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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: 811-04920

 

 

WASATCH FUNDS TRUST

 

 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

505 Wakara Way, 3rd Floor

Salt Lake City, UT 84108

 

 

(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip code)

 

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)   Copy to:

Samuel S. Stewart, Jr.

Wasatch Advisors, Inc.

505 Wakara Way, 3rd Floor

Salt Lake City, UT 84108

 

Eric F. Fess, Esq.

Chapman & Cutler LLP

111 West Monroe Street

Chicago, IL 60603

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (801) 533-0777

Date of fiscal year end: September 30

Date of reporting period: September 30, 2015


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2015 Annual Report September 30, 2015 Wasatch Funds EQUITY FUNDS/ Wasatch Core Growth Fund. Wasatch Emerging India Fund. Wasatch Emerging Markets Select Fund. Wasatch Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund. Wasatch Frontier Emerging Small Countries Fund. Wasatch Global Opportunities Fund. Wasatch Heritage Growth Fund. Wasatch International Growth Fund. Wasatch International Opportunities Fund. Wasatch Large Cap Value Fund. Wasatch Long/Short Fund. Wasatch Micro Cap Fund. Wasatch Micro Cap Value Fund . Wasatch Small Cap Growth Fund. Wasatch Small Cap Value Fund. Wasatch Strategic Income Fund. Wasatch Ultra Growth Fund. Wasatch World Innovators Fund BOND FUNDS/ Wasatch-1st Source Income Fund. Wasatch-Hoisington U.S. Treasury Fund


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Wasatch Funds

Salt Lake City, Utah

www.WasatchFunds.com

800.551.1700

 

 

 


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TABLE OF CONTENTS  

 

 

 

 

Letter to Shareholders

    2   

Wasatch Core Growth Fund® Management Discussion

    4   

Portfolio Summary

    5   

Wasatch Emerging India Fund® Management Discussion

    6   

Portfolio Summary

    7   

Wasatch Emerging Markets Select Fund® Management Discussion

    8   

Portfolio Summary

    9   

Wasatch Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund® Management Discussion

    10   

Portfolio Summary

    11   

Wasatch Frontier Emerging Small Countries Fund® Management Discussion

    12   

Portfolio Summary

    13   

Wasatch Global Opportunities Fund® Management Discussion

    14   

Portfolio Summary

    15   

Wasatch International Growth Fund® Management Discussion

    16   

Portfolio Summary

    17   

Wasatch International Opportunities Fund® Management Discussion

    18   

Portfolio Summary

    19   

Wasatch Large Cap Value Fund® Management Discussion

    20   

Portfolio Summary

    21   

Wasatch Long/Short Fund® Management Discussion

    22   

Portfolio Summary

    23   

Wasatch Micro Cap Fund® Management Discussion

    24   

Portfolio Summary

    25   

Wasatch Micro Cap Value Fund® Management Discussion

    26   

Portfolio Summary

    27   

Wasatch Small Cap Growth Fund® Management Discussion

    28   

Portfolio Summary

    29   

Wasatch Small Cap Value Fund® Management Discussion

    30   

Portfolio Summary

    31   

Wasatch Strategic Income Fund® Management Discussion

    32   

Portfolio Summary

    33   

Wasatch Ultra Growth Fund® Management Discussion

    34   

Portfolio Summary

    35   

Wasatch World Innovators Fund® Management Discussion

    36   

Portfolio Summary

    37   

Wasatch-1st Source Income Fund® Management Discussion

    38   

Portfolio Summary

    39   

Wasatch-Hoisington U.S. Treasury Fund® Management Discussion

    40   

Portfolio Summary

    41   

Management Discussions — Definitions of Financial Terms

    42   

Operating Expenses

    44   

Schedule of Investments

    47   

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

    92   

Statements of Operations

    98   

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

    104   

Financial Highlights

    112   

Notes to Financial Highlights

    118   

Notes to Financial Statements

    119   

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

    143   

Supplemental Information

    144   

Management of the Company

    144   

Additional Tax Information

    145   

Proxy Voting Policies, Procedures and Record

    146   

Quarterly Portfolio Holdings Disclosure on Form N-Q

    146   

Service Providers

    147   

Contact Wasatch

    147   

This material must be accompanied or preceded by a prospectus.

Please read the prospectus carefully before you invest.

Wasatch Funds are distributed by ALPS Distributors, Inc.

 

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LETTER TO SHAREHOLDERS — AIR POCKETS!  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Samuel S. Stewart, Jr. PhD, CFA

President of
Wasatch Funds

  

DEAR FELLOW SHAREHOLDERS:

 

Following a long quiet period during which stock prices around the world mostly moved upward, the latter part of the fiscal year was characterized by wild swings and an overall decline in stock prices. In my last quarterly message, I described why we might have entered a new era for the global economy that could make stock prices prone to periodic “air pockets.” And, in fact, market behavior during the most recent quarter was consistent with the possibility of having entered this new economic era.

The setup for a possible new era has been fostered by the persistence of slow economic growth around the world since the end of the Global Financial Crisis. This slow growth has continued in the face of massive central-bank stimulus far beyond historical experience. But how could so much stimulus result in so little growth?

As I’ve suggested before, much of the answer lies in demographics. With the aging of the global population, people’s needs turn from investments in homes and cars toward savings to generate retirement income. As there’s less demand for investments and more supply of savings, interest rates inevitably drop. Central-bank stimulus has the effect of further adding to the supply of savings, leading to even lower rates.

A lengthy period of low interest rates promotes a lengthy period of high stock prices. The reason stock prices are bid up is that when interest rates are low, stocks are viewed as more attractive. So there’s a rush to buy. Prices will probably stop rising when investors view future stock returns as likely to be more in line with low interest rates.

An unfortunate side effect of high stock prices is increased volatility. The higher the multiple of earnings for which a stock sells, the more volatile the price may be. We experienced such volatility during the most recent quarter as investors feared that a slowdown in China would lead to lower earnings around the globe.

Above all else, air pockets in stock prices are disconcerting. We’d like to avoid them if we could. However, the only sure method of avoiding air pockets is to exit the market entirely — which is not an attractive alternative considering the paltry returns on cash these days.

If the new era has truly moved us beyond the interest-rate cycles that have characterized recorded economic history, there’s one big positive: The economy will be steadier without the booms and busts typical of powerful interest-rate movements. So we may be in for more economic stability, but less stock-price stability.

ECONOMY

Pundits tagged China’s troubles as the main culprit behind market volatility during the latest quarter. And there’s no doubt that growth in the Chinese economy is now slowing. Several years ago, China’s inflation-adjusted gross domestic product (GDP) growth had been as high as 10%. But for 2015, China’s GDP growth is expected to be under 7%.

While growth anywhere near 7% is still attractive compared to most developed markets, many countries and companies around the world had been counting on much higher demand from China in order to meet their own growth projections. For example, South Korea’s exports dropped over 8% in September versus a year earlier following a 15% fall in August — due, in part, to the deceleration in China’s economy. Other victims of weaker-than-expected Chinese demand were commodity exporters like Brazil, which saw its currency decline to the lowest level against the dollar in two decades and its credit rating downgraded by Standard & Poor’s to “junk” status.

In the United States, the news was generally more positive — not because of particularly good economic data, but because expectations had been low. Inflation-adjusted GDP growth for the second calendar quarter was revised to 3.9% from an earlier estimate of 2.3%. Nevertheless, full-year growth for 2015 is still expected to come in below 3%.

Other economic news in the U.S. mostly focused on the Federal Reserve’s (Fed’s) interest-rate policy and on the employment situation. Because the economy has shown modest growth, there’s been some pressure on the Fed to raise interest rates. However, some fear that higher rates would further strengthen the dollar, which could hurt U.S. exports and make dollar-denominated debt more expensive for fragile emerging markets. At its September policy meeting, the Fed cited global economic challenges in its decision to leave short-term interest rates unchanged. Taken together, recent economic data has been entirely consistent with what I’ve postulated as a “lower for longer” interest-rate scenario.

MARKETS

As we ponder what’s in store for the financial markets, let’s first summarize current conditions: The U.S. is doing reasonably well compared to its developed-market peers, but stock valuations are generally high. The outlook for both Europe and Japan is mixed — with some relatively attractive company fundamentals and more-reasonable stock valuations, but with economies still at risk of slipping back into recession.

Among emerging markets, China’s economic growth is slowing and the Chinese government seems to be mishandling conditions related to investor confidence by directly manipulating stock prices and currency exchange rates. Moreover, China’s slowdown is having real effects on other economies, particularly those in the emerging universe.

As we search for attractive investments in the current environment, it’s possible that we’ll be more successful by taking advantage of opportunities from periodic air pockets in stock prices than by waiting for a crash to create the elusive bargains that may never arrive. The recent air pockets triggered by headline concerns regarding China may have offered some of the best buying opportunities we’ll see this year — not necessarily for Chinese shares, but for stocks around the world.

 

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Paradoxