)

    517,817,630
10,272,666   

Archer Daniels Midland Co.

    156,349,977
        

           674,167,607
        

Total Common Stocks (cost $21,074,673,853)     26,101,015,496
        

 

 

 

 

 

 

PREFERRED STOCKS: 2.2%


SHARES         MARKET VALUE
 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY: 2.2%       
MEDIA: 2.2%       
21,419,869   

News Corp. Ltd., Preferred Limited Voting Ordinary Shares ADR(b) (Australia)

   $ 647,951,037
         

Total Preferred Stocks (cost $505,389,183)      647,951,037
         

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS: 9.3%


PAR VALUE    

    

       
$ 145,696,463   

SSgA Prime Money Market Fund

   145,696,463
  1,240,153,000   

State Street Repurchase Agreement, 0.65%, 1/2/04 (collateralized by U.S. Treasury securities, value $1,265,028,227)

   1,240,153,000
  275,000,000   

U.S. Treasury Bills, 1/29/04

   274,791,555
  375,000,000   

U.S. Treasury Bills, 3/18/04

   374,279,461
  100,000,000   

U.S. Treasury Bills, 4/15/04

   99,709,792
  100,000,000   

U.S. Treasury Bills, 5/13/04

   99,619,472
  200,000,000   

U.S. Treasury Bills, 6/17/04

   199,104,000
  200,000,000   

U.S. Treasury Bills, 6/24/04

   199,046,667
  100,000,000   

U.S. Treasury Bills, 10/3/04

   99,555,231
             

Total Short-Term Investments (cost $2,731,955,641)
2,731,955,641
             

TOTAL INVESTMENTS (cost $24,312,018,677)

   100.2 %     29,480,922,174  
OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES    (0.2 )     (43,699,382 )
         

 


TOTAL NET ASSETS         100.0 %   $        29,437,222,792  
         

 


   
(a)   Non-income producing
(b)   Foreign securities denominated in U.S. dollars

 

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See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements


 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities


December 31, 2003

Assets:

Investments, at market value
(identified cost $24,312,018,677)

  $ 29,480,922,174

Cash

    471

Receivable for investments sold

    47,246,165

Receivable for Fund shares sold

    205,093,675

Dividends and interest receivable

    47,280,553

Prepaid expenses and other assets

    170,657
   

      29,780,713,695
   

Liabilities:

Payable for investments purchased

    264,214,552

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

    65,409,344

Management fees payable

    11,892,980

Accounts payable

    1,974,027
   

      343,490,903
   

Net Assets   $ 29,437,222,792
   

Net Assets Consist of:

Paid in capital

  $ 24,167,632,047

Accumulated undistributed
net investment income

    3,126,324

Accumulated undistributed net
realized gain on investments

    97,560,924

Net unrealized appreciation on investments

    5,168,903,497
   

    $ 29,437,222,792
   

Beneficial shares outstanding (par value $0.01 each, unlimited shares authorized)

    258,717,216

Net asset value per share

  $ 113.78

 

Statement of Operations


Year Ended December 31, 2003

Investment Income:

Dividends (net of foreign taxes of $6,172,060)

  $ 434,184,308

Interest

    11,631,610
   

      445,815,918
   

Expenses:

Management fees (Note 2)

    98,932,648

Custodian and fund accounting fees

    437,579

Transfer agent fees

    4,295,151

Professional fees

    70,156

Shareholder reports

    936,625

Registration fees

    1,221,375

Trustees’ fees (Note 2)

    28,500

Miscellaneous

    193,692
   

      106,115,726
   

Net Investment Income     339,700,192
   

Realized and Unrealized Gain on Investments:

    Net realized gain on investments

    330,946,926

    Net unrealized appreciation on investments

    5,488,029,040
   

Net realized and unrealized
gain on investments

    5,818,975,966
   

Net Increase in Net Assets from Operations   $ 6,158,676,158
   

 

Statement of Changes in Net Assets


    Year Ended
December 31, 2003
    Year Ended
December 31, 2002
 
Operations:          

Net investment income

  $ 339,700,192     $ 206,585,411  

Net realized gain

    330,946,926       51,787,359  

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    5,488,029,040       (1,656,918,442 )
   


 


Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

    6,158,676,158       (1,398,545,672 )
   


 


                 
Distributions to
Shareholders from:
          

Net investment income

    (340,525,138 )     (202,634,141 )

Net realized gain

    (214,176,406 )     (62,051,773 )
   


 


Total distributions

    (554,701,544 )     (264,685,914 )
   


 


                 
Beneficial Share Transactions:          

Amounts received from
sale of shares

    12,166,924,022       8,428,967,757  

Net asset value of shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    505,674,193       245,780,303  

Amounts paid for
shares redeemed

    (2,875,628,981 )     (2,371,299,692 )
   


 


Net increase from beneficial
share transactions

    9,796,969,234       6,303,448,368  
   


 


Total increase in net assets

    15,400,943,848       4,640,216,782  
                 
Net Assets:          

Beginning of year

    14,036,278,944       9,396,062,162  
   


 


End of year (including undistributed net investment income of $3,126,324 and $3,951,270, respectively)

  $ 29,437,222,792     $ 14,036,278,944  
   


 


Shares sold

    124,244,324       89,158,684  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    4,855,626       2,705,514  

Shares redeemed

    (29,796,487 )     (25,931,055 )
   


 


Net increase in
shares outstanding

    99,303,463       65,933,143  
   


 


 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

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Notes to Financial Statements


Note 1 — Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

Dodge & Cox Stock Fund (the “Fund”) is a separate series of Dodge & Cox Funds (the “Trust”). The Trust is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as a diversified, open-end management investment company. Effective after January 16, 2004, the Fund is closed to new investors. The Fund commenced operations on January 4, 1965, and seeks long-term growth of principal and income. Risk considerations and investment strategies of the Fund are discussed in the Fund’s Prospectus.

 

The Fund consistently follows accounting policies which are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Significant accounting policies are as follows:

 

Security valuation. The Fund’s net assets are valued as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”), generally 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, each day that the NYSE is open for business. Stocks are valued at market, using as a price the official quoted close price or the last sale of the day at the close of the NYSE or, if not available, at the mean between the exchange listed bid and ask prices for the day. A security which is listed or traded on more than one exchange is valued at the quotation on the exchange determined to be the primary market for such security. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by or at the direction of the Board of Trustees. Short-term securities are valued at amortized cost which approximates current value. All securities held by the Fund are denominated in U.S. dollars.

 

Security transactions and related investment income. Security transactions are recorded by the Fund as of the date the trades are executed with brokers. Realized gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost. Dividend income and corporate action transactions are recorded on the ex-dividend date, except for certain dividends or corporate actions from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed, which are recorded as soon as the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends have been provided for in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Distributions received in excess of income are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or realized gain. The Fund may estimate the components of distributions received from Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”). Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis.

 

Expenses. Expenses are recorded on the accrual basis. Most expenses of the Trust can be directly attributed to a series. Expenses which cannot be directly attributed are apportioned among all of the series in the Trust.

 

Repurchase agreements. The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements secured by U.S. government securities which involve the purchase of securities from a counterparty with a simultaneous commitment to resell the securities at an agreed-upon date and price. It is the Fund’s policy that its custodian take possession of the underlying collateral securities, the fair value of which exceeds the principal amount of the repurchase transaction, including accrued interest, at all times. In the event of default by the counterparty, the Fund has the contractual right to liquidate the securities and to apply the proceeds in satisfaction of the obligation.

 

Income taxes and distributions to shareholders. No provision for federal income taxes has been included in the accompanying financial statements since the Fund intends to distribute all of its taxable income and continue to comply with requirements for regulated investment companies. Distributions to shareholders of income and capital gains are reflected in the net asset value per share computation on the ex-dividend date. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Temporary differences between financial statement and tax treatments may occur when certain items of income, expense, gain or loss are recognized in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes. Differences in classification may also result from the treatment of short-term gains as ordinary income for tax purposes. Permanent differences are reclassified among capital

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)


 

accounts in the financial statements to reflect their tax character. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations.

 

Note 2 — Related Party Transactions

Management fees. Under a written agreement, the Fund pays an annual management fee of 0.50% of the Fund’s average daily net asset value to Dodge & Cox, investment manager of the Fund. The agreement further provides that Dodge & Cox shall waive its fee to the extent that such fee plus all other ordinary operating expenses of the Fund exceed 0.75% of the average daily net asset value for the year.

 

Trustees’ fees. All officers and three of the trustees of the Trust are officers and employees of Dodge & Cox. Those trustees who are not affiliated with Dodge & Cox receive from the Trust an annual fee plus an attendance fee for each Board or Committee meeting attended. Payments to trustees are divided equally among each series of the Trust. The Trust does not pay any other remuneration to its officers or trustees.

 

Indemnifications. Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. In addition, in the normal course of business the Trust enters into contracts that provide general indemnifications to other parties. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Trust that have not yet occurred.

 

Note 3 — Distributions Paid, Distributable Earnings and Investment Transactions

Distributions paid during the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002 were characterized as follows for federal tax purposes:

 

    2003

   2002

Ordinary income

  $440,163,145    $203,493,681
    ($2.01 per share)    ($1.52 per share)

Long-term capital gain

  $114,538,399    $61,192,233
    ($0.45 per share)    ($0.41 per share)

 

At December 31, 2003, the tax basis components of accumulated undistributed income and net realized gain include $3,372,688 of ordinary income and $97,314,560 of long-term capital gain. In 2003, the Fund recognized net capital gain of $15,198,741 from the delivery of appreciated securities in an in-kind redemption transaction. For federal income tax purposes, this gain is not recognized as taxable income to the Fund and does not need to be distributed to shareholders. At December 31, 2003, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was equal to the cost for financial reporting purposes. Net unrealized appreciation aggregated $5,168,903,497, of which $5,594,743,037 represented appreciated securities and $425,839,540 represented depreciated securities.

 

For the year ended December 31, 2003, purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities and U.S. government securities, aggregated $9,128,392,123 and $1,443,104,975, respectively.

 

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Financial Highlights


SELECTED DATA AND RATIOS (for a share outstanding throughout each year)     Year Ended December 31,  

       2003      2002     2001      2000      1999  
                                         

Net asset value, beginning of year

       $  88.05        $100.51     $  96.67      $100.52      $  90.70  

Income from investment operations:

                                       

Net investment income

       1.60        1.53     1.72      2.06      1.49  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       26.59        (12.06 )   7.05      13.28      16.51  
      


  


 

  

  

Total from investment operations

       28.19        (10.53 )   8.77      15.34      18.00  
      


  


 

  

  

Distributions to shareholders from:

                                       

Net investment income

       (1.62 )      (1.51 )   (1.73 )    (2.09 )    (1.48 )

Net realized gain

       (0.84 )      (0.42 )   (3.20 )    (17.10 )    (6.70 )
      


  


 

  

  

Total distributions

       (2.46 )      (1.93 )   (4.93 )    (19.19 )    (8.18 )
      


  


 

  

  

Net asset value, end of year

     $ 113.78      $   88.05     $100.51      $  96.67      $100.52  
      


  


 

  

  

Total return

       32.35 %      (10.52 )%   9.33 %    16.30 %    20.20 %

Ratios/supplemental data:

                                       

Net assets, end of year (millions)

       $29,437        $14,036     $9,396      $5,728      $4,625  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       .54 %      .54 %   .54 %    .54 %    .55 %

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       1.72 %      1.74 %   1.80 %    2.13 %    1.46 %

Portfolio turnover rate

       8 %      13 %   10 %    32 %    18 %

 


 

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Report of Independent Auditors


 

To the Trustees of Dodge & Cox Funds and Shareholders of Dodge & Cox Stock Fund

 

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the portfolio of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Dodge & Cox Stock Fund (the “Fund”, one of the series constituting Dodge & Cox Funds) at December 31, 2003, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America, which require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at December 31, 2003 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

San Francisco, California

 

February 4, 2004

 

Special 2003 Tax Information (unaudited)


 

The following information is provided pursuant to provisions of the Internal Revenue Code:

 

The Fund designates $114,538,399 of its distributions paid to shareholders in 2003 as capital gain dividends (treated for federal income tax purposes in the hands of shareholders as long-term capital gain taxable at a maximum rate of 15%).

 

The Fund designates $377,397,662 of its distributions paid to shareholders in 2003 as qualified dividends (treated for federal income tax purposes in the hands of shareholders as taxable at a maximum rate of 15%).

 

For shareholders that are corporations, the Fund designates 75% of its ordinary dividends (including short-term gains) paid to shareholders in 2003 as dividends from domestic corporations eligible for the corporate dividends received deduction, provided that the shareholder otherwise satisfies applicable requirements to claim that deduction.

 

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Dodge & Cox Funds—Officer & Trustee Information (unaudited)


 

Name (Age) and
Address*
  Position with Trust
(Time Served)
  Principal Occupation During Past 5 Years   Other Directorships Held by Trustees

Interested Trustees & Officers


Harry R.

Hagey (62)

 

Chairman and Trustee

(Trustee since 1975)

  Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Dodge & Cox, Portfolio Manager, and member of Investment Policy Committee  

John A.

Gunn (60)

 

President and

Trustee
(Trustee since 1985)

  President, Chief Investment Officer and Director of Dodge & Cox, Portfolio Manager, and member of Investment Policy Committee, Fixed Income Strategy Committee, and International Investment Policy Committee  

Dana M.

Emery (42)

 

Vice President and Trustee

(Trustee since 1993)

  Senior Vice President and Director of Dodge & Cox, Manager—Fixed Income, and member of Investment Policy Committee and Fixed Income Strategy Committee  

A. Horton

Shapiro (64)

 

Executive Vice President

(Officer since 1985)

  Senior Vice President and Director of Dodge & Cox, Portfolio Manager, and member of Investment Policy Committee and Fixed Income Strategy Committee  

Katherine Herrick Drake (49)  

Vice President

(Officer since 1993)

  Vice President of Dodge & Cox, Portfolio Manager, and member of Investment Policy Committee  

Kenneth E.

Olivier (51)

  Vice President
(Officer since 1992)
  Executive Vice President (since 2002) and Director of Dodge & Cox, Portfolio Manager, and member of Investment Policy Committee  

John M.

Loll (37)

  Treasurer and Assistant Secretary (Officer since 2000)   Vice President and Treasurer (since 2000) of Dodge & Cox; prior to 2000, Fund Administration and Accounting Manager, Dodge & Cox  

Thomas M. Mistele (50)   Secretary and Assistant Treasurer (Officer since 2000)   Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of Dodge & Cox  

Independent Trustees


William F.

Ausfahl (63)

 

Trustee

(Since: 2002)

 

CFO, The Clorox Co. (1982-1997);

Director, The Clorox Co. (1984-1997)

 

L. Dale

Crandall (62)

 

Trustee

(Since: 1999)

  President, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals (2000-2002); Executive Vice President—Finance and Administration & CFO, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals (1998-2000)   Director, Union BanCal Corporation (bank holding company) and Union Bank of California (commercial bank) (2001-Present); Director, Covad Communications Group (broadband communications services) (2002-Present); Director, Ansell Limited (medical equipment and supplies) (2002-Present); Director, BEA Systems, Inc. (software and programming) (2003-Present); Director, Coventry Health Care, Inc. (managed healthcare) (2004-Present)

Thomas A.

Larsen (54)

 

Trustee

(Since: 2002)

  Director in Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin (law firm)  

Will C.

Wood (64)

 

Trustee

(Since: 1992)

  Principal, Kentwood Associates, Financial Advisers   Director, Banco Latinoamericano de Exportaciones S.A. (Latin American Foreign Trade Bank) (1999-Present); Director, Dover Investment Corp. (real estate development) (1992-Present)

 

*   The address for each Officer and Trustee is One Sansome Street, 35th Floor, San Francisco, California 94104. Each Officer and Trustee oversees all four portfolios in the Dodge & Cox Funds complex and serves for an indefinite term.

Additional information about the Trust’s Trustees is available in the Trust’s Statement of Additional Information (SAI). You can get a free copy of the SAI by contacting Dodge & Cox Funds at 1-800-621-3979.


 

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International

Stock Fund

 

Established 2001

 

 

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3rd Annual Report

December 31, 2003

2003

 

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International Stock Fund

 

 

www.dodgeandcox.com

For Fund literature, transactions and account

information, please visit the

Funds’ web site.

 

or write or call:

 

Dodge & Cox Funds

c/o Boston Financial Data Services

P.O. Box 8422

Boston, Massachusetts

02266-8422

(800) 621-3979

 

Investment Manager

Dodge & Cox

One Sansome Street

35th Floor

San Francisco, California

94104-4443

(415) 981-1710

 


This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the Fund. The report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the Fund unless it is accompanied by a current prospectus.

 

This report reflects our views,

opinions and portfolio holdings

as of December 31, 2003, the end of

the reporting period. The information

provided is not a complete analysis of every

aspect of any industry, security or the Fund.

The Fund’s portfolio composition may change

depending on market and economic conditions.

Although historical performance is

no guarantee of future results, these

insights may help you understand

our investment management

philosophy.

 

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12/03 ISF AR     LOGO   Printed on recycled paper


 

To Our Shareholders


 

The Dodge & Cox International Stock Fund had a total return of 49.4%* for the year-ended December 31, 2003, compared to a total return of 38.6% for the Morgan Stanley Capital International Europe, Australasia, Far East Index (MSCI EAFE) benchmark. Since its inception on May 1, 2001, the Fund’s total annualized return was 7.3%* compared to -0.3% for the MSCI EAFE.

 

At the year-end the Fund had total assets of $655 million and a cash position of 9%, reflecting strong cash inflows at the end of December. The share price of the Fund rose from $15.81 at the end of 2002 to $23.48 on December 31, 2003. In addition, during the year, the Fund distributed income dividends of $0.14 per share.

 

Performance Review

Most of the world’s equity markets continued their upward move in the fourth quarter, culminating in the strongest year for the MSCI EAFE in U.S. dollar terms since 1986. The decline of the U.S. dollar was a meaningful contributor to these results (all else being equal, when the dollar declines, foreign securities increase in value in dollar terms), as the MSCI EAFE was up only 20% in local currency terms. Key factors in the International Stock Fund’s 2003 results were:

 

  The Fund’s investments in Latin America, which averaged about 10% of the portfolio during the year, were collectively up 154%, contributing to strong absolute and relative returns.
  The Fund’s investments in the Insurance sector outperformed those in the MSCI EAFE. Examples include: Euler Hermes, a French-based credit insurer (up 114% in 2003); and Promina, an Australian property/casualty insurer (up 94% from its Initial Public Offering out of Royal Sun Alliance in May).
  Individual holdings such as Alstom and Hagemeyer, which were sold during the year, were down significantly and hurt results.

 

Persistence—The Flip Side

We have talked about our persistence as a long-term investor and why we believe it contributes to the Fund’s long-term investment results. A key element of persistence is the ability to ignore past price performance in evaluating potential future investment merits of a company. It is devilishly difficult to do because of the natural human tendency to over-weight recent experience and extrapolate into the future based on that experience.

 

A recent example where we believe legitimate short-term concerns allowed for a successful long-term investment was in the aerospace industry. Worries about the state of the airline industry in light of possible bankruptcies of major carriers contributed to the precipitous decline of aircraft engine-maker Rolls Royce’s share price in the first quarter of 2003. During this period, we added to the Fund’s existing position in Rolls Royce. What enabled us to be persistent investors was our conviction based on our research. We continued to invest in Rolls Royce because we believed in the company’s ability to finance its business through a protracted downturn; its strong market position in an industry critical to future global economic growth; and a very low valuation on depressed earnings. In this instance, persistence was rewarded as evidenced by a significant rise in Rolls Royce’s share price during the year.

 

That said, persistence is not always rewarded. Sometimes, the potential investment risks materialize in the short term and undermine the potential longer-term rewards. We have made a few investments in the Fund—Alstom and Hagemeyer are examples—where this was the case. A common element of these two very different companies was a weakening balance sheet that left each company with few degrees of freedom with which to weather problems. Thus, faced with prolonged downturns in key end markets, as other operating issues materialized, significant dilution to existing shareowners was required to repair the capital structure and enable the company to address problems. We made the decision to sell both Alstom and Hagemeyer in 2003 after the erosion of the companies’ fundamentals and stock prices. Fortunately, these were only two of over 50 positions in the Fund, highlighting the benefits of a diversified portfolio.

 

Strategy and Outlook

While we continue to find attractive investment ideas, valuations have risen meaningfully and the likelihood of the very high returns the Fund produced in 2003 continuing is remote. Since the Fund’s inception, returns have been (and will likely remain) highly volatile. The International Fund’s 7.3% average annualized return since its inception on May 1, 2001 includes a -7.1% return for the eight

 

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months (5/1 through 12/31) of 2001, a -13.1% return for 2002, followed by the 49.4% return for 2003.

 

As we take a step back and examine common threads where we are investing on a bottom-up basis, we see opportunities in companies serving the consumer in the developing world. Over the past decade, the U.S. economy was the engine of global economic growth, fueled by the American consumer. We believe that the stage has been set for the consumer outside of the U.S., and especially the consumer in the developing world, to become a bigger factor in global economic growth in the future. We are finding attractive investments in companies that serve the consumer in the developing world in areas such as personal credit (Kookmin Bank based in South Korea, and Standard Chartered Bank based in the United Kingdom), personal transportation (car and motorcycle-makers Honda and Suzuki based in Japan), home ownership (home-builder Consorcio Ara based in Mexico), consumer goods (food companies Nestle and Unilever based in Europe) and communications services (telephone company KT Corp. based in South Korea).

 

In Closing

Thank you for the continued confidence you have placed in our firm as a shareholder of the International Stock Fund. As always, we welcome your comments and questions.

 

For the Board of Trustees,

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Harry R. Hagey, Chairman

 John A. Gunn, President

 

February 4, 2004

 

Investment Performance


 

Total return for periods ended December 31, 2003

 

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     1 Year   Since
Inception
(5/1/01)

Dodge & Cox International Stock Fund*

   49.42%   7.28%

MSCI EAFE

   38.57   (0.32)

    Past   performance does not guarantee future results. Investment return and share price will fluctuate with market conditions, and investors may have a gain or loss when shares are sold. Mutual fund performance changes over time and currently may be significantly lower than stated above. Performance is updated and published monthly. Visit the Fund’s web site at www.dodgeandcox.com or call 800-621-3979 for current performance figures.

 

*  Expense   reimbursements have been in effect for the International Stock Fund since its inception. Without the expense reimbursements, returns for the Fund would have been lower.

 

    The   Morgan Stanley Capital International Europe, Australasia, Far East Index (MSCI EAFE) is a widely recognized benchmark of the world’s stock markets, excluding the United States. The Fund’s total returns include the reinvestment of dividend and capital gain distributions, but have not been adjusted for any income taxes payable on these distributions. Index returns include dividends and, unlike Fund returns, do not reflect fees or expenses.

 

Morgan Stanley®, Morgan Stanley Capital International, and EAFE® are trademarks of Morgan Stanley.

 

Risks of International Investing: Foreign investing, especially in developing countries,

has special risks such as currency and market volatility and political and social instability.

These and other risk considerations are

discussed in the Fund’s prospectus.

 

 

Dodge & Cox International Stock Fund / 2


 

Fund Information

December 31, 2003


 

General Information


Net Asset Value Per Share

  $23.48

Total Net Assets (millions)

  $655

30-Day SEC Yield1

  1.07%

2003 Expense Ratio2

  0.82%

2003 Turnover Ratio

    11%

Fund Inception Date

  May 1, 2001

 

Investment Manager:  Dodge & Cox, San Francisco. Managed by the International Investment Policy Committee, whose six members’ average tenure at Dodge & Cox is 17 years.

 

Asset Allocation


 

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Stock Characteristics    Fund    MSCI
EAFE

Number of Stocks

   54    1,005

Median Market Capitalization (billions)

   $7    $3

Weighted Average Market Cap. (billions)

   $22    $42

Price-to-Earnings Ratio3

   14x    18x

Price-to-Book Value

   1.6x    2.0x

 

 

Ten Largest Holdings        

 

Sony ADR (Japan)

   3.6 %

KT Corp. ADR (South Korea)

   3.6  

News Corp. Ltd., Pref. (Australia)

   3.2  

Akzo Nobel (Netherlands)

   3.0  

Electrolux (Sweden)

   2.7  

Imperial Chemical Industries (United Kingdom)

   2.7  

BASF (Germany)

   2.7  

Total (France)

   2.6  

Aderans (Japan)

   2.6  

Nestle (Switzerland)

   2.6  

 

Region Diversification    Fund     MSCI
EAFE
 

 

Europe (excluding United Kingdom)

   34.8 %   45.1 %

Japan

   22.7     21.4  

Pacific (excluding Japan)

   11.0     7.7  

United Kingdom

   9.5     25.8  

Latin America

   8.7     0.0  

Canada

   2.7     0.0  

Africa

   1.6     0.0  

 

Sector Diversification    Fund     MSCI
EAFE
 

 

Consumer Discretionary

   22.7 %   12.7 %

Materials

   17.9     6.8  

Financials

   17.7     26.5  

Consumer Staples

   9.0     8.5  

Energy

   6.2     8.3  

Information Technology

   4.6     6.8  

Industrials

   4.4     8.9  

Telecommunication Services

   3.6     7.8  

Utilities

   2.9     4.7  

Health Care

   2.0     9.0  

 

1   SEC Yield is an annualization of the Fund’s total net investment income per share for the 30-day period ended on the last day of the month.
2   For the fiscal years ending December 31, 2001 through 2005, Dodge & Cox has contractually agreed to reimburse the Fund for all ordinary expenses to the extent necessary to maintain total Fund operating expenses at 0.90%. The agreement is renewable annually thereafter and is subject to 30 days prior written notice for termination by either party. Without reimbursement, the expense ratio for the year ended December 31, 2003 would have been 0.84%.
3   Price-to-earnings ratio is calculated using fiscal year-end earnings and excludes extraordinary items.

 

3 / Dodge & Cox International Stock Fund


 

Portfolio of Investments

December 31, 2003


COMMON STOCKS: 81.3%


SHARES         MARKET VALUE
 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY: 19.5%
CONSUMER DURABLES & APPAREL: 10.3%
674,500   

Sony Corp. ADR(b) (Japan)

   $ 23,384,915
817,700   

Electrolux A.B. (Sweden)

     17,952,449
789,500   

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. ADR(b) (Japan)

     11,005,630
3,100,000   

Consorcio Ara S.A.(a) (Mexico)

     7,701,692
766,000   

Makita Corp. (Japan)

     7,652,868
         

            67,697,554
AUTOMOBILES & COMPONENTS: 5.7%
718,200   

Honda Motor Co. Ltd. ADR(b) (Japan)

     16,159,500
753,000   

Suzuki Motor Corp. (Japan)

     11,119,721
1,280,700   

Fiat SPA ADR(a, b) (Italy)

     9,912,618
         

            37,191,839
HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE: 2.6%
552,400   

H.I.S. Co., Ltd. (Japan)

     11,469,758
600,677   

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (United Kingdom)

     5,673,574
         

            17,143,332
MEDIA: 0.9%
125,600   

Reuters Group PLC ADR(b) (United Kingdom)

     3,187,728
2,300   

Sky Perfect Communications, Inc.(a) (Japan)

     2,698,324
         

            5,886,052
         

            127,918,777
MATERIALS: 17.9%
CHEMICALS: 15.1%
506,100   

Akzo Nobel N.V. (Netherlands)

     19,483,776
5,028,000   

Imperial Chemical Industries PLC (United Kingdom)

     17,865,220
312,400   

BASF A.G. (Germany)

     17,521,305
28,100   

Givaudan (Switzerland)

     14,545,029
805,500   

Syngenta A.G. ADR(b) (Switzerland)

     10,858,140
376,200   

NOVA Chemicals Corp. (Canada)

     10,176,830
717,200   

Kemira OYJ (Finland)

     8,301,250
         

            98,751,550
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS: 1.6%
121,000   

Lafarge (France)

     10,747,450
METALS AND MINING: 1.2%
460,078   

BHP Billiton Ltd. (Australia)

     4,218,321
134,400   

Rio Tinto PLC (United Kingdom)

     3,702,757
         

            7,921,078
         

            117,420,078
FINANCIALS: 15.5%
BANKS: 14.0%
442,900   

Kookmin Bank ADR(b) (South Korea)

     16,759,336
1,975,200   

Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group, Inc. ADR(b) (Japan)

     15,465,816
1,269,200   

Banco Santander Central Hispano (Spain)

     14,993,776
593,900   

Danske Bank (Denmark)

     13,896,212
576,422   

Banco Latinoamericano de Exportaciones ADR(a, b) (Panama)

     11,084,595

 

SHARES         MARKET VALUE
1,750,000   

Standard Bank Group, Ltd. (South Africa)

   $ 10,279,610
365,000   

Standard Chartered PLC (United Kingdom)

     6,012,004
392,000   

DBS Group Holdings Ltd. (Singapore)

     3,393,440
         

            91,884,789
DIVERSIFIED FINANCIALS: 0.9%
123,230   

Euler & Hermes (France)

     5,906,861
INSURANCE: 0.6%
1,500,000   

Promina Group (Australia)

     3,700,578
         

            101,492,228
CONSUMER STAPLES: 9.0%
FOOD, BEVERAGE AND TOBACCO: 6.4%
68,500   

Nestle S.A. (Switzerland)

     17,065,629
207,900   

Unilever N.V.(b) (Netherlands)

     13,492,710
1,617,000   

Kikkoman Corp. (Japan)

     11,472,570
         

            42,030,909
PERSONAL PRODUCTS: 2.6%
1,070,000   

Aderans Co. (Japan)

     17,225,605
         

            59,256,514
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: 4.6%
TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE & EQUIPMENT: 4.6%
250,000   

Seiko Epson Corp. (Japan)

     11,638,734
711,971   

Oce N.V. (Netherlands)

     10,883,133
1,725,000   

Nortel Networks Corp.(a, b) (Canada)

     7,296,750
         

            29,818,617
INDUSTRIALS: 4.4%
CAPITAL GOODS: 3.0%
5,130,200   

Kidde PLC (United Kingdom)

     9,755,374
22,445   

Sulzer A.G. (Switzerland)

     6,026,111
255,020   

CNH Global N.V.(b) (Netherlands)

     4,233,332
         

            20,014,817
AEROSPACE & DEFENSE: 1.4%
2,826,400   

Rolls-Royce Group PLC (United Kingdom)

     8,944,991
         

            28,959,808
ENERGY: 4.3%
93,500   

Total (France)

     17,339,017
90,400   

Norsk Hydro A.S.A. ADR(b) (Norway)

     5,586,720
2,238,900   

Stolt Offshore S.A. ADR(a, b) (Norway)

     5,395,749
         

            28,321,486
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES: 3.6%
1,223,000   

KT Corp. ADR(b) (South Korea)

     23,322,610
HEALTH CARE: 1.4%
HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SERVICES: 1.4%
954,700   

Kuraya Sanseido (Japan)

     9,315,881
UTILITIES: 1.1%
260,600   

Scottish Power PLC ADR(b) (United Kingdom)

     7,083,108
         

Total Common Stocks (cost $445,792,930)      532,909,107
         

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

Dodge & Cox International Stock Fund / 4


 

 

Portfolio of Investments

December 31, 2003


PREFERRED STOCKS: 9.7%


SHARES        MARKET VALUE
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY: 3.2%
MEDIA: 3.2%
2,781,174   

News Corp. Ltd., Preferred Limited Voting Ordinary Shares (Australia)

  $ 20,918,601
FINANCIALS: 2.2%
BANKS: 2.2%
571,500   

Uniao de Bancos Brasileiros Sponsored GDR(b) (Brazil)

    14,258,925
ENERGY: 1.9%
463,700   

Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. ADR(b) (Brazil)

    12,362,242
UTILITIES: 1.8%
932,900   

Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. ADR(b) (Brazil)

    11,885,146
HEALTH CARE: 0.6%
69,939   

Fresenius Medical Care (Germany)

    3,515,212
        

Total Preferred Stocks (cost $49,655,745)     62,940,126
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS: 11.9%      

PAR VALUE    
$ 3,147,071   

SSgA Prime Money Market Fund

  3,147,071
  74,929,000   

State Street Repurchase Agreement, 0.65%, 1/2/04 (collateralized by U.S. Treasury securities, value $76,433,347)

  74,929,000
          
Total Short-Term Investments (cost $78,076,071)   78,076,071
        

TOTAL INVESTMENTS (cost $573,524,746)

   102.9 %     673,925,304  

OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES

   (2.9 )     (19,031,372 )
         

 


TOTAL NET ASSETS         100.0 %   $ 654,893,932  
         

 


 

(a) Non-income producing
(b) Securities denominated in U.S. dollars

 

 

5 / Dodge & Cox International Stock Fund

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements


 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities


December 31, 2003

 
Assets:  

Investments, at market value (identified cost $573,524,746)

   $ 673,925,304  

Cash denominated in foreign currency (identified cost $1,379,139)

     1,396,555  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     12,138,006  

Dividends and interest receivable

     1,203,134  

Prepaid expenses and other assets

     6,409  
    


       688,669,408  
    


Liabilities:  

Payable for investments purchased

     33,126,502  

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

     200,377  

Management fees payable

     289,525  

Accounts payable

     159,072  
    


       33,775,476  
    


Net Assets    $ 654,893,932  
    


Net Assets Consist of:  

Paid in capital

   $ 561,820,180  

Accumulated undistributed net investment income

     —    

Accumulated undistributed net realized loss on investments and foreign currency transactions

     (7,344,222 )

Net unrealized appreciation on investments and foreign currency

     100,417,974  
    


     $ 654,893,932  
    


Beneficial shares outstanding (par value $0.01 each, unlimited shares authorized)

     27,895,363  

Net asset value per share

   $ 23.48  

 

Statement of Operations


Year Ended
December 31, 2003

 
Investment Income:  

Dividends (net of foreign taxes of $593,744)

   $ 5,404,747  

Interest

     139,683  
    


       5,544,430  
    


Expenses:  

Management fees (Note 2)

     1,418,414  

Custodian and fund accounting fees

     132,577  

Transfer agent fees

     136,279  

Professional fees

     69,687  

Shareholder reports

     56,195  

Registration fees

     135,477  

Trustees’ fees (Note 2)

     28,500  

Miscellaneous

     1,761  
    


Total expenses

     1,978,890  
    


Expenses reimbursed by investment manager (Note 2)

     (45,752 )
    


Net expenses

     1,933,138  
    


Net Investment Income      3,611,292  
    


Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on
Investments:
  

    Net realized loss from:

        

        Investments

     (5,780,665 )

        Foreign currency transactions

     (139,082 )

Net unrealized appreciation on
investments and foreign currency

     118,219,534  
    


        Net realized and unrealized gain on         investments and foreign currency

     112,299,787  
    


Net Increase in Net Assets from Operations    $     115,911,079  
    


 

Statement of Changes in Net Assets


   

Year Ended
December 31, 2003

   

Year Ended
December 31, 2002

 
Operations:  

Net investment income

  $ 3,611,292     $ 1,034,768  

Net realized loss

    (5,919,747 )     (1,069,095 )

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    118,219,534       (16,951,890 )
   


 


Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

    115,911,079       (16,986,217 )
   


 


                 
Distributions to Shareholders From:  

Net investment income

    (3,707,922 )     (1,025,549 )

Net realized gain

    (22,032 )     (376,593 )
   


 


Total distributions

    (3,729,954 )     (1,402,142 )
   


 


                 
Beneficial Share Transactions:  

Amounts received from sale of shares

    505,237,353       174,721,935  

Net asset value of shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    3,479,385       1,238,324  

Amounts paid for shares redeemed

    (82,943,027 )     (65,837,104 )
   


 


Net increase from beneficial share transactions

    425,773,711       110,123,155  
   


 


Total increase in net assets

    537,954,836       91,734,796  
                 
Net Assets:                

Beginning of year

    116,939,096       25,204,300  
   


 


End of year (including undistributed net investment income of $0 and $9,219, respectively)

  $ 654,893,932     $ 116,939,096  
   


 


Shares sold

    24,888,635       9,847,266  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    149,716       79,075  

Shares redeemed

    (4,541,214 )     (3,896,407 )
   


 


Net increase in shares outstanding

    20,497,137       6,029,934  
   


 


 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

Dodge & Cox International Stock Fund / 6


 

Notes to Financial Statements


 

Note 1 — Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

 

Dodge & Cox International Stock Fund (the “Fund”) is a separate series of Dodge & Cox Funds (the “Trust”). The Trust is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as a diversified, open-end management investment company. The Fund’s predecessor, Dodge & Cox International Equity Fund, L.L.C. (the “LLC”), was organized on October 25, 1999 as a private investment company that converted into, and had the same investment manager as, the Fund. The Fund was capitalized on April 30, 2001 upon the transfer of assets from the LLC and commenced operations on May 1, 2001. The Fund seeks long-term growth of principal and income, and the Fund invests primarily in a diversified portfolio of foreign stocks. Foreign investing, especially in developing countries, has special risks such as currency and market volatility and political and social instability. These and other risk considerations are discussed in the Fund’s Prospectus.

 

The Fund consistently follows accounting policies which are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Significant accounting policies are as follows:

 

Security valuation. The Fund’s net assets are valued as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”), generally 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, each day that the NYSE is open for business. Listed securities are valued at market, using as a price the official quoted close price or the last sale on the date of determination on the principal exchange on which such securities are traded or, if not available, at the mean between the exchange listed bid and ask prices for the day. A security which is listed or traded on more than one exchange is valued at the quotation on the exchange determined to be the primary market for such security. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available or whose values have been materially affected by events occurring before the Fund’s pricing time but after the close of the securities’ primary markets are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by or at the direction of the Board of Trustees. Foreign securities are converted to U.S. dollars using prevailing exchange rates. Short-term securities are valued at amortized cost which approximates current value.

 

Foreign Currency Translation. Investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in a foreign currency are translated into U.S. dollars at the prevailing rates of exchange at period end. Purchases and sales of securities, income receipts and expenses are translated into U.S. dollars at the prevailing exchange rate on the respective dates of such transactions. Net realized gains and losses on foreign currency transactions represent net gains and losses from sales and maturities of foreign currency contracts, disposition of foreign currencies, the difference between the amount of net investment income accrued and the U.S. dollar amount actually received, and gains and losses between trade and settlement date on purchases and sales of securities. The effects of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on investments in securities are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments.

 

The Fund may enter into forward foreign currency exchange contracts in order to reduce the exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates on the foreign portfolio holdings and to lock in the U.S. dollar cost of firm purchase and sale commitments for securities denominated in or exposed to foreign currencies.

 

Security transactions and related investment income. Security transactions are recorded by the Fund as of the date the trades are executed with brokers. Realized gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost. Dividend income and corporate action transactions are recorded on the ex-dividend date, except for certain dividends or corporate actions from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed, which are recorded as soon as the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends have been provided for in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Distributions received in excess of income are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or realized gain. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis.

 

Expenses. Expenses are recorded on the accrual basis. Most expenses of the Trust can be directly attributed to a series. Expenses which cannot be directly attributed are apportioned among all of the series in the Trust.

 

7 / Dodge & Cox International Stock Fund


 

Notes to Financial Statements (continued)


 

Repurchase agreements. The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements secured by U.S. government securities which involve the purchase of securities from a counterparty with a simultaneous commitment to resell the securities at an agreed-upon date and price. It is the Fund’s policy that its custodian take possession of the underlying collateral securities, the fair value of which exceeds the principal amount of the repurchase transaction, including accrued interest, at all times. In the event of default by the counterparty, the Fund has the contractual right to liquidate the securities and to apply the proceeds in satisfaction of the obligation.

 

Income taxes and distributions to shareholders. No provision for federal income taxes has been included in the accompanying financial statements since the Fund intends to distribute all of its taxable income and continue to comply with requirements for regulated investment companies. Distributions to shareholders of income and capital gains are reflected in the net asset value per share computation on the ex-dividend date. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Temporary differences between financial statement and tax treatments may occur when certain items of income, expense, gain or loss are recognized in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes. Differences in classification may also result from the treatment of short-term gains and currency transaction gains as ordinary income for tax purposes. Permanent differences are reclassified among capital accounts in the financial statements to reflect their tax character. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations.

 

Note 2 — Related Party Transactions

Management fees. Under a written agreement, the Fund pays an annual management fee of 0.60% of the Fund’s average daily net asset value to Dodge & Cox, investment manager of the Fund. For the fiscal years ending December 31, 2001 through 2005, Dodge & Cox has contractually agreed to reimburse the Fund for all ordinary expenses to the extent necessary to maintain the ratio of expenses to average net assets at 0.90%. The agreement is renewable annually thereafter and is subject to 30 days written notice for termination by either party.

 

Trustees’ fees. All officers and three of the trustees of the Trust are officers and employees of Dodge & Cox. Those trustees who are not affiliated with Dodge & Cox receive from the Trust an annual fee plus an attendance fee for each Board or Committee meeting attended. Payments to trustees are divided equally among each series of the Trust. The Trust does not pay any other remuneration to its officers or trustees.

 

Indemnifications. Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. In addition, in the normal course of business the Trust enters into contracts that provide general indemnifications to other parties. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Trust that have not yet occurred.

 

Note 3 — Distributions Paid, Distributable Earnings and Investment Transactions

Distributions paid during the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002 were characterized as follows for federal tax purposes:

 

    2003    2002
   
  

Ordinary income

  $3,729,954    $1,402,142
    ($0.14 per share)    ($0.19 per share)

Long-term capital gain

  none    none

 

At December 31, 2003, the tax basis components of accumulated undistributed income and net realized gain include no ordinary income or long-term capital gain. For federal tax purposes, the Fund had a capital loss carryforward of $2,392,608 as of December 31, 2003, which is available for offsetting capital gains realized in future periods, and which will expire in 2011 if not utilized. As permitted by federal tax law, the Fund elected to defer realized net capital losses and currency losses of $4,951,614 occurring between November 1, 2003 and December 31, 2003, and to treat those losses as arising in the fiscal year ending December 31, 2004. At December 31, 2003, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was equal to the cost for financial reporting purposes. Net unrealized appreciation of securities aggregated $100,400,558, of which $104,363,199 represented appreciated securities and $3,962,641 represented depreciated securities.

 

For the year ended December 31, 2003, purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities and U.S. government securities, aggregated $397,209,568 and $26,293,700, respectively.

 

Dodge & Cox International Stock Fund / 8


 

Financial Highlights


SELECTED DATA AND RATIOS (for a share outstanding throughout the period)      Year Ended
December 31,
    

May 1, 2001 through

December 31,

 

 
       2003     2002      2001  
                       

Net asset value, beginning of period

     $ 15.81     $ 18.42      $20.00  

Income from investment operations:

                         

Net investment income

       0.14       0.13      0.14  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

       7.67       (2.55 )    (1.56 )
      


Total from investment operations

       7.81       (2.42 )    (1.42 )
      


Distributions to shareholders from:

                         

Net investment income

       (0.14 )     (0.13 )    (0.14 )

Net realized gain

             (0.06 )    (0.02 )
      


Total distributions

       (0.14 )     (0.19 )    (0.16 )
      


Net asset value, end of period

     $ 23.48     $ 15.81      $18.42  
      


Total return

       49.42 %     (13.11 )%    (7.09 )%

Ratios/supplemental data:

                         

Net assets, end of period (millions)

     $ 655     $ 117        $     25  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

       0.82 %     0.90 %    0.90 %*

Ratio of expenses to average net assets,
excluding reimbursement by investment manager

       0.84 %     1.03 %    2.47 %*

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

       1.53 %     1.30 %    1.74 %*

Portfolio turnover rate

       11 %     12 %    23 %

 


*   Annualized

 

9 / Dodge & Cox International Stock Fund


 

Report of Independent Auditors


 

To the Trustees of Dodge & Cox Funds and Shareholders of Dodge & Cox International Stock Fund

 

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the portfolio of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Dodge & Cox International Stock Fund (the “Fund”, one of the series constituting Dodge & Cox Funds) at December 31, 2003, the results of its operations for the year then ended, and the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the periods presented, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America, which require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at December 31, 2003 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

San Francisco, California

 

February 4, 2004

 

Special 2003 Tax Information (unaudited)


 

The following information is provided pursuant to provisions of the Internal Revenue Code:

 

In 2003, the Fund has elected to pass through to shareholders foreign source income of $5,998,491 and foreign taxes paid of $593,744.

 

The Fund designates $4,323,698 of its distributions paid to shareholders in 2003 as qualified dividends (treated for federal income tax purposes in the hands of shareholders as taxable at a maximum rate of 15%).

 

Dodge & Cox International Stock Fund / 10


 

Dodge & Cox Funds—Officer & Trustee Information (unaudited)


 

Name (Age) and
Address*
  Position with Trust
(Time Served)
  Principal Occupation During Past 5 Years   Other Directorships Held by Trustees

Interested Trustees & Officers


Harry R.

Hagey (62)

 

Chairman and Trustee

(Trustee since 1975)

  Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Dodge & Cox, Portfolio Manager, and member of Investment Policy Committee  

John A.

Gunn (60)

 

President and

Trustee
(Trustee since 1985)

  President, Chief Investment Officer and Director of Dodge & Cox, Portfolio Manager, and member of Investment Policy Committee, Fixed Income Strategy Committee, and International Investment Policy Committee  

Dana M.

Emery (42)

 

Vice President and Trustee

(Trustee since 1993)

  Senior Vice President and Director of Dodge & Cox, Manager—Fixed Income, and member of Investment Policy Committee and Fixed Income Strategy Committee  

A. Horton

Shapiro (64)

 

Executive Vice President

(Officer since 1985)

  Senior Vice President and Director of Dodge & Cox, Portfolio Manager, and member of Investment Policy Committee and Fixed Income Strategy Committee  

Katherine Herrick Drake (49)  

Vice President

(Officer since 1993)

  Vice President of Dodge & Cox, Portfolio Manager, and member of Investment Policy Committee  

Kenneth E.

Olivier (51)

  Vice President
(Officer since 1992)
  Executive Vice President (since 2002) and Director of Dodge & Cox, Portfolio Manager, and member of Investment Policy Committee  

John M.

Loll (37)

  Treasurer and Assistant Secretary (Officer since 2000)   Vice President and Treasurer (since 2000) of Dodge & Cox; prior to 2000, Fund Administration and Accounting Manager, Dodge & Cox  

Thomas M. Mistele (50)   Secretary and Assistant Treasurer (Officer since 2000)   Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of Dodge & Cox  

Independent Trustees


William F.

Ausfahl (63)

 

Trustee

(Since: 2002)

 

CFO, The Clorox Co. (1982-1997);

Director, The Clorox Co. (1984-1997)

 

L. Dale

Crandall (62)

 

Trustee

(Since: 1999)

  President, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals (2000-2002); Executive Vice President—Finance and Administration & CFO, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals (1998-2000)   Director, Union BanCal Corporation (bank holding company) and Union Bank of California (commercial bank) (2001-Present); Director, Covad Communications Group (broadband communications services) (2002-Present); Director, Ansell Limited (medical equipment and supplies) (2002-Present); Director, BEA Systems, Inc. (software and programming) (2003-Present); Director, Coventry Health Care Inc. (managed healthcare) (2004-Present)

Thomas A.

Larsen (54)

 

Trustee

(Since: 2002)

  Director in Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin (law firm)  

Will C.

Wood (64)

 

Trustee

(Since: 1992)

  Principal, Kentwood Associates, Financial Advisers   Director, Banco Latinoamericano de Exportaciones S.A. (Latin American Foreign Trade Bank) (1999-Present); Director, Dover Investment Corp. (real estate development) (1992-Present)

 

*   The address for each Officer and Trustee is One Sansome Street, 35th Floor, San Francisco, California 94104. Each Officer and Trustee oversees all four portfolios in the Dodge & Cox Funds complex and serves for an indefinite term.

Additional information about the Trust’s Trustees is available in the Trust’s Statement of Additional Information (SAI). You can get a free copy of the SAI by contacting Dodge & Cox Funds at 1-800-621-3979.


 

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73rd Annual Report

December 31, 2003

2003

 

 

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This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the Fund. The report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the Fund unless it is accompanied by a current prospectus.

 

This report reflects our views,

opinions and portfolio holdings

as of December 31, 2003, the end of

the reporting period. The information

provided is not a complete analysis of every

aspect of any industry, security or the Fund.

The Fund’s portfolio composition may change

depending on market and economic conditions.

Although historical performance is

no guarantee of future results, these

insights may help you understand

our investment management

philosophy.

 

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To Our Shareholders


 

The Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund had a total return of 24.4% for the year ended December 31, 2003, compared to the 18.5% return for the Combined Index1. Total returns for longer periods are listed on the following page. At year-end 2003 the Fund’s total net assets of $13.2 billion were invested in 64% stocks, 22% fixed-income securities and 14% cash equivalents.

 

The share price of the Fund rose from $60.75 at the end of 2002 to $73.04 on December 31, 2003. In addition, during the year, the Fund distributed income dividends of $1.66 per share, short-term capital gain of $0.31 per share, and long-term capital gain of $0.36 per share.

 

2003 Performance Review

Equity Portfolio

If asked in the beginning of the year, we would not have thought double-digit returns were likely for 2003. Instead, the equity portfolio had one of its best years in its history, and outperformed the S&P 500’s 2003 total return of 28.7%. Conclusion: Anticipating the market on a short-term basis has a huge error rate. The equity portfolio’s performance relative to the S&P 500 for 2003 should be considered in a longer-term context. Following the collapse of the technology bubble in second quarter of 2000, we identified a number of companies in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications sectors with attractive valuations, given our long-term outlook for their potential growth in profits and cash flow. Thus, we entered 2003 with a greater number of investments in companies that provide various technology products and services, well positioned for long-term growth, such as Avaya (up 428% in 2003) and Corning (up 215% in 2003). While stocks in every sector, except for Telecommunications Services, contributed to results in 2003, technology-related companies were the strongest contributors to the portfolio’s performance. Only a handful of companies declined. Eastman Kodak, one of the stock market’s strongest performers in 2002, was the portfolio’s worst performer (down 24%) in 2003. AT&T and Schering-Plough also detracted from the Fund’s return, each with declines of 19% for the year.

 

Fixed-Income Portfolio

Our fixed-income investment philosophy—focusing on identifying undervalued securities through in-depth, fundamental research and building a diversified portfolio with an eye to longer-term (three-to-five years) return potential—guides us year-in and year-out. The fixed-income portfolio’s favorable relative performance this year (the portfolio outperformed the 4.1% return for the LBAG) came from a variety of sources. An overweight position in corporate securities made a significant contribution. Mirroring the corporate sector of the LBAG, the portfolio’s best performers were from lower-rated issuers. For example, the bonds of Xerox Corp., UnumProvident, and Dillard’s, Inc. each produced a total return of over 20%. National Energy & Gas Transmission, Inc. (formerly PG&E-National Energy Group), a Fund holding, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in July. While the market price of this holding is still significantly below its cost, the security contributed positively to the Fund’s performance in 2003 as its market value recovered from distressed levels following the company’s interest payment default in November 2002.

 

The favorable relative performance—and resultant higher valuations—of many of the Fund’s corporate holdings led us to selectively trim corporate exposure over the course of the year. Outright sales included Eastman Chemical, Dana Corporation and Disney. We also trimmed positions in CIT Group and Xerox, while adding new positions in the debt of Schering-Plough, Boston Properties, Comcast and Amerada Hess. The net effect of the transaction activity reduced the fixed-income portfolio’s weighting in corporate bonds by 4.5% over the year. Importantly, we do not make these decisions on an aggregate, sector-wide basis. Rather, they are made on an individual, issuer-by-issuer basis, and trims or outright sales of specific corporate securities are made when the risk of owning the security, given our view of the company’s credit outlook, is no longer reflected in its price.

 

Strategy & Expected Returns

At the risk of looking like a stopped clock, we want to reiterate our caution about future equity returns. Over the next few years, we believe that there is a high probability that total returns for equities will be significantly lower (and possibly negative) than the past 20 years (13% annualized for the S&P 500). The S&P 500 is selling well above the average price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) in the postwar period, and net margins (a measure of earnings profitability) are at historically high levels. The market is anticipating sustained economic growth in the U.S. At the same time, many economies outside the United States may be in the early stages of surprisingly strong economic expansion in terms of length and magnitude. In spite of these prospects for worldwide economic growth, these historically high valuations give us pause.

 

Furthermore, given the fixed-income portfolio’s low starting yield, and the limited likelihood of substantial price gains to supplement earned income, our expectations for fixed-income returns in the coming years are substantially lower. The strong absolute and relative price appreciation from the corporate sector—which added substantially

 

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to fixed-income returns this year—is unlikely to continue at the same pace in 2004, given the higher valuations currently accorded corporate bonds. Given this outlook, we have lowered our allocation to fixed-income securities as a percentage of the total Balanced Fund (22%) due to the lower total return prospects for fixed-income securities. The Fund’s cash position at 14% reflects our cautious outlook for future fixed-income and equity returns.

 

In the equity portfolio, we continue to invest today as we always have. We research well established companies where we believe the prospects for long-term profit and cash flow growth are favorable. We invest when those prospects are not reflected in the company’s current price. Our team of 18 analysts uses a wide variety of resources, although we believe that no model or research service can replace meeting onsite with company management and conferring directly with their competitors, customers and suppliers. We buy each holding anticipating a three-to-five year investment.

 

The fixed-income strategy has remained constant as well. We continue to emphasize corporate and mortgage-backed securities in our efforts to maintain a well diversified, high average quality portfolio2 with a higher yield-to-maturity than that of the LBAG. Mortgages continue to play a defensive role in the portfolio by providing a regular and relatively stable source of cash flow. Due to our concerns about inflation and the current low level of interest rates, we continue to position the portfolio with a shorter duration than that of the LBAG.

 

In Closing

As we said at the start of this letter, twelve months ago thoughts of appreciation in excess of 20% for the Fund in 2003 were non-existent. The global economic world will continue to unfold in unforeseen ways. In this environment of continual change, our team at Dodge & Cox will do our best to uncover attractive investment values for the shareholders of the Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund.

 

Thank you for the continued confidence you have placed in our firm as a shareholder of the Balanced Fund. As always, we welcome your comments and questions.

 

For the Board of Trustees,

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Harry R. Hagey, Chairman   John A. Gunn, President

 

February 4, 2004

 

Ten Years of Investment Performance


 

through December 31, 2003 (in thousands)

 

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Average annual total return for periods ended December 31, 2003

 

    1 Year     5 Years     10 Years     20 Years  

   
Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund   24.44 %   11.39 %   12.76 %   13.50 %
Combined Index   18.45     2.67     9.75     11.86  
S&P 500   28.67     (0.56 )   11.07     12.98  
Lehman Brothers Aggregate Bond Index (LBAG)   4.11     6.62     6.95     9.37  

 

Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investment return and share price will fluctuate with market conditions, and investors may have a gain or loss when shares are sold. Mutual fund performance changes over time and currently may be significantly lower than stated above. Performance is updated and published monthly. Visit the Fund’s web site at www.dodgeandcox.com or call 800-621-3979 for current performance figures.

 

The Fund’s total returns include the reinvestment of dividend and capital gain distributions, but have not been adjusted for any income taxes payable by shareholders on these distributions. Index returns include dividends and/or interest income and, unlike Fund returns, do not reflect fees or expenses.

 

Lehman Brothers® is a trademark of Lehman Brothers, Inc.; Standard & Poor’s, Standard & Poor’s 500, and S&P 500® are trademarks of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

 

 
  1 The Combined Index reflects an unmanaged portfolio of 60% of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (S&P 500) and 40% of the Lehman Brothers Aggregate Bond Index (LBAG). The Fund may, however, invest up to 75% of its total assets in stocks.
  2 The Fund may invest in securities rated below AA. As of December 31, 2003, 40% of the Fund’s fixed-income portfolio was rated below AA. It is in the Fund’s policy to invest in investment-grade debt securities. Securities that are downgraded below investment grade subsequent to purchase may continue to be held by the Fund, if Dodge & Cox believes it advantageous to do so. As of December 31, 2003, 1.3% of the Fund was invested in securities rated below investment grade.

 

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Fund Information

December 31, 2003


 

General Information


Net Asset Value Per Share

   $73.04

Total Net Assets (millions)

   $13,196

30-Day SEC Yield1

   1.84%

2003 Expense Ratio

   0.54%

2003 Portfolio Turnover

   19%

Fund Inception Date

   1931

 

Investment Manager:  Dodge & Cox, San Francisco. Managed by the Investment Policy Committee, whose ten members’ average tenure at Dodge & Cox is 23 years, and by the Fixed-Income Strategy Committee, whose eleven members’ average tenure is 15 years.

 

Asset Allocation


 

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Stock Portfolio (63.5% of Fund)      

Number of Stocks

   82

Median Market Capitalization

   $12 billion

Price-to-Earnings Ratio2

   16x

Price-to-Book Value

   2.0x

Foreign Stocks3 (% of Fund)

   8.4%

 

Five Largest Sectors    % of Fund

Consumer Discretionary

   13.4

Financials

   12.2

Information Technology

   8.6

Materials

   6.8

Health Care

   6.4

 

Ten Largest Stock Holdings   % of Fund

AT&T

  1.8

Dow Chemical

  1.7

Hewlett-Packard

  1.6

Bank One

  1.6

Xerox

  1.6

HCA—The Healthcare Company

  1.6

News Corp. Ltd., Pref. ADR (Australia)

  1.4

Comcast

  1.4

McDonald’s

  1.4

Schering-Plough

  1.4

 

Fixed-Income Portfolio (22.3% of Fund)     

Number of Fixed-Income Securities

  187

Average Quality4

  AA–

Average Maturity

  6.6 years

Effective Duration

  3.8 years

 

Credit Quality Ratings4   % of Fund

U.S. Government & Government Agencies

  13.1

Aaa/AAA

  0.1

Aa/AA

  0.1

A/A

  1.1

Baa/BBB

  6.6

Ba/BB

  0.9

B/B and below

  0.4

 

Sector Breakdown   % of Fund

U.S. Treasury and Government Agency

  2.2

Mortgage-Backed Securities

  11.0

Corporate

  9.1

 

1   SEC Yield is an annualization of the Fund’s total net investment income per share for the 30-day period ended on the last day of the month.
2   The Fund’s price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio is calculated using Dodge & Cox’s estimated forward earnings and excludes extraordinary items.
3   All U.S. dollar-denominated.
4   For presentation purposes only: when a security is split-rated, the lower of either the Moody’s or Standard & Poor’s rating is reported.

 

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Portfolio of Investments

December 31, 2003


COMMON STOCKS: 62.1%


SHARES    MARKET VALUE
 
FINANCIALS: 12.2%      
BANKS: 4.3%      
4,600,600   

Bank One Corp.

  $ 209,741,354
1,512,700   

Golden West Financial Corp.

    156,095,513
2,876,400   

Wachovia Corp.

    134,011,476
1,260,750   

Wells Fargo & Co.

    74,245,567
        

           574,093,910
INSURANCE: 3.7%
2,477,000   

Loews Corp.

    122,487,650
2,992,200   

St. Paul Companies, Inc.

    118,640,730
1,751,500   

Torchmark Corp.

    79,763,310
1,094,612   

Chubb Corp.

    74,543,077
3,795,000   

UNUMProvident Corp.

    59,847,150
562,750   

MBIA, Inc.

    33,331,683
        

           488,613,600
DIVERSIFIED FINANCIALS: 2.4%
4,476,500   

CIT Group, Inc.

    160,930,175
2,470,200   

Capital One Financial Corp.

    151,398,558
        

           312,328,733
REAL ESTATE: 1.8%
5,234,800   

Equity Office Properties Trust

    149,977,020
2,800,600   

Equity Residential Properties Trust

    82,645,706
        

           232,622,726
        

           1,607,658,969
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY: 12.0%      
CONSUMER DURABLES & APPAREL: 3.7%      
5,208,600   

Sony Corp. ADR(b) (Japan)

    180,582,162
8,346,300   

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. ADR(b) (Japan)

    116,347,422
1,004,900   

Whirlpool Corp.

    73,005,985
2,616,100   

Eastman Kodak Co.

    67,155,287
1,107,900   

VF Corp.

    47,905,596
        

           484,996,452
RETAILING: 2.5%
5,034,350   

May Department Stores Co.

    146,348,555
2,429,250   

Nordstrom, Inc.

    83,323,275
3,552,400   

Gap, Inc.

    82,451,204
1,461,400   

Dillard’s, Inc. Class A

    24,054,644
        

           336,177,678
MEDIA: 2.3%
5,738,709   

Comcast Corp.(a)

    188,631,365
6,387,000   

Time Warner Inc.(a)

    114,902,130
        

           303,533,495
HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE: 1.8%
7,592,950   

McDonald’s Corp.

    188,532,948
5,314,826   

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC ADR(b) (United Kingdom)

    50,862,885
        

           239,395,833
 

 

SHARES    MARKET VALUE
AUTOMOBILES & COMPONENTS: 0.9%
9,913,720   

Delphi Automotive Systems Corp.

  $ 101,219,081
730,830   

Ford Motor Co.

    11,693,280
42,000   

Honda Motor Co. Ltd. ADR(b) (Japan)

    945,000
        

           113,857,361
TRADING COMPANIES & DISTRIBUTORS: 0.8%
3,335,450   

Genuine Parts Co.

    110,736,940
        

           1,588,697,759
 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: 8.6%      
TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE & EQUIPMENT: 6.1%      
9,165,355   

Hewlett-Packard Co.

    210,528,204
15,102,150   

Xerox Corp.(a)

    208,409,670
7,100,000   

Motorola, Inc.

    99,897,000
2,303,625   

NCR Corp.(a)

    89,380,650
2,955,550   

Thermo Electron Corp.(a)

    74,479,860
4,479,150   

Avaya, Inc.(a)

    57,960,201
1,677,600   

Storage Technology Corp.(a)

    43,198,200
1,688,700   

Corning, Inc.(a)

    17,613,141
        

           801,466,926
SOFTWARE & SERVICES: 2.5%
7,082,600   

Electronic Data Systems

    173,807,004
2,176,400   

Computer Sciences Corp.(a)

    96,262,172
6,937,800   

Compuware Corp.(a)

    41,904,312
827,300   

BMC Software, Inc.(a)

    15,429,145
        

           327,402,633
        

           1,128,869,559
MATERIALS: 6.8%      
CHEMICALS: 4.7%      
5,442,959   

Dow Chemical Co.

    226,263,806
4,178,800   

Akzo Nobel N.V. ADR(b) (Netherlands)

    159,630,160
2,102,600   

Rohm and Haas Co.

    89,802,046
1,654,300   

Engelhard Corp.

    49,546,285
3,434,000   

Syngenta A.G. ADR(b) (Switzerland)

    46,290,320
1,676,920   

NOVA Chemicals Corp.(b) (Canada)

    45,192,994
321,400   

Lubrizol Corp.

    10,451,928
        

           627,177,539
METALS AND MINING: 1.7%
1,115,400   

Rio Tinto PLC ADR(b) (United Kingdom)

    124,155,174
2,587,200   

Alcoa, Inc.

    98,313,600
        

           222,468,774
PAPER AND FOREST PRODUCTS: 0.4%
1,267,800   

International Paper Co.

    54,654,858
        

           904,301,171
HEALTH CARE: 6.4%
PHARMACEUTICALS & BIOTECHNOLOGY: 3.0%
10,623,550   

Schering-Plough Corp.

    184,743,535
2,285,492   

Pfizer Inc.

    80,746,432
2,435,400   

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    69,652,440
1,266,500   

Wyeth

    53,762,925
        

           388,905,332

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

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Portfolio of Investments

December 31, 2003


COMMON STOCKS (continued)


SHARES    MARKET VALUE
HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SERVICES: 3.4%
4,797,900   

HCA—The Healthcare Company

  $ 206,117,784
1,652,700   

Cardinal Health, Inc.

    101,079,132
918,300   

WellPoint Health Networks, Inc.(a)

    89,065,917
1,317,800   

Becton, Dickinson & Co.

    54,214,292
        

           450,477,125
        

           839,382,457
ENERGY: 5.9%
1,871,308   

ChevronTexaco Corp.

    161,662,298
3,410,900   

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

    144,076,416
2,124,900   

ConocoPhillips

    139,329,693
3,690,100   

Unocal Corp.

    135,906,383
2,984,100   

Baker Hughes, Inc.

    95,968,656
1,804,900   

Amerada Hess Corp.

    95,966,533
        

           772,909,979
INDUSTRIALS: 3.6%
TRANSPORTATION: 1.7%
1,730,150   

FedEx Corp.

    116,785,125
1,599,200   

Union Pacific Corp.

    111,112,416
        

           227,897,541
CAPITAL GOODS: 1.1%
1,840,300   

Fluor Corp.

    72,949,492
2,458,700   

Masco Corp.

    67,392,967
        

           140,342,459
COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES: 0.8%
2,036,500   

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co.

    61,400,475
1,203,150   

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

    48,871,953
        

           110,272,428
        

           478,512,428
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES: 3.1%
11,973,280   

AT&T Corp.

    243,057,584
21,213,500   

AT&T Wireless Services, Inc.(a)

    169,495,865
        

           412,553,449
UTILITIES: 1.9%
4,914,600   

Duke Energy Corp.

    100,503,570
2,368,880   

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

    72,274,529
1,686,100   

TXU Corp.

    39,994,292
1,357,300   

Scottish Power PLC ADR(b) (United Kingdom)

    36,891,414
        

           249,663,805
CONSUMER STAPLES: 1.6%
FOOD, BEVERAGE AND TOBACCO: 1.6%
2,370,000   

Unilever N.V.(b) (Netherlands)

    153,813,000
3,537,195   

Archer Daniels Midland Co.

    53,836,108
        

           207,649,108
        

Total Common Stocks (cost $6,280,122,963)     8,190,198,684
        

 

PREFERRED STOCKS: 1.4%


SHARES    MARKET VALUE
  CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY: 1.4%
  MEDIA: 1.4%
  6,257,900   

News Corp. Ltd., Preferred Limited Voting Ordinary Shares ADR(b) (Australia)

  $ 189,301,475
          

  Total Preferred Stocks (cost $130,935,524)    189,301,475
          

 

FIXED-INCOME SECURITIES: 22.3%

PAR VALUE        MARKET VALUE
          
  U.S. TREASURY AND GOVERNMENT AGENCY: 2.2%
  U.S. TREASURY: 1.4%
$ 30,843,076   

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Notes,
3.00%, 7/15/12

  $ 33,623,764
  38,000,000   

U.S. Treasury Notes, 3.00%, 1/31/04

    38,059,356
  75,000,000   

U.S. Treasury Notes, 3.375%, 4/30/04

    75,591,825
  26,515,000   

U.S. Treasury Notes, 7.25%, 8/15/04

    27,519,680
  8,500,000   

U.S. Treasury Notes, 3.50%, 11/15/06

    8,785,881
          

             183,580,506
  GOVERNMENT AGENCY: 0.8%
  4,935,000   

Arkansas Dev. Fin. Auth. GNMA Guaranteed Bonds, 9.75%, 11/15/14

    6,130,208
  9,000,000   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp., 6.25%, 7/15/32

    9,787,608
  9,827,204   

Govt. Small Business Admin. 504
Series 00-20 I, 7.21%, 9/1/20

    11,037,968
  15,302,874   

Govt. Small Business Admin. 504
Series 01-20G, 6.625%, 7/1/21

    16,806,103
  26,150,000   

Govt. Small Business Admin. 504
Series 03-20J, 4.92%, 10/1/23

    26,109,331
  4,770,430   

Govt. Small Business Admin. 504
Series 96-20L, 6.70%, 12/1/16

    5,203,956
  8,181,640   

Govt. Small Business Admin. 504
Series 97-20F, 7.20%, 6/1/17

    9,076,907
  10,025,746   

Govt. Small Business Admin. 504
Series 97-20I, 6.90%, 9/1/17

    11,037,482
  11,884,319   

Govt. Small Business Admin. 504
Series 98-20D, 6.15%, 4/1/18

    12,791,095
  6,332,906   

Govt. Small Business Admin. 504
Series 98-20I, 6.00%, 9/1/18

    6,787,468
          

             114,768,126
          

             298,348,632
  MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES: 11.0%
  FEDERAL AGENCY CMO AND REMIC(c): 2.4%
  3,280,285   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
7.25%, 4/15/07

    3,361,025
  5,625,214   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.50%, 5/15/08

    5,860,778
  6,570,068   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.50%, 5/15/08

    6,832,833

 

5 / Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements


 

Portfolio of Investments

December 31, 2003


FIXED-INCOME SECURITIES (continued)


PAR VALUE        MARKET VALUE
          
$ 15,720,560   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.50%, 10/15/08

  $ 16,215,434
  12,738,155   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
5.50%, 12/15/13

    12,903,136
  4,486,099   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
5.50%, 2/15/14

    4,559,582
  8,901,240   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.00%, 12/15/14

    9,024,199
  3,264,961   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.50%, 5/15/21

    3,262,605
  11,781,326   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.25%, 9/15/22

    11,976,887
  28,000,000   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
7.00%, 8/25/23

    30,281,846
  724,701   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 5.00%, 1/1/06

    737,440
  2,850,874   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.50%, 2/25/07

    2,981,661
  191,749   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.50%, 4/1/09

    199,507
  20,000,000   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 5.50%, 11/25/13

    20,429,876
  8,128,667   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.00%, 6/17/22

    8,321,001
  16,052,863   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.00%, 6/25/32

    17,281,918
  16,179,490   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.50%, 2/25/41

    17,665,981
  17,957,331   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.50%, 7/25/41

    19,607,160
  7,466,357   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.00%, 9/25/41

    8,056,669
  16,915,860   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.00%, 6/25/42

    18,253,279
  17,172,304   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.00%, 6/25/42

    18,529,997
  35,776,083   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.50%, 7/25/42

    37,998,672
  15,723,171   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.00%, 7/25/42

    16,966,292
  21,945,608   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.50%, 10/25/42

    23,961,860
  2,708,435   

Veterans Affairs Vendee Mtge. Trust,
7.21%, 2/15/25

    2,965,862
  1,791,254   

Veterans Affairs Vendee Mtge. Trust,
8.793%, 6/15/25

    2,006,648
          

             320,242,148
   
  FEDERAL AGENCY MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH: 8.5%
  1,889   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
7.50%, 7/1/06

    1,879
  5,196   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
7.25%, 1/1/08

    5,327
  14,025   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
7.50%, 2/1/08

    14,707
  200,945   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
8.00%, 2/1/08

    212,914
  3,263,837   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
7.00%, 5/1/08

    3,465,033
  4,890,169   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
7.00%, 12/1/08

    5,169,177
  1,596,441   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.50%, 2/1/09

    1,680,048
  3,722,928   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
7.00%, 8/1/09

    3,973,639
  4,470,958   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.00%, 9/1/09

    4,673,157

 

PAR VALUE        MARKET VALUE
          
$ 150,107   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
8.75%, 5/1/10

  $ 161,123
  862,613   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
8.00%, 11/1/10

    916,398
  7,204,438   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.00%, 9/1/12

    7,569,523
  14,858,344   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.50%, 3/1/13

    15,766,092
  10,822,954   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.00%, 10/1/13

    11,367,382
  15,419,599   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.00%, 4/1/14

    16,195,253
  11,941,998   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.50%, 7/1/14

    12,652,407
  2,646,035   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
7.00%, 4/1/15

    2,803,295
  8,547,863   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.00%, 9/1/15

    8,977,816
  10,301,212   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.00%, 5/1/16

    10,820,412
  106,732   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
8.25%, 2/1/17

    114,094
  56,045,014   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.00%, 5/1/17

    58,806,532
  8,649,001   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.50%, 8/1/17

    9,161,890
  31,014,896   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.50%, 12/1/17

    32,854,090
  45,202,962   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.00%, 2/1/18

    47,430,256
  29,118,485   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.50%, 3/1/18

    30,845,222
  15,182,358   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.50%, 9/1/18

    16,082,677
  2,752,432   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
7.75%, 7/25/21

    2,971,420
  1,168,494   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
8.50%, 1/1/23

    1,258,823
  1,374,189   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
7.47%, 3/17/23

    1,473,800
  10,289,667   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 5.57%, 1/1/06

    10,724,409
  887,017   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.50%, 9/1/07

    935,293
  1,430,452   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.00%, 12/1/07

    1,500,595
  2,220,256   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.00%, 12/1/07

    2,343,563
  1,354,027   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.50%, 5/1/08

    1,429,909
  21,204,365   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 5.965%, 10/1/08

    23,071,622
  3,606,027   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 5.606%, 11/1/08

    3,880,005
  3,774,917   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.50%, 11/1/08

    3,973,592
  1,970,872   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.00%, 1/1/09

    2,075,271
  8,740,081   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.041%, 1/1/09

    9,541,108
  439,344   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 8.00%, 1/1/09

    462,457
  288,367   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.50%, 8/1/10

    307,286
  2,737,157   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.50%, 3/1/11

    2,904,534
  2,308,863   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.00%, 7/1/11

    2,437,091

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund / 6


 

Portfolio of Investments

December 31, 2003


FIXED-INCOME SECURITIES (continued)


PAR VALUE        MARKET VALUE
          
$ 7,358,034   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.50%, 8/1/11

  $ 7,807,976
  11,268,533   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 5.863%, 1/1/12

    12,248,930
  10,847,306   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.50%, 1/1/12

    11,472,564
  31,207,708   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.017%, 4/1/12

    33,912,455
  6,393,485   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.50%, 1/1/13

    6,783,884
  6,762,583   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.50%, 1/1/13

    7,175,451
  20,868,547   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 5.50%, 2/1/14

    21,727,546
  13,014,218   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.00%, 3/1/14

    13,682,001
  35,044,431   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.00%, 3/1/14

    36,868,041
  27,800,226   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 5.50%, 9/1/14

    28,944,549
  14,745,729   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 5.50%, 8/1/15

    15,352,698
  21,530,085   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 5.50%, 8/1/15

    22,416,315
  5,719,734   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.50%, 8/1/15

    6,068,003
  9,700,366   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.50%, 9/1/15

    10,387,639
  18,397,585   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.50%, 12/1/15

    19,701,059
  7,014,661   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.50%, 1/1/16

    7,511,652
  10,317,107   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.00%, 3/1/16

    10,841,931
  10,498,194   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.00%, 7/1/16

    11,023,367
  36,509,738   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 5.50%, 11/1/16

    37,879,970
  15,694,337   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 5.50%, 12/1/16

    16,283,355
  10,943,970   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.50%, 12/1/16

    11,719,353
  49,409,465   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.50%, 6/1/17

    52,424,568
  18,633,417   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.00%, 3/1/18

    19,567,401
  18,886,122   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.00%, 3/1/18

    19,832,772
  22,177,046   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.00%, 5/1/18

    23,286,453
  47,302,904   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.00%, 5/1/18

    49,673,921
  18,215,712   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.00%, 3/1/18

    19,126,954
  44,625,000   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 5.50%, 4/1/18

    46,206,064
  50,000,000   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 5.50%, 6/1/18

    51,771,500
  45,102,723   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.50%, 11/1/18

    47,841,360
  572,116   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.50%, 7/1/19

    603,146
  28,950,515   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.50%, 1/1/22

    30,409,780
  3,283,571   

Govt. Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.50%, 1/15/08

    3,479,176
  6,824,477   

Govt. Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.50%, 7/15/09

    7,290,204
  952,782   

Govt. Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.97%, 4/15/20

    1,047,336
  862,034   

Govt. Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.97%, 5/15/20

    947,582
  615,123   

Govt. Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.97%, 8/15/20

    676,168
  773,338   

Govt. Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.97%, 8/15/20

    850,084
  1,006,356   

Govt. Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.97%, 10/15/20

    1,106,226
  852,751   

Govt. Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.97%, 1/15/21

    936,686
  10,379,064   

Govt. Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.50%, 11/15/24

    11,211,060
  5,157,292   

Govt. Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.50%, 10/15/25

    5,565,900
          

             1,116,674,201
  PRIVATE LABEL CMO AND REMIC(c): 0.1%      
  11,559,150   

Union Planters Mortgage Finance Corp.,
7.70%, 12/25/24

    12,523,223
          

             1,449,439,572
  CORPORATE: 9.1%
  INDUSTRIAL: 5.9%
  43,525,000   

AOL Time Warner, Inc., 7.625%, 4/15/31

    50,217,752
  10,000,000   

AOL Time Warner, Inc., 7.70%, 5/1/32

    11,671,060
  38,300,000   

AT&T Corp., 8.05%, 11/15/11

    44,082,534
  48,145,000   

AT&T Corp., 8.75%, 11/15/31

    56,260,466
  12,930,000   

Amerada Hess Corp., 6.65%, 8/15/11

    14,012,862

 

PAR VALUE        MARKET VALUE
          
$ 6,375,000   

Amerada Hess Corp., 7.875%, 10/1/29

  $ 6,994,516
  17,000,000   

American Home Products Corp.,
6.70%, 3/15/11

    19,199,239
  36,265,000   

Comcast Corp., 5.30%, 1/15/14

    36,144,564
  25,275,000   

Dillard’s, Inc., 7.375%, 6/1/06

    26,159,625
  3,500,000   

Dillard’s, Inc., 7.13%, 8/1/18

    3,456,250
  28,975,000   

Ford Motor Credit Co., 6.50%, 1/25/07

    30,864,865
  52,500,000   

Ford Motor Credit Co., 7.25%, 10/25/11

    56,939,610
  12,750,000   

GMAC, 7.75%, 1/19/10

    14,452,865
  35,630,000   

GMAC, 8.875%, 6/1/10, Putable 2005

    41,701,637
  15,000,000   

GMAC, 6.875%, 9/15/11

    16,156,905
  27,750,000   

HCA—The Healthcare Company,
8.75%, 9/1/10

    33,042,896
  5,926,000   

HCA—The Healthcare Company,
7.875%, 2/1/11

    6,758,668
  20,000,000   

HCA—The Healthcare Company,
6.25%, 2/15/13

    20,472,140
  16,250,000   

HCA—The Healthcare Company,
6.75%, 7/15/13

    17,233,109
  21,185,000   

Hewlett-Packard Co., 5.50%, 7/1/07

    22,896,769
  18,500,000   

Lockheed Martin Corp., 7.65%, 5/1/16

    22,475,983
  8,500,000   

Lockheed Martin Corp., 7.75%, 5/1/26

    10,212,402
  5,900,000   

May Department Stores Co.,
7.625%, 8/15/13

    6,857,316
  11,350,000   

May Department Stores Co.,
7.45%, 10/15/16

    13,172,038
  775,000   

May Department Stores Co., 7.875%, 3/1/30

    926,802
  16,000,000   

May Department Stores Co.,
8.125%, 8/15/35, Callable 2015

    18,551,776
  10,440,000   

May Department Stores Co.,
7.875%, 8/15/36, Callable 2016

    11,897,737
  34,610,000   

Raychem Corp., 8.20%, 10/15/08

    39,109,300
  35,000,000   

Raytheon Co., 6.75%, 8/15/07

    38,777,445
  12,500,000   

Schering-Plough Corp., 5.30%, 12/1/13

    12,718,113
  22,500,000   

Time Warner Entertainment,
8.375%, 7/15/33

    28,570,320
  24,500,000   

Wyeth, 5.50%, 3/15/13

    24,940,044
  10,000,000   

Wyeth, 5.50%, 2/1/14

    10,114,150
  10,000,000   

Xerox Corp., 7.20%, 4/1/16

    10,225,000
          

             777,266,758
  FINANCE: 2.6%
  18,975,000   

Bank One Capital III(d), 8.75%, 9/1/30

    24,932,789
  12,275,000   

Bank One Corp., 6.50%, 2/1/06

    13,324,341
  14,550,000   

BankAmerica Capital II(d),
8.00%, 12/15/26, Callable 2006

    16,670,866
  17,000,000   

Boston Properties, Inc., 6.25%, 1/15/13

    18,241,731
  22,500,000   

Boston Properties, Inc., 5.625%, 4/15/15

    22,485,375
  14,705,000   

CIGNA Corp., 7.00%, 1/15/11

    16,444,704
  9,745,000   

CIGNA Corp., 7.65%, 3/1/23

    10,686,221
  10,507,000   

CIGNA Corp., 7.875%, 5/15/27

    12,140,881
  6,050,000   

CIGNA Corp., 8.30%, 1/15/33, Step Coupon

    7,122,332
  6,000,000   

CIT Group, Inc., 7.375%, 4/2/07

    6,776,940
  12,500,000   

CIT Group, Inc., 5.75%, 9/25/07

    13,487,450
  12,480,000   

Citicorp Capital Trust I(d),
7.933%, 2/15/27, Callable 2007

    14,384,748

 

7 / Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements


 

Portfolio of Investments

December 31, 2003


FIXED-INCOME SECURITIES (continued)


PAR VALUE        MARKET VALUE
          
$ 20,055,000   

EOP Operating Limited Partnership(e), 8.375%, 3/15/06

  $ 22,456,285
  23,500,000   

EOP Operating Limited Partnership(e), 5.875%, 1/15/13

    24,532,802
  4,945,000   

First Nationwide Bank, 10.00%, 10/1/06

    5,810,924
  16,880,000   

Health Net, Inc., 8.375%, 4/15/11

    20,282,518
  3,350,000   

Provident Companies, Inc., 7.25%, 3/15/28

    3,344,938
  25,150,000   

Safeco Corp., 7.25%, 9/1/12

    28,892,622
  17,500,000   

St. Paul Companies, Inc., 8.125%, 4/15/10

    20,928,792
  10,090,000   

UNUMProvident Corp., 7.625%, 3/1/11

    11,115,447
  13,850,000   

UNUMProvident Corp., 6.75%, 12/15/28

    13,190,172
  4,795,000   

UNUMProvident Corp., 7.375%, 6/15/32

    4,847,903
          

             332,100,781
  TRANSPORTATION: 0.5%
  5,180,858   

Consolidated Rail Corp.,
6.76%, 5/25/15, Callable 2005

    5,502,226
  12,740,000   

Consolidated Rail Corp., 9.75%, 6/15/20

    17,553,376
  43,092,576   

Union Pacific Corp., 6.33%, 1/2/20

    45,961,680
          

             69,017,282
  UTILITIES: 0.1%
  25,000,000   

National Energy & Gas Transmission, Inc.(f), 5/16/11

    17,500,000
          

             1,195,884,821
          

  Total Fixed-Income Securities (cost $2,796,974,943)   2,943,673,025 
          

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS: 13.6%

PAR VALUE        MARKET VALUE
          
65,664,424   

SSgA Prime Money Market Fund

  65,664,424
410,040,000   

State Street Repurchase Agreement, 0.65%, 1/2/04 (collateralized by U.S. Treasury securities, value $418,258,496)

  410,040,000
275,000,000   

U.S. Treasury Bills, 1/29/04

  274,792,431
300,000,000   

U.S. Treasury Bills, 3/18/04

  299,387,081
225,000,000   

U.S. Treasury Bills, 4/15/04

  224,381,302
125,000,000   

U.S. Treasury Bills, 5/13/04

  124,524,340
100,000,000   

U.S. Treasury Bills, 6/3/04

  99,610,722
200,000,000   

U.S. Treasury Bills, 6/24/04

  199,046,667
100,000,000   

U.S. Treasury Bills, 10/3/04

  99,555,231
        
Total Short-Term Investments (cost $1,797,002,198)   1,797,002,198
        

TOTAL INVESTMENTS (cost $11,005,035,628)

   99.4 %     13,120,175,382
OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES    0.6       75,453,000
         

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS         100.0 %   $ 13,195,628,382
         

 

 

(a) Non-income producing
(b) Foreign securities denominated in U.S. dollars
(c) CMO: Collateralized Mortgage Obligation
   REMIC: Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit
(d) Cumulative Preferred Securities
(e) EOP Operating LP is the operating partnership of Equity Office Properties Trust.
(f) Non-income producing—security in default. Company has filed for bankruptcy protection.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund / 8


 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities


December 31, 2003
Assets:

Investments, at market value
(identified cost $11,005,035,628)

  $ 13,120,175,382

Receivable for investments sold

    19,161,151

Receivable for paydowns on mortgage-backed securities

    64,369

Receivable for Fund shares sold

    53,338,822

Dividends and interest receivable

    47,407,768

Prepaid expenses and other assets

    93,735
   

      13,240,241,227
   

Liabilities:

Payable for investments purchased

    20,260,514

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

    18,014,476

Management fees payable

    5,434,536

Accounts payable

    903,319
   

      44,612,845
   

Net Assets   $ 13,195,628,382
   

Net Assets Consist of:

Paid in capital

  $ 11,039,720,280

Accumulated undistributed
net investment income

    1,393,086

Accumulated undistributed net
realized gain on investments

    39,375,262

Net unrealized appreciation on investments

    2,115,139,754
   

    $ 13,195,628,382
   

Beneficial shares outstanding (par value $0.01 each, unlimited shares authorized)

    180,671,701

Net asset value per share

  $ 73.04

 

Statement of Operations


Year Ended December 31, 2003
Investment Income:

Dividends (net of foreign taxes of $2,161,358)

  $ 148,005,783

Interest

    157,156,396
   

      305,162,179
   

Expenses:

Management fees (Note 2)

    49,065,640

Custodian and fund accounting fees

    247,500

Transfer agent fees

    2,514,865

Professional fees

    70,476

Shareholder reports

    472,390

Registration fees

    544,961

Trustees’ fees (Note 2)

    28,500

Miscellaneous

    113,170
   

      53,057,502
   

Net Investment Income     252,104,677
   

Realized and Unrealized Gain on Investments:

Net realized gain on investments

    158,794,795

Net unrealized appreciation on investments

    1,867,447,020
   

Net realized and unrealized
gain on investments

    2,026,241,815
   

Net Increase in Net Assets from Operations   $ 2,278,346,492
   

 

Statement of Changes in Net Assets


        Year Ended
December 31, 2003
    Year Ended
December 31, 2002
 
Operations:                

Net investment income

      $ 252,104,677     $ 219,335,589  

Net realized gain

        158,794,795       98,306,929  

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

        1,867,447,020       (538,007,515 )
   
 


 


Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

        2,278,346,492       (220,364,997 )
   
 


 


                     
Distributions to
Shareholders from:
               

Net investment income

        (251,969,056 )     (218,078,124 )

Net realized gain

        (120,968,603 )     (108,348,437 )
   
 


 


Total distributions

        (372,937,659 )     (326,426,561 )
   
 


 


                     
Beneficial Share Transactions:                

Amounts received from
sale of shares

        4,675,775,405       3,837,314,449  

Net asset value of shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

        358,612,076       312,743,386  

Amounts paid for
shares redeemed

        (1,629,097,670 )     (1,758,597,569 )
   
 


 


Net increase from beneficial
share transactions

        3,405,289,811       2,391,460,266  
   
 


 


Total increase in net assets

        5,310,698,644       1,844,668,708  
                     
Net Assets:                

Beginning of year

        7,884,929,738       6,040,261,030  
   
 


 


End of year (including undistributed net investment income of $1,393,086 and $1,257,465, respectively)

      $ 13,195,628,382     $ 7,884,929,738  
   
 


 


                     

Shares sold

        70,653,951       60,354,580  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

        5,274,758       5,060,173  

Shares redeemed

        (25,059,171 )     (27,950,121 )
   
 


 


Net increase in
shares outstanding

        50,869,538       37,464,632  
   
 


 


 

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See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements


 

Notes to Financial Statements


Note 1 — Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund (the “Fund”) is a separate series of Dodge & Cox Funds (the “Trust”). The Trust is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as a diversified, open-end management investment company. The Fund commenced operations on June 26, 1931, and seeks regular income, conservation of principal and an opportunity for long-term growth of principal and income. Risk considerations and investment strategies of the Fund are discussed in the Fund’s Prospectus.

 

The Fund consistently follows accounting policies which are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Significant accounting policies are as follows:

 

Security valuation. The Fund’s net assets are valued as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”), generally 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, each day that the NYSE is open for business. Stocks are valued at market, using as a price the official quoted close price or the last sale of the day at the close of the NYSE or, if not available, at the mean between the exchange listed bid and ask prices for the day. A security which is listed or traded on more than one exchange is valued at the quotation on the exchange determined to be the primary market for such security. Fixed-income securities with original maturities of one year or more are priced on the basis of valuations furnished by pricing services which utilize both dealer-supplied valuations and electronic data processing techniques. Valuations of fixed-income securities take into account appropriate factors such as institutional-size trading markets in similar groups of securities, yield, quality, coupon rate, maturity, type of issue, trading characteristics and other market data and do not rely exclusively upon exchange or over-the-counter listed prices. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by or at the direction of the Board of Trustees. Short-term securities are valued at amortized cost which approximates current value. All securities held by the Fund are denominated in U.S. dollars.

 

Security transactions and related investment income. Security transactions are recorded by the Fund as of the date the trades are executed with brokers. Realized gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost. Dividend income and corporate action transactions are recorded on the ex-dividend date, except for certain dividends or corporate actions from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed, which are recorded as soon as the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends have been provided for in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Distributions received in excess of income are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or realized gain. The Fund may estimate the components of distributions received from Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”). Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Premiums and discounts on debt securities purchased are amortized and accreted, respectively, to interest income over the lives of the respective securities. The ability of the issuers of the debt securities held by the Fund to meet their obligations may be affected by economic developments in a specific industry, state or region. Debt obligations may be placed on non-accrual status and related interest income may be reduced by ceasing current accruals and writing off interest receivables when the collection of all or a portion of interest has become doubtful based on consistently applied procedures. A debt obligation is removed from non-accrual status when the issuer resumes interest payments or when collectibility of interest is reasonably assured.

 

Expenses. Expenses are recorded on the accrual basis. Most expenses of the Trust can be directly attributed to a series. Expenses which cannot be directly attributed are apportioned among all of the series in the Trust.

 

Repurchase agreements. The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements secured by U.S. government securities which involve the purchase of securities from a counterparty with a simultaneous commitment to resell the securities at an agreed-upon date and price. It is the Fund’s policy that its custodian take possession of the

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)


 

underlying collateral securities, the fair value of which exceeds the principal amount of the repurchase transaction, including accrued interest, at all times. In the event of default by the counterparty, the Fund has the contractual right to liquidate the securities and to apply the proceeds in satisfaction of the obligation.

 

Income taxes and distributions to shareholders. No provision for federal income taxes has been included in the accompanying financial statements since the Fund intends to distribute all of its taxable income and continue to comply with requirements for regulated investment companies. Distributions to shareholders of income and capital gains are reflected in the net asset value per share computation on the ex-dividend date. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Temporary differences between financial statement and tax treatments may occur when certain items of income, expense, gain or loss are recognized in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes. Differences in classification may also result from the treatment of short-term gains as ordinary income for tax purposes. Permanent differences are reclassified among capital accounts in the financial statements to reflect their tax character. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations.

 

Note 2 — Related Party Transactions

Management fees. Under a written agreement, the Fund pays an annual management fee of 0.50% of the Fund’s average daily net asset value to Dodge & Cox, investment manager of the Fund.

 

Trustees’ fees. All officers and three of the trustees of the Trust are officers and employees of Dodge & Cox. Those trustees who are not affiliated with Dodge & Cox receive from the Trust an annual fee plus an attendance fee for each Board or Committee meeting attended. Payments to trustees are divided equally among each series of the Trust. The Trust does not pay any other remuneration to its officers or trustees.

 

Indemnifications. Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. In addition, in the normal course of business the Trust enters into contracts that provide general indemnifications to other parties. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Trust that have not yet occurred.

 

Note 3 — Distributions Paid, Distributable Earnings and Investment Transactions

Distributions paid during the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002 were characterized as follows for federal tax purposes:

 

    2003

  2002

Ordinary income

  $308,364,981   $236,171,773
    ($1.97 per share)   ($2.03 per share)

Long-term capital gain

  $64,572,678   $90,254,788
    ($0.36 per share)   ($0.73 per share)

 

At December 31, 2003, the tax basis components of accumulated undistributed income and net realized gain include $2,689,961 of ordinary income and $39,375,262 of long-term capital gain, which differ in total from amounts reported in the financial statements due to temporary differences between financial statement and tax treatments for defaulted fixed-income securities. At December 31, 2003, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was equal to the cost for financial reporting purposes. Net unrealized appreciation aggregated $2,115,139,754, of which $2,280,622,774 represented appreciated securities and $165,483,020 represented depreciated securities.

 

For the year ended December 31, 2003, purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities and U.S. government securities, aggregated $2,371,481,873 and $969,677,864, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2003, purchases and sales of U.S. government securities aggregated $1,234,524,482 and $668,517,276, respectively.

 

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Financial Highlights


SELECTED DATA AND RATIOS (for a share outstanding throughout each year)     Year Ended December 31,  

    2003      2002     2001      2000      1999  
                                      

Net asset value, beginning of year

    $60.75        $65.42     $63.42      $65.71      $65.22  

Income from investment operations:

                                    

Net investment income

    1.66        1.89     2.12      2.45      2.24  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    12.96        (3.80 )   4.07      6.95      5.45  
   


  


 

  

  

Total from investment operations

    14.62        (1.91 )   6.19      9.40      7.69  
   


  


 

  

  

Distributions to shareholders from:

                                    

Net investment income

    (1.66 )      (1.88 )   (2.14 )    (2.47 )    (2.22 )

Net realized gain

    (0.67 )      (.88 )   (2.05 )    (9.22 )    (4.98 )
   


  


 

  

  

Total distributions

    (2.33 )      (2.76 )   (4.19 )    (11.69 )    (7.20 )
   


  


 

  

  

Net asset value, end of year

  $ 73.04      $ 60.75     $65.42      $63.42      $65.71  
   


  


 

  

  

Total return     24.44 %      (2.94 )%   10.06 %    15.13 %    12.06 %

Ratios/supplemental data:

                                    

Net assets, end of year (millions)

    $13,196        $7,885     $6,040      $4,909      $5,138  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

    .54 %      .53 %   .53 %    .53 %    .53 %

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

    2.57 %      3.12 %   3.28 %    3.70 %    3.18 %

Portfolio turnover rate

    19 %      25 %   21 %    23 %    17 %

 


 

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Report of Independent Auditors


 

To the Trustees of Dodge & Cox Funds and Shareholders of Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund

 

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the portfolio of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund (the “Fund”, one of the series constituting Dodge & Cox Funds) at December 31, 2003, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America, which require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at December 31, 2003 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

San Francisco, California

 

February 4, 2004

 

Special Tax Information (unaudited)


 

The following information is provided pursuant to provisions of the Internal Revenue Code:

 

The Fund designates $64,572,678 of its distributions paid to shareholders in 2003 as capital gain dividends (treated for federal income tax purposes in the hands of shareholders as long-term capital gain taxable at a maximum rate of 15%).

 

The Fund designates $129,248,638 of its distributions paid to shareholders in 2003 as qualified dividends (treated for federal income tax purposes in the hands of shareholders as taxable at a maximum rate of 15%).

 

For shareholders that are corporations, the Fund designates 36% of its ordinary dividends (including short-term gains) paid to shareholders in 2003 as dividends from domestic corporations eligible for the corporate dividends received deduction, provided that the shareholder otherwise satisfies applicable requirements to claim that deduction.

 

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Dodge & Cox Funds—Officer & Trustee Information (unaudited)


 

Name (Age) and
Address*
  Position with Trust
(Time Served)
  Principal Occupation During Past 5 Years   Other Directorships Held by Trustees

Interested Trustees & Officers


Harry R.

Hagey (62)

 

Chairman and Trustee

(Trustee since 1975)

  Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Dodge & Cox, Portfolio Manager, and member of Investment Policy Committee  

John A.

Gunn (60)

 

President and

Trustee
(Trustee since 1985)

  President, Chief Investment Officer and Director of Dodge & Cox, Portfolio Manager, and member of Investment Policy Committee, Fixed Income Strategy Committee, and International Investment Policy Committee  

Dana M.

Emery (42)

 

Vice President and Trustee

(Trustee since 1993)

  Senior Vice President and Director of Dodge & Cox, Manager—Fixed Income, and member of Investment Policy Committee and Fixed Income Strategy Committee  

A. Horton

Shapiro (64)

 

Executive Vice President

(Officer since 1985)

  Senior Vice President and Director of Dodge & Cox, Portfolio Manager, and member of Investment Policy Committee and Fixed Income Strategy Committee  

Katherine Herrick Drake (49)  

Vice President

(Officer since 1993)

  Vice President of Dodge & Cox, Portfolio Manager, and member of Investment Policy Committee  

Kenneth E.

Olivier (51)

  Vice President
(Officer since 1992)
  Executive Vice President (since 2002) and Director of Dodge & Cox, Portfolio Manager, and member of Investment Policy Committee  

John M.

Loll (37)

  Treasurer and Assistant Secretary (Officer since 2000)   Vice President and Treasurer (since 2000) of Dodge & Cox; prior to 2000, Fund Administration and Accounting Manager, Dodge & Cox  

Thomas M. Mistele (50)   Secretary and Assistant Treasurer (Officer since 2000)   Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of Dodge & Cox  

Independent Trustees


William F.

Ausfahl (63)

 

Trustee

(Since: 2002)

 

CFO, The Clorox Co. (1982-1997);

Director, The Clorox Co. (1984-1997)

 

L. Dale

Crandall (62)

 

Trustee

(Since: 1999)

  President, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals (2000-2002); Executive Vice President—Finance and Administration & CFO, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals (1998-2000)   Director, Union BanCal Corporation (bank holding company) and Union Bank of California (commercial bank) (2001-Present); Director, Covad Communications Group (broadband communications services) (2002-Present); Director, Ansell Limited (medical equipment and supplies) (2002-Present); Director, BEA Systems, Inc. (software and programming) (2003-Present); Director, Coventry Health Care Inc. (managed healthcare) (2004-Present)

Thomas A.

Larsen (54)

 

Trustee

(Since: 2002)

  Director in Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin (law firm)  

Will C.

Wood (64)

 

Trustee

(Since: 1992)

  Principal, Kentwood Associates, Financial Advisers   Director, Banco Latinoamericano de Exportaciones S.A. (Latin American Foreign Trade Bank) (1999-Present); Director, Dover Investment Corp. (real estate development) (1992-Present)

 

*   The address for each Officer and Trustee is One Sansome Street, 35th Floor, San Francisco, California 94104. Each Officer and Trustee oversees all four portfolios in the Dodge & Cox Funds complex and serves for an indefinite term.

Additional information about the Trust’s Trustees is available in the Trust’s Statement of Additional Information (SAI). You can get a free copy of the SAI by contacting Dodge & Cox Funds at 1-800-621-3979.


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15th Annual Report

December 31, 2003

2003

 

 

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Dodge & Cox

One Sansome Street

35th Floor

San Francisco, California

94104-4443

(415) 981-1710

 


This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the Fund. The report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the Fund unless it is accompanied by a current prospectus.

 

This report reflects our views,

opinions and portfolio holdings

as of December 31, 2003, the end of

the reporting period. The information

provided is not a complete analysis of every

aspect of any industry, security or the Fund.

The Fund’s portfolio composition may change

depending on market and economic conditions.

Although historical performance is

no guarantee of future results, these

insights may help you understand

our investment management

philosophy.

 

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To Our Shareholders


 

The Dodge and Cox Income Fund posted a total return of 6.0% in 2003, outpacing the 4.1% return of the Lehman Aggregate Bond Index (LBAG). Total returns for longer periods are listed on the following page.

 

At year-end the Fund had total assets of $5.7 billion and a cash position of 6%. The Fund’s share price rose from $12.77 at the end of 2002 to $12.92 on December 31, 2003. During the year, the Fund distributed income dividends of $0.60 per share.

 

At this time last year we urged investors to temper their near-term return expectations for the Income Fund as the Fund was unlikely to match the double-digit annual returns of the 2000 to 2002 period. We would echo that same sentiment today. While interest rates are somewhat higher than a year ago, they remain quite low on an historical basis. Importantly, much of the uncertainty that clouded the economic outlook early last year—and drove bond prices higher—has cleared as economic growth has picked up amid contributions from both the consumer and business sectors.

 

2003 Recap—Strong Corporate Bond

Performance amid a Whipsaw in Interest Rates

Two broad themes dominated fixed-income markets in 2003. The first was a whipsaw in interest rates. Over the first half of the year rates dropped to generational lows (10-year Treasuries at a 3.11% yield) as geopolitical events, unimpressive economic growth and the potential for a destabilizing bout of deflation consumed the bond market. Sparked by a Federal Reserve Board statement discounting the risk of deflation, market direction changed abruptly in mid-June. Rates rose sharply (10-year Treasuries to a 4.57% yield) and bond prices fell through the rest of the summer as data signaling renewed economic vigor, both here and abroad, spurred a reassessment of economic prospects, future inflation, and the appropriate level for interest rates. Year-over-year, interest rates were higher by 25 to 50 basis points (one basis point equals 1/100 of 1%) across the U.S. Treasury maturity spectrum, save the absolute shortest (one-year and under) maturities.

 

The about-face in the level of interest rates—both its magnitude and pace—was particularly challenging for mortgage-backed security (MBS) investors. The extraordinarily low interest rates of the spring and early summer led to a cascade of prepayments on existing MBS, even those with historically low (6% and below) mortgage rates. Assumptions about the future rate of prepayments were commensurately high as well, and investors expected them to be short-maturity investments. Reflecting this, the duration1 of the mortgage-backed securities in the LBAG in May was calculated to be 0.6 years, an all-time low for the mortgage sector. When interest rates increased, expectations for future mortgage prepayments had to be quickly ratcheted back. This made the expected time to return of principal on many MBS significantly longer, leading to greater- than-anticipated price declines. By summer’s end the duration of the LBAG’s MBS had lengthened to over three years. This phenomenon is known as “extension risk.”

 

The second major theme of 2003 was the corporate bond sector, which delivered one of its best years of relative performance ever. The corporate sector of the LBAG returned 8.2% in 2003, far surpassing the 2.2% return of the LBAG’s Treasury sector. Lower-rated issuers led corporate securities higher: BBB-rated corporate issuers from the Index returned 11.8% while AAA-rated issuers returned only 3.6%. The strong performance of the sector could be attributed to historically attractive valuations at the start of the year, rising earnings, balance sheet de-leveraging and/or liquidity profile improvement, and growing investor confidence in the economic recovery.

 

Performance Commentary and Strategy

Our investment philosophy—focusing on identifying undervalued securities through in-depth, fundamental research and building a diversified portfolio with an eye to longer-term (three-to-five years) return potential—guides us year-in and year-out. The Fund’s favorable relative performance this year came from a variety of sources. An overweight position (37% at the beginning of the year vs. 26% for the LBAG) in corporate securities made a significant contribution. Mirroring the corporate sector of the LBAG, the Fund’s best performers were from lower-rated issuers; for example, the bonds of Xerox, UnumProvident, and Dillard’s, Inc. each produced a total return of over 20%. National Energy & Gas Transmission, Inc. (formerly PG&E-National Energy Group), a Fund holding, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in July. While the market price of this holding is still significantly below its cost, the security contributed positively to the Fund’s performance in 2003 as its market value recovered from distressed levels following the company’s interest payment default in November 2002.

 

The favorable relative performance—and resultant higher valuations—of many of the Fund’s corporate holdings led us to selectively trim corporate exposure over the course of the year. Outright sales included the Fund’s holdings of Eastman Chemical, Dana Corp. and Disney. We also trimmed positions in CIT Group and Xerox, while adding new positions in the debt of Schering-Plough, Boston Properties, Comcast and Amerada Hess. The net effect of the transaction activity reduced the Fund’s weighting in corporate bonds by 5.3% over the year. Importantly, we do not make these decisions on an aggregate, sector-wide basis. Rather, they are made on an individual, issuer-by-issuer basis, and trims or outright sales of specific corporate securities are made when the risk of owning the security, given our research-intensive view of the company’s credit outlook, is no longer reflected in its price.

 

Our selection of specific mortgage securities was a boost to relative performance as well, particularly in the volatile market environment

 

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of last summer. Many of these U.S. Government or Government Agency-guaranteed holdings are backed by seasoned, higher coupon 15-year loans, previously delinquent mortgage loans, or call-protected multi-family housing loans. In this challenging environment, our long-held strategy of emphasizing these relatively stable mortgage cash flows, coupled with a focus on specific mortgage securities that would perform relatively well in a bond market sell-off, served the Fund well.

 

The Fund’s duration position positively impacted relative performance as well. We had been targeting a below-benchmark duration position for some time and, as rates fell to multi-decade lows in the spring and early summer, we reduced further the Fund’s duration. The lower portfolio duration and emphasis on mortgage securities with less extension risk combined to cushion the Fund from some of the negative effect of the subsequent rise in interest rates. In July alone, despite falling 2.3%, the Fund outperformed the LBAG, which lost 3.4%, by 1.1%.

 

Looking Forward

Given the Fund’s low starting yield, and the limited likelihood of substantial price gains to supplement earned income, our expectations for the Fund’s returns over the next two-to-three years are substantially lower than recent years’ performance. Further, the strong absolute and relative price appreciation from the corporate sector—which added substantially to fixed-income returns this year—is unlikely to continue at the same pace in 2004, given the higher valuations currently accorded corporate bonds. Given this outlook, we have positioned the Fund defensively and remain vigilant in seeking ways to add incremental return to Fund shareholders consistent with our investment philosophy and risk tolerance.

 

Thank you for the continued confidence you have placed in our firm as a shareholder of the Income Fund. As always, we welcome your comments and questions.

 

For the Board of Trustees,

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Harry R. Hagey, Chairman

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A. Horton Shapiro, Executive Vice President

 

February 4, 2004

 

Ten Years of Investment Performance


through December 31, 2003 (in thousands)

 

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Average annual total return for periods ended December 31, 2003

 

     1 Year     5 Years     10 Years  

Dodge & Cox Income Fund    5.97 %   7.29 %   7.41 %

Lehman Brothers Aggregate Bond Index (LBAG)

   4.11     6.62     6.95  

                  

 

Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investment return and share price will fluctuate with market conditions, and investors may have a gain or loss when shares are sold. Mutual fund performance changes over time and currently may be significantly lower than stated above. Performance is updated and published monthly. Visit the Fund’s web site at www.dodgeandcox.com or call 800-621-3979 for current performance figures.

 

The Fund’s total returns include the reinvestment of dividend and capital gain distributions, but have not been adjusted for any income taxes payable by shareholders on these distributions. The Lehman Brothers Aggregate Bond Index is an unmanaged index of investment-grade fixed-income securities. Index returns include dividends and/or interest income and, unlike Fund returns, do not reflect fees or expenses.

 

Lehman Brothers® is a trademark of Lehman Brothers, Inc.

 
  1   Duration is a measure of price sensitivity to changes in interest rates.

 

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Fund Information

December 31, 2003


 

General Information


Net Asset Value Per Share

   $12.92

Total Net Assets (millions)

   $5,697

30-Day SEC Yield1

   3.53%

2003 Expense Ratio

   0.45%

2003 Portfolio Turnover

   41%

Fund Inception Date

   1989

 

Investment Manager:  Dodge & Cox, San Francisco. Managed by the Fixed-Income Strategy Committee, whose eleven members’ average tenure is 15 years, and by the Investment Policy Committee, whose ten members’ average tenure at Dodge & Cox is 23 years.

 

Asset Allocation


 

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Portfolio Characteristics   Fund    LBAG

Number of Fixed-Income Securities

  246    6,766

Average Quality2

  AA    AA+

Average Maturity (years)

  5.7    7.6

Effective Duration (years)

  3.5    4.5

 

Credit Quality Ratings2    Fund     LBAG  

 

U.S. Government & Government Agencies

   62.5 %   69.4 %

Aaa/AAA

   0.6     7.1  

Aa/AA

   0.1     2.3  

A/A

   3.1     9.9  

Baa/BBB

   22.3     11.3  

Ba/BB

   2.5     0.0  

B/B and below

   3.3     0.0  

Cash Equivalents

   5.6     0.0  

 

Sector Breakdown    Fund     LBAG  

 

U.S. Treasury and Government Agency

   23.8 %   33.8 %

Mortgage Backed Securities

   38.7     35.6  

Asset-Backed

   0.5     4.3  

Corporate

   31.4     22.1  

Non-Corporate Yankee

   0.0     4.2  

Cash Equivalents

   5.6     0.0  

 

Maturity Breakdown    Fund     LBAG  

 

0-1 Years to Maturity

   14.7 %   0.0 %

1-5

   50.8     40.7  

5-10

   22.2     40.1  

10-15

   3.0     8.3  

15-20

   0.9     3.8  

20-25

   2.1     3.0  

25 and Over

   6.3     4.1  

 

1   SEC Yield is an annualization of the Fund’s total net investment income per share for the 30-day period ended on the last day of the month.
2   For presentation purposes only: when a security is split-rated, the lower of either the Moody’s or Standard & Poor’s rating is reported.

 

3 / Dodge & Cox Income Fund


 

Portfolio of Investments

December 31, 2003


FIXED-INCOME SECURITIES: 94.4%


PAR VALUE   MARKET VALUE
   
  U.S. TREASURY AND GOVERNMENT AGENCY: 23.8%      
  U.S. TREASURY: 20.8%      
$ 43,619,562   

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Note, 3.375%, 1/15/12

  $ 48,809,592
  100,000,000   

U.S. Treasury Notes, 3.375%, 4/30/04

    100,789,100
  250,000,000   

U.S. Treasury Notes, 2.25%, 7/31/04

    251,728,500
  125,000,000   

U.S. Treasury Notes, 6.75%, 5/15/05

    134,003,875
  350,000,000   

U.S. Treasury Notes, 4.625%, 5/15/06

    370,945,400
  200,000,000   

U.S. Treasury Notes, 6.625%, 5/15/07

    226,351,600
  50,000,000   

U.S. Treasury Notes, 5.00%, 8/15/11

    53,507,800
          

             1,186,135,867
  GOVERNMENT AGENCY: 3.0%
  1,410,693   

Govt. Small Business Admin. 504
Series 91-20K, 8.25%, 11/1/11

    1,520,158
  2,124,931   

Govt. Small Business Admin. 504
Series 92-20B, 8.10%, 2/1/12

    2,285,415
  1,979,047   

Govt. Small Business Admin. 504
Series 92-20C, 8.20%, 3/1/12

    2,134,492
  1,646,102   

Govt. Small Business Admin. 504
Series 92-20D, 8.20%, 4/1/12

    1,778,485
  4,131,206   

Govt. Small Business Admin. 504
Series 92-20G, 7.60%, 7/1/12

    4,431,666
  1,956,151   

Govt. Small Business Admin. 504
Series 92-20H, 7.40%, 8/1/12

    2,096,490
  2,792,729   

Govt. Small Business Admin. 504
Series 92-20I, 7.05%, 9/1/12

    2,983,250
  3,483,308   

Govt. Small Business Admin. 504
Series 92-20J, 7.00%, 10/1/12

    3,723,070
  4,185,651   

Govt. Small Business Admin. 504
Series 92-20K, 7.55%, 11/1/12

    4,515,886
  1,746,823   

Govt. Small Business Admin. 504
Series 92-20L, 7.45%, 12/1/12

    1,884,906
  2,798,957   

Govt. Small Business Admin. 504
Series 93-20B, 7.00%, 2/1/13

    2,998,060
  3,227,957   

Govt. Small Business Admin. 504
Series 93-20D, 6.75%, 4/1/13

    3,453,690
  3,795,391   

Govt. Small Business Admin. 504
Series 93-20E, 6.55%, 5/1/13

    4,052,096
  3,418,176   

Govt. Small Business Admin. 504
Series 93-20F, 6.65%, 6/1/13

    3,660,519
  5,309,111   

Govt. Small Business Admin. 504
Series 93-20L, 6.30%, 12/1/13

    5,679,290
  2,707,181   

Govt. Small Business Admin. 504
Series 94-20D, 7.70%, 4/1/14

    2,975,308
  6,552,517   

Govt. Small Business Admin. 504
Series 94-20E, 7.75%, 5/1/14

    7,217,142
  4,070,160   

Govt. Small Business Admin. 504
Series 94-20F, 7.60%, 6/1/14

    4,477,114
  3,041,755   

Govt. Small Business Admin. 504
Series 94-20G, 8.00%, 7/1/14

    3,352,975
  2,968,340   

Govt. Small Business Admin. 504
Series 94-20H, 7.95%, 8/1/14

    3,274,801
  5,317,791   

Govt. Small Business Admin. 504
Series 94-20I, 7.85%, 9/1/14

    5,866,355

 

