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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: 811-4676


Harbor Fund

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

One SeaGate

Toledo, Ohio 43604-1572
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
     
David G. Van Hooser
HARBOR FUND
One SeaGate
Toledo, Ohio 43604-1572
  With a copy to:
Christopher P. Harvey, Esq.
Wilmer Cutler
Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
60 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (419) 249-2900

Date of fiscal year end: October 31

Date of reporting period: April 30, 2006

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ITEM 1 — REPORTS TO STOCKHOLDERS
The following is a copy of the report transmitted to shareholders pursuant to Rule 30e-1 under the Act (17 CFR 270.30e-1):
Harbor Fund’s 2006 Semi-Annual Report included.

 


 

  SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT
 
 
 
  (HARBOR FUND LOGO)
 
 
  April 30, 2006
 
 
 
  Harbor Fund


 

Table of Contents
 
       
 
  2
 
  4
 
    
 
 HARBOR CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND     
    6
    8
    10
 
 HARBOR MID CAP GROWTH FUND     
    12
    14
    16
 
 HARBOR SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND     
    18
    20
    22
 
 HARBOR SMALL COMPANY GROWTH FUND     
    24
    26
    28
 
 HARBOR LARGE CAP VALUE FUND     
    30
    32
    34
 
 HARBOR MID CAP VALUE FUND     
    36
    38
    40
 
 HARBOR SMALL CAP VALUE FUND     
    44
    46
    48
 
 STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES   50
 
 STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS   51
 
 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS   52
 
 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS   56
 
    
 
 HARBOR INTERNATIONAL FUND     
    64
    66
    68
 
 HARBOR INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND     
    70
    72
    74
 
 STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES   76
 
 STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS   77
 
 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS   78
 
 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS   80
 
    
 
 HARBOR HIGH-YIELD BOND FUND     
    84
    86
    88
 
 HARBOR BOND FUND     
    94
    96
    98
 
 HARBOR REAL RETURN FUND     
    106
    108
    110
 
 HARBOR SHORT DURATION FUND     
    112
    114
    116
 
 HARBOR MONEY MARKET FUND     
    118
    120
    122
 
 STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES   123
 
 STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS   124
 
 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS   126
 
 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS   130
 
  136
 
   
    146
    146
    146


DOMESTIC EQUITY



INTERNATIONAL EQUITY



FIXED INCOME



 

Harbor Fund
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OVERVIEW (Unaudited)
 
The first half of Harbor Fund’s fiscal year ended April 30, 2006. The total return for each of the 14 portfolios is shown below. All performance figures for the Harbor Funds assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. The unmanaged indices do not reflect fees and expenses and are not available for direct investment. The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. From time to time, the Funds’ adviser has voluntarily waived a portion of its management fee and/or absorbed Fund expenses, which has resulted in higher returns. Without these waivers, the returns would have been lower. Any existing waivers may be discontinued at any time without notice. For information on the different share classes, please refer to the current prospectus.
Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data quoted. Actual return and principal value on an investment will fluctuate, and the shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. You can obtain performance data current to the most recent month end (available within seven business days after the most recent month end) by calling 1-800-422-1050 or visiting www.harborfund.com.
You should consider a Fund’s investment objective, risks, and fees and expenses carefully before investing. For this and other important information, obtain a current Harbor Fund prospectus by calling 1-800-422-1050 or visiting www.harborfund.com. You should read the prospectus carefully before investing.
                           
    Unannualized Total Return
    6 Months Ended
    April 30, 2006
     
    Institutional   Retirement   Investor
    Class   Class   Class
             
HARBOR DOMESTIC EQUITY FUNDS
                       
 
Harbor Capital Appreciation Fund
    6.42 %     6.28 %     6.20 %
 
Harbor Mid Cap Growth Fund
    19.36       19.21       19.16  
 
Harbor Small Cap Growth Fund
    22.09       21.99       21.87  
 
Harbor Small Company Growth Fund
    6.70 a     6.60 a     6.60 a
 
Harbor Large Cap Value Fund
    7.56       7.37       7.32  
 
Harbor Mid Cap Value Fund
    11.69       11.52       11.44  
 
Harbor Small Cap Value Fund
    14.53       14.39       14.28  
HARBOR INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUNDS
                       
 
Harbor International Fund
    29.77 %     29.62 %     29.48 %
 
Harbor International Growth Fund
    29.61       29.40       29.40  
HARBOR FIXED INCOME FUNDS
                       
 
Harbor High-Yield Bond Fund
    4.85 %     4.78 %     4.65 %
 
Harbor Bond Fund
    1.05       0.93       N/A  
 
Harbor Real Return Fund
    -1.08 b     -1.16 b     N/A  
 
Harbor Short Duration Fund
    1.84       1.73       N/A  
 
Harbor Money Market Fund
    2.04       1.91       N/A  
         
    Unannualized
    Total Return
    6 Months Ended
    April 30, 2006
COMMONLY USED MARKET INDICES    
Standard & Poor’s 500 (S&P 500); large cap, domestic equity
    9.64 %
Dow Jones Wilshire 5000; entire U.S. stock market
    11.02  
Russell 1000® Growth; large cap, domestic equity
    7.06  
Russell Midcap® Growth; domestic equity
    15.18  
Russell 2000® Growth; small cap, domestic equity
    20.31  
Russell 1000® Value; large cap, domestic equity
    12.87  
Russell Midcap® Value; domestic equity
    13.58  
Russell 2000® Value; small cap, domestic equity
    17.52  
Morgan Stanley Capital International Europe, Australasia, and Far East (MSCI EAFE®); international equity
    22.89  
Morgan Stanley Capital International Europe, Australasia, and Far East Growth (MSCI EAFE® Growth); international equity
    22.26  
Merrill Lynch High-Yield Master II; domestic high-yield bonds
    4.98  
Lehman Brothers Aggregate (LB AGG); domestic bonds
    0.56  
Lehman Brothers U.S. TIPS (LB U.S. TIPS); domestic bonds
    -0.96  
Citigroup 1 YR Treasury; domestic bonds
    1.76  
Merrill Lynch 1 to 3 YR Treasury; domestic bonds
    1.41  
Merrill Lynch 3-Month U.S. T-Bill; domestic short-term
    2.06  

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Harbor Fund
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OVERVIEW—Continued
 
                                                     
    HARBOR FUND EXPENSE RATIOS2   Morningstar
        Average3
    2002*   2003*   2004*   2005*   2006h   (Unaudited)
                         
HARBOR DOMESTIC EQUITY FUNDS
                                               
 
Harbor Capital Appreciation Fund
                                               
   
Institutional Class
    0.69 %     0.71 %     0.67 %     0.68 %     0.68 %     1.04 %
   
Retirement Class1
    N/A       0.94       0.92       0.92       0.93       1.13  
   
Investor Class1
    N/A       1.13       1.10       1.10       1.09       1.13  
 
Harbor Mid Cap Growth Fund
                                               
   
Institutional Class
    1.20 %     1.20 %     0.98 %     0.95 %     0.95 %     1.20 %
   
Retirement Class1
    N/A       1.40       1.23       1.18       1.19       1.33  
   
Investor Class1
    N/A       1.40       1.38       1.38       1.35       1.33  
 
Harbor Small Cap Growth Fund
                                               
   
Institutional Class
    0.95 %     0.93 %     0.83 %     0.84 %     0.84 %     1.31 %
   
Retirement Class1
    N/A       1.16       1.08       1.09       1.09       1.42  
   
Investor Class1
    N/A       1.36       1.25       1.27       1.25       1.42  
 
Harbor Small Company Growth Fund
                                               
   
Institutional Class
    N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       0.94 %a     1.31 %
   
Retirement Class
    N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       1.18 a     1.42  
   
Investor Class
    N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       1.33 a     1.42  
 
Harbor Large Cap Value Fund
                                               
   
Institutional Class
    0.77 %     0.77 %     0.68 %     0.70 %     0.68 %     0.94 %
   
Retirement Class1
    N/A       0.93       0.92       0.95       0.93       1.00  
   
Investor Class1
    N/A       1.17       1.10       1.10       1.09       1.00  
 
Harbor Mid Cap Value Fund
                                               
   
Institutional Class
    1.20 % c,e     1.20 %     1.02 %     0.95 %     0.95 %     1.13 %
   
Retirement Class1
    N/A       f     f     1.18       1.20       1.22  
   
Investor Class1
    N/A       1.39       1.39       1.38       1.36       1.22  
 
Harbor Small Cap Value Fund
                                               
   
Institutional Class
    1.20 % d,e     0.94 %     0.84 %     0.83 %     0.83 %     1.21 %
   
Retirement Class1
    N/A       1.18       0.93       1.08       1.08       1.35  
   
Investor Class1
    N/A       1.29       1.25       1.26       1.25       1.35  
HARBOR INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUNDS
                                               
 
Harbor International Fund
                                               
   
Institutional Class
    0.87 %     0.89 %     0.86 %     0.87 %     0.86 %     1.21 %
   
Retirement Class1
    N/A       1.14       1.11       1.12       1.11       1.22  
   
Investor Class1
    N/A       1.31       1.29       1.30       1.26       1.22  
 
Harbor International Growth Fund
                                               
   
Institutional Class
    0.95 %     0.98 %     0.93 %     1.00 %     0.95 %     1.27 %
   
Retirement Class1
    N/A       f     1.19       1.24       1.20       1.34  
   
Investor Class1
    N/A       1.40       1.39       1.39       1.36       1.34  
HARBOR FIXED INCOME FUNDS
                                               
 
Harbor High-Yield Bond Fund
                                               
   
Institutional Class
    N/A       0.93 %e,g     0.85 %     0.82 %     0.85 %     0.79 %
   
Retirement Class
    N/A       1.08 e,g     1.01       f     1.08       0.86  
   
Investor Class
    N/A       1.29 e,g     1.27       1.25       1.27       0.86  
 
Harbor Bond Fund
                                               
   
Institutional Class
    0.58 %     0.58 %     0.57 %     0.58 %     0.58 %     0.69 %
   
Retirement Class1
    N/A       0.83       0.81       0.83       0.83       0.75  
 
Harbor Real Return Fund
                                               
   
Institutional Class
    N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       0.57 %b     0.53 %
   
Retirement Class
    N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       0.81 b     0.60  
 
Harbor Short Duration Fund
                                               
   
Institutional Class
    0.31 %     0.36 %     0.31 %     0.39 %     0.39 %     0.62 %
   
Retirement Class1
    N/A       0.59       0.55       0.64       0.64       0.71  
 
Harbor Money Market Fund
                                               
   
Institutional Class
    0.36 %     0.36 %     0.29 %     0.35 %     0.34 %     N/A  
   
Retirement Class1
    N/A       f     0.53       0.60       0.59       N/A  
 
1 Commenced operations on November 1, 2002.
 
2 Harbor Fund expense ratios are for operating expenses only and are shown net of all expense offsets, waivers and reimbursements. (See Financial Highlights).
 
3 Institutional Class comparison includes all actively managed no-load funds with 12b-1 fees less than or equal to 0.25% in the March 31, 2006 Morningstar Universe with the same investment style as the comparable Harbor Fund portfolio. Retirement and Investor Class comparisons include all actively managed no-load funds with 12b-1 fees less than or equal to 0.25% in the March 31, 2006 Morningstar Universe, excluding the Institutional Share Class Funds, with the same investment style as the comparable Harbor Fund portfolio.
 
a For the period February 1, 2006 (inception) through April 30, 2006.
 
b For the period December 1, 2005 (inception) through April 30, 2006.
 
c For the period March 1, 2002 (inception) through October 31, 2002.
 
d For the period December 14, 2001 (inception) through October 31, 2002.
 
e Annualized.
 
f Assets in this class were too small to incur any expense for the period.
 
g For the period December 1, 2002 (inception) through October 31, 2003.
 
h Unaudited annualized figures for the six-month period ended April 30, 2006.
 
* Audited.

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Letter from the Chairman
 
LOGO  
David G. Van Hooser  
Chairman  
Dear Fellow Shareholder:
      Stock markets rose sharply around the world in the fiscal half year ended April 30, 2006. International stocks outperformed U.S. equities, helped in part by the weakness of the U.S. dollar. Stock market gains were supported by good corporate earnings and signs of encouraging economic growth in a number of countries. Equity markets largely ignored rising interest rates, high energy and commodity prices, and, in the U.S., signs the housing market was beginning to lose strength. Bonds did not fare as well as concerns about inflation led to higher interest rates. Bond prices move inversely to interest rates; so with higher rates, bond prices decline.
      Harbor equity funds were led by the Harbor International Fund and the Harbor International Growth Fund; both funds had returns in the fiscal first half of over 29%. Harbor’s domestic equity funds were led by solid performances of the Harbor Mid Cap Growth and Harbor Small Cap Growth funds. The performances of Harbor fixed income funds reflected the impact of higher interest rates. Shorter term fixed income funds such as the Harbor Money Market Fund and the Harbor Short Duration Fund outperformed two of Harbor’s three intermediate bond funds. The only exception was the Harbor High-Yield Bond Fund, which had the highest absolute return among our fixed income funds; high-yield securities in the fund tend to be less sensitive to interest rate movements than to the performance of the underlying companies that issue the securities.
      Returns of various market indices for periods ending April 30, 2006 and for 30 years ending December 31, 2005 are shown in the table below.
                                         
    RETURNS FOR THE PERIOD ENDED APRIL 30, 2006    
         
            30 Years
        Average Annual   1976-2005
            Annual Rates as of
    6 Months   1 Year   5 Years   10 Years   December 31, 2005
                     
Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 (entire U.S. stock market)
    11.02 %     18.61 %     4.52 %     8.99 %     13.03 %
S&P 500 (large cap stocks)
    9.64       15.42       2.70       8.94       12.72  
Russell Midcap® (mid cap stocks)
    14.35       26.42       10.85       12.43       N/A  
Russell 2000® (small cap stocks)
    18.91       33.47       10.90       9.58       N/A  
Russell 3000® Growth (growth stocks of the largest 3000 U.S. stocks)
    8.19       16.90       -0.22       6.00       N/A  
Russell 3000® Value (value stocks of the largest 3000 U.S. stocks)
    13.28       19.33       7.89       11.34       N/A  
MSCI EAFE® (foreign stocks)
    22.89       33.49       9.18       6.68       12.07  
Merrill Lynch High-Yield Master II (high-yield bonds)
    4.98       9.09       8.22       6.75       N/A  
LB Aggregate (domestic bonds)
    0.56       0.71       5.16       6.33       N/A  
Merrill Lynch 3-Month U.S. T-Bill (proxy for money market returns)
    2.06       3.68       2.23       3.82       N/A  
Domestic Equity
      U.S. equity markets were strong in the fiscal first half, with small and mid capitalization stocks continuing to lead the way. Value stocks again outperformed growth. All sectors of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index had positive returns, led by materials, energy, and industrials.
      Harbor’s small cap and mid cap growth portfolios were the best performers among our domestic equity funds. The Harbor Mid Cap Growth Fund (Institutional Class) had a return of 19.36%, beating its Russell Midcap® Growth benchmark, which was up 15.18%. The Harbor Small Cap Growth Fund (Institutional Class) returned 22.09%, outpacing its Russell 2000® Growth benchmark’s 20.31% return. The newest member of the Harbor Fund family, the Harbor Small Company Growth Fund, also outperformed its benchmark since its inception on February 1, 2006. Comments from portfolio managers, performance data, and other information on the Harbor domestic equity funds begin on page 6.
International Equity
      International equity markets did even better than the U.S. markets. The MSCI EAFE® Index of foreign stocks outpaced the broad U.S. stock market, as measured by the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Composite Index, by more than 11 percentage points. Stocks in 9 of the 10 sectors in the MSCI EAFE® Index had double-digit returns, led by materials and industrials.
      With returns of over 29%, Harbor’s international equity funds were the two best performers within Harbor Fund. The Harbor International Fund (Institutional Class) had a return of 29.77%, beating its benchmark, the MSCI EAFE® Index, which was up 22.89%. The Harbor International Growth Fund (Institutional Class) returned 29.61% and topped its benchmark, the MSCI EAFE® Growth Index’s 22.26% return. Comments from portfolio managers, performance data, and other information on the Harbor international equity funds begin on page 64.

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Fixed Income
      The Federal Reserve raised its target for the federal funds rate four times in the fiscal first half for a total increase of 100 basis points to 4.75%. The yield of the benchmark 10-year Treasury Note rose to 5.05% at the end of the fiscal half-year, an increase of 50 basis points.
      As it did in fiscal 2005, the bond market continued to favor investments at the short end of the yield curve. For example, the Harbor Short Duration Fund (Institutional Class) returned 1.84%, slightly better than its benchmark, while the Harbor Money Market Fund (Institutional Class) returned 2.04%.
      With rising interest rates, the market was especially challenging for intermediate and long-term bonds. The Harbor Bond Fund (Institutional Class) had a modest total return of 1.05%, although it beat its benchmark by 49 basis points. The Harbor Real Return Fund (Institutional Class) had a return of -1.08% for the five months from its inception on December 1, 2005, although the fund outperformed its benchmark by 5 basis points. The Harbor High-Yield Bond Fund (Institutional Class) had a total return of 4.85%, as the high-yield market outpaced most other fixed-income categories. Comments from portfolio managers, performance data, and other information on the Harbor fixed income funds begin on page 84.
New Funds
      Harbor Fund added two funds during the fiscal first half, the first additions to the Harbor fund family since the Harbor High-Yield Bond Fund was introduced in 2002. The Harbor Real Return Fund started on December 1, 2005. It is managed by John Brynjolfsson of Pacific Investment Management Company LLC (“PIMCO”). PIMCO is one of the world’s leading fixed-income fund-management companies and manager of the Harbor Bond Fund since its inception in 1987. The Harbor Small Company Growth Fund, which began on February 1, 2006, is managed by Carl Wilk of NorthPointe Capital LLC (“NorthPointe”). NorthPointe has an experienced team of investment managers who focus exclusively on U.S. equity markets.
Long-Range Focus
      The generally strong equity markets worldwide have caused some investment professionals to note that asset classes are becoming increasingly correlated. The more correlated one asset class is with another, the more their returns tend to move together in the same direction. While correlations between certain asset classes have increased recently, diversification benefits can still be achieved by asset allocation strategies.
      A sound long-term investment plan includes a mix of stocks, bonds, and cash, consistent with your long term objectives and your tolerance for risk. Past performance is no guarantee of future success. Yet history suggests strongly that a diversified asset allocation maintained over one’s investment time horizon gives each investor an excellent opportunity to achieve his or her financial objectives over the long-term.
New Independent Trustee
      In February 2006, the Harbor Fund board of trustees elected Raymond J. Ball as an independent trustee. Mr. Ball is the Sydney Davidson Professor of Accounting at the Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago. Mr. Ball brings the number of independent trustees to four, representing 80% of the board.
      Mr. Ball shares with all Harbor Fund trustees, officers and everyone associated with Harbor Fund, the focus on our key principle: acting in the best interests of Harbor Fund shareholders.
      Thank you for your investment in Harbor Fund.
June 20, 2006
     
    LOGO
David G. Van Hooser
Chairman

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Harbor Domestic Equity Funds
Harbor Capital Appreciation Fund
MANAGER’S COMMENTARY (Unaudited)
 
 
SUBADVISER
Jennison Associates LLC
466 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
LOGO
Spiros Segalas
Portfolio Manager (since 1990)
Jennison has subadvised the Fund since 1990.
INVESTMENT GOAL
Long-term growth of capital.
PRINCIPAL STYLE CHARACTERISTICS
Mid to large cap growth stocks with more volatility than the market.
 
 TOP TEN HOLDINGS (% of net assets)
         
Google Inc. Cl. A
    3.5 %
Adobe Systems Inc. 
    2.8  
Procter & Gamble Co. 
    2.6  
Broadcom Corp. Cl. A
    2.4  
QUALCOMM Inc. 
    2.4  
Texas Instruments Inc. 
    2.3  
American Express Co. 
    2.3  
Schlumberger Ltd. 
    2.2  
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 
    2.2  
Microsoft Corp. 
    2.1  
 FUND CATEGORY
LOGO
 MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE
Market Review
While the headline rate of economic growth in the U.S. weakened in the fourth quarter of calendar year 2005, the economy rebounded strongly during the first quarter of 2006, posting solid and balanced growth across almost all fronts. As a result, the Federal Reserve stayed the course on interest-rate policy, raising the federal funds rate by a quarter of a percentage point four times during the six months ended April 30, 2006, to 4.75%.
Whether in response to interest-rate movements or because of sustained strength over a long period, housing demand, as measured by the inventory of unsold homes and the issuance of building permits, began to show signs of weakening in early 2006. Moderate winter weather across much of the country took some of the sting out of higher energy prices, and with continued strong labor markets and modest income growth, consumers continued to spend. American corporations remained strong as well, with continued profit gains, revenue and cash flow growth, and resultant balance sheet strength. Capital expenditures showed signs of acceleration, most notably in telecommunications and technology spending, which have lagged the dramatic recovery in corporate profits since 2003.
Performance
The Harbor Capital Appreciation Fund returned 6.42% (Institutional Class), 6.20% (Investor Class), and 6.28% (Retirement Class) for the six months ended April 30, 2006, underperforming the Russell 1000® Growth benchmark, which advanced 7.06%. The Fund also underperformed the broader market as measured by the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, which rose 9.64%. In both indices, energy and industrials made the largest gains among the major economic sectors, while health care and consumer staples lagged.
Energy made the largest contribution by a substantial margin to the Fund’s absolute returns, followed by financials and information technology. Stock selection drove the Fund’s strong relative performance in information technology, energy, and financials but worked less well in health care and consumer discretionary. Our underweighted position in industrials also detracted from performance.
The Fund’s energy holdings excelled, as high oil prices persisted. For decades, oil companies have spent little on exploration and development, while global demand has increased steadily, resulting in tight supplies. Many companies in the energy sector have benefited from the price environment, but several of our holdings, including exploration and production companies Suncor Energy and Occidental Petroleum and energy services firm Schlumberger, have shown particular strength.
The Fund’s information technology holdings posted strong absolute and relative returns as well. Google has had extraordinary success since going public, as high revenue growth has led to much


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MANAGER’S COMMENTARY—Continued
 
better earnings than generally projected. We believe the company will remain in an exceptional, albeit slower, phase of revenue and earnings growth and that its long-term valuation will be driven by significant growth in revenues, earnings, and cash flows. We consider Google’s technological lead and dominant position in online web search a unique strength that has enabled the company to monetize its search activity at a rate meaningfully higher than its competitors. In our view, Google’s continued investment in capital and research and development should lead to new streams of revenue through product innovation, new formats, and new technologies. Strength in mobile phone units and preliminary improvements in telecommunications capital spending led to substantial gains at communications-related information technology holdings Texas Instruments, Nokia, and QUALCOMM.
In the financials sector, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Charles Schwab, UBS, and JPMorgan Chase performed well. Strong profit improvement at these companies reflected the health of the financial markets. Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch benefited from trading as well as merger and acquisition activity, while Schwab continued to enjoy the fruits of its repositioned individual investor and institutional asset management services. UBS’s investment banking business has delivered stable results in a variety of market conditions; increased assets under management reflect the company’s brand enhancements and investments in distribution networks.
Health care holdings were the greatest detractors from Fund performance. St. Jude Medical, a leading player in implantable cardiac defibrillators, and Alcon, a market leader in ophthalmic drugs and devices, lost ground, as did health care intermediaries UnitedHealth Group, Caremark Rx, WellPoint, and CIGNA. The widespread weakness in the health care service industry appears to reflect investor concerns that profitability is peaking and signs that price competition is emerging. Negative returns of biotechnology holdings Genentech and Amgen came about as the companies apparently gave back some of their sizable near-term gains.
Stock selection in the consumer discretionary sector, specifically retailers Chico’s and Target as well as Getty Images and Cheesecake Factory, also took a toll. Weakness in the sector could be a precursor to a widely expected slowdown in consumer spending. The Fund’s underweighted position in industrials also diminished relative performance, although holdings that were added late in the period—Boeing, United Technologies, and 3M—performed well.
Outlook and Strategy
The Fund continues to invest in what we believe are high-quality companies with strong balance sheets and proven management teams. We look for superior long-term business fundamentals that should provide sustainable, attractive growth opportunities.
We are monitoring carefully the capacity of consumers to spend. Deceleration in the housing market is a new wrinkle in the equation, but increased corporate spending could help to mitigate the effects of a slowdown on the consumer front. We also are watching the non-U.S. growth horizon for continued signs of improvement, as many of our holdings derive significant revenue and earnings from international operations.
The robust environment for corporate profit growth looks set to continue for the balance of 2006, although we anticipate some deceleration in the rate of gains later in the year. S&P 500 profits are forecast to grow approximately 10% for the year, which would be the fourth consecutive year of double-digit advances. We hold a portfolio of stocks that we believe could grow almost 20% on a weighted-average basis. We expect share prices of these companies to outpace the performances of the popular averages.
 
This report contains the current opinions of the manager and should not be considered as investment advice or a recommendation of any particular security, strategy or investment product. Such opinions are subject to change without notice and securities described herein may no longer be included in, or may at any time be removed from, the Fund’s portfolio. This report is distributed for informational purposes only. Information contained herein has been obtained from sources believed reliable, but not guaranteed.
Since the Fund may hold foreign securities, it may be subject to greater risks than funds invested only in the U.S. These risks are more severe for securities of issuers in emerging market regions. For information on the different share classes and the risks associated with an investment in the Fund, please refer to the current prospectus.
You should consider the Fund’s investment objective, risks, and fees and expenses carefully before investing. For this and other important information, obtain a Harbor Fund prospectus by calling 1-800-422-1050 or visiting www.harborfund.com. You should read the prospectus carefully before investing.


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Harbor Capital Appreciation Fund
FUND SUMMARY—April 30, 2006 (Unaudited)
 
 
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS
Fund #: 012
Cusip: 411511504
Ticker: HACAX
Inception Date: 12-29-1987
RETIREMENT CLASS
Fund #: 212
Cusip: 411511827
Ticker: HRCAX
Inception Date: 11-01-2002
INVESTOR CLASS
Fund #: 412
Cusip: 411511819
Ticker: HCAIX
Inception Date: 11-01-2002
 
 PORTFOLIO STATISTICS
         
    Portfolio   Benchmark
         
Number of Holdings
  62   630
Total Net Assets (000s)
  $8,914,432   N/A
Weighted Average Market Cap ($MM)
  $71,596.2   $73,054.5
Price/Earnings Ratio (P/E)
  29.3x   25.3x
Price/Book Ratio (P/B)
  5.5x   5.3x
Beta vs Russell 1000® Growth Index
  1.2   1.0
Portfolio Turnover Rate—Unannualized (6-Month Period Ended 04-30-2006)
  34%   N/A
 SECTOR ALLOCATION (% of investments)
(CHART)
 PERFORMANCE
GROWTH OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT
For the period 05-01-1996 through 04-30-2006
 
The graph compares a $10,000 investment in the Fund with the performance of the Russell 1000® Growth Index and the S&P 500 Index. The Fund’s performance includes the reinvestment of all dividend and capital gain distributions.
 
(GRAPH)
 
You can obtain performance data current to the most recent month end (available within seven business days after the most recent month end) by calling 1-800-422-1050 or visiting www.harborfund.com.
 
TOTAL RETURNS
For the periods ended 04-30-2006
                                             
                 Average Annual     
                    Final Value
        6   1   5   10   of a $10,000
        Months   Year   Years   Years   Investment
 
 Harbor Capital Appreciation Fund                                        
 
LOGO
 
Institutional Class
    6.42 %     23.31 %     0.42 %     8.42 %   $ 22,437  
LOGO
 
Retirement Class
    6.28       23.00       0.23       8.18       21,942  
LOGO
 
Investor Class
    6.20       22.79       -0.01       7.95       21,496  
 
 Comparative Indices                                        
 
LOGO
 
Russell 1000® Growth
    7.06 %     15.18 %     -0.76 %     6.21 %   $ 18,259  
LOGO
 
S&P 500
    9.64       15.42       2.70       8.94       23,544  
 
Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data quoted. Actual return and principal value on an investment will fluctuate and the shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.
The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. From time to time, the Fund’s adviser has voluntarily waived a portion of its management fee and/or absorbed Fund expenses, which has resulted in higher returns. Without these waivers, the returns would have been lower. Any existing waivers may be discontinued at any time without notice. The performance of the Retirement and Investor Class shares prior to 11-01-2002 is based on the Fund’s Institutional Class shares’ performance, restated for the higher expense ratio of the respective class.


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Harbor Capital Appreciation Fund
FUND SUMMARY—Continued
 
 
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS
Expense Ratio: 0.68%
Total Net Assets (000s):
  $8,200,175
RETIREMENT CLASS
Expense Ratio: 0.93%
Total Net Assets (000s):
  $185,146
INVESTOR CLASS
Expense Ratio: 1.09%
Total Net Assets (000s):
  $529,111
 
 FEES AND EXPENSE EXAMPLE
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including redemption fees and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period November 1, 2005 through April 30, 2006.
Actual Expenses
The first line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses for each share class. You may use the information in the respective class line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line of the respective class under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line of the table for each share class below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund to other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as redemption fees. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
                         
    Beginning Account   Ending Account    
    Value   Value   Expenses Paid During
    (November 1, 2005)   (April 30, 2006)   Period*
 
 Institutional Class
                       
Actual
  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,064.17     $ 3.48  
Hypothetical (5% return)
    1,000.00       1,021.32       3.41  
 
 Retirement Class
                       
Actual
  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,062.78     $ 4.75  
Hypothetical (5% return)
    1,000.00       1,020.08       4.66  
 
 Investor Class
                       
Actual
  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,062.03     $ 5.58  
Hypothetical (5% return)
    1,000.00       1,019.28       5.46  
 
* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).


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Harbor Capital Appreciation Fund
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS—April 30, 2006 (Unaudited)
 
Equity Holdings (% of net assets)
(Excludes net cash and short-term investments of 1.5%)
     
Software
 
9.0
Capital Markets
 
8.6
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment
 
8.5
Communications Equipment
 
7.3
Internet Software & Services
 
7.3
Biotechnology
 
5.5
Pharmaceuticals
 
5.1
Specialty Retail
 
4.0
Health Care Providers & Services
 
3.8
Multiline Retail
 
3.7
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
 
3.3
Health Care Equipment & Supplies
 
3.1
Industrial Conglomerates
 
3.0
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods
 
2.7
Household Products
 
2.6
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure
 
2.4
Consumer Finance
 
2.3
Energy Equipment & Services
 
2.2
Media
 
2.0
Aerospace & Defense
 
1.9
Beverages
 
1.9
Computers & Peripherals
 
1.8
Electronic Equipment & Instruments
 
1.8
Insurance
 
1.8
Food & Staples Retailing
 
1.6
Diversified Financial Services
 
1.3
                 
 COMMON STOCKS—98.5%
        Value
Shares       (000s)
 

AEROSPACE & DEFENSE—1.9%
       
  1,042,600    
Boeing Co. 
  $ 87,005  
  1,248,200    
United Technologies Corp. 
    78,399  
               
              165,404  
               

BEVERAGES—1.9%
       
  2,846,300    
PepsiCo Inc. 
    165,769  
               

BIOTECHNOLOGY—5.5%
       
  2,532,800    
Amgen Inc.*
    171,470  
  2,000,900    
Genentech Inc.*
    159,492  
  2,728,400    
Gilead Sciences Inc.*
    156,883  
               
              487,845  
               

CAPITAL MARKETS—8.6%
       
  9,047,700    
Charles Schwab Corp. 
    161,954  
  935,200    
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 
    149,903  
  716,500    
Legg Mason Inc. 
    84,891  
  2,305,500    
Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. 
    175,818  
  1,632,000    
UBS AG (SWS)
    190,699  
               
              763,265  
               

COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT—7.3%
       
  8,400,000    
Cisco Systems Inc.*
    175,980  
  4,857,000    
Corning Inc.*
    134,199  
  5,611,800    
Nokia Corp. Sponsored ADR1
    127,164  
  4,142,800    
QUALCOMM Inc. 
    212,691  
               
              650,034  
               

COMPUTERS & PERIPHERALS—1.8%
       
  2,318,800    
Apple Computer Inc.*
    163,220  
               

CONSUMER FINANCE—2.3%
       
  3,752,800    
American Express Co. 
    201,938  
               

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES—1.3%
       
  2,612,556    
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 
    118,558  
               

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS—1.8%
       
  4,220,900    
Agilent Technologies Inc.*
    162,167  
               

ENERGY EQUIPMENT & SERVICES—2.2%
       
  2,901,200    
Schlumberger Ltd. 
    200,589  
               

FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING—1.6%
       
  2,357,700    
Whole Foods Market Inc.2
    144,716  
               

HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES—3.1%
       
  1,700,400    
Alcon Inc.2
    172,948  
  2,665,800    
St. Jude Medical Inc.*
    105,246  
               
              278,194  
               

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES—3.8%
       
  2,606,400    
Caremark Rx Inc.*
    118,722  
  2,721,400    
UnitedHealth Group Inc. 
    135,362  
  1,261,800    
WellPoint Inc.*
    89,588  
               
              343,672  
               

HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE—2.4%
       
  2,144,600    
Cheesecake Factory Inc.2*
    67,683  
  1,954,300    
Marriott International Inc. Cl. A
    142,801  
               
              210,484  
               

HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS—2.6%
       
  4,027,277    
Procter & Gamble Co. 
    234,428  
               

INDUSTRIAL CONGLOMERATES—3.0%
       
  1,010,400    
3M Co. 
    86,319  
  5,307,400    
General Electric Co. 
    183,583  
               
              269,902  
               

INSURANCE—1.8%
       
  2,462,900    
American International Group Inc. 
    160,704  
               


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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS—Continued
 
                 
 COMMON STOCKS—Continued
        Value
Shares       (000s)
 

INTERNET SOFTWARE & SERVICES—7.3%
       
  4,953,900    
eBay Inc.2*
  $ 170,464  
  744,400    
Google Inc. Cl. A*
    311,114  
  5,165,900    
Yahoo! Inc.*
    169,338  
               
              650,916  
               

MEDIA—2.0%
       
  6,359,600    
Walt Disney Co. 
    177,814  
               

MULTILINE RETAIL—3.7%
       
  2,150,200    
Federated Department Stores Inc. 
    167,393  
  845,300    
Kohl’s Corp.*
    47,202  
  2,253,700    
Target Corp. 
    119,671  
               
              334,266  
               

OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS—3.3%
       
  615,900    
Apache Corp. 
    43,754  
  1,248,300    
Occidental Petroleum Corp. 
    128,250  
  1,425,600    
Suncor Energy Inc. (CAN)2
    122,231  
               
              294,235  
               

PHARMACEUTICALS—5.1%
       
  3,294,900    
Novartis AG ADR1,2
    189,490  
  2,114,300    
Roche Holdings Ltd. Sponsored ADR1
    162,089  
  1,058,700    
Sanofi-Aventis (FR)
    99,840  
               
              451,419  
               

SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT—8.5%
       
  5,202,550    
Broadcom Corp. Cl. A*
    213,877  
  3,406,400    
Marvell Technology Group Ltd.*
    194,471  
  4,185,200    
Maxim Integrated Products Inc.2
    147,570  
  5,833,900    
Texas Instruments Inc. 
    202,495  
               
              758,413  
               

SOFTWARE—9.0%
       
  6,262,200    
Adobe Systems Inc. 
    245,478  
  2,871,300    
Electronic Arts Inc.*
    163,090  
  7,930,200    
Microsoft Corp. 
    191,514  
  988,000    
NAVTEQ Corp.2*
    41,022  
  2,888,300    
SAP AG Sponsored ADR1,2
    157,788  
               
              798,892  
               

SPECIALTY RETAIL—4.0%
       
  3,066,600    
Chico’s FAS Inc.2*
    113,648  
  3,214,800    
Home Depot Inc. 
    128,367  
  1,799,600    
Urban Outfitters Inc.2*
    41,751  
  1,745,400    
Williams-Sonoma Inc.2
    73,080  
               
              356,846  
               

TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS—2.7%
       
  3,250,400    
Coach Inc.*
    107,328  
  1,583,800    
Nike Inc. Cl. B
    129,618  
               
              236,946  
               

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $7,115,936)
    8,780,636  
         
                   
 SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS—3.8%
Principal    
Amount    
(000s)        
 

COMMERCIAL PAPER
       
       
Citigroup Funding Inc.
       
$ 122,604      
4.750%—05/01/2006
    122,604  
               
                   
Shares        
 

SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL
       
       
State Street Navigator Securities Lending
       
  214,053,364      
Prime Portfolio (1-day yield of 4.770%)
    214,053  
               

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $336,657)
    336,657  
         

TOTAL INVESTMENTS—102.3%
(Cost $7,452,593)
    9,117,293  

CASH AND OTHER ASSETS, LESS LIABILITIES—(2.3)%
    (202,861 )
         

TOTAL NET ASSETS—100.0%
  $ 8,914,432  
         
 
1 ADR after the name of a foreign holding stands for American Depositary Receipts representing ownership of foreign securities. ADRs are issued by U.S. banking institutions.
 
2 A portion or all of this security was out on loan at April 30, 2006.
*  Non-income producing security.


(CAN) Canada.


(FR)  France.


(SWS) Switzerland.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.


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Harbor Mid Cap Growth Fund
MANAGER’S COMMENTARY (Unaudited)
 
 
SUBADVISER
Wellington Management Company, LLP
75 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
LOGO
Michael T. Carmen, CFA
Portfolio Manager (since 2005)
Mario E. Abularach, CFA
Equity Research Analyst (since 2006)
Wellington Management
has subadvised the Fund since
September 20, 2005.
INVESTMENT GOAL
Long-term growth of capital.
PRINCIPAL STYLE CHARACTERISTICS
Mid cap companies with significant capital appreciation potential.
 
 TOP TEN HOLDINGS (% of net assets)
         
Network Appliance Inc. 
    2.0 %
Kohl’s Corp. 
    1.8  
Alliant Techsytems Inc. 
    1.7  
VeriFone Holdings Inc. 
    1.7  
CSR plc
    1.7  
Resources Connection Inc. 
    1.6  
Williams-Sonoma Inc. 
    1.6  
State Street Corp. 
    1.6  
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. Cl. B
    1.5  
American Tower Corp. Cl. A
    1.4  
 FUND CATEGORY
LOGO
 MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE
Market Review
Over the six months ended April 30, 2006, the U.S. equity markets posted higher returns despite rising energy prices and interest rate tightening by the Federal Reserve. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index rose 9.64%. The top performing sectors within the broad market, represented by the S&P 500, were materials (+23.1%), energy (+17.1%), industrials (+16.0%), telecommunications (+13.2%), and financials (+13.0%). Small cap and mid cap stocks continued to outperform larger cap stocks. Small cap stocks returned 16.9% and mid cap stocks returned 15.3%, as measured by the S&P indices.
Midcap growth stocks continued to perform quite strongly during the six months, with the Russell Midcap Growth® Index surging ahead 15.18%. The three-year annualized return of the Russell Midcap Growth® Index was a robust 23.19%, reflecting a strong run-up since these stocks were at recent lows in 2002.
Performance
For the six months ended April 30, 2006, the Harbor Mid Cap Growth Fund outperformed its benchmark by a healthy margin. The Fund generated returns of 19.36% (Institutional Class), 19.16% (Investor Class), and 19.21% (Retirement Class) compared with the 15.18% return by the benchmark, the Russell Midcap Growth® Index. The portfolio benefited from strong stock selection as performance was positive in 9 of 10 economic sectors. Underweighted exposures in the energy and materials sectors detracted from performance, but stock selection within those sectors dominated, resulting in positive performance.
Our strongest results came from the information technology, financials, and health care sectors. In the technology sector we benefited from non-benchmark holding CSR. This London-based company is a leader in Bluetooth communication chips and has grown with the widespread adaptation of this technology in wireless devices. Tektronix also contributed positively to results. This test and monitoring solutions manufacturer delivered solid earnings resulting from broad-based growth in its markets.
In the financials sector, many of our capital markets-related stocks, including E*TRADE Financial, Julius Baer Holding and NASDAQ Stock Market, outperformed financial stocks represented in the benchmark. We favor this industry over banks, which we believe will be hampered by a peaking credit environment and higher interest rates going forward. Health care holding Shionogi, the developer of Crestor, a statin used to treat high cholesterol, also contributed positively. On an absolute basis, our best performing stocks were gaming company Melco International Development, energy company Cameco, and telecommunications infrastructure company American Tower.


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MANAGER’S COMMENTARY—Continued
 
The only sector with negative relative performance was industrials, where results were influenced both positively and negatively by our airline holdings. Gol Linhas Aereas Intelegentes, a Brazilian discount airline, was one of the strongest stocks in the portfolio. However, JetBlue, Southwest Airlines, and Ryanair Holdings all hurt performance. We continue to own the latter two but sold JetBlue as we have become increasingly concerned with its ability to turn a profit in the face of a more favorable air traffic demand environment. Relative results also were hurt by not owning industrials company Joy Global, which manufactures coal mining equipment and was a leading contributor to index performance. Our worst performing stocks on an absolute basis were medical device manufacturer Foxhollow Technologies, our satellite radio holdings Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio, and home builder Standard Pacific.
Outlook and Strategy
Our investment philosophy is based on four key underlying premises. First, we believe that changes in earnings expectations drive security prices. Second, we believe that tangible operating momentum precedes earnings momentum. Third, quality management will provide us with an opportunity to identify companies that will achieve operating excellence. Finally, we believe that our valuation discipline helps control portfolio risk. We like to say that we are growth managers with a value conscience.
Based on this investment philosophy, we utilize bottom-up, fundamental analysis in the context of an opportunistic approach to investing. We consider a very broad universe of available stocks within the mid cap market, typically focusing on companies with expected earnings growth of 15% or higher. To narrow the universe of available companies, we rely on intensive bottom-up fundamental proprietary research.
The Fund is largely constructed without regard to benchmark weightings by sector. However, we typically do not expect to exceed the benchmark weight by more than two times in any given sector. As of the end of April, our largest exposure was to the information technology sector, followed by consumer discretionary and industrials. Our smallest weights were in utilities and consumer staples, where we had no holdings, and in the materials sector.
 
This report contains the current opinions of the manager and should not be considered as investment advice or a recommendation of any particular security, strategy or investment product. Such opinions are subject to change without notice and securities described herein may no longer be included in, or may at any time be removed from, the Fund’s portfolio. This report is distributed for informational purposes only. Information contained herein has been obtained from sources believed reliable, but not guaranteed.
Stocks of mid cap companies pose special risks, including possible illiquidity and greater price volatility than stocks of larger, more established companies. Since the Fund may also hold foreign securities, it may be subject to greater risks than funds invested only in the U.S. These risks are more severe for securities of issuers in emerging market regions. For information on the different share classes and the risks associated with an investment in the Fund, please refer to the current prospectus.
You should consider the Fund’s investment objective, risks, and fees and expenses carefully before investing. For this and other important information, obtain a Harbor Fund prospectus by calling 1-800-422-1050 or visiting www.harborfund.com. You should read the prospectus carefully before investing.


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Harbor Mid Cap Growth Fund
FUND SUMMARY—April 30, 2006 (Unaudited)
 
 
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS
Fund #: 019
Cusip: 411511876
Ticker: HAMGX
Inception Date: 11-01-2000
RETIREMENT CLASS
Fund #: 219
Cusip: 411511793
Ticker: HRMGX
Inception Date: 11-01-2002
INVESTOR CLASS
Fund #: 419
Cusip: 411511785
Ticker: HIMGX
Inception Date: 11-01-2002
 
 PORTFOLIO STATISTICS
         
    Portfolio   Benchmark
         
Number of Holdings
  99   490
Total Net Assets (000s)
  $116,897   N/A
Weighted Average Market Cap ($MM)
  $6,450.5   $8,170.4
Price/Earnings Ratio (P/E)
  36.5x   28.8x
Price/Book Ratio (P/B)
  6.7x   5.6x
Beta vs Russell Midcap® Growth Index
  1.1   1.0
Portfolio Turnover Rate—Unannualized (6-Month Period Ended 04-30-2006)
  66%   N/A
 SECTOR ALLOCATION (% of investments)
(CHART)
 PERFORMANCE
GROWTH OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT
For the period 11-01-2000 through 04-30-2006
 
The graph compares a $10,000 investment in the Fund with the performance of the Russell Midcap® Growth Index. The Fund’s performance includes the reinvestment of all dividend and capital gain distributions.
 
(GRAPH)
 
You can obtain performance data current to the most recent month end (available within seven business days after the most recent month end) by calling 1-800-422-1050 or visiting www.harborfund.com.
 
TOTAL RETURNS
For the periods ended 04-30-2006
                                             
                 Average Annual     
                    Final Value
        6   1   5   Life of   of a $10,000
        Months   Year   Years   Fund   Investment
 
 Harbor Mid Cap Growth Fund                                        
 
LOGO
 
Institutional Class
    19.36 %     42.80 %     2.19 %     -2.45 %   $ 8,725  
LOGO
 
Retirement Class
    19.21       42.62       2.10       -2.55       8,679  
LOGO
 
Investor Class
    19.16       42.21       2.01       -2.63       8,640  
 
 Comparative Index                                        
 
LOGO
 
Russell Midcap® Growth
    15.18 %     28.27 %     5.77 %     -0.86 %   $ 9,535  
 
Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data quoted. Actual return and principal value on an investment will fluctuate, and the shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.
The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. From time to time, the Fund’s adviser has voluntarily waived a portion of its management fee and/or absorbed Fund expenses, which has resulted in higher returns. Without these waivers, the returns would have been lower. Any existing waivers may be discontinued at any time without notice. The performance of the Retirement and Investor Class shares prior to 11-01-2002 is based on the Fund’s Institutional Class shares’ performance, restated for the higher expense ratio of the respective class.


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Harbor Mid Cap Growth Fund
FUND SUMMARY—Continued
 
 
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS
Expense Ratio: 0.95%
Total Net Assets (000s):
  $109,655
RETIREMENT CLASS
Expense Ratio: 1.19%
Total Net Assets (000s):
  $76
INVESTOR CLASS
Expense Ratio: 1.35%
Total Net Assets (000s):
  $7,166
 
 FEES AND EXPENSE EXAMPLE
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including redemption fees and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period November 1, 2005 through April 30, 2006.
Actual Expenses
The first line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses for each share class. You may use the information in the respective class line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line of the respective class under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line of the table for each share class below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund to other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as redemption fees. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
                         
    Beginning Account   Ending Account    
    Value   Value   Expenses Paid During
    (November 1, 2005)   (April 30, 2006)   Period*
 
 Institutional Class
                       
Actual
  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,193.60     $ 5.17  
Hypothetical (5% return)
    1,000.00       1,019.98       4.76  
 
 Retirement Class
                       
Actual
  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,192.07     $ 6.47  
Hypothetical (5% return)
    1,000.00       1,018.79       5.96  
 
 Investor Class
                       
Actual
  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,191.55     $ 7.33  
Hypothetical (5% return)
    1,000.00       1,018.00       6.75  
 
* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).


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Harbor Mid Cap Growth Fund
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS—April 30, 2006 (Unaudited)
 
Equity Holdings (% of net assets)
(Excludes net cash and short-term investments of 4.2%)
     
Capital Markets
 
7.3
Software
 
7.0
Biotechnology
 
5.9
Specialty Retail
 
5.8
Commercial Services & Supplies
 
5.6
Media
 
4.9
Health Care Providers & Services
 
4.4
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure
 
4.4
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment
 
4.4
Communications Equipment
 
4.2
IT Services
 
4.2
Household Durables
 
3.9
Electrical Equipment
 
3.5
Airlines
 
3.1
Pharmaceuticals
 
3.1
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
 
3.0
Aerospace & Defense
 
2.7
Energy Equipment & Services
 
2.5
Wireless Telecommunication Services
 
2.2
Health Care Equipment & Supplies
 
2.1
Computers & Peripherals
 
2.0
Multiline Retail
 
1.8
Electronic Equipment & Instruments
 
1.4
Chemicals
 
1.3
Industrial Conglomerates
 
1.1
Diversified Financial Services
 
0.9
Construction & Engineering
 
0.8
Internet & Catalog Retail
 
0.8
Insurance
 
0.7
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods
 
0.5
Real Estate
 
0.3
                 
 COMMON STOCKS—95.8%
        Value
Shares       (000s)
 

AEROSPACE & DEFENSE—2.7%
       
  25,400    
Alliant Techsytems Inc.1*
  $ 2,032  
  20,100    
Rockwell Collins Inc. 
    1,149  
               
              3,181  
               

AIRLINES—3.1%
       
  38,000    
Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA ADR1,2
    1,409  
  25,000    
Ryanair Holdings plc ADR1,2*
    1,177  
  65,500    
Southwest Airlines Co. 
    1,062  
               
              3,648  
               

BIOTECHNOLOGY—5.9%
       
  31,000    
Alkermes Inc.1*
    666  
  31,400    
Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc.1*
    1,367  
  30,000    
Applera Corp.-Applied Biosystems Group
    865  
  20,000    
Cephalon Inc.1*
    1,313  
  20,500    
CV Therapeutics Inc.1*
    407  
  31,000    
ICOS Corp.1*
    680  
  63,300    
Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc.*
    575  
  12,500    
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.1*
    455  
  26,600    
ZymoGenetics Inc.1*
    544  
               
              6,872  
               

CAPITAL MARKETS—7.3%
       
  7,700    
BlackRock Inc. Cl. A
    1,167  
  64,500    
E*TRADE Financial Corp.*
    1,605  
  13,898    
Julius Baer Holding Ltd.—Registered (SWS)
    1,332  
  31,600    
Nuveen Investments Inc. Cl. A1
    1,521  
  28,000    
State Street Corp. 
    1,829  
  58,300    
TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.* 
    1,082  
               
              8,536  
               

CHEMICALS—1.3%
       
  10,100    
Wacker Chemie AG (GER)*
    1,324  
  1,473    
Wacker Chemie AG (GER)3*
    194  
               
              1,518  

COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES—5.6%
       
  23,600    
American Reprographics Co.* 
    837  
  8,600    
Corporate Executive Board Co. 
    921  
  38,700    
Equifax Inc. 
    1,492  
  71,400    
Resources Connection Inc.1*
    1,921  
  20,800    
Stericycle Inc.*
    1,369  
               
              6,540  
               

COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT—4.2%
       
  89,082    
CSR plc (UK)*
    1,964  
  54,700    
Polycom Inc.*
    1,203  
  30,300    
Redback Networks Inc.1*
    679  
  22,514    
TomTom N.V. (NET)3*
    1,016  
               
              4,862  
               

COMPUTERS & PERIPHERALS—2.0%
       
  64,700    
Network Appliance Inc.*
    2,398  
               

CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING—0.8%
       
  20,700    
URS Corp.*
    892  
               

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES—0.9%
       
  27,700    
NASDAQ Stock Market Inc.1*
    1,037  
               

ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT—3.5%
       
  28,400    
Energy Conversion Devices Inc.1*
    1,421  
  25,500    
Roper Industries Inc. 
    1,210  
  43,400    
Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. ADR2*
    1,488  
               
              4,119  
               

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS—1.4%
       
  5,953    
Barco N.V. (BEL)
    589  
  31,300    
Tektronix Inc.1
    1,105  
               
              1,694  
               

ENERGY EQUIPMENT & SERVICES—2.5%
       
  22,800    
BJ Services Co. 
    868  
  16,700    
GlobalSantaFe Corp. 
    1,022  
  27,000    
Nabors Industries Ltd.*
    1,008  
               
              2,898  
               

HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES—2.1%
       
  7,800    
Intuitive Surgical Inc.* 
    991  
  34,900    
Kyphon Inc.1*
    1,450  
               
              2,441  
               

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES—4.4%
       
  18,200    
Covance Inc.*
    1,062  
  56,200    
IMS Health Inc. 
    1,528  
  33,100    
Manor Care Inc. 
    1,451  
  30,500    
Pharmaceutical Product Development Inc. 
    1,094  
               
              5,135  
               

HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE—4.4%
       
  19,300    
Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. 
    1,576  
  234,400    
Melco International Development Ltd. (HK)
    527  


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Harbor Mid Cap Growth Fund
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS—Continued
 
                 
 COMMON STOCKS—Continued
        Value
Shares       (000s)
 

HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE—Continued
       
  16,900    
Panera Bread Co. Cl. A1*
  $ 1,254  
  31,400    
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. Cl. B
    1,802  
               
              5,159  
               

HOUSEHOLD DURABLES—3.9%
       
  28,600    
D.R. Horton Inc. 
    858  
  13,900    
Garmin Ltd.1
    1,200  
  44,400    
Jarden Corp.1*
    1,510  
  33,100    
Standard Pacific Corp.1
    1,050  
               
              4,618  
               

INDUSTRIAL CONGLOMERATES—1.1%
       
  20,100    
Walter Industries Inc.1
    1,333  
               

INSURANCE—0.7%
       
  14,800    
National Financial Partners Corp. 
    770  
               

INTERNET & CATALOG RETAIL—0.8%
       
  31,200    
Netflix Inc.1*
    925  
               

IT SERVICES—4.2%
       
  25,400    
Congnizant Technology Solutions Corp. Cl. A*
    1,616  
  20,800    
DST Systems Inc.*
    1,279  
  64,400    
VeriFone Holdings Inc.1*
    1,994  
               
              4,889  
               

MEDIA—4.9%
       
  39,900    
DreamWorks Animation SKG Cl. A1*
    1,081  
  291,300    
Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc.*
    964  
  84,500    
Live Nation Inc.*
    1,606  
  267,400    
Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.1*
    1,251  
  2,600    
Univision Communications Inc. Cl. A*
    93  
  36,000    
XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. Cl. A*
    728  
               
              5,723  
               

MULTILINE RETAIL—1.8%
       
  37,300    
Kohl’s Corp.*
    2,083  
               

OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS—3.0%
       
  32,500    
Cameco Corp. (CAN)
    1,321  
  35,500    
Chesapeake Energy Corp.1
    1,125  
  15,000    
EOG Resources Inc. 
    1,053  
               
              3,499  
               

PHARMACEUTICALS—3.1%
       
  40,900    
Elan Corp. plc ADR1,2*
    602  
  24,600    
Forest Laboratories Inc.*
    993  
  98,500    
Shionogi & Co. Ltd. (JP)*
    1,662  
  21,900    
The Medicines Co.1*
    421  
               
              3,678  
               

REAL ESTATE—0.3%
       
  19,292    
Host Hotels & Resorts Inc. 
    406  
               

SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT—4.4%
       
  69,400    
Altera Corp.*
    1,516  
  43,100    
Cree Inc.1
    1,285  
  35,100    
International Rectifier Corp.*
    1,586  
  8,005    
Q-Cells AG (GER)*
    739  
               
              5,126  
               

SOFTWARE—7.0%
       
  111,200    
Activision Inc.*
    1,578  
  38,600    
Adobe Systems Inc.*
    1,513  
  36,500    
Cognos Inc. (CAN)*
    1,360  
  22,400    
Kronos Inc.1*
    1,022  
  18,500    
Red Hat Inc.1*
    544  
  15,600    
salesforce.com inc.1*
    547  
  33,900    
THQ Inc.1*
    869  
  18,400    
Transaction Systems Architects Inc. Cl. A*
    735  
               
              8,168  
               

SPECIALTY RETAIL—5.8%
       
  25,900    
Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Cl. A
    1,573  
  18,050    
Advance Auto Parts Inc.*
    726  
  23,300    
GameStop Corp. Cl. A1*
    1,100  
  41,200    
Tiffany & Co.1
    1,437  
  45,800    
Williams-Sonoma Inc.*
    1,918  
               
              6,754  
               

TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS—0.5%
       
  33,600    
Fossil Inc.1*
    546  
               

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES—2.2%
       
  49,500    
American Tower Corp. Cl. A*
    1,690  
  26,400    
Crown Castle International Corp.*
    888  
               
              2,578  
               

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $100,784)
    112,026  
         
                 
 SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS—31.8%
Principal    
Amount    
(000s)        
 

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS
       
$ 6,186    
Repurchase Agreement with Bank of America dated April 28, 2006 due May 1, 2006 at 4.680% collateralized by a U.S. Treasury Bond (market value $6,236)
    6,186  
               
                   
Shares        
 

SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL
       
       
State Street Navigator Securities Lending
       
  30,914,157      
Prime Portfolio (1-day yield of 4.770%)
    30,914  
               

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $37,100)
    37,100  
         

TOTAL INVESTMENTS—127.6%
(Cost $137,884)
    149,126  
         

CASH AND OTHER ASSETS, LESS LIABILITIES—(27.6)%
    (32,229 )
         

TOTAL NET ASSETS—100.0%
  $ 116,897  
         
 
1 A portion or all of this security was out on loan at April 30, 2006.
 
2 ADR after the name of a foreign holding stands for American Depositary Receipts representing ownership of foreign securities. ADRs are issued by U.S. banking institutions.
 
3 Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. The Fund has no right to demand registration of these securities. These securities are priced by an independent pricing service selected by the adviser (Harbor Capital Advisors, Inc.) and are considered to be liquid under procedures established by the Board of Trustees. At April 30, 2006, these securities were valued at $1,210 or 1.04% of net assets.
*  Non-income producing security.

(BEL) Belgium.

(CAN) Canada.

(GER) Germany.

(HK)  Hong Kong.

(JP)  Japan.

(NET) Netherlands.

(SWS) Switzerland.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.


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Harbor Small Cap Growth Fund
MANAGERS’ COMMENTARY (Unaudited)
 
 
SUBADVISER
Westfield Capital Management
Company LLC
One Financial Center
23rd Floor
Boston, MA 02111
LOGO
William Muggia
Portfolio Manager (since 2000)
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Arthur Bauernfeind
Portfolio Manager (since 2000)
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Ethan Meyers
Portfolio Manager (since 2000)
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Scott Emerman
Portfolio Manager (since 2002)
Westfield has subadvised the Fund since its inception in 2000.
INVESTMENT GOAL
Long-term growth of capital.
PRINCIPAL STYLE CHARACTERISTICS
Small cap growth stocks demonstrating consistent or accelerating earnings growth.
 
 TOP TEN HOLDINGS (% of net assets)
         
Nuance Communications Inc. 
    2.8 %
Hanover Compressor Co. 
    2.3  
Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. 
    2.2  
A.S.V. Inc. 
    2.1  
Arch Coal Inc. 
    2.1  
Immucor Inc. 
    2.0  
Manor Care Inc. 
    2.0  
Laureate Education Inc. 
    2.0  
PerkinElmer Inc. 
    1.9  
Foundation Coal Holdings Inc. 
    1.9  
 FUND CATEGORY
LOGO
 MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE
Market Review
The six months ended April 30, 2006 were distinguished by a powerful performance by small cap growth stocks, as the asset class led the U.S. equity markets. The market responded positively as consensus expectations for the economy improved while many companies reported record earnings and profit margins. During this time frame, the Russell 2000® Growth Index returned 20.31%. Gains were concentrated almost entirely in the first four months of calendar year 2006, reversing a slow finish in the fourth quarter of 2005.
Small cap growth stocks dramatically beat their larger cap counterparts as defined by the Russell 1000® Growth Index, which returned 7.06% during the six months. While most small cap growth groups registered gains, investors concentrated their buying in cyclical areas of the market, bidding up shares in energy, materials, and industrials.
Performance
The Harbor Small Cap Growth Fund returned 22.09% (Institutional Class), 21.87% (Investor Class), and 21.99% (Retirement Class) for the six months ended April 30, 2006. The Fund’s outperformance of the Russell 2000® Growth Index was driven by positive stock selection in health care, information technology, and industrials, the Fund’s three biggest sector positions.
The health care sector was one of the Fund’s largest weightings in the portfolio during the last six months and it also was where we added the majority of our gains relative to the benchmark. An above-benchmark weight contributed negatively, as the health care sector was weak in the Russell 2000® Growth Index. However, our investments produced added value through strong stock selection. We have been able to find several underappreciated growth opportunities in biotechnology and medical devices, and these were among the strongest performers during the period.
One of the top five contributors to Fund returns was Alexion Pharmaceuticals. Alexion has developed a therapy called Eculizamab to treat PNH, a rare blood disorder in which the immune system attacks red-blood cells. The drug represents the only known treatment for this rare condition, and we believe that Alexion’s share price began to more accurately reflect the drug’s market potential after it reported statistically significant Phase III study data.
The Fund also outperformed in technology, a sector where our conviction level has increased in the past 12 months. Two of the top five contributing stocks in the portfolio (speech recognition expert Nuance Communications and semiconductor manufacturer PMC-Sierra) were technology holdings. At the industry level, application software and IT consulting outpaced their peers. While we are optimistic about increased technology spending in areas such as communications equipment, we believe that company-specific fundamentals will identify outperforming securities.


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Harbor Small Cap Growth Fund
MANAGERS’ COMMENTARY—Continued
 
The industrials and materials sectors, which gained 27% and 44%, respectively, in the Russell 2000® Growth Index, held some of the most sought-after stocks in the market in the last six months. We have had difficulty rationalizing a meaningful entry point into the commodity-rich materials sector, where volatility and speculation have been rampant. Being underexposed to this sector detracted from relative returns.
We are very positive on the industrials sector, where the Fund averaged a slight overweight during the period. We have focused our attention on those manufacturers that we think are favorably positioned in the business cycle while accelerating revenues faster than costs. The portfolio’s airline and aerospace/defense holdings outperformed, but we were less successful in our environmental services and diversified commercial services holdings.
While we do not tactically allocate to sectors, our negative outlook for consumer spending is reflected in the Fund’s underweight in consumer discretionary stocks. Although low exposure to the sector was beneficial to performance, our goal is to add value through security selection. Unfortunately, stock selection was negative during the last six months, partly the result of individual disappointments such as Morgan’s Hotel Group. We sold the stock when it became clear that New York City union contract negotiations and challenging year-over-year comparisons could make achieving high expectations difficult. Casual dining stock P.F. Chang’s China Bistro also underperformed, and while we acknowledge the restaurant’s premium valuation, falling food costs and the growth prospects of its quick-serve Pei Wei unit give us conviction in the company’s outlook for later this year.
Outlook and Strategy
Data released in the past few months appear to confirm that many economists underestimated the strength and durability of the U.S. economy. While the market has thus responded positively, investors are now focusing on potential inflation risks and the possible continuation of rate hikes by the Federal Reserve. Rather than speculate, we continue to let company-specific fundamentals drive our investment ideas. Ultimately we believe that value will be maximized when we can identify underappreciated companies that are meaningfully accelerating their profitability.
 
This report contains the current opinions of the managers and should not be considered as investment advice or a recommendation of any particular security, strategy or investment product. Such opinions are subject to change without notice and securities described herein may no longer be included in, or may at any time be removed from, the Fund’s portfolio. This report is distributed for informational purposes only. Information contained herein has been obtained from sources believed reliable, but not guaranteed.
Stocks of small cap companies pose special risks, including possible illiquidity and greater price volatility than stocks of larger, more established companies. Because the Fund typically invests in about 60-70 companies, an adverse event affecting a particular company may hurt the Fund’s performance more than if it had invested in a larger number of companies. For information on the different share classes and the risks associated with an investment in the Fund, please refer to the current prospectus.
You should consider the Fund’s investment objective, risks, and fees and expenses carefully before investing. For this and other important information, obtain a Harbor Fund prospectus by calling 1-800-422-1050 or visiting www.harborfund.com. You should read the prospectus carefully before investing.


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Harbor Small Cap Growth Fund
FUND SUMMARY—April 30, 2006 (Unaudited)
 
 
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS
Fund #: 010
Cusip: 411511868
Ticker: HASGX
Inception Date: 11-01-2000
RETIREMENT CLASS
Fund #: 210
Cusip: 411511769
Ticker: HRSGX
Inception Date: 11-01-2002
INVESTOR CLASS
Fund #: 410
Cusip: 411511777
Ticker: HISGX
Inception Date: 11-01-2002
 
 PORTFOLIO STATISTICS
             
    Portfolio   Benchmark
         
Number of Holdings
  71     1,367  
Total Net Assets (000s)
  $827,010     N/A  
Weighted Average Market Cap ($MM)
  $1,858.3     $1,395.1  
Price/Earnings Ratio (P/E)
  36.2x     35.6x  
Price/Book Ratio (P/B)
  5.1x     5.3x  
Beta vs Russell 2000® Growth Index
  1.0     1.0  
Portfolio Turnover Rate—Unannualized
(6-Month Period Ended 04-30-2006)
  28%     N/A  
 SECTOR ALLOCATION (% of investments)
LOGO
 PERFORMANCE
GROWTH OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT
For the period 11-01-2000 through 04-30-2006
 
The graph compares a $10,000 investment in the Fund with the performance of the Russell 2000® Growth Index. The Fund’s performance includes the reinvestment of all dividend and capital gain distributions.
 
LOGO
 
You can obtain performance data current to the most recent month (available within seven business days after the most recent month end) by calling 1-800-422-1050 or visiting www.harborfund.com.
 
TOTAL RETURNS
For the periods ended 04-30-2006
                                             
                 Average Annual     
                     
                    Life   Final Value
        6   1   5   of   of a $10,000
        Months   Year   Years   Fund   Investment
 
 Harbor Small Cap Growth Fund                                        
 
LOGO
 
Institutional Class
    22.09 %     35.54 %     10.55 %     10.00 %   $ 16,877  
LOGO
 
Retirement Class
    21.99       35.29       10.34       9.78       16,696  
LOGO
 
Investor Class
    21.87       35.01       10.20       9.66       16,595  
 
 Comparative Index                                        
 
LOGO
 
Russell 2000® Growth
    20.31 %     36.13 %     6.05 %     1.89 %   $ 11,087  
 
Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data quoted. Actual return and principal value on an investment will fluctuate, and the shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.
The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. From time to time, the Fund’s adviser has voluntarily waived a portion of its management fee and/or absorbed Fund expenses, which has resulted in higher returns. Without these waivers, the returns would have been lower. Any existing waivers may be discontinued at any time without notice. The performance of the Retirement and Investor Class shares prior to 11-01-2002 is based on the Fund’s Institutional Class shares’ performance, restated for the higher expense ratio of the respective class.


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Harbor Small Cap Growth Fund
FUND SUMMARY—Continued
 
 
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS
Expense Ratio: 0.84%
Total Net Assets (000s):
  $725,609
RETIREMENT CLASS
Expense Ratio: 1.09%
Total Net Assets (000s):
  $51,780
INVESTOR CLASS
Expense Ratio: 1.25%
Total Net Assets (000s):
  $49,621
 
 FEES AND EXPENSE EXAMPLE
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including redemption fees and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period November 1, 2005 through April 30, 2006.
Actual Expenses
The first line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses for each share class. You may use the information in the respective class line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line of the respective class under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line of the table for each share class below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund to other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as redemption fees. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
                         
    Beginning Account   Ending Account    
    Value   Value   Expenses Paid During
    (November 1, 2005)   (April 30, 2006)   Period*
 
 Institutional Class
                       
Actual
  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,220.91     $ 4.63  
Hypothetical (5% return)
    1,000.00       1,020.52       4.21  
 
 Retirement Class
                       
Actual
  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,219.92     $ 6.00  
Hypothetical (5% return)
    1,000.00       1,019.28       5.46  
 
 Investor Class
                       
Actual
  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,218.74     $ 6.88  
Hypothetical (5% return)
    1,000.00       1,018.49       6.26  
 
* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).


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Harbor Small Cap Growth Fund
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS—April 30, 2006 (Unaudited)
 
Equity Holdings (% of net assets)
(Excludes net cash and short-term investments of 2.7%)
     
Health Care Equipment & Supplies
 
9.7
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment
 
8.9
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
 
7.4
Biotechnology
 
7.2
Commercial Services & Supplies
 
6.4
Machinery
 
6.1
Internet Software & Services
 
5.8
Energy Equipment & Services
 
5.3
Commercial Banks
 
5.0
Software
 
4.8
Health Care Providers & Services
 
3.3
Diversified Consumer Services
 
3.1
Pharmaceuticals
 
2.9
Capital Markets
 
2.7
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure
 
2.7
IT Services
 
2.6
Aerospace & Defense
 
1.9
Food Products
 
1.9
Airlines
 
1.6
Insurance
 
1.5
Specialty Retail
 
1.3
Trading Companies & Distributors
 
1.2
Computers & Peripherals
 
1.1
Communications Equipment
 
1.0
Household Durables
 
1.0
Real Estate
 
0.9
                 
 COMMON STOCKS—97.3%
        Value
Shares       (000s)
 

AEROSPACE & DEFENSE—1.9%
       
  698,500    
Hexcel Corp.*
  $ 15,430  
               

AIRLINES—1.6%
       
  309,900    
US Airways Group Inc.*
    13,406  
               

BIOTECHNOLOGY—7.2%
       
  548,500    
Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc.*
    18,643  
  1,082,200    
Human Genome Sciences Inc.*
    12,348  
  369,700    
Nektar Therapeutics
    7,952  
  390,800    
OSI Pharmaceuticals Inc.*
    10,384  
  287,900    
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.*
    10,471  
               
              59,798  
               

CAPITAL MARKETS—2.7%
       
  366,997    
Apollo Investment Corp. 
    6,863  
  330,300    
Investors Financial Services Corp. 
    15,808  
               
              22,671  
               

COMMERCIAL BANKS—5.0%
       
  386,300    
East West Bancorp Inc. 
    15,324  
  410,000    
Signature Bank*
    14,502  
  646,400    
UCBH Holdings Inc. 
    11,435  
               
              41,261  
               

COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES—6.4%
       
  147,675    
Corporate Executive Board Co. 
    15,820  
  425,200    
Knoll Inc. 
    9,248  
  643,000    
Navigant Consulting Inc.*
    13,555  
  365,750    
Waste Connections Inc.*
    14,081  
               
              52,704  
               

COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT—1.0%
       
  372,900    
Dycom Industries Inc.*
    8,170  
               

COMPUTERS & PERIPHERALS—1.1%
       
  696,300    
Advanced Digital Information Corp.*
    5,912  
  287,400    
Novatel Wireless Inc.*
    2,891  
               
              8,803  
               

DIVERSIFIED CONSUMER SERVICES—3.1%
       
  323,200    
Laureate Education Inc.*
    16,189  
  1,604,200    
Stewart Enterprises Inc. Cl. A
    9,305  
               
              25,494  
               

ENERGY EQUIPMENT & SERVICES—5.3%
       
  932,100    
Hanover Compressor Co.*
    18,791  
  336,400    
Oil States International Inc.*
    13,580  
  359,400    
Superior Energy Services Inc.*
    11,555  
               
              43,926  
               

FOOD PRODUCTS—1.9%
       
  527,000    
Delta & Pine Land Co. 
    15,589  
               

HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES—9.7%
       
  336,250    
Advanced Medical Optics Inc.*
    15,669  
  368,100    
American Medical Systems Holdings Inc.*
    8,176  
  576,605    
Immucor Inc.*
    16,750  
  210,300    
Palomar Medical Technologies Inc.*
    8,873  
  754,600    
PerkinElmer Inc. 
    16,179  
  357,106    
PolyMedica Corp. 
    14,752  
               
              80,399  
               

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES—3.3%
       
  457,000    
Gentiva Health Services Inc.*
    7,741  
  376,900    
Manor Care Inc. 
    16,527  
  192,100    
Odyssey HealthCare Inc.*
    3,341  
               
              27,609  
               

HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE—2.7%
       
  304,650    
P.F. Chang’s China Bistro Inc.*
    12,981  
  623,918    
Texas Roadhouse Inc. Cl. A*
    9,421  
               
              22,402  
               

HOUSEHOLD DURABLES—1.0%
       
  546,800    
Champion Enterprises Inc. 
    8,344  
               

INSURANCE—1.5%
       
  244,100    
National Financial Partners Corp. 
    12,693  
               


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Harbor Small Cap Growth Fund
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS—Continued
 
                 
 COMMON STOCKS—Continued
        Value
Shares       (000s)
 

INTERNET SOFTWARE & SERVICES—5.8%
       
  898,700    
Digitas Inc.*
  $ 12,681  
  616,900    
Openwave Systems Inc. 
    11,480  
  2,421,300    
SkillSoft plc ADR1*
    13,220  
  372,381    
Sohu.com Inc.*
    10,334  
               
              47,715  
               

IT SERVICES—2.6%
       
  218,200    
CheckFree Corp.*
    11,755  
  1,290,200    
Sapient Corp.*
    10,102  
               
              21,857  
               

MACHINERY—6.1%
       
  697,888    
A.S.V. Inc.*
    17,447  
  133,550    
Actuant Corp. Cl. A*
    8,540  
  234,300    
Gehl Co.*
    8,407  
  213,700    
Greenbrier Cos. Inc. 
    8,580  
  322,744    
RBC Bearings Inc.*
    7,646  
               
              50,620  
               

OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS—7.4%
       
  182,300    
Arch Coal Inc. 
    17,317  
  308,700    
Forest Oil Corp.*
    11,289  
  315,700    
Foundation Coal Holdings Inc. 
    16,006  
  215,700    
James River Coal Co.*
    7,582  
  213,950    
Quicksilver Resources Inc.*
    8,866  
               
              61,060  
               

PHARMACEUTICALS—2.9%
       
  690,100    
MGI PHARMA Inc.*
    12,891  
  444,900    
Santarus Inc. 
    3,435  
  417,200    
The Medicines Co.*
    8,018  
               
              24,344  
               

REAL ESTATE—0.9%
       
  95,900    
Capital Trust Inc. Cl. A
    2,982  
  315,700    
DiamondRock Hospitality Co. 
    4,518  
               
              7,500  
               

SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT—8.9%
       
  328,050    
ATMI Inc.*
    9,317  
  254,100    
FormFactor Inc.*
    10,593  
  437,900    
Genesis Microchip Inc. 
    6,884  
  1,271,300    
PMC-Sierra Inc.*
    15,802  
  862,317    
Spansion Inc. Cl. A*
    14,763  
  493,100    
Tessera Technologies Inc.*
    15,814  
               
              73,173  
               

SOFTWARE—4.8%
       
  172,200    
Internet Security Systems Inc.*
    3,864  
  1,791,500    
Nuance Communications Inc.*
    22,985  
  723,400    
Quest Software Inc.*
    12,450  
               
              39,299  
               

SPECIALTY RETAIL—1.3%
       
  351,800    
Stage Stores Inc. 
    10,997  
               

TRADING COMPANIES & DISTRIBUTORS—1.2%
       
  361,400    
Interline Brands Inc.*
    9,686  
               

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $598,575)
    804,950  
         
                 
 SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS—2.7%
  (Cost $21,783)
Principal    
Amount    
(000s)        
 

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS
       
$ 21,783    
Repurchase Agreement with State Street Corp. dated April 28, 2006 due May 1, 2006 at 4.100% collateralized by a FNMA Note (market value $22,223)
    21,783  
               

TOTAL INVESTMENTS—100.0%
(Cost $620,358)
    826,733  

CASH AND OTHER ASSETS, LESS LIABILITIES—0.0%
    277  
         

TOTAL NET ASSETS—100.0%
  $ 827,010  
         
 
1 ADR after the name of a foreign holding stands for American Depositary Receipts representing ownership of foreign securities. ADRs are issued by U.S. banking institutions.
 
* Non-income producing security.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.


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Harbor Small Company Growth Fund
MANAGER’S COMMENTARY (Unaudited)
 
 
SUBADVISER
NorthPointe Capital® LLC
101 West Big Beaver Road
Suite 745
Troy, MI 48084
LOGO
Carl Wilk, CFP
Portfolio Manager (since 2006)
NorthPointe has subadvised the Fund since its inception in 2006.
INVESTMENT GOAL
Long-term growth of capital.
PRINCIPAL STYLE CHARACTERISTICS
Small cap growth stocks demonstrating consistent or accelerating earnings growth.
 
 TOP TEN HOLDINGS (% of net assets)
         
ON Semiconductor Corp. 
    2.0 %
The Andersons Inc. 
    2.0  
World Fuel Services Corp. 
    1.9  
World Acceptance Corp. 
    1.9  
j2 Global Communications Inc. 
    1.9  
SunOpta Inc. (CAN)
    1.8  
Smith Micro Software Inc. 
    1.8  
Medallion Financial Corp. 
    1.7  
VCA Antech Inc. 
    1.7  
Jarden Corp. 
    1.7  
 FUND CATEGORY
LOGO
 MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE
Market Review
For the three months ended April 30, 2006, the Russell 2000® Growth Index of small cap growth stocks gained 4.0%, while the broader Russell 2000® Index, representing small cap stocks in both the growth and value categories, rose 4.55%. Financial markets benefited from above-trend economic growth and strength in corporate profits. These factors have led to increased corporate capital spending.
Eight of the 10 economic sectors in the Russell 2000® Growth Index posted positive returns. The leading sector was materials, with a gain of 11%. Industrials were up 10%, and telecommunications services rose 9%. The only sectors with negative returns were health care and utilities. Both were down 2%.
Performance
The Harbor Small Company Growth Fund returned 6.70% (Institutional Class) and 6.60% (Investor Class and Retirement Class) for the three months from its inception on February 1, 2006, through April 30, 2006. By comparison, our benchmark, the Russell 2000® Growth Index, rose 4.00%.
Our investment process begins by looking for those characteristics that historically have been strong indicators of a company’s future success. These include: minimum expected one-year earnings growth rate of 15%, total-debt-to-market-cap ratio of less than 50%, high return on equity, and a market capitalization of between $200 million and $2 billion. Once we identify companies meeting these parameters, one of our experienced investment professionals begins the due diligence process. This process includes reviewing the company’s financial condition, products, market position, and the depth of its management team. The process concludes with a valuation analysis and a reject-or-invest decision.
Our investment strategy emphasizes that selling is as important as buying. To this end, we are disciplined sellers. We will sell once a stock is priced at twice its expected growth rate. In addition, we will sell if the fundamentals of the company change or the market capitalization exceeds our parameters.
The portfolio is constructed to be well diversified and to attempt to limit individual security risk. We construct the portfolio using a bottom-up approach; as such, our sector weights are determined by the results of our fundamental analysis. Individual securities are limited to 2% of the total portfolio weight.
Our disciplined approach to investing was rewarded in the three months ended April 30, 2006, as stock selection was the dominant driver of the Fund’s outperformance relative to the index. The Fund outperformed the index in six of the nine economic sectors in which it was invested, including double-digit returns in consumer staples, consumer discretionary, materials, and


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MANAGER’S COMMENTARY—Continued
 
telecommunications services. In addition, the fund had no investments in utilities stocks, which were down 2% in the index. The only area of the portfolio with a negative return was health care, which was down 5%.
Investments in the consumer discretionary and consumer staples sectors were the biggest contributors to both absolute and relative performance. Consumer discretionary stocks made up about 15% of both the portfolio and the index, but the Fund’s investments in this sector returned 16% compared with 5% for the index. In the consumer staples area, the Fund gained 29% versus 7% for the benchmark. This advantage was further enhanced by an overweighted position in consumer staples: 7% in the Fund compared with 2% in the index.
With respect to individual stocks, two holdings in the consumer staples area— The Andersons, which was up 100%, and SunOpta, which gained 43%—were among the biggest contributors to performance. Other major contributors included Shuffle Master, a consumer discretionary stock, and information technology holding Smith Micro Software, both of which rose 46%. Three of these stocks—The Andersons, SunOpta, and Smith Micro Software—were also among the Fund’s largest holdings as of April 30, 2006.
Detractors from performance included three health care stocks—Merge Healthcare, Axcan Pharma, and Salix Pharmaceuticals. Also among the major detractors from performance was Rimage, an information technology holding. We exited from our positions in Axcan Pharma and Rimage during the three months.
As of April 30, 2006, investments in information technology, consumer discretionary, and health care were the largest sector weights in the portfolio. Compared with the index, the biggest sector overweights were in consumer staples, information technology, and consumer discretionary. The largest below-benchmark allocations were in energy, materials, and industrials.
Outlook and Strategy
As we look forward, volatile commodity prices and speculation about the actions of the Federal Reserve could create near-term headwinds for the market. These factors could lead to higher raw material and borrowing costs for many companies; more importantly, they could also contribute to investor uncertainty. Despite these macro-economic concerns, we continue to adhere to our bottom-up, fundamental approach to stock selection.
Forecasts by market economists and the federal government call for continued economic growth, albeit at a more moderate pace. This backdrop suggests continued earnings growth throughout 2006. Historically, periods of moderating growth have led investors to seek out companies with higher earnings quality and superior business models. Consequently, we anticipate a widening of the gap in earnings between higher quality companies and their competitors. It is in this type of environment where our investment style and process have been most rewarded.
Our strategy remains focused on companies that are of high quality, exhibit greater-than-market earnings growth, and have sustainable competitive advantages, low financial risk, and attractive valuations. We continue to be patient and highly selective in our investment choices. Ultimately, this discipline determines the positioning of our portfolio and concentrates the risk/reward profile on stock selection. Further, we remain focused on our goal of providing investors with superior returns through a complete market cycle.
 
NorthPointe Capital is a federally registered service mark of Gartmore Global Investments Inc.
This report contains the current opinions of the manager and should not be considered as investment advice or a recommendation of any particular security, strategy or investment product. Such opinions are subject to change without notice and securities described herein may no longer be included in, or may at any time be removed from, the Fund’s portfolio. This report is distributed for informational purposes only. Information contained herein has been obtained from sources believed reliable, but not guaranteed. Investing in mutual funds involves market risk, including loss of principal. There is no assurance that the investment objective will be achieved.
Stocks of small cap companies pose special risks, including possible illiquidity and greater price volatility than stocks of larger, more established companies. For information on the different share classes and the risks associated with an investment in the Fund, please refer to the current prospectus.
You should consider the Fund’s investment objective, risks, and fees and expenses carefully before investing. For this and other important information, obtain a Harbor Fund prospectus by calling 1-800-422-1050 or visiting www.harborfund.com. You should read the prospectus carefully before investing.


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Harbor Small Company Growth Fund
FUND SUMMARY—April 30, 2006 (Unaudited)
 
 
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS
Fund #: 026
Cusip: 411511496
Ticker: HGSCX
Inception Date: 02-01-2006
RETIREMENT CLASS
Fund #: 226
Cusip: 411511470
Ticker: HSGRX
Inception Date: 02-01-2006
INVESTOR CLASS
Fund #: 426
Cusip: 411511488
Ticker: HSGIX
Inception Date: 02-01-2006
 
 PORTFOLIO STATISTICS
                 
    Portfolio   Benchmark
         
Number of Holdings
    76       1,367  
Total Net Assets (000s)
    $5,343       N/A  
Weighted Average Market Cap ($MM)
    $1,034.0       $1,395.1  
Price/Earnings Ratio (P/E)
    35.6x       35.6x  
Price/Book Ratio (P/B)
    4.5x       5.3x  
Beta vs Russell 2000® Growth Index
    1.0       1.0  
Portfolio Turnover Rate—Unannualized
(3-Month Period Ended 04-30-2006)
    12%       N/A  
 SECTOR ALLOCATION (% of investments)
LOGO
 PERFORMANCE
GROWTH OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT
For the period 02-01-2006 through 04-30-2006
 
The graph compares a $10,000 investment in the Fund with the performance of the Russell 2000® Growth Index. The Fund’s performance includes the reinvestment of all dividend and capital gain distributions.
 
LOGO
 
You can obtain performance data current to the most recent month end (available within seven business days after the most recent month end) by calling 1-800-422-1050 or visiting www.harborfund.com.
 
TOTAL RETURNS
For the periods ended 04-30-2006
                                             
                 Average Annual     
                     
                    Life   Final Value
        6   1   5   of   of a $10,000
        Months   Year   Years   Fund   Investment
 
 Harbor Small Company Growth Fund                                        
 
LOGO
 
Institutional Class
    N/A       N/A       N/A       6.70 %   $ 10,670  
LOGO
 
Retirement Class
    N/A       N/A       N/A       6.60       10,660  
LOGO
 
Investor Class
    N/A       N/A       N/A       6.60       10,660  
 
 Comparative Index                                        
 
LOGO
 
Russell 2000® Growth
    20.31 %     36.13 %     6.05 %     4.00 %   $ 10,400  
 
Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data quoted. Actual return and principal value on an investment will fluctuate and the shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.
The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. From time to time, the Fund’s adviser has voluntarily waived a portion of its management fee and/or absorbed Fund expenses, which has resulted in higher returns. Without these waivers, the returns would have been lower. Any existing waivers may be discontinued at any time without notice.


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FUND SUMMARY—Continued
 
 
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS
Expense Ratio: 0.94%
Total Net Assets (000s):
  $3,107
RETIREMENT CLASS
Expense Ratio: 1.18%
Total Net Assets (000s):
  $1,066
INVESTOR CLASS
Expense Ratio: 1.33%
Total Net Assets (000s):
  $1,170
 
 FEES AND EXPENSE EXAMPLE
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including redemption fees and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the period February 1, 2006 through April 30, 2006.
Actual Expenses
The first line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses for each share class. You may use the information in the respective class line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line of the respective class under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line of the table for each share class below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund to other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as redemption fees. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
                         
    Beginning Account   Ending Account    
    Value   Value   Expenses Paid During
    (February 1, 2006)   (April 30, 2006)   Period*
 
 Institutional Class
                       
Actual
  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,067.00     $ 2.37  
Hypothetical (5% return)1
    1,000.00       1,020.03       4.71  
 
 Retirement Class
                       
Actual
  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,066.00     $ 2.98  
Hypothetical (5% return)1
    1,000.00       1,018.84       5.91  
 
 Investor Class
                       
Actual
  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,066.00     $ 3.35  
Hypothetical (5% return)1
    1,000.00       1,018.09       6.66  
 
* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 89/365 (to reflect the life of the Fund).
1 The hypothetical expenses reflect amounts as if the Fund had been in existence for the entire fiscal half year.


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Harbor Small Company Growth Fund
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS—April 30, 2006 (Unaudited)
 
Equity Holdings (% of net assets)
(Excludes net cash and short-term investments of 4.2%)
     
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment
 
11.4
Health Care Providers & Services
 
7.1
Internet Software & Services
 
6.7
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure
 
5.8
Health Care Equipment & Supplies
 
5.7
Commercial Services & Supplies
 
5.1
Road & Rail
 
4.3
Commercial Banks
 
4.2
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods
 
4.1
Pharmaceuticals
 
3.8
Communications Equipment
 
3.5
Food & Staples Retailing
 
3.5
Software
 
3.1
Electronic Equipment & Instruments
 
2.9
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
 
2.3
Specialty Retail
 
2.3
Machinery
 
2.0
Consumer Finance
 
1.9
Insurance
 
1.9
Food Products
 
1.8
Diversified Financial Services
 
1.7
Household Durables
 
1.7
Auto Components
 
1.5
Aerospace & Defense
 
1.3
Diversified Telecommunication Services
 
1.3
Chemicals
 
1.0
Computers & Peripherals
 
1.0
Household Products
 
0.9
Energy Equipment & Services
 
0.8
Diversified Consumer Services
 
0.6
Personal Products
 
0.6
                 
 COMMON STOCKS—95.8%
        Value
Shares       (000s)
 

AEROSPACE & DEFENSE—1.3%
       
  1,100    
Armor Holdings Inc.*
  $ 67  
               

AUTO COMPONENTS—1.5%
       
  3,800    
LKQ Corp.*
    80  
               

CHEMICALS—1.0%
       
  2,200    
American Vanguard Corp. 
    54  
               

COMMERCIAL BANKS—4.2%
       
  1,850    
East West Bancorp Inc. 
    73  
  2,371    
Royal Bancshares of Pennsylvania Inc. Cl. A
    56  
  1,600    
Vineyard National Bancorp
    45  
  1,000    
Wintrust Financial Corp. 
    52  
               
              226  
               

COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES—5.1%
       
  2,000    
Barrett Business Services Inc.*
    53  
  1,440    
Brady Corp. Cl. A
    52  
  1,500    
CRA International Inc.*
    73  
  3,500    
Kforce Inc.*
    49  
  1,600    
McGrath RentCorp*
    43  
               
              270  
               

COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT—3.5%
       
  2,400    
ARRIS Group Inc.*
    28  
  5,000    
Radyne Corp.*
    77  
  7,500    
Sirenza Microdevices Inc.*
    79  
               
              184  
               

COMPUTERS & PERIPHERALS—1.0%
       
  2,000    
Electronics For Imaging Inc.*
    55  
               

CONSUMER FINANCE—1.9%
       
  3,475    
World Acceptance Corp.*
    100  
               

DIVERSIFIED CONSUMER SERVICES—0.6%
       
  1,246    
Escala Group Inc. 
    34  
               

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES—1.7%
       
  7,000    
Medallion Financial Corp. 
    93  
               

DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES—1.3%
       
  2,000    
NeuStar Inc. Cl. A*
    70  
               

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS—2.9%
       
  5,000    
CyberOptics Corp.*
    77  
  1,375    
Multi-Fineline Electronix Inc.*
    80  
               
              157  
               

ENERGY EQUIPMENT & SERVICES—0.8%
       
  700    
Lufkin Industries Inc. 
    45  
               

FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING—3.5%
       
  2,000    
Central European Distribution Corp.*
    82  
  1,000    
The Andersons Inc. 
    105  
               
              187  
               

FOOD PRODUCTS—1.8%
       
  9,600    
SunOpta Inc. (CAN)*
    98  
               

HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES—5.7%
       
  15,000    
Encore Medical Corp.*
    82  
  1,300    
Haemonetics Corp.*
    71  
  3,000    
Symmetry Medical Inc.*
    60  
  2,500    
West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. 
    89  
               
              302  
               

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES—7.1%
       
  3,000    
Bio-Reference Laboratories Inc.*
    57  
  3,500    
HealthSpring Inc.*
    60  
  2,100    
Merge Healthcare*
    27  
  3,900    
Option Care Inc. 
    56  
  2,975    
VCA Antech Inc.*
    92  
  3,000    
Ventiv Health Inc.*
    90  
               
              382  
               


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Harbor Small Company Growth Fund
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS—Continued
 
                 
 COMMON STOCKS—Continued
        Value
Shares       (000s)
 

HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE—5.8%
       
  2,000    
Buffalo Wild Wings Inc.*
  $ 86  
  1,750    
Monarch Casino & Resort Inc.*
    55  
  2,200    
Scientific Games Corp. Cl. A*
    84  
  2,300    
Shuffle Master Inc.*
    85  
               
              310  
               

HOUSEHOLD DURABLES—1.7%
       
  2,700    
Jarden Corp.*
    92  
               

HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS—0.9%
       
  1,000    
Central Garden & Pet Co.*
    49  
               

INSURANCE—1.9%
       
  1,100    
Navigators Group Inc.*
    52  
  1,000    
ProAssurance Corp.*
    50  
               
              102  
               

INTERNET SOFTWARE & SERVICES—6.7%
       
  6,500    
24/7 Real Media Inc.*
    66  
  2,800    
Aladdin Knowledge Systems Ltd. (IL)*
    65  
  8,000    
Interwoven Inc.*
    81  
  2,000    
j2 Global Communications Inc.*
    98  
  2,475    
Openwave Systems Inc. 
    46  
               
              356  
               

MACHINERY—2.0%
       
  800    
Actuant Corp. Cl. A*
    51  
  1,600    
Gehl Co.*
    58  
               
              109  
               

OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS—2.3%
       
  1,600    
Petrohawk Energy Corp.*
    20  
  2,500    
World Fuel Services Corp. 
    100  
               
              120  
               

PERSONAL PRODUCTS—0.6%
       
  1,200    
Parlux Fragrances Inc.*
    33  
               

PHARMACEUTICALS—3.8%
       
  3,100    
First Horizon Pharmaceutical Corp.*
    69  
  3,000    
Noven Pharmaceuticals Inc.*
    57  
  5,500    
Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd.*
    75  
               
              201  
               

ROAD & RAIL—4.3%
       
  2,500    
Celadon Group Inc.*
    68  
  2,200    
Genesee & Wyoming Inc. Cl. A*
    72  
  4,000    
Marten Transport Ltd.*
    87  
               
              227  
               

SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT—11.4%
       
  1,025    
Cymer Inc.*
    53  
  1,900    
Diodes Inc.*
    77  
  15,000    
ON Semiconductor Corp.*
    108  
  5,000    
Rudolph Technologies Inc.*
    83  
  5,700    
Silicon Image Inc.*
    58  
  5,500    
Silicon Motion Technology Corp. ADR1*
    82  
  2,000    
Supertex Inc.*
    77  
  2,200    
Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates Inc. 
    72  
               
              610  
               

SOFTWARE—3.1%
       
  7,500    
Smith Micro Software Inc.*
    93  
  4,000    
Sonic Solutions*
    71  
               
              164  
               

SPECIALTY RETAIL—2.3%
       
  1,900    
Aaron Rents Inc. Cl. B
    51  
  1,700    
Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc.*
    71  
               
              122  
               

TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS—4.1%
       
  2,500    
Crocs Inc.*
    75  
  1,500    
Gildan Activewear Inc. Cl. A (CAN)*
    72  
  2,000    
Volcom Inc.*
    71  
               
              218  
               

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $4,793)
    5,117  
         
                 
 SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS—11.3%
  (Cost $603)
Principal    
Amount    
(000s)        
 

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS
       
$ 603    
Repurchase Agreement with State Street Corp. dated April 28, 2006 due May 1, 2006 at 4.100% collateralized by a FHLB Note (market value $617)
    603  
               

TOTAL INVESTMENTS—107.1%
(Cost $5,396)
    5,720  

CASH AND OTHER ASSETS, LESS LIABILITIES—(7.1)%
    (377 )
         

TOTAL NET ASSETS—100.0%
  $ 5,343  
         
 
1 ADR after the name of a foreign holding stands for American Depositary Receipts representing ownership of foreign securities. ADRs are issued by U.S. banking institutions.
 
* Non-income producing security.
(CAN) Canada.
(IL)  Israel.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.


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Harbor Large Cap Value Fund
MANAGER’S COMMENTARY (Unaudited)
 
 
SUBADVISER
Armstrong Shaw Associates Inc.
45 Grove Street
New Canaan, CT 06840
LOGO
Jeffrey Shaw
Portfolio Manager (since 2001)
Armstrong Shaw has subadvised the Fund since September 20, 2001.
INVESTMENT GOAL
Long-term total return.
PRINCIPAL STYLE CHARACTERISTICS
Large cap value stocks.
 
 TOP TEN HOLDINGS (% of net assets)
         
Comcast Corp. Special Cl. A
    4.5 %
Bank of America Corp.
    4.4  
Time Warner Inc.
    3.9  
Sprint Nextel Corp.
    3.8  
American International Group Inc.
    3.8  
Chevron Corp.
    3.7  
Citigroup Inc.
    3.6  
Washington Mutual Inc.
    3.6  
Devon Energy Corp.
    3.4  
Morgan Stanley
    3.2  
 FUND CATEGORY
LOGO
 MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE
Market Review
The momentum for stocks that developed in the last few months of calendar year 2005 continued into 2006. Stocks rallied on strength in the economy and robust corporate earnings growth. Broader trends in the market included small and mid cap stocks continuing to outperform their large cap counterparts and value-oriented stocks outperforming growth.
For the six months ended April 30, 2006, the Russell 1000® Value Index bested all other large cap indexes, up 12.87%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 10.2%, followed by the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, up 9.64%, and the Russell 1000® Growth Index, up 7.06%. All economic sectors posted positive returns, led by materials, up 25%, and industrials, up over 19%. With the exception of utilities (up 2%) and consumer discretionary (up 8%), all sectors posted double-digit returns.
Performance
The Harbor Large Cap Value Fund returned 7.56% (Institutional Class), 7.32% (Investor Class), and 7.37% (Retirement Class). Our underperformance relative to the Russell 1000® Value Index was not the result of significant declines in any of our individual holdings. However, overall stock selection hurt our results compared with those of the benchmark, with weak relative performance in energy, materials, and health care. The worst performing individual stock in the portfolio was Dell, which was down 16% and detracted from performance by 35 basis points. Dell sold off on concerns about slowing PC growth in the U.S. and the possibility that the company might reduce gross margins to gain market share.
In energy, our underweighted position, coupled with less robust returns relative to the index, hurt performance. The strong performance of the materials sector was driven by high returns in commodity stocks such as steel, aluminum, copper, and gold. We typically don’t buy many commodity stocks, given our emphasis on more stable businesses with consistent and growing streams of free cash flow.
Trading in the health care sector reflected rotation out of health care services and into pharmaceuticals. Among our portfolio holdings, this hurt WellPoint and HCA, but benefited Abbott and Pfizer. HCA fell 8% as weak admissions growth and increasing bad debt expense continued to hurt operating results and pressure margins. Despite these headwinds, the company generates strong cash flow and has returned cash to shareholders in the form of aggressive share repurchases and modest dividends. We believe it has material upside potential if cyclical pressures should moderate.
Unfortunately, given the makeup of our portfolio, the market during the fiscal half-year rewarded higher-beta, smaller and mid cap stocks, lower quality names, and pure play industrials that were more leveraged to a stronger economy. While our top 10 names included three industrials—


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MANAGER’S COMMENTARY—Continued
 
Honeywell, Emerson Electric, and United Technologies—that were up over 20%, other holdings in the industrials sector, such as General Electric, Tyco, and Cendant, posted flat to modest returns.
On the positive side, stock selection in the consumer staples and consumer discretionary sectors helped performance. CVS, our only holding in consumer staples, was up 22%. In consumer discretionary, Office Depot rose 47% in response to its ongoing turnaround along with a more favorable industry backdrop, particularly in Europe. Comcast rose 12% on news that first quarter profits more than tripled, driven by strong sales of digital telephone services. Adding phone service to Comcast’s package helped attract a record number of digital video and Internet customers.
Four of our top 10 holdings were financial services companies. Morgan Stanley rose 18% on strong reported earnings, strength in both the debt and equity markets, and increased investment banking activity. Bank of America and Washington Mutual both rose 15%, followed by Citigroup, up 12%.
Outlook and Strategy
Our portfolio sector weightings are similar to those shown in our fiscal 2005 annual report, with overweighted positions in health care, industrials, and consumer discretionary, and underweights in financial services and energy. Our exposure to information technology has increased with the purchases of IBM and Dell early in 2006, resulting in an overweight of approximately 4% versus the benchmark. Our largest sector weights in the portfolio are financials, followed by industrials.
We believe that opportunities for financials in 2006 will be driven largely by the eventual end to the Federal Reserve’s tightening campaign as the housing market continues to slow and the U.S. economy decelerates. When the yield curve steepens, prime beneficiaries should be large money center banks, a category where we own Citigroup and Bank of America.
In the industrial space we favor large multinational companies, such as GE and United Technologies. We are in an unusual period of very strong global growth, so even if economic expansion slows in the U.S., we would expect other parts of the world to remain strong. Expected dollar weakness also should benefit the large multinationals, in our view. We believe that the media space, specifically cable, offers a very attractive contrarian risk/reward opportunity. Here portfolio holdings Comcast and Time Warner stand out. Finally, over 20% of our portfolio companies have announced spinout or divestiture actions planned over the next 12 months, which should serve as a catalyst for unlocking value. Tyco, Cendant, First Data and Sprint Nextel are representative names in this group.
The overall stock market had a surprisingly strong start to 2006, despite the uncertainties of interest rates, oil prices, housing, and global tensions. If anything is mispriced, it seems to be risk. Large, higher-quality companies seem to us to be undervalued in this environment compared to smaller, higher-beta names. We believe any increase in perceived risk in the markets should benefit our bias toward large, high-quality holdings.
 
This report contains the current opinions of the manager and should not be considered as investment advice or a recommendation of any particular security, strategy or investment product. Such opinions are subject to change without notice and securities described herein may no longer be included in, or may at any time be removed from, the Fund’s portfolio. This report is distributed for informational purposes only. Information contained herein has been obtained from sources believed reliable, but not guaranteed.
Since the Fund typically invests in about 25 to 40 companies, an adverse event affecting a particular company may hurt the Fund’s performance more than if it had invested in a larger number of companies. For information on the different share classes and the risks associated with an investment in the Fund, please refer to the current prospectus.
You should consider the Fund’s investment objective, risks, and fees and expenses carefully before investing. For this and other important information, obtain a Harbor Fund prospectus by calling 1-800-422-1050 or visiting www.harborfund.com. You should read the prospectus carefully before investing.


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FUND SUMMARY—April 30, 2006 (Unaudited)
 
 
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS
Fund #: 013
Cusip: 411511603
Ticker: HAVLX
Inception Date: 12-29-1987
RETIREMENT CLASS
Fund #: 213
Cusip: 411511751
Ticker: HRLVX
Inception Date: 11-01-2002
INVESTOR CLASS
Fund #: 413
Cusip: 411511744
Ticker: HILVX
Inception Date: 11-01-2002
 
 PORTFOLIO STATISTICS
             
    Portfolio   Benchmark
         
Number of Holdings
  38     631  
Total Net Assets (000s)
  $887,079     N/A  
Weighted Average Market Cap ($MM)
  $78,541.6     $88,437.8  
Price/Earnings Ratio (P/E)
  18.3x     19.3x  
Price/Book Ratio (P/B)
  2.9x     2.6x  
Beta vs Russell 1000® Value Index
  1.1     1.0  
Portfolio Turnover Rate—Unannualized
(6-Month Period Ended 04-30-2006)
  9%     N/A  
 SECTOR ALLOCATION (% of investments)
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 PERFORMANCE
GROWTH OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT
For the period 05-01-1996 through 04-30-2006
 
The graph compares a $10,000 investment in the Fund with the performance of the Russell 1000® Value Index. The Fund’s performance includes the reinvestment of all dividend and capital gain distributions.
 
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You can obtain performance data current to the most recent month end (available within seven business days after the most recent month end) by calling 1-800-422-1050 or visiting www.harborfund.com.
 
TOTAL RETURNS
For the periods ended 04-30-2006
                                             
                 Average Annual     
                    Final Value
        6   1   5   10   of a $10,000
        Months   Year   Years   Years   Investment
 
 Harbor Large Cap Value Fund                                        
 
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Institutional Class
    7.56 %     10.64 %     5.31 %     9.20 %   $ 24,109  
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Retirement Class
    7.37       10.30       5.12       8.97       23,602  
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Investor Class
    7.32       10.18       4.87       8.74       23,115  
 
 Comparative Index                                        
 
LOGO
 
Russell 1000® Value
    12.87 %     18.30 %     7.30 %     11.21 %   $ 28,930  
 
Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data quoted. Actual return and principal value on an investment will fluctuate, and the shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.
The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. From time to time, the Fund’s adviser has voluntarily waived a portion of its management fee and/or absorbed Fund expenses, which has resulted in higher returns. Without these waivers, the returns would have been lower. Any existing waivers may be discontinued at any time without notice. The performance of the Retirement and Investor Class shares prior to 11-01-2002 is based on the Fund’s Institutional Class shares’ performance, restated for the higher expense ratio of the respective class.


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FUND SUMMARY—Continued
 
 
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS
Expense Ratio: 0.68%
Total Net Assets (000s):
  $628,562
RETIREMENT CLASS
Expense Ratio: 0.93%
Total Net Assets (000s):
  $7,691
INVESTOR CLASS
Expense Ratio: 1.09%
Total Net Assets (000s):
  $250,826
 
 FEES AND EXPENSE EXAMPLE
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including redemption fees and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period November 1, 2005 through April 30, 2006.
Actual Expenses
The first line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses for each share class. You may use the information in the respective class line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line of the respective class under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line of the table for each share class below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund to other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as redemption fees. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
                         
    Beginning Account   Ending Account    
    Value   Value   Expenses Paid During
    (November 1, 2005)   (April 30, 2006)   Period*
 
 Institutional Class
                       
Actual
  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,075.64     $ 3.50  
Hypothetical (5% return)
    1,000.00       1,021.32       3.41  
 
 Retirement Class
                       
Actual
  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,073.66     $ 4.78  
Hypothetical (5% return)
    1,000.00       1,020.08       4.66  
 
 Investor Class
                       
Actual
  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,073.20     $ 5.61  
Hypothetical (5% return)
    1,000.00       1,019.28       5.46  
 
* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).


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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS—April 30, 2006 (Unaudited)
 
Equity Holdings (% of net assets)
(Excludes net cash and short-term investments of 2.6%)
     
Media
 
10.0
Insurance
 
8.7
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
 
8.7
Commercial Banks
 
6.6
Commercial Services & Supplies
 
5.6
Industrial Conglomerates
 
5.5
Capital Markets
 
5.2
Pharmaceuticals
 
5.1
Aerospace & Defense
 
4.6
Health Care Providers & Services
 
4.2
Wireless Telecommunication Services
 
3.8
Computers & Peripherals
 
3.6
Diversified Financial Services
 
3.6
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance
 
3.6
Food & Staples Retailing
 
2.9
Electric Utilities
 
2.7
Specialty Retail
 
2.6
Electrical Equipment
 
2.5
Office Electronics
 
2.2
IT Services
 
2.0
Household Durables
 
1.9
Diversified Consumer Services
 
1.8
                 
 COMMON STOCKS—97.4%
        Value
Shares       (000s)
 

AEROSPACE & DEFENSE—4.6%
       
  430,100    
Honeywell International Inc. 
  $ 18,279  
  361,900    
United Technologies Corp. 
    22,731  
               
              41,010  
               

CAPITAL MARKETS—5.2%
       
  234,300    
Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. 
    17,868  
  445,600    
Morgan Stanley
    28,652  
               
              46,520  
               

COMMERCIAL BANKS—6.6%
       
  777,800    
Bank of America Corp. 
    38,828  
  643,580    
North Fork Bancorporation Inc.1
    19,391  
               
              58,219  
               

COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES—5.6%
       
  1,346,000    
Cendant Corp. 
    23,461  
  637,500    
Pitney Bowes Inc. 
    26,679  
               
              50,140  
               

COMPUTERS & PERIPHERALS—3.6%
       
  577,030    
Dell Computer Corp.*
    15,118  
  207,660    
International Business Machines Corp. 
    17,099  
               
              32,217  
               

DIVERSIFIED CONSUMER SERVICES—1.8%
       
  423,820    
Career Education Corp.1*
    15,626  
               

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES—3.6%
       
  647,112    
Citigroup Inc. 
    32,323  
               

ELECTRIC UTILITIES—2.7%
       
  450,600    
Exelon Corp.1
    24,332  
               

ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT—2.5%
       
  257,640    
Emerson Electric Co. 
    21,887  
               

FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING—2.9%
       
  870,200    
CVS Corp. 
    25,862  
               

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES—4.2%
       
  484,460    
HCA Inc.1
    21,263  
  225,870    
WellPoint Inc.*
    16,037  
               
              37,300  
               

HOUSEHOLD DURABLES—1.9%
       
  453,338    
Pulte Homes Inc.1
    16,932  
               

INDUSTRIAL CONGLOMERATES—5.5%
       
  751,600    
General Electric Co. 
    25,998  
  853,370    
Tyco International Ltd. 
    22,486  
               
              48,484  
               

INSURANCE—8.7%
       
  406,800    
Allstate Corp. 
    22,980  
  515,520    
American International Group Inc. 
    33,638  
  398,400    
Chubb Corp. 
    20,533  
               
              77,151  
               

IT SERVICES—2.0%
       
  371,470    
First Data Corp. 
    17,716  
               

MEDIA—10.0%
       
  1,292,900    
Comcast Corp. Special Cl. A1*
    39,860  
  254,800    
Gannett Inc. 
    14,014  
  1,998,700    
Time Warner Inc. 
    34,778  
               
              88,652  
               

OFFICE ELECTRONICS—2.2%
       
  1,369,920    
Xerox Corp.*
    19,234  
               

OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS—8.7%
       
  530,200    
Chevron Corp. 
    32,353  
  212,150    
ConocoPhillips
    14,193  
  505,500    
Devon Energy Corp. 
    30,385  
               
              76,931  
               

PHARMACEUTICALS—5.1%
       
  622,900    
Abbott Laboratories
    26,623  
  725,600    
Pfizer Inc. 
    18,379  
               
              45,002  
               

SPECIALTY RETAIL—2.6%
       
  572,010    
Office Depot Inc.*
    23,212  
               

THRIFTS & MORTGAGE FINANCE—3.6%
       
  699,340    
Washington Mutual Inc. 
    31,512  
               


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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS—Continued
 
                 
 COMMON STOCKS—Continued
        Value
Shares       (000s)
 

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES—3.8%
       
  1,376,674    
Sprint Nextel Corp. 
  $ 34,142  
               

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $744,482)
    864,404  
         
                 
 SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS—11.2%
Principal    
Amount    
(000s)        
 

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS
       
$ 28,752    
Repurchase Agreement with State Street Corp. dated April 28. 2006 due May 1, 2006 at 4.100% collateralized by a FNMA Note (market value $29,329)
    28,752  
               
                   
 SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS—Continued
        Value
Shares       (000s)
 

SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL
       
       
State Street Navigator Securities Lending
       
  70,173,000      
Prime Portfolio (1-day yield of 4.770%)
    70,173  
               

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $98,924)
    98,925  
         

TOTAL INVESTMENTS—108.6%
(Cost $843,406)
    963,329  

CASH AND OTHER ASSETS, LESS LIABILITIES—(8.6)%
    (76,250 )
         

TOTAL NET ASSETS—100.0%
  $ 887,079  
         
 
1 A portion or all of this security was out on loan at April 30, 2006.
 
* Non-income producing security.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.


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Harbor Mid Cap Value Fund
MANAGERS’ COMMENTARY (Unaudited)
 
 
SUBADVISER
LSV Asset Management
1 North Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
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Josef Lakonishok, Ph.D.
Portfolio Manager (since 2004)
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Robert Vishny, Ph.D.
Portfolio Manager (since 2004)
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Menno Vermeulen, CFA
Portfolio Manager (since 2004)
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Puneet Mansharamani
Portfolio Manager (since 2006)
LSV has subadvised the Fund since September 30, 2004.
INVESTMENT GOAL
Long-term total return.
PRINCIPAL STYLE CHARACTERISTICS
Mid cap value stocks of companies with inexpensive fundamentals and recent momentum, relative to their peers.
 
 TOP TEN HOLDINGS (% of net assets)
         
Micron Technology Inc. 
    1.8 %
Lincoln National Corp. 
    1.8  
Aon Corp. 
    1.8  
KeyCorp
    1.6  
J.C. Penney Co. Inc. 
    1.6  
American Electric Power Company Inc. 
    1.6  
Amerada Hess Corp. 
    1.5  
Comerica Inc. 
    1.5  
Del Monte Foods Co. 
    1.5  
Archer Daniels Midland Co. 
    1.5  
 FUND CATEGORY
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 MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE
Market Review
After retreating 3% in October 2005, mid cap stocks posted a positive return in each of the following six months. Over this interval, growth stocks led the market, with the Russell Midcap Growth® Index returning over 15% for the six months ended April 30, 2006. Smaller capitalization names posted the best results, particularly in the first four months of calendar year 2006.
Continued superior earnings growth relative to large cap stocks seemed to sustain interest in mid cap and small cap names on the part of investors even though valuation levels continued to creep up. Small cap stocks saw renewed interest, particularly in the early part of 2006, as investors poured nearly $10 billion into small cap mutual funds and small cap ETFs. These high levels of demand among less liquid stocks generally lead to outsized returns in mid cap and small cap names.
The strong absolute performance by mid caps came in the face of surging oil and commodity prices, continued unrest in the Middle East, and increasing interest rates. The Federal Reserve continued its campaign of interest rate increases, methodically nudging up rates in 25-basis-point increments at each of its meetings. However, the markets rallied in early 2006 on hope that the Fed might pause and hold rates steady in the near future.
Over the last six months, lower quality stocks delivered demonstrably better returns than their higher quality counterparts. Stocks with little or no earnings, low share prices (in absolute terms), high betas, and higher expected earnings growth significantly outperformed the averages. The highest returns in the value segment of the market were seen in materials, industrials, telecommunications services, and information technology. The lagging sectors included utilities and health care.
Performance
The Harbor Mid Cap Value Fund returned 11.69% (Institutional Class), 11.44% (Investor Class), and 11.52% (Retirement Class) for the first half of the 2006 fiscal year. By comparison, the Fund’s benchmark, the Russell Midcap® Value Index, gained 13.58%. A high absolute return environment in which low quality companies dominate is not favorable to our deep value approach. The last six months were no exception, as the Harbor Mid Cap Value Fund posted a strong absolute return but trailed the benchmark.
When we look at performance attribution, both sector allocations and stock selection were mixed. Our underweights to utilities and health care, the two weakest sectors during the six months, helped. But our overweight to energy, which struggled relative to the benchmark, and our underweight to real estate investment trusts (REITs), which outperformed, hurt results. Stock selection was also mixed. Our positive selections in the materials and industrials sectors were offset by poor picks in the REIT, utilities, and consumer sectors.


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Harbor Mid Cap Value Fund
MANAGERS’ COMMENTARY—Continued
 
In the materials sector, several stocks stood out, including United States Steel (+88%), Georgia Pacific, which was taken out by a private equity group (+48%), and Southern Copper Corp. (+53%). Other stocks that did particularly well in the period included Archer Daniels Midland (+50%), Western Digital (+74%) and United Rentals (+82%). Weak stock selection in the consumer discretionary sector was a result of exposure to several names that did poorly, including Dana Corp. (-74%), American Greetings (-10%) and Goodyear (-10%).
Outlook and Strategy
LSV’s portfolio decision-making process is strictly quantitative and driven by (1) a proprietary model that ranks securities on fundamental measures of value and indicators of near-term appreciation potential and (2) a portfolio construction process that controls for risk while maximizing the expected return of the portfolio. The objective of the model is to pick undervalued stocks with high near-term appreciation potential. Stocks are ranked simultaneously on an array of variables in order to arrive at an overall expected return ranking for each stock in the universe. The process is purely bottom-up with no emphasis placed on macro-economic analysis.
We added several new positions to the portfolio during the last six months, including: Alliant Energy and TECO Energy in the utilities sector; PPG Industries, Valspar Corp., and Olin Corp. in the materials sector; Micron Technology and Solectron Corp. in the technology sector; Furniture Brands, Kellwood, and Sonic Automotive in the consumer discretionary sector; and Mattel and Del Monte Foods in the consumers staples sector. We sold a number of stocks, including investments that performed well and had become less attractive from a valuation perspective, such as Valero Energy, Southern Copper Corp., Federated Department Stores, and Ryland Group. We also sold Dana Corp., Highwood Properties, and OM Group, which were either flat or down since purchase.
As of the end of April, the portfolio was trading at a significant discount to the market on several valuation metrics. The portfolio was trading at 13.5x trailing earnings, compared to 17.4x for the Russell Midcap® Value Index, and 7.2x cash flow compared to 9.4x for the value benchmark. Our risk control measures limit the level of exposure to any one particular sector or industry. Currently, the portfolio is overweight in the consumer discretionary, industrials, and financials sectors at the expense of REITs, utilities, and health care. We believe that our disciplined investment strategy will continue to perform well over the long run as the market rewards companies with solid, reasonably priced fundamentals.
 
This report contains the current opinions of the managers and should not be considered as investment advice or a recommendation of any particular security, strategy or investment product. Such opinions are subject to change without notice and securities described herein may no longer be included in, or may at any time be removed from, the Fund’s portfolio. This report is distributed for informational purposes only. Information contained herein has been obtained from sources believed reliable, but not guaranteed.
Stocks of mid cap companies pose special risks, including possible illiquidity and greater price volatility than stocks of larger, more established companies. For information on the different share classes and the risks associated with an investment in the Fund, please refer to the current prospectus.
You should consider the Fund’s investment objective, risks, and fees and expenses carefully before investing. For this and other important information, obtain a Harbor Fund prospectus by calling 1-800-422-1050 or visiting www.harborfund.com. You should read the prospectus carefully before investing.


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Harbor Mid Cap Value Fund
FUND SUMMARY—April 30, 2006 (Unaudited)
 
 
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS
Fund #: 023
Cusip: 411511835
Ticker: HAMVX
Inception Date: 03-01-2002
RETIREMENT CLASS
Fund #: 223
Cusip: 411511728
Ticker: HRMVX
Inception Date: 11-01-2002
INVESTOR CLASS
Fund #: 423
Cusip: 411511736
Ticker: HIMVX
Inception Date: 11-01-2002
 
 PORTFOLIO STATISTICS
         
    Portfolio   Benchmark
         
Number of Holdings
  128   506
Total Net Assets (000s)
  $22,550   N/A
Weighted Average Market Cap ($MM)
  $6,354.5   $8,531.6
Price/Earnings Ratio (P/E)
  19.9x   23.3x
Price/Book Ratio (P/B)
  2.3x   2.6x
Beta vs Russell Midcap® Value Index
  1.1   1.0
Portfolio Turnover Rate—Unannualized (6-Month Period Ended 04-30-2006)
  10%   N/A

 SECTOR ALLOCATION (% of investments)
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 PERFORMANCE
GROWTH OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT
For the period 03-01-2002 through 04-30-2006
 
The graph compares a $10,000 investment in the Fund with the performance of the Russell Midcap® Value Index. The Fund’s performance includes the reinvestment of all dividend and capital gain distributions.
 
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You can obtain performance data current to the most recent month end (available within seven business days after the most recent month end) by calling 1-800-422-1050 or visiting www.harborfund.com.
 
TOTAL RETURNS
For the periods ended 04-30-2006
                                             
                 Average Annual     
                     
                    Life   Final Value
        6   1   5   of   of a $10,000
        Months   Year   Years   Fund   Investment
 
 Harbor Mid Cap Value Fund                                        
 
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Institutional Class
    11.69 %     22.16 %     N/A       9.33 %   $ 14,497  
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Retirement Class
    11.52       21.97       N/A       9.24       14,451  
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Investor Class
    11.44       21.68       N/A       9.15       14,397  
 
 Comparative Index                                        
 
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Russell Midcap® Value
    13.58 %     24.75 %     13.69 %     15.76 %   $ 18,401  
 
Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data quoted. Actual return and principal value on an investment will fluctuate, and the shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.
The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. From time to time, the Fund’s adviser has voluntarily waived a portion of its management fee and/or absorbed Fund expenses, which has resulted in higher returns. Without these waivers, the returns would have been lower. Any existing waivers may be discontinued at any time without notice. The performance of the Retirement and Investor Class shares prior to 11-01-2002 is based on the Fund’s Institutional Class shares’ performance, restated for the higher expense ratio of the respective class.


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Harbor Mid Cap Value Fund
FUND SUMMARY—Continued
 
 
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS
Expense Ratio: 0.95%
Total Net Assets (000s):
  $19,497
RETIREMENT CLASS
Expense Ratio: 1.20%
Total Net Assets (000s):
  $29
INVESTOR CLASS
Expense Ratio: 1.36%
Total Net Assets (000s):
  $3,024
 
 FEES AND EXPENSE EXAMPLE
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including redemption fees and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period November 1, 2005 through April 30, 2006.
Actual Expenses
The first line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses for each share class. You may use the information in the respective class line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line of the respective class under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line of the table for each share class below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund to other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as redemption fees. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
                         
    Beginning Account   Ending Account    
    Value   Value   Expenses Paid During
    (November 1, 2005)   (April 30, 2006)   Period*
 
 Institutional Class
                       
Actual
  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,116.87     $ 4.99  
Hypothetical (5% return)
    1,000.00       1,019.98       4.76  
 
 Retirement Class
                       
Actual
  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,115.18     $ 6.29  
Hypothetical (5% return)
    1,000.00       1,018.74       6.01  
 
 Investor Class
                       
Actual
  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,114.38     $ 7.13  
Hypothetical (5% return)
    1,000.00       1,017.95       6.80  
 
* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).


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Harbor Mid Cap Value Fund
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS—April 30, 2006 (Unaudited)
 
Equity Holdings (% of net assets)
(Excludes net cash and short-term investments of 3.7%)
     
Insurance
 
10.1
Commercial Banks
 
7.4
Multi-Utilities
 
6.0
Household Durables
 
5.2
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
 
4.8
Real Estate
 
4.6
Machinery
 
4.4
Chemicals
 
4.2
Food Products
 
3.9
Electric Utilities
 
3.5
Food & Staples Retailing
 
2.8
Specialty Retail
 
2.8
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance
 
2.8
IT Services
 
2.6
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment
 
2.5
Health Care Providers & Services
 
2.2
Auto Components
 
2.0
Metals & Mining
 
1.9
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods
 
1.9
Multiline Retail
 
1.6
Trading Companies & Distributors
 
1.6
Leisure Equipment & Products
 
1.5
Beverages
 
1.3
Road & Rail
 
1.2
Software
 
1.2
Capital Markets
 
1.1
Diversified Telecommunication Services
 
1.1
Gas Utilities
 
1.1
Aerospace & Defense
 
0.9
Airlines
 
0.9
Computers & Peripherals
 
0.9
Consumer Finance
 
0.9
Diversified Financial Services
 
0.8
Media
 
0.8
Containers & Packaging
 
0.7
Electronic Equipment & Instruments
 
0.6
Paper & Forest Products
 
0.6
Pharmaceuticals
 
0.5
Internet Software & Services
 
0.4
Tobacco
 
0.4
Diversified Consumer Services
 
0.3
Household Products
 
0.3
                 
 COMMON STOCKS—96.3%
        Value
Shares       (000s)
 

AEROSPACE & DEFENSE—0.9%
       
  4,700    
Goodrich Corp. 
  $ 209  
               

AIRLINES—0.9%
       
  4,400    
Alaska Air Group Inc.1*
    167  
  7,500    
ExpressJet Holdings Inc.*
    42  
               
              209  
               

AUTO COMPONENTS—2.0%
       
  3,600    
Autoliv Inc. 
    199  
  9,000    
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.1*
    126  
  5,300    
Tenneco Automotive Inc.1
    128  
               
              453  
               

BEVERAGES—1.3%
       
  1,400    
Molson Coors Brewing Co. Cl. B
    103  
  7,700    
PepsiAmericas Inc. 
    182  
               
              285  
               

CAPITAL MARKETS—1.1%
       
  1,700    
A.G. Edwards Inc. 
    90  
  1,100    
Bear Stearns Cos. Inc. 
    157  
               
              247  
               

CHEMICALS—4.2%
       
  3,800    
Eastman Chemical Co. 
    207  
  1,200    
Georgia Gulf Corp. 
    36  
  3,700    
Lubrizol Corp. 
    161  
  5,500    
Olin Corp. 
    113  
  2,300    
PPG Industries Inc. 
    154  
  10,100    
Valspar Corp. 
    286  
               
              957  
               

COMMERCIAL BANKS—7.4%
       
  7,000    
AmSouth Bancorporation
    203  
  5,100    
Colonial BancGroup Inc. 
    132  
  6,000    
Comerica Inc. 
    341  
  6,900    
Huntington Bancshares Inc. 
    167  
  9,600    
KeyCorp
    367  
  2,600    
Popular Inc.1
    54  
  1,600    
Regions Financial Corp. 
    58  
  3,200    
UnionBanCal Corp. 
    224  
  3,100    
United Bankshares Inc.1
    113  
               
              1,659  
               

COMPUTERS & PERIPHERALS—0.9%
       
  10,100    
Western Digital Corp. 
    213  
               

CONSUMER FINANCE—0.9%
       
  5,100    
Advanta Corp. Cl. B1
    195  
               

CONTAINERS & PACKAGING—0.7%
       
  2,400    
Greif Inc. Cl. A
    155  
               

DIVERSIFIED CONSUMER SERVICES—0.3%
       
  3,500    
H&R Block Inc. 
    80  
               

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES—0.8%
       
  3,300    
CIT Group Inc. 
    178  
               

DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES—1.1%
       
  6,500    
CenturyTel Inc. 
    245  
               

ELECTRIC UTILITIES—3.5%
       
  10,500    
American Electric Power Company Inc. 
    351  
  6,100    
Edison International
    247  
  4,800    
Pinnacle West Capital Corp. 
    192  
               
              790  
               


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Harbor Mid Cap Value Fund
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS—Continued
 
                 
 COMMON STOCKS—Continued
        Value
Shares       (000s)
 

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS—0.6%
       
  34,100    
Solectron Corp.*
  $ 136  
               

FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING—2.8%
       
  4,700    
Albertson’s Inc. 
    119  
  6,100    
Longs Drug Stores Corp.1
    289  
  2,700    
Safeway Inc.*
    68  
  5,200    
SUPERVALU Inc. 
    151  
               
              627  
               

FOOD PRODUCTS—3.9%
       
  9,000    
Archer Daniels Midland Co. 
    327  
  28,600    
Del Monte Foods Co. 
    334  
  3,600    
Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.1
    94  
  8,300    
Tyson Foods Inc. Cl. A
    121  
               
              876  
               

GAS UTILITIES—1.1%
       
  5,100    
National Fuel Gas Co. 
    170  
  2,800    
WGL Holdings Inc.1
    82  
               
              252  
               

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES—2.2%
       
  2,300    
CIGNA Corp. 
    246  
  3,600    
Kindred Healthcare Inc.1*
    87  
  3,300    
Universal Health Services Inc. Cl. B
    168  
               
              501  
               

HOUSEHOLD DURABLES—5.2%
       
  7,700    
American Greetings Corp. Cl. A1
    173  
  2,700    
Beazer Homes USA Inc.1
    156  
  4,900    
Furniture Brands International Inc.1
    113  
  170    
NVR Inc.1*
    128  
  3,400    
Stanley Works
    178  
  8,200    
Tupperware Corp. 
    173  
  2,900    
Whirlpool Corp. 
    260  
               
              1,181  
               

HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS—0.3%
       
  1,300    
Energizer Holdings Inc.*
    67  
               

INSURANCE—10.1%
       
  9,500    
Aon Corp. 
    398  
  4,410    
Cincinnati Financial Corp. 
    188  
  6,900    
Horace Mann Educators Corp. 
    120  
  2,300    
LandAmerica Financial Group Inc.1
    160  
  6,911    
Lincoln National Corp.1
    402  
  2,200    
MBIA Inc. 
    131  
  4,400    
Nationwide Financial Services Inc. Cl. A
    193  
  3,900    
Principal Financial Group*
    200  
  2,300    
Protective Life Corp. 
    116  
  4,400    
Safeco Corp. 
    228  
  2,800    
StanCorp Financial Group Inc. 
    138  
               
              2,274  
               

INTERNET SOFTWARE & SERVICES—0.4%
       
  10,300    
EarthLink Inc.1*
    94  
               

IT SERVICES—2.6%
       
  3,300    
Computer Sciences Corp.*
    193  
  8,800    
Convergys Corp.*
    171  
  9,300    
Sabre Holdings Corp. Cl. A
    215  
               
              579  
               

LEISURE EQUIPMENT & PRODUCTS—1.5%
       
  6,200    
Eastman Kodak Co.1
    167  
  11,000    
Mattel Inc. 
    178  
               
              345  
               

MACHINERY—4.4%
       
  8,400    
AGCO Corp.1*
    199  
  5,100    
Albany International Corp. Cl. A
    200  
  2,000    
Cummins Inc. 
    209  
  7,900    
Navistar International Corp.*
    208  
  3,200    
SPX Corp. 
    175  
               
              991  
               

MEDIA—0.8%
       
  12,000    
Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. Cl. A1
    94  
  10,200    
Westwood One Inc. 
    99  
               
              193  
               

METALS & MINING—1.9%
       
  2,300    
Nucor Corp. 
    250  
  2,600    
United States Steel Corp. 
    178  
               
              428  
               

MULTI-UTILITIES—6.0%
       
  10,200    
Alliant Energy Corp. 
    326  
  5,700    
DTE Energy Co. 
    232  
  3,600    
NiSource Inc. 
    76  
  3,800    
NSTAR
    105  
  9,700    
Puget Energy Inc. 
    201  
  9,800    
TECO Energy Inc. 
    157  
  14,100    
Xcel Energy Inc. 
    266  
               
              1,363  
               

MULTILINE RETAIL—1.6%
       
  5,600    
J.C. Penney Co. Inc. 
    367  
               

OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS—4.8%
       
  2,400    
Amerada Hess Corp. 
    344  
  1,600    
Houston Exploration Co.*
    89  
  3,600    
Sunoco Inc. 
    292  
  3,200    
Swift Energy Co.*
    135  
  3,100    
Tesoro Petroleum Corp.*
    217  
               
              1,077  
               

PAPER & FOREST PRODUCTS—0.6%
       
  4,500    
MeadWestvaco Corp. 
    128  
               

PHARMACEUTICALS—0.5%
       
  5,900    
King Pharmaceuticals Inc. 
    103  
               

REAL ESTATE—4.6%
       
  16,900    
Anthracite Capital Inc.1
    179  
  4,000    
Crescent Real Estate Equities Co.1
    80  
  2,100    
First Industrial Realty Trust Inc.1
    82  
  10,800    
Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group Inc. Cl. A1
    117  
  2,800    
Hospitality Properties Trust
    121  
  18,200    
HRPT Properties Trust
    200  
  7,400    
Innkeepers USA Trust
    118  
  5,200    
RAIT Investment Trust1
    135  
               
              1,032  
               

ROAD & RAIL—1.2%
       
  4,000    
CSX Corp. 
    274  
               

SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT—2.5%
       
  6,200    
Axcelis Technologies Inc.1*
    37  
  9,900    
LSI Logic Corp.*
    105  
  24,600    
Micron Technology Inc.*
    417  
               
              559  
               

SOFTWARE—1.2%
       
  5,800    
Reynolds & Reynolds Co. Cl. A
    173  
  4,700    
Sybase Inc. 
    102  
               
              275  
               


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Harbor Mid Cap Value Fund
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS—Continued
 
                 
 COMMON STOCKS—Continued
        Value
Shares       (000s)
 

SPECIALTY RETAIL—2.8%
       
  1,400    
Barnes & Noble Inc. 
  $ 63  
  4,300    
Borders Group Inc. 
    101  
  2,300    
Sherwin-Williams Co. 
    117  
  7,700    
Sonic Automotive Inc. Cl. A1
    208  
  4,500    
Stage Stores Inc.1
    141  
               
              630  
               

TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS—1.9%
       
  5,300    
Kellwood Co.1
    170  
  1,500    
Liz Claiborne Inc. 
    58  
  3,200    
VF Corp. 
    196  
               
              424  
               

THRIFTS & MORTGAGE FINANCE—2.8%
       
  3,000    
Downey Financial Corp.1
    216  
  1,700    
IndyMac Bancorp Inc.1
    82  
  1,900    
MGIC Investment Corp. 
    134  
  3,096    
Radian Group Inc. 
    194  
               
              626  
               

TOBACCO—0.4%
       
  800    
Reynolds American Inc.1
    88  
               

TRADING COMPANIES & DISTRIBUTORS—1.6%
       
  3,000    
GATX Corp.1
    140  
  6,100    
United Rentals Inc.1
    218  
               
              358  
               

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $18,637)
    21,723  
         
                 
 SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS—22.5%
Principal    
Amount       Value
(000s)       (000s)
 

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS
       
$ 839    
Repurchase Agreement with State Street Corp. dated April 28, 2006 due May 1, 2006 at 4.100% collateralized by a FHLB Note (market value $860)
  $ 839  
               
                   
Shares        
 

SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL
       
       
State Street Navigator Securities Lending
       
  4,219,966       
Prime Portfolio (1-day yield of 4.770%)
    4,220  
               

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $5,059)
    5,059  
         

TOTAL INVESTMENTS—118.8%
(Cost $23,696)
    26,782  

CASH AND OTHER ASSETS, LESS LIABILITIES—(18.8)%
    (4,232 )
         

TOTAL NET ASSETS—100.0%
  $ 22,550  
         
 
1 A portion or all of this security was out on loan at April 30, 2006.
 
* Non-income producing security.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.


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Harbor Small Cap Value Fund
MANAGER’S COMMENTARY (Unaudited)
 
 
SUBADVISER
EARNEST Partners LLC
1180 Peachtree Street
Suite 2300
Atlanta, GA 30309
LOGO
Paul Viera
Portfolio Manager (since 2001)
EARNEST Partners has subadvised the Fund since its inception in 2001.
INVESTMENT GOAL
Long-term total return.
PRINCIPAL STYLE CHARACTERISTICS
Small cap value stocks.
 
 TOP TEN HOLDINGS (% of net assets)
         
Pharmaceutical Product Development Inc. 
    3.8 %
Global Payments Inc. 
    3.2  
Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. 
    2.9  
Jefferies Group Inc. 
    2.6  
Covance Inc. 
    2.6  
Philadelphia Consolidated Holding Corp. 
    2.3  
Raymond James Financial Inc. 
    2.2  
SL Green Realty Corp. 
    2.2  
Joy Global Inc. 
    2.1  
The Cooper Companies Inc. 
    2.0  
 FUND CATEGORY
LOGO
 MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE
Market Review
The broad small cap equity market as represented by the Russell 2000® Index rose 18.91% for the six months ended April 30, 2006. Over this same time, the small cap value market as represented by the Russell 2000® Value Index gained 17.52%. The majority of the market gains came in the first three months of 2006.
Much of the positive performance in the beginning of 2006 can be attributed to improving domestic economic growth. U.S. GDP grew by an estimated 4.8% in the first quarter, after growing less than 2% in the fourth quarter of 2005 and 3.5% for all of 2005. Employment growth has been solid, and real wages and consumer spending are rising. The unemployment rate declined to 4.7%, its lowest level since July 2001. The robust economic expansion is translating into strong corporate profit growth. Although the economy is growing at a healthy rate, inflation has remained largely under control, particularly when excluding more volatile food and energy prices.
The prospects of higher interest rates, along with continued high energy prices, pose the greatest challenges to the equity market. Although still low by historical standards, the yield on the 10-year Treasury Note has risen to over 5%, the highest level in two years. Additionally, the price of oil increased to over $70 per barrel, near the highs experienced in the wake of the Gulf hurricanes last summer. Higher interest rates and higher energy spending threaten consumer spending, which makes up two-thirds of economic activity. Despite these challenges, consumer confidence remained strong, reaching a four-year high earlier this year.
Performance
The Harbor Small Cap Value Fund returned 14.53% (Institutional Class), 14.28% (Investor Class), and 14.39% (Retirement Class) for the first half of the 2006 fiscal year, compared with the 17.52% return by its Russell 2000® Value Index benchmark. Overall, since its inception in 2001, the Fund has outperformed the benchmark by 3 percentage points on an annualized basis.
Within the Russell 2000® Value Index, all sectors posted positive returns. The leading sectors were materials (+44%), industrials (+28%), information technology (+29%) and telecommunications (+33%). Materials companies have benefited from a strong rise in commodity prices, and small steel companies in particular have benefited from consolidation and rumors of acquisitions. Within the industrials sector, many companies, including waste management and equipment rental companies, benefited from the Gulf Coast cleanup and build-out following the hurricanes last year. Information technology and telecommunications stocks rose due to merger activity as well as expectations for earnings growth. The energy sector, after leading the market over the prior 12 months, continued to outperform, returning 18%.


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MANAGER’S COMMENTARY—Continued
 
Although still positive, the weakest sector performers were utilities (+3%), financials (+10%), and consumer staples (+8%). Utilities and financials have lagged the broader market, due in part to the impact of higher interest rates. Investors, who previously looked to utility companies and the accompanying dividend yield for income, had other alternatives as the Federal Reserve continued to raise short-term interest rates.
Holdings that contributed to Fund performance for the period included Joy Global, Bucyrus, Jefferies Group, SL Green Realty, Phillips-Van Heusen, and Oceaneering International. Joy Global and Bucyrus, both global mining equipment manufacturers, rose 114% and 87%, respectively, due to strong commodity prices and the resulting increased equipment and service orders. In the financials sector, Jefferies Group, a middle markets investment bank and institutional trading firm, benefited from increasing investment banking revenue and improving operating margins, resulting in increased profits and a 57% rise in the stock price.
SL Green Realty, a real estate investment trust focused on the Manhattan office market, rose 46%. Within the consumer discretionary sector, Phillips-Van Heusen, the leading dress shirt maker in the U.S., rose 41% as it continued to produce profitable line extensions from the Calvin Klein brand as well as increased operating efficiencies. Oceaneering International, an oil services company that manufactures remote-operated vehicles for sub-sea drilling and construction, led the energy names in the portfolio, rising 27%.
Underperformers included Nabi Biopharmaceuticals, down 50% as a result of its much anticipated Staphvax vaccine having failed in Phase III trials. We sold the holding following that news. The Fund also sold its position in CSK Auto during the quarter due to flat sales growth in light of increased competition, as well as increased expenses that have pressured operating margins. Contact lens manufacturer Cooper Companies fell 20% during the period, having postponed the release of its hydrogel lens, which caused some temporary loss of market share. Homebuilders Meritage, Hovnanian, and Standard Pacific all came under pressure as investors became concerned over rising inventory in select U.S. markets as well as rising interest rates. The Fund’s underweighted positions in information technology, telecommunications, and materials detracted from performance due to the strong gains in each.
Outlook and Strategy
As of April 30, 2006, the Fund’s largest positions were in the financial, industrials, consumer discretionary, and health care sectors. Relative to the benchmark, the portfolio was over-weighted in the consumer discretionary, health care, and energy sectors and was under-weighted in financials, industrials, materials, information technology, and utilities.
In managing the Harbor Small Cap Value Fund, we seek companies with share prices that we believe do not fully reflect their earnings growth outlook. Going forward, we will continue to employ our proven three-step investment methodology: screen the broad universe to identify stocks that are best positioned to outperform; measure and manage downside risk to the benchmark; and perform in-depth, thorough, fundamental research to find the best stocks to include in the portfolio.
 
This report contains the current opinions of the manager and should not be considered as investment advice or a recommendation of any particular security, strategy or investment product. Such opinions are subject to change without notice and securities described herein may no longer be included in, or may at any time be removed from, the Fund’s portfolio. This report is distributed for informational purposes only. Information contained herein has been obtained from sources believed reliable, but not guaranteed.
Stocks of small cap companies pose special risks, including possible illiquidity and greater price volatility than stocks of larger, more established companies. Because the Fund typically invests in approximately 55-70 companies, an adverse event affecting a particular company may hurt the Fund’s performance more than if it had invested in a larger number of companies. For information on the different share classes and the risks associated with an investment in the Fund, please refer to the current prospectus.
You should consider the Fund’s investment objective, risks, and fees and expenses carefully before investing. For this and other important information, obtain a Harbor Fund prospectus by calling 1-800-422-1050 or visiting www.harborfund.com. You should read the prospectus carefully before investing.


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Harbor Small Cap Value Fund
FUND SUMMARY—April 30, 2006 (Unaudited)
 
 
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS
Fund #: 022
Cusip: 411511843
Ticker: HASCX
Inception Date: 12-14-2001
RETIREMENT CLASS
Fund #: 222
Cusip: 411511710
Ticker: HSVRX
Inception Date: 11-01-2002
INVESTOR CLASS
Fund #: 422
Cusip: 411511694
Ticker: HISVX
Inception Date: 11-01-2002
 
 PORTFOLIO STATISTICS
         
    Portfolio   Benchmark
         
Number of Holdings
  69   1,326
Total Net Assets (000s)
  $2,341,174   N/A
Weighted Average Market Cap ($MM)
  $2,756.9   $1,263.1
Price/Earnings Ratio (P/E)
  25.0x   29.5x
Price/Book Ratio (P/B)
  3.5x   2.5x
Beta vs Russell 2000® Value Index
  0.9   1.0
Portfolio Turnover Rate—Unannualized (6-Month Period Ended 04-30-2006)
  14%   N/A
 SECTOR ALLOCATION (% of investments)
LOGO
 PERFORMANCE
GROWTH OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT
For the period 12-14-2001 through 04-30-2006
 
The graph compares a $10,000 investment in the Fund with the performance of the Russell 2000® Value Index. The Fund’s performance includes the reinvestment of all dividend and capital gain distributions.
 
LOGO
 
You can obtain performance data current to the most recent month end (available within seven business days after the most recent month end) by calling 1-800-422-1050 or visiting www.harborfund.com.
 
TOTAL RETURNS
For the periods ended 04-30-2006
                                             
                 Average Annual     
                    Final Value
        6   1   5   Life of   of a $10,000
        Months   Year   Years   Fund   Investment
 
 Harbor Small Cap Value Fund                                        
 
LOGO
 
Institutional Class
    14.53 %     23.73 %     N/A       20.30 %   $ 22,448  
LOGO
 
Retirement Class
    14.39       23.39       N/A       20.16       22,334  
LOGO
 
Investor Class
    14.28       23.20       N/A       19.95       22,164  
 
 Comparative Index                                        
 
LOGO
 
Russell 2000® Value
    17.52 %     30.85 %     15.25 %     16.99 %*   $ 19,996  
 
For the period December 1, 2001 through April 30, 2006.
Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data quoted. Actual return and principal value on an investment will fluctuate, and the shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.
The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. From time to time, the Fund’s adviser has voluntarily waived a portion of its management fee and/or absorbed Fund expenses, which has resulted in higher returns. Without these waivers, the returns would have been lower. Any existing waivers may be discontinued at any time without notice. The performance of the Retirement and Investor Class shares prior to 11-01-2002 is based on the Fund’s Institutional Class shares’ performance, restated for the higher expense ratio of the respective class.


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Harbor Small Cap Value Fund
FUND SUMMARY—Continued
 
 
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS
Expense Ratio: 0.83%
Total Net Assets (000s):
  $2,106,041
RETIREMENT CLASS
Expense Ratio: 1.08%
Total Net Assets (000s):
  $65,951
INVESTOR CLASS
Expense Ratio: 1.25%
Total Net Assets (000s):
  $169,182
 
 FEES AND EXPENSE EXAMPLE
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including redemption fees and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period November 1, 2005 through April 30, 2006.
Actual Expenses
The first line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses for each share class. You may use the information in the respective class line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line of the respective class under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line of the table for each share class below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund to other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as redemption fees. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
                         
    Beginning Account   Ending Account    
    Value   Value   Expenses Paid During
    (November 1, 2005)   (April 30, 2006)   Period*
 
 Institutional Class
                       
Actual
  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,145.28     $ 4.42  
Hypothetical (5% return)
    1,000.00       1,020.57       4.16  
 
 Retirement Class
                       
Actual
  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,143.89     $ 5.75  
Hypothetical (5% return)
    1,000.00       1,019.33       5.41  
 
 Investor Class
                       
Actual
  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,142.78     $ 6.64  
Hypothetical (5% return)
    1,000.00       1,018.49       6.26  
 
* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).


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Harbor Small Cap Value Fund
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS—April 30, 2006 (Unaudited)
 
Equity Holdings (% of net assets)
(Excludes net cash, short-term investments and other investment companies of 6.8%)
     
Health Care Providers & Services
 
11.0
Machinery
 
7.5
Insurance
 
6.8
Capital Markets
 
6.5
Household Durables
 
6.5
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
 
5.6
Commercial Services & Supplies
 
4.4
Electronic Equipment & Instruments
 
4.4
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure
 
4.2
IT Services
 
3.5
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance
 
3.5
Aerospace & Defense
 
2.7
Commercial Banks
 
2.4
Chemicals
 
2.3
Real Estate
 
2.2
Health Care Equipment & Supplies
 
2.0
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods
 
1.9
Construction & Engineering
 
1.8
Construction Materials
 
1.8
Energy Equipment & Services
 
1.8
Multi-Utilities
 
1.5
Consumer Finance
 
1.4
Wireless Telecommunication Services
 
1.3
Trading Companies & Distributors
 
1.2
Automobiles
 
1.1
Gas Utilities
 
1.1
Personal Products
 
1.0
Biotechnology
 
0.9
Specialty Retail
 
0.8
Pharmaceuticals
 
0.1
                 
 COMMON STOCK—93.2%
        Value
Shares       (000s)
 

AEROSPACE & DEFENSE—2.7%
       
  1,160,100    
Hexcel Corp.1*
  $ 25,627  
  1,025,398    
Moog Inc. Cl. A1
    38,401  
               
              64,028  
               

AUTOMOBILES—1.1%
       
  888,000    
Winnebago Industries Inc.1
    26,152  
               

BIOTECHNOLOGY—0.9%
       
  701,753    
Serologicals Corp.1
    21,839  
               

CAPITAL MARKETS—6.5%
       
  1,353,173    
Eaton Vance Corp.1
    38,525  
  925,200    
Jefferies Group Inc.1
    61,480  
  1,709,968    
Raymond James Financial Inc.1
    51,897  
               
              151,902  
               

CHEMICALS—2.3%
       
  855,200    
Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. Cl. A1
    37,851  
  538,100    
Valspar Corp.1
    15,228  
               
              53,079  
               

COMMERCIAL BANKS—2.4%
       
  453,179    
Oriental Financial Group Inc.1
    5,923  
  840,300    
Pacific Capital Bancorp1
    28,183  
  660,800    
Sterling Financial Corp.1
    21,245  
               
              55,351  
               

COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES—4.4%
       
  647,402    
Administaff Inc.1*
    37,388  
  2,966,600    
Allied Waste Industries Inc.1*
    42,007  
  18,439    
Kelly Services Inc. Cl. A1
    510  
  612,038    
School Specialty Inc.1*
    22,260  
               
              102,165  
               

CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING—1.8%
       
  950,100    
URS Corp.1*
    40,921  
               

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS—1.8%
       
  1,230,861    
Headwaters Inc.1*
    41,455  
               

CONSUMER FINANCE—1.4%
       
  681,200    
AmeriCredit Corp.1*
    20,627  
  63,100    
Student Loan Corp. 
    13,140  
               
              33,767  
               

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS—4.4%
       
  1,018,402    
Checkpoint Systems Inc.1*
    26,835  
  1,776,618    
FLIR Systems Inc.1*
    43,438  
  6,496,600    
Sanmina-SCI Corp.1*
    33,718  
               
              103,991  
               

ENERGY EQUIPMENT & SERVICES—1.8%
       
  706,500    
Oceaneering International Inc.1*
    43,118  
               

GAS UTILITIES—1.1%
       
  786,700    
ONEOK Inc. 
    25,969  
               

HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES—2.0%
       
  864,400    
The Cooper Companies Inc.1
    47,386  
               

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES—11.0%
       
  1,142,300    
AMERIGROUP Corp.1*
    29,506  
  1,035,900    
Covance Inc.*
    60,445  
  870,862    
Healthways Inc.1*
    42,725  
  2,463,886    
Pharmaceutical Product Development Inc.1*
    88,379  
  981,800    
Sunrise Senior Living Inc.1*
    36,523  
               
              257,578  
               

HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE—4.2%
       
  700,999    
Brinker International Inc.1*
    27,451  
  1,124,549    
CEC Entertainment Inc.1*
    39,472  
  908,194    
Sonic Corp.1
    30,797  
               
              97,720  
               


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Harbor Small Cap Value Fund
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS—Continued
 
                 
 COMMON STOCKS—Continued
        Value
Shares       (000s)
 

HOUSEHOLD DURABLES—6.5%
       
  78,400    
Harman International Industries Inc.1
  $ 6,898  
  984,096    
Hovnanian Enterprises Inc. Cl. A1*
    39,138  
  613,600    
Meritage Home Corp.1*
    40,240  
  712,000    
Snap-on Inc.1
    29,548  
  1,139,160    
Standard Pacific Corp.1
    36,123  
               
              151,947  
               

INSURANCE—6.8%
       
  489,301    
Commerce Group Inc. 
    28,384  
  707,732    
Delphi Financial Group Inc.1
    37,078  
  1,663,969    
Philadelphia Consolidated Holding Corp.*
    55,127  
  335,100    
Protective Life Corp.1
    16,889  
  50,900    
State Auto Financial Corp. 
    1,790  
  675,700    
United Fire & Casualty Co.1
    20,231  
               
              159,499  
               

IT SERVICES—3.5%
       
  1,588,600    
Global Payments Inc. 
    75,347  
  205,500    
MoneyGram International Inc.1
    6,967  
               
              82,314  
               

MACHINERY—7.5%
       
  849,600    
Bucyrus International Inc. Cl. A1
    44,103  
  495,600    
Harsco Corp.1
    41,308  
  766,650    
Joy Global Inc.1
    50,361  
  1,132,900    
Timken Co.1
    39,538  
               
              175,310  
               

MULTI-UTILITIES—1.5%
       
  1,421,200    
PNM Resources Inc.1
    35,971  
               

OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS—5.6%
       
  1,361,000    
Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.1
    67,043  
  597,900    
Houston Exploration Co.1*
    33,434  
  736,400    
Swift Energy Co.1*
    31,194  
               
              131,671  
               

PERSONAL PRODUCTS—1.0%
       
  995,319    
Elizabeth Arden Inc.1*
    22,753  
               

PHARMACEUTICALS—0.1%
       
  28,750    
Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc.*
    1,741  
               

REAL ESTATE—2.2%
       
  52    
Entertainment Properties Trust1
    2  
  515,000    
SL Green Realty Corp. 
    50,985  
               
              50,987  
               

SPECIALTY RETAIL—0.8%
       
  1,115,863    
Stein Mart Inc.1
    17,631  
               

TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS—1.9%
       
  1,096,900    
Phillips-Van Heusen Corp.1
    44,095  
               

THRIFTS & MORTGAGE FINANCE—3.5%
       
  630,900    
Accredited Home Lenders Holding Co.1*
    36,460  
  872,550    
Astoria Financial Corp.1
    27,328  
  565,100    
BankUnited Financial Corp.1
    17,343  
               
              81,131  
               

TRADING COMPANIES & DISTRIBUTORS—1.2%
       
  458,884    
Watsco Inc.1
    29,116  
               

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES—1.3%
       
  898,200    
American Tower Corp. Cl. A1*
    30,664  
               

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $1,745,628)
    2,181,251  
         
                 
 OTHER INVESTMENT COMPANIES—3.0%
  (Cost $68,550)
  931,700    
iShares Russell 2000 Value Index Fund1
    69,868  
               
                 
 SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS—29.8%
Principal    
Amount        
(000s)        
 

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS
       
$ 101,732    
Repurchase Agreement with State Street Corp. dated April 28, 2006 due May 1, 2006 at 4.100% collateralized by a FHLB Note (market value $1,006) and FNMA Notes (market value $102,762)
    101,732  
               
                   
Shares        
 

SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL
       
       
State Street Navigator Securities Lending
       
  597,139,375      
Prime Portfolio (1-day yield of 4.770%)
    597,139  
               

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $698,872)
    698,871  
         

TOTAL INVESTMENTS—126.0%
(Cost $2,513,050)
    2,949,990  

CASH AND OTHER ASSETS, LESS LIABILITIES—(26.0)%
    (608,816 )
         

TOTAL NET ASSETS—100.0%
  $ 2,341,174  
         
 
1 A portion or all of this security was out on loan at April 30, 2006.
 
* Non-income producing security.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.


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Harbor Domestic Equity Funds
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES—April 30, 2006 (Unaudited)
 
(All amounts in Thousands, except per share amounts)
                                                             
    Harbor   Harbor   Harbor   Harbor   Harbor   Harbor   Harbor
    Capital   Mid Cap   Small Cap   Small Company   Large Cap   Mid Cap   Small Cap
    Appreciation   Growth   Growth   Growth   Value   Value   Value
 
ASSETS
                                                       
Investments, at identified cost*
  $ 7,452,593     $ 137,884     $ 620,358     $ 5,396     $ 843,406     $ 23,696     $ 2,513,050  
 
Investments, at value (including securities loaned of $211,334; $30,173; $0; $0; $68,893; $4,126; $589,058)
  $ 9,117,293     $ 142,940     $ 804,950     $ 5,117     $ 934,577     $ 25,943     $ 2,848,258  
Repurchase agreements
          6,186       21,783       603       28,752       839       101,732  
Cash
    1       1       1             1       1        
Receivables for:
                                                       
 
Investments sold
    181,610       1,173       773       111                    
 
Capital shares sold
    11,061       185       612       5       1,407       36       2,614  
 
Dividends
    3,298       28       60             1,238       33       1,030  
 
Interest
    49       5       7             10             35  
Withholding tax receivable
    444       2                                
Prepaid fund insurance
    37             5             2             2  
Other assets
                            33             69  
 
   
Total Assets
    9,313,793       150,520       828,191       5,836       966,020       26,852       2,953,740  
 
LIABILITIES
                                                       
Payables for:
                                                       
 
Investments purchased
    171,455       2,563             488       7,765       42       11,532  
 
Capital shares reacquired
    8,807       36       522             457       14       2,355  
 
Collateral for securities loaned
    214,053       30,914                   70,172       4,220       597,139  
Accrued expenses:
                                                       
 
Management fees
    4,244       64       553       3       415       7       1,349  
 
12b-1 fees
    146       1       20             52       1       48  
 
Trustees’ fees and expenses
    22       1       3             2       1       6  
 
Transfer agent fees
    532       8       55             67       2       127  
 
Other
    102       36       28       2       11       15       10  
 
   
Total Liabilities
    399,361       33,623       1,181       493       78,941       4,302       612,566  
 
NET ASSETS
  $ 8,914,432     $ 116,897     $ 827,010     $ 5,343     $ 887,079     $ 22,550     $ 2,341,174  
 
Net Assets Consist of:
                                                       
 
Paid-in capital
  $ 9,370,739     $ 102,705     $ 584,330     $ 5,057     $ 765,188     $ 18,899     $ 1,896,520  
 
Undistributed/(overdistributed) net investment income
    11,139       (103 )     (1,530 )     (4 )     3,207       81       1,135  
 
Accumulated net realized gain/(loss)
    (2,132,269 )     3,053       37,835       (34 )     (1,239 )     484       6,579  
 
Unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of investments
    1,664,823       11,242       206,375       324       119,923       3,086       436,940  
 
    $ 8,914,432     $ 116,897     $ 827,010     $ 5,343     $ 887,079     $ 22,550     $ 2,341,174  
 
NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE PER CLASS1:
Institutional Class
                                                       
Net assets
  $ 8,200,175     $ 109,655     $ 725,609     $ 3,107     $ 628,562     $ 19,497     $ 2,106,041  
Shares of beneficial interest 2
    248,642       14,078       49,547       291       35,311       1,520       95,853  
Net asset value per share
  $ 32.98     $ 7.79     $ 14.64     $ 10.67     $ 17.80     $ 12.83     $ 21.97  
Retirement Class
                                                       
Net assets
  $ 185,146     $ 76     $ 51,780     $ 1,066     $ 7,691     $ 29     $ 65,951  
Shares of beneficial interest 2
    5,637       10       3,563       100       433       2       3,008  
Net asset value per share
  $ 32.84     $ 7.78     $ 14.53     $ 10.66     $ 17.77     $ 12.82     $ 21.92  
Investor Class
                                                       
Net assets
  $ 529,111     $ 7,166     $ 49,621     $ 1,170     $ 250,826     $ 3,024     $ 169,182  
Shares of beneficial interest 2
    16,180       926       3,438       110       14,156       236       7,777  
Net asset value per share
  $ 32.70     $ 7.74     $ 14.43     $ 10.66     $ 17.72     $ 12.81     $ 21.75  
 
* Including repurchase agreements and short-term investments.
 
1 Per share amounts can be recalculated when total net assets and shares of beneficial interest are not rounded to thousands.
 
2 Par value $0.01 (unlimited authorizations).
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.


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Harbor Domestic Equity Funds
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS—Six Months Ended April 30, 2006 (Unaudited)
 
(All amounts in Thousands)
                                                               
    Harbor   Harbor   Harbor   Harbor   Harbor   Harbor   Harbor
    Capital   Mid Cap   Small Cap   Small Company   Large Cap   Mid Cap   Small Cap
    Appreciation   Growth   Growth   Growth1   Value   Value   Value
 
Investment Income:
                                                       
 
Dividends
  $ 29,342     $ 164     $ 1,458     $ 2     $ 7,557     $ 135     $ 7,142  
 
Interest
    4,231       130       391       5       555       11       2,141  
 
Securities lending income
    9,910       39                   234       93       1,867  
 
Foreign taxes withheld
    (1,896 )     (3 )                             (12 )
 
   
Total Investment Income
    41,587       330       1,849       7       8,346       239       11,138  
Operating Expenses:
                                                       
 
Management fees
    25,548       333       2,890       7       2,469       73       7,904  
 
12b-1 fees:
                                                       
   
Retirement Class
    202             57       1       10             66  
   
Investor Class
    511       6       50       1       266       3       221  
 
Shareholder communications
    492       33       23       27       27       2       82  
 
Custodian fees
    190       69       58       9       36       38       67  
 
Transfer agent fees:
                                                       
   
Institutional Class
    2,188       23       189             166       5       519  
   
Retirement Class
    45             13             2             15  
   
Investor Class
    441       5       43       1       231       2       193  
 
Professional fees
    141       7       14       9       14             36  
 
Trustees’ fees and expenses
    43             4             4             11  
 
Registration fees
    53       56       33       60       38       47       112  
 
Miscellaneous
    76       1       8             6       1       10  
 
     
Total operating expenses
    29,930       533       3,382       115       3,269       171       9,236  
 
Management fees waived
          (19 )                       (30 )      
 
Other expenses waived
          (80 )           (104 )           (43 )      
 
Other expense reimbursements and reductions (Note 4)
    (33 )     (1 )     (2 )           (5 )           (11 )
 
 
Net operating expenses
    29,897       433       3,380       11       3,264       98       9,225  
 
Net Investment Income/(Loss)
    11,690       (103 )     (1,531 )     (4 )     5,082       141       1,913  
Realized and Unrealized Gain/(Loss) on Investment Transactions:
                                                       
 
Net realized gain/(loss) on:
                                                       
   
Investments
    475,228       3,216       54,869       (34 )     865       486       10,459  
   
Foreign currency transactions
    (38 )     3                                
 
Change in net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of:
                                                       
   
Investments
    (2,863 )     10,811       99,758       324       52,212       1,538       272,272  
   
Translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies
    123                                      
 
 
Net gain/(loss) on investment transactions
    472,450       14,030       154,627       290       53,077       2,024       282,731  
 
 
Net Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
  $ 484,140     $ 13,927     $ 153,096     $ 286     $ 58,159     $ 2,165     $ 284,644  
 
1 Commenced operations February 1, 2006.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.


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Harbor Domestic Equity Funds
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
 
(All amounts in Thousands)
                                     
    Harbor   Harbor
    Capital Appreciation   Mid Cap Growth
         
    November 1,   November 1,   November 1,   November 1,
    2005   2004   2005   2004
    through   through   through   through
    April 30,   October 31,   April 30,   October 31,
    2006   2005   2006   2005
 
    (Unaudited)       (Unaudited)    
INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS:
                               
Operations:
                               
 
Net investment income/(loss)
  $ 11,690     $ 29,463     $ (103 )   $ (250 )
 
Net realized gain/(loss) on investments
    475,190       438,353       3,219       11,905  
 
Net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of investments
    (2,740 )     571,131       10,811       (3,094 )
 
   
Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
    484,140       1,038,947       13,927       8,561  
 
Distributions to Shareholders:
                               
 
Net investment income:
                               
   
Institutional Class
    (7,308 )     (26,041 )            
   
Retirement Class
          (409 )            
   
Investor Class
          (88 )            
 
Net realized gain on investments:
                               
   
Institutional Class
                (6,715 )      
   
Retirement Class
                (3 )      
   
Investor Class
                (298 )      
 
   
Total distributions to shareholders
    (7,308 )     (26,538 )     (7,016 )      
 
Net Increase/(Decrease) Derived from Capital Stock Activity
    821,918       (7,004 )     54,788       (3,530 )
 
 
Net increase/(decrease) in net assets
    1,298,750       1,005,405       61,699       5,031  
Net Assets:
                               
 
Beginning of period
    7,615,682       6,610,277       55,198       50,167  
 
 
End of period*
  $ 8,914,432     $ 7,615,682     $ 116,897     $ 55,198  
 
*  Includes undistributed/(over-distributed) net investment income of:
  $ 11,139     $ 6,757     $ (103 )   $  
a Commencement of operations.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.


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    Harbor   Harbor Small   Harbor   Harbor   Harbor
    Small Cap Growth   Company Growth   Large Cap Value   Mid Cap Value   Small Cap Value
                     
    November 1,   November 1,   February 1,   November 1,   November 1,   November 1,   November 1,   November 1,   November 1,
    2005   2004   2006a   2005   2004   2005   2004   2005   2004
    through   through   through   through   through   through   through   through   through
    April 30,   October 31,   April 30,   April 30,   October 31,   April 30,   October 31,   April 30,   October 31,
    2006   2005   2006   2006   2005   2006   2005   2006   2005
 
    (Unaudited)       (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)       (Unaudited)       (Unaudited)    
    $ (1,531 )   $ (3,286 )   $ (4 )   $ 5,082     $ 4,923     $ 141     $ 184     $ 1,913     $ 1,137  
      54,869       67,127       (34 )     865       23,344       486       487       10,459       29,537  
      99,758       (6,198 )     324       52,212       18,797       1,538       1,349       272,272       86,282  
 
      153,096       57,643       286       58,159       47,064       2,165       2,020       284,644       116,956  
 
                        (2,978 )     (4,200 )     (181 )     (46 )     (1,771 )      
                        (38 )     (37 )     (1 )                  
                        (826 )     (108 )     (16 )     (4 )            
      (51,211 )     (44,035 )                       (397 )     (954 )     (26,793 )     (2,966 )
      (3,304 )     (2,943 )                       (2 )     (1 )     (736 )     (20 )
      (2,666 )     (1,790 )                       (46 )     (113 )     (2,830 )     (162 )
 
      (57,181 )     (48,768 )           (3,842 )     (4,345 )     (643 )     (1,118 )     (32,130 )     (3,148 )
 
      22,607       (44,306 )     5,057       117,699       298,460       3,591       5,911       277,056       1,222,431  
 
      118,522       (35,431 )     5,343       172,016       341,179       5,113       6,813       529,570       1,336,239  
      708,488       743,919             715,063       373,884       17,437       10,624       1,811,604       475,365  
 
    $ 827,010     $ 708,488     $ 5,343     $ 887,079     $ 715,063     $ 22,550     $ 17,437     $ 2,341,174     $ 1,811,604  
 
    $ (1,530 )   $ 1     $ (4 )   $ 3,207     $ 1,967     $ 81     $ 138     $ 1,135     $ 993  


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Harbor Domestic Equity Fund
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS—CAPITAL STOCK ACTIVITY
 
(All amounts and shares in Thousands)
                                     
    Harbor   Harbor
    Capital Appreciation   Mid Cap Growth
         
    November 1,   November 1,   November 1,   November 1,
    2005   2004   2005   2004
    through   through   through   through
    April 30,   October 31,   April 30,   October 31,
    2006   2005   2006   2005
 
    (Unaudited)       (Unaudited)    
 AMOUNT ($)
                               
Institutional Class:
                               
 
Net proceeds from sale of shares
  $ 1,322,854     $ 1,297,581     $ 50,716     $ 20,494  
 
Reinvested in payment of distributions
    6,310       22,924       6,688        
 
Cost of shares reacquired
    (769,584 )     (1,609,505 )     (7,785 )     (24,692 )
 
Cost of shares reacquired through in-kind redemptions
                       
 
   
Net increase/(decrease) in net assets
  $ 559,580     $ (289,000 )   $ 49,619     $ (4,198 )
 
Retirement Class:
                               
 
Net proceeds from sale of shares
  $ 65,731     $ 121,263     $ 81     $ 12  
 
Reinvested in payment of distributions
          409       3        
 
Cost of shares reacquired
    (10,637 )     (21,395 )     (23 )      
 
   
Net increase/(decrease) in net assets
  $ 55,094     $ 100,277     $ 61     $ 12  
 
Investor Class:
                               
 
Net proceeds from sale of shares
  $ 244,247     $ 220,113     $ 5,733     $ 1,298  
 
Reinvested in payment of distributions
          83       297        
 
Cost of shares reacquired
    (37,003 )     (38,477 )     (922 )     (642 )
 
   
Net increase/(decrease) in net assets
  $ 207,244     $ 181,719     $ 5,108     $ 656  
 
 SHARES
                               
Institutional Class:
                               
 
Shares sold
    40,017       45,172       6,850       3,020  
 
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions
    191       796       950        
 
Shares reacquired
    (23,317 )     (56,540 )     (1,030 )     (3,718 )
 
Shares reacquired through in-kind redemptions
                       
 
 
Net increase/(decrease) in shares outstanding
    16,891       (10,572 )     6,770       (698 )
 
Beginning of period
    231,751       242,323       7,308       8,006  
 
   
End of period
    248,642       231,751       14,078       7,308  
 
Retirement Class:
                               
 
Shares sold
    1,979       4,276       11       2  
 
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions
          14              
 
Shares reacquired
    (323 )     (749 )     (3 )      
 
 
Net increase/(decrease) in shares outstanding
    1,656       3,541       8       2  
 
Beginning of period
    3,981       440       2        
 
   
End of period
    5,637       3,981       10       2  
 
Investor Class:
                               
 
Shares sold
    7,411       7,427       769       190  
 
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions
          3       42        
 
Shares reacquired
    (1,127 )     (1,338 )     (124 )     (96 )
 
 
Net increase/(decrease) in shares outstanding
    6,284       6,092       687       94  
 
Beginning of period
    9,896       3,804       239       145  
 
   
End of period
    16,180       9,896       926       239  
 
a Commencement of operations.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.


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    Harbor   Harbor Small   Harbor   Harbor   Harbor
    Small Cap Growth   Company Growth   Large Cap Value   Mid Cap Value   Small Cap Value
                     
    November 1,   November 1,   February 1,   November 1,   November 1,   November 1,   November 1,   November 1,   November 1,
    2005   2004   2006a   2005   2004   2005   2004   2005   2004
    through   through   through   through   through   through   through   through   through
    April 30,   October 31,   April 30,   April 30,   October 31,   April 30,   October 31,   April 30,   October 31,
    2006   2005   2006   2006   2005   2006   2005   2006   2005
 
    (Unaudited)       (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)       (Unaudited)       (Unaudited)    
    $ 34,002     $ 77,953     $ 3,001     $ 127,484     $ 220,984     $ 4,852     $ 7,825     $ 437,707     $ 1,233,823  
      43,065       37,495             2,258       3,733       549       955       20,761       1,937  
      (71,992 )     (169,827 )     (43 )     (87,985 )     (69,339 )     (2,995 )     (4,319 )     (169,373 )     (199,250 )
            (30,200 )                                          
 
    $ 5,075     $ (84,579 )   $ 2,958     $ 41,757     $ 155,378     $ 2,406     $ 4,461     $ 289,095     $ 1,036,510  
 
    $ 5,593     $ 48,879     $ 1,000     $ 4,299     $ 2,380     $ 2     $ 80     $ 27,575     $ 41,519  
      3,304       2,943             38       37       3       1       736       20  
      (3,701 )     (17,170 )           (2,696 )     (1,859 )     (60 )           (5,228 )     (7,525 )
 
    $ 5,196     $ 34,652     $ 1,000     $ 1,641     $ 558     $ (55 )   $ 81     $ 23,083     $ 34,014  
 
    $ 13,555     $ 13,778     $ 1,124     $ 93,382     $ 146,784     $ 1,428     $ 2,357     $ 29,738     $ 194,663  
      2,650       1,759             825       107       62       117       2,580       160  
      (3,869 )     (9,916 )     (25 )     (19,906 )     (4,367 )     (250 )     (1,105 )     (67,440 )     (42,916 )
 
    $ 12,336     $ 5,621     $ 1,099     $ 74,301     $ 142,524     $ 1,240     $ 1,369     $ (35,122 )   $ 151,907  
 
      2,465       6,099       295       7,389       13,297       393       675       21,275       64,862  
      3,440       2,900             132       224       46       85       1,048       106  
      (5,228 )     (13,208 )     (4 )     (5,074 )     (4,177 )     (242 )     (371 )     (8,117 )     (10,435 )
            (2,232 )                                          
 
      677       (6,441 )     291       2,447       9,344       197       389       14,206       54,533  
      48,870       55,311             32,864       23,520       1,323       934       81,647       27,114  
 
      49,547       48,870       291       35,311       32,864       1,520       1,323       95,853       81,647  
 
      401       3,671       100       249       145             7       1,334       2,165  
      266       228             2       2                   37       1  
      (270 )     (1,365 )           (154 )     (112 )     (5 )           (253 )     (391 )
 
      397       2,534       100       97       35       (5 )     7       1,118       1,775  
      3,166       632             336       301       7             1,890       115  
 
      3,563       3,166       100       433       336       2       7       3,008       1,890  
 
      982       1,095       112       5,438       8,983       115       199       1,471       10,238  
      215       137             48       6       5       11       131       8  
      (284 )     (789 )     (2 )     (1,155 )     (264 )     (20 )     (98 )     (3,276 )     (2,249 )
 
      913       443       110       4,331       8,725       100       112       (1,674 )     7,997  
      2,525       2,082             9,825       1,100       136       24       9,451       1,454  
 
      3,438       2,525       110       14,156       9,825       236       136       7,777       9,451  
 


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Harbor Domestic Equity Funds
Financial Highlights
SELECTED PER SHARE DATA FOR THE PERIODS PRESENTED
 
                                                   
 HARBOR CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND
    Institutional Class
     
    6-Month   Year Ended October 31
    Period Ended    
    April 30, 2006   2005   2004   2003   2002   2001
 
    (Unaudited)    
Net asset value beginning of period
  $ 31.02     $ 26.81     $ 25.21     $ 21.04     $ 26.40     $ 48.16  
Income from Investment Operations:
                                               
 
Net investment income/(loss)
    .05       .13       .02 c     .05 c     .04       .04  
 
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments
    1.94       4.19       1.63       4.16       (5.36 )     (15.63 )
 
Total from investment operations
    1.99       4.32       1.65       4.21       (5.32 )     (15.59 )
 
Less Distributions:
                                               
 
Dividends from net investment income
    (.03 )     (.11 )     (.05 )     (.04 )     (.04 )      
 
Distributions from net realized capital gainsa
                                  (6.17 )
 
Total distributions
    (.03 )     (.11 )     (.05 )     (.04 )     (.04 )     (6.17 )
 
Net asset value end of period
    32.98       31.02       26.81       25.21       21.04       26.40  
Net assets end of period (000s)
  $ 8,200,175     $ 7,187,988     $ 6,497,130     $ 6,338,120     $ 5,055,492     $ 6,020,099  
 
Ratios and Supplemental Data (%):
                                               
 
Total return
    6.42 %l     16.14 %     6.54 %d     20.04 %d     (20.20 )%     (35.23 )%
 
Ratio of operating expenses to average net assetsb
    .68 m     .68       .67 c     .71 c     .69       .66  
 
Ratio of operating expenses not imposed to average net assets
                .01       .01              
 
Ratio of operating expenses net of all offsets to average net assets
    .68 m     .68       .67 c     .71 c     .69       .66  
 
Ratio of interest/dividend expenses to average net assets
                            .01 e      
 
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets
    .31 m     .44       .09 c     .24 c     .16       .15  
 
Portfolio turnover
    34 l     69       67       64       76       89  
 
                                                   
 HARBOR MID CAP GROWTH FUND
    Institutional Class
     
    6-Month   Year Ended October 31
    Period Ended    
    April 30, 2006   2005p   2004   2003   2002   2001
 
    (Unaudited)    
Net asset value beginning of period
  $ 7.31     $ 6.15     $ 5.96     $ 4.14     $ 5.64     $ 10.00  
Income from Investment Operations:
                                               
 
Net investment income/(loss)
    (.01 )c     (.03 )c           (.03 )c     (.06 )c      
 
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments
    1.34       1.19       .19       1.85       (1.44 )     (4.36 )
 
Total from investment operations
    1.33       1.16       .19       1.82       (1.50 )     (4.36 )
 
Less Distributions:
                                               
 
Dividends from net investment income
                                   
 
Distributions from net realized capital gainsa
    (.85 )                              
 
Total distributions
    (.85 )                              
 
Net asset value end of period
    7.79       7.31       6.15       5.96       4.14       5.64  
Net assets end of period (000s)
  $ 109,655     $ 53,447     $ 49,275     $ 25,743     $ 8,974     $ 9,752  
 
Ratios and Supplemental Data (%):
                                               
 
Total return
    19.36 %d,l     18.86 %d     3.19 %d     44.31 %d     (26.77 )% d     (43.60 )% d
 
Ratio of operating expenses to average net assetsb
    .95 c,m     .95 c     .98 c     1.20 c     1.20 c     1.20 c
 
Ratio of operating expenses not imposed to average net assets
    .22 m     .20       .14       .58       .31       .53  
 
Ratio of operating expenses net of all offsets to average net assets
    .95 c,m     .95 c     .98 c     1.20 c     1.20 c     1.20 c
 
Ratio of interest/dividend expenses to average net assets
                                   
 
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets
    (.20 )c,m     (.48 )c     (.65 )c     (.95 )c     (1.11 )c     (.92 )c
 
Portfolio turnover
    66 l     177       77       114       70       61  
 
See page 62 for notes to the Domestic Equity Funds Financial Highlights.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.


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Retirement Class   Investor Class
     
    6-Month   Year Ended October 31   6-Month   Year Ended October 31
    Period Ended       Period Ended    
    April 30, 2006   2005   2004   2003f   April 30, 2006   2005   2004   2003f
 
    (Unaudited)       (Unaudited)    
    $ 30.90     $ 26.77     $ 25.21     $ 21.04     $ 30.79     $ 26.65     $ 25.12     $ 21.04  
      .05                   .04 c     .01       .05 c     (.05 )c      
      1.89       4.23       1.59       4.17       1.90       4.11       1.58       4.11  
 
      1.94       4.23       1.59       4.21       1.91       4.16       1.53       4.11  
 
            (.10 )     (.03 )     (.04 )           (.02 )           (.03 )
                                                 
 
            (.10 )     (.03 )     (.04 )           (.02 )           (.03 )
 
      32.84       30.90       26.77       25.21       32.70       30.79       26.65       25.12  
    $ 185,146     $ 123,018     $ 11,775     $ 850     $ 529,111     $ 304,676     $ 101,372     $ 40,475  
 
      6.28 %l     15.84 %     6.32 % d     20.04 %d     6.20 %l     15.62 %     6.09 %d     19.55 %d
      .93 m     .92       .92 c     .94 c     1.09 m     1.10       1.10 c     1.13 c
                  .01       .01                   .01       .01  
      .93 m     .92       .92 c     .94 c     1.09 m     1.10       1.10 c     1.13 c
                                                 
      .07 m     (.13 )     (.18 ) c     (.09 )c     (.10 )m     (.10 )     (.35 )c     (.29 )c
      34 l     69       67       64       34 l     69       67       64  
 
                                                                 
Retirement Class   Investor Class
     
    6-Month   Year Ended October 31   6-Month   Year Ended October 31
    Period Ended       Period Ended    
    April 30, 2006   2005p   2004   2003f   April 30, 2006   2005p   2004   2003f
 
    (Unaudited)       (Unaudited)    
    $ 7.31     $ 6.15     $ 5.96     $ 4.14     $ 7.28     $ 6.15     $ 5.96     $ 4.14  
      (.01 )c           (.04 ) c     (.02 )c     (.01 )c     (.04 )c     .01 c     (.02 )c
      1.33       1.16       .23       1.84       1.32       1.17       .18       1.84  
 
      1.32       1.16       .19       1.82       1.31       1.13       .19       1.82  
 
                                                 
      (.85 )                       (.85 )                  
 
      (.85 )                       (.85 )                  
 
      7.78       7.31       6.15       5.96       7.74       7.28       6.15       5.96  
    $ 76     $ 14     $ 1     $ 6     $ 7,166     $ 1,737     $ 891     $ 209  
 
      19.21 %d,l     18.86 % d     3.19 % d     44.31 %d     19.16 %d,l     18.37 % d     3.19 %d     44.31 %d
      1.19 c,m     1.18 c     1.23 c     1.40 c     1.35 c,m     1.38 c     1.38 c     1.40 c
      .22 m     .20       .08       .63       .22 m     .20       .18       .81  
      1.19 c,m     1.18 c     1.23 c     1.40 c     1.35 c,m     1.38 c     1.38 c     1.40 c
                                                 
      (.46 )c,m     (.67 )c     (.90 ) c     (1.13 )c     (.69 )c,m     (.87 )c     (1.06 ) c     (1.13 )c
      66 l     177       77       114       66 l     177       77       114  
 


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Harbor Domestic Equity Funds Financial Highlights—Continued
SELECTED PER SHARE DATA FOR THE PERIODS PRESENTED
 
                                                   
 HARBOR SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND
    Institutional Class
     
    6-Month   Year Ended October 31
    Period Ended    
    April 30, 2006   2005   2004   2003g   2002   2001
 
    (Unaudited)    
Net asset value beginning of period
  $ 13.00     $ 12.82     $ 12.05     $ 8.65     $ 9.72     $ 10.00  
Income from Investment Operations:
                                               
 
Net investment income/(loss)
    (.06 )     (.06 )           (.04 )c     (.03 )c      
 
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments
    2.75       1.07       .77       3.44       (1.04 )     (.28 )
 
Total from investment operations
    2.69       1.01       .77       3.40       (1.07 )     (.28 )
 
Less Distributions:
                                               
 
Dividends from net investment income
                                   
 
Distributions from net realized capital gainsa
    (1.05 )     (.83 )                        
 
Total distributions
    (1.05 )     (.83 )                        
 
Net asset value end of period
    14.64       13.00       12.82       12.05       8.65       9.72  
Net assets end of period (000s)
  $ 725,609     $ 635,132     $ 709,318     $ 631,734     $ 103,951     $ 17,317  
 
Ratios and Supplemental Data (%):
                                               
 
Total return
    22.09 %l     7.83 %     6.39 %d     39.31 %d     (11.01 )% d     (2.80 )% d
 
Ratio of operating expenses to average net assetsb
    .84 m     .84       .83 c     .93 c     .95 c     1.20 c
 
Ratio of operating expenses not imposed to average net assets
                .02       .02       .08       .63  
 
Ratio of operating expenses net of all offsets to average net assets
    .84 m     .84       .83 c     .93 c     .95 c     1.20 c
 
Ratio of interest/dividend expenses to average net assets
                                   
 
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets
    (.36 )m     (.40 )     (.48 )c     (.61 )c     (.71 )c     (.67 )c
 
Portfolio turnover
    28 l     69       54       83       50       56  
 
                           
 HARBOR SMALL COMPANY GROWTH FUND
    Institutional Class   Retirement Class   Investor Class
             
    3-Month   3-Month   3-Month
    Period Ended   Period Ended   Period Ended
    April 30, 2006q   April 30, 2006q   April 30, 2006q
 
    (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)
Net asset value beginning of period
  $ 10.00     $ 10.00     $ 10.00  
Income from Investment Operations:
                       
 
Net investment income/(loss)
    c     (.01 )c     (.01 )c
 
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments
    .67       .67       .67  
 
Total from investment operations
    .67       .66       .66  
 
Less Distributions:
                       
 
Dividends from net investment income
                 
 
Distributions from net realized capital gainsa
                 
 
Total distributions
                 
 
Net asset value end of period
    10.67       10.66       10.66  
Net assets end of period (000s)
  $ 3,107     $ 1,066     $ 1,170  
 
Ratios and Supplemental Data (%):
                       
 
Total return
    6.70 %d,l     6.60 %d,l     6.60 %d,l
 
Ratio of operating expenses to average net assets b
    .94 c,m     1.18 c,m     1.33 c,m
 
Ratio of operating expenses net of all offsets to average net assets
    .94 c,m     1.18 c,m     1.33 c,m
 
Ratio of interest/dividend expenses to average net assets
                 
 
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets
    (.23 )c,m     (.23 )c,m     (.23 )c,m
 
Portfolio turnover
    12 l     12 l     12 l
 
See page 62 for notes to the Domestic Equity Funds Financial Highlights.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.


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Retirement Class   Investor Class
     
    6-Month   Year Ended October 31   6-Month   Year Ended October 31
    Period Ended       Period Ended    
    April 30, 2006   2005   2004   2003f   April 30, 2006   2005   2004   2003f
 
    (Unaudited)       (Unaudited)    
    $ 12.92     $ 12.78     $ 12.05     $ 8.65     $ 12.85     $ 12.74     $ 12.02     $ 8.65  
      (.04 )     (.07 )     (.02 ) c     (.02 )c     (.02 )     (.09 )     .02 c     (.06 )c
      2.70       1.04       .75       3.42       2.65       1.03       .70       3.43  
 
      2.66       .97       .73       3.40       2.63       .94       .72       3.37  
 
                                                 
      (1.05 )     (.83 )                 (1.05 )     (.83 )            
 
      (1.05 )     (.83 )                 (1.05 )     (.83 )            
 
      14.53       12.92       12.78       12.05       14.43       12.85       12.74       12.02  
    $ 51,780     $ 40,916     $ 8,074     $ 4,482     $ 49,621     $ 32,440     $ 26,527     $ 12,279  
 
      21.99 %l     7.52 %     6.06 % d     39.31 %d     21.87 %l     7.31 %     5.90 % d     39.08 %d
      1.09 m     1.09       1.08 c     1.16 c     1.25 m     1.27       1.25 c     1.36 c
                  .01       .02                   .02       .02  
      1.09 m     1.09       1.08 c     1.16 c     1.25 m     1.27       1.25 c     1.36 c
                                                 
      (.61 )m     (.66 )     (.73 ) c     (.83 )c     (.77 )m     (.83 )     (.91 ) c     (1.03 )c
      28 l     69       54       83       28 l     69       54       83  
 


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Harbor Domestic Equity Funds Financial Highlights—Continued
SELECTED PER SHARE DATA FOR THE PERIODS PRESENTED
 
                                                   
 HARBOR LARGE CAP VALUE FUND
    Institutional Class
     
    6-Month   Year Ended October 31
    Period Ended    
    April 30, 2006   2005   2004   2003   2002h   2001
 
    (Unaudited)    
Net asset value beginning of period
  $ 16.63     $ 15.00     $ 13.52     $ 11.43     $ 13.01     $ 13.88  
Income from Investment Operations:
                                               
 
Net investment income/(loss)
    .11       .16       .14 c     .11 c     .10       .24  
 
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments
    1.14       1.63       1.45       2.11       (1.63 )     (.68 )
 
Total from investment operations
    1.25       1.79       1.59       2.22       (1.53 )     (.44 )
 
Less Distributions:
                                               
 
Dividends from net investment income
    (.08 )     (.16 )     (.11 )     (.13 )     (.05 )     (.24 )
 
Distributions from net realized capital gainsa
                                  (.19 )
 
Total distributions
    (.08 )     (.16 )     (.11 )     (.13 )     (.05 )     (.43 )
 
Net asset value end of period
    17.80       16.63       15.00       13.52       11.43       13.01  
Net assets end of period (000s)
  $ 628,562     $ 546,624     $ 352,917     $ 202,159     $ 142,063     $ 130,029  
 
Ratios and Supplemental Data (%):
                                               
 
Total return
    7.56 %l     11.90 %     11.79 % d     19.56 % d     (11.83 )%     (3.20 )%
 
Ratio of operating expenses to average net assetsb
    .68 m     .70       .68 c     .77 c     .77       .77  
 
Ratio of operating expenses not imposed to average net assets
                .02       .01              
 
Ratio of operating expenses net of all offsets to average net assets
    .68 m     .70       .68 c     .77 c     .77       .77  
 
Ratio of interest/dividend expenses to average net assets
                                  .14 i
 
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets
    1.35 m     1.01       1.10       .94 c     .75       1.64  
 
Portfolio turnover
    9 l     24       19       25       35       194  
 
                                           
 HARBOR MID CAP VALUE FUND
    Institutional Class
     
    6-Month   Year Ended October 31
    Period Ended    
    April 30, 2006   2005   2004j   2003   2002k
 
    (Unaudited)    
Net asset value beginning of period
  $ 11.90     $ 11.09     $ 10.06     $ 8.33     $ 10.00  
Income from Investment Operations:
                                       
 
Net investment income/(loss)
    .08       .14 c     .02 c     .01 c      
 
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments
    1.27       1.68       1.01       1.72       (1.67 )
 
Total from investment operations
    1.35       1.82       1.03       1.73       (1.67 )
 
Less Distributions:
                                       
 
Dividends from net investment income
    (.13 )     (.05 )                  
 
Distributions from net realized capital gainsa
    (.29 )     (.96 )                  
 
Total distributions
    (.42 )     (1.01 )                  
 
Net asset value end of period
    12.83       11.90       11.09       10.06       8.33  
Net assets end of period (000s)
  $ 19,497     $ 15,744     $ 10,354     $ 7,959     $ 4,867  
 
Ratios and Supplemental Data (%):
                                       
 
Total return
    11.69 %d,l     16.92 % d     10.36 %d     20.77 % d     (16.70 )% d,l
 
Ratio of operating expenses to average net assetsb
    .95 c,m     .95 c     1.02 c     1.20 c     1.20 c,m
 
Ratio of operating expenses not imposed to average net assets
    .74 m     .93       1.08       1.15       1.93 m
 
Ratio of operating expenses net of all offsets to average net assets
    .95 c,m     .95 c     1.02 c     1.20 c     1.20 c,m
 
Ratio of interest/dividend expenses to average net assets
                             
 
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets
    1.50 c,m     1.27 c     .23 c     .15 c     (.22 ) c,m
 
Portfolio turnover
    10 l     20       152       67       41 l
 
See page 62 for notes to the Domestic Equity Funds Financial Highlights.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.


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    Retirement Class   Investor Class
         
    6-Month   Year Ended October 31   6-Month   Year Ended October 31
    Period Ended       Period Ended    
    April 30, 2006   2005   2004   2003f   April 30, 2006   2005   2004   2003f
 
    (Unaudited)       (Unaudited)    
    $ 16.62     $ 14.99     $ 13.52     $ 11.43     $ 16.58     $ 14.96     $ 13.49     $ 11.43  
      .08       .14       .08 c     .15 c     .08       .07       .10 c     .10 c
      1.14       1.61       1.50       2.07       1.13       1.64       1.43       2.07  
 
      1.22       1.75       1.58       2.22       1.21       1.71       1.53       2.17  
 
      (.07 )     (.12 )     (.11 )     (.13 )     (.07 )     (.09 )     (.06 )     (.11 )
                                                 
 
      (.07 )     (.12 )     (.11 )     (.13 )     (.07 )     (.09 )     (.06 )     (.11 )
 
      17.77       16.62       14.99       13.52       17.72       16.58       14.96       13.49  
    $ 17,691     $ 5,577     $ 4,515     $ 5     $ 250,826     $ 162,862     $ 16,452     $ 6,682  
 
      7.37 %l     11.66 %     11.69 % d     19.56 %d     7.32 %l     11.44 %     11.34 % d     19.13 %d
      .93 m     .95       .92 c     .93 c     1.09 m     1.10       1.10 c     1.17 c
                  .03       .01                   .03       .01  
      .93 m     .95       .92 c     .93 c     1.09 m     1.10       1.10 c     1.17 c
                                                 
      1.02 m     .77       .86 c     .66 c     .92 m     .70       .68 c     .34 c
      9 l     24       19       25       9 l     24       19       25  
 
                                                                 
Retirement Class   Investor Class
     
    6-Month   Year Ended October 31   6-Month   Year Ended October 31
    Period Ended       Period Ended    
    April 30, 2006   2005   2004j   2003f   April 30, 2006   2005   2004j   2003f
 
    (Unaudited)       (Unaudited)    
    $ 11.90     $ 11.09     $ 10.06     $ 8.33     $ 11.88     $ 11.09     $ 10.06     $ 8.33  
      (.07 )c     .04 c     .02 c           .08 c     .07 c     (.01 )c     (.01 )c
      1.41       1.76       1.01       1.73       1.25       1.71       1.04       1.74  
 
      1.34       1.80       1.03       1.73       1.33       1.78       1.03       1.73  
 
      (.13 )     (.04 ) c                 (.11 )     (.04 )            
      (.29 )     (.95 )                 (.29 )     (.95 )            
 
      (.42 )     (.99 )                 (.40 )     (.99 )            
 
      12.82       11.90       11.09       10.06       12.81       11.88       11.09       10.06  
    $ 29     $ 81     $ 2     $     $ 3,024     $ 1,612     $ 268     $ 46  
 
      11.52 %d,l     16.88 % d     10.36 %d     20.77 %d     11.44 %d,l     16.65 % d     10.24 %d     20.77 %d
      1.20 c,m     1.18 c     o     o     1.36 c,m     1.38 c     1.39 c     1.39 c
      .74 m     .93                   .74 m     .93       1.53       1.38  
      1.20 c,m     1.18 c     o     o     1.36 c,m     1.38 c     1.39 c     1.39 c
                                                   
      1.35 c,m     .96 c     o     o     1.05 c,m     .88 c     (.15 )c     (.16 )c
      10 l     20       152       67       10 l     20       152       67  
 


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Harbor Domestic Equity Funds Financial Highlights—Continued
SELECTED PER SHARE DATA FOR THE PERIODS PRESENTED
 
                                           
 HARBOR SMALL CAP VALUE FUND
    Institutional Class
     
    6-Month   Year Ended October 31
    Period Ended    
    April 30, 2006   2005   2004   2003   2002n
 
    (Unaudited)    
Net asset value beginning of period
  $ 19.50     $ 16.58     $ 13.88     $ 9.99     $ 10.00  
Income from Investment Operations:
                                       
 
Net investment income/(loss)
    .02       .01             (.01 )c     (.02 )c
 
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments
    2.78       3.00       2.70       3.90       .01  
 
Total from investment operations
    2.80       3.01       2.70       3.89       (.01 )
 
Less Distributions:
                                       
 
Dividends from net investment income
    (.02 )                        
 
Distributions from net realized capital gainsa
    (.31 )     (.09 )                  
 
Total distributions
    (.33 )     (.09 )                  
 
Net asset value end of period
    21.97       19.50       16.58       13.88       9.99  
Net assets end of period (000s)
  $ 2,106,041     $ 1,592,120     $ 449,467     $ 159,380     $ 14,906  
 
Ratios and Supplemental Data (%):
                                       
 
Total return
    14.53 %l     18.22 %     19.45 % d     38.94 % d     (.10 )% d,l
 
Ratio of operating expenses to average net assetsb
    .83 m     .83       .84 c     .94 c     1.20 c,m
 
Ratio of operating expenses not imposed to average net assets
                .01       .30       .90 m
 
Ratio of operating expenses net of all offsets to average net assets
    .83 m     .83       .84 c     .94 c     1.20 c,m
 
Ratio of interest/dividend expenses to average net assets
                             
 
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets
    .22 m     .13       (.13 )c     (.25 )c     (.46 ) c,m
 
Portfolio turnover
    14l       20       12       13       20 l
 
a Includes both short-term and long-term capital gains.
 
b Percentage does not reflect reduction for credit balance arrangements from custodian. (See Note 4 to Financial Statements).
 
c Reflects the Adviser’s waiver of a portion of its management fees and/or other operating expenses.
 
d The total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been waived during the periods shown.
 
e Interest expense for swap agreements.
 
f Commenced operations on November 1, 2002.
 
g After the close of business on October 31, 2002, the former Harbor Small Cap Growth Fund was merged with and into Harbor Growth Fund. The accounting survivor of the merger is the former Harbor Small Cap Growth Fund. Effective November 1, 2002, Harbor Growth Fund changed its name to Harbor Small Cap Growth Fund.
 
h Effective September 20, 2001, Harbor Value Fund changed its name to Harbor Large Cap Value Fund and appointed Armstrong Shaw Associates Inc. as its Subadviser.
 
i Dividend expense for investments sold short.
 
j Effective September 30, 2004, Harbor Mid Cap Value Fund appointed LSV Asset Management as its Subadviser.
 
k Commenced operations on March 1, 2002.
 
l Unannualized.
 
m Annualized.
 
n Commenced operations on December 14, 2001.
 
o Assets in this class were too small to incur any income or expense.
 
p Effective September 20, 2005, Harbor Mid Cap Growth Fund appointed Wellington Management Company, LLP as its Subadviser.
 
q Commenced operations on February 1, 2006.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.


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Retirement Class   Investor Class
     
    6-Month   Year Ended October 31   6-Month   Year Ended October 31
    Period Ended       Period Ended    
    April 30, 2006   2005   2004   2003f   April 30, 2006   2005   2004   2003f
 
    (Unaudited)       (Unaudited)    
    $ 19.46     $ 16.57     $ 13.88     $ 9.99     $ 19.33     $ 16.50     $ 13.87     $ 9.99  
      .01       (.01 )     .02 c     (.02 )c     (.04 )     (.01 )           (.02 )c
      2.76       2.99       2.67       3.91       2.77       2.93       2.63       3.90  
 
      2.77       2.98       2.69       3.89       2.73       2.92       2.63       3.88  
 
                                                 
      (.31 )     (.09 )                 (.31 )     (.09 )            
 
      (.31 )     (.09 )                 (.31 )     (.09 )            
 
      21.92       19.46       16.57       13.88       21.75       19.33       16.50       13.87  
    $ 65,951     $ 36,787     $ 1,911     $ 3     $ 169,182     $ 182,697     $ 23,987     $ 1,290  
 
      14.39 %l     18.05 %     19.38 % d     38.94 %d     14.28 %l     17.76 %     18.96 % d     38.84 %d
      1.08 m     1.08       .93 c     1.18 c     1.25 m     1.26       1.25 c     1.29 c
                  .01       .30                   .01       .30  
      1.08 m     1.08       .93 c     1.18 c     1.25 m     1.26       1.25 c     1.29 c
                                                 
      (.01 )m     (.08 )     (.24 ) c     (.59 )c     (.21 )m     (.27 )     (.53 ) c     (.57 )c
      14l       20       12       13       14l       20       12       13  
 


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Harbor International Equity Funds
Harbor International Fund
MANAGER’S COMMENTARY (Unaudited)
 
 
SUBADVISER
Northern Cross Investments
Limited
Clarendon House
2 Church Street
Hamilton, Bermuda HMDX
LOGO
Hakan Castegren
Portfolio Manager (since 1987)
Northern Cross has subadvised the Fund since its inception in 1987.
INVESTMENT GOAL
Long-term total return, principally from growth of capital.
PRINCIPAL STYLE CHARACTERISTICS
International large cap value oriented stocks.
 
 TOP TEN HOLDINGS (% of net assets)
         
ABB Ltd.
    2.9 %
BHP Billiton
    2.9  
Petroleo Brasileiro SA — PETROBRAS
    2.6  
Continental AG
    2.5  
Statoil ASA
    2.1  
Linde AG
    1.9  
Compagnie Financiere Richemont AG Cl. A
    1.9  
Canon Inc.
    1.9  
ORIX Corp.
    1.9  
Banco Bradesco SA
    1.8  
 REGION BREAKDOWN
(CHART)
 FUND CATEGORY
LOGO
 TOP 10 COUNTRIES (% of net assets)
         
Japan
    16.1 %
United Kingdom
    13.3  
France
    12.6  
Switzerland
    12.2  
Germany
    8.5  
Brazil
    7.3  
Malaysia
    3.9  
Sweden
    3.8  
Australia
    2.9  
Singapore
    2.4  
 MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE
Market Review
Foreign stock markets around the world posted excellent returns for the six months ended April 30, 2006. The MSCI EAFE® Index of international stocks gained 22.89% in U.S. dollar terms. By comparison, the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Index of the broad U.S. stock market rose 11.02%.
Companies across a wide range of industries and geographical areas took part in the rally. Nine of the 10 economic sectors in the MSCI EAFE® Index had double-digit returns, led by the materials sector, which rose 35%. Stocks in five other sectors had returns greater than 20%. The telecommunications services group was up 1% and was the worst-performing sector. Participation also was widespread on a geographical basis, as stocks in 17 of the 21 country groups represented in the index had average returns in excess of 20%.
Performance
The Harbor International Fund returned 29.77% (Institutional Class), 29.48% (Investor Class), and 29.62% (Retirement Class) in U.S. dollar terms for the six months ended April 30, 2006, outpacing the MSCI EAFE® Index by more than 6 percentage points. For the 12 months ended April 30, 2006, the Fund returned 47.43% (Institutional Class), 46.76% (Investor Class), and 47.05% (Retirement Class), compared to 33.49% for the index. The Fund also outperformed the benchmark for the latest five-year and 10-year periods.
Many foreign currencies strengthened against the U.S. dollar during the fiscal half-year, and this enhanced international equity returns expressed in dollars. The weakness of the dollar improved MSCI EAFE® Index returns by about 4 percentage points and added about 5 percentage points to Fund returns.
The Fund’s performance was distinguished by solid gains across a broad spectrum of industries and economic sectors. Stocks in the industrials sector were the best performers for the Fund, with a combined return of 46%. Materials, consumer discretionary, energy, and financial services holdings also performed well, with returns of more than 30% in each of those sectors. The worst-performing area in the portfolio was telecommunications services, which was up 4%.


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Harbor International Fund
MANAGER’S COMMENTARY—Continued
 
The four largest holdings in the portfolio—ABB Ltd., BHP Billiton, Petroleo Brasileiro SA, and Continental AG—were also the top four contributors to performance for the fiscal half-year. Each added over one percentage point to Fund returns. ABB, the Swiss/Swedish engineering company involved in power transmission systems and robotics, was up 86%. It has continued to benefit from a restructuring program eliminating non-core businesses as well as from growth opportunities from development and improvement of electrical power grids in China and other countries. BHP Billiton, the Australian metals and mining company, was up 41%, and Petroleo Brasileiro, the Brazilian oil and gas company, gained 59%. These two long-term holdings highlighted the Fund’s continued success from above-benchmark positions in the materials and energy sectors. Shares of Continental, the German producer of automotive products, rose 56%. Continental reported increased demand from automakers for its tires, brake systems, and vehicle electronics.
Stock selection in the financial services sector was a major contributor to the Fund’s returns as well as to its outperformance of the benchmark. Financial stocks in the portfolio returned 34% compared with 27% for those in the index. Leading contributors for the Fund included ORIX, a Japanese leasing company, whose shares rose 61%, and Banco Bradesco in Brazil, which was up 51%. Financial services stocks represented about 29% of both the Fund and the index and constituted the largest sector weight in both. Stock selection and above-benchmark weights in the materials, consumer discretionary, and energy sectors also made important contributions to both absolute and relative performance for the Fund.
Fund returns also benefited from the absence from the portfolio of stocks experiencing significant price declines. The largest detractor from performance was Vodafone, which was down 12% while held by the Fund. It reduced overall returns by 29 basis points. Vodafone continued to be a troubled stock, and we sold the shares during an upswing in the share price after the announcement of the sale of its Japanese subsidiary.
Outlook and Strategy
Sector and country-level allocations in the portfolio as of April 30, 2006, were similar to those at the end of the fiscal year on October 31, 2005. The Fund’s largest economic sector allocations were in financial services, materials, consumer discretionary, and energy. Compared with the MSCI EAFE® Index, the largest overweighted positions in the portfolio were in materials and energy, while the most significant underweights were in health care and telecommunications. The largest country-level allocations were in Japan, United Kingdom, France, and Switzerland. Compared with the index, the largest overweights were in Brazil and Switzerland, while the most significantly underweighted country positions were in Japan and the United Kingdom.
Indications of continued worldwide growth, with China leading the way, provide a favorable economic backdrop for world stock markets. We expect China’s need for raw materials to continue, although we are monitoring that situation closely. We believe that positive trends such as loan growth in Japan and favorable inflation data in Germany could prove to be indicators of good growth prospects in those countries. Interest rates in Brazil have continued to fall, and we expect further good performance from our investments in Brazilian resource companies. Although the outlook remains generally favorable, we continue to follow closely the implementation of monetary policy in the U.S. because of its potential implications for the global economic environment. A specific concern is that over-tightening by the Federal Reserve could lead to a recession in the U.S., which in turn could result in a slowing of worldwide economic activity.
 
This report contains the current opinions of the manager and should not be considered as investment advice or a recommendation of any particular security, strategy or investment product. Such opinions are subject to change without notice and securities described herein may no longer be included in or may at any time be removed from, the Fund’s portfolio. This report is distributed for informational purposes only. Information contained herein has been obtained from sources believed reliable, but not guaranteed.
Investing in international and emerging markets poses special risks, including potentially greater price volatility due to social, political and economic factors, as well as currency exchange rate fluctuations. These risks are more severe for securities of issuers in emerging market regions. For information on the different share classes and the risks associated with an investment in the Fund, please refer to the current prospectus.
You should consider the Fund’s investment objective, risks, and fees and expenses carefully before investing. For this and other important information, obtain a Harbor Fund prospectus by calling 1-800-422-1050 or visiting www.harborfund.com. You should read the prospectus carefully before investing.


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Harbor International Fund
FUND SUMMARY—April 30, 2006 (Unaudited)
 
 
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS
Fund #: 011
Cusip: 411511306
Ticker: HAINX
Inception Date: 12-29-1987
RETIREMENT CLASS
Fund #: 211
Cusip: 411511652
Ticker: HRINX
Inception Date: 11-01-2002
INVESTOR CLASS
Fund #: 411
Cusip: 411511645
Ticker: HIINX
Inception Date: 11-01-2002
 
 PORTFOLIO STATISTICS
             
    Portfolio   Benchmark
         
Number of Holdings
  90     1,135  
Number of Countries
  20     21  
Total Net Assets (000s)
  $15,316,555     N/A  
Weighted Average Market Cap ($MM)
  $52,150.0     $57,070.0  
Price/Earnings Ratio (P/E)
  19.9x     21.9x  
Price/Book Ratio (P/B)
  3.3x     3.5x  
Beta vs MSCI EAFE® Index
  1.1     1.0  
Portfolio Turnover Rate—Unannualized (6-Month Period Ended 04-30-2006)
  5%     N/A  
 SECTOR ALLOCATION (% of investments)
LOGO
 PERFORMANCE
GROWTH OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT
For the period 05-01-1996 through 04-30-2006
 
The graph compares a $10,000 investment in the Fund with the performance of the MSCI EAFE® Index. The Fund’s performance includes the reinvestment of all dividend and capital gain distributions.
 
LOGO
 
You can obtain performance data current to the most recent month end (available within seven business days after the most recent month end) by calling 1-800-422-1050 or visiting www.harborfund.com.
 
TOTAL RETURNS
For the periods ended 04-30-2006
                                             
                 Average Annual     
                    Final Value
        6   1   5   10   of a $10,000
        Months   Year   Years   Years   Investment
 
 Harbor International Fund                                        
 
LOGO
 
Institutional Class
    29.77 %     47.43 %     15.93 %     12.79 %   $ 33,309  
LOGO
 
Retirement Class
    29.62       47.05       15.65       12.51       32,508  
LOGO
 
Investor Class
    29.48       46.76       15.44       12.31       31,921  
 
 Comparative Index                                        
 
LOGO
 
MSCI EAFE®
    22.89 %     33.49 %     9.18 %     6.68 %   $ 19,090  
 
Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data quoted. Actual return and principal value on an investment will fluctuate, and the shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.
The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. From time to time, the Fund’s adviser has voluntarily waived a portion of its management fee and/or absorbed Fund expenses, which has resulted in higher returns. Without these waivers, the returns would have been lower. Any existing waivers may be discontinued at any time without notice. The Fund has a redemption fee of 2.00% against shares that are held for less than 60 days. The performance of the Retirement and Investor Class shares prior to 11-01-2002 is based on the Fund’s Institutional Class shares’ performance, restated for the higher expense ratio of the respective class.


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Harbor International Fund
FUND SUMMARY—Continued
 
 
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS
Expense Ratio: 0.86%
Total Net Assets (000s):
  $14,477,871
RETIREMENT CLASS
Expense Ratio: 1.11%
Total Net Assets (000s):
  $129,982
INVESTOR CLASS
Expense Ratio: 1.26%
Total Net Assets (000s):
  $708,702
 
 FEES AND EXPENSE EXAMPLE
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including redemption fees and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period November 1, 2005 through April 30, 2006.
Actual Expenses
The first line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses for each share class. You may use the information in the respective class line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line of the respective class under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line of the table for each share class below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund to other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as redemption fees. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
                         
    Beginning Account   Ending Account    
    Value   Value   Expenses Paid During
    (November 1, 2005)   (April 30, 2006)   Period*
 
 Institutional Class
                       
Actual
  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,297.72     $ 4.89  
Hypothetical (5% return)
    1,000.00       1,020.43       4.31  
 
 Retirement Class
                       
Actual
  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,296.17     $ 6.31  
Hypothetical (5% return)
    1,000.00       1,019.19       5.56  
 
 Investor Class
                       
Actual
  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,294.80     $ 7.17  
Hypothetical (5% return)
    1,000.00       1,018.44       6.31  
 
* Expenses are equal to the Fund annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).


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Harbor International Fund
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS—April 30, 2006 (Unaudited)
 
Equity Holdings by Country (% of net assets)
(Excludes net cash and short-term investments of 2.9%)
     
Japan (JP)
 
16.1
United Kingdom (UK)
 
13.3
France (FR)
 
12.6
Switzerland (SWS)
 
12.2
Germany (GER)
 
8.5
Brazil (BR)
 
7.3
Malaysia (MAL)
 
3.9
Sweden (SW)
 
3.8
Australia (AUS)
 
2.9
Singapore (SGP)
 
2.4
Norway (NOR)
 
2.1
Finland (FIN)
 
2.0
Italy (IT)
 
1.9
Spain (SP)
 
1.9
Denmark (DEN)
 
1.7
China (CHN)
 
1.5
Netherlands (NET)
 
1.3
Hong Kong (HK)
 
0.7
South Africa (S. AFR)
 
0.6
India (IND)
 
0.4
                 
 COMMON STOCKS—91.0%
        Value
Shares       (000s)
 

AIR FREIGHT & LOGISTICS—0.1%
       
  715,000    
Deutsche Post AG (GER)
  $ 19,067  
               

AUTO COMPONENTS—3.8%
       
  3,222,000    
Continental AG (GER)
    383,569  
  2,762,345    
Michelin (CGDE) Cl. B (FR)
    199,236  
               
              582,805  
               

AUTOMOBILES—2.3%
       
  2,181,700    
Peugeot SA (FR)
    143,344  
  3,667,000    
Toyota Motor Corp. (JP)
    214,222  
               
              357,566  
               

BEVERAGES—1.7%
       
  15,675,901    
Diageo plc (UK)
    257,781  
               

BUILDING PRODUCTS—2.9%
       
  15,125,000    
Asahi Glass Co. Ltd. (JP)
    213,385  
  3,003,724    
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain (FR)
    225,377  
               
              438,762  
               

CAPITAL MARKETS—3.1%
       
  10,069,000    
Nomura Holdings Inc. (JP)
    227,434  
  2,077,188    
UBS AG—Registered (SWS)
    243,785  
               
              471,219  
               

CHEMICALS—2.4%
       
  3,285,700    
Linde AG (GER)
    294,102  
  2,317,638    
The BOC Group plc (UK)
    65,671  
               
              359,773  
               

COMMERCIAL BANKS—14.4%
       
  3,175,000    
Banco Popolare di Verona e Novara S.c.r.l. (IT)
    89,375  
  16,599,534    
Banco Santander Central Hispano SA—Registered (SP)
    256,240  
  18,691,000    
Bank of Yokohama Ltd. (JP)
    146,094  
  5,465,000    
Commerzbank AG (GER)
    226,588  
  5,917,977    
Credit Agricole SA (FR)
    238,245  
  18,065,000    
DBS Group Holdings Ltd. (SGP)
    203,349  
  6,200,000    
HSBC Holdings plc (UK)
    106,981  
  54,100,000    
Malayan Banking Berhad (MAL)
    165,691  
  12,000    
Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. (JP)
    187,610  
  9,459,358    
Standard Chartered plc (UK)
    250,166  
  15,700,000    
Sumitomo Trust and Banking Co. Ltd. (JP)
    166,545  
  15,674,842    
United Overseas Bank Ltd. (SGP)
    161,677  
               
              2,198,561  
               

COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT—1.6%
       
  484,360    
Ericsson (LM) Tel Ab Cl. B ADR (SW)1*
    17,181  
  64,906,218    
Ericsson (LM) Tel Ab Series B (SW)*
    230,351  
               
              247,532  
               

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS—1.6%
       
  2,940,000    
Holcim Ltd.— Registered (SWS)
    246,638  
               

CONSUMER FINANCE—1.9%
       
  970,000    
ORIX Corp. (JP)
    291,562  
               

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES—2.8%
       
  4,671,007    
ING Groep NV (NET)
    190,585  
  12,025,000    
Investor Ab Cl. B (SW)
    235,403  
               
              425,988  
               

DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES—1.1%
       
  1,900,600    
Telefonica SA (SP)
    30,432  
  49,000,000    
Telekom Malaysia Berhad (MAL)
    131,756  
               
              162,188  
               

ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT—2.9%
       
  31,400,000    
ABB Ltd. (SWS)*
    447,542  
               

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS—1.3%
       
  4,840,000    
Hoya Corp. (JP)
    195,493  
               

FOOD PRODUCTS—2.3%
       
  10,950,000    
Cadbury Schweppes plc (UK)
    108,005  
  787,000    
Nestle SA—Registered (SWS)
    239,941  
               
              347,946  
               

HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE—3.1%
       
  3,910,357    
Accor SA (FR)
    246,000  
  21,900,000    
Genting Berhad (MAL)
    154,011  
  22,200,000    
Resorts World Berhad (MAL)
    82,025  
               
              482,036  
               

HOUSEHOLD DURABLES—0.9%
       
  2,848,300    
Sony Corp. (JP)
    139,272  
               

INDUSTRIAL CONGLOMERATES—0.4%
       
  38,500,000    
Sime Darby Berhad (MAL)
    64,251  
               

INSURANCE—4.0%
       
  1,250,000    
Allianz AG—Registered (GER)
    209,128  
  6,148,956    
AXA SA (FR)
    225,146  
  1,245,000    
Munchener Ruckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG (Munich Re)—Registered (GER)
    176,273  
               
              610,547  
               

LEISURE EQUIPMENT & PRODUCTS—1.1%
       
  8,925,000    
Nikon Corp. (JP)
    175,295  
               


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Harbor International Fund
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS—Continued
 
                 
 COMMON STOCKS—Continued
        Value
Shares       (000s)
 

MACHINERY—2.0%
       
  3,335,000    
Atlas Copco Ab Series A (SW)
  $ 98,614  
  2,268,000    
Fanuc Ltd. (JP)
    214,372  
               
              312,986  
               

MEDIA—2.0%
       
  5,195,000    
JCDecaux SA (FR)*
    155,428  
  3,440,000    
Publicis Groupe SA (FR)
    142,972  
               
              298,400  
               

METALS & MINING—6.5%
       
  2,069,574    
Anglo American plc (UK)
    88,522  
  9,587,480    
Anglo American plc ADR (UK)1
    206,610  
  1,768,000    
AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. ADR (S. AFR)1
    96,674  
  21,325,484    
BHP Billiton (AUS)
    438,578  
  2,861,657    
Rio Tinto plc—Registered (UK)
    157,786  
               
              988,170  
               

OFFICE ELECTRONICS—1.9%
       
  3,865,000    
Canon Inc. (JP)
    293,647  
               

OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS—10.4%
       
  16,233,662    
BG Group plc (UK)
    216,302  
  19,527,429    
BP plc (UK)
    238,704  
  358,000,000    
China Petroleum & Chemical Corp (Sinopec Corp.) (CHN)
    229,044  
  6,687,700    
Eni SpA (IT)
    204,654  
  603,932    
Royal Dutch Shell plc Cl. A (UK)
    20,584  
  25,285    
Royal Dutch Shell plc Cl. A (NET)
    865  
  2,365,000    
Royal Dutch Shell plc Cl. A ADR (UK)1
    161,128  
  9,595,000    
Statoil ASA (NOR)
    314,338  
  772,744    
Total SA Series B (FR)
    213,253  
               
              1,598,872  
               

PAPER & FOREST PRODUCTS—3.2%
       
  3,440,000    
Aracruz Celulose SA ADR (BR)1
    189,475  
  4,775,000    
Stora Enso Oyj (FIN)
    74,710  
  9,955,000    
UPM-Kymmene Corp. (FIN)
    233,109  
               
              497,294  
               

PERSONAL PRODUCTS—1.0%
       
  1,575,000    
L’Oreal SA (FR)
    145,980  
               

PHARMACEUTICALS—4.3%
       
  3,626,690    
Novartis AG—Registered (SWS)
    207,862  
  4,088,100    
Novo Nordisk A/S Series B (DEN)
    264,012  
  1,190,000    
Roche Holding Ltd. (SWS)
    182,633  
               
              654,507  
               

REAL ESTATE—0.0%
       
  1,457,484    
United Overseas Land Ltd. (SGP)
    2,827  
               

TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS—1.9%
       
  5,670,800    
Compagnie Financiere Richemont AG Cl. A (SWS)
    293,736  
               

THRIFTS & MORTGAGE FINANCE—0.4%
       
  1,905,000    
Housing Development Finance Corp. (IND)
    54,787  
               

TOBACCO—1.0%
       
  6,031,425    
British American Tobacco plc (UK)
    153,684  
               

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES—0.7%
       
  19,525,000    
China Mobile (Hong Kong) Ltd. (HK)
    112,962  
  45,069    
China Mobile (Hong Kong) Ltd. ADR (HK)1
    1,301  
               
              114,263  
               

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $7,603,714)
    13,930,977  
         
                 
 PREFERRED STOCKS—6.1%

COMMERCIAL BANKS—1.8%
       
  7,340,376    
Banco Bradesco SA (BR)
    279,968  
               

METALS & MINING—1.7%
       
  5,724,000    
Companhia Vale do Rio Doce Cl. A (BR)
    253,699  
               

OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS—2.6%
       
  18,081,000    
Petroleo Brasileiro SA — PETROBRAS (BR)
    400,520  
               

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
(Cost $130,631)
    934,187  
         
                   
 SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS—2.5%
Principal    
Amount    
(000s)        
 

COMMERCIAL PAPER
       
       
American Express Credit Corp. Yrs. 3&4
       
$ 45,000      
4.650%—05/01/2006
    45,000  
  41,094      
4.680%—05/03/2006
    41,094  
  33,802      
4.770%—05/04/2006
    33,802  
               
              119,896  
               
       
Citigroup Funding Inc.
       
  33,803      
4.750%—05/08/2006
    33,803  
  41,094      
4.760%—05/02/2006
    41,094  
               
              74,897  
               
       
General Electric Capital Corp.
       
  39,840      
4.650%—05/01/2006
    39,840  
  39,841      
4.740%—05/03/2006
    39,841  
  41,094      
4.750%—05/04/2006
    41,094  
               
              120,775  
               
       
Prudential Funding Corp.
       
  39,840      
4.650%—05/02/2006
    39,840  
  33,802      
4.760%—05/05/2006
    33,802  
               
              73,642  
               

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $389,210)
    389,210  
         

TOTAL INVESTMENTS—99.6%
(Cost $8,123,555)
    15,254,374  
         

CASH AND OTHER ASSETS, LESS LIABILITIES—0.4%
    62,181  
         

TOTAL NET ASSETS—100.0%
  $ 15,316,555  
         
 
1 ADR after the name of a foreign holding stands for American Depositary Receipts representing ownership of foreign securities. ADRs are issued by U.S. banking institutions.
 
* Non-income producing security.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.


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Harbor International Growth Fund
MANAGER’S COMMENTARY (Unaudited)
 
 
SUBADVISER
Marsico Capital
Management, LLC
1200 17th Street
Suite 1600
Denver, CO 80202
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James Gendelman
Portfolio Manager (since 2004)
Marsico has subadvised the Fund since March 1, 2004.
INVESTMENT GOAL
Long-term growth of capital.
PRINCIPAL STYLE CHARACTERISTICS
Foreign companies selected for long-term growth potential.
 
 TOP TEN HOLDINGS (% of net assets)
         
America Movil SA de C.V. Series L ADR
    4.2 %
UBS AG—Registered
    4.1  
CEMEX SA de C.V. ADR
    3.9  
Continental AG
    3.9  
Vallourec SA
    3.2  
Talisman Energy Inc.
    3.1  
ABB Ltd.
    3.0  
Hypo Real Estate Holding AG
    3.0  
Veolia Environnement SA
    2.6  
Marubeni Corp.
    2.5  
 REGION BREAKDOWN
(CHART)
 FUND CATEGORY
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 TOP 10 COUNTRIES (% of net assets)
         
Japan
    20.7 %
Switzerland
    14.1  
United Kingdom
    9.6  
France
    9.1  
Mexico
    8.1  
Canada
    7.9  
Germany
    7.9  
Hong Kong
    3.9  
Brazil
    3.5  
Australia
    2.2  
 MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE
Market Review
International stocks in both developed and emerging markets posted strong gains for the six months ended April 30, 2006, substantially outperforming their U.S. equity counterparts. Equity market returns in developed countries, as measured by the performance of the MSCI EAFE® Index, totaled 22.89%, more than twice that of U.S. large capitalization stocks, as measured by the performance of the S&P 500 Index, which was up 9.64%.
From an economic sector perspective, international equity market strength was powerful and widespread. All 10 sectors in the MSCI EAFE® Growth Index had gains, including seven—materials, industrials, information technology, financials, consumer discretionary, utilities, and energy—that were in excess of 20%. Telecommunications services, which posted a modest increase of 1%, was the lowest-performing sector. International growth equity returns modestly trailed their value-oriented counterparts.
Performance
The Harbor International Growth Fund outperformed its benchmark by a substantial margin. The Fund returned 29.61% (Institutional Class), 29.40% (Investor Class), and 29.40% (Retirement Class) in U.S. dollar terms, while the MSCI EAFE® Growth Index had a total return of 22.26%.
Several factors emerged as significant positive contributors to the Fund’s performance:
  Stock Selection and Positioning in the Telecommunications Services Sector. America Movil SA, a mobile telecommunications provider in Latin America, was among the best performing stocks in the portfolio, with a return of 41%. As telecommunications was the weakest-performing area in the index, our decision to have a below-benchmark posture also added value.
 
  Stock Selection in the Consumer Discretionary Sector. The Fund’s consumer discretionary holdings had an aggregate return of 34%. Performance benefited from several industry groups within this sector. In the automobiles & components group, positions in Continental AG (up 56%), the German auto-components company, and Toyota, the Japanese car manufacturer,


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MANAGER’S COMMENTARY—Continued
 
   helped boost the Fund’s overall return. In retailing, Yamada Denki, a Japan-headquartered consumer electronics retailer, rose 25% and in specialty retailing, Carphone Warehouse, a UK-based provider of mobile communications products and services, gained 77%, British pub and restaurant operator Enterprise Inns plc rose 25%. In the media group, JCDecaux SA, an outdoor advertising company headquartered in France, rose 46%.
 
  Stock Selection in the Industrials Sector. Industrial companies were among the Fund’s strongest-performing individual holdings. These included Vallourec SA (up 91%), a French-based manufacturer of carbon steel and low alloy tubes; Swiss power and automation company ABB Ltd (up 28%); Canadian National Railway (up 25%); and VINCI SA (up 29% prior to being sold), a construction contractor and infrastructure concessions operator based in France.
 
  Stock Selection in the Financials Sector. Swiss bank UBS AG posted a return of 42%. Stock selection in the real estate industry also was strong, led by positions that included Germany-based Hypo Real Estate (up 45%), Japan-based Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. (up 65%), and Singapore-based real estate developer and management company CapitaLand Ltd. (up 65%).
 
  Stock Selection in the Energy Sector. The MSCI EAFE® Growth Index’s energy sector posted a return of 21%, while the Fund’s energy-related investments had an aggregate gain of 32%. Petroleo Brasileiro SA (up 56%), a Brazilian integrated oil and gas company, Canadian oil and gas exploration and production company Talisman Energy (up 27%), and Acergy SA (up 56%), a provider of a variety of services to sub-sea oil and gas operations, all posted strong results.
Although the Fund’s overall return exceeded its benchmark by a considerable margin, a few factors had negative effects on investment results. Overall, the Fund’s investments in the materials sector generated a strong return of 23%; however, that lagged the index sector return of 36%. In particular, two of the Fund’s materials-related positions struggled. Cia Vale do Rio Doce, a Brazilian mining and logistics company, and Swiss chemicals company Syngenta declined by 13% and 4%, respectively. Cia Vale do Rio Doce was not held in the Fund as of April 30, 2006. In addition, Japanese supermarket and department store operator Seiyu and fashion company Esprit Holdings were among the Fund’s weakest performing individual positions.
Outlook and Strategy
As of April 30, 2006, the largest economic sector allocations in the portfolio included financials, consumer discretionary, industrials and materials. The Fund generally maintained underweighted postures, relative to its benchmark, in materials, health care, industrials, telecommunications services, and utilities.
We continue to focus on identifying companies with attributes such as improving profitability, market share leadership, improving free cash flow generation, strong balance sheets, high-quality management teams, and equity valuations that we believe are reasonable in the context of projected earnings growth rates. We believe companies with these types of attributes offer compelling long-term growth potential.
 
This report contains the current opinions of the manager and should not be considered as investment advice or a recommendation of any particular security, strategy or investment product. Such opinions are subject to change without notice and securities described herein may no longer be included in, or may at any time be removed from, the Fund’s portfolio. This report is distributed for informational purposes only. Information contained herein has been obtained from sources believed reliable, but not guaranteed.
Investing in international and emerging markets poses special risks, including potentially greater price volatility due to social, political and economic factors, as well as currency exchange rate fluctuations. These risks are more severe for securities of issuers in emerging market regions. For information on the different share classes and the risks associated with an investment in the Fund, please refer to the current prospectus.
You should consider the Fund’s investment objective, risk, and fees and expenses carefully before investing. For this and other important information, obtain a Harbor Fund prospectus by calling 1-800-422-1050 or visiting www.harborfund.com. You should read the prospectus carefully before investing.


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Harbor International Growth Fund
FUND SUMMARY—April 30, 2006 (Unaudited)
 
 
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS
Fund #: 017
Cusip: 411511801
Ticker: HAIGX
Inception Date: 11-01-1993
RETIREMENT CLASS
Fund #: 217
Cusip: 411511637
Ticker: HRIGX
Inception Date: 11-01-2002
INVESTOR CLASS
Fund #: 417
Cusip: 411511629
Ticker: HIIGX
Inception Date: 11-01-2002
 
 PORTFOLIO STATISTICS
                 
    Portfolio   Benchmark
         
Number of Holdings
    54       678  
Number of Countries
    17       21  
Total Net Assets (000s)
  $ 244,638       N/A  
Weighted Average Market Cap ($MM)
  $ 39,680.0       $54,330.0  
Price/Earnings Ratio (P/E)
    25.2x       25.9x  
Price/Book Ratio (P/B)
    4.5x       4.7x  
Beta vs MSCI EAFE® Growth Index
    1.1       1.0  
Portfolio Turnover Rate—Unannualized
(6-Month Period Ended 04-30-2006)
    55 %     N/A  
 SECTOR ALLOCATION (% of investments)
LOGO
 PERFORMANCE
GROWTH OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT
For the period 05-01-1996 through 04-30-2006
 
The graph compares a $10,000 investment in the Fund with the performance of the MSCI EAFE® Growth Index. The Fund’s performance includes the reinvestment of all dividend and capital gain distributions.
 
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You can obtain performance data current to the most recent month end (available within seven business days after the most recent month end) by calling 1-800-422-1050 or visiting www.harborfund.com.
 
TOTAL RETURNS
For the periods ended 04-30-2006
                                             
                 Average Annual     
                    Final Value
        6   1   5   10   of a $10,000
        Months   Year   Years   Years   Investment
 
 Harbor International Growth Fund                                        
 
LOGO
 
Institutional Class
    29.61 %     45.91 %     1.14 %     1.83 %   $ 11,989  
LOGO
 
Retirement Class
    29.40       45.35       0.97       1.62       11,739  
LOGO
 
Investor Class
    29.40       45.20       0.83       1.45       11,553  
 
 Comparative Index                                        
 
LOGO
 
MSCI EAFE® Growth
    22.26 %     32.82 %     7.06 %     4.15 %   $ 15,013  
 
Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data quoted. Actual return and principal value on an investment will fluctuate, and the shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.
The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. From time to time, the Fund’s adviser has voluntarily waived a portion of its management fee and/or absorbed Fund expenses, which has resulted in higher returns. Without these waivers, the returns would have been lower. Any existing waivers may be discontinued at any time without notice. The Fund has a redemption fee of 2.00% against shares that are held for less than 60 days. The performance of the Retirement and Investor Class shares prior to 11-01-2002 is based on the Fund’s Institutional Class shares’ performance, restated for the higher expense ratio of the respective class.


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Harbor International Growth Fund
FUND SUMMARY—Continued
 
 
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS
Expense Ratio: 0.95%
Total Net Assets (000s):
  $225,461
RETIREMENT CLASS
Expense Ratio: 1.20%
Total Net Assets (000s):
  $93
INVESTOR CLASS
Expense Ratio: 1.36%
Total Net Assets (000s):
  $19,084
 
 FEES AND EXPENSE EXAMPLE
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including redemption fees and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period November 1, 2005 through April 30, 2006.
Actual Expenses
The first line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses for each share class. You may use the information in the respective class line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line of the respective class under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line of the table for each share class below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund to other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as redemption fees. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
                         
    Beginning Account   Ending Account    
    Value   Value   Expenses Paid During
    (November 1, 2005)   (April 30, 2006)   Period*
 
 Institutional Class
                       
Actual
  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,296.11     $ 5.41  
Hypothetical (5% return)
    1,000.00       1,019.98       4.76  
 
 Retirement Class
                       
Actual
  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,293.97     $ 6.82  
Hypothetical (5% return)
    1,000.00       1,018.74       6.01  
 
 Investor Class
                       
Actual
  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,293.96     $ 7.73  
Hypothetical (5% return)
    1,000.00       1,017.80       6.95  
 
* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).


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Harbor International Growth Fund
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS—April 30, 2006 (Unaudited)
 
Equity Holdings by Country (% of net assets)
(Excludes net cash and short-term investments of 2.5%)
     
Japan (JP)
 
20.7
Switzerland (SWS)
 
14.1
United Kingdom (UK)
 
9.6
France (FR)
 
9.1
Mexico (MEX)
 
8.1
Canada (CAN)
 
7.9
Germany (GER)
 
7.9
Hong Kong (HK)
 
3.9
Brazil (BR)
 
3.5
Australia (AUS)
 
2.2
South Korea (S. KOR)
 
2.1
Austria (AUT)
 
2.0
India (IND)
 
1.5
Singapore (SGP)
 
1.5
Norway (NOR)
 
1.4
Ireland (IE)
 
1.0
Sweden (SW)
 
1.0
                 
 COMMON STOCKS—97.5%
        Value
Shares       (000s)
 

AEROSPACE & DEFENSE—1.0%
       
  322,536    
BAE SYSTEMS plc (UK)
  $ 2,447  
               

AUTO COMPONENTS—3.9%
       
  80,269    
Continental AG (GER)
    9,556  
               

AUTOMOBILES—2.5%
       
  102,600    
Toyota Motor Corp. (JP)
    5,994  
               

BEVERAGES—2.0%
       
  304,393    
Diageo plc (UK)
    5,006  
               

BIOTECHNOLOGY—1.2%
       
  68,726    
CSL Ltd. (AUS)
    3,001  
               

CAPITAL MARKETS—4.1%
       
  85,072    
UBS AG—Registered (SWS)
    9,984  
               

CHEMICALS—5.0%
       
  87,541    
Lonza Group Ltd.—Registered (SWS)
    6,209  
  43,568    
Syngenta AG—Registered (SWS)
    6,055  
               
              12,264  
               

COMMERCIAL BANKS—8.3%
       
  143,578    
Anglo Irish Bank Corporation plc (IE)
    2,359  
  63,785    
Erste Bank der oesterreichischen Sparkassen AG (AUT)
    3,871  
  15,810    
Erste Bank der oesterreichischen Sparkassen AG (AUT)1
    948  
  133,382    
ICICI Bank Ltd. ADR (IND)2
    3,659  
  373    
Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. (JP)
    5,831  
  44,740    
Unibanco Holdings SA GDR (BR)3
    3,550  
               
              20,218  
               

COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT—1.0%
       
  68,626    
Ericsson (LM) Tel Ab Cl. B ADR (SW)2*
    2,434  
               

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS—3.9%
       
  141,668    
CEMEX SA de C.V. ADR (MEX)2
    9,565  
               

CONSUMER FINANCE—1.4%
       
  65,100    
Credit Saison Co. Ltd. (JP)
    3,417  
               

ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT—3.0%
       
  517,433    
ABB Ltd. (SWS)*
    7,375  
               

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS—3.0%
       
  44,100    
Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (JP)
    3,204  
  186,000    
Nippon Electric Glass Co. Ltd. (JP)
    4,168  
               
              7,372  
               

ENERGY EQUIPMENT & SERVICES—1.4%
       
  216,798    
Acergy SA (NOR)*
    3,534  
               

FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING—4.7%
       
  44,889    
METRO AG (GER)
    2,545  
  142,402    
Shoppers Drug Mart Corp. (CAN)
    5,642  
  1,367,000    
The SEIYU Ltd. (JP)
    3,356  
               
              11,543  
               

HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE—2.7%
       
  174,820    
Enterprise Inns plc (UK)
    2,973  
  2,078,000    
Shangri-La Asia Ltd. (HK)
    3,684  
               
              6,657  
               

HOUSEHOLD DURABLES—1.2%
       
  114,522    
Gafisa SA (BR)
    1,169  
  35,600    
Misawa Homes Holdings Inc. (JP)
    1,874  
               
              3,043  
               

HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS—2.3%
       
  152,584    
Reckitt Benckiser plc (UK)
    5,557  
               

LEISURE EQUIPMENT & PRODUCTS—1.9%
       
  117,462    
Sega Sammy Holdings Inc. (JP)
    4,672  
               

MACHINERY—4.1%
       
  23,378    
Fanuc Ltd. (JP)
    2,210  
  5,943    
Vallourec SA (FR)
    7,729  
               
              9,939  
               

MEDIA—1.0%
       
  84,087    
JCDecaux SA (FR)*
    2,516  
               

METALS & MINING—1.0%
       
  120,669    
BHP Billiton (AUS)
    2,482  
               

MULTI-UTILITIES—2.6%
       
  104,581    
Veolia Environnement SA (FR)
    6,250  
               

OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS—7.2%
       
  301,409    
BP plc (UK)
    3,684  
  29,196    
CNOOC Ltd. ADR (HK)2
    2,414  
  39,321    
Petroleo Brasileiro SA—PETROBRAS ADR (BR)2
    3,886  
  135,581    
Talisman Energy Inc. (CAN)
    7,657  
               
              17,641  
               

PHARMACEUTICALS—2.5%
       
  43,228    
GlaxoSmithKline plc (UK)
    1,224  
  32,151    
Roche Holding Ltd. (SWS)
    4,934  
               
              6,158  
               

REAL ESTATE—3.7%
       
  1,140,000    
CapitaLand Ltd. (SGP)
    3,539  
  80,096    
Leopalace21 Corp. (JP)
    3,111  
  87,000    
Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. Ltd. (JP)
    2,302  
               
              8,952  
               

ROAD & RAIL—2.5%
       
  135,477    
Canadian National Railway Co. (CAN)
    6,084  
               


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Harbor International Growth Fund
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS—Continued
 
                 
 COMMON STOCKS—Continued
        Value
Shares       (000s)
 

SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT—2.1%
       
  7,400    
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (S. KOR)
  $ 5,050  
               

SPECIALTY RETAIL—4.3%
       
  432,207    
Carphone Warehouse Group plc (UK)
    2,626  
  438,500    
Esprit Holdings Ltd. (HK)
    3,512  
  39,200    
Yamada Denki Co. Ltd. (JP)
    4,264  
               
              10,402  
               

TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS—2.3%
       
  52,523    
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA (FR)
    5,527  
               

THRIFTS & MORTGAGE FINANCE—3.0%
       
  103,617    
Hypo Real Estate Holding AG (GER)
    7,259  
               

TRADING COMPANIES & DISTRIBUTORS—2.5%
       
  1,079,000    
Marubeni Corp. (JP)
    6,211  
               

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES—4.2%
       
  278,835    
America Movil SA de C.V. Series L ADR (MEX)2
    10,292  
               

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $187,604)
    238,402  
         
                 
 SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS—3.6%
  (Cost $8,957)
Principal    
Amount       Value
(000s)       (000s)
 

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS
       
$ 8,957    
Repurchase Agreement with State Street Corp. dated April 28, 2006 due May 1, 2006 at 4.100% collateralized by a FNMA Note (market value $9,136)
    8,957  
               

TOTAL INVESTMENTS—101.1%
(Cost $196,561)
    247,359  
         

CASH AND OTHER ASSETS, LESS LIABILITIES—(1.1)%
    (2,721 )
         

TOTAL NET ASSETS—100.0%
  $ 244,638  
         
 
1 Securities exempt from registration under 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. The Fund has no right to demand registration of these securities. The securities are priced by an independent pricing service selected by the adviser (Harbor Capital Advisors, Inc.) and are considered to be liquid under procedures established by the Board of Trustees. At April 30, 2006, these securities were valued at $948 or 0.39% of net assets.
 
2 ADR after the name of a foreign holding stands for American Depositary Receipts representing ownership of foreign securities. ADRs are issued by U.S. banking institutions.
 
3 GDR after the name of a holding stands for Global Depositary Receipts representing ownership of foreign securities. GDRs are issued by either U.S. or non-U.S. banking organizations.
 
* Non-income producing security.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.


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Harbor International Equity Funds
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES—April 30, 2006 (Unaudited)
 
(All amounts in Thousands, except per share amounts)
                     
        Harbor
    Harbor   International
    International   Growth
 
ASSETS
               
Investments, at identified cost*
  $ 8,123,555     $ 196,561  
 
Investments, at value
  $ 15,254,374     $ 238,402  
Repurchase agreements
          8,957  
Cash
          1  
Foreign currency, at value (cost: $5,117; $256)
    5,173       262  
Receivables for:
               
 
Investments sold
          11,603  
 
Capital shares sold
    30,222       265  
 
Dividends
    50,083       427  
 
Interest
    218       3  
Withholding tax receivable
    4,565       135  
Prepaid fund insurance
    39        
 
   
Total Assets
    15,344,674       260,055  
 
LIABILITIES
               
Payables for:
               
 
Investments purchased
    4,187       14,992  
 
Capital shares reacquired
    9,636       238  
 
Dividends to shareholders
    263        
Accrued expenses:
               
 
Management fees
    8,397       110  
 
12b-1 fees
    161       4  
 
Trustees’ fees and expenses
    30       1  
 
Transfer agent fees
    760       13  
 
Other
    4,685       59  
 
   
Total Liabilities
    28,119       15,417  
 
NET ASSETS
  $ 15,316,555     $ 244,638  
 
Net Assets Consist of:
               
 
Paid-in capital
  $ 8,111,078     $ 680,853  
 
Undistributed/(overdistributed) net investment income
    (79,023 )     438  
 
Accumulated net realized gain/(loss)
    153,434       (487,466 )
 
Unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of investments and translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies
    7,131,066       50,813  
 
    $ 15,316,555     $ 244,638  
 
NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE PER CLASS1:
Institutional Class
               
Net assets
  $ 14,477,871     $ 225,461  
Shares of beneficial interest2
    245,739       17,884  
Net asset value per share
  $ 58.92     $ 12.61  
Retirement Class
               
Net assets
  $ 129,982     $ 93  
Shares of beneficial interest2
    2,214       7  
Net asset value per share
  $ 58.70     $ 12.60  
Investor Class
               
Net assets
  $ 708,702     $ 19,084  
Shares of beneficial interest2
    12,116       1,516  
Net asset value per share
  $ 58.49     $ 12.59  
 
* Including repurchase agreements and short-term investments.
 
1 Per share amounts can be recalculated when total net assets and shares of beneficial interest are not rounded to thousands.
 
2 Par value $0.01 (unlimited authorization).
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.


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Harbor International Equity Funds
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS—Six Months Ended April 30, 2006 (Unaudited)
 
(All amounts in Thousands)
                     
        Harbor
    Harbor   International
    International   Growth
 
Investment Income:
               
 
Dividends
  $ 147,292     $ 1,360  
 
Interest
    6,802       175  
 
Securities lending income
           
 
Foreign taxes withheld
    (12,071 )     (126 )
 
 
Total Investment Income
    142,023       1,409  
Operating Expenses:
               
 
Management fees
    47,013       741  
 
12b-1 fees:
               
   
Retirement Class
    131        
   
Investor Class
    646       15  
 
Shareholder communications
    360       27  
 
Custodian fees
    3,078       89  
 
Transfer agent fees:
               
   
Institutional Class
    3,330       51  
   
Retirement Class
    29        
   
Investor Class
    556       13  
 
Professional fees
    198       3  
 
Trustees’ fees and expenses
    60       1  
 
Registration fees
    158       29  
 
Miscellaneous
    91       2  
 
   
Total operating expenses
    55,650       971  
 
Transfer agent fees waived
           
 
Other expense reimbursements and reductions (Note 4)
    (44 )     (1 )
 
 
Net operating expenses
    55,606       970  
 
Net Investment Income/(Loss)
    86,417       439  
Realized and Unrealized Gain/(Loss) on Investment Transactions:
               
 
Net realized gain/(loss) on:
               
   
Investments
    165,450       18,802  
   
Foreign currency transactions
    (1,945 )     (142 )
 
Change in net unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation) of:
               
   
Investments
    3,073,617       30,873  
   
Translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies
    1,534       11  
 
 
Net gain/(loss) on investment transactions
    3,238,656       49,544  
 
 
Net Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
  $ 3,325,073     $ 49,983  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.


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Harbor International Equity Funds
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
 
(All amounts in Thousands)
                                     
    Harbor   Harbor
    International   International Growth
         
    November 1,   November 1,   November 1,   November 1,
    2005   2004   2005   2004
    through   through   through   through
    April 30,   October 31,   April 30,   October 31,
    2006   2005   2006   2005
 
    (Unaudited)       (Unaudited)    
INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS:
                               
Operations:
                               
 
Net investment income/(loss)
  $ 86,417     $ 131,278     $ 439     $ 1,251  
 
Net realized gain/(loss) on investments
    163,505       289,937       18,660       9,716  
 
Net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of investments
    3,075,151       1,439,208       30,884       11,372  
 
   
Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
    3,325,073       1,860,423       49,983       22,339  
 
Distributions to Shareholders:
                               
 
Net investment income:
                               
   
Institutional Class
    (226,365 )     (109,365 )     (546 )     (1,101 )
   
Retirement Class
    (1,761 )     (414 )            
   
Investor Class
    (7,592 )     (2,260 )     (10 )     (14 )
 
Net realized gain on investments:
                               
   
Institutional Class
    (268,070 )     (28,792 )            
   
Retirement Class
    (2,262 )     (122 )            
   
Investor Class
    (10,543 )     (771 )            
 
   
Total distributions to shareholders
    (516,593 )     (141,724 )     (556 )     (1,115 )
 
Net Increase/(Decrease) Derived from Capital Stock Activity
    1,776,072       1,232,980       34,957       (3,275 )
 
 
Net increase/(decrease) in net assets
    4,584,552       2,951,679       84,384       17,949  
Net Assets:
                               
 
Beginning of period
    10,732,003       7,780,324       160,254       142,305  
 
 
End of period*
  $ 15,316,555     $ 10,732,003     $ 244,638     $ 160,254  
 
*  Includes undistributed/(over-distributed) net investment income of:
  $ (79,023 )   $ 70,278     $ 438     $ 555  
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.


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Harbor International Equity Funds
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS—CAPITAL STOCK ACTIVITY
 
(All amounts and shares in Thousands)
                                     
    Harbor   Harbor
    International   International Growth
         
    November 1,   November 1,   November 1,   November 1,
    2005   2004   2005   2004
    through   through   through   through
    April 30,   October 31,   April 30,   October 31,
    2006   2005   2006   2005
 
    (Unaudited)       (Unaudited)    
 AMOUNT ($)
                               
Institutional Class:
                               
 
Net proceeds from sale of shares
  $ 1,955,194     $ 2,212,425     $ 41,179     $ 41,044  
 
Net proceeds from redemption fees
    123       178       11       3  
 
Reinvested in payment of distributions
    418,976       115,091       538       1,067  
 
Cost of shares reacquired
    (830,842 )     (1,289,471 )     (16,314 )     (48,435 )
 
   
Net increase/(decrease) in net assets
  $ 1,543,451     $ 1,038,223     $ 25,414     $ (6,321 )
 
Retirement Class:
                               
 
Net proceeds from sale of shares
  $ 50,389     $ 60,760     $ 43     $ 9  
 
Net proceeds from redemption fees
    1       1       a     a
 
Reinvested in payment of distributions
    4,022       536              
 
Cost of shares reacquired
    (29,835 )     (15,626 )     (8 )      
 
   
Net increase/(decrease) in net assets
  $ 24,577     $ 45,671     $ 35     $ 9  
 
Investor Class:
                               
 
Net proceeds from sale of shares
  $ 238,134     $ 199,275     $ 10,705     $ 4,218  
 
Net proceeds from redemption fees
    6       7       1       a
 
Reinvested in payment of distributions
    16,906       2,801       9       15  
 
Cost of shares reacquired
    (47,002 )     (52,997 )     (1,207 )     (1,196 )
 
   
Net increase/(decrease) in net assets
  $ 208,044     $ 149,086     $ 9,508     $ 3,037  
 
 SHARES
                               
Institutional Class:
                               
 
Shares sold
    36,821       50,802       3,540       4,484  
 
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions
    8,598       2,691       50       116  
 
Shares reacquired
    (15,784 )     (29,616 )     (1,434 )     (5,394 )
 
 
Net increase/(decrease) in shares outstanding
    29,635       23,877       2,156       (794 )
 
Beginning of period
    216,104       192,227       15,728       16,522  
 
   
End of period
    245,739       216,104       17,884       15,728  
 
Retirement Class:
                               
 
Shares sold
    955       1,374       4       1  
 
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions
    83       13              
 
Shares reacquired
    (562 )     (355 )     (1 )      
 
 
Net increase/(decrease) in shares outstanding
    476       1,032       3       1  
 
Beginning of period
    1,738       706       4       3  
 
   
End of period
    2,214       1,738       7       4  
 
Investor Class:
                               
 
Shares sold
    4,500       4,569       925       453  
 
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions
    349       66       1       2  
 
Shares reacquired
    (895 )     (1,214 )     (105 )     (132 )
 
 
Net increase/(decrease) in shares outstanding
    3,954       3,421       821       323  
 
Beginning of period
    8,162       4,741       695       372  
 
   
End of period
    12,116       8,162       1,516       695  
 
a Less than $1.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.


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Harbor International Equity Funds
Financial Highlights
SELECTED PER SHARE DATA FOR THE PERIODS PRESENTED
 
                                                   
 HARBOR INTERNATIONAL FUND
    Institutional Class
     
    Six-Month   Year Ended October 31
    Period Ended    
    April 30, 2006   2005   2004   2003   2002c   2001
 
    (Unaudited)    
Net asset value beginning of period
  $ 47.50     $ 39.37     $ 34.55     $ 26.69     $ 28.65     $ 38.85  
Income from Investment Operations:
                                               
 
Net investment income/(loss)
    .40       .63       .39 d     .47 d     .42 d     .57 d
 
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments
    13.27       8.21       5.50       8.27       (1.23 )     (6.27 )
 
Total from investment operations
    13.67       8.84       5.89       8.74       (.81 )     (5.70 )
 
Less Distributions:
                                               
 
Dividends from net investment income
    (1.03 )     (.56 )     (.51 )     (.34 )     (.27 )     (.71 )
 
Distributions from net realized capital gainsa
    (1.22 )     (.15 )     (.56 )     (.54 )     (.88 )     (3.79 )
 
Total distributions
    (2.25 )     (.71 )     (1.07 )     (.88 )     (1.15 )     (4.50 )
Proceeds from redemption fees
    j     j     j     j     N/A       N/A  
 
Net asset value end of period
    58.92       47.50       39.37       34.55       26.69       28.65  
Net assets end of period (000s)
  $ 14,477,871     $ 10,265,053     $ 7,567,123     $ 5,449,385     $ 3,446,010     $ 3,497,357  
 
Ratios and Supplemental Data (%):
                                               
 
Total return
    29.77 %i     22.63 %     17.26 %e     33.69 %e     (3.19 )%e     (16.40 )% e
 
Ratio of operating expenses to average net assetsb
    .86 k     .87       .86 d     .89 d     .87 d     .91 d
 
Ratio of operating expenses not imposed to average net assets
                .01       .01       .06       .06  
 
Ratio of operating expenses net of all offsets to average net assets
    .86 k     .87       .86 d     .89 d     .87 d     .91 d
 
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets
    1.36 k     1.42       1.25 d     1.83 d     1.45 d     1.36 d
 
Portfolio turnover
    5 i     13       12       21       16       7  
 
                                                   
 HARBOR INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND
    Institutional Class
     
    Six-Month   Year Ended October 31
    Period Ended    
    April 30, 2006   2005   2004f   2003   2002   2001
 
    (Unaudited)    
Net asset value beginning of period
  $ 9.76     $ 8.42     $ 7.92     $ 6.74     $ 8.44     $ 17.56  
Income from Investment Operations:
                                               
 
Net investment income/(loss)
    .01       .08       .04 d     .07 d     .06        
 
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments
    2.87       1.33       .54       1.14       (1.76 )     (7.30 )
 
Total from investment operations
    2.88       1.41       .58       1.21       (1.70 )     (7.30 )
 
Less Distributions:
                                               
 
Dividends from net investment income
    (.03 )     (.07 )     (.08 )     (.03 )            
 
Distributions from net realized capital gainsa
                                  (1.82 )
 
Total Distributions
    (.03 )     (.07 )     (.08 )     (.03 )           (1.82 )
Proceeds from redemption fees
    j     j     j     j     N/A       N/A  
 
Net asset value end of period
    12.61       9.76       8.42       7.92       6.74       8.44  
Net assets end of period (000s)
  $ 225,461     $ 153,439     $ 139,148     $ 231,523     $ 256,108     $ 437,201  
 
Ratios and Supplemental Data (%):
                                               
 
Total return
    29.61 %i     16.82 %     7.32 %e     18.07 %e     (20.13 )%     (45.53 )%
 
Ratio of operating expenses to average net assetsb
    .95 k     1.00       .93 d     .98 d     .95       .89  
 
Ratio of operating expenses not imposed to average net assets
                .05       .01              
 
Ratio of operating expenses net of all offsets to average net assets
    .95 k     1.00       .93 d     .98 d     .95       .89  
 
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets
    .25 k     .87       .48 d     .91 d     .60       .18  
 
Portfolio turnover
    55 i     183       216       234       317       63  
 
See page 82 for notes to the International Equity Funds Financial Highlights.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.


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    Retirement Class   Investor Class
         
    Six-Month   Year Ended October 31   Six-Month   Year Ended October 31
    Period Ended       Period Ended    
    April 30, 2006   2005   2004   2003g   April 30, 2006   2005   2004   2003g
 
    (Unaudited)       (Unaudited)    
    $ 47.31     $ 39.25     $ 34.49     $ 26.69     $ 47.13     $ 39.12     $ 34.43     $ 26.69  
      .38       .58       .37 d     .61 d     .46       .51       .34 d     .47 d
      13.18       8.13       5.41       8.06       13.00       8.08       5.36       8.14  
 
      13.56       8.71       5.78       8.67       13.46       8.59       5.70       8.61  
 
      (.95 )     (.50 )     (.46 )     (.33 )     (.88 )     (.43 )     (.45 )     (.33 )
      (1.22 )     (.15 )     (.56 )     (.54 )     (1.22 )     (.15 )     (.56 )     (.54 )
 
      (2.17 )     (.65 )     (1.02 )     (.87 )     (2.10 )     (.58 )     (1.01 )     (.87 )
      j     j     j     j     j     j     j     j
 
      58.70       47.31       39.25       34.49       58.49       47.13       39.12       34.43  
    $ 129,982     $ 82,247     $ 27,727     $ 5,808     $ 708,702     $ 384,703     $ 185,474     $ 59,472  
 
      29.62 %i     22.35 %     16.96 % e     33.42 %e     29.48 %i     22.10 %     16.76 % e     33.20 %e
      1.11 k     1.12       1.11 d     1.14 d     1.26 k     1.30       1.29 d     1.31 d
                  .01       .01                   .01       .01  
      1.11 k     1.12       1.11 d     1.14 d     1.26 k     1.30       1.29 d     1.31 d
      1.12 k     1.27       1.11 d     1.90 d     1.01 k     1.02       .92 d     1.46 d
      5 i     13       12       21       5 i     13       12       21  
 
                                                                 
    Retirement Class   Investor Class
         
    Six-Month   Year Ended October 31   Six-Month   Year Ended October 31
    Period Ended       Period Ended    
    April 30, 2006   2005   2004f   2003g   April 30, 2006   2005   2004f   2003g
 
    (Unaudited)       (Unaudited)    
    $ 9.75     $ 8.42     $ 7.92     $ 6.74     $ 9.74     $ 8.41     $ 7.92     $ 6.74  
      .03       .07       .01 d     .03 d     .01       .05       .04 d     .04 d
      2.83       1.31       .57       1.18       2.85       1.32       .52       1.17  
 
      2.86       1.38       .58       1.21       2.86       1.37       .56       1.21  
 
      (.01 )     (.05 )     (.08 )     (.03 )     (.01 )     (.04 )     (.07 )     (.03 )
                                                 
 
      (.01 )     (.05 )     (.08 )     (.03 )     (.01 )     (.04 )     (.07 )     (.03 )
      j     j     j     j     j     j     j     j
 
      12.60       9.75       8.42       7.92       12.59       9.74       8.41       7.92  
    $ 93     $ 43     $ 29     $     $ 19,084     $ 6,772     $ 3,128     $ 383  
 
      29.40 %i     16.46 %     7.31 %e     18.07 %e     29.40 %i     16.31 % e     7.04 %e     18.02 %e
      1.20 k     1.24       1.19 d     N/A h     1.36 k     1.39       1.39 d     1.40 d
                  .05                   .02       .04       .01  
      1.20 k     1.24       1.19 d     N/A h     1.36 k     1.39       1.39 d     1.40 d
      .20 k     .57       .37 d     N/A h     (.04 )k     .35       .32 d     .49 d
      55 i     183       216       234       55 i     183       216       234  
 


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Harbor International Equity Funds Financial Highlights—Continued
SELECTED PER SHARE DATA FOR THE PERIODS PRESENTED
 
a Includes both short-term and long-term capital gains.
 
b Percentage does not reflect reduction for credit balance arrangements from custodian. (See Note 4 to Financial Statements).
 
c After the close of business on October 31, 2002, Harbor International Fund II was merged with and into Harbor International Fund.
 
d Reflects the Adviser’s waiver of a portion of its management fees and/or other operating expenses.
 
e The total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been waived during the periods shown.
 
f Effective March 1, 2004, Harbor International Growth Fund appointed Marsico Capital Management, LLC as its Subadviser.
 
g Commenced operations November 1, 2002.
 
h Assets in this class were too small to incur any income or expense.
 
i Unannualized.
 
j Less than $0.01.
 
k Annualized.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.


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Harbor Fixed Income Funds
Harbor High-Yield Bond Fund
MANAGERS’ COMMENTARY (Unaudited)
 
 
SUBADVISER
Shenkman Capital
Management, Inc.
461 Fifth Avenue
22nd Floor
New York, NY 10017
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Mark Shenkman
Portfolio Manager (since 2002)
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Mark Flanagan, CFA, CPA
Portfolio Manager (since 2002)
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Frank Whitley
Portfolio Manager (since 2002)
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Robert Stricker, CFA
Portfolio Manager (since 2003)
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Steven Schweitzer
Portfolio Manager (since 2004)
Shenkman Capital has subadvised the Fund since its inception in 2002.
INVESTMENT GOAL
Total return.
PRINCIPAL STYLE CHARACTERISTICS
High-yield bonds.
 
 TOP TEN HOLDINGS (% of net assets)
         
R.H. Donnelley Corp.
    1.5 %
Crown Castle International
    1.0  
Cablevision Systems Corp.
    1.0  
Insight Communications Co. Inc.
    0.9  
Alomosa (Delaware) AirGate PCS Inc.
    0.9  
Alpha Natural Resources LLC
    0.9  
Brickman Group Ltd. Series B
    0.9  
American Cellular Corp. Series B
    0.9  
NationsRent Cos. Inc.
    0.9  
Kabel Deutschland GmbH
    0.9  
 FUND CATEGORY
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 MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE
Market Review
The high-yield market posted a solid performance for the six months ended April 30, 2006. This was in sharp contrast to other fixed income markets, as both the Merrill Lynch U.S. Treasury Index and the Merrill Lynch U.S. Corporate Master Index were relatively flat. The vital signs of the high-yield market remained healthy and robust. While many pundits had predicted a difficult market environment, the Merrill Lynch High-Yield Master II Index returned 4.98%, outperforming all other U.S. fixed income sectors. During the six months, the 10-year Treasury Note had a significant move as the yield rose from 4.55% to 5.05%.
The fact that high-yield outperformed in a rising interest rate environment is not unusual, as the historical correlation between the high-yield market and rising interest rates is low. However, the high-yield market got an additional boost in the latter part of the fiscal half-year as new issuance significantly lagged overall demand. Some key highlights driving the market during the reporting period included the following: triple-C-rated and lower-priced securities outperformed better quality and par-plus securities; yield spreads continued to compress; and default rates declined further. In our judgment, spread contraction is a direct result of falling default rates, which ended April at a remarkably low 1.65%, according to Moody’s Investor Service. Given the stable U.S. economy, we anticipate that default rates may continue to fall in 2006, despite ongoing turbulence in the automotive sector.
Key economic developments during the fiscal half-year included the U.S. Federal Reserve’s 15th consecutive interest rate increase, escalating oil prices, and continued strength in the U.S. labor markets. After a relatively disappointing 1.7% annualized growth rate over the final three months of calendar year 2005, the U.S. economy grew at an impressive 4.8% during the first quarter of 2006. This growth occurred despite the 375 basis-point rise in the federal funds rate since June 2004.
Indeed, the U.S. Department of Commerce recently reported that pretax profits for U.S. corporations surged 14.4% during the fourth quarter of 2005, the greatest increase since 1992. Corporate profits represented 11.6% of GDP during the fourth quarter of 2005, its largest share since 1966. With corporations generating significant cash flow, many analysts expect businesses to allocate more money to capital expenditures, which could offset any decline in spending by consumers. However, consumers so far seem to be relatively unconcerned that higher energy costs and interest rates may threaten to empty their pocketbooks. Consumer confidence soared in April to its highest level since May 2002, and retail sales in February were 6.5% higher than they were one year earlier, as labor market gains supported Americans’ incomes.
Despite the strengthening labor market, inflation appears subdued. Housing starts slid by 7.9% in February, but the housing market has not fallen apart as some pundits had predicted in the wake of rising mortgage rates and record home prices. In fact, the decline in housing starts has been milder than many analysts anticipated.


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Harbor High-Yield Bond Fund
MANAGERS’ COMMENTARY—Continued
 
Performance
The Harbor High-Yield Bond Fund generated a positive return of 4.85% (Institutional Class), 4.65% (Investor Class), and 4.78% (Retirement Class) for the six months ended April 30, 2006, while the Merrill Lynch High-Yield Master II Index returned 4.98%.
Some of the key drivers of the Fund’s positive performance were holdings in the cable, gaming, services, telecom, and technology sectors. The portfolio also benefited by avoiding two highly levered issuers that are large components of the overall market but do not meet Shenkman Capital’s credit quality standards, as these credits significantly underperformed. The portfolio continues to be well-positioned from both a credit and interest rate perspective. The portfolio has an average rating of B2/B and an average duration of 3.49 years.
Outlook and Strategy
The high-yield sector appears to be on its way to posting its fourth consecutive year of outperformance versus other U.S. fixed income sectors. The high-yield market’s return of 4.98% for the fiscal half-year was in sharp contrast to investment grade corporates and U.S. Treasuries, which posted low returns of 0.04% and 0.15%, respectively.
In our view, investors have already substantially discounted a federal funds rate of 5.25%. If inflation remains at current levels and the U.S. job market does not tighten significantly from current levels, the Fed will most likely be nearing the end of its credit tightening cycle. However, further increases beyond a 5.25% federal funds rate could damage the equity market’s rally and dampen investor demand for high-yield.
We believe that investors’ need for current income remains a solid pillar of support for the high-yield market. In addition, we are encouraged that investors’ expectations for high-yield performance remain relatively low. With many investors focused on other asset classes, the high-yield market may quietly continue to produce respectable returns that are supported by solid fundamental factors, including steady economic growth and low default rates, as well as several positive technical factors, such as a limited supply of securities and robust demand for current income. We believe that the combination of these factors should allow the high-yield market to continue to outperform other fixed income sectors in 2006.
 
This report contains the current opinions of the managers and should not be considered as investment advice or a recommendation of any particular security, strategy or investment product. Such opinions are subject to change without notice and securities described herein may no longer be included in, or may at any time be removed from, the Fund’s portfolio. This report is distributed for informational purposes only. Information contained herein has been obtained from sources believed reliable, but not guaranteed.
Fixed income investments are affected by interest rate changes and the creditworthiness of the issues held by the Fund. A rise in interest rates will cause a decrease in the value of fixed income securities. Such an event would have an adverse effect on the Harbor High-Yield Bond Fund. High-yield investing poses additional credit risk related to lower-rated bonds. For information on the different share classes and the risks associated with an investment in the Fund, please refer to the current prospectus.
You should consider the Fund’s investment objective, risks, and fees and expenses carefully before investing. For this and other important information, obtain a Harbor Fund prospectus by calling 1-800-422-1050 or visiting www.harborfund.com. You should read the prospectus carefully before investing.


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Harbor High-Yield Bond Fund
FUND SUMMARY—April 30, 2006 (Unaudited)
 
 
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS
Fund #: 024
Cusip: 411511553
Ticker: HYFAX
Inception Date: 12-01-2002
RETIREMENT CLASS
Fund #: 224
Cusip: 411511546
Ticker: HYFRX
Inception Date: 12-01-2002
INVESTOR CLASS
Fund #: 424
Cusip: 411511538
Ticker: HYFIX
Inception Date: 12-01-2002
 
 PORTFOLIO STATISTICS
         
    Portfolio   Benchmark
         
Number of Holdings
  211   1,850
Total Net Assets (000s)
  $31,245   $618,150
Average Market Coupon
  8.2%   8.0%
Yield to Maturity
  7.2%   8.3%
Weighted Average Maturity
  6.8 years   7.1 years
Weighted Average Duration
  3.5 years   4.6 years
Weighted Average Credit Quality
  B2/B   B1
R-Squared
  65.8%   100%
Beta vs Merrill Lynch High-Yield Master II Index
  0.5   1.0
Portfolio Turnover Rate—Unannualized (6-Month Period Ended 04-30-2006)
  25%   N/A
 SECTOR ALLOCATION (% of investments)
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 PERFORMANCE
GROWTH OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT
For the period 12-01-2002 through 04-30-2006
 
The graph compares a $10,000 investment in the Fund with the performance of the Merrill Lynch High-Yield Master II Index. The Fund’s performance includes the reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions.
 
LOGO
 
You can obtain performance data current to the most recent month end (available within seven business days after the most recent month end) by calling 1-800-422-1050 or visiting www.harborfund.com.
 
TOTAL RETURNS
For the periods ended 04-30-2006
                                             
                 Average Annual     
                    Final Value
        6   1   5   Life of   of a $10,000
        Months   Year   Years   Fund   Investment
 
 Harbor High-Yield Bond Fund                                        
 
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Institutional Class
    4.85 %     8.62 %     N/A       10.25 %   $ 13,948  
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Retirement Class
    4.78       8.34       N/A       10.03       13,854  
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Investor Class
    4.65       8.08       N/A       9.81       13,758  
 
 Comparative Index                                        
 
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Merrill Lynch High-Yield Master II
    4.98 %     9.09 %     8.22 %     13.32 %   $ 15,332  
 
Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data quoted. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Actual return and principal value on an investment will fluctuate, and the shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.
The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. From time to time, the Fund’s adviser has voluntarily waived a portion of its management fee and/or absorbed Fund expenses, which has resulted in higher returns. Without these waivers, the returns would have been lower. Any existing waivers may be discontinued at any time without notice. The Fund has a redemption fee of 1.00% against shares that are held for less than 9 months.


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Harbor High-Yield Bond Fund
FUND SUMMARY—Continued
 
 
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS
Expense Ratio: 0.85%
Total Net Assets (000s):
  $26,964
RETIREMENT CLASS
Expense Ratio: 1.08%
Total Net Assets (000s):
  $2
INVESTOR CLASS
Expense Ratio: 1.27%
Total Net Assets (000s):
  $4,279
 
 CREDIT QUALITY (% of investments)
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 MATURITY PROFILE (% of investments)
LOGO
 FEES AND EXPENSE EXAMPLE
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including redemption fees and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period November 1, 2005 through April 30, 2006.
Actual Expenses
The first line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses for each share class. You may use the information in the respective class line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line of the respective class under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line of the table for each share class below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund to other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as redemption fees. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
                         
    Beginning Account   Ending Account    
    Value   Value   Expenses Paid During
    (November 1, 2005)   (April 30, 2006)   Period*
 
 Institutional Class
                       
Actual
  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,048.51     $ 4.32  
Hypothetical (5% return)
    1,000.00       1,020.47       4.26  
 
 Retirement Class
                       
Actual
  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,047.84     $ 5.49  
Hypothetical (5% return)
    1,000.00       1,019.33       5.41  
 
 Investor Class
                       
Actual
  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,046.49     $ 6.45  
Hypothetical (5% return)
    1,000.00       1,018.39       6.36  
 
* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).


FIXED INCOME


87


 

Harbor High-Yield Bond Fund
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS—April 30, 2006 (Unaudited)
 
Total Investments (% of net assets)
(Excludes net cash and short-term investments of 2.7%)
     
Media
 
15.3
Commercial Services & Supplies
 
8.8
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure
 
8.1
Wireless Telecommunication Services
 
8.0
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
 
7.7
Aerospace & Defense
 
3.7
Electric Utilities
 
3.3
Specialty Retail
 
3.3
Chemicals
 
3.2
Household Durables
 
3.2
Diversified Telecommunication Services
 
3.1
Household Products
 
2.8
Gas Utilities
 
2.4
Building Products
 
2.3
Distributors
 
2.3
Food Products
 
2.3
Food & Staples Retailing
 
2.0
Health Care Providers & Services
 
1.7
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods
 
1.6
IT Services
 
1.3
Paper & Forest Products
 
1.2
Pharmaceuticals
 
1.0
Diversified Consumer Services
 
0.9
Communications Equipment
 
0.8
Containers & Packaging
 
0.8
Health Care Equipment & Supplies
 
0.8
Office Electronics
 
0.8
Software
 
0.8
Machinery
 
0.7
Diversified Financial Services
 
0.6
Energy Equipment & Services
 
0.6
Automobiles
 
0.4
Real Estate
 
0.4
Consumer Finance
 
0.3
Electronic Equipment & Instruments
 
0.3
Leisure Equipment & Products
 
0.3
Beverages
 
0.2
                 
 COMMON STOCKS—1.6%
  
        Value
Shares       (000s)
 

MEDIA—0.5%
       
  5,000    
EchoStar Communications Corp. Cl. A
  $ 155  
               

OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS—1.1%
       
  5,000    
Alpha Natural Resources Inc.
    125  
  5,000    
Compton Petroleum Corp. (CAN)
    67  
  2,500    
Newfield Exploration Co.
    111  
  1,875    
Range Resources Corp.
    50  
               
              353  
               

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $475)
    508  
         
                   
 CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES—93.7%
  
Principal    
Amount        
(000s)        
 

AEROSPACE & DEFENSE—3.7%
       
       
Argo-Tech Corp.
       
$ 125      
9.250%—06/01/2011
    132  
       
Armor Holdings Inc.
       
  100      
8.250%—08/15/2013
    107  
       
BE Aerospace Inc.
       
  75      
8.500%—10/01/2010
    80  
       
BE Aerospace Inc. Series B
       
  50      
8.875%—05/01/2011
    53  
       
DRS Technologies Inc.
       
  150      
7.625%—02/01/2018
    155  
       
K&F Acquisition Inc.
       
  100      
7.750%—11/15/2014
    103  
       
Sequa Corp.
       
  250      
9.000%—08/01/2009
    270  
       
Transdigm Inc.
       
  250      
8.375%—07/15/2011
    264  
               
              1,164  
               

BEVERAGES—0.2%
       
       
Le-Nature’s Inc.
       
  50      
9.000%—06/15/20131
    52  
               

BUILDING PRODUCTS—2.3%
       
       
Goodman Global Holding Co. Inc.
       
  250      
7.491%—06/15/20122
    256  
  100      
7.875%—12/15/2012
    101  
               
              357  
               
       
Interface Inc.
       
  125      
7.300%—04/01/2008
    127  
  125      
10.375%—02/01/2010
    137  
               
              264  
               
       
Nortek Inc.
       
  100      
8.500%—09/01/2014
    103  
               
              724  
               

CHEMICALS—3.2%
       
       
Hexcel Corp.
       
  100      
6.750%—02/01/2015
    99  
       
Huntsman LLC
       
  50      
11.500%—07/15/2012
    58  
  65      
11.625%—10/15/2010
    73  
               
              131  
               
       
Nalco Co.
       
  200      
8.875%—11/15/2013
    208  
       
Resolution Performance Products Inc.
       
  200      
13.500%—11/15/2010
    215  
       
Rhodia SA
       
  33      
10.250%—06/01/2010
    37  


FIXED INCOME


88


 

Harbor High-Yield Bond Fund
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS—Continued
 
                   
 CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES—Continued
  
Principal    
Amount       Value
(000s)       (000s)
 

CHEMICALS—Continued
       
       
Rockwood Specialties Group Inc.
       
$ 125      
7.500%—11/15/2014
  $ 125  
  182      
10.625%—05/15/2011
    198  
               
              323  
               
              1,013  
               

COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES—8.8%
       
       
Ahern Rentals Inc.
       
  125      
9.250%—08/15/2013
    131  
       
Allied Waste North America Series B
       
  100      
8.500%—12/01/2008
    106  
       
Avis Budget Car Rental LLC
       
  100      
7.576%—05/15/20141,2
    103  
       
Brickman Group Ltd. Series B
       
  250      
11.750%—12/15/2009
    273  
       
Casella Waste Systems Inc.
       
  150      
9.750%—02/01/2013
    160  
       
CHC Helicopter Corp.
       
  50      
7.375%—05/01/2014
    51  
       
Corrections Corp of America
       
  100      
7.500%—05/01/2011
    102  
       
Da-Lite Screen Co. Inc.
       
  150      
9.500%—05/15/2011
    160  
       
DynCorp International Series B
       
  150      
9.500%—02/15/2013
    158  
       
Hertz Corp.
       
  250      
8.875%—01/01/20141
    267  
       
Iron Mountain Inc.
       
  125      
7.750%—01/15/2015
    128  
       
Mac-Gray Corp.
       
  175      
7.625%—08/15/2015
    180  
       
NationsRent Cos. Inc.
       
  250      
9.500%—05/01/2015
    272  
       
Neff Rental LLC
       
  125      
11.250%—06/15/20121
    138  
       
Norcross Safety Products LLC Series B
       
  150      
9.875%—08/15/2011
    158  
       
Valmont Industries Inc.
       
  150      
6.875%—05/01/2014
    150  
       
Waste Connections Inc.
       
  100      
3.750%—04/01/20261,3
    100  
       
Williams Scotsman Inc.
       
  100      
8.500%—10/01/2015
    103  
               
              2,740  
               

COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT—0.8%
       
       
Lucent Technologies Inc.
       
  275      
6.450%—03/15/2029
    245  
               

CONSUMER FINANCE—0.3%
       
       
Ford Motor Credit Co.
       
  100      
6.625%—06/16/2008
    94  
               

CONTAINERS & PACKAGING—0.8%
       
       
BWAY Corp.
       
  150      
10.000%—10/15/2010
    160  
       
Crown Americas LLC
       
  100      
7.625%—11/15/20131
    103  
               
              263  
               

DISTRIBUTORS—2.3%
       
       
Aviall Inc.
       
  175      
7.625%—07/01/2011
    180  
       
Buhrmann US Inc.
       
  125      
8.250%—07/01/2014
    130  
       
Nebraska Book Co. Inc.
       
  150      
8.625%—03/15/2012
    138  
       
Wesco Distribution Inc.
       
  250      
7.500%—10/15/20171
    256  
               
              704  
               

DIVERSIFIED CONSUMER SERVICES—0.9%
       
       
Alderwoods Group Inc.
       
  100      
7.750%—09/15/2012
    108  
       
Carriage Services Inc.
       
  175      
7.875%—01/15/2015
    178  
               
              286  
               

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES—0.6%
       
       
Arch Western Finance LLC
       
  75      
6.750%—07/01/2013
    74  
       
Cardtronics Inc.
       
  100      
9.250%—08/15/20131
    100  
               
              174  
               

DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES—3.1%
       
       
Cincinnati Bell Inc.
       
  100      
8.375%—01/15/2014
    103  
       
Citizens Communications Co.
       
  100      
6.250%—01/15/2013
    98  
       
Insight Midwest LP
       
  50      
9.750%—10/01/2009
    52  
       
Nordic Telephone Co. Holdings ApS
       
  150      
8.875%—05/01/20161
    156  
       
Qwest Capital Funding Inc.
       
  125      
7.000%—08/03/2009
    126  
       
Qwest Corp.
       
  125      
7.625%—06/15/2015
    130  
  50      
8.160%—06/15/20132
    55  
               
              185  
               
       
Syniverse Technologies Inc. Series B
       
  150      
7.750%—08/15/2013
    150  
       
Time Warner Telecom Holdings Inc.
       
  100      
9.250%—02/15/2014
    107  
               
              977  
               

ELECTRIC UTILITIES—3.3%
       
       
Edison Mission Energy
       
  250      
7.730%—06/15/2009
    257  
  75      
10.000%—08/15/2008
    81  
  200      
13.500%—07/15/2008
    228  
               
              566  
               
       
Inergy LP
       
  150      
6.875%—12/15/2014
    143  
       
Mirant Americas Generation LLC
       
  100      
8.300%—05/01/2011
    104  
       
Mirant North America LLC
       
  100      
7.375%—12/31/20131
    101  
       
MSW Energy Holdings LLC Series B
       
  125      
7.375%—09/01/2010
    129  
               
              1,043  
               

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS—0.3%
       
       
Flextronics International Ltd.
       
  100      
1.000%—08/01/20103
    94  
               

ENERGY EQUIPMENT & SERVICES—0.6%
       
       
Gulfmark Offshore Inc.
       
  175      
7.750%—07/15/2014
    178  
               

FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING—2.0%
       
       
Ingles Markets Inc.
       
  175      
8.875%—12/01/2011
    184  
       
Rite Aid Corp.
       
  175      
4.750%—12/01/20063
    174  
  100      
7.125%—01/15/2007
    101  
  125      
8.125%—05/01/2010
    128  
               
              403  
               


FIXED INCOME


89


 

Harbor High-Yield Bond Fund
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS—Continued
 
                   
 CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES—Continued
  
Principal    
Amount       Value
(000s)       (000s)
 

FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING—Continued
       
       
Stater Brothers Holdings
       
$ 50      
8.125%—06/15/2012
  $ 50  
               
              637  
               

FOOD PRODUCTS—2.3%
       
       
B&G Foods Inc.
       
  100      
8.000%—10/01/2011
    103  
       
Del Monte Corp.
       
  100      
6.750%—02/15/2015
    96  
  225      
8.625%—12/15/2012
    237  
               
              333  
               
       
Michael Foods Inc.
       
  125      
8.000%—11/15/2013
    126  
       
Pinnacle Foods Holding Corp.
       
  150      
8.250%—12/01/2013
    151  
               
              713  
               

GAS UTILITIES—2.4%
       
       
Amerigas Partners LP
       
  100      
7.250%—05/20/2015
    100  
       
El Paso (Tennessee Gas)
       
  50      
7.500%—04/01/2017
    52  
       
El Paso Corp.
       
  125      
6.375%—02/01/20091
    124  
  75      
7.875%—06/15/2012
    78  
  125      
9.625%—05/15/20121
    139  
               
              341  
               
       
SEMCO Energy Inc.
       
  125      
7.750%—05/15/2013
    131  
       
Suburban Propane Partners LP
       
  125      
6.875%—12/15/2013
    119  
               
              743  
               

HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES—0.8%
       
       
Kinetic Concepts Inc.
       
  163      
7.375%—05/15/2013
    168  
       
Koppers Inc.
       
  85      
9.875%—10/15/2013
    93  
               
              261  
               

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES—1.7%
       
       
Psychiatric Solutions Inc.
       
  125      
7.750%—07/15/2015
    129  
       
Res-Care Inc.
       
  125      
7.750%—10/15/2013
    126  
       
Triad Hospitals Inc.
       
  100      
7.000%—11/15/2013
    98  
       
Vanguard Health Holding Co. II LLC
       
  175      
9.000%—10/01/2014
    182  
               
              535  
               

HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE—7.9%
       
       
American Casino & Entertainment Properties LLC
       
  100      
7.850%—02/01/2012
    103  
       
Chukchansi Economic Development Authority
       
  100      
8.060%—11/15/20121,2
    104  
       
Chumash Casino & Resort Enterprise
       
  75      
9.520%—07/15/20101
    79  
       
Felcor Lodging LP
       
  200      
8.500%—06/01/2011
    215  
  100      
8.830%—06/01/20112
    104  
               
              319  
               
       
Gaylord Entertainment Co.
       
  175      
8.000%—11/15/2013
    180  
       
Global Cash Access LLC
       
  162      
8.750%—03/15/2012
    174  
       
Herbst Gaming Inc.
       
  125      
8.125%—06/01/2012
    131  
       
HMH (Host Marriott)
       
  50      
9.250%—10/01/2007
    52  
       
Intrawest Corp.
       
  150      
7.500%—10/15/2013
    153  
       
Isle of Capri Casinos Inc.
       
  200      
7.000%—03/01/2014
    198  
       
Kerzner International Ltd.
       
  175      
6.750%—10/01/2015
    182  
       
Motor City Casino (CCM Merger)
       
  250      
8.000%—08/01/20131
    244  
       
NCL Corp.
       
  125      
10.625%—07/15/2014
    127  
       
Pinnacle Entertainment Inc.
       
  100      
8.250%—03/15/2012
    105  
       
Seneca Gaming Corp.
       
  125      
7.250%—05/01/2012
    125  
       
Seneca Gaming Corp. Series B
       
  50      
7.250%—05/01/2012
    50  
       
Town Sports International
       
  125      
9.625%—04/15/2011
    132  
               
              2,458  
               

HOUSEHOLD DURABLES—3.2%
       
       
American Achievement Corp.
       
  175      
8.250%—04/01/2012
    178  
       
Jarden Corp.
       
  150      
9.750%—05/01/2012
    157  
       
Meritage Homes Corp.
       
  250      
6.250%—03/15/2015
    226  
       
Norcraft Cos. LP
       
  125      
9.000%—11/01/2011
    131  
       
Samsonite Corp.
       
  100      
8.875%—06/01/2011
    107  
       
Simmons Bedding Co.
       
  200      
7.875%—01/15/2014
    198  
               
              997  
               

HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS—2.8%
       
       
Central Garden & Pet Co.
       
  250      
9.125%—02/01/2013
    267  
       
Doane Pet Care Co.
       
  100      
10.625%—11/15/2015
    123  
       
Jafra Cosmetics International Inc.
       
  81      
10.750%—05/15/2011
    87  
       
Playtex Products Inc.
       
  150      
9.375%—06/01/2011
    157  
       
Visant Corp.
       
  150      
7.625%—10/01/2012
    150  
       
Visant Holding Corp.
       
  100      
8.750%—12/01/20131
    98  
               
              882  
               

IT SERVICES—1.3%
       
       
Sungard Data Systems Inc.
       
  200      
9.125%—08/15/20131
    215  
  50      
9.431%—08/15/20131,2
    53  
  125      
10.250%—08/15/20151
    135  
               
              403  
               

LEISURE EQUIPMENT & PRODUCTS—0.3%
       
       
Leslie’s Poolmart
       
  100      
7.750%—02/01/2013
    100  
               

MACHINERY—0.7%
       
       
Dresser-Rand Group Inc.
       
  44      
7.375%—11/01/20141
    45  
       
Mueller Group Inc.
       
  150      
10.000%—05/01/2012
    165  
               
              210  
               


FIXED INCOME


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Harbor High-Yield Bond Fund
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS—Continued
 
                   
 CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES—Continued
  
Principal    
Amount       Value
(000s)       (000s)
 

MEDIA—14.8%
       
       
Advanstar Communications Inc.
       
$ 100      
10.750%—08/15/2010
  $ 109  
       
Advanstar Communications Inc. Series B
       
  250      
12.000%—02/15/2011
    266  
       
Cablevision Systems Corp.
       
  300      
9.620%—04/01/20092
    319  
       
Cadmus Communications Corp.
       
  150      
8.375%—06/15/2014
    152  
       
CBD Media Holdings LLC
       
  125      
9.250%—07/15/2012
    128  
       
EchoStar Communications Corp.
       
  200      
5.750%—05/15/20083
    198  
       
Gray Television Inc.
       
  150      
9.250%—12/15/2011
    159  
       
Houghton Mifflin Co.
       
  100      
8.250%—02/01/2011
    104  
  100      
9.875%—02/01/2013
    108  
               
              212  
               
       
Insight Communications Co. Inc.
       
  275      
12.250%—02/15/20114
    294  
       
Kabel Deutschland GmbH
       
  250      
10.625%—07/01/20141
    271  
       
LBI Media Inc.
       
  200      
10.125%—07/15/2012
    216  
       
LIN Television Corp.
       
  100      
6.500%—05/15/2013
    93  
       
Lodgenet Entertainment Corp.
       
  200      
9.500%—06/15/2013
    217  
       
Mediacom Broadband LLC
       
  100      
8.500%—10/15/2015
    99  
       
Mediacom Communications Corp.
       
  250      
5.250%—07/01/20063
    250  
       
Mediacom LLC
       
  50      
9.500%—01/15/2013
    51  
       
Morris Publishing Group LLC
       
  100      
7.000%—08/01/2013
    95  
       
Nexstar Finance Inc.
       
  125      
7.000%—01/15/2014
    118  
       
Quebecor Media Inc.
       
  200      
7.750%—03/15/20161
    206  
       
R.H. Donnelley Corp.
       
  500      
6.875%—01/15/20131
    467  
  125      
10.875%—12/15/2012
    139  
               
              606  
               
       
Radio One Inc.
       
  100      
6.375%—02/15/2013
    95  
       
Sun Media Corp.
       
  125      
7.625%—02/15/2013
    128  
       
Videotron Ltee
       
  50      
6.875%—01/15/2014
    50  
       
XM Satellite Radio Inc.
       
  150      
9.750%—05/01/20141
    152  
       
Yell Finance BV
       
  130      
13.500%—08/01/20114
    137  
               
              4,621  
               

OFFICE ELECTRONICS—0.8%
       
       
IKON Office Solutions Inc.
       
  100      
7.750%—09/15/2015
    103  
       
Xerox Capital Trust I
       
  150      
8.000%—02/01/2027
    155  
               
              258  
               

OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS—6.2%
       
       
Alpha Natural Resources LLC
       
  250      
10.000%—06/01/2012
    275  
       
Chesapeake Energy Corp.
       
  125      
6.500%—08/15/2017
    120  
       
Compton Petroleum Finance Corp.
       
  200      
7.625%—12/01/2013
    199  
       
Comstock Resources Inc.
       
  150      
6.875%—03/01/2012
    147  
       
Copano Energy LLC
       
  150      
8.125%—03/01/20161
    155  
       
Denbury Resources Inc.
       
  100      
7.500%—12/15/2015
    103  
       
Encore Acquisition Co.
       
  250      
6.000%—07/15/2015
    233  
       
Exco Resources Inc.
       
  200      
7.250%—01/15/2011
    199  
       
Foundation PA Coal Co.
       
  150      
7.250%—08/01/2014
    151  
       
Harvest Operations Corp.
       
  150      
7.875%—10/15/2011
    148  
       
Holly Energy Partners LP
       
  75      
6.250%—03/01/2015
    71  
       
Whiting Petroleum Corp.
       
  125      
7.000%—02/01/2014
    124  
               
              1,925  
               

PAPER & FOREST PRODUCTS—1.2%
       
       
Boise Cascade LLC
       
  125      
7.943%—10/15/20122
    127  
       
Caraustar Industries Inc.
       
  100      
9.875%—04/01/2011
    106  
       
MDP Acquisitions plc (Jeff Smurfit)
       
  125      
9.625%—10/01/2012
    132  
               
              365  
               

PHARMACEUTICALS—1.0%
       
       
Herbalife (WH Holdings) Ltd.
       
  100      
9.500%—04/01/2011
    107  
       
NBTY Inc.
       
  125      
7.125%—10/01/20151
    119  
       
Warner Chilcott Corp.
       
  100      
8.750%—02/01/20151
    100  
               
              326  
               

REAL ESTATE—0.4%
       
       
Omega Healthcare Investors Inc.
       
  125      
7.000%—04/01/2014
    123  
               

SOFTWARE—0.8%
       
       
Activant Solutions Inc.
       
  100      
10.990%—04/01/20101,2
    102  
       
Serena Software Inc.
       
  150      
10.375%—03/15/20161
    160  
               
              262  
               

SPECIALTY RETAIL—3.3%
       
       
Affinity Group Inc.
       
  100      
9.000%—02/15/2012
    101  
       
Autonation Inc.
       
  200      
7.045%—04/15/20131,2
    205  
       
Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corp.
       
  200      
11.125%—04/15/20141
    204  
       
Pantry Inc.
       
  125      
7.750%—02/15/2014
    127  
       
Petro Stopping Centers LP
       
  175      
9.000%—02/15/2012
    178  
       
Stripes Acquisition LLC (Susser Finance)
       
  200      
10.625%—12/15/20131
    213  
               
              1,028  
               


FIXED INCOME


91


 

Harbor High-Yield Bond Fund
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS—Continued
 
                   
 CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES—Continued
  
Principal    
Amount       Value
(000s)       (000s)
 

TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS—1.6%
       
       
Levi Strauss & Co.
       
$ 75      
12.250%—12/15/2012
  $ 85  
       
Oxford Industries Inc.
       
  150      
8.875%—06/01/2011
    156  
       
Perry Ellis International Inc. Series B
       
  125      
8.875%—09/15/2013
    126  
       
Phillips-Van Heusen Corp.
       
  125      
8.125%—05/01/2013
    132  
               
              499  
               

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES—7.0%
       
       
Alamosa Inc.
       
  125      
8.500%—01/31/2012
    135  
       
Alomosa (Delaware) AirGate PCS Inc.
       
  275      
8.827%—10/15/20112
    286  
       
American Cellular Corp. Series B
       
  250      
10.000%—08/01/2011
    272  
       
Centennial Communications Corp.
       
  150      
8.125%—02/01/2014
    155  
  250      
10.740%—01/01/20132
    262  
               
              417  
               
       
Intelsat Ltd.
       
  100      
5.250%—11/01/2008
    97  
       
Intelsat Subsidiary Holding Co. Ltd.
       
  250      
9.614%—01/15/20122
    255  
       
New Skies Satellites NV
       
  75      
10.414%—11/01/20112
    78  
       
Nextel Partners Inc.
       
  100      
8.125%—07/01/2011
    105  
       
Rogers Wireless Inc.
       
  100      
8.000%—12/15/2012
    106  
       
Rural Cellular Corp.
       
  250      
8.250%—03/15/2012
    264  
       
Telenet Group Holding NV
       
  200      
11.500%—06/15/20141,4
    166  
               
              2,181  
               

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES
(Cost $28,729)
    29,278  
         
                   
 PREFERRED STOCKS—2.0%
        Value
Shares       (000s)
 

AUTOMOBILES—0.4%
       
       
General Motors Corp. Series A
       
  5,230      
4.500%—03/06/20323
  $ 124  
               

HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE—0.2%
       
       
Six Flags Inc.
       
  2,500      
7.250%—08/15/2009
    58  
               

OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS—0.4%
       
       
Chesapeake Energy Corp.
       
  1,250      
4.500%—12/31/2049
    120  
               

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES—1.0%
       
       
Crown Castle International
       
  6,000      
6.250%—08/15/20123
    332  
               

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
(Cost $554)
    634  
         
                 
 SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS—1.0%
  (Cost $299)
Principal    
Amount        
(000s)        
 

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS
       
$ 299    
Repurchase Agreement with State Street Corp. dated April 28, 2006 due May 1, 2006 at 4.100% collateralized by a FHLB Note (market value $306)
    299  
               

TOTAL INVESTMENTS—98.3%
(Cost $30,057)
    30,719  
         

CASH AND OTHER ASSETS, LESS LIABILITIES—1.7%
    526  
         

TOTAL NET ASSETS—100.0%
  $ 31,245  
         
 
1 Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. The Fund has no right to demand registration of these securities. These securities are priced by an independent pricing service selected by the adviser (Harbor Capital Advisors, Inc.) and are considered to be liquid under procedures established by the Board of Trustees. At April 30, 2006, these securities were valued at $5,132 or 16.43% of net assets.
 
2 Floating rate security. The stated rate represents the rate in effect at April 30, 2006.
 
3 Convertible bond.
 
4 Step coupon security.
(CAN) Canada.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.


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Harbor Bond Fund
MANAGER’S COMMENTARY (Unaudited)
 
 
SUBADVISER
Pacific Investment
Management Company LLC
840 Newport Center Drive
P. O. Box 6430
Newport Beach, CA
92658-6430
LOGO
William Gross
Portfolio Manager (since 1987)
PIMCO has subadvised the Fund since its inception in 1987.
INVESTMENT GOAL
Total return.
PRINCIPAL STYLE CHARACTERISTICS
Intermediate bonds with overall portfolio rated high quality.
 
 TOP TEN HOLDINGS (% of net assets)
         
Federal National Mortgage Association TBA (5.000% - 05/11/2036)
    9.7 %
Federal National Mortgage Association (5.500% - 02/01/2035)
    8.6  
Federal National Mortgage Association (5.500% - 05/01/2034)
    3.9  
Federal National Mortgage Association (5.000% - 08/01/2035)
    1.3  
Federal National Mortgage Association (5.500% - 04/01/2034)
    1.3  
Federal National Mortgage Association TBA (5.500% - 05/11/2036)
    1.2  
Federal National Mortgage Association (5.500% - 11/01/2034)
    1.0  
Federal National Mortgage Association (4.836% - 06/01/2035)
    0.8  
GSR Mortgage Loan Trust (4.540% - 09/25/2035)
    0.8  
Bear Stearns Adjustable Rate Mortgage Trust (4.750% - 10/25/2035)
    0.8  
 FUND CATEGORY
LOGO
 MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE
Market Review
During the first part of the fiscal half-year there were some signs of optimism that the Federal Reserve might be near the end of its rate increases, as a fall in energy prices eased inflation fears. Indications that higher mortgage rates and lofty valuations could finally be pinching affordability in surging property markets also helped placate bond markets.
In the latter part of the six months ended April 30, 2006, rising interest rates in the U.S. and around the globe weighed on bond market returns. The Fed continued to tighten, bringing the federal funds rate to 4.75%. The European Central Bank joined the Federal Reserve in raising rates and the Bank of Japan announced the end of its “quantitative easing” policy, which has flooded Japanese markets with liquidity.
Performance
The Harbor Bond Fund outperformed its benchmark, the Lehman Brothers Aggregate Index, for the first half of the 2006 fiscal year. During a time of volatile interest rates, the Fund posted returns of 1.05% (Institutional Class) and 0.93% (Retirement Class) after fees, compared to a gain of 0.56% for the Index. The Fund also outperformed the Index for the 12-month, 5-year, and
10-year periods ended April 30, 2006.
The Harbor Bond Fund’s investment process is based on a long-term approach, which utilizes both top-down and bottom-up strategies. Top-down strategies focus on duration, yield curve positioning, volatility, and sector rotation, while bottom-up strategies drive the security selection process, focusing on the analysis and identification of undervalued securities. By combining perspectives from both the portfolio level and the individual securities level, we seek to add value consistently over time while incurring acceptable levels of portfolio risk.
In outperforming the benchmark for the fiscal half-year, we employed defensive interest-rate and sector strategies together with broad diversification to help preserve value. We maintained a focus on quality, as the average credit rating of securities in the Fund’s portfolio was held at AAA.
The Fund’s above-benchmark duration was a negative for the portfolio’s performance, as interest rates rose. Our exposure to the short-to-intermediate sector of the yield curve also was a negative, as the yield curve flattened while the Federal Reserve continued to increase interest rates. The Fund benefited from a mortgage overweight, which offset the negative impact of a corporate underweight through most of the six months.
Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS) helped performance, as nominal yields rose more than real yields. Exposure to emerging markets was positive, as credit quality and economic indicators continued to improve.


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Harbor Bond Fund
MANAGER’S COMMENTARY—Continued
 
Outlook and Strategy
The global economy is transitioning away from policy-driven growth, engineered by major central banks, towards more self-sustaining, internally generated growth. The Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank already have stepped back from monetary reflation. The Bank of Japan has announced its intent to do the same. We believe that the U.S., Japan, China and the Eurozone have sufficient sources of internal demand to withstand the withdrawal of monetary stimulus. The risks to our forecast are primarily to the downside, as each of the world’s biggest economies has structural weaknesses that could make the withdrawal more painful than anticipated.
With respect to portfolio strategy, the Fund will attempt to position itself for a favorable bond market environment as the economy cools and Fed tightening draws to a close. We expect the U.S. economy to grow more slowly as euphoria in the housing sector continues to erode, which could cause a dampening effect on consumer spending. This Federal Reserve tightening cycle has extended longer than we anticipated but is nearing its end; we believe that the Fed will stop at a federal funds rate near 5% as the economy slows. We expect inflation to be benign; wage/price pressure appears to be under control amid an abundant supply of workers in emerging economies.
In this environment, the Fund’s duration will be moderately above that of the index, as slower growth should create downward pressure on interest rates. The Fund will focus on short to intermediate maturities in the U.S. and the U.K., which should outperform as we expect yield curves in both of these markets to steepen. Part of this strategy will include a lengthening of the maturities of Eurodollar futures positions, in an attempt to benefit from Federal Reserve easing, which we expect to begin later this year or in early 2007.
With regard to sector strategies, the Fund will retain an overweight to mortgages, which can potentially add high-quality yield to the portfolio, but we may trim holdings to harvest recent gains. A lighter allocation will put the Fund in a better position to add mortgages at a later date should heightened interest rate volatility create buying opportunities. The Fund will continue to underweight the richly valued corporate sector and compensate for lost corporate income with a mortgage overweight. Eurozone bonds will be de-emphasized as the European Central Bank is still in the early stages of a tightening cycle. We will continue to hold emerging market bonds where long-term credit fundamentals remain strong, but positions may be trimmed to take profits after several years of gains.
In a benign inflation environment, the Fund will continue to de-emphasize Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS) on a tactical basis. We will hold longer-dated TIPS, which should gain from demand from corporations looking to hedge pension liabilities. The Fund will hold municipal bonds in an effort to capture their relatively attractive yields compared to taxable bonds. Municipal securities also offer an inexpensive hedge against higher rates, as a stable base of retail investors allows municipal securities to hold their value better than taxable bonds when rates rise.
Modest exposures to the yen, euro, and emerging markets currencies will be taken in an effort to gain from expected U.S. dollar weakness. The end of Fed tightening could result in flows of capital out of the dollar toward markets with higher or rising yields.
 
This report contains the current opinions of the manager and should not be considered as investment advice or a recommendation of any particular security, strategy or investment product. Such opinions are subject to change without notice and securities described herein may no longer be included in, or may at any time be removed from, the Fund’s portfolio. This report is distributed for informational purposes only. Information contained herein has been obtained from sources believed reliable, but not guaranteed.
Fixed income investments are affected by interest rate changes and the creditworthiness of the issues held by the Fund. A rise in interest rates will cause a decrease in the value of fixed income securities. Such an event would have an adverse affect on the Harbor Bond Fund. There may be a greater risk that the Fund could lose money due to prepayment and extension risks because the Fund invests heavily at times in mortgage-related securities. The Fund may engage in active and frequent trading to achieve its principal investment strategies. PIMCO computed the portfolio credit rating of AAA by averaging the credit ratings of all portfolio holdings. References to securities that are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government do not apply to the shares of the Fund. For information on the different share classes and the risks associated with an investment in the Fund, please refer to the current prospectus.
You should consider the Fund’s investment objective, risks, and fees and expenses carefully before investing. For this and other important information, obtain a Harbor Fund prospectus by calling 1-800-422-1050 or visiting www.harborfund.com. You should read the prospectus carefully before investing.


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95


 

Harbor Bond Fund
FUND SUMMARY—April 30, 2006 (Unaudited)
 
 
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS
Fund #: 014
Cusip: 411511108
Ticker: HABDX
Inception Date: 12-29-1987
RETIREMENT CLASS
Fund #: 214
Cusip: 411511686
Ticker: HRBDX
Inception Date: 11-01-2002
 
 PORTFOLIO STATISTICS
         
    Portfolio   Benchmark
         
Number of Holdings
  739   6,795
Total Net Assets (000s)
  $2,084,585   $8,295,487
Average Market Coupon
  4.2%   5.3%
Yield to Maturity
  5.6%   5.6%
Weighted Average Maturity
  6.0 years   7.2 years
Weighted Average Duration
  5.0 years   4.7 years
Weighted Average Credit Quality
  AAA   AA1/AA2
Portfolio Turnover Rate—Unannualized
(6-Month Period Ended 04-30-2006)
  181%   N/A
 PERFORMANCE
GROWTH OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT
For the period 05-01-1996 through 04-30-2006
 
The graph compares a $10,000 investment in the Fund with the performance of the Lehman Brothers Aggregate Index. The Fund’s performance includes the reinvestment of all dividend and capital gain distributions.
 
LOGO
 
You can obtain performance data current to the most recent month end (available within seven business days after the most recent month end) by calling 1-800-422-1050 or visiting www.harborfund.com.
 
TOTAL RETURNS
For the periods ended 04-30-2006
                                             
                 Average Annual     
                    Final Value
        6   1   5   10   of a $10,000
        Months   Year   Years   Years   Investment
 
 Harbor Bond Fund                                        
 
LOGO
 
Institutional Class
    1.05 %     1.15 %     6.10 %     6.93 %   $ 19,544  
LOGO
 
Retirement Class
    0.93       0.91       5.86       6.68       19,085  
 
 Comparative Index                                        
 
LOGO
 
LB AGG
    0.56 %     0.71 %     5.16 %     6.33 %   $ 18,468  
 
Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data quoted. Actual return and principal value on an investment will fluctuate, and the shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.
The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. From time to time, the Fund’s adviser has voluntarily waived a portion of its management fee and/or absorbed Fund expenses, which has resulted in higher returns. Without these waivers, the returns would have been lower. Any existing waivers may be discontinued at any time without notice. The performance of the Retirement Class shares prior to 11-01-2002 is based on the Fund’s Institutional Class shares’ performance, restated for the higher expense ratio of the Retirement Class.


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Harbor Bond Fund
FUND SUMMARY—Continued
 
 
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS
Expense Ratio: 0.58%
Total Net Assets (000s):
  $2,050,312
RETIREMENT CLASS
Expense Ratio: 0.83%
Total Net Assets (000s):
  $34,273
 
 CREDIT QUALITY (% of investments)
LOGO
 MATURITY PROFILE (% of investments)
LOGO
 FEES AND EXPENSE EXAMPLE
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including redemption fees and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period November 1, 2005 through April 30, 2006.
Actual Expenses
The first line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses for each share class. You may use the information in the respective class line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line of the respective class under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line of the table for each share class below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund to other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as redemption fees. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
                         
    Beginning Account   Ending Account    
    Value   Value   Expenses Paid During
    (November 1, 2005)   (April 30, 2006)   Period*
 
 Institutional Class
                       
Actual
  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,010.51     $ 2.90  
Hypothetical (5% return)
    1,000.00       1,021.81       2.91  
 
 Retirement Class
                       
Actual
  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,009.35     $ 4.14  
Hypothetical (5% return)
    1,000.00       1,020.57       4.16  
 
* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).


FIXED INCOME


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Harbor Bond Fund
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS—April 30, 2006 (Unaudited)
 
Total Investments (% of net assets)
(Excludes net cash and short-term investments of 34.4%)
     
Mortgage Pass-Through
 
51.0
Corporate Bonds & Notes
 
6.7
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations
 
4.6
Municipal Bonds
 
1.2
U.S. Government Obligations
 
1.0
Foreign Government Obligations
 
0.7
Asset-Backed Securities
 
0.4
                 
 COMMON STOCKS—0.0%
  (Cost $47)
        Value
Shares       (000s)
 

AIRLINES—0.0%
       
  1,135    
UAL Corp. 
  $ 41  
               
                   
 ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES—0.4%
Principal    
Amount        
(000s)        
 
       
AAA Trust
Series 2005-2 Cl. A1
       
$ 2,087      
5.059%—11/26/20351,2,3
    2,091  
       
Carrington Mortgage Investment Trust
Series 2005-NC3 Cl. A1A
       
  673      
5.039%—06/25/20351,3
    674  
       
Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates
       
  836      
5.439%—12/25/20311,3
    837  
       
Federal National Mortgage Association
Series 2005-T2 Cl. 1A1
       
  534      
4.667%—11/28/20351,3
    534  
       
Fremont Home Loan Trust
Series 2005-E Cl. 2A1
       
  3,766      
5.050%—01/25/20361,3
    3,769  
               

TOTAL ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES
(Cost $7,897)
    7,905  
         
                   
 COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS—4.6%
       
American Home Mortgage Investment Trust REMIC4
Series 2004-4 Cl. 4A
       
  3,584      
4.390%—02/25/20451,3
    3,482  
       
Banc of America Funding Corp. REMIC4
Series 2005-D Cl. A1
       
  3,917      
4.115%—05/25/20351,3
    3,791  
       
Bear Stearns Adjustable Rate Mortgage Trust REMIC4
Series 2005-10 Cl. A1
       
  17,386      
4.750%—10/25/20351,3
    17,127  
         
Series 2003-1 Cl. 6A1
       
  1,831      
5.067%—04/25/20333,5
    1,822  
         
Series 2000-2 Cl. A1
       
  384      
5.173%—11/25/20301,3
    385  
               
              19,334  
               
       
Bear Stearns Alt-A Trust REMIC4
Series 2005-4 Cl. 3A1
       
  6,381      
5.415%—05/25/20353,5
    6,389  
       
Countrywide Home Loan Mortgage Pass Through Trust REMIC4
Series 2005-HYB9 Cl. 3A2A
       
  1,800      
5.250%—02/20/20363,5
    1,778  
       
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. REMIC4
       
  14,423      
5.000%—12/15/2020-04/25/20333
    14,152  
  371      
5.360%—11/15/20301,3
    373  
  724      
8.000%—08/15/20223
    732  
  110      
9.000%—12/15/20203
    110  
               
              15,367  
               
       
Federal National Mortgage Association
       
  982      
6.500%—12/25/20423
    996  
       
Federal National Mortgage Association REMIC4
Series 2006-5 Cl. 3A2
       
  900      
4.689%—05/25/20351
    877  
       
FHLMC Structured Pass Through Securities
       
  2,464      
4.791%—08/15/20323,5
    2,463  
       
FHLMC Structured Pass Through Securities REMIC4
Series T-63 Cl. 1A1
       
  1,090      
4.951%—02/25/20451,3
    1,100  
       
First Nationwide Trust REMIC4
Series 2001-3 Cl. 1A1
       
  124      
6.750%—08/21/2031
    124  
       
GSR Mortgage Loan Trust REMIC4
Pass Through Certificates
Series 2005-AR6 Cl. 2A1
       
  17,626      
4.540%—09/25/20351,3
    17,233  
       
IndyMac ARM Trust REMIC
Series 2001-H2 Cl. A2 2
       
  58      
6.602%—01/25/20321
    58  
       
IndyMac Index Mortgage Loan Trust REMIC4
Pass Through Certificates
Series 2005-AR31 Cl. 1A1
       
  9,160      
5.201%—01/25/20361,3
    9,099  
       
Small Business Administration
Pass Through Certificates
       
  847      
5.130%—09/01/2023
    825  
  2,611      
6.290%—01/01/20213
    2,688  
  340      
7.449%—08/01/2010
    357  
               
              3,870  
               
       
Structured Asset Securities Corp. REMIC4
       
         
Series 2002-1A Cl. 4A
       
  91      
6.070%—02/25/20323,5
    91  
         
Series 2001-21A Cl. 1A1
       
  255      
6.250%—01/25/20323,5
    254  
               
              345  
               
       
Washington Mutual REMIC4
       
         
Pass Through Certificates
       
         
Series 2002-AR11 Cl. A1
       
  696      
5.127%—10/25/20321,3
    692  
         
Series 2005-AR13 Cl. A1A1
       
  2,303      
5.249%—10/25/20451
    2,318  
               
              3,010  
               
       
Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities REMIC4
Series 2006-AR2 CL. A1
       
  6,579      
4.950%—03/25/20363,5
    6,516  
               

TOTAL COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $97,227)
    95,832  
         


FIXED INCOME


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Harbor Bond Fund
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS—Continued
 
                   
 CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES—6.7%
Principal    
Amount       Value
(000s)       (000s)
 
       
American Airlines Inc.
Pass Through Certificates
Series 2001-2 Cl. A1
       
$ 299      
6.978%—04/01/2011
  $ 306  
       
American General Finance Corp. MTN6
       
  1,100      
4.980%—03/23/20071,3
    1,101  
       
American International Group Inc.
       
  900      
5.050%—10/01/20152
    849  
       
Atlantic & Western Re II Ltd. Series A
       
  400      
10.990%—01/09/20071,2
    396  
       
BNP Paribas
       
  6,600      
5.186%—06/29/20492,3,5
    6,109  
       
Cablevision System Corp.
       
  514      
6.580%—03/29/2013
    517  
  771      
6.670%—03/29/2013
    776  
  514      
6.740%—03/29/2013
    517  
               
              1,810  
               
       
China Development Bank
       
  600      
5.000%—10/15/2015
    562  
       
Citigroup
       
  5,800      
5.000%—12/26/20081,3
    5,804  
       
DaimlerChrysler North America Holding MTN6
       
  10,600      
5.100%—11/17/20061,3
    10,611  
       
El Paso CGP Corp.
       
  7,036      
7.420%—02/15/20372,3
    6,675  
  8,000      
7.500%—08/15/20062,3
    8,050  
               
              14,725  
               
       
El Paso Corp. MTN6
       
  400      
8.050%—10/15/2030
    408  
       
Export-Import Bank of China
       
  600      
4.875%—07/21/20152
    560  
       
Federal Home Loan Banks
       
  1,400      
0.000%—02/05/20073,5
    1,299  
       
Federal National Mortgage Association
       
  7,100      
4.810%—09/22/20061,3
    7,098  
       
Ford Motor Credit Co.
       
  10,300      
5.700%—11/16/20061,3
    10,252  
  10,400      
5.880%—03/21/20071,3
    10,245  
               
              20,497  
               
       
General Electric Capital Corp. MTN6
       
  10,100      
5.050%—01/03/20081,3
    10,115  
  2,000      
5.223%—01/08/20161
    2,006  
               
              12,121  
               
       
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. MTN6
       
  8,780      
5.420%—07/23/20091,3
    8,847  
       
H.J. Heinz Co.
       
  800      
6.428%—12/01/20202
    813  
       
HBOS plc
       
  800      
5.920%—09/29/20492,5
    762  
       
HSBC Bank USA
       
  10,200      
5.000%—09/21/20071,3
    10,211  
       
MUFG Capital Finance 1 Ltd.
       
  700      
6.346%—07/29/20495
    687  
       
PEMEX Project Funding Master Trust
       
  1,600      
5.750%—12/15/20152
    1,519  
  1,000      
8.625%—02/01/20227
    1,161  
               
              2,680  
               
       
Petroleum Export Ltd.
       
  688      
5.265%—06/15/20112
    673  
       
Qwest Capital Funding Inc.
       
  43      
7.250%—02/15/2011
    43  
       
Qwest Corp.
       
  300      
7.500%—06/15/2023
    299  
  2,700      
7.625%—06/15/2015
    2,822  
               
              3,121  
               
       
Ras Laffan LNG III Series B
       
  1,800      
5.838%—09/30/20272
    1,667  
       
Resona Bank Ltd.
       
  800      
5.850%—09/29/20492,5
    766  
       
Royal Bank of Scotland plc
       
  4,500      
5.125%—07/21/20081,2,3
    4,503  
       
Santander US Debt SA Unipersonal
       
  9,800      
4.940%—09/21/20071,2,3
    9,809  
       
Sprint Capital Corp.
       
  2,400      
6.000%—01/15/2007
    2,410  
  1,100      
6.125%—11/15/2008
    1,119  
               
              3,529  
               
       
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp.
       
  5,900      
5.625%—07/29/20492,3,5
    5,646  
       
UFJ Finance Aruba AEC
       
  200      
6.750%—07/15/2013
    210  
       
United Airlines Inc.
Pass Thru Certificates
       
  2,039      
9.060%—06/17/20153
    266  
       
USB Capital IX
       
  700      
6.189%—03/29/20495
    692  
               

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES
(Cost $139,239)
    139,181  
         
                   
 FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS—0.7%
       
Federative Republic of Brazil
       
  1,400      
8.000%—01/15/2018
    1,523  
  700      
10.710%—06/29/20091
    814  
               
              2,337  
               
       
Republic of Panama
       
  3,309      
6.700%—01/26/20363
    3,260  
  500      
8.875%—09/30/2027
    599  
  950      
9.375%—07/23/2012
    1,097  
  3,000      
9.625%—02/08/2011
    3,435  
               
              8,391  
               
       
Republic of Peru
       
  3,000      
9.125%—01/15/2008-02/21/2012
    3,163  
       
Russian Federation
       
  1,500      
5.000%—03/31/20302,7
    1,631  
               

TOTAL FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $14,537)
    15,522  
         
                   
 MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH—51.0%
       
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
       
  4,541      
5.000%—10/01/20183
    4,426  
  126      
5.792%—06/01/20241,3
    128  
  8,019      
6.000%—07/01/2016-01/01/20343
    8,024  
  310      
6.000%—08/01/2028-04/01/2033
    310  
  3      
8.500%—02/01/2017
    3  
               
              12,891  
               
       
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. TBA8
May Delivery
       
  4,000      
6.000%—05/11/2036
    3,987  


FIXED INCOME


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Harbor Bond Fund
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS—Continued
 
                   
 MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH—Continued
Principal    
Amount       Value
(000s)       (000s)
 
       
Federal Housing Authority Project
       
$ 176      
7.400%—02/01/2021
  $ 177  
  3,022      
7.450%—05/01/20213
    3,020  
  24      
7.450%—05/01/2021
    24  
               
              3,221  
               
       
Federal National Mortgage Association
       
  942      
4.500%—11/01/20193
    898  
  938      
4.500%—01/01/2020-06/01/2020
    895  
  12,962      
4.711%—08/01/20351,3
    12,815  
  17,725      
4.836%—06/01/20353
    17,382  
  87,950      
5.000%—12/01/2016-08/01/20353
    84,140  
  49,821      
5.000%—09/01/2017-08/01/2035
    48,288  
  3,470      
5.288%—10/01/20401,3
    3,504  
  158,538      
5.500%—11/01/2016-11/01/2035
    154,280  
  468,871      
5.500%—12/01/2016-10/01/20353
    456,319  
  3,943      
6.000%—04/01/2016-09/01/20173
    3,996  
  1,652      
6.000%—05/01/2016-05/01/2033
    1,673  
  120      
9.000%—11/01/20093
    124  
               
              784,314  
               
       
Federal National Mortgage Association TBA8
       
         
May Delivery
       
  3,500      
4.500%—05/16/2021
    3,333  
  213,000      
5.000%—05/11/2036
    201,485  
  26,000      
5.500%—05/11/2036
    25,252  
  19,500      
6.000%—05/16/2021
    19,458  
         
June Delivery
       
  2,500      
6.000%—06/19/2021
    2,529  
               
              252,057  
               
       
Government National Mortgage Association II
       
  162      
4.375%—05/20/20241,3
    162  
  4,998      
4.750%—08/20/2022-02/20/20321,3
    4,991  
  5      
4.750%—07/20/20241
    5  
  993      
5.125%—12/20/2024-11/20/20291,3
    1,000  
  19      
5.125%—10/20/20251
    19  
  498      
5.375%—03/20/2017-02/20/20251,3
    501  
               
              6,678  
               

TOTAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH
(Cost $1,090,975)
    1,063,148  
         
                   
 MUNICIPAL BONDS—1.2%
       
Badger Tobacco Asset Securitization Corp.
       
  4,300      
6.375%—06/01/20323
    4,609  
       
City of San Antonio TX
       
  5,030      
4.750%—05/15/20371
    4,957  
  2,670      
5.000%—05/15/20361
    2,904  
               
              7,861  
               
       
Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp.
       
  3,400      
6.250%—06/01/20333
    3,699  
  2,740      
6.750%—06/01/20393
    3,052  
  900      
7.875%—06/01/2042
    1,071  
               
              7,822  
               
       
Port of Seattle WA
       
  3,501      
6.890%—03/01/20351,3
    3,749  
       
Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement & Power District
       
  50      
6.140%—01/01/20351
    51  
       
State of Texas
       
  1,300      
4.750%—04/01/20351
    1,300  
               

TOTAL MUNICIPAL BONDS
(Cost $23,909)
    25,392  
         
                   
 U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS—1.0%
       
U.S. Treasury Bonds
       
  3,003      
2.000%—01/15/20263,9
    2,793  
  10,857      
2.375%—01/15/20253,9
    10,730  
  1,228      
3.625%—04/15/20289
    1,479  
               
              15,002  
               
       
U.S. Treasury Notes
       
  5,142      
3.375%—01/15/20073,9
    5,204  
               

TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $21,479)
    20,206  
         
                   
 PURCHASED OPTIONS—0.0%
No. of    
Contracts    
(000s)        
 
       
Eurodollar Futures
       
  2,683      
Expire 06/2006
    7  
  4,590      
Expire 09/2006
    12  
  3,248      
Expire 12/2006
    8  
               
              27  
               
       
Eurodollar Options
       
  1,353      
Expire 06/2006
    3  
  2,055      
Expire 12/2006
    5  
  2,473      
Expire 03/2007
    6  
  1,303      
Expire 09/2007
    3  
               
              17  
               
       
Option — Currency USD vs. JPY
       
  7,600      
Expire 05/2006
    140  
       
Swap Options
       
  260      
Expire 08/2006
    3  
  98,202      
Expire 10/2006
    13  
  59,000      
Expire 12/2006
    54  
  90,000      
Expire 03/2007
    222  
               
              292  
               

TOTAL PURCHASED OPTIONS
(Cost $1,953)
    476  
         
                   
 SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS—48.7%
Principal    
Amount        
(000s)        
 

BANK OBLIGATIONS
       
       
Barclays Bank plc
       
$ 20,400      
4.934%—01/29/20073
    20,398  
       
Wells Fargo Bank
       
  56,000      
4.760%—05/01/2006
    56,000  
               

TOTAL BANK OBLIGATIONS
    76,398  
         


FIXED INCOME


100


 

Harbor Bond Fund
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS—Continued
 
                   
 SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS—Continued
Principal    
Amount       Value
(000s)       (000s)
 

COMMERCIAL PAPER
       
       
Abbey National LLC
       
$ 58,000      
5.000%—08/28/2006
  $ 57,041  
       
Bank Ireland Governor & Co.
       
  50,000      
4.990%—08/21/20063
    49,224  
       
Nordea North America Inc.
       
  57,000      
4.840%—06/28/20063
    56,555  
       
WestpacTrust Securities New Zealand Ltd.
       
  60,000      
4.965%—07/21/20063
    59,330  
               

TOTAL COMMERCIAL PAPER
    222,150  
         

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS
       
  49,000    
Repurchase Agreement with Credit Suisse First Boston dated April 28, 2006 due May 1, 2006 at 4.620% collateralized by a U.S. Treasury Note (market value $49,772)
    49,000  
  192,800    
Repurchase Agreement with Credit Suisse First Boston dated April 28, 2006 due May 1, 2006 at 4.650% collateralized by a U.S. Treasury Note (market value $195,895)
    192,800  
  5,636    
Repurchase Agreement with State Street Corp. dated April 28, 2006 due May 1, 2006 at 4.400% collateralized by a FHLB Note (market value $5,753)
    5,636  
               

TOTAL REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS
    247,436  
         

SOVEREIGN TREASURY BILLS
       
       
Dutch Treasury Certificates
       
  30,990      
2.492%—05/31/2006
    39,022  
       
French Discount Treasury Bills
       
  20,000      
2.396%—05/04/2006
    25,221  
  14,820      
2.487%—07/20/2006
    18,593  
  31,840      
2.504%—07/06/2006
    39,985  
  35,460      
2.519%—05/24/2006
    44,666  
  15,870      
2.634%—06/29/2006
    19,939  
  32,880      
2.785%—10/12/2006
    40,959  
               
              189,363  
               
       
German Treasury Bills
       
  24,380      
2.225%—05/17/2006
    30,729  
  14,590      
2.344%—06/14/2006
    18,354  
  28,040      
2.590%—07/12/2006
    35,200  
  49,230      
2.669%—08/16/2006
    61,621  
  10,250      
2.703%—09/13/2006
    12,803  
               
              158,707  
               

TOTAL SOVEREIGN TREASURY BILLS
    387,092  
         

U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
       
       
Federal National Mortgage Association
       
  57,100      
4.669%—05/01/2006
    57,100  
               

U.S. TREASURY BILLS
       
  380      
4.436%—06/01/20063
    379  
  115      
4.451%—06/01/2006
    115  
  320      
4.476%—06/01/2006—06/15/2006
    318  
  850      
4.490%—06/15/2006
    845  
  15,980      
4.495%—06/15/2006
    15,890  
  3,010      
4.500%—06/15/2006
    2,993  
  355      
4.501%—06/01/2006
    354  
  10      
4.505%—06/01/2006
    10  
  2,940      
4.510%—06/01/2006
    2,929  
  640      
4.511%—06/15/2006
    636  
  90      
4.520%—06/15/2006
    90  
  100      
4.530%—06/15/2006
    99  
  25      
4.540%—06/15/2006
    25  
  55      
4.541%—06/15/2006
    55  
  120      
4.545%—06/15/2006
    119  
  100      
4.560%—06/15/2006
    99  
  140      
4.565%—06/15/2006
    139  
  80      
4.567%—06/15/2006
    80  
  100      
4.581%—06/15/2006
    99  
               

TOTAL U.S. TREASURY BILLS
    25,274  
         

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $1,000,000)
    1,015,450  
         

TOTAL INVESTMENTS—114.3%
(Cost $2,397,263)
    2,383,153  

CASH AND OTHER ASSETS, LESS LIABILITIES—(14.3)%
    (298,568 )
         

TOTAL NET ASSETS—100.0%
  $ 2,084,585  
         
 
FUTURES CONTRACTS OPEN AT APRIL 30, 2006 ARE AS FOLLOWS:
                                 
                Unrealized
        Aggregate       Appreciation/
    Number of   Face Value       (Depreciation)
Description   Contracts   (000s)   Expiration Date   (000s)
                 
Eurodollar Futures (Buy)
    183     $ 45,750       Sep-06     $ 11  
Eurodollar Futures (Buy)
    2,658       664,500       Dec-06       (2,405 )
Eurodollar Futures (Buy)
    2,412       603,000       Mar-07       (2,514 )
Eurodollar Futures (Buy)
    2,014       503,500       Jun-07       (1,902 )
Eurodollar Futures (Buy)
    1,625       406,250       Sep-07       (1,424 )
Eurodollar Futures (Buy)
    998       249,500       Dec-07       (773 )
Eurodollar Futures (Buy)
    165       41,250       Mar-08       (19 )
Federative Republic of Germany 5 Yr. Bonds (Sell)
    554       55,400       Jun-06       836  
United Kingdom Libor Futures (Sell)
    67       8,375       Dec-06       (29 )
U.S. Treasury Bonds Futures (Buy)
    116       11,600       Jun-06       (701 )
U.S. Treasury Notes 5 Yr. Futures (Buy)
    402       40,200       Jun-06       (396 )
U.S. Treasury Notes 10 Yr. Futures (Buy)
    1,300       130,000       Jun-06       (2,005 )
                           
                            $ (11,321 )
                           


FIXED INCOME


101


 

Harbor Bond Fund
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS—Continued
 
FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS OPEN AT APRIL 30, 2006 ARE AS FOLLOWS:
                                 
                Unrealized
        Aggregate       Appreciation/
    Market Value   Face Value       (Depreciation)
Currency   (000s)   (000s)   Delivery Date   (000s)
                 
Brazilian Real (Buy)
  $ 1,194     $ 1,104       Jul-06     $ 90  
Brazilian Real (Sell)
    721       674       Jul-06       (47 )
British Pound (Buy)
    8,640       8,328       May-06       312  
British Pound (Buy)
    8,645       8,540       Jun-06       105  
British Pound (Sell)
    8,640       8,535       May-06       (105 )
Canadian Dollar (Buy)
    230       229       May-06       1  
Canadian Dollar (Sell)
    230       220       May-06       (10 )
Canadian Dollar (Sell)
    230       229       Jun-06       (1 )
Chilean Peso (Buy)
    1,127       1,101       Jul-06       26  
Chilean Peso (Buy)
    918       887       Aug-06       31  
Chilean Peso (Sell)
    1,040       1,004       Jul-06       (36 )
Chinese Yuan (Buy)
    2,142       2,145       Mar-07       (3 )
Euro (Buy)
    19,007       18,596       May-06       411  
Euro (Sell)
    34,518       33,984       May-06       (534 )
Euro (Sell)
    81,378       78,630       Jun-06       (2,748 )
Euro (Sell)
    233,809       231,002       Jul-06       (2,807 )
Indian Rupee (Buy)
    771       774       Aug-06       (3 )
Indian Rupee (Buy)
    591       591       Sep-06        
Indian Rupee (Sell)
    771       767       Aug-06       (4 )
Indian Rupee (Sell)
    19       19       Sep-06        
Japanese Yen (Buy)
    50,415       49,265       May-06       1,150  
Japanese Yen (Sell)
    2,927       2,927       May-06        
Mexican Peso (Buy)
    1,269       1,332       Aug-06       (63 )
Mexican Peso (Buy)
    402       418       Sep-06       (16 )
Mexican Peso (Sell)
    894       899       Aug-06       5  
Peruvian Sol (New) (Buy)
    348       350       May-06       (2 )
Peruvian Sol (New) (Buy)
    1,760       1,749       Aug-06       11  
Peruvian Sol (New) (Buy)
    424       422       Sep-06       2  
Peruvian Sol (New) (Sell)
    348       345       May-06       (3 )
Peruvian Sol (New) (Sell)
    1,760       1,730       Aug-06       (30 )
Peruvian Sol (New) (Sell)
    424       416       Sep-06       (8 )
Polish Zloty (Buy)
    1,058       1,019       May-06       39  
Polish Zloty (Buy)
    356       340       Sep-06       16  
Polish Zloty (Sell)
    720       675       May-06       (45 )
Russian Ruble (New) (Buy)
    344       334       Jul-06       10  
Russian Ruble (New) (Buy)
    1,519       1,469       Aug-06       50  
Russian Ruble (New) (Buy)
    449       442       Sep-06       7  
Russian Ruble (New) (Sell)
    1,373       1,343       Aug-06       (30 )
Singapore Dollar (Buy)
    352       344       Jul-06       8  
Singapore Dollar (Buy)
    1,748       1,699       Aug-06       49  
Singapore Dollar (Buy)
    438       427       Sep-06       11  
Singapore Dollar (Sell)
    121       118       Jul-06       (3 )
Singapore Dollar (Sell)
    1,748       1,705       Aug-06       (43 )
Slovakian Koruna (Buy)
    2,024       1,936       Sep-06       88  
Slovakian Koruna (Sell)
    1,071       1,011       Sep-06       (60 )
South African Rand (Buy)
    130       127       May-06       3  
South African Rand (Buy)
    106       104       Aug-06       2  
South African Rand (Buy)
    12       12       Nov-06        
South African Rand (Sell)
    130       124       May-06       (6 )
South Korean Won (Buy)
    764       734       Jul-06       30  
South Korean Won (Buy)
    1,110       1,082       Aug-06       28  
South Korean Won (Buy)
    1,658       1,606       Sep-06       52  
South Korean Won (Sell)
    36       35       Jul-06       (1 )
South Korean Won (Sell)
    162       157       Aug-06       (5 )
South Korean Won (Sell)
    1,658       1,602       Sep-06       (56 )
Taiwan Dollar (New) (Buy)
    831       823       Aug-06       8  
Taiwan Dollar (New) (Buy)
    425       420       Sep-06       5  
Taiwan Dollar (New) (Sell)
    830       813       Aug-06       (17 )
Taiwan Dollar (New) (Sell)
    425       416       Sep-06       (9 )
                           
                            $ (4,145 )
                           


FIXED INCOME


102


 

Harbor Bond Fund
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS—Continued
 
SWAP AGREEMENTS OPEN AT APRIL 30, 2006 ARE AS FOLLOWS:
                                             
                        Unrealized
                    Notional   Appreciation/
Interest Rate Swaps       Pay/Receive           Amount   (Depreciation)
Counterparty   Floating Rate Index   Floating Rate   Fixed Rate   Expiration Date   (000s)   (000s)
                         
Barclays Capital Bank plc
  3-Mo. USD-LIBOR     Pay       5.000 %     06/21/2008     $ 5,500     $ (36 )
Bank of America
  3-Mo. USD-LIBOR     Pay       5.000       06/21/2036       6,400       (527 )
Deutsche Bank AG
  3-Mo. USD-LIBOR     Pay       5.000       06/21/2036       5,600       (479 )
BNP Paribas Bank
  5-Year French CPI Ex Tobacco Daily
Reference Index
    Pay       2.090       10/15/2010       7,200       6  
Barclays Capital Bank plc
  5-Year French CPI Ex Tobacco Daily
Reference Index
    Pay       2.103       10/15/2010       1,000        
UBS Warburg AG
  5-Year French CPI Ex Tobacco Daily
Reference Index
    Pay       2.146       10/15/2010       1,300       3  
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. 
  6-Mo. BP-LIBOR     Receive       4.000       12/15/2035       £2,000       54  
Goldman Sachs Capital Markets
  6-Mo. JY-LIBOR     Receive       2.000       06/15/2012       ¥258,000       38  
Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc.
  6-Mo. JY-LIBOR     Receive       2.000       06/15/2012       413,000       24  
UBS Warburg AG
  6-Mo. JY-LIBOR     Receive       2.000       06/15/2012       1,125,000       (8 )
                                     
                                        $ (925 )
                                     
                                               
                        Unrealized
                    Notional   Appreciation/
Credit Default Swaps       Buy/Sell   Pay/Receive       Amount   (Depreciation)
Counterparty   Reference Entity   Protection10   Fixed Rate   Expiration Date   (000s)   (000s)
                         
ABN AMRO Bank N.V. 
  Ford Motor Credit Company
7.000% due 10/01/2013
    Sell       3.350 %     06/20/2006     $ 1,300     $ 1  
Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc. 
  Russian Federation
5.000% due 03/31/2030
    Sell       0.580       06/20/2006       1,300       1  
HSBC Bank USA
  General Motors Acceptance Corp.
6.875% due 08/28/2012
    Sell       5.000       06/20/2006       1,400       6  
Merrill Lynch Capital Services, Inc. 
  General Motors Acceptance Corp.
6.875% due 08/28/2012
    Sell       3.500       06/20/2006       1,600       4  
JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
  General Motors Acceptance Corp.
6.875% due 08/28/2012
    Sell       4.200       06/20/2006       1,000       3  
Bank of America
  General Motors Acceptance Corp.
6.875% due 08/28/2012
    Sell       1.700       06/20/2006       9,200       (26 )
Wachovia Bank
  Dow Jones CDX N.A. HV5     Sell       0.850       12/20/2010       3,500       (41 )
JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
  Russian Federation
5.000% due 03/31/2030
    Sell       0.800       03/20/2016       1,100       (3 )
Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc. 
  Russian Federation
5.000% due 03/31/2030
    Sell       0.780       03/20/2016       1,100       (2 )
JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
  United Mexican States
5.000% due 03/31/2030
    Sell       0.920       03/20/2016       300       1  
                                     
                                        $ (56 )
                                     
 
Total Swaps
                                      $ (981 )
                                     
TBA COMMITMENTS OPEN AT APRIL 30, 2006 ARE AS FOLLOWS:
                                 
    Principal            
    Amount   Coupon   Delivery   Value
Description   (000s)   Rate   Date   (000s)
                 
Federal National Mortgage Association (proceeds receivable $2,530)
  $ 2,500       6.0%       May-06     $ 2,532  
                           
FORWARD VOLATILITY OPTIONS WITH PREMIUMS TO BE DETERMINED ON A FUTURE DATE OUTSTANDING ON APRIL 30, 2006 ARE AS FOLLOWS:
                 
    Notional   Unrealized
Description   Amount   Appreciation
         
Call & Put — OTC U.S. dollar Forward Delta Neutral Straddle vs. Japanese Yen Strike and premium determined on 08/24/2006, based upon implied volatility parameter of 8.85%. Counterparty: Goldman Sachs & Co. Expires: 08/23/2007
  $ 24,000     $ 34  
Call & Put — OTC U.S. dollar Forward Delta Neutral Straddle vs. Japanese Yen Strike and premium determined on 08/24/2006, based upon implied volatility parameter of 8.85%. Counterparty: JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. Expires: 08/28/2007
    1,000       1  
               
            $ 35  
               


FIXED INCOME


103


 

Harbor Bond Fund
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS—Continued
 
WRITTEN OPTIONS OPEN AT APRIL 30, 2006 ARE AS FOLLOWS:
                                   
    Number of   Strike       Value
Description   Shares/Contracts   Price   Expiration Date   (000s)
                 
Eurodollar Futures (Put)
    326     $ 95.25       Sep-06     $ 403  
Eurodollar Futures (Call)
    79       95.50       Sep-06       1  
Eurodollar Futures (Put)
    79       95.50       Sep-06       146  
Eurodollar Futures (Put)
    217       95.00       Dec-06       175  
Eurodollar Futures (Put)
    1,562       95.25       Dec-06       2,050  
Eurodollar Futures (Put)
    197       95.50       Dec-06       369  
Swap Option (Call)
    4,000,000       4.00       Jun-06        
Swap Option (Call)
    11,000,000       4.78       Aug-06       3  
Swap Option (Call)
    15,000,000       4.30       Oct-06       1  
Swap Option (Call)
    5,000,000       4.31       Oct-06        
Swap Option (Call)
    9,000,000       4.31       Oct-06       1  
Swap Option (Call)
    14,000,000       4.54       Oct-06       3  
Swap Option (Call)
    23,100,000       4.54       Oct-06       4  
Swap Option (Call)
    26,000,000       4.56       Oct-06       7  
Swap Option (Call)
    25,000,000       4.85       Dec-06       52  
Swap Option (Call)
    39,000,000       5.04       Mar-07       197  
Swap Option — Yen (Put)
    10,300,000       112.00       May-06       57  
Swap Option — 6 Mo. Libor (Put)
    38,200,000       4.50       Dec-06       348  
U.S. Treasury Notes 10 Yr. Futures (Put)
    763       105.00       May-06       191  
U.S. Treasury Notes 10 Yr. Futures (Call)
    135       106.00       May-06       40  
U.S. Treasury Notes 10 Yr. Futures (Call)
    141       108.00       May-06       2  
U.S. Treasury Notes 10 Yr. Futures (Call)
    311       109.00       May-06       5  
U.S. Treasury Notes 10 Yr. Futures (Call)
    79       110.00       May-06       1  
                           
 
Written options outstanding, at value (premiums received of $4,230)
                          $ 4,056  
                           
 
1 Floating rate security. The stated rate represents the rate in effect at April 30, 2006.
 
2 Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. The Fund has no right to demand registration of these securities. These securities are priced by an independent pricing service selected by the adviser (Harbor Capital Advisors, Inc.) and are considered to be liquid under procedures established by the Board of Trustees. At April 30, 2006, these securities were valued at $52,519 or 2.52% of net assets.
 
3 At April 30, 2006, securities held by the Fund were pledged to cover margin requirements for open futures contracts and written options on futures contracts and swap options. (See Note 2 to the Financial Statements.) The securities pledged had an aggregate market value of $1,040,051 or 49.89%.
 
4 REMICs are CMOs which can hold mortgages secured by any type of real property and issue multiple-class securities backed by those mortgages.
 
5 Variable rate security. The stated rate represents the rate in effect at April 30, 2006.
 
6 MTN after the name of a security stands for Medium Term Note.
 
7 Step coupon security.
 
8 TBAs are mortgage-backed securities traded under delayed delivery commitments, settling after April 30, 2006. Although the unit price for the trades has been established, the principal value has not been finalized. However, the amount of the commitments will not fluctuate more than 2% from the principal amount. Income on TBAs is not earned until settlement date. (See Note 2 to the Financial Statements).
 
9 Treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS) are securities in which the principal amount is adjusted for inflation and interest payments are applied to the inflation-adjusted principal.
 
10 If the portfolio is a seller of protection and a credit event occurs, as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement, the portfolio will pay to the buyer of the protection an amount up to the notional value of the swap and in certain instances, take delivery of the security.
 
Euro.
 
£ British Pound.
 
¥ Japanese Yen.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.


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Harbor Real Return Fund
MANAGER’S COMMENTARY (Unaudited)
 
 
SUBADVISER
Pacific Investment
Management Company LLC
840 Newport Center Drive
P. O. Box 6430
Newport Beach, CA
92658-6430
LOGO
John Brynjolfsson, CFA
Portfolio Manager (since 2005)
PIMCO has subadvised the Fund since its inception on December 1, 2005.
INVESTMENT GOAL
Seeks maximum real return, consistent with preservation of real capital.
PRINCIPAL STYLE CHARACTERISTICS
Inflation-indexed fixed income securities.
 
 TOP TEN HOLDINGS (% of net assets)
         
U.S. Treasury Notes (1.875% - 07/15/2015)
    47.7 %
U.S. Treasury Notes (3.000% - 07/15/2015)
    20.6  
U.S. Treasury Notes (0.875% - 04/15/2010)
    11.9  
U.S. Treasury Notes (4.250% - 01/15/2010)
    9.9  
U.S. Treasury Notes (3.375% - 01/15/2007)
    7.6  
U.S. Treasury Notes (2.375% - 04/15/2011)
    4.8  
U.S. Treasury Notes (3.625% - 01/15/2008)
    4.5  
U.S. Treasury Bonds (3.875% - 04/15/2029)
    4.5  
U.S. Treasury Bonds (3.625% - 04/15/2028)
    3.5  
U.S. Treasury Bonds (2.000% - 01/15/2026)
    3.3  
 FUND CATEGORY
LOGO
 MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE
Market Review
The Harbor Real Return Fund began operations on December 1, 2005. This commentary discusses performance during the five months from the Fund’s inception through April 30, 2006. At the start of this five-month span, there was some evidence of optimism in fixed income markets, as an easing in energy prices calmed fears about inflation. This raised hopes that the Federal Reserve could be approaching the end of its monetary tightening campaign. Signs that higher mortgage rates and rich valuations could be having a cooling effect on property markets also were received favorably by the bond markets.
However, rising interest rates weighed on bond market returns in the latter part of this five-month span. The Federal Reserve continued to tighten, raising the federal funds rate to 4.75%. The European Central Bank also raised rates and the Bank of Japan announced the end of its “quantitative easing” policy, which has provided ample liquidity to Japanese markets.
Performance
From its inception on December 1, 2005, through April 30, 2006, the Harbor Real Return Fund posted returns of -1.08% (Institutional Class) and -1.16% (Retirement Class), after fees. By comparison, the Lehman Brothers U.S. TIPS Index returned -1.13% during this time of volatile interest rates.
The Fund’s investment process employs a combination of top-down and bottom-up strategies. The top-down elements of this approach focus on duration, yield curve positioning, volatility, and sector rotation. At the same time, the selection of specific portfolio holdings is driven by bottom-up techniques focusing on the analysis and identification of undervalued securities. By combining perspectives from the portfolio level and the individual-security level, we seek to add value over time while maintaining overall portfolio risk at acceptable levels.
During the five months ended April 30, 2006, in a market that produced negative returns for Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS), the Fund’s performance was near that of its benchmark. In this environment we maintained a focus on quality, keeping the average credit rating of securities in the portfolio at AAA.
The Fund’s near-benchmark duration was neutral for the portfolio’s performance. However, our exposure to the short-to-intermediate sector of the yield curve was a negative, as interest rates rose in this sector of the yield curve. The Fund’s exposure was focused mostly on TIPS, which outperformed their U.S. Treasury counterparts as the market focused more on inflation expectations. The Fund did not achieve broad diversification during its first five months due to the relatively small size of the start-up portfolio.


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Harbor Real Return Fund
MANAGER’S COMMENTARY—Continued
 
Outlook and Strategy
We believe that the global economy is going through a period of transition toward growth that is more self-sustaining and internally generated and away from policy-driven growth engineered by major central banks. In our view, sources of internal demand in the United States, Japan, China, and the Eurozone should be sufficient to adjust to the withdrawal of monetary stimulus. The risks to our forecast are primarily on the downside, recognizing that each of these major economic regions has structural weaknesses that could make the withdrawal more difficult than we currently anticipate. Key elements of our outlook are as follows:
  The U.S. economy will grow more slowly; euphoria in the housing sector will continue to erode over the course of the year, with a dampening effect on consumer spending.
  This Federal Reserve tightening cycle has extended longer than we had expected but is nearing its end.
  Inflation will be benign. Wage/price pressures appear to be under control, due in part to an abundant supply of workers in emerging economies.
With respect to portfolio strategy, we will position the Fund to take advantage of what we anticipate will be a favorable bond market environment against a backdrop of a cooling economy and signs of an end to Fed tightening. We will target real duration moderately above that of the index, reflecting our expectation that the economy will slow over the remainder of the year and place downward pressure on real yields. We will hold longer-dated TIPS, which, in our view, potentially can offer better value and should benefit from demand from corporations seeking to hedge longer-dated pension liabilities.
From a nominal duration perspective, we will retain nominal bond exposure in anticipation of slower growth. The Fund will continue to emphasize short to intermediate maturities in the U.S. and United Kingdom, consistent with our expectation that yield curves will become steeper in both these markets. However, we also will hold European bond positions that benefit when rates rise, consistent with what we see as a more hawkish stance by the European Central Bank.
The Fund may have an emphasis on mortgages in the event that heightened interest rate volatility should create buying opportunities. We believe that valuation remains a major risk in the corporate bond market. With credit premiums near historic lows and default risk expected to rise as the economy cools, we may hold a modest exposure in selected sectors. The Fund also could make selected investments in emerging market bonds in an effort to take advantage of continued improvements in their credit fundamentals.
 
This report contains the current opinions of the manager and should not be considered as investment advice or a recommendation of any particular security, strategy or investment product. Such opinions are subject to change without notice and securities described herein may no longer be included in or may at any time be removed from, the Fund’s portfolio. This report is distributed for informational purposes only. Information contained herein has been obtained from sources believed reliable, but not guaranteed.
Fixed income securities are affected by interest rate changes and the creditworthiness of the issues held by the Fund. A rise in interest rates will cause a decrease in the value of fixed income securities. Such an event would have an adverse effect on the Fund. The Fund is non-diversified which means that it may concentrate its assets in a smaller number of issuers, making it more susceptible to risks associated with a single economic, political or regulatory occurrence than a more diversified portfolio. PIMCO computed the portfolio credit rating of AAA by averaging the credit ratings of all portfolio holdings. For information on the different share classes and the risks associated with an investment in the Fund, please refer to the current prospectus.
You should consider the Fund’s investment objective, risks, and fees and expenses carefully before investing. For this and other important information, obtain a Harbor Fund prospectus by calling 1-800-422-1050 or visiting www.harborfund.com. You should read the prospectus carefully before investing.


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Harbor Real Return Fund
FUND SUMMARY—April 30, 2006 (Unaudited)
 
 
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS
Fund #: 025
Cusip: 411511520
Ticker: HARRX
Inception Date: 12-01-2005
RETIREMENT CLASS
Fund #: 225
Cusip: 411511512
Ticker: HRRRX
Inception Date: 12-01-2005
 
 PORTFOLIO STATISTICS
                 
    Portfolio   Benchmark
         
Number of Holdings
    18       19  
Total Net Assets (000s)
    $8,378       $334,663  
Average Market Coupon
    2.3%       2.6%  
Yield to Maturity
    5.4%       5.7%  
Weighted Average Maturity
    9.8 years       10.1  years  
Weighted Average Duration
    6.8 years       6.7 years  
Weighted Average Credit Quality
    AAA       AAA  
Portfolio Turnover Rate—Unannualized (5-Month Period Ended 04-30-2006)
    169%       N/A  
 PERFORMANCE
GROWTH OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT
For the period 12-01-2005 through 04-30-2006
 
The graph compares a $10,000 investment in the Fund with the performance of the Lehman Brothers U.S. TIPS Index. The Fund’s performance includes the reinvestment of all dividend and capital gain distributions.
 
LOGO
 
You can obtain performance data current to the most recent month end (available within seven business days after the most recent month end) by calling 1-800-422-1050 or visiting www.harborfund.com.
 
TOTAL RETURNS
For the periods ended 04-30-2006
                                             
                 Average Annual     
                     
                    Life   Final Value
        6   1   5   of   of a $10,000
        Months   Year   Years   Fund   Investment
 
 Harbor Real Return Fund                                        
 
LOGO
 
Institutional Class
    N/A       N/A       N/A       -1.08 %   $ 9,892  
LOGO
 
Retirement Class
    N/A       N/A       N/A       -1.16       9,884  
 
 Comparative Index                                        
 
LOGO
 
LB U.S. TIPS
    -0.96 %     -1.11 %     7.10 %     -1.13 %   $ 9,887  
 
Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data quoted. Actual return and principal value on an investment will fluctuate and the shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.
The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. From time to time, the Fund’s adviser has voluntarily waived a portion of its management fee and/or absorbed Fund expenses, which has resulted in higher returns. Without these waivers, the returns would have been lower. Any existing waivers may be discontinued at any time without notice.


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Harbor Real Return Fund
FUND SUMMARY—Continued
 
 
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS
Expense Ratio: 0.57%
Total Net Assets (000s):
  $7,390
RETIREMENT CLASS
Expense Ratio: 0.81%
Total Net Assets (000s):
  $988
 
 CREDIT QUALITY (% of investments)
LOGO
 MATURITY PROFILE (% of investments)
LOGO
 FEES AND EXPENSE EXAMPLE
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including redemption fees and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the period December 1, 2005 through April 30, 2006.
Actual Expenses
The first line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses for each share class. You may use the information in the respective class line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line of the respective class under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line of the table for each share class below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund to other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as redemption fees. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
                         
    Beginning Account   Ending Account    
    Value   Value   Expenses Paid During
    (December 1, 2005)   (April 30, 2006)   Period*
 
 Institutional Class
                       
Actual
  $ 1,000.00     $ 989.20     $ 2.35  
Hypothetical (5% return)1
    1,000.00       1,021.86       2.86  
 
 Retirement Class
                       
Actual
  $ 1,000.00     $ 988.40     $ 3.33  
Hypothetical (5% return)1
    1,000.00       1,020.67       4.06  
 
* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 151/365 (to reflect the life of the Fund).
 
1 The hypothetical expenses reflect amounts as if the Fund had been in existence for the entire fiscal half year.


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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS—April 30, 2006 (Unaudited)
 
Total Investments (% of net assets)
(Excludes net cash and short-term investments of -24.8%)
     
U.S. Government Obligations
 
124.8
                   
 U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS—124.8%
Principal    
Amount       Value
(000s)       (000s)
 
       
U.S. Treasury Bonds
       
$ 300      
2.000%—01/15/20261
  $ 279  
  246      
3.625%—04/15/20281
    296  
  302      
3.875%—04/15/20291
    379  
               
              954  
               
       
U.S. Treasury Notes
       
  1,049      
0.875%—04/15/20101
    998  
  4,259      
1.875%—07/15/2013-07/15/20151
    4,092  
  402      
2.375%—04/15/20111
    404  
  1,658      
3.000%—07/15/20121
    1,728  
  627      
3.375%—01/15/20071
    635  
  228      
3.500%—01/15/20111
    242  
  369      
3.625%—01/15/20081
    380  
  182      
3.875%—01/15/20091
    191  
  771      
4.250%—01/15/20101
    830  
               
              9,500  
               

TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $10,527)
    10,454  
         
                   
 PURCHASED OPTIONS—0.0%
  (Cost $1)
No. of    
Contracts       Value
(000s)       (000s)
 
       
Swap Option USD vs. JPY
       
  100      
Expire 07/2006
  $ 2  
               
                   
 SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS—18.2%
Principal    
Amount        
(000s)        
 

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS
       
$ 422    
Repurchase Agreement with State Street Corp. dated April 28, 2006 due May 1, 2006 at 4.400% collateralized by a FHLMC Bond (market value $413) and a FNMA Note (market value $24)
    422  
               

SOVEREIGN TREASURY BILLS
       
       
French Government Discount Treasury Bills
       
  880      
0.000%—07/13/2006-09/28/20062
    1,101  
               

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $1,492)
    1,523  
         

TOTAL INVESTMENTS—143.0%
(Cost $12,020)
    11,979  

CASH AND OTHER ASSETS, LESS LIABILITIES—(43.0%)
    (3,601 )
         

TOTAL NET ASSETS—100.0%
  $ 8,378  
         
 
FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS OPEN AT APRIL 30, 2006 ARE AS FOLLOWS:
                                 
                Unrealized
        Aggregate       Appreciation/
    Market Value   Face Value       (Depreciation)
Currency   (000s)   (000s)   Delivery Date   (000s)
                 
Euro (Sell)
  $ 1,006     $ 983       May-06     $ (23 )
Euro (Buy)
    48       48       May-06        
Japanese Yen (Buy)
    176       172       May-06       4  
Swiss Franc (Buy)
    39       37       Jun-06       2  
                           
                            $ (17 )
                           
 
1 Treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS) are securities in which the principal amount is adjusted for inflation and interest payments are applied to the inflation-adjusted principal.
 
2 Zero coupon securities.
 
Euro.
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Harbor Short Duration Fund
MANAGER’S COMMENTARY (Unaudited)
 
 
SUBADVISER
Fischer Francis Trees &
Watts, Inc.
200 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10166
LOGO
Ken O’Donnell, CFA
Portfolio Manager (since 2003)
FFTW has subadvised the Fund since its inception in 1992.
INVESTMENT GOAL
Total return that is consistent with preservation of capital.
PRINCIPAL STYLE CHARACTERISTICS
High quality short-term bonds.
 
 TOP TEN HOLDINGS (% of net assets)
         
U.S. Treasury Note (3.375% - 02/28/07)
    12.6 %
United Kingdom Treasury Note (4.500% - 03/07/07)
    6.1  
Federal National Mortgage Association (5.329% - 03/25/23)
    3.3  
Chase Credit Card Master Trust (5.500% - 11/17/08)
    2.5  
Capital One Master Trust (4.90% - 03/15/10)
    2.5  
Capital One Master Trust (4.60% - 08/17/09)
    2.5  
Gracechurch Card Funding plc (2.700% - 08/15/08)
    2.4  
DaimlerChrysler Auto Trust (2.880% - 10/08/09)
    2.3  
Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust (5.650% - 06/16/08)
    2.2  
Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust (5.062% - 01/25/35)
    2.2  
 FUND CATEGORY
LOGO
 MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE
Market Review
The U.S. economy fared better than many expected after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. Job growth increased, consumer confidence improved and capacity utilization resumed its upward trend. After slowing to 1.7% in the fourth quarter of calendar year 2005, GDP growth surged to 4.8% in the first quarter of 2006. Meanwhile, core inflation remained well contained at 2.1%, year-over-year, despite elevated fuel prices.
In response to the resilient economy, the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) further increased the policy rate to 4.75%, but indicated that the pace of future increases could be slowing. The U.S. Treasury yield curve flattened considerably during the tightening cycle. Flat yield curves historically have been common at the end of tightening cycles. While it is unclear that the current situation represents a peak for short-term interest rates, policy rates are clearly much closer to neutral than they have been in the recent past.
Of specific concern to the markets is the exogenous effect of elevated energy prices. Crude oil prices rose to near the peak experienced in the aftermath of the hurricanes. Recent prices are reflective of a combination of geopolitical instability in the Middle East and an increase in global demand, specifically from Asia. It is uncertain whether rising energy prices will result in inflationary pressures or serve as an impediment to growth. At the consumer level, fuel demand has largely been considered inelastic due to a lack of substitution, yet concerns are mounting that consumption may be reduced in other areas to compensate for the increase in gasoline prices.
Performance
Despite an environment of rising domestic interest rates, the Harbor Short Duration Fund provided competitive returns. For the six months ended April 30, 2006, the first half of its 2006 fiscal year, the Fund returned 1.84% (Institutional Class) and 1.73% (Retirement Class). This compares with a return of 1.76% for the Fund’s benchmark, the Citigroup 1 YR Treasury Index.
The duration of the portfolio was maintained at a level shorter than the one-year benchmark as a defense against rising short-term interest rates. This short duration position had a positive impact on the portfolio’s total return. With a flat yield curve, the marginal cost of maintaining a short duration position is minimal. A position in floating rate securities, which are less vulnerable to rising interest rates, had an offsetting effect on the yield shortfall. Floating rate securities periodically reset their coupons to reflect current rates and tend to outperform fixed coupon securities during periods of rising interest rates. The risk to this strategy, if yields were to fall unexpectedly, would be in having failed to lock in current rates.


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Harbor Short Duration Fund
MANAGER’S COMMENTARY—Continued
 
Outlook and Strategy
At the end of April, Fed funds futures contracts were pricing in an additional increase in short-term interest rates to 5.00%, which the FOMC subsequently implemented at its May 10, 2006 meeting. The Federal Reserve has indicated that rates are currently neutral and that a near-term pause is likely. Given the less hawkish tone of recent policy statements, the magnitude of the short duration position will be reconsidered in the near-term. As we near a peak in short-term interest rates, the portfolio duration will be gradually extended to a level that is neutral to the one-year benchmark.
The Harbor Short Duration Fund focuses on the asset-backed securities (ABS) sector of the fixed income universe as a primary source of yield enhancement. These securities typically are collateralized by consumer loan receivables such as credit card debt, auto loans, and residential mortgages. Consumer loans are pooled and the resultant cash flow stream is securitized, creating multiple securities with various maturities. Individual tranches of securities are credit enhanced in the securitization process to achieve the desired investment grade rating. The diversified loan pool provides a stream of cash flows that are utilized to make interest and principal payments on the issued securities.
The consumer loan market performed well during the recent economic recession. High-quality receivables experienced only modest increases in delinquencies and losses during this difficult period. Collateral performance, which is highly correlated with domestic employment, improved significantly in recent years. The strong performance trend is expected to continue, given the strength in the economy.
The ABS sector offers an attractive risk/return profile versus comparable spread sectors and historically has been the largest contributor to excess returns in the portfolio. Given the high-quality nature of the portfolio and the fact that the ABS market provides an abundance of short duration, highly rated securities (mostly AAA), we believe that the strategy of overweighting the sector is a natural fit. We will continue to emphasize the ABS credit strategy as long as the sector provides attractive investment opportunities. We intend to continue managing the portfolio with a focus on long-term performance while remaining mindful of the short-term risks that are inherent with owning spread securities.
 
This report contains the current opinions of the manager and should not be considered as investment advice or a recommendation of any particular security, strategy or investment product. Such opinions are subject to change without notice and securities described herein may no longer be included in, or may at any time be removed from, the Fund’s portfolio. This report is distributed for informational purposes only. Information contained herein has been obtained from sources believed reliable, but not guaranteed.
There may be a greater risk that the Fund could lose money due to prepayment and extension risks because the Fund invests heavily at times in asset-backed and mortgage-related securities. The Fund may engage in active and frequent trading to achieve its principal strategies. For information on the different share classes and the risks associated with an investment in the Fund, please refer to the current prospectus.
You should consider the Fund’s investment objective, risks, and fees and expenses carefully before investing. For this and other important information, obtain a Harbor Fund prospectus by calling 1-800-422-1050 or visiting www.harborfund.com. You should read the prospectus carefully before investing.


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Harbor Short Duration Fund
FUND SUMMARY—April 30, 2006 (Unaudited)
 
 
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS
Fund #: 016
Cusip: 411511702
Ticker: HASDX
Inception Date: 01-01-1992
RETIREMENT CLASS
Fund #: 216
Cusip: 411511678
Ticker: HRSDX
Inception Date: 11-01-2002
 
 PORTFOLIO STATISTICS
         
    Portfolio   Benchmark
         
Number of Holdings
  53   1
Total Net Assets (000s)
  $59,390   N/A
Average Market Coupon
  4.2%   3.6%
Yield to Maturity
  5.1%   5.0%
Weighted Average Maturity
  1.2 years   1.0 years
Weighted Average Duration
  0.6 years   1.0 years
Weighted Average Credit Quality
  AAA   AAA
Portfolio Turnover Rate—Unannualized
(6-Month Period Ended 04-30-2006)
  60%   N/A
 PERFORMANCE
GROWTH OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT
For the period 05-01-1996 through 04-30-2006
 
The graph compares a $10,000 investment in the Fund with the performance of the Citigroup 1 YR Treasury Index and the Merrill Lynch 1 to 3 YR U.S. Treasury Index. The Fund’s performance includes the reinvestment of all dividend and capital gain distributions.
 
LOGO
 
You can obtain performance data current to the most recent month end (available within seven business days after the most recent month end) by calling 1-800-422-1050 or visiting www.harborfund.com.
 
TOTAL RETURNS
For the periods ended 04-30-2006
                                             
                 Average Annual     
                    Final Value
        6   1   5   10   of a $10,000
        Months   Year   Years   Years   Investment
 
 Harbor Short Duration Fund                                        
 
LOGO
 
Institutional Class
    1.84 %     3.17 %     2.85 %     4.58 %   $ 15,652  
LOGO
 
Retirement Class
    1.73       2.82       2.58       4.31       15,256  
 
 Comparative Indices                                        
 
LOGO
 
Citigroup 1 YR Treasury
    1.76 %     2.82 %     2.60 %     4.33 %   $ 15,284  
LOGO
 
Merrill Lynch 1 to 3 YR U.S. Treasury
    1.41       2.07       3.19       4.82       16,010  
 
Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data quoted. Actual return and principal value on an investment will fluctuate, and the shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.
Effective July 1, 2006, the Fund is changing its benchmark index from the Citigroup 1 YR Treasury Index to the Merrill Lynch 1 to 3 YR U.S. Treasury Index to better reflect the range of maturities which typically exist in a short-term fixed income fund such as the Harbor Short Duration Fund.
The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. From time to time, the Fund’s adviser has voluntarily waived a portion of its management fee and/or absorbed Fund expenses, which has resulted in higher returns. Without these waivers, the returns would have been lower. Any existing waivers may be discontinued at any time without notice. The performance of the Retirement Class shares prior to 11-01-2002 is based on the Fund’s Institutional Class shares’ performance, restated for the higher expense ratio of the Retirement Class.


FIXED INCOME


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Harbor Short Duration Fund
FUND SUMMARY—Continued
 
 
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS
Expense Ratio: 0.39%
Total Net Assets (000s):
  $57,606
RETIREMENT CLASS
Expense Ratio: 0.64%
Total Net Assets (000s):
  $1,784
 
 CREDIT QUALITY (% of investments)
LOGO
 MATURITY PROFILE (% of investments)
LOGO
 FEES AND EXPENSE EXAMPLE
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including redemption fees and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period November 1, 2005 through April 30, 2006.
Actual Expenses
The first line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses for each share class. You may use the information in the respective class line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line of the respective class under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line of the table for each share class below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund to other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as redemption fees. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
                         
    Beginning Account   Ending Account    
    Value   Value   Expenses Paid During
    (November 1, 2005)   (April 30, 2006)   Period*
 
 Institutional Class
                       
Actual
  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,018.42     $ 1.95  
Hypothetical (5% return)
    1,000.00       1,022.76       1.96  
 
 Retirement Class
                       
Actual
  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,017.35     $ 3.20  
Hypothetical (5% return)
    1,000.00       1,021.52       3.21  
 
* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).


FIXED INCOME


115


 

Harbor Short Duration Fund
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS—April 30, 2006 (Unaudited)
 
Total Investments (% of net assets)
(Excludes net cash and short-term investments of 4.8%)
     
Asset-Backed Securities
 
68.5
U.S. Government Obligations
 
12.6
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations
 
8.0
Foreign Government Obligations
 
6.1
                   
 ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES—68.5%
Principal    
Amount       Value
(000s)       (000s)
 
       
AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust
       
         
Series 2003-D CL A4
       
$ 908      
2.840%—08/06/20101
  $ 890  
       
Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc.
       
         
Series 2006-R1 Cl. M1
       
  1,000      
5.349%—03/25/20361,2
    1,001  
         
Series 2005-R1 Cl. M1
       
  1,000      
5.409%—03/25/20351,2
    1,002  
               
              2,003  
               
       
Atlantic City Electric Transition Funding LLC
       
         
Series 2002-1 Cl. A1
       
  1,250      
2.890%—07/20/2010
    1,217  
       
Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust
       
         
Series 2003-1 Cl. A3A
       
  467      
2.750%—04/16/20071
    466  
         
Series 2006-1 Cl. A2A
       
  650      
5.030%—09/15/20081
    650  
               
              1,116  
               
       
Capital One Master Trust
       
         
Series 2001-8A Cl. A
       
  1,485      
4.600%—08/17/20091
    1,482  
         
Series 2002-4A Cl. A
       
  1,500      
4.900%—03/15/20101
    1,495  
               
              2,977  
               
       
Centex Home Equity Loan Trust
       
         
Series 2001-C Cl. A4
       
  16      
5.390%—02/25/20301
    16  
       
Chase Credit Card Master Trust
       
         
Series 2001-4 Cl. A
       
  1,500      
5.500%—11/17/20081
    1,503  
       
Chase Issuance Trust
       
         
Series 2004-A9 Cl. A9
       
  1,025      
3.220%—06/15/20101
    997  
       
Chase Manhattan Auto Owner Trust
       
         
Series 2005-B Cl. A2
       
  1,000      
4.770%—03/15/20081
    999  
       
Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust
       
         
Series 2004-A1 Cl. A1
       
  1,010      
2.550%—01/20/20091
    992  
         
Series 2004-A4 Cl. A4
       
  1,000      
3.200%—08/24/2009
    974  
         
Series 2001-A6 Cl. A6
       
  1,318      
5.650%—06/16/20081
    1,320  
               
              3,286  
               
       
Connecticut RRB Special Purpose Trust CL&P
       
         
Series 2001-1 Cl. A3
       
  673      
5.730%—03/30/2009
    675  
       
Contimortgage Home Equity Trust
       
         
Pass Through Certificates
       
         
Series 1996-4 Cl. A10
       
  488      
5.381%—01/15/20281,2
    489  
       
CPL Transition Funding LLC
       
         
Series 2002-1 Cl. A2
       
  668      
5.010%—01/15/20101
    666  
       
DaimlerChrysler Auto Trust
       
         
Series 2003-A Cl. A4
       
  1,404      
2.880%—10/08/20091
    1,386  
       
Discover Card Master Trust I
       
         
Series 2002-2 Cl. A
       
  1,000      
5.150%—10/15/20091
    1,000  
       
Federal National Mortgage Association REMIC3
       
         
Series 2002-W2 Cl. AF5
       
  755      
6.000%—06/25/20321,4
    754  
       
Gracechurch Card Funding plc
       
         
Series 5 Cl. A2
       
  1,450      
2.700%—08/15/2008
    1,440  
       
Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust
       
         
Series 2002-2 Cl. A2
       
  830      
3.090%—06/15/2010
    820  
       
Holmes Financing plc
       
         
Series 4 Cl. 2A
       
  1,000      
5.050%—07/15/20082
    1,267  
       
Honda Auto Receivables Owner Trust
       
         
Series 2003-2 Cl. A4
       
$ 866      
2.160%—10/21/20081
    855  
       
Household Private Label Credit Card Master Note Trust I
       
         
Series 2002-1 Cl. A
       
  1,005      
5.500%—01/18/2011
    1,009  
       
HSI Asset Securitization Corp Trust
       
         
Pass Through Securities
       
         
Series 2006-OPT2 Cl. M1
       
  1,000      
5.329%—01/25/20361,2
    1,001  
       
Illinois Power Special Purpose Trust
       
         
Series 1998-1 Cl. A6
       
  845      
5.540%—06/25/20091
    847  
       
Massachusetts RRB Special Purpose Trust
       
         
Series 1999-1 Cl. A4
       
  779      
6.910%—09/15/2009
    790  
       
MBNA Credit Card Master Note Trust
       
         
Series 2004-A4 Cl. A4
       
  1,175      
2.700%—09/15/2009
    1,148  
         
Series 2002-A1 Cl. A1
       
  1,000      
4.950%—06/15/2009
    1,000  
               
              2,148  
               
       
Nissan Auto Receivables Owner Trust
       
         
Series 2003-C Cl. A4
       
  780      
2.700%—12/17/20071
    775  
         
Series 2004-B Cl. A3
       
  998      
3.350%—05/15/2008
    989  
         
Series 2005-C Cl. A2
       
  1,000      
4.140%—01/15/20081
    996  
               
              2,760  
               
       
Oncor Electricity Delivery Transition Bond Co.
       
         
Series 2003-1 Cl. A1
       
  727      
2.260%—02/15/20091
    717  
       
Option One Mortgage Loan Trust
       
         
Series 2005-1 Cl. M1
       
  1,000      
5.479%—02/25/20351,2
    1,004  
       
PECO Energy Transition Trust
       
         
Series 1999-A Cl. A6
       
  891      
6.050%—03/01/20091
    895  


FIXED INCOME


116


 

Harbor Short Duration Fund
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS—Continued
 
                   
 ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES—Continued
Principal    
Amount       Value
(000s)       (000s)
 
       
Residential Asset Securities Corp.
       
         
Series 2005-KS2 Cl. M1
       
$ 1,000      
5.389%—03/25/20351,2
  $ 1,003  
         
Series 2005-KS1 Cl. M1
       
  1,000      
5.409%—02/25/20351,2
    1,003  
               
              2,006  
               
       
Residential Funding Mortgage Securities II Inc.
       
         
Series 2003-HS2 Cl. AIIB
       
  597      
5.209%—06/25/20281,2
    598  
       
Specialty Underwriting & Residential Finance
       
         
Pass Through Certificates
       
         
Series 2004-BC4 Cl. M1
       
  1,000      
5.759%—10/25/20351,2
    1,010  
       
West Penn Funding LLC Transition Bonds
       
         
Series 1999-A Cl. A3
       
  550      
6.810%—09/25/20081
    552  
       
WFS Financial Owner Trust
       
         
Series 2003-1 Cl. A4
       
  991      
2.740%—09/20/2010
    977  
               

TOTAL ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES
(Cost $40,896)
    40,670  
         
                   
 COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS—8.0%
       
Federal National Mortgage Association
       
         
Series 2003-38 Cl. FA
       
  1,968      
5.329%—03/25/20232
    1,979  
  1      
6.000%—03/01/2017
    1  
  1      
6.500%—10/01/2016
    1  
               
              1,981  
               
       
Federal National Mortgage Association REMIC3
       
         
Series 1997-68 Cl. FC
       
  1,245      
5.438%—05/18/20272
    1,258  
  1,291    
Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust
Pass Through Certificates
Series 2004-20 Cl. 1A1
5.062%—01/25/20351,5
    1,279  
       
Structured Asset Securities Corp.
       
         
Series 2002-1A Cl. 2A1
       
  254      
5.674%—02/25/20321,2
    254  
               

TOTAL COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $4,810)
    4,772  
         
                   
 FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS—6.1%
(Cost $3,576)
       
United Kingdom Treasury Note
       
  £2,000      
4.500%—03/07/2007
    3,646  
               
                   
 U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS—12.6%
(Cost $7,489)
       
U.S. Treasury Note
       
$ 7,550      
3.375%—02/28/2007
    7,456  
               
                 
 SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS—4.5%

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS
       
  2,645    
Repurchase Agreement with State Street Corp. dated April 28, 2006 due May 1, 2006 at 4.250% collateralized by a U.S. Treasury Bond (market value $2,700)
    2,645  
               

U.S. TREASURY BILLS
       
  20    
4.048%—06/22/2006
    20  
               

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $2,665)
    2,665  
         

TOTAL INVESTMENTS—99.7%
(Cost $59,436)
    59,209  

CASH AND OTHER ASSETS, LESS LIABILITIES—0.3%
    181  
         

TOTAL NET ASSETS—100.0%
  $ 59,390  
         
 
FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS OPEN AT APRIL 30, 2006 ARE AS FOLLOWS:
                                 
                Unrealized
        Aggregate       Appreciation/
    Market Value   Face Value       (Depreciation)
Currency   (000s)   (000s)   Delivery Date   (000s)
                 
Euro (Sell)
  $ 3,933     $ 3,721       May-06     $ (212 )
Euro (Buy)
    2,685       2,602       May-06       83  
British Pound (Sell)
    3,723       3,639       May-06       (84 )
                           
                            $ (213 )
                           
 
1 At April 30, 2006, securities held by the Fund were pledged to cover margin requirements for open future contracts, written options on futures contracts and swap options. (See Note 2 to the Financial Statements.) The securities pledged had an aggregate market value of $29,899 or 50.34%.
 
2 Floating rate security. The stated rate represents the rate in effect at April 30, 2006.
 
3 REMICs are CMOs which can hold mortgages secured by any type of real property and issue multiple-class securities backed by those mortgages.
 
4 Step coupon security.
 
5 Variable rate security. The stated rate represents the rate in effect at April 30, 2006.
 
£ British pound.
 
Euro.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.


FIXED INCOME


117


 

Harbor Money Market Fund
MANAGER’S COMMENTARY (Unaudited)
 
 
SUBADVISER
Fischer Francis Trees &
Watts, Inc.
200 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10166
LOGO
Ken O’Donnell, CFA
Portfolio Manager (since 2003)
FFTW has subadvised the Fund since its inception in 1987.
INVESTMENT GOAL
Current income. The Fund intends to maintain a stable share price of $1.
PRINCIPAL STYLE CHARACTERISTICS
Very short-term high quality money market instruments.
 
 TOP TEN HOLDINGS (% of net assets)
         
ANZ Inc. 
    5.5 %
Wells Fargo Bank
    5.1  
Royal Bank of Scotland plc
    5.1  
Abbey National LLC
    5.0  
UBS Finance Inc. 
    4.7  
Lloyds Bank plc
    4.6  
BMW Capital Corp. 
    4.5  
Chariot Funding LLC
    4.4  
Barclays Bank plc
    4.2  
CitiBank
    4.2  
 FUND CATEGORY
LOGO
 MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE
Market Review
The U.S. economy recovered quickly from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. The labor sector tightened, consumer confidence improved, and domestic growth resumed. After slowing to 1.7% in the fourth quarter of calendar year 2005, GDP surged to 4.8% in the first quarter of 2006. Meanwhile, core inflation remained well contained at 2.1% on a year-over-year basis.
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) of the Federal Reserve remained vigilant on inflationary pressures, increasing the policy rate to 4.75% but indicating that the pace of future increases could be slowing. At the end of April, markets were forecasting an additional increase. The U.S. Treasury yield curve continued to flatten and finished the six months ended April 30, 2006, with very little term structure. While flat or inverted yield curves are not uncommon at the end of a tightening cycle, it is unclear whether the current situation represents a peak for short- term interest rates. Current rates, however, are clearly much closer to neutral than they have been in the recent past.
Markets continued to monitor the energy sector closely for potential pass-though effects on general economic conditions. Crude oil finished the six months near the peak experienced in the aftermath of the Gulf hurricanes last year. Recent prices were reflective of a combination of geopolitical instability in the Middle East and an increase in global demand. It is uncertain whether rising energy prices will result in inflationary pressure or a reduction in growth, yet concerns are mounting that consumption patterns may change as a result of elevated fuel prices.
Performance
Despite an environment of rising domestic interest rates, the Harbor Money Market Fund provided competitive returns. The Fund returned 2.04% (Institutional Class) and 1.91% (Retirement Class) for the first half of the 2006 fiscal year. This compares with a return of 2.06% for the Fund’s benchmark, the Merrill Lynch 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index. The 7-day annualized yield (as defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission) of the Harbor Money Market Fund (Institutional Class) rose to 4.48% as of April 30, 2006. That compares with 7-day annualized yields of 3.62%, 6 months earlier, and 2.44% 12 months earlier.
The duration of the portfolio was maintained at a level shorter than the three-month benchmark as a defense against increasing short-term interest rates. The overall duration position had a positive impact on the portfolio’s total return. With a flat yield curve, the marginal cost of maintaining a short duration position is minimal. Shortening the reinvestment period is rewarded during periods of rising rates. The risk to this strategy lies in the possibility of failing to have locked in current rates if yields were to fall unexpectedly. In the current environment, we believe that this risk appears to be remote.


FIXED INCOME


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Harbor Money Market Fund
MANAGER’S COMMENTARY—Continued
 
Outlook and Strategy
During the last six months, the U.S. federal funds target rate was increased at each FOMC meeting, standing at 4.75% by March 28, 2006. Fed funds futures contracts priced in an additional increase in short-term interest rates to 5.00%, which the FOMC subsequently implemented at its May 10, 2006 meeting. The Fed has recently changed its tone and has indicated that current policy rates are neutral. This change in tone may warrant extending the days-to-maturity in the coming weeks.
The Fund invests primarily in high-quality money market instruments, including bank CDs, commercial paper, agency discount notes, and U.S. Treasury Bills. The average days-to-maturity of the portfolio was held relatively short in response to the lack of opportunity to pick up incremental yield by extending duration. We intend to keep the Fund invested in money market products with maturities inside of three months while maintaining a weighted average maturity for the portfolio in the low 30-day range. Should the market take on a more hawkish tone and the yield curve steepen, we may consider extending the average-days-to-maturity to capture additional yield.
 
This report contains the current opinions of the manager and should not be considered as investment advice or a recommendation of any particular security, strategy or investment product. Such opinions are subject to change without notice and securities described herein may no longer be included in, or may at any time be removed from, the Fund’s portfolio. This report is distributed for informational purposes only. Information contained herein has been obtained from sources believed reliable, but not guaranteed.
An investment in the Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any other government agency. Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund. For information on the different share classes and the risks associated with an investment in the Fund, please refer to the current prospectus.
You should consider the Fund’s investment objective, risks, and fees and expenses carefully before investing. For this and other important information, obtain a Harbor Fund prospectus by calling 1-800-422-1050 or visiting www.harborfund.com. You should read the prospectus carefully before investing.


FIXED INCOME


119


 

Harbor Money Market Fund
FUND SUMMARY—April 30, 2006 (Unaudited)
 
 
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS
Fund #: 015
Cusip: 411511405
Ticker: HARXX
Inception Date: 12-29-1987
RETIREMENT CLASS
Fund #: 215
Cusip: 411511660
Ticker: HRMXX
Inception Date: 11-01-2002
 
 PORTFOLIO STATISTICS
         
    Portfolio   Benchmark
         
Number of Holdings
  38   1
Total Net Assets (000s)
  $118,241   N/A
Yield to Maturity
  4.7%   4.7%
Weighted Average Maturity
  31.9 days   3 mo.
Weighted Average Duration
  0.1 years   0.2 years
Weighted Average Credit Quality
  AAA   AAA
 CREDIT QUALITY (% of investments)
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 PERFORMANCE
GROWTH OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT
For the period 05-01-1996 through 04-30-2006
 
The graph compares a $10,000 investment in the Fund with the performance of the Merrill Lynch 3-Month U.S. T-Bill Index. The Fund’s performance includes the reinvestment of all dividend and capital gain distributions.
 
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You can obtain performance data current to the most recent month end (available within seven business days after the most recent month end) by calling 1-800-422-1050 or visiting www.harborfund.com.
 
TOTAL RETURNS
For the periods ended 04-30-2006
                                             
                 Average Annual     
                    Final Value
        6   1   5   10   of a $10,000
        Months   Year   Years   Years   Investment
 
 Harbor Money Market Fund                                        
 
LOGO
 
Institutional Class
    2.04 %     3.60 %     1.97 %     3.63 %   $ 14,291  
 
Retirement Class
    1.91       3.35       1.57       3.30       13,839  
 
 Comparative Index                                        
 
LOGO
 
Merrill Lynch 3-Month U.S. T-Bill
    2.06 %     3.68 %     2.23 %     3.82 %   $ 14,551  
 
 Current Yield for Periods Ended 03-31-2006                                        
 
Institutional Class  
         7 Days:      4.35%      30 Days:   4.30%
Retirement Class  
         7 Days:      4.10       30 Days:   4.01
 
Performance data quoted represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data quoted. Actual return and principal value on an investment will fluctuate, and the shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.
The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares. From time to time, the Fund’s adviser has voluntarily waived a portion of its management fee and/or absorbed Fund expenses, which has resulted in higher returns. Without these waivers, the returns would have been lower. Any existing waivers may be discontinued at any time without notice. Current yield excludes gains and losses as defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The current yield more closely reflects the current earnings of the Fund than the total return. The performance of the Retirement Class shares prior to 11-01-2002 is based on the Fund’s Institutional Class shares’ performance, restated for the higher expense ratio of the Retirement Class.


FIXED INCOME


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Harbor Money Market Fund
FUND SUMMARY—Continued
 
 
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS
Expense Ratio: 0.34%
Total Net Assets (000s):
  $113,948
RETIREMENT CLASS
Expense Ratio: 0.59%
Total Net Assets (000s):
  $4,293
 
 FEES AND EXPENSE EXAMPLE
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including redemption fees and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period November 1, 2005 through April 30, 2006.
Actual Expenses
The first line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses for each share class. You may use the information in this the respective class line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line of the respective class under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line of the table for each share class below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund to other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as redemption fees. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
                         
    Beginning Account   Ending Account    
    Value   Value   Expenses Paid During
    (November 1, 2005)   (April 30, 2006)   Period*
 
 Institutional Class
                       
Actual
  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,020.38     $ 1.71  
Hypothetical (5% return)
    1,000.00       1,023.00       1.71  
 
 Retirement Class
                       
Actual
  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,019.15     $ 2.96  
Hypothetical (5% return)
    1,000.00       1,021.76       2.96  
 
* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).


FIXED INCOME


121


 

Harbor Money Market Fund
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS—April 30, 2006 (Unaudited)
 
Total Investments (% of net assets)
(Excludes net cash of 1.2%)
     
Commercial Paper
 
69.0
Bank Obligations
 
22.0
Asset-Backed Securities
 
7.5
U.S. Government Agencies
 
0.2
Repurchase Agreements
 
0.1
                   
 ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES—7.5%
Principal    
Amount       Value
(000s)       (000s)
 
       
Capital Auto Receivables Assets
Series 2006-1 Cl. A1
       
$ 1,335      
4.642%—02/15/20071
  $ 1,335  
       
GE Equipment Small Ticket LLC
       
         
Series 2005-1A Cl. A1
       
  359      
3.994%—09/22/20061
    359  
       
Honda Auto Receivables Owner Trust
       
         
Series 2005-6 Cl. A1
       
  1,241      
4.512%—12/18/2006
    1,241  
       
Nissan Auto Lease Trust
       
         
Series 2005-A Cl. A1
       
  717      
4.271%—11/15/2006
    716  
       
Nissan Auto Receivables Trust
       
         
Series 2006-A Cl. A1
       
  1,777      
4.663%—02/15/2007
    1,777  
         
Series 2006-B Cl. A1
       
  2,500      
5.081%—05/15/2007
    2,500  
               
              4,277  
               
       
Volkswagen Auto Loan Trust
       
         
Series 2005 1 Cl. A1
       
  890      
4.370%—11/20/2006
    890  
               

TOTAL ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES
(Cost $8,818)
    8,818  
         
                   
 BANK OBLIGATIONS—22.0%
       
Barclays Bank plc
       
  5,000      
4.790%—05/22/2006
    5,000  
       
CitiBank
       
  5,000      
5.030%—07/24/2006
    5,000  
       
Deutsche Bank AG
       
  5,000      
4.760%—05/30/2006
    5,000  
       
Toronto Dominion Bank
       
  5,000      
4.755%—05/31/2006
    5,000  
       
Wells Fargo Bank
       
  6,000      
4.760%—05/01/2006
    6,000  
               

TOTAL BANK OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $26,000)
    26,000  
         
                   
 COMMERCIAL PAPER—69.0%
       
Abbey National LLC
       
  6,000      
4.890%—06/19/2006
    5,960  
       
ABN AMRO North America
       
  5,000      
4.740%—05/08/2006
    4,995  
       
ANZ Inc.
       
  6,500      
4.935%—06/27/2006
    6,449  
       
BMW Capital Corp.
       
  5,300      
4.800%—05/01/2006
    5,300  
       
CBA Finance Inc.
       
  3,000      
4.650%—05/03/2006
    2,999  
  2,400      
4.670%—05/22/2006
    2,394  
  1,000      
4.910%—06/14/2006
    994  
               
              6,387  
               
       
Chariot Funding LLC
       
  5,200      
4.760%—05/09/2006
    5,195  
       
Charta Corp. Yrs. 3&4
       
  3,750      
4.860%—05/19/2006
    3,741  
       
Danske Corp.
       
  3,000      
4.900%—05/22/2006
    2,992  
       
HBOS Treasury Services plc
       
  3,300      
4.680%—05/18/2006
    3,293  
  1,500      
4.700%—05/30/2006
    1,494  
  1,000      
4.730%—06/02/2006
    996  
               
                5,783  
               
       
Lloyds Bank plc
       
  5,500      
4.890%—06/19/2006
    5,464  
       
Royal Bank of Scotland plc
       
  6,000      
4.750%—05/08/2006
    5,995  
       
Societe Generale North America Inc.
       
  4,300      
4.710%—05/22/2006
    4,288  
  1,000      
4.810%—06/12/2006
    994  
               
              5,282  
               
       
Svenska Handelsbanken Ab
       
  2,000      
4.775%—06/14/2006
    1,988  
  3,000      
4.810%—05/15/2006
    2,994  
  2,000      
4.935%—06/27/2006
    1,984  
               
                6,966  
               
       
UBS Finance Inc.
       
  5,500      
4.820%—05/01/2006
    5,500  
       
WestpacTrust Securities New Zealand Ltd.
       
  3,000      
4.685%—05/24/2006
    2,991  
  1,300      
4.900%—05/22/2006
    1,296  
  1,300      
4.950%—06/15/2006
    1,292  
               
              5,579  
               

TOTAL COMMERCIAL PAPER
(Cost $81,588)
    81,588  
         
                 
 REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS—0.1%
  (Cost  $96)            
  96    
Repurchase Agreement with State Street Corp. dated April 28, 2006 due May 1, 2006 at 4.250% collateralized by a U.S. Treasury Bond (market value $98)
    96  
               
                   
 U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES—0.2%
  (Cost  $298)            
       
Federal National Mortgage Association
       
  300      
4.831%—06/19/2006
    298  
               

TOTAL INVESTMENTS—98.8%
(Cost $116,800)2
    116,800  

CASH AND OTHER ASSETS, LESS LIABILITIES—1.2%
    1,441  
         

TOTAL NET ASSETS—100.0%
  $ 118,241  
         
 
1 Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. The Fund has no right to demand registration of these securities. These securities are priced by an independent pricing service selected by the adviser (Harbor Capital Advisors, Inc.) and is considered to be liquid under procedures established by the Board of Trustees. At April 30, 2006, these securities were valued at $1,695 or 1.43% of net assets.
 
2 The aggregate identified cost on a tax basis is the same.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.


FIXED INCOME


122


 

Harbor Fund Income Funds
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES—April 30, 2006 (Unaudited)
 
(All amounts in Thousands, except per share amounts)
                                             
    Harbor   Harbor   Harbor   Harbor   Harbor
    High-Yield Bond   Bond   Real Return   Short Duration   Money Market
 
ASSETS
                                       
Investments, at identified cost*
  $ 30,057     $ 2,397,263     $ 12,020     $ 59,436     $ 116,800  
 
Investments, at value
  $ 30,420     $ 2,135,717     $ 11,557     $ 56,564     $ 116,800  
Repurchase agreements
    299       247,436       422       2,645        
Cash
          82       1       1       1  
Foreign currency, at value (cost: $0; $6,540; $20; $0; $0)
          6,537       20              
Receivables for:
                                       
 
Investments sold
    176       482,049       1,260       9,962        
 
Capital shares sold
    170       4,531       106       278       1,525  
 
Dividends
    6                          
 
Interest
    651       6,597       71       261       134  
 
Variation margin on futures contracts
          1,355                    
 
Written options
          47                    
Unrealized appreciation on forward volatility options
          35                    
Prepaid fund insurance
    1       9             1       1  
Other assets
          1       1       10        
 
   
Total Assets
    31,723       2,884,396       13,438       69,722       118,461  
 
LIABILITIES
                                       
Payables for:
                                       
 
Investments purchased
    452       783,925       5,040       9,962        
 
Capital shares reacquired
    8       2,576             139       187  
 
Dividends to shareholders
                            4  
 
Written options, at value (premiums received $0; $4,230; $0; $0; $0)
          4,056                    
 
Swap agreements (proceeds $0; $488; $0; $0; $0)
          1,469                    
 
Interest on swap agreements
          122                    
 
Open forward currency contracts
          4,145       17       213        
 
Variation margin on futures contracts
          66                    
Accrued expenses:
                                       
 
Management fees
    11       783       3       9       16  
 
12b-1 fees
    1       7                   1  
 
Trustee fees
    1       6             1       2  
 
Transfer agent fees
    2       90             2       7  
 
Other
    3       34             6       3  
 
TBA sale commitments at value
          2,532                    
 
   
Total Liabilities
    478       799,811       5,060       10,332       220  
 
NET ASSETS
  $ 31,245     $ 2,084,585     $ 8,378     $ 59,390     $ 118,241  
 
Net Assets Consist of:
                                       
 
Paid-in capital
  $ 30,351     $ 2,116,594     $ 8,521     $ 69,022     $ 118,206  
 
Undistributed/(overdistributed) net investment income
    150       15,885       29       54       45  
 
Accumulated net realized gain/ (loss)
    82       (17,276 )     (114 )     (9,247 )     (10 )
 
Unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of investments and translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies
    662       (15,152 )     (41 )     (226 )      
 
Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation) of futures and forward contracts
          (15,466 )     (17 )     (213 )      
 
    $ 31,245     $ 2,084,585     $ 8,378     $ 59,390     $ 118,241  
 
NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE1:
Institutional Class
                                       
Net assets
  $ 26,964     $ 2,050,312     $ 7,390     $ 57,606     $ 113,948  
Shares of beneficial interest2
    2,454       178,057       753       7,043       113,948  
Net asset value per share
  $ 10.99     $ 11.51     $ 9.82     $ 8.18     $ 1.00  
Retirement Class
                                       
Net assets
  $ 2     $ 34,273     $ 988     $ 1,784     $ 4,293  
Shares of beneficial interest2
          2,978       101       218       4,293  
Net asset value per share
  $ 11.00     $ 11.51     $ 9.82     $ 8.17     $ 1.00  
Investor Class
                                       
Net assets
  $ 4,279       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
Shares of beneficial interest2
    389       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
Net asset value per share
  $ 10.99       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
 
* Including repurchase agreements and short-term investments.
 
1 Per share amounts can be recalculated when total net assets and shares of beneficial interest are not rounded to thousands.
 
2 Par value $ 0.01 (unlimited authorizations).
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.


FIXED INCOME


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Harbor Fixed Income Funds
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS—Six Months Ended April 30, 2006 (Unaudited)
 
(All amounts in Thousands)
                                             
    Harbor   Harbor   Harbor   Harbor   Harbor
    High-Yield Bond   Bond   Real Return1   Short Duration   Money Market
 
Investment Income:
                                       
 
Dividends
  $ 23     $ 19     $     $     $  
 
Interest
    1,266       49,243       86       1,255       2,760  
 
Foreign taxes withheld
    (1 )                        
 
 
Total Investment Income
    1,288       49,262       86       1,255       2,760  
Operating Expenses:
                                       
 
Management fees
    100       5,030       13       86       187  
 
12b-1 fees:
                                       
   
Retirement Class
          41       1       2       5  
   
Investor Class
    5       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
 
Shareholder communications
    1       179       40       7       17  
 
Custodian fees
    51       183       10       31       28  
 
Transfer agent fees:
                                       
   
Institutional Class
    8       545       1       15       33  
   
Retirement Class
          9                   1  
   
Investor Class
    4       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
 
Professional fees
    1       39       2       1       2  
 
Trustees’ fees and expenses
          11                   1  
 
Registration fees
    41       66       48       22       19  
 
Miscellaneous
          20                   3  
 
   
Total operating expenses
    211       6,123       115       164       296  
 
Management fees waived
    (22 )     (204 )     (1 )     (28 )     (75 )
 
Other expenses waived
    (40 )           (98 )     (23 )      
 
Other expense reimbursements and reductions (Note 4)
          (10 )           (1 )     (4 )
 
 
Net operating expenses
    149       5,909       16       112       217  
 
Interest expense on reverse repurchase agreements
                      (7 )      
 
Net Investment Income/(Loss)
    1,139       43,353       70       1,136       2,543  
Realized and Unrealized Gain/(Loss) on Investment Transactions:
                                       
 
Net realized gain/(loss) on:
                                       
   
Investments
    84       2,174       (108 )     (299 )      
   
Foreign currency transactions
          (9,792 )     (6 )     91        
   
Swap agreements
          (498 )                  
   
Futures contracts
          (9,573 )           10        
   
Written options
          1,155                    
 
Change in net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of:
                                       
   
Investments
    351       3,700       (24 )     662        
   
Swap agreements
          499                    
   
Futures contracts
          (1,512 )           (10 )      
   
Forward currency contracts
          (3,946 )     (17 )     (269 )      
   
Translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies
          (4,216 )     (17 )     (264 )      
 
 
Net gain/(loss) on investment transactions
    435       (22,009 )     (172 )     (79 )      
 
 
Net Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
  $ 1,574     $ 21,344     $ (102 )   $ 1,057     $ 2,543  
 
1 Commenced operations December 1, 2005.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.


FIXED INCOME


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Harbor Fixed Income Funds
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
 
(All amounts in Thousands)
                     
    Harbor
    High-Yield Bond
     
    November 1,   November 1,
    2005   2004
    through   through
    April 30,   October 31,
    2006   2005
 
    (Unaudited)    
INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS:
               
Operations:
               
 
Net investment income/(loss)
  $ 1,139     $ 4,714  
 
Net realized gain/(loss) on investments
    84       1,172  
 
Net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of investments
    351       (3,491 )
 
   
Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
    1,574       2,395  
 
Distributions to Shareholders:
               
 
Net investment income:
               
   
Institutional Class
    (1,072 )     (4,242 )
   
Retirement Class
           
   
Investor Class
    (143 )     (225 )
 
Net realized gain on investments:
               
   
Institutional Class
    (100 )     (885 )
   
Retirement Class
           
   
Investor Class
    (13 )     (50 )
 
   
Total distributions to shareholders
    (1,328 )     (5,402 )
 
Net Increase/(Decrease) Derived from Capital Stock Activity
    (4,597 )     (31,699 )
 
 
Net increase/(decrease) in net assets
    (4,351 )     (34,706 )
Net Assets:
               
 
Beginning of period
    35,596       70,302  
 
 
End of period*
  $ 31,245     $ 35,596  
 
*  Includes undistributed/(over-distributed) net investment income of:
  $ 150     $ 226  
a Commencement of operations.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.


FIXED INCOME


126


 

 
                                                         
    Harbor   Harbor   Harbor   Harbor
    Bond   Real Return   Short Duration   Money Market
                 
    November 1,   November 1,   December 1,   November 1,   November 1,   November 1,   November 1,
    2005   2004   2005a   2005   2004   2005   2004
    through   through   through   through   through   through   through
    April 30,   October 31,   April 30,   April 30,   October 31,   April 30,   October 31,
    2006   2005   2006   2006   2005   2006   2005
 
    (Unaudited)       (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)       (Unaudited)    
    $ 43,353     $ 60,195     $ 70     $ 1,136     $ 2,683     $ 2,543     $ 3,082  
      (16,534 )     18,365       (114 )     (198 )     (823 )           (11 )
      (5,475 )     (56,306 )     (58 )     119       (269 )            
 
      21,344       22,254       (102 )     1,057       1,591       2,543       3,071  
 
      (35,320 )     (74,790 )     (35 )     (1,625 )     (3,061 )     (2,463 )     (2,990 )
      (540 )     (1,014 )     (6 )     (47 )     (53 )     (80 )     (81 )
      N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
      (2,503 )     (39,052 )                              
      (40 )     (440 )                              
      N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
 
      (38,403 )     (115,296 )     (41 )     (1,672 )     (3,114 )     (2,543 )     (3,071 )
 
      138,040       491,839       8,521       5,096       (38,924 )     (5,696 )     3,014  
 
      120,981       398,797       8,378       4,481       (40,447 )     (5,696 )     3,014  
      1,963,604       1,564,807             54,909       95,356       123,937       120,923  
 
    $ 2,084,585     $ 1,963,604     $ 8,378     $ 59,390     $ 54,909     $ 118,241     $ 123,937  
 
    $ 15,885     $ 8,392     $ 29     $ 54     $ 590     $ 45     $ 45  


FIXED INCOME


127


 

Harbor Fixed Income Funds
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS—CAPITAL STOCK ACTIVITY
 
(All amounts and shares in Thousands)
                                     
    Harbor   Harbor
    High-Yield Bond   Bond
         
    November 1,   November 1,   November 1,   November 1,
    2005   2004   2005   2004
    through   through   through   through
    April 30,   October 31,   April 30,   October 31,
    2006   2005   2006   2005
 
    (Unaudited)       (Unaudited)    
 AMOUNT ($)
                               
Institutional Class:
                               
 
Net proceeds from sale of shares
  $ 4,384     $ 14,719     $ 381,782     $ 744,498  
 
Net proceeds from redemption fees
    1       21              
 
Reinvested in payment of distributions
    954       2,799       32,540       101,107  
 
Cost of shares reacquired
    (10,139 )     (12,874 )     (278,915 )     (368,762 )
 
Cost of shares reacquired through in-kind redemptions
          (37,001 )            
 
   
Net increase/(decrease) in net assets
  $ (4,800 )   $ (32,336 )   $ 135,407     $ 476,843  
 
Retirement Class:
                               
 
Net proceeds from sale of shares
  $ 1     $ 2     $ 12,981     $ 22,905  
 
Net proceeds from redemption fees
                       
 
Reinvested in payment of distributions
                581       1,454  
 
Cost of shares reacquired
    (1 )           (10,929 )     (9,363 )
 
   
Net increase/(decrease) in net assets
  $     $ 2     $ 2,633     $ 14,996  
 
Investor Class:
                               
 
Net proceeds from sale of shares
  $ 371     $ 1,390                  
 
Net proceeds from redemption fees
          3                  
 
Reinvested in payment of distributions
    154       273       Not       Not  
 
Cost of shares reacquired
    (322 )     (1,031 )     Applicable       Applicable  
             
   
Net increase/(decrease) in net assets
  $ 203     $ 635                  
             
 SHARES
                               
Institutional Class:
                               
 
Shares sold
    400       1,306       32,861       62,475  
 
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions
    88       250       2,818       8,564  
 
Shares reacquired
    (925 )     (1,153 )     (24,012 )     (31,020 )
 
Shares reacquired through in-kind redemptions
          (3,373 )            
 
 
Net increase/(decrease) in shares outstanding
    (437 )     (2,970 )     11,667       40,019  
 
Beginning of period
    2,891       5,861       166,390       126,371  
 
   
End of period
    2,454       2,891       178,057       166,390  
 
Retirement Class:
                               
 
Shares sold
                1,115       1,936  
 
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions
                51       123  
 
Shares reacquired
                (941 )     (794 )
 
 
Net increase/(decrease) in shares outstanding
                225       1,265  
 
Beginning of period
                2,753       1,488  
 
   
End of period
                2,978       2,753  
 
Investor Class:
                               
 
Shares sold
    34       123                  
 
Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions
    14       25                  
 
Shares reacquired
    (30 )     (92 )     Not       Not  
             
 
Net increase/(decrease) in shares outstanding
    18       56       Applicable       Applicable  
 
Beginning of period
    371       315                  
             
   
End of period
    389       371                  
             
a Commencement of operations.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.


FIXED INCOME


128


 

 
                                         
    Harbor   Harbor   Harbor
    Real Return   Short Duration   Money Market
             
    December 1,   November 1,   November 1,   November 1,   November 1,
    2005a   2005   2004   2005   2004
    through   through   through   through   through
    April 30,   April 30,   October 31,   April 30,   October 31,
    2006   2006   2005   2006   2005
 
    (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)       (Unaudited)    
    $ 7,613     $ 18,226     $ 28,789     $ 127,887     $ 212,573  
                               
      37       1,582       2,597       2,442       2,961  
      (135 )     (14,958 )     (70,446 )     (136,422 )     (213,055 )
                               
 
    $ 7,515     $ 4,850     $ (39,060 )   $ (6,093 )   $ 2,479  
 
    $ 1,000     $ 511     $ 299     $ 1,183     $ 1,440  
                               
      6       47       53       80       81  
            (312 )     (216 )     (866 )     (986 )
 
    $ 1,006     $ 246     $ 136     $ 397     $ 535  
 
      Not       Not       Not       Not       Not  
      Applicable       Applicable       Applicable       Applicable       Applicable  
      763       2,220       3,459       127,887       212,574  
      4       193       313       2,442       2,961  
      (14 )     (1,824 )     (8,484 )     (136,422 )     (213,055 )
                               
 
      753       589       (4,712 )     (6,093 )     2,480  
            6,454       11,166       120,041       117,561  
 
      753       7,043       6,454       113,948       120,041  
 
      100       62       36       1,183       1,440  
      1       5       7       80       81  
            (38 )     (26 )     (866 )     (987 )
 
      101       29       17       397       534  
            189       172       3,896       3,362  
 
      101       218       189       4,293       3,896  
 
      Not       Not       Not       Not       Not  
      Applicable       Applicable       Applicable       Applicable       Applicable  


FIXED INCOME


129


 

 
Harbor Fixed Income Funds 
Financial Highlights
SELECTED PER SHARE DATA FOR THE PERIODS PRESENTED
 
                                   
 HARBOR HIGH-YIELD BOND FUND
    Institutional Class
     
    6-Month   Year Ended October 31
    Period Ended    
    April 30, 2006   2005   2004   2003c
 
    (Unaudited)    
Net asset value beginning of period
  $ 10.91     $ 11.38     $ 11.10     $ 10.00  
Income from Investment Operations:
                               
 
Net investment income/(loss)
    .39 d     .77 d     .75 d     .56 d
 
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments
    .13       (.42 )     .30       1.03  
 
Total from investment operations
    .52       .35       1.05       1.59  
 
Less Distributions:
                               
 
Dividends from net investment income
    (.40 )     (.68 )     (.82 )     (.49 )
 
Distributions from net realized capital gainsa
    (.04 )     (.15 )            
 
Total distributions
    (.44 )     (.83 )     (.82 )     (.49 )
Proceeds from redemption fees
    k     .01       .05       k
 
Net asset value end of period
    10.99       10.91       11.38       11.10  
Net assets end of period (000s)
  $ 26,951     $ 31,547     $ 66,715     $ 57,727  
 
Ratios and Supplemental Data (%):
                               
 
Total return
    4.85 %e,f     3.24 % e     10.93 % e     16.16 % e,f
 
Ratio of operating expenses to average net assetsb
    .85 d,g     .82 d     .85 d     .93 d,g
 
Ratio of operating expenses not imposed to average net assets
    .37 g     .09       .09       .47 g
 
Ratio of operating expenses net of all offsets to average net assets
    .85 g     .82 d     .85 d     .93 d,g
 
Ratio of interest/dividend expenses to average net assets
                       
 
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets
    6.80 d,g     6.67 d     6.85 d     6.63 d,g
 
Portfolio turnover
    25 f     42       109       82 f
 
                                                   
 HARBOR BOND FUND
    Institutional Class
     
    6-Month   Year Ended October 31
    Period Ended    
    April 30, 2006   2005   2004   2003   2002   2001
 
    (Unaudited)    
Net asset value beginning of period
  $ 11.61     $ 12.24     $ 11.89     $ 11.98     $ 12.05     $ 11.00  
Income from Investment Operations:
                                               
 
Net investment income/(loss)
    .18 d     .45 d     .16 d     .41 d     .50 d     .56 d
 
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments
    (.06 )     (.28 )     .68       .36       .17       1.08  
 
Total from investment operations
    .12       .17       .84       .77       .67       1.64  
 
Less Distributions:
                                               
 
Dividends from net investment income
    (.21 )     (.50 )     (.23 )     (.60 )     (.47 )     (.52 )
 
Distributions from net realized capital gainsa
    (.01 )     (.30 )     (.26 )     (.26 )     (.27 )     (.07 )
 
Total distributions
    (.22 )     (.80 )     (.49 )     (.86 )     (.74 )     (.59 )
Proceeds from redemption fees
    N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
 
Net asset value end of period
    11.51       11.61       12.24       11.89       11.98       12.05  
Net assets end of period (000s)
  $ 2,050,312     $ 1,931,651     $ 1,546,602     $ 1,528,285     $ 1,369,931     $ 1,036,552  
 
Ratios and Supplemental Data (%):
                                               
 
Total return
    1.05 %c,f     1.42 %e     6.59 %e     6.57 %e     5.87 %e     15.35 %e
 
Ratio of operating expenses to average net assetsb
    .58 d,g     .58 d     .57 d     .58 d     .58 d     .56 d
 
Ratio of operating expenses not imposed to average net assets
    .02 g     .02       .03       .06       .08       .22  
 
Ratio of operating expenses net of all offsets to average net assets
    .58 d,g     .58 d     .57 d     .58 d     .58 d     .56 d
 
Ratio of interest/dividend expenses to average net assets
                                   
 
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets
    3.20 d,g     3.39 d     2.21 d     3.43 d     4.37 d     5.50 d
 
Portfolio turnover
    181 f     332       311       221       293       531  
 
See page 134 for notes to the Fixed Income Funds Financial Highlights.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.


FIXED INCOME


130


 

 
                                                                 
Retirement Class   Investor Class
     
    6-Month   Year Ended October 31   6-Month   Year Ended October 31
    Period Ended       Period Ended    
    April 30, 2006   2005   2004   2003c   April 30, 2006   2005   2004   2003c
 
    (Unaudited)       (Unaudited)    
    $ 10.91     $ 11.38     $ 11.10     $ 10.00     $ 10.91     $ 11.39     $ 11.11     $ 10.00  
      .41 d     1.24 d     (.02 ) d     .47 d     .35 d     .70 d     .62 d     .50 d
      .11       (.90 )     1.07       1.10       .14       (.40 )     .36       1.07  
 
      .52       .34       1.05       1.57       .49       .30       .98       1.57  
 
      (.39 )     (.66 )     (.79 )     (.47 )     (.38 )     (.63 )     (.77 )     (.46 )
      (.04 )     (.15 )                 (.03 )     (.15 )            
 
      (.43 )     (.81 )     (.79 )     (.47 )     (.41 )     (.78 )     (.77 )     (.46 )
      k     k     .02       k     k     k     .07       k
 
      11.00       10.91       11.38       11.10       10.99       10.91       11.39       11.11  
    $ 2     $ 2     $ 1     $ 7     $ 4,277     $ 4,047     $ 3,586     $ 2,215  
 
      4.78 %f,g     3.05 % e     10.49 % e     16.12 % e,f     4.65 %e,f     2.71 % e     10.41 % e     15.93 % e,f
      1.08 d,g     i     1.01 d     1.08 d,g     1.27 d,g     1.25 d     1.27 d     1.29 d,g
      .37 g           .15       .47 g     .37 g     .09       .09       .47 g
      1.08 d,g     i     1.01 d     1.08 d,g     1.27 d,g     1.25 d     1.27 d     1.29 d,g
                                                 
      6.55 d,g     i     7.00 d     7.00 d,g     6.40 d,g     6.26 d     6.37 d     6.73 d,g
      25 f     42       109       82 f     25 f     42       109       82 f
 
                                                                 
Retirement Class                
                 
    6-Month   Year Ended October 31                
    Period Ended                    
    April 30, 2006   2005   2004   2003h                
                 
    (Unaudited)                    
    $ 11.61     $ 12.24     $ 11.89     $ 11.98                                  
      .18 d     .46 d     .32 d     .55 d                                
      (.07 )     (.31 )     .49       .19                                  
                         
      .11       .15       .81       .74                                  
                         
      (.20 )     (.48 )     (.20 )     (.57 )                                
      (.01 )     (.30 )     (.26 )     (.26 )                                
                         
      (0.21 )     (.78 )     (.46 )     (.83 )                                
      N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A                                  
                         
      11.51       11.61       12.24       11.89                                  
    $ 134,273     $ 31,953     $ 18,205     $ 10,463                                  
                         
      0.93 %f,g     1.18 % e     6.33 % e     6.40 %e                                
      .83 d,g     .83 d     .81 d     .83 d                                
      .02 g     .02       .04       .06                                  
      .83 d,g     .83 d     .81 d     .83 d                                
                                                         
      3.04 d,g     3.17 d     1.94 d     2.67 d                                
      181 f     332       311       221                                  
                         


FIXED INCOME


131


 

Harbor Fixed Income Funds Financial Highlights—Continued
SELECTED PER SHARE DATA FOR THE PERIODS PRESENTED
 
                   
 HARBOR REAL RETURN FUND
    Institutional Class   Retirement Class
         
    5-Month   5-Month
    Period Ended   Period Ended
    April 30, 2006j   April 30, 2006j
 
    (Unaudited)   (Unaudited)
Net asset value beginning of period
  $ 10.00     $ 10.00  
Income from Investment Operations:
               
 
Net investment income/(loss)
    .11 d     .08 d
 
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments
    (.22 )     (.20 )
 
Total from investment operations
    (.11 )     (.12 )
 
Less Distributions:
               
 
Dividends from net investment income
    (.07 )     (.06 )
 
Distributions from net realized capital gainsa
           
 
Total distributions
    (.07 )     (.06 )
Proceeds from redemption fees
    N/A       N/A  
 
Net asset value end of period
    9.82       9.82  
Net assets end of period (000s)
  $ 7,404     $ 990  
 
Ratios and Supplemental Data (%):
               
 
Total return
    (1.08 )%e,f     (1.16 )%e
 
Ratio of operating expenses to average net assetsb
    .57 d,g     .81 d,g
 
Ratio of operating expenses not imposed to average net assets
    3.88 g     3.88 d,g
 
Ratio of operating expenses net of all offsets to average net assets
    .57 d,g     .81 d,g
 
Ratio of interest/dividend expenses to average net assets
           
 
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets
    2.94 d,g     1.98 d,g
 
Portfolio turnover
    169 f     169 f
 
                                                   
 HARBOR SHORT DURATION FUND
    Institutional Class
     
    6-Month   Year Ended October 31
    Period Ended    
    April 30, 2006   2005   2004   2003   2002   2001
 
    (Unaudited)    
Net asset value beginning of period
  $ 8.27     $ 8.41     $ 8.57     $ 8.69     $ 8.69     $ 8.51  
Income from Investment Operations:
                                               
 
Net investment income/(loss)
    .16 d     .35 d     .26 d     .24 d     .30 d     .45 d
 
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments
    (.01 )     (.17 )     (.14 )     (.10 )     .01       .19  
 
Total from investment operations
    .15       .18       .12       .14       .31       .64  
 
Less Distributions:
                                               
 
Dividends from net investment income
    (.24 )     (.32 )     (.28 )     (.26 )     (.31 )     (.46 )
 
Distributions from net realized capital gainsa
                                   
 
Total distributions
    (.24 )     (.32 )     (.28 )     (.26 )     (.31 )     (.46 )
Proceeds from redemption fees
    N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
 
Net asset value end of period
    8.18       8.27       8.41       8.57       8.69       8.69  
Net assets end of period (000s)
  $ 57,813     $ 53,353     $ 93,910     $ 109,411     $ 153,074     $ 125,959  
 
Ratios and Supplemental Data (%):
                                               
 
Total return
    1.84 %c,f     2.17 %e     1.43 %e     1.70 %e     3.67 %e     7.73 %e
 
Ratio of operating expenses to average net assetsb
    .39 d,g     .39 d     .31 d     .36 d     .31 d     .28 d
 
Ratio of operating expenses not imposed to average net assets
    .19 g     .12       .14       .11       .13       .20  
 
Ratio of operating expenses net of all offsets to average net assets
    .39 d,g     .39 d     .31 d     .36 d     .31 d     .27 d
 
Ratio of interest/dividend expenses to average net assets
    .02 g     .01       .01                    
 
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets
    3.98 d,g     3.41 d     2.65 d     2.85 d     3.44 d     5.35 d
 
Portfolio turnover
    60 f     159       324       333       154       246  
 
See page 134 for notes to the Fixed Income Funds Financial Highlights.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.


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Retirement Class    
     
    6-Month   Year Ended October 31    
    Period Ended        
    April 30, 2006   2005   2004   2003h                
                 
    (Unaudited)                    
    $ 8.26     $ 8.41     $ 8.57     $ 8.69                                  
      .15 d     .33 d     9.80 d     (9.26 )d                                
      (.01 )     (.18 )     (9.69 )     9.39                                  
                         
      .14       .15       .11       .13                                  
                         
      (.23 )     (.30 )     (.27 )     (.25 )                                
                                                         
                         
      (.23 )     (.30 )     (.27 )     (.25 )                                
      N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A                                  
                         
      8.17       8.26       8.41       8.57                                  
    $ 1,790     $ 1,556     $ 1,446     $                                  
                         
      1.73 %e,f     1.82 %e     1.24 %e     1.39 %e                                
      .64 d,g     .64 d     .55 d     .59 d                                
      .19 g     .12       .15       .11                                  
      .64 d,g     .64 d     .55 d     .59 d                                
                                                         
      3.88 d,g     3.20 d     2.48 d     2.70 d                                
      60 f     159       324       333                                  
                         


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Harbor Fixed Income Funds Financial Highlights—Continued
SELECTED PER SHARE DATA FOR THE PERIODS PRESENTED
 
                                                   
 HARBOR MONEY MARKET FUND
    Institutional Class
     
    6-Month   Year Ended October 31
    Period Ended    
    April 30, 2006   2005   2004   2003   2002   2001
 
    (Unaudited)    
Net asset value beginning of period
  $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00  
Income from Investment Operations:
                                               
 
Net investment income/(loss)
    .02 d     .03 d                 .02 d     .05 d
 
Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments
                                   
 
Total from investment operations
    .02       .03                   .02       .05  
 
Less Distributions:
                                               
 
Dividends from net investment income
    (.02 )     (.03 )                 (.02 )     (.05 )
 
Distributions from net realized capital gainsa
                                   
 
Total distributions
    (.02 )     (.03 )                 (.02 )     (.05 )
Proceeds from redemption fees
    N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
 
Net asset value end of period
    1.00       1.00       1.00       1.00       1.00       1.00  
Net assets end of period (000s)
  $ 113,948     $ 120,041     $ 117,561     $ 126,347     $ 156,446     $ 168,834  
 
Ratios and Supplemental Data (%):
                                               
 
Total return
    2.04 %e,f     2.55 %e     .94 %e     .88 %e     1.59 %e     4.83 %e
 
Ratio of operating expenses to average net assetsb
    .34 d,g     .35 d     .29 d     .36 d     .36 d     .38 d
 
Ratio of operating expenses not imposed to average net assets
    .12 g     .12       .16       .13       .12       .12  
 
Ratio of operating expenses net of all offsets to average net assets
    .34 d,g     .35 d     .29 d     .36 d     .36 d     .38 d
 
Ratio of interest/dividend expenses to average net assets
                                   
 
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets
    4.80 d,g     2.52 d     .94 d     .89 d     1.58 d     4.60 d
 
Portfolio turnover
    N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
 
a Includes both short-term and long-term capital gains.
 
b Percentage does not reflect reduction for credit balance arrangements from custodian. (See Note 4 to Financial Statements).
 
c For the period December 1, 2002 (inception) through October 31, 2003.
 
d Reflects the Adviser’s waiver of a portion of its management fees and/or other operating expenses.
 
e The total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been waived during the periods shown.
 
f Unannualized.
 
g Annualized.
 
h Commenced operations on November 1, 2002.
 
i Assets in this class were too small to incur any income or expense.
 
j Commenced operations on December 1, 2005.
k Less than $0.01.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.


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Retirement Class    
     
    6-Month   Year Ended October 31    
    Period Ended        
    April 30, 2006   2005   2004   2003h                
                 
    (Unaudited)                    
    $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00                                  
      .02 d     .02 d                                            
                                                         
                         
      .02       .02                                              
                         
      (.02 )     (.02 )                                            
                                                         
                         
      (.02 )     (.02 )                                            
      N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A                                  
                         
      1.00       1.00       1.00       1.00                                  
    $ 4,293     $ 3,896     $ 3,362     $                                  
                         
      1.91 %e,f     2.29 %e     .60 %e     %                                
      .59 d,g     .60 d     .53 d     N/A i                                
      .12 g     .12       .17       N/A i                                
      .59 d,g     .60 d     .53 d     N/A i                                
                                                         
      3.83 d,g     2.30 d     .74 d     N/A i                                
      N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A                                  
                         


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Harbor Fund
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—April 30, 2006 (Unaudited)
 
(Currency in Thousands)
NOTE 1—ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS
      Harbor Fund (the “Trust”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as an open-ended investment company, consisting of seven domestic equity series: Harbor Capital Appreciation Fund, Harbor Mid Cap Growth Fund, Harbor Small Cap Growth Fund, Harbor Small Company Growth Fund, Harbor Large Cap Value Fund, Harbor Mid Cap Value Fund and Harbor Small Cap Value Fund; two international equity series: Harbor International Fund and Harbor International Growth Fund; and five fixed income series: Harbor High-Yield Bond Fund, Harbor Bond Fund, Harbor Real Return Fund, Harbor Short Duration Fund and Harbor Money Market Fund (individually or collectively referred to as a “Fund” or the “Funds”), respectively.
      The Funds of the Trust may offer up to three classes of shares, designated as Institutional Class, Retirement Class, and Investor Class. The shares of each class represent an interest in the same portfolio of investments of the respective Fund and have equal rights to voting, redemptions, dividends, and liquidations, except that certain expenses, subject to the approval of the Trustees, may be applied differently to each class of shares in accordance with current regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Internal Revenue Service. Shareholders of a class that bears distribution and service expenses under terms of a distribution plan have exclusive voting rights as to that distribution plan.
NOTE 2—SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
      The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Trust in the preparation of its financial statements. The preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.
Security Valuation
      Equity securities (except securities listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation (“NASDAQ”) system and United Kingdom securities) are valued at the last sale price on a national exchange or system on which they are principally traded on the valuation date. Securities listed on NASDAQ system or a United Kingdom exchange are valued at the official closing price of those securities. In the case of securities for which there were no sales on the valuation day, securities traded principally: (i) on a U.S. exchange, including NASDAQ, will be valued at the mean between the closing bid and asked price; (ii) on a foreign exchange, including United Kingdom securities, will be valued at the official bid price determined as of the close of the primary exchange.
      Except for Harbor Money Market Fund, debt securities, other than short-term securities with a remaining maturity of less than sixty days, are valued at prices furnished by a pricing service selected by Harbor Capital Advisors, Inc. (the “Adviser”). The pricing service determines valuations for institutional-size trading units of such debt securities using market information, transactions for comparable securities and various relationships between securities which are generally recognized by institutional traders. Short-term securities with a remaining maturity of less than sixty days are stated at amortized cost which approximates value.
      When reliable market quotations are not readily available or when market quotations do not accurately reflect fair value, securities are priced at their fair value, calculated according to procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees, which may include utilizing an independent pricing service. A Fund may use fair-value pricing if the value of some or all of the Fund’s securities have been materially affected by events occurring before the Fund’s pricing time but after the close of the primary markets or exchanges on which the security is traded. This most commonly occurs with foreign securities, but may occur with other securities as well. When fair-value pricing is employed, the prices of securities used by a Fund to calculate its net asset value may differ from market quotations or official closing prices for the same securities which means the Fund may value those securities higher or lower than another fund that uses market quotations or official closing prices.
      For the Funds which invest primarily in international equity securities, the fair value pricing procedures recognize that volatility in the U.S. equity markets may cause prices of foreign securities determined at the close of the foreign market or exchange on which the securities are traded to no longer be reliable when the Funds’ net asset values are determined. As a result, many of the international Funds’ foreign equity securities may be valued at their fair value in accordance with the fair value pricing procedures on any given day in an accounting period.
      Securities of Harbor Money Market Fund are valued utilizing the amortized cost method as set forth in Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the Fund’s Rule 2a-7 procedures.

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Harbor Fund
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—Continued
 
(Currency in Thousands)
NOTE 2—SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES—Continued
Futures Contracts
      To seek to increase total return or hedge against changes in interest rates, securities prices or currency exchange rates, each Fund (except Harbor Money Market Fund) may purchase and sell various kinds of futures contracts, and purchase and write call and put options on these futures contracts. Harbor Large Cap Value Fund and Harbor High-Yield Bond Fund are not authorized to enter into currency futures contracts and options on such contracts. Harbor International Fund and Harbor International Growth Fund are not authorized to enter into futures contracts on currencies or engage in options transactions with respect to futures contracts for speculative purposes. Futures contracts tend to increase or decrease the Fund’s exposure to the underlying instrument or hedge other Fund investments. Losses may arise from changes in the value of the underlying instruments, if there is an illiquid secondary market for the contracts or if the counterparties do not perform under the contracts’ terms. The maximum potential loss on a long futures contract is the U.S. dollar value of the notional amount at the time the contract is opened. The potential loss on a short futures contract is unlimited. Open futures contracts are valued based on the official daily closing price of futures contracts set by the exchange for the purpose of settling margin accounts, which is referred to as the settlement price. See Portfolio of Investments for open futures contracts held as of April 30, 2006.
      A futures contract is an agreement between two parties to buy and sell a security at a set price on a future date. Upon entering into such a contract, a Fund is required to pledge to the broker an amount of cash, U.S. government securities or other liquid securities equal to the minimum “initial margin” requirements of the exchange. Pursuant to the contract, the Fund agrees to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in value of the contract. Such receipts or payments are known as “variation margin,” and are recorded by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses. When the contract is closed or expired, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.
Options
      Consistent with its investment policies, each Fund (excluding Harbor Money Market Fund) may use options contracts to manage its exposure to the stock and bond markets and to fluctuations in interest rates and currency values. Harbor Large Cap Value Fund and Harbor High-Yield Bond Fund are not authorized to engage in options transactions on currencies. Harbor International Fund and Harbor International Growth Fund are not authorized to engage in options transactions on currencies for speculative purposes. Harbor Bond Fund, Harbor Real Return Fund, and Harbor Short Duration Fund may use options on currencies for cross-hedging purposes. Call options tend to decrease a Fund’s exposure to the underlying instrument. Put options tend to increase a Fund’s exposure to the underlying instrument.
      When a Fund purchases an option, the premium paid by the Fund is included in the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an investment and subsequently marked-to-market to reflect the option’s current market value. Purchased options on equity securities are valued at the last sale price on the market on which they are principally traded. Purchased options on futures contracts are valued based on the settlement price for the underlying futures contract. If the purchased option expires, the Fund realizes a loss in the amount of the premium. If the Fund enters into a closing sale transaction, it realizes a gain or loss, depending on whether the proceeds from the sale are greater or less than the cost of the option. If the Fund exercises a call option, the cost of the securities acquired by exercising the call is increased by the premium paid to buy the call. If the Fund exercises a put option, it realizes a gain or loss from the sale of the underlying security and the proceeds from such sale are decreased by the premium originally paid. The risk associated with purchasing options is limited to the premium originally paid.
      When a Fund writes an option, the premium received by the Fund is presented in the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset and an equivalent liability. The amount of the liability is subsequently marked-to-market to reflect the current market value of the option written. Written options on equity securities are valued at the last sale price or, in the absence of a sale, the last offering price on the market on which they are principally traded. Written options on futures contracts are valued based on the settlement price for the underlying futures contract. If an option expires on its stipulated expiration date, or if the Fund enters into a closing purchase transaction, the Fund realizes a gain (or loss if the cost of a closing purchase transaction exceeds the premium received when the option was written) without regard to any unrealized gain or loss on the underlying security, and the liability related to such option is extinguished. If a written call option is exercised, the Fund realizes a gain or loss from the sale of the underlying security and the proceeds of the sale are increased by the premium originally received. If a written put option is exercised, the amount of the premium originally received reduces the cost of the security which the Fund purchases upon exercise of the option.

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Harbor Fund
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—Continued
 
(Currency in Thousands)
NOTE 2—SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES—Continued
      The risk in writing a call option is that the Fund relinquishes the opportunity to profit if the market price of the underlying security increases and the option is exercised. In writing a put option, the Fund assumes the risk of incurring a loss if the market price of the underlying security decreases and the option is exercised. In addition, there is a risk the Fund may not be able to enter into a closing transaction because of an illiquid secondary market, or if the counterparties do not perform under the contracts’ terms. See Note 3 for transactions in written options as of April 30, 2006.
Swap Agreements
      To the extent permitted under their respective investment policies, Harbor Bond Fund, Harbor Real Return Fund and Harbor Short Duration Fund may invest in swap agreements which involve the exchange of cash payments based on the specified terms and conditions of such agreements. A swap is a privately negotiated agreement between two parties to exchange cash flows at specified intervals (payment dates) during the agreed-upon life of the contract. The value of each swap is determined by the counterparty to the swap agreement using a methodology which discounts the expected future cash receipts or disbursements related to the swap. The Funds may also enter into interest rate swap agreements which involve the exchange by the Fund with another party of their respective commitments to pay or receive interest, (e.g., an exchange of floating rate payments for fixed rate payments with respect to a notional amount of principal). Interest rate swaps are marked-to-market daily. Net market value is reported as an asset or a liability in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The cash paid or received on a swap is recognized as realized gains or losses when such a payment is paid or received.
      Harbor High-Yield Bond Fund, Harbor Bond Fund, Harbor Real Return Fund and Harbor Short Duration Fund may enter into credit default swap agreements. The “buyer” in a credit default contract is obligated to pay the “seller” a periodic stream of payments over the term of the contract provided that no event of default on an underlying reference obligation has occurred. If an event of default occurs, the seller must pay the buyer the full notional value, or “par value,” of the reference obligation in exchange for the reference obligation. A Fund may be either the buyer or seller in a credit default swap transaction. If a Fund is a buyer and no event of default occurs, the Fund will lose its investment and recover nothing. However, if an event of default occurs, the Fund (if the buyer) will receive the full notional value of the reference obligation that may have little or no value. As a seller, a Fund receives a fixed rate of income throughout the term of the contract, which typically is between six months and three years, provided that there is no default event. If an event of default occurs, the seller must pay the buyer the full notional value of the reference obligation. The maximum exposure to loss of the notional value of credit default swaps outstanding at April 30, 2006 for the Harbor Bond Fund is $21,800. Credit default swap transactions involve greater risks than if a Fund had invested in the reference obligation directly. Credit default contracts outstanding at the period end, if any, are listed after the Fund’s portfolio. The cash paid or received on a credit default swap is recognized as realized gains or losses when such a payment is paid or received. Swaps are marked-to-market daily based upon quotations from market makers and the change in value, if any, is recorded as unrealized gain or loss in the Statement of Operations.
      Entering into swap agreements involves, to varying degrees, elements of credit risk, market risk, and interest rate risk in excess of the amount recognized in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Such risks involve the possibility that there is not a liquid market for these agreements, that the counterparty to the agreements may default on its obligation to perform and that there may be unfavorable changes in market conditions or interest rates.
Inflation-Indexed Bonds
      Harbor Real Return Fund invests primarily in inflation-indexed bonds. Harbor Bond Fund and Harbor Short Duration Fund may also invest in inflation-indexed bonds. Inflation-indexed bonds are fixed-income securities whose principal value is periodically adjusted based on the rate of inflation. The interest rate on these bonds is generally fixed at issuance at a rate lower than typical bonds. Over the life of an inflation-indexed bond, however, interest will be paid based on a principal value, which is adjusted for inflation. Any increase in the principal amount of an inflation-indexed bond will be included as interest income, even though investors do not receive their principal until maturity.
TBA/When-Issued Purchase Commitments
      Each Fund may enter into TBA (to be announced) and when-issued purchase commitments to purchase securities for a fixed unit price at a future date beyond customary settlement time. Although the unit price for a TBA has been established, the principal value has not been finalized. However, the amount of the commitment will not fluctuate more than 2.0% from the principal amount. The price of a when-issued security and the date when the security will be delivered and paid for are fixed at the time the transaction is negotiated.

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Harbor Fund
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—Continued
 
(Currency in Thousands)
NOTE 2—SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES—Continued
      The Fund holds, and maintains until the settlement date, cash or liquid securities in an amount sufficient to meet the purchase price. TBA and when-issued purchase commitments may be considered securities in themselves and involve a risk of loss if the value of the security to be purchased declines prior to the settlement date, which risk is in addition to the risk of decline in the value of the Fund’s other assets. Risks may also arise upon entering into these contracts from the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts. Unsettled TBA and when-issued purchase commitments are valued at the current market value of the underlying securities, generally according to the procedures described under “Security Valuation” above.
      Although the Fund will generally enter into TBA and when-issued purchase commitments with the intention of acquiring securities for its portfolio, a Fund may dispose of a commitment prior to settlement if the Fund’s subadviser deems it appropriate to do so.
TBA Sale Commitments
      Each Fund may enter into TBA sale commitments to hedge portfolio positions or to sell mortgage-backed securities owned under delayed delivery arrangements. Proceeds of TBA sale commitments are not received until the contractual settlement date.
      Unsettled TBA sale commitments are valued at the current market value of the underlying securities, generally according to the procedures described under “Security Valuation” above. The contract is marked-to-market daily and the change in market value is recorded by the Fund as an unrealized gain or loss. If the TBA sale commitment is closed through the acquisition of an offsetting purchase commitment, the Fund realizes a gain or loss on the commitment without regard to any unrealized gain or loss on the underlying security. If the Fund delivers securities under the commitment, the Fund realizes a gain or loss from the sale of the securities based upon the unit price established at the date on which the commitment was entered.
Short Sales
      Each Fund, except Harbor International Fund, Harbor International Growth Fund and Harbor Money Market Fund, may engage in short-selling which obligates the Fund to replace the security borrowed by purchasing it at the market price at the time of replacement. Until the security is replaced, the Fund is required to pay to the lender any accrued interest or dividends, and may be required to pay a premium. The Fund would realize a gain if the security declines in price between the date of the short sale and the date on which the Fund replaces the borrowed security. The Fund would incur a loss as a result of the short sale if the price of the security increases between those dates. Until the Fund replaces the borrowed security, it will maintain in a segregated account or set aside in the Fund’s records cash or liquid securities sufficient to cover its short position. Short sales involve the risk of an unlimited increase in the market price of a security.
Foreign Forward Currency Contracts
      Consistent with its investment policies, each Fund, except Harbor High-Yield Bond Fund and Harbor Money Market Fund, may enter into foreign forward currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign securities or as a hedge against either specific transactions or portfolio positions. A foreign forward currency contract is an agreement between two parties to buy and sell currencies at a set price on a future date. The U.S. dollar value of the contracts is determined using forward currency exchange rates supplied by a pricing service selected by the Adviser. The contract is marked-to-market daily and the change in market value is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. When the contract is closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value on the open and close date. Losses may arise from changes in the value of the foreign currency, or if the counterparties do not perform under the contract’s terms. The maximum potential loss from such contracts is the aggregate face value in U.S. dollars at the time the contract was opened; however, management of the Fund believes the likelihood of such loss is remote.
Foreign Currency Translations
      The accounting records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. Investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in a foreign currency are translated into U.S. dollars based on the current exchange rates at period end. Purchases and sales of securities are translated into U.S. dollars at the current exchange rate on the respective dates of the transaction. Income and withholding taxes are translated at the prevailing exchange rate when accrued or incurred.
      Reported net realized gains and losses on foreign currency transactions represent net gains and losses from sales and maturities of foreign forward currency contracts, disposition of foreign currencies, currency gains and losses realized between the trade and settlement

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(Currency in Thousands)
NOTE 2—SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES—Continued
dates on securities transactions, and the difference between the amount of investment income accrued and tax reclaims receivable and the U.S. dollar amount actually received. The effects of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on investments in securities are not isolated in the Statement of Operations from the effects of changes in market prices of these securities. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments.
Repurchase Agreements
      Each Fund may enter into repurchase agreements with certain banks and broker dealers whereby the Fund acquires a security for cash and obtains a simultaneous commitment from the seller to repurchase the security at an agreed upon price and date. The Trust’s custodian takes possession through the federal book-entry system of securities collateralizing repurchase agreements. The value of the underlying assets at the time of purchase is required to be at least equal to the repurchase price to protect the Fund in the event of default by the seller.
Borrowings
      Harbor Short Duration Fund may enter into reverse repurchase agreements with third party broker-dealers. The Fund may use reverse repurchase agreements to borrow short term funds. Interest on the value of reverse repurchase agreements issued and outstanding is based upon competitive market rates at the time of issuance. At the time the Fund enters into a reverse repurchase agreement, it establishes and maintains a segregated account with the lender containing liquid high-grade securities having a value not less than the repurchase price, including accrued interest, of the reverse repurchase agreement. Reverse repurchase agreements involve the risk that the market value of the securities sold by a Fund may decline below the repurchase price of the securities and, if the proceeds from the reverse repurchase agreement are invested in securities, that the market value of securities bought may decline below the repurchase price of securities sold. Activity in reverse repurchase agreements by the Harbor Short Duration Fund for the period ended April 30, 2006 is as follows:
                                         
            Maximum   Average Daily   Average Interest
    Balance at End   Average   Amount Outstanding   Amount Outstanding   Rate During
Category of Aggregate Short-Term Borrowings   of Period   Interest Rate   During the Period   During the Period   the Period
                     
Reverse repurchase agreements with maturity dates of 05/01/2006
  $ 0       N/A     $ 9,011     $ 308       4.49%  
      Average debt outstanding and average interest rate during the period is calculated based on calendar days.
Securities Transactions
      Securities transactions are accounted for on the trade date (the date the order to buy or sell is executed). Realized gains or losses on security transactions are determined on the basis of identified cost for both federal income tax and financial reporting purposes.
Investment Income
      Dividends declared are accrued on the ex-dividend date. For Harbor International Fund and Harbor International Growth Fund, certain dividends are recorded after the ex-dividend date, but as soon as the Fund is notified of such dividends. Interest income is accrued daily as earned. Discounts and premiums on fixed income securities purchased are amortized over the life of the respective securities using the effective yield method.
Distribution to Shareholders
      Distributions are recorded on the ex-dividend date.
Expenses and Class Allocations
      Expenses incurred by the Trust with respect to any two or more Funds are allocated in proportion to the average net assets or the number of shareholders of each Fund, except where allocations of direct expense to each Fund can be otherwise fairly made.
      Income, common expenses and realized and unrealized gains/(losses) are determined at the Fund level and allocated daily to each class of shares based on the appropriate net assets of the respective classes. Distribution and service fees, if any, and transfer agent fees are calculated daily at the class level based on the appropriate net assets of each class and the specific expense rate(s) applicable to each class.

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(Currency in Thousands)
NOTE 2—SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES—Continued
Federal Taxes
      Each Fund is treated as a separate entity for federal tax purposes. Each Fund’s policy is to meet the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute to its shareholders all of its taxable income within the prescribed time. It is also the intention of each Fund to distribute an amount sufficient to avoid imposition of any excise tax under Section 4982 of the Internal Revenue Code. Therefore, no provision has been made for federal taxes on income, capital gains or unrealized appreciation of securities held or excise tax on income and capital gains.
NOTE 3—INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS
      Purchases and sales of investments, other than short-term securities, for each Fund for the six-month period ended April 30, 2006 are as follows:
                                   
    Purchases   Sales
         
    U.S.       U.S.    
    Government   Other   Government   Other
                 
HARBOR DOMESTIC EQUITY FUNDS
                               
 
Harbor Capital Appreciation Fund
  $     $ 3,642,970     $     $ 2,788,402  
 
Harbor Mid Cap Growth Fund
          105,279             58,634  
 
Harbor Small Cap Growth Fund
          213,359             261,030  
 
Harbor Small Company Growth Fund
          5,306             478  
 
Harbor Large Cap Value Fund
          179,619             42,825  
 
Harbor Mid Cap Value Fund
          5,326             2,394  
 
Harbor Small Cap Value Fund
          505,607             277,578  
HARBOR INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUNDS
                               
 
Harbor International Fund
          1,838,783             685,904  
 
Harbor International Growth Fund
          140,891             106,045  
HARBOR FIXED INCOME FUNDS
                               
 
Harbor High-Yield Bond Fund
          11,728             15,818  
 
Harbor Bond Fund
    2,833,719       658,389       2,905,888       412,380  
 
Harbor Real Return Fund
    24,690       1,068       14,067        
 
Harbor Short Duration Fund
    27,525       16,861       16,058       17,957  
      The Funds may be subject to taxes imposed by countries in which it invests. Such taxes are generally based on income and/or capital gains earned or repatriated. Taxes are accrued and applied to net investment income, net realized gains and unrealized appreciation as such income and/or gains are earned.
Securities Lending
      Certain Funds may engage in securities lending. The loans are secured by collateral which is at least equal to the market value of the loaned securities. During the term of the loan, the Fund will continue to receive any interest, dividends or amounts equivalent thereto, on the loaned securities while receiving a fee from the borrower or earning interest on the investment of the cash collateral. Securities lending income is disclosed as such in the Statements of Operations. The collateral for securities on loan is recognized in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. The cash collateral is maintained on each Fund’s behalf by the lending agent and is invested in the State Street Navigator Securities Lending Prime Portfolio. Loans are subject to termination at the option of the borrower or the Fund. Upon termination of the loan, the borrower will return to the lender securities identical to the loaned securities. The Fund may pay reasonable finders’, administrative and custodial fees in connection with a loan of its securities and may share the interest earned on the collateral with the borrower. The Fund bears the risk of delay in recovery of, or even loss of rights in, the securities loaned should the borrower of the

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(Currency in Thousands)
NOTE 3—INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS—Continued
securities fail financially. The market value of securities loaned, and related collateral for securities on loan, at April 30, 2006, by Fund, are as follows:
                 
    Market Value of   Collateral for
Fund   Securities on Loan   Securities on Loan
         
Harbor Capital Appreciation Fund
  $ 211,334     $ 214,053  
Harbor Mid Cap Growth Fund
    30,173       30,914  
Harbor Large Cap Value Fund
    68,893       70,172  
Harbor Mid Cap Value Fund
    4,126       4,220  
Harbor Small Cap Value Fund
    589,058       597,139  
Written Options
      Transactions in written options for the six-month period ended April 30, 2006 are summarized as follows:
                                   
    Options Written   Options Written
         
    Eurodollar Futures   U.S. Treasury Futures
         
    Number of   Aggregate   Number of   Aggregate
    Contracts   Face Value   Contracts   Face Value
                 
Harbor Bond Fund
                               
 
Options outstanding at beginning of period
    814     E$ 2,035       2,513     $ 2,513  
 
Options opened
    1,646       4,115       3,484       3,484  
 
Options closed
                (4,568 )     (4,568 )
                                 
 
Open at 04/30/2006
    2,460     E$ 6,150       1,429     $ 1,429  
                                 
                                 
    Options Written   Options Written
         
    Japanese Yen Futures   Pound Sterling Futures
         
    Number of   Aggregate   Number of   Aggregate
    Contracts   Face Value   Contracts   Face Value
                 
Options outstanding at beginning of period
    3     ¥ 3,000       38,200,000       £38,200  
Options opened
                       
Options closed/expired
    (3 )     (3,000 )            
                                 
Open at 04/30/2006
        ¥       38,200,000       £38,200  
                                 
                                 
    Options Written   Options Written
         
    Swap Options - U.S.   Swap Options - Japanese Yen
         
    Number of   Aggregate   Number of   Aggregate
    Contracts   Face Value   Contracts   Face Value
                 
Options outstanding at beginning of period
    96,100,000     $ 44,386       1,500,000,000       ¥15,000  
Options opened
    102,600,000       91,710       10,300,000       10,300  
Options closed/expired
    (27,600,000 )     (27,600 )     (1,500,000,000 )     (15,000 )
                                 
Open at 04/30/2006
    1,711,100,000     $ 108,496       10,300,000       ¥10,300  
                                 
 
E$ Eurodollar.
 
¥ Japanese Yen.
 
£ Pound Sterling.
NOTE 4—FEES AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES
Investment Adviser
      Harbor Capital Advisors, Inc. (“Harbor Capital”) is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Robeco Groep, N.V. (“Robeco”). Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boevenleenbank B.A. (“Rabobank Nederland”) owns 100% of the shares of Robeco. Harbor Capital is

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(Currency in Thousands)
NOTE 4—FEES AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES—Continued
the Trust’s investment adviser and is also responsible for administrative and other services. Separate advisory agreements for each Fund were in effect during the six-month period ended April 30, 2006. The agreements provide for fees based on an annual percentage rate of average daily net assets as follows:
                       
        Voluntary    
    Contractual Rate   Waiver   Actual Rate
             
HARBOR DOMESTIC EQUITY FUNDS
                   
 
Harbor Capital Appreciation Fund
  0.60%     %     0.60 %
 
Harbor Mid Cap Growth Fund
  0.75     0.04       0.71  
 
Harbor Small Cap Growth Fund
  0.75           0.75  
 
Harbor Small Company Growth Fund
  0.75           0.75  
 
Harbor Large Cap Value Fund
  0.60           0.60  
 
Harbor Mid Cap Value Fund
  0.75     0.31       0.44  
 
Harbor Small Cap Value Fund
  0.75           0.75  
HARBOR INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUNDS
                   
 
Harbor International Fund
  0.75%/0.65%*     %     0.74 %
 
Harbor International Growth Fund
  0.75           0.75  
HARBOR FIXED INCOME FUNDS
                   
 
Harbor High-Yield Bond Fund
  0.60%     0.13 %     0.47 %
 
Harbor Bond Fund
  0.50     0.02       0.48  
 
Harbor Real Return Fund
  0.50     0.02       0.48  
 
Harbor Short Duration Fund
  0.30     0.10       0.20  
 
Harbor Money Market Fund
  0.30     0.12       0.18  
 
* Effective March 1, 2006 the contractual rate is 0.75% on assets up to $12 billion and 0.65% on assets in excess of $12 billion. For the period January 1, 2006 through February 28, 2006 the Adviser voluntarily agreed to a breakpoint of 0.65% on assets in excess of $12 billion.
      Harbor Capital has from time to time voluntarily agreed not to impose a portion of its management fees and to bear a portion of the expenses incurred in the operation of certain Funds in order to limit Fund expenses. Such waivers are reflected on the accompanying Statements of Operations for the respective Funds. Harbor Capital has entered into a contractual expense limitation agreement with Harbor Small Company Growth Fund limiting the total expenses to 0.95%, 1.20%, and 1.38% for the Institutional Class, Retirement Class, and Investor Class, respectively. This contractual expense limitation is effective through February 28, 2007.
Distributor
      HCA Securities, Inc. (“HCA Securities”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Harbor Capital, is the distributor for Harbor Fund shares. Effective November 1, 2002, the Trust adopted distribution plans pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act with respect to each Fund’s Retirement Class shares and Investor Class shares (collectively the “12b-1 Plans”). Each Fund, pursuant to the 12b-1 Plans, pays HCA Securities compensation at the annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net assets of Retirement Class shares and of the Investor Class shares. The 12b-1 Plans compensate HCA Securities for the purpose of financing any activity which is primarily intended to result in the sale of Retirement and Investor Class shares of the Funds or for servicing of shareholder accounts in the Retirement and Investor Class shares of the Fund. Such activities include, but are not limited to: printing of prospectuses and statements of additional information and reports for prospective shareholders (i.e., other than existing shareholders); preparation and distribution of advertising material and sales literature; expenses of organizing and conducting sales seminars; supplemental payments to dealers or other institutions such as asset-based sales charges or as payments of service fees under shareholder service arrangements; and costs of administering each 12b-1 Plan.
      Amounts payable by a Fund under the 12b-1 Plans need not be directly related to the expenses actually incurred by HCA Securities on behalf of each Fund. The 12b-1 Plans do not obligate the Funds to reimburse HCA Securities for the actual expenses HCA Securities may incur in fulfilling its obligations under the 12b-1 Plans. Thus, even if HCA Securities’ actual expenses exceed the fee payable to HCA Securities at any given time, the Funds will not be obligated to pay more than that fee. If HCA Securities’ expenses are less than the fee it receives, HCA Securities will retain the full amount of the fee.
      The fees allocated to each Fund’s respective class are shown on the accompanying Statement of Operations.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—Continued
 
(Currency in Thousands)
NOTE 4—FEES AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES—Continued
Shareholders
      On April 30, 2006, Harbor Capital, HCA Securities and Harbor Services Group, Inc. held the following shares of beneficial interest in the Funds:
           
    Harbor Capital,
    HCA Securities and
    Harbor Services
    Group, Inc.
     
HARBOR DOMESTIC EQUITY FUNDS
       
 
Harbor Capital Appreciation Fund
    16  
 
Harbor Mid Cap Growth Fund
    100,817  
 
Harbor Small Cap Growth Fund
    19  
 
Harbor Small Company Growth Fund
    300,020  
 
Harbor Large Cap Value Fund
    13  
 
Harbor Mid Cap Value Fund
    226,010  
 
Harbor Small Cap Value Fund
    11  
HARBOR INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUNDS
       
 
Harbor International Fund
    10  
 
Harbor International Growth Fund
    23  
HARBOR FIXED INCOME FUNDS
       
 
Harbor High-Yield Bond Fund
    11,717  
 
Harbor Bond Fund
    98,924  
 
Harbor Real Return Fund
    302,105  
 
Harbor Short Duration Fund
    51,620  
 
Harbor Money Market Fund
    30,084,805  
Transfer Agent
      Harbor Services Group, Inc. (f.k.a. Harbor Transfer, Inc.), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Harbor Capital, is the shareholder servicing agent for the Funds. Fees incurred for these transfer agent services are shown on each Fund’s Statement of Operations.
Independent Trustees
      The fees and expenses of the Independent Trustees allocated to each Fund are shown on each Fund’s Statement of Operations. The Independent Trustees’ remuneration for all Funds aggregated $158 for the six-month period ended April 30, 2006.
Custodian
      Payments to the custodian have been reduced by credit balance arrangements applied to each portfolio. Such reductions are reflected on each Fund’s Statement of Operations for the six-month period ended April 30, 2006. If the Funds had not entered into such arrangements, the Funds could have invested a portion of the assets utilized in connection with credit balance arrangements, if any, in an income-producing asset.
Redemption Fee
      A 2.00% redemption fee is charged on shares of the Harbor International Fund and Harbor International Growth Fund that are redeemed within 60 days from their date of purchase. A 1.00% redemption fee is charged on shares of the Harbor High-Yield Bond Fund that are redeemed within nine months from their date of purchase. All redemption fees are recorded by the Funds as paid-in capital. For the six-month period ended April 30, 2006 the redemption fee proceeds are as follows:
         
Fund   Amount
     
Harbor International Fund
  $ 130  
Harbor International Growth Fund
    12  
Harbor High-Yield Bond Fund
    1  

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—Continued
 
(Currency in Thousands)
NOTE 5—TAX INFORMATION
      The identified cost, for tax purposes, of investments owned by each Fund (including earned discount on corporate short-term notes and commercial paper) and their respective gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation at April 30, 2006 are as follows:
                                   
        Gross Unrealized   Net Unrealized
            Appreciation/
    Identified Cost   Appreciation   (Depreciation)   (Depreciation)
                 
HARBOR DOMESTIC EQUITY FUNDS
                               
 
Harbor Capital Appreciation Fund
  $ 7,452,593     $ 1,767,144     $ (102,444 )   $ 1,664,700  
 
Harbor Mid Cap Growth Fund
    137,884       13,270       (2,028 )     11,242  
 
Harbor Small Cap Growth Fund
    620,358       218,602       (12,227 )     206,375  
 
Harbor Small Company Growth Fund
    5,396       444       (120 )     324  
 
Harbor Large Cap Value Fund
    843,406       127,839       (7,916 )     119,923  
 
Harbor Mid Cap Value Fund
    23,696       3,646       (560 )     3,086  
 
Harbor Small Cap Value Fund
    2,513,050       494,069       (57,130 )     436,939  
HARBOR INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND
                               
 
Harbor International Fund
    8,123,555       7,137,599       (6,780 )     7,130,819  
 
Harbor International Growth Fund
    196,561       51,613       (815 )     50,798  
HARBOR FIXED INCOME FUND
                               
 
Harbor High-Yield Bond Fund
    30,057       854       (192 )     662  
 
Harbor Bond Fund
    2,397,263       21,306       (35,416 )     (14,110 )
 
Harbor Real Return Fund
    12,020       52       (93 )     (41 )
 
Harbor Short Duration Fund
    59,436       112       (338 )     (226 )

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (Unaudited)
 
PROXY VOTING
      The Funds have adopted Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures under which the Funds vote proxies relating to securities held by the Funds. A description of the Funds’ Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund toll-free at 1-800-422-1050, (ii) on the Funds’ web site at www.harborfund.com, and (iii) on the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov. In addition, the Funds file Form N-PX, with its complete proxy voting record for the 12 months ended June 30th, no later than August 31st of each year. The Funds’ Form N-PX filing is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling the Funds toll-free at 1-800-422-1050, and (ii) on the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov.
QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO DISCLOSURES
      The Funds each file a complete portfolio of investments with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Funds’ Form N-Q is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund toll-free at 1-800-422-1050, (ii) on the Funds’ web site at www.harborfund.com, and (iii) on the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov. The form may also be viewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information regarding the operations of the Public Reference Room may also be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.
FACTORS CONSIDERED BY THE TRUSTEES IN APPROVING THE INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENTS AND SUBADVISORY AGREEMENTS OF CERTAIN FUNDS
      The Investment Company Act of 1940 requires that the Investment Advisory and Subadvisory Agreement of each Fund be approved initially, and following an initial two-year term, at least annually, by Harbor Fund’s Board of Trustees, including a majority of the Independent Trustees voting separately.
      At an in-person meeting held on November 20 and 21, 2005, the Board of Trustees considered and approved for the first time an Investment Advisory Agreement with Harbor Capital Advisors, Inc. (the “Adviser”) and a Subadvisory Agreement with NorthPointe Capital, LLC (“NorthPointe Capital”) on behalf of Harbor Small Company Growth Fund, a new series of Harbor Fund. At an in-person meeting held on February 12, 13 and 14, 2006, the Board of Trustees considered and approved the continuation of each Investment Advisory and Subadvisory Agreement with respect to the Harbor Capital Appreciation Fund, Harbor Small Cap Growth Fund, Harbor Small Cap Value Fund, Harbor International Fund, Harbor High-Yield Bond Fund and Harbor Bond Fund.1
      In evaluating the Investment Advisory and Subadvisory Agreements, the Trustees reviewed materials furnished by the Adviser and the subadviser to each Fund (each existing subadviser, or in the case of Harbor Small Company Growth Fund, the proposed subadviser, a “Subadviser”), including information about their respective affiliates, personnel, and operations and relied upon their knowledge of the Adviser resulting from their quarterly meetings, periodic telephonic meetings and other communications throughout the year. At the November 20-21, 2005 and February 12-14, 2006 meetings, which had been called for the purpose of considering approval of the Investment Advisory and Subadvisory Agreements and at other meetings during the course of the year, the Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, requested and received materials and presentations relating to Fund performance and the services rendered by the Adviser and each Subadviser. The Trustees also discussed with representatives of the Adviser, at that meeting and at others during the course of the year, Harbor Fund’s operations and the Adviser’s ability, consistent with the “manager of managers” structure of Harbor Fund, to (i) identify and recommend to the Trustees a subadviser for each Harbor fund, (ii) monitor and oversee the performance and investment capabilities of each subadviser, and (iii) recommend the replacement of a subadviser where appropriate.
      At their November 20-21, 2005 meeting, the Trustees, including all of the Independent Trustees voting separately, determined that with respect to Harbor Small Company Growth Fund the terms of the proposed new Investment Advisory Agreement and Subadvisory Agreement were fair and reasonable and approved the agreements for an initial two-year period as being in the best interest of Harbor Small Company Growth Fund and its shareholders. At their February 12-14, 2006 meeting, the Trustees, including all of the Independent Trustees voting separately, determined that the terms of each Investment Advisory and Subadvisory Agreement with respect to the Harbor Capital Appreciation Fund, Harbor Small Cap Growth Fund, Harbor Small Cap Value Fund, Harbor International Fund, Harbor High-Yield Bond Fund and Harbor Bond Fund were fair and reasonable and approved the continuation for a one-year period of each such Investment Advisory and Subadvisory Agreement as being in the best interests of the respective Fund and its shareholders.
      In their deliberations, the Independent Trustees had the opportunity to meet privately without representatives of the Adviser or any Subadviser present and were represented throughout the process by legal counsel to the Independent Trustees and the Funds.
 
A discussion of the Board of Trustees’ most recent deliberations concerning the Investment Advisory and Subadvisory Agreements of the other Harbor Funds covered by this report (which occurred at meetings held in August of 2005) is contained in Harbor Fund’s annual report to shareholders dated October 31, 2005.

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      In considering the approval of each Fund’s Investment Advisory and Subadvisory Agreement, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, evaluated a number of factors relevant to their determination. They did not identify any single factor as all-important or controlling, and individual Trustees did not necessarily attribute the same weight or importance to each factor.
      Among the factors considered by the Trustees in approving the Advisory Agreements were the following:
  •  the nature, extent, and quality of the services provided by the Adviser (or with respect to Harbor Small Company Growth Fund, the services proposed to be provided), including the background, education, expertise and experience of the investment professionals of the Adviser;
 
  •  the investment performance of each Fund as compared to certain relevant securities indices, and in the case of Harbor Small Company Growth Fund, certain historical composite performance results of NorthPointe Capital in the same strategy, adjusted to reflect the proposed fund’s Institutional Class expense ratio as compared to the Russell 2000® Growth Index;
 
  •  the fees charged by the Adviser for investment advisory services (or with respect to Harbor Small Company Growth Fund, the fees proposed to be charged under the new Investment Advisory Agreement), including in each case specifically the portion of the fee to be retained by the Adviser, after payment of the Subadviser’s fee, for the subadviser oversight, administration and “manager of managers” services the Adviser would provide;
 
  •  information contained in materials provided by the Adviser and compiled by Lipper, Inc. (“Lipper”) as to the investment returns, advisory fees and total expense ratios of the Institutional Class of each Fund relative to those of other investment companies with similar objectives and strategies managed by other investment advisers, consisting of both a peer group of funds as well as a broader universe of funds compiled by Lipper (in the case of Harbor Small Company Growth Fund, the investment return data consisted of net hypothetical returns of NorthPointe Capital’s historical composite record in the same strategy, adjusted to reflect the proposed fund’s Institutional Class expense ratio, compiled by the Adviser as opposed to Lipper);
 
  •  information contained in materials regarding the total expense ratios of the Retirement and Investor Classes of each Fund offering such classes, including information obtained from Morningstar Inc. (“Morningstar”) regarding the total expense ratios of the Retirement Class relative to the Morningstar peer group of similar investment companies and other information regarding the total expense ratios of the Investor Class relative to a peer group of investment companies offered through similar intermediary channels;
 
  •  the compensation received (or to be received) by Harbor Services Group, Inc. (“Harbor Services Group”), the Funds’ transfer agent, and HCA Securities, Inc. (“HCA Securities”), the Funds’ principal underwriter, in consideration of the services each provides (or will provide) to the Funds, and any other benefits that inure to the Adviser and its affiliates as a result of their relationship with the Funds;
 
  •  the profitability of the Adviser with respect to each Fund (or in the case of the Harbor Small Company Growth Fund, the anticipated profitability of the Adviser with respect to that Fund), including the effects of revenues of Harbor Services Group and HCA Securities on such profitability; and
 
  •  the extent to which economies of scale might be realized as each Fund grows, and the extent to which each Fund’s advisory fee reflects any such economies of scale for the benefit of Fund investors.
      Among the factors considered by the Trustees in approving the Subadvisory Agreements were the following:
  •  the nature, extent, and quality of the services provided by the Subadvisers (or in the case of NorthPointe Capital with respect to Harbor Small Company Growth Fund, the services proposed to be provided), including the background, education, expertise and experience of the investment professionals of each Subadviser who provides investment management services to the Funds;
 
  •  the fees charged by each Subadviser for subadvisory services (or in the case of NorthPointe Capital with respect to Harbor Small Company Growth Fund, the fees proposed to be charged under the new subadvisory agreement), which fees are paid by the Adviser, not by the Funds; and
 
  •  information contained in materials provided by the Adviser and compiled by Lipper comparing the investment performance returns of each Subadviser with those of investment companies with similar objectives and strategies managed by other investment advisers, consisting of peer fund groupings compiled by Lipper (in the case of Harbor Small Company Growth Fund, the investment return data consisted of net hypothetical returns of NorthPointe Capital’s historical composite record in the same strategy, adjusted to reflect the proposed fund’s Institutional Class expense ratio, compiled by the Adviser as opposed to Lipper).

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Nature, Scope and Extent of Services
      The Trustees separately considered the nature, scope and extent of the services provided (or in the case of Harbor Small Company Growth Fund, to be provided) by the Adviser and each Subadviser. In their deliberations as to the approval of each Fund’s Investment Advisory and Subadvisory Agreement, the Trustees were mindful of the fact that, by choosing to invest in a Fund, the shareholders had entrusted the Adviser with the responsibility, subject to the approval of the Trustees, for selecting each Fund’s Subadviser, overseeing and monitoring that Subadviser’s performance and replacing the Subadviser if necessary. The Trustees also considered as relevant to their determination the favorable history, reputation, qualifications and background of the Adviser and each Subadviser, as well as the qualifications of their respective personnel.
      The Adviser’s Services. The Board evaluated the nature, scope and extent of the Adviser’s services in light of the Board’s 19 years of experience with the Adviser, as well as materials provided by the Adviser concerning the financial and other resources devoted by the Adviser to Harbor Fund, including the breadth and depth of experience and expertise of the investment, administrative, legal and compliance professionals dedicated to Harbor Fund operations. The Trustees noted that the Adviser had a favorable record of identifying mutual fund products that proved to be attractive to investors, and selecting subadvisers to manage such funds. The Trustees determined that the Adviser had the expertise and resources to identify, select, oversee and monitor each Subadviser and to operate effectively as the “manager of managers” for the Funds.
      The Trustees specifically considered the Adviser’s history of replacing subadvisers for particular Harbor funds in circumstances in which the Board and the Adviser had determined that a change in subadvisers was in the best interests of a Fund and its shareholders. Specifically, the Trustees noted that since March 2004, the Adviser had recommended and the Trustees had approved a change in subadvisers for three different series of Harbor Fund.
      The Subadvisers’ Services. The Trustees’ consideration of the services provided by the Subadvisers included a review of each Subadviser’s portfolio managers, investment philosophy, style and processes and record of consistency therewith, the volatility of its results, its approach to controlling risk, and the quality and extent of its investment capabilities and resources, including, the nature and extent of research it receives from broker-dealers and other sources. In their deliberations, with respect to the Harbor Capital Appreciation Fund, Harbor Small Cap Growth Fund, Harbor Small Cap Value Fund, Harbor International Fund, Harbor High-Yield Bond Fund and Harbor Bond Fund, the Trustees considered the history of Harbor Fund’s relationship with each Subadviser and Harbor Fund’s experience with each Subadviser in this capacity.
      In the case of Harbor Small Company Growth Fund, the Trustees considered that the Adviser had recommended NorthPointe Capital and that the Adviser had conducted an extensive search for a small cap growth investment adviser which indicated that NorthPointe had the expertise and resources to add value for that Fund’s shareholders. Specifically, the Trustees received a presentation by the Adviser concerning its search and the finalists resulting from that search and the rationale for the Adviser’s recommendation of NorthPointe Capital. The Trustees considered NorthPointe Capital’s breadth and depth of experience with small cap growth portfolios as well as the experience of the proposed portfolio manager prior to his employment at NorthPointe Capital. They also specifically considered that the existing Harbor Small Cap Growth Fund has been closed to new investors for several years and that it would be beneficial to offer shareholders in other Harbor funds the opportunity to access an investment in this asset class.
      The Trustees also considered each Subadviser’s breadth and depth of experience and investment results in managing other accounts similar to the respective Fund. The Trustees received a presentation by investment professionals of each Subadviser who are involved in the management of the respective Fund and a presentation by investment professionals of NorthPointe Capital with respect to the proposed Harbor Small Company Growth Fund. They reviewed information concerning each Subadviser’s historical investment results in managing accounts using similar strategy, including other mutual funds using a substantially identical strategy.
Investment Performance, Advisory Fees and Expense Ratios
      In considering each Fund’s performance, advisory fees and expense ratio, the Trustees requested and received from the Adviser data compiled by Lipper. The Trustees had previously received at a meeting earlier in the year a presentation by a representative of Lipper explaining how information was compiled by Lipper and what each comparison was intended to demonstrate.
      Harbor Small Company Growth Fund. In consideration of Harbor Small Company Growth Fund (inception date February 1, 2006), the Trustees reviewed information concerning NorthPointe Capital’s historical investment results in managing accounts using a similar strategy relative to the returns of the Russell 2000® Growth Index. The Trustees noted that, at the proposed Fund expense ratios, and using NorthPointe’s historical composite performance record in the same strategy, the net hypothetical return of this Fund would have been above the median in relation to its peer group and universe medians for the year-to-date, one-year and three-year periods ended September 30, 2005. The Trustees also considered this hypothetical performance compared to the benchmark, which showed over

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performance for the year-to-date, one-year, and three-year periods then ended. The Trustees also observed that the contractual management fees would be below the peer group median and the Institutional Class actual total expense ratio would be below the peer group median expense ratio. The Trustees considered this information and the information provided in a separate presentation by management and NorthPointe concerning the proposed Harbor Small Company Growth Fund, including a review of NorthPointe’s investment philosophy, style and processes and record of consistency therewith, the volatility of its results, its approach to controlling risk, and the quality and extent of its investment capabilities and resources, including, the nature and extent of research it receives from broker-dealers and other sources. They observed that NorthPointe has an adequate staff of investment professionals committed to its business, including portfolio managers, analysts, traders and legal and compliance personnel.
      Harbor Capital Appreciation Fund. In consideration of Harbor Capital Appreciation Fund (inception date December 29, 1987) the Trustees discussed the Fund’s performance in relation to its relevant peer group and broader universe for the one-, two-, three-, four-, and five-year periods ended December 31, 2005, noting that the Harbor Capital Appreciation Fund had placed in the first and second quintile (first being the best) for its performance group and its performance universe for all such periods. The Trustees also considered the fact that Harbor Capital Appreciation Fund outperformed both the Russell 1000® Growth Index and the Lipper Large-Cap Growth Index for the one-, two-, three-, four-, and five-year periods ended December 31, 2005.
      They observed that the Fund’s contractual management fee and expense ratio comparison at the common asset level of $8.2 billion as of November 30, 2005 showed that the Fund’s fee was approximately equal to the median and the Institutional Class actual total expense ratio was below the universe median, and the lowest of its peers. The Trustees also reviewed comparative expense ratio information for the Retirement and Investor Classes, noting that the expense ratio for the Retirement Class was below the Morningstar average for the Fund’s peer group and that the Investor Class expense ratio was below the average for a peer group of funds offered through similar intermediary channels. Brokerage commissions were below the Lipper median. Portfolio turnover was just below the Lipper median in the third quartile.
      Harbor Small Cap Growth Fund. In consideration of Harbor Small Cap Growth Fund (inception date November 1, 2000), the Trustees discussed the Harbor Small Cap Growth Fund, noting its outperformance in relation to its peers and universe medians for the four- and five-year periods, ranking in the second quintile in the peer group, and in the first or second quintile in its universe for these periods. They also noted its weaker performance in relation to its peers and universe for the one-, two-, and three-year periods ended December 31, 2005. They noted that the Fund was in the second quintile in relation to its peer group for the one-year period, but in the third quintile in its universe for the one- and two-year periods then ended. It was in the fourth quintile in its universe for the three-year period. The Trustees also considered the fact that Harbor Small Cap Growth Fund outperformed the Lipper Small-Cap Growth Index for the one-, two-, three-, four-, and five-year periods ended December 31, 2005, and outperformed the Russell 2000® Growth Index for the one-, four-, and five-year periods ended December 31, 2005. The Trustees stated they would monitor the Fund’s short-term performance to determine whether the underperformance in more recent periods indicated a possible longer-term concern.
      They observed that the Fund’s contractual management fees at a common asset level showed the fees were below median and its Institutional Class actual total expense ratio was below the median expense ratio. The Trustees also reviewed comparative expense ratio information for the Retirement and Investor Classes, noting that the expense ratio for the Retirement Class was below the Morningstar average for the Fund’s peer group and that the Investor Class expense ratio was below the average for a peer group of funds offered through similar intermediary channels. Brokerage commissions and portfolio turnover were both below the Lipper median. In comparison to its peer group of other small cap growth funds as identified by Lipper, the Trustees considered the fact that the Harbor Small Cap Growth Fund outperformed a majority of such funds for the four-and five-year periods ended December 31, 2005. The expense ratio was in the first quintile. The Trustees noted that the Fund had in place a “soft close” and was thus unlikely to grow significantly in size in the near future.
      Harbor Small Cap Value Fund. In consideration of Harbor Small Cap Value Fund (inception date December 1, 2001), the Trustees noted its outperformance in relation to its peers and universe medians for the one-, two-, three-, and four-year periods ended December 31, 2005, ranking in the first or second quintile during these periods. The Trustees also considered the fact that Harbor Small Cap Value Fund outperformed both the Russell 2000® Value Index and the Lipper Small-Cap Value Index for the one-, two-, three-, and four-year periods ended December 31, 2005.
      They observed that the Fund’s contractual management fees at a common asset level showed the fees were slightly above the median and its Institutional Class actual total expense ratio was below the median expense ratio. The Trustees also reviewed comparative expense ratio information for the Retirement and Investor Classes, noting that the expense ratio for the Retirement Class was below the Morningstar average for the Fund’s peer group and that the Investor Class expense ratio was below the average for a peer group of funds offered through similar intermediary channels. Brokerage commissions and portfolio turnover were both below the Lipper median.

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      Harbor International Fund. In consideration of Harbor International Fund (inception date December 29, 1987), the Trustees noted its outperformance in relation to its peer group and universe medians for the one-, two-, three-, four- and five-year periods ended December 31, 2005, ranking in the first quintile (first being the best) during these periods. The Trustees also considered the fact that Harbor International Fund outperformed both the MSCI EAFE® Index and the Lipper International Large-Cap Core Index for the one-, two-, three-, four-, and five- periods ended December 31, 2005. The Trustees also considered the Fund’s longer-term record, noting that the Fund significantly outperformed its current benchmark, the MSCI EAFE® Index, for both the ten-year and since inception periods then ended.
      They observed that the Fund’s contractual management fees at a common asset level showed the fees were approximately equal to the median and its Institutional Class actual total expense ratio was below the median expense ratio. The Trustees also reviewed comparative expense ratio information for the Retirement and Investor Classes, noting that the expense ratio for the Retirement Class was below the Morningstar average for the Fund’s peer group and that the Investor Class expense ratio was below the average for a peer group of funds offered through similar intermediary channels. Brokerage commissions and portfolio turnover were both below the Lipper median.
      Harbor High-Yield Bond Fund. In consideration of Harbor High-Yield Bond Fund (inception date December 1, 2002), the Trustees noted its outperformance in relation to its peers and universe medians for the one-year and two-year periods ended December 31, 2005, and its underperformance to its peers and universe medians for the three-year period ended December 31, 2005. The Fund’s performance was in the second quintile among its peers for the one-year and two-year periods ended December 31, 2005, yet was in the fourth quintile for the three-year period ended December 31, 2005. In addition, the Fund was in the third quintile among its universe for the one-, two-, and three-year periods ended December 31, 2005. The Trustees also considered the fact that Harbor High-Yield Bond Fund underperformed the Lipper High Current Yield Bond Funds Index for the one-, two-, and three-year periods ended December 31, 2005, and also underperformed the Merrill Lynch High-Yield Master II Index for the two-year and three-year periods ended December 31, 2005.
      In evaluating the Fund’s underperformance relative to its indices, the Trustees considered statements by Harbor Capital and subadviser that the subadviser focuses on higher quality high-yield securities in implementing its investment strategy and that the index performance over the period since the inception of the Fund was driven very significantly by the outperformance of lower quality high-yield securities in the index.
      They observed that the Fund’s contractual management fees at a common asset level showed the fees were below the median and its Institutional Class actual total expense ratio was also slightly below the median. The Trustees also reviewed comparative expense ratio information for the Retirement and Investor Classes, noting that the expense ratio for the Retirement Class was above the Morningstar average for the Fund’s peer group and that the Investor Class expense ratio was above the average for a peer group of funds offered through similar intermediary channels. The Trustees noted that Harbor Capital agreed to reduce its management fee by 10 basis points from 70 basis points to 60 basis points for the year ending October 31, 2006. The Fund’s portfolio turnover was below the Lipper median.
      Harbor Bond Fund. In consideration of Harbor Bond Fund (inception date December 29, 1987), the Trustees noted its outperformance in relation to its peers and universe medians for the one-, two-, three-, four- and five-year periods ended December 31, 2005, ranking in the first or second quintiles during these periods. The Trustees also considered the fact that Harbor Bond Fund outperformed both the Lehman Aggregate Bond Index and the Lipper Intermediate Investment Grade Index for the one-, two-, three-, four-, and five-year periods ended December 31, 2005. The Trustees also considered the Fund’s favorable longer-term record, noting that the Fund had outperformed its current benchmark, the Lehman Brothers Aggregate Index, for the ten-year period then ended. The Trustees also reviewed the extent to which Harbor Capital was waiving a portion of its management fee to improve net performance for the Fund’s shareholders, although it was noted that this waiver was voluntary and could be discontinued at any time.
      They observed that the Fund’s contractual management fees at a common asset level showed the fees were equal to the peer group median and its Institutional Class actual total expense ratio was below the median expense ratio. The Trustees also reviewed comparative expense ratio information for the Retirement Class, noting that the expense ratio for the Retirement Class was below the Morningstar average for the Fund’s peer group. The Fund’s portfolio turnover was above the Lipper median.
* * *
      The Trustees also separately considered the allocation between the Adviser and each Subadviser of the relevant Fund’s investment advisory fee (i.e. the amount of the advisory fee retained by the Adviser relative to that paid to the relevant Subadviser as a subadvisory fee). They determined in each case that the allocation was reasonable and the product of arm’s length negotiation between the Adviser and Subadviser.

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Profitability
      The Trustees also considered the Adviser’s profitability in managing each of the Funds as presented by the Adviser, and the allocation methodology used by the Adviser to compute such profitability. The Trustees acknowledged that a reasonable level of profitability was important to provide suitable incentives to the Adviser to continue to attract and maintain high quality personnel and to invest in infrastructure and other resources to support and enhance the Funds’ operations. In considering the Adviser’s profitability generally, the Trustees also reviewed the compensation received by Harbor Services Group and HCA Securities in consideration of the transfer agency and distribution services, respectively, that they provided to Harbor Fund, and any other benefits enjoyed by the Adviser and its affiliates as a result of their relationship with Harbor Fund. The Trustees also noted that the Adviser operated certain Funds at a loss (and, in several cases, reduced or waived a portion of its advisory fee while paying the relevant Subadviser its fee and/or paid or reimbursed fund expenses).
      In the case of the Harbor Small Company Growth Fund, the Trustees were advised by the Adviser that the Adviser would likewise reduce or waive its fee payable by the Harbor Small Company Growth Fund, and would reimburse Fund expenses pursuant to a contractual expense limitation agreement in effect until at least February 28, 2007. The Adviser informed the Trustees that the Adviser therefore expected to incur losses in managing the Harbor Small Company Growth Fund during its initial stage and that the Fund would not likely generate any profit at all for the Adviser until its assets had grown significantly. The Trustees determined that the Adviser’s profitability in managing each other Fund, while positive, was not excessive.
Economies of Scale
      The Trustees also considered the extent to which economies of scale might be realized as each Fund grows, and the extent to which each Fund’s advisory fee level reflects these economies of scale for the benefit of Fund investors. The Trustees specifically considered whether any advisory fee reduction “breakpoints” should be added to the advisory fee payable by any Fund. It was agreed that the issue of economies of scale was most significant in the case of the largest Funds, such as Harbor Capital Appreciation Fund and Harbor International Fund. The Trustees noted that the management fee for the Harbor Capital Appreciation Fund was approximately equal to the median and Harbor International Fund was at the median. The expense ratios of both such Funds were below the median. As noted above, the Trustees concluded that the Adviser’s profitability in each case was not excessive. They concluded that the existing fee structures reflected economies of scale to date and that breakpoints were not required at the present time. The Trustees noted that the Adviser took the initiative to negotiate a reduction in subadvisory fees with Northern Cross Investments Limited (“Northern Cross”), subadviser to Harbor International Fund, and that the Adviser has voluntarily reduced its advisory fee by 10 basis points both to pass through the 5 basis point reduction in fees payable to Northern Cross and reflect an additional 5 basis point reduction out of the Adviser’s revenues, in each case, on assets above the $12 billion breakpoint level. The Trustees intend to monitor each Fund’s asset growth in connection with future determinations as to advisory agreement approvals in each of the Funds to determine whether breakpoints may be appropriate at that time.

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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS
(As of June 2006)
Information pertaining to the Trustees and officers of Harbor is set forth below. The statement of additional information (SAI) includes additional information about the Fund’s Trustees and is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-422-1050 or can be downloaded from our web site at www.harborfund.com. Except as noted, the address of each Trustee and Officer is One SeaGate, Toledo, Ohio 43604-1572.
                 
            Number of    
    Term of       Portfolios in    
    Office and       Fund    
Name (Age)   Length of       Complex   Other Directorships
Position(s) with Fund   Time   Principal Occupation(s)   Overseen by   of Public Companies
Address   Served1   During Past Five Years2   Trustee   Held by Trustee
 
INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES
 
Howard P. Colhoun (70)
Trustee
  14114 Mantua Mill Road
  Glyndon, MD 21071
  Since 1986   Retired. General Partner, Emerging Growth Partners, L.P. (investing in small companies) (1982-1997); Director, Storage U.S.A. (1994-2002); and Vice President and Director of Mutual Funds, T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (prior to 1982).   14   None
 
John P. Gould (67)
Trustee
  University of Chicago
  Graduate School of Business
  5807 South Woodlawn Avenue
  Chicago, IL 60637
  Since 1994   Steven G. Rothmeier Professor (1996-Present) and Distinguished Service Professor of Economics, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago (1984-Present, on faculty since 1965); Trustee of Milwaukee Insurance (1997- Present); Director of Unext.com (Internet based education company) (1999-Present); President, Cardean University (1999-2001); Principal and Executive Vice President of Lexecon Inc. (economics consulting firm) (1994-2004); and Trustee and Chairman Pegasus Funds (1996-1999).   14  
Independent Trustee of Dimensional Fund Advisors family of mutual funds (1986- Present).
 
Rodger F. Smith (65)
Trustee
  8 Greenwich Office Park
  Greenwich, CT 06831-5195
  Since 1987   Managing Director, Greenwich Associates (a research based consulting firm) (1976-Present); Director of Arlington Capital Management (CI) Limited (investment advisory firm) (1992- Present); and Chair of Trust Advisory Committee of Tau Beta Pi Association (engineering honor society) (1985-Present).   14   None
 
Raymond J. Ball (61)
Trustee
  University of Chicago
  Graduate School of Business
  5807 South Woodlawn Avenue
  Chicago, IL 60637
  Since 2006   Sidney Davidson Professor of Accounting, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago (2000-Present); Advisor, Sensory Networks (computer security firm) (2001-Present); Academic Affiliate, Analysis Group (litigation consulting firm) (2000-Present); and Professor, European Institute of Advanced Studies in Management (1998-Present).   14   None
 
INTERESTED TRUSTEE
 
David G. Van Hooser (59)*
Chairman, Trustee and
President
  
  Since 2000   President (2002-Present), Director and Chairman of the Board (2000-Present), Harbor Capital Advisors, Inc.; President (2003-Present) and Director (2000-Present), HCA Securities, Inc.; Director, Harbor Services Group, Inc. (2000-Present); and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Owens-Illinois, Inc. (glass and plastics manufacturing company) (1998-2001).   14   None
 
INTERESTED PRINCIPAL OFFICERS WHO ARE NOT TRUSTEES
 
Charles F. McCain (36)
Chief Compliance Officer
  Since 2004   Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer (2004-Present), Harbor Capital Advisors, Inc.; Chief Compliance Officer (2004-Present) Harbor Services Group, Inc.; and Junior Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (law firm) (1996-2004).
 
Constance L. Souders (55)
Vice President
  Since 1992   Executive Vice President, (2003-Present), Director of Administration (1997-Present), Director and Secretary (1988-Present), Senior Vice President (1991-2002), Harbor Capital Advisors, Inc.; President (2000-Present), Director (1991-Present), Harbor Services Group, Inc.; and Executive Vice President (2003-Present), Treasurer (2004-Present), Chief Compliance Officer (2004-Present), President (2002-2003), Vice President (2000-2002), and Secretary (2000-2004) and Director (1989-Present), HCA Securities, Inc.
 
Brian L. Collins (37)
Vice President
  980 N. Michigan
  Suite 1080
  Chicago, IL 60606
  Since 2005   Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (2004-Present), Harbor Capital Advisors, Inc.; and Director, U.S. Investment Management Research (1998-2004), Mercer Investment Consulting, Inc.
 
Mark W. Karchner (44)
Treasurer
  Since 2005   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (2005-Present) and Senior Vice President, Business Analysis & Control (2004-2005), Harbor Capital Advisors, Inc.; Chief Financial Officer (2005-Present), Harbor Services Group, Inc.; and Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President (2001-2003), S.E. Johnson Companies, Inc.
 
Karen B. Wasil (53)
Secretary
  Since 1994   Assistant Secretary (1997-Present) and Regulatory and Legal Compliance Manager (1995-Present), Harbor Capital Advisors, Inc.; Secretary (2000-Present), Harbor Services Group, Inc.; and Secretary (2004-Present), HCA Securities, Inc.
 
Jodie L. Crotteau (34)
Assistant Secretary
  Since 2005   Assistant Secretary and Compliance Manager (2005-Present), Regulatory Compliance Specialist (2004-2005), Senior Legal Assistant (2002-2003) and Legal Assistant I (2000-2001), Harbor Capital Advisors, Inc.; and Assistant Secretary (2005-Present), Harbor Services Group, Inc.
 
1 Each Trustee serves for an indefinite term, until his successor is elected. Each officer is elected annually.
2 On June 7, 2001, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Robeco Groep N.V. acquired substantially all of the assets and assumed substantially all of the liabilities of the predecessor adviser to Harbor Fund, also named “Harbor Capital Advisors, Inc.” That wholly-owned subsidiary of Robeco Groep N.V. assumed the name “Harbor Capital Advisors, Inc.” as part of the acquisition. Another subsidiary of Robeco Groep N.V. acquired substantially all of the assets and assumed substantially all of liabilities of Harbor Transfer, Inc. and assumed the name “Harbor Transfer, Inc.” On September 20, 2001, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Robeco Groep, N.V. acquired substantially all of the assets and assumed substantially all of the liabilities of HCA Securities, Inc. and assumed the name “HCA Securities, Inc.” Accordingly, for periods prior to June 7, 2001 with respect to Harbor Capital Advisors, Inc. and Harbor Transfer, Inc. and for periods prior to September 20, 2001 with respect to HCA Securities, Inc., employment with Harbor Capital Advisors, Inc., Harbor Transfer, Inc. and HCA Securities, Inc. refers to employment with the predecessor entities. Effective March 1, 2006, Harbor Transfer, Inc. changed its name to Harbor Services Group, Inc.
* Mr. Van Hooser is deemed an “Interested Trustee” due to his affiliation with the Adviser and Distributor of Harbor Fund.
(This document must be preceded or accompanied by a Prospectus.)

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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS       SHAREHOLDER SERVICING AGENT
 
David G. Van Hooser

Raymond J. Ball

Howard P. Colhoun

John P. Gould

Rodger F. Smith

Charles F. McCain

Constance L. Souders

Brian L. Collins

Mark W. Karchner

Karen B. Wasil

Jodie L. Crotteau

INVESTMENT ADVISER

Harbor Capital Advisors, Inc.
One SeaGate
Toledo, OH 43604-1572

DISTRIBUTOR AND PRINCIPAL UNDERWRITER

HCA Securities, Inc.
One SeaGate
Toledo, OH 43604-1572
(419) 249-2900
  Chairman, President and Trustee

Trustee

Trustee

Trustee

Trustee

Chief Compliance Officer

Vice President

Vice President

Treasurer

Secretary

Assistant Secretary
  Harbor Services Group, Inc.
P.O. Box 10048
Toledo, OH 43699-0048
1-800-422-1050

CUSTODIAN

State Street Bank & Trust Company
225 Franklin Street
Boston, MA 02110

INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

Ernst & Young LLP
200 Clarendon Street
Boston, MA 02116

LEGAL COUNSEL

Wilmer Cutler Pickering
Hale and Dorr LLP
60 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
(HARBOR FUND LOGO)
One SeaGate
Toledo, Ohio 43604-1572
1-800-422-1050
www.harborfund.com
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ITEM 2 — CODE OF ETHICS
Not applicable.
ITEM 3 — AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT
Not applicable.
ITEM 4 — PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
Not applicable.
ITEM 5 — AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS
Not applicable.
ITEM 6 — SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
Included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this form.
ITEM 7 — DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Not applicable.
ITEM 8 — PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Not applicable.
ITEM 9 — PURCHASE OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS
Not applicable.
ITEM 10 — SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
There were no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Registrant’s Board of Trustees since the date of the prior Form N-CSR.
ITEM 11 — CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
(a)   The Principal Executive and Financial Officers concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective based on their evaluation of the disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report.
 
(b)   There were no significant changes in the registrant’s internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect these controls subsequent to the date of their evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.
ITEM 12 — EXHIBITS
     
(a)(1)
  Not applicable.
 
   
(a)(2)
  A separate certification for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) is attached hereto.

 


 

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 this 23rd day of June, 2006 on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
             
    HARBOR FUND    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ David G. Van Hooser
 
   
 
      David G. Van Hooser    
 
      Chairman, President, Trustee    
 
      And Chief Executive Officer    
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
             
By:
  /s/ David G. Van Hooser
 
  Chairman, President, Trustee   June 23, 2006
 
  David G. Van Hooser   and Chief Executive Officer    
 
           
By:
  /s/ Mark W. Karchner
 
  Treasurer and Chief   June 23, 2006
 
  Mark W. Karchner   Financial Officer    

 


 

Exhibit Index

     
Number   Description
99.CERT1
  Certification for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)).
 
   
99.CERT2
  Certification for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)).
 
   
99.906CERT
  Certification as required by Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code (18 U.S.C. 1350).