PAR VALUE   MARKET VALUE
   
$ 2,946,988   

Govt. Small Business Admin. 504
Series 94-20K, 8.65%, 11/1/14

  $ 3,302,754
  2,751,334   

Govt. Small Business Admin. 504
Series 94-20L, 8.40%, 12/1/14

    3,076,684
  1,420,519   

Govt. Small Business Admin. 504
Series 95-20A, 8.50%, 1/1/15

    1,583,128
  2,640,680   

Govt. Small Business Admin. 504
Series 95-20C, 8.10%, 3/1/15

    2,934,973
  3,460,862   

Govt. Small Business Admin. 504
Series 97-20E, 7.30%, 5/1/17

    3,847,307
  3,946,069   

Govt. Small Business Admin. 504
Series 97-20J, 6.55%, 10/1/17

    4,299,430
  15,469,684   

Govt. Small Business Admin. 504
Series 98-20C, 6.35%, 3/1/18

    16,767,461
  5,912,209   

Govt. Small Business Admin. 504
Series 98-20H, 6.15%, 8/1/18

    6,370,452
  3,164,482   

Govt. Small Business Admin. 504
Series 98-20L, 5.80%, 12/1/18

    3,365,315
  3,847,087   

Govt. Small Business Admin. 504
Series 99-20C, 6.30%, 3/1/19

    4,173,886
  10,216,171   

Govt. Small Business Admin. 504
Series 99-20G, 7.00%, 7/1/19

    11,370,990
  3,598,401   

Govt. Small Business Admin. 504
Series 99-20I, 7.30%, 9/1/19

    4,049,179
  18,028,833   

Govt. Small Business Admin. 504
Series 01-20G, 6.625%, 7/1/21

    19,799,838
  9,589,688   

Govt. Small Business Admin. 504
Series 02-20 L, 5.10%, 12/1/22

    9,729,926
          

             169,032,491
          

             1,355,168,358
  MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES: 38.7%
  FEDERAL AGENCY CMO AND REMIC(a): 12.2%
  504,041   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
8.00%, 4/15/07

    512,395
  8,483,126   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.00%, 8/15/08

    8,903,808
  20,100,000   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.00%, 10/15/08

    21,155,304
  8,901,240   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.00%, 12/15/14

    9,024,199
  36,129,674   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.00%, 1/15/15

    36,621,298
  4,635,102   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.50%, 4/15/22

    4,666,725
  10,000,000   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.00%, 6/17/22

    10,542,624
  9,166,860   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.00%, 4/15/27

    9,227,463
  6,620,587   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.00%, 6/15/27

    6,702,359
  32,769,000   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.00%, 2/15/30

    33,879,495

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

Dodge & Cox Income Fund / 4


 

Portfolio of Investments

December 31, 2003


FIXED-INCOME SECURITIES (continued)


PAR VALUE   MARKET VALUE
   
  MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES (continued)
$ 27,280,411   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
7.16%, 7/25/33

  $ 29,577,608
  4,606,889   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.00%, 1/25/14

    4,635,145
  14,150,776   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.00%, 7/25/14

    14,320,036
  22,853,442   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 5.50%, 8/25/14

    23,165,913
  15,499,821   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.00%, 9/25/14

    15,710,950
  7,062,924   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.00%, 10/25/14

    7,094,579
  36,824,250   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 5.50%, 11/25/14

    37,777,718
  8,680,636   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.25%, 3/25/23

    8,843,151
  9,000,000   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.00%, 6/25/23

    9,514,364
  17,562,890   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.00%, 6/25/32

    18,907,558
  14,645,938   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.50%, 7/25/41

    16,050,117
  25,572,111   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.00%, 12/25/41

    27,593,918
  34,418,140   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.50%, 6/25/42

    36,831,712
  13,809,296   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.00%, 6/25/42

    14,901,100
  29,478,931   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.00%, 6/25/42

    31,809,624
  29,472,128   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.00%, 10/25/42

    31,802,283
  41,673,815   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.50%, 12/25/42

    44,262,801
  61,897,237   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.50%, 12/25/42

    65,742,603
  29,560,178   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.50%, 12/25/42

    32,362,203
  7,908,629   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.00%, 3/25/45

    8,533,909
  19,770,373   

Govt. Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.25%, 7/16/28

    20,742,742
  8,554,571   

Veterans Affairs Vendee Mtge. Trust,
7.00%, 6/15/10

    8,614,110
  1,177,708   

Veterans Affairs Vendee Mtge. Trust,
9.293%, 5/15/25

    1,302,239
  37,334,903   

Veterans Affairs Vendee Mtge. Trust,
7.50%, 6/15/27

    41,560,841
  3,182,176   

Veterans Affairs Vendee Mtge. Trust,
8.124%, 10/15/27

    3,507,649
          

             696,400,543
  FEDERAL AGENCY MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH: 26.5%
  6,246   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
7.00%, 9/1/06

    6,393
  6,731   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
7.25%, 1/1/08

    6,901
  3,605   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
8.00%, 1/1/08

    3,635
  60,065   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
8.00%, 1/1/08

    63,698
  28,275   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
7.50%, 10/1/08

    29,749
  722,630   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
7.00%, 11/1/08

    763,859
  70,780   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
8.00%, 5/1/09

    74,262
  8,351   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
8.25%, 5/1/09

    8,800
  77,366   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
8.00%, 8/1/09

    80,753
  2,223,268   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.50%, 2/1/11

    2,358,186

 

PAR VALUE   MARKET VALUE
   
$ 14,588,060   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.00%, 6/1/11

  $ 15,327,310
  3,343,157   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.00%, 7/1/11

    3,512,028
  3,713,934   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
7.00%, 12/1/11

    3,961,879
  1,906,625   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
7.00%, 3/1/12

    2,033,913
  4,954,887   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.50%, 4/1/12

    5,255,571
  4,494,878   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.50%, 6/1/12

    4,762,211
  3,605,621   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.00%, 4/1/13

    3,786,995
  2,285,580   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.00%, 5/1/13

    2,400,552
  47,895,285   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
5.50%, 11/1/13

    49,851,137
  4,172,920   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.00%, 12/1/13

    4,383,800
  21,859,364   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.00%, 12/1/13

    22,958,958
  12,473,083   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.00%, 4/1/14

    13,100,517
  30,089,749   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
5.50%, 7/1/14

    31,318,494
  19,974,973   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.50%, 7/1/14

    21,163,251
  2,435,002   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.50%, 11/1/14

    2,579,856
  9,064,757   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.00%, 2/1/15

    9,520,743
  40,126,987   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.50%, 5/1/16

    42,502,376
  17,356,912   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
5.50%, 10/1/16

    17,997,889
  68,912,089   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.00%, 5/1/17

    72,307,608
  27,481,442   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.50%, 5/1/17

    29,111,101
  38,572,252   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.50%, 6/1/17

    40,859,600
  68,305,555   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.00%, 8/1/17

    71,677,267
  16,150,373   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.50%, 8/1/17

    17,108,096
  10,126,113   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.50%, 12/1/17

    10,726,595
  57,375,697   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.50%, 12/1/17

    60,778,096
  38,037,172   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
6.00%, 1/1/18

    39,914,770
  6,144,300   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
7.90%, 2/17/21

    6,660,326

 

5 / Dodge & Cox Income Fund

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements


 

 

Portfolio of Investments

December 31, 2003


FIXED-INCOME SECURITIES (continued)


PAR VALUE   MARKET VALUE
   
  FEDERAL AGENCY MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH (continued)
$ 81,136,810   

Federal Home Loan Mtge. Corp.,
7.00%, 4/1/31

  $ 86,274,393
  8,896,541   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.825%, 5/1/06

    9,533,649
  983,118   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.50%, 9/1/07

    1,036,624
  1,955,873   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.00%, 7/1/08

    2,064,497
  7,475,121   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 5.90%, 12/1/08

    8,114,910
  2,491,894   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.50%, 12/1/08

    2,624,252
  4,573,003   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 5.50%, 6/1/09

    4,761,411
  1,783,997   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.50%, 7/1/09

    1,889,930
  8,553,665   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.503%, 7/1/09

    9,543,717
  501,033   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 8.00%, 8/1/10

    531,008
  3,208,001   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.00%, 12/1/10

    3,430,081
  44,689,455   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.228%, 5/1/11

    49,526,409
  48,342,346   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.13%, 10/1/11

    53,330,018
  2,201,019   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.00%, 12/1/11

    2,321,823
  435,166   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 8.00%, 1/1/12

    470,792
  29,728,081   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.017%, 4/1/12

    32,304,590
  5,775,470   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.50%, 11/1/12

    6,070,149
  1,556   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.50%, 1/1/13

    1,621
  7,501,603   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.00%, 4/1/13

    7,886,523
  9,139,517   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.00%, 3/1/14

    9,608,482
  76,480,204   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.00%, 3/1/14

    80,460,010
  7,126,565   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.00%, 6/1/14

    7,489,088
  30,285,613   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 5.50%, 9/1/14

    31,532,241
  65,329,394   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 5.50%, 9/1/14

    68,018,506
  3,158,394   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.50%, 11/1/14

    3,381,560
  11,796,583   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 5.50%, 8/1/15

    12,282,159
  22,253,610   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 5.50%, 8/1/15

    23,169,621
  6,325,913   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.15%, 10/1/15

    7,235,199
  15,590,833   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.00%, 7/1/16

    16,370,765
  24,482,370   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 5.50%, 7/1/17

    25,401,208
  45,528,587   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.00%, 11/1/17

    47,806,157
  13,483,512   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.00%, 1/1/18

    14,158,026
  49,922,292   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.00%, 2/1/18

    52,424,603
  30,774,830   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.00%, 3/1/18

    32,317,391
  44,604,869   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.00%, 4/1/18

    46,837,189
  47,388,389   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 5.50%, 2/1/18

    49,067,360
  45,110,000   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.50%, 11/1/18

    47,849,079
  341,243   

Federal Natl. Mtge. Assn., 8.00%, 8/1/22

    364,848
  366,543   

Govt. Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.25%, 2/15/06

    374,473
  3,180,641   

Govt. Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.00%, 4/15/09

    3,414,921
  3,520,700   

Govt. Natl. Mtge. Assn., 6.50%, 7/15/09

    3,760,965
  1,512,799   

Govt. Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.50%, 9/15/17

    1,632,327
  580,459   

Govt. Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.80%, 6/15/20

    636,265
  405,086   

Govt. Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.80%, 7/15/20

    444,031
  440,950   

Govt. Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.80%, 7/15/20

    483,343
  1,134,150   

Govt. Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.80%, 8/15/20

    1,243,188
  572,347   

Govt. Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.80%, 9/15/20

    627,373
  412,401   

Govt. Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.80%, 10/15/20

    452,050
  503,244   

Govt. Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.80%, 11/15/20

    551,625
  602,800   

Govt. Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.80%, 1/15/21

    660,250
  1,313,999   

Govt. Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.80%, 1/15/21

    1,439,231
  12,973,831   

Govt. Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.50%, 11/15/24

    14,013,825

 

PAR VALUE   MARKET VALUE
   
$ 8,338,645   

Govt. Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.50%, 5/15/25

  $ 9,000,981
  6,637,770   

Govt. Natl. Mtge. Assn., 7.00%, 5/15/28

    7,120,568
          

             1,512,302,480
          

             2,208,703,023
  ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES: 0.5%
  14,479,210   

CA Infrastructure and Econ. Dev. Bank Special Purpose Trust PGE-1 Rate Reduction Ctf. 1997-1 A-7, 6.42%, 9/25/08

    15,400,411
  11,575,681   

CA Infrastructure and Econ. Dev. Bank Special Purpose Trust SCE-1 Rate Reduction Ctf. 1997-1 A-6, 6.38%, 9/25/08

    12,328,491
          

             27,728,902
  CORPORATE: 31.4%
  INDUSTRIAL: 22.2%
  39,275,000   

AOL Time Warner, Inc., 7.625%, 4/15/31

    45,314,238
  37,680,000   

AOL Time Warner, Inc., 7.70%, 5/1/32

    43,976,554
  53,335,000   

AT&T Corp., 8.05%, 11/15/11

    61,387,518
  81,185,000   

AT&T Corp., 8.75%, 11/15/31

    94,869,787
  18,470,000   

Amerada Hess Corp., 6.65%, 8/15/11

    20,016,826
  10,470,000   

Amerada Hess Corp., 7.875%, 10/1/29

    11,487,464
  25,175,000   

American Home Products Corp.,
6.70%, 3/15/11

    28,431,814
  55,000,000   

Comcast Corp., 5.30%, 1/15/14

    54,817,345
  5,000,000   

Dillard’s, Inc., 7.375%, 6/1/06

    5,175,000
  3,300,000   

Dillard’s, Inc., 6.625%, 11/15/08

    3,366,000
  20,365,000   

Dillard’s, Inc., 7.13%, 8/1/18

    20,110,438
  13,150,000   

Dillard’s, Inc., 7.75%, 7/15/26

    13,150,000
  2,075,000   

Dillard’s, Inc., 7.00%, 12/1/28

    1,909,000
  30,000,000   

Ford Motor Credit Co., 5.80%, 1/12/09

    30,895,590
  10,000,000   

Ford Motor Credit Co., 7.375%, 10/28/09

    10,981,610
  74,485,000   

Ford Motor Credit Co., 7.25%, 10/25/11

    80,783,750
  5,525,000   

GMAC, 7.75%, 1/19/10

    6,262,908
  36,425,000   

GMAC, 8.875%, 6/1/10, Putable 2005

    42,632,111
  51,150,000   

GMAC, 6.875%, 9/15/11

    55,095,046
  9,000,000   

General Electric Co., 5.00%, 2/1/13

    9,102,015
  54,450,000   

HCA—The Healthcare Company, 8.75%, 9/1/10

    64,835,521
  21,500,000   

HCA—The Healthcare Company, 7.875%, 2/1/11

    24,520,986
  1,750,000   

HCA—The Healthcare Company, 6.25%, 2/15/13

    1,791,312
  15,000,000   

HCA—The Healthcare Company, 6.75%, 7/15/13

    15,907,485
  35,620,000   

Hewlett-Packard Co., 5.50%, 7/1/07

    38,498,132
  15,000,000   

Lockheed Martin Corp., 7.65%, 5/1/16

    18,223,770
  10,645,000   

Lockheed Martin Corp., 7.75%, 5/1/26

    12,789,531
  5,000,000   

May Department Stores Co., 8.00%, 7/15/12

    5,937,220
  7,105,000   

May Department Stores Co., 7.625%, 8/15/13

    8,257,836

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

Dodge & Cox Income Fund / 6


 

Portfolio of Investments

December 31, 2003


FIXED-INCOME SECURITIES (continued)


PAR VALUE   MARKET VALUE
   
  CORPORATE (continued)
$ 12,500,000   

May Department Stores Co., 7.60%, 6/1/25

  $ 14,339,238
  16,990,000   

May Department Stores Co., 8.75%, 5/15/29

    21,953,866
  26,905,000   

May Department Stores Co., 7.875%, 3/1/30

    32,174,963
  7,725,000   

May Department Stores Co., 7.875%, 8/15/36, Callable 2016

    8,803,642
  30,276,000   

Raychem Corp., 8.20%, 10/15/08

    34,211,880
  11,515,000   

Raytheon Co., 6.75%, 8/15/07

    12,757,779
  5,100,000   

Raytheon Co., 6.15%, 11/1/08

    5,549,519
  10,050,000   

Raytheon Co., 6.55%, 3/15/10

    11,086,919
  15,200,000   

Raytheon Co., 7.20%, 8/15/27

    16,621,079
  2,350,000   

Raytheon Co., 7.00%, 11/1/28

    2,517,764
  20,000,000   

Schering-Plough Corp., 5.30%, 12/1/13

    20,348,980
  14,352,000   

Time Warner Entertainment, 8.375%, 3/15/23

    17,783,778
  36,000,000   

Time Warner Entertainment, 8.375%, 7/15/33

    45,712,512
  25,000,000   

Wyeth, 5.50%, 3/15/13

    25,449,025
  35,000,000   

Wyeth, 5.50%, 2/1/14

    35,399,525
  15,000,000   

Xerox Corp., 7.15%, 8/1/04

    15,337,500
  41,500,000   

Xerox Corp., 9.75%, 1/15/09

    48,555,000
  44,825,000   

Xerox Corp., 7.125%, 6/15/10

    47,962,750
  17,346,000   

Xerox Corp., 7.20%, 4/1/16

    17,736,285
          

             1,264,828,811
  FINANCE: 7.7%
  18,955,000   

Bank One Capital III(b), 8.75%, 9/1/30

    24,906,510
  12,775,000   

Bank One Corp., 7.625%, 8/1/05

    13,904,297
  7,425,000   

BankAmerica Capital II(b),
8.00%, 12/15/26, Callable 2006

    8,507,298
  30,250,000   

Boston Properties, Inc., 6.25%, 1/15/13

    32,459,551
  28,020,000   

Boston Properties, Inc., 5.625%, 4/15/15

    28,001,787
  12,115,000   

CIGNA Corp., 7.00%, 1/15/11

    13,548,289
  10,325,000   

CIGNA Corp., 6.375%, 10/15/11

    11,171,258
  1,090,000   

CIGNA Corp., 7.65%, 3/1/23

    1,195,278
  25,865,000   

CIGNA Corp., 7.875%, 5/15/27

    29,887,111
  17,550,000   

CIT Group, Inc., 7.375%, 4/2/07

    19,822,549
  15,360,000   

CIT Group, Inc., 5.75%, 9/25/07

    16,573,379
  6,300,000   

Citicorp Capital Trust I(b),
7.933%, 2/15/27, Callable 2007

    7,261,531
  10,085,000   

Citicorp Capital Trust II(b),
8.015%, 2/15/27, Callable 2007

    11,721,281
  17,240,000   

EOP Operating Limited Partnership(c),
6.80%, 1/15/09

    19,336,177
  9,500,000   

EOP Operating Limited Partnership(c),
7.00%, 7/15/11

    10,719,914
  35,150,000   

EOP Operating Limited Partnership(c),
5.875%, 1/15/13

    36,694,807
  4,015,000   

First Nationwide Bank,
10.00%, 10/1/06

    4,718,071
  20,520,000   

Health Net, Inc., 8.375%, 4/15/11

    24,656,237
             
PAR VALUE       MARKET VALUE
     
$ 15,075,000   

Safeco Corp., 4.875%, 2/1/10

    $  15,541,752
  35,925,000   

Safeco Corp., 7.25%, 9/1/12

       41,271,071
  13,750,000   

St. Paul Companies, Inc.,
7.875%, 4/15/05

       14,758,714
  20,300,000   

UNUMProvident Corp.,
7.625%, 3/1/11

       22,363,089
  27,400,000   

UNUMProvident Corp.,
7.375%, 6/15/32

       27,702,304
            

                436,722,255
  TRANSPORTATION: 1.3%
  13,529,923   

Burlington Northern Santa Fe
Railway, 7.57%, 1/2/21

       15,863,834
  23,900,000   

Consolidated Rail Corp.,
9.75%, 6/15/20

       32,929,803
  6,578,102   

Union Pacific Corp., 6.85%, 1/2/19

       7,318,664
  15,280,144   

Union Pacific Corp., 6.70%, 2/23/19

       17,120,790
            

                73,233,091
  UTILITIES: 0.2%
  17,980,000   

National Energy & Gas Transmission, Inc.(d), 5/16/11

       12,586,000
            

                1,787,370,157
            

  Total Fixed-Income Securities (cost $5,175,810,239)     5,378,970,440
            

  SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS: 4.6%

  28,113,402   

SSgA Prime Money Market Fund

       28,113,402
  130,808,000   

State Street Repurchase Agreement,
0.65%, 1/2/04 (collateralized by
U.S. Treasury securities, value $133,430,143)

       130,808,000
  50,000,000   

U.S. Treasury Bills, 1/22/04

       49,972,875
  50,000,000   

U.S. Treasury Bills, 4/22/04

       49,843,666
            

  Total Short-Term Investments (cost $258,737,943)     258,737,943
                

TOTAL INVESTMENTS (cost $5,434,548,182)

  99.0 %     5,637,708,383

OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES

       1.0       59,662,825
        

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS        100.0 %   $ 5,697,371,208
        

 

(a)   CMO: Collateralized Mortgage Obligation
     REMIC: Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit
(b)   Cumulative Preferred Securities
(c)   EOP Operating LP is the operating partnership of Equity Office Properties Trust.
(d)   Non-income producing—security in default. Company has filed for bankruptcy protection.

 

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See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

 


 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities


December 31, 2003  
Assets:  

Investments, at market value
(identified cost $5,434,548,182)

   $ 5,637,708,383  

Receivable for paydowns on
mortgage-backed securities

     12,553  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     61,218,979  

Interest receivable

     55,798,201  

Prepaid expenses and other assets

     42,531  
    


       5,754,780,647  
    


Liabilities:  

Payable for investments purchased

     46,564,731  

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

     8,331,169  

Management fees payable

     1,903,988  

Accounts payable

     609,551  
    


       57,409,439  
    


Net Assets    $ 5,697,371,208  
    


Net Assets Consist of:  

Paid in capital

   $ 5,513,595,184  

Accumulated undistributed
net investment income

     1,203,958  

Accumulated undistributed net
realized loss on investments

     (20,588,135 )

Net unrealized appreciation on investments

     203,160,201  
    


     $ 5,697,371,208  
    


Beneficial shares outstanding (par value $0.01 each, unlimited shares authorized)

     440,884,907  

Net asset value per share

   $ 12.92  

 

Statement of Operations


Year Ended December 31, 2003  
Investment Income:  

Interest

   $     244,000,272  
    


Expenses:  

Management fees (Note 2)

     18,668,249  

Custodian and fund accounting fees

     140,309  

Transfer agent fees

     1,195,226  

Professional fees

     70,284  

Shareholder reports

     234,567  

Registration fees

     338,526  

Trustees’ fees (Note 2)

     28,500  

Miscellaneous

     37,892  
    


       20,713,553  
    


Net Investment Income      223,286,719  
    


Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on
Investments:
  

    Net realized loss on investments

     (20,588,135 )

    Net unrealized appreciation on investments

     62,935,604  
    


Net realized and unrealized
gain on investments

     42,347,469  
    


Net Increase in Net Assets from Operations    $ 265,634,188  
    


 

Statement of Changes in Net Assets


    Year Ended
December 31, 2003
    Year Ended
December 31, 2002
 
Operations:          

Net investment income

  $ 223,286,719     $ 132,199,849  

Net realized gain (loss)

    (20,588,135 )     14,419,864  

Net unrealized appreciation

    62,935,604       105,419,204  
   


 


Net increase in net assets from operations

    265,634,188       252,038,917  
   


 


                 
Distributions to
Shareholders From:
  

Net investment income

    (223,648,287 )     (131,199,485 )

Net realized gain

    (593,265 )     (14,116,782 )
   


 


Total distributions

    (224,241,552 )     (145,316,267 )
   


 


                 
Beneficial Share Transactions:          

Amounts received from
sale of shares

    3,580,059,774       2,446,118,217  

Net asset value of shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    194,457,526       127,404,686  

Amounts paid for
shares redeemed

    (1,523,141,066 )     (787,759,403 )
   


 


Net increase from beneficial
share transactions

    2,251,376,234       1,785,763,500  
   


 


Total increase in net assets

    2,292,768,870       1,892,486,150  
                 
Net Assets:  

Beginning of year

    3,404,602,338       1,512,116,188  
   


 


End of year (including undistributed net investment income of $1,203,958 and $1,565,526, respectively)

  $ 5,697,371,208     $ 3,404,602,338  
   


 


Shares sold

    277,328,740       195,529,467  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    15,095,798       10,145,746  

Shares redeemed

    (118,162,594 )     (62,961,345 )
   


 


Net increase in
shares outstanding

    174,261,944       142,713,868  
   


 


 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

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Notes to Financial Statements


 

Note 1 — Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

Dodge & Cox Income Fund (the “Fund”) is a separate series of Dodge & Cox Funds (the “Trust”). The Trust is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as a diversified, open-end management investment company. The Fund commenced operations on January 3, 1989, and seeks high and stable current income consistent with long-term preservation of capital. Risk considerations and investment strategies of the Fund are discussed in the Fund’s Prospectus.

 

The Fund consistently follows accounting policies which are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Significant accounting policies are as follows:

 

Security valuation. The Fund’s net assets are valued as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”), generally 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, each day that the NYSE is open for business. Fixed-income securities with original maturities of one year or more are priced on the basis of valuations furnished by pricing services which utilize both dealer-supplied valuations and electronic data processing techniques. Valuations of fixed-income securities take into account appropriate factors such as institutional-size trading markets in similar groups of securities, yield, quality, coupon rate, maturity, type of issue, trading characteristics and other market data and do not rely exclusively upon exchange or over-the-counter listed prices. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by or at the direction of the Board of Trustees. Short-term securities are valued at amortized cost which approximates current value. All securities held by the Fund are denominated in U.S. dollars.

 

Security transactions and related investment income. Security transactions are recorded by the Fund as of the date the trades are executed with brokers. Realized gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Premiums and discounts on debt securities purchased are amortized and accreted, respectively, to interest income over the lives of the respective securities. The ability of the issuers of the debt securities held by the Fund to meet their obligations may be affected by economic developments in a specific industry, state or region. Debt obligations may be placed on non-accrual status and related interest income may be reduced by ceasing current accruals and writing off interest receivables when the collection of all or a portion of interest has become doubtful based on consistently applied procedures. A debt obligation is removed from non-accrual status when the issuer resumes interest payments or when collectibility of interest is reasonably assured.

 

Expenses. Expenses are recorded on the accrual basis. Most expenses of the Trust can be directly attributed to a series. Expenses which cannot be directly attributed are apportioned among all of the series in the Trust.

 

Repurchase agreements. The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements secured by U.S. government securities which involve the purchase of securities from a counterparty with a simultaneous commitment to resell the securities at an agreed-upon date and price. It is the Fund’s policy that its custodian take possession of the underlying collateral securities, the fair value of which exceeds the principal amount of the repurchase transaction, including accrued interest, at all times. In the event of default by the counterparty, the Fund has the contractual right to liquidate the securities and to apply the proceeds in satisfaction of the obligation.

 

Income taxes and distributions to shareholders. No provision for federal income taxes has been included in the accompanying financial statements since the Fund intends to distribute all of its taxable income and continue to comply with requirements for regulated investment companies. Distributions to shareholders of income and capital gains are reflected in the net asset value per share computation on the ex-dividend date. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Temporary differences between financial statement and tax treatments may occur when certain items of income, expense, gain or loss are recognized in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes. Differences in classification may also result from the treatment of short-term gains as ordinary income for tax

 

9 / Dodge & Cox Income Fund


Notes to Financial Statements (continued)


 

purposes. Permanent differences are reclassified among capital accounts in the financial statements to reflect their tax character. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations.

 

Note 2 — Related Party Transactions

Management fees. Under a written agreement, the Fund pays an annual management fee of 0.50% of the Fund’s average daily net asset value up to $100 million and 0.40% of the Fund’s average daily net asset value in excess of $100 million to Dodge & Cox, investment manager of the Fund. The agreement further provides that Dodge & Cox shall waive its fee to the extent that such fee plus all other ordinary operating expenses of the Fund exceed 1% of the average daily net asset value for the year.

 

Trustees’ fees. All officers and three of the trustees of the Trust are officers and employees of Dodge & Cox. Those trustees who are not affiliated with Dodge & Cox receive from the Trust an annual fee plus an attendance fee for each Board or Committee meeting attended. Payments to trustees are divided equally among each series of the Trust. The Trust does not pay any other remuneration to its officers or trustees.

 

Indemnifications. Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. In addition, in the normal course of business the Trust enters into contracts that provide general indemnifications to other parties. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Trust that have not yet occurred.

 

Note 3 — Distributions Paid, Distributable Earnings and Investment Transactions

Distributions paid during the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002 were characterized as follows for federal tax purposes:

 

     2003    2002
    
  

Ordinary income

   $223,648,287    $137,069,137
     ($0.60 per share)    ($0.68 per share)

Long-term capital gain

   $593,265    $8,247,130
     ($0.00 per share)    ($0.03 per share)

 

At December 31, 2003, the tax basis components of accumulated undistributed income and net realized gain include $2,136,671 of ordinary income and no long-term capital gain, which differ in total from amounts reported in the financial statements due to temporary differences between financial statement and tax treatments for defaulted fixed-income securities and capital losses. For federal tax purposes, the Fund had a capital loss carryforward of 14,093,589 as of December 31, 2003, which is available for offsetting capital gains realized in future periods, and which will expire in 2011 if not utilized. As permitted by federal tax law, the Fund elected to defer realized net capital losses of $6,494,546 occurring between November 1, 2003 and December 31, 2003, and to treat those losses as arising in the fiscal year ending December 31, 2004. At December 31, 2003, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was equal to the cost for financial reporting purposes. Net unrealized appreciation aggregated $203,160,201, of which $214,538,073 represented appreciated securities and $11,377,872 represented depreciated securities.

 

For the year ended December 31, 2003, purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities and U.S. government securities, aggregated $809,503,354 and $385,105,338, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2003, purchases and sales of U.S. government securities aggregated $3,101,030,292 and $1,414,407,485, respectively.

 

Dodge & Cox Income Fund / 10

 


 

Financial Highlights


SELECTED DATA AND RATIOS (for a share outstanding throughout each year)      Year Ended December 31,  

       2003      2002      2001      2000      1999  
                                      

Net asset value, beginning of year

     $12.77      $12.20      $11.80      $11.40      $12.25  

Income from investment operations:

                                    

Net investment income

     .60      .66      .74      .77      .72  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     .15      .62      .46      .41      (.82 )
      

  

  

  

  

Total from investment operations

     .75      1.28      1.20      1.18      (.10 )
      

  

  

  

  

Distributions to shareholders from:

                                    

Net investment income

     (.60 )    (.66 )    (.74 )    (.78 )    (.71 )

Net realized gain

          (.05 )    (.06 )         (.04 )
      

  

  

  

  

Total distributions

     (.60 )    (.71 )    (.80 )    (.78 )    (.75 )
      

  

  

  

  

Net asset value, end of year

     $12.92      $12.77      $12.20      $11.80      $11.40  
      

  

  

  

  

Total return

     5.97 %    10.75 %    10.32 %    10.70 %    (.81 )%

Ratios/supplemental data:

                                    

Net assets, end of year (millions)

     $5,697      $3,405      $1,512      $1,021      $974  

Ratio of expenses to average net assets

     .45 %    .45 %    .45 %    .46 %    .46 %

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets

     4.81 %    5.67 %    6.18 %    6.67 %    6.10 %

Portfolio turnover rate

     41 %    31 %    40 %    34 %    24 %

 


 

11 / Dodge & Cox Income Fund


 

Report of Independent Auditors


 

To the Trustees of Dodge & Cox Funds and Shareholders of Dodge & Cox Income Fund

 

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the portfolio of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Dodge & Cox Income Fund (the “Fund”, one of the series constituting Dodge & Cox Funds) at December 31, 2003, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America, which require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at December 31, 2003 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

San Francisco, California

 

February 4, 2004

 

Special 2003 Tax Information (unaudited)


 

The following information is provided pursuant to provisions of the Internal Revenue Code:

 

The Fund designates $593,265 of its distributions paid to shareholders in 2003 as capital gain dividends (treated for federal income tax purposes in the hands of shareholders as long-term capital gain taxable at a maximum rate of 20%).

 

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Dodge & Cox Funds—Officer & Trustee Information (unaudited)


 

Name (Age) and
Address*
  Position with Trust
(Time Served)
  Principal Occupation During Past 5 Years   Other Directorships Held by Trustees

Interested Trustees & Officers


Harry R.

Hagey (62)

 

Chairman and Trustee

(Trustee since 1975)

  Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Dodge & Cox, Portfolio Manager, and member of Investment Policy Committee  

John A.

Gunn (60)

 

President and

Trustee
(Trustee since 1985)

  President, Chief Investment Officer and Director of Dodge & Cox, Portfolio Manager, and member of Investment Policy Committee, Fixed Income Strategy Committee, and International Investment Policy Committee  

Dana M.

Emery (42)

 

Vice President and Trustee

(Trustee since 1993)

  Senior Vice President and Director of Dodge & Cox, Manager—Fixed Income, and member of Investment Policy Committee and Fixed Income Strategy Committee  

A. Horton

Shapiro (64)

 

Executive Vice President

(Officer since 1985)

  Senior Vice President and Director of Dodge & Cox, Portfolio Manager, and member of Investment Policy Committee and Fixed Income Strategy Committee  

Katherine Herrick Drake (49)  

Vice President

(Officer since 1993)

  Vice President of Dodge & Cox, Portfolio Manager, and member of Investment Policy Committee  

Kenneth E.

Olivier (51)

  Vice President
(Officer since 1992)
  Executive Vice President (since 2002) and Director of Dodge & Cox, Portfolio Manager, and member of Investment Policy Committee  

John M.

Loll (37)

  Treasurer and Assistant Secretary (Officer since 2000)   Vice President and Treasurer (since 2000) of Dodge & Cox; prior to 2000, Fund Administration and Accounting Manager, Dodge & Cox  

Thomas M. Mistele (50)   Secretary and Assistant Treasurer (Officer since 2000)   Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of Dodge & Cox  

Independent Trustees


William F.

Ausfahl (63)

 

Trustee

(Since: 2002)

 

CFO, The Clorox Co. (1982-1997);

Director, The Clorox Co. (1984-1997)

 

L. Dale

Crandall (62)

 

Trustee

(Since: 1999)

  President, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals (2000-2002); Executive Vice President—Finance and Administration & CFO, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals (1998-2000)   Director, Union BanCal Corporation (bank holding company) and Union Bank of California (commercial bank) (2001-Present); Director, Covad Communications Group (broadband communications services) (2002-Present); Director, Ansell Limited (medical equipment and supplies) (2002-Present); Director, BEA Systems, Inc. (software and programming) (2003-Present); Director, Coventry Health Care Inc. (managed healthcare) (2004-Present)

Thomas A.

Larsen (54)

 

Trustee

(Since: 2002)

  Director in Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin (law firm)  

Will C.

Wood (64)

 

Trustee

(Since: 1992)

  Principal, Kentwood Associates, Financial Advisers   Director, Banco Latinoamericano de Exportaciones S.A. (Latin American Foreign Trade Bank) (1999-Present); Director, Dover Investment Corp. (real estate development) (1992-Present)

 

*   The address for each Officer and Trustee is One Sansome Street, 35th Floor, San Francisco, California 94104. Each Officer and Trustee oversees all four portfolios in the Dodge & Cox Funds complex and serves for an indefinite term.

Additional information about the Trust’s Trustees is available in the Trust’s Statement of Additional Information (SAI). You can get a free copy of the SAI by contacting Dodge & Cox Funds at 1-800-621-3979.


ITEM 2. CODE OF ETHICS.

 

The registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer.

 

ITEM 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.

 

The Board of Trustees of the registrant has determined that William F. Ausfahl and L. Dale Crandall, members of the registrant’s Audit Committee, are each an “audit committee financial expert” and are “independent” for purposes of paragraph (a)(2) of Item 3 of Form N-CSR.

 

ITEM 4. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.

 

(a) - (d) Aggregate fees billed to the registrant for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2003 and December 31, 2002 for professional services rendered by the registrant’s principal accountant were as follows:

 

     2003

   2002

Audit Fees

   $ 149,600    $ 134,600

Audit-Related Fees

     16,000      —  

Tax Fees

     51,240      46,400

All Other Fees

     —        —  

 

Audit fees include amounts related to the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements and services normally provided by the principal accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings. Audit-related fees include assurance services relating to the registrant’s financial statements, specifically the performance of agreed-upon procedures in connection with the registrant’s semi-annual financial statements. Tax fees include amounts related to tax return preparation, compliance, and reviews.

 

(e)(1) The registrant’s audit committee has adopted policies and procedures (“Policies”) which require the registrant’s audit committee to pre-approve all audit and non-audit services provided to the registrant by its principal accountant, as well as all non-audit service provided by the principal accountant to the registrant’s investment adviser, if the services directly impact the registrant’s operations and controls. The Policies do not apply in the case of audit services that the principal accountant provides to the registrant’s investment adviser. If a service (other than the engagement of the principal accountant to audit the registrant’s financial statements) is required to be pre-approved under the Policies between regularly scheduled audit committee meetings, pre-approval may be authorized by one audit committee member with ratification at the next scheduled audit committee meeting.

 

(e)(2) No services included in (b) - (d) above were approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

 

(f) Not applicable.

 

(g) For the fiscal years ended December 31, 2003 and December 31, 2002, the aggregate fees billed by the registrant’s principal accountant for non-audit services rendered to the registrant and for non-audit services rendered to the registrant’s investment adviser were $151,946 and $133,956, respectively.

 

(h) All non-audit services rendered in (g) were pre-approved by the registrant’s audit committee. Accordingly, these services were considered by the registrant’s audit committee in maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.

 

ITEM 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 6. [RESERVED]

 

ITEM 7. DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 8. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS.

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 9. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

 

(a) The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers have evaluated the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c))) as of a date within 90 days of this filing and have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective, as of that date, in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in this Form N-CSR was recorded, processed, summarized, and reported timely, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(b)) and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13a-15(b) or 240.15d-15(b)).

 

(b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d)) that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal half-year (the registrant’s second fiscal half-year in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 10. EXHIBITS.

 

(a)(1) Code of Ethics pursuant to Item 2 of Form N-CSR is attached. (EX.99A)

 

(a)(2) Separate certifications pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached. (EX.99B)

 

(b) A certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is attached. (EX.99C)


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.

 

Dodge & Cox Funds

By  

/s/    Harry R. Hagey        

   
   

Harry R. Hagey

Chairman – Principal Executive Officer

 

Date February 27, 2004

 

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.

 

Dodge & Cox Funds

By  

/s/    Harry R. Hagey        

   
   

Harry R. Hagey

Chairman – Principal Executive Officer

By  

/s/    John M. Loll        

   
   

John M. Loll

Treasurer – Principal Financial Officer

 

Date February 27, 2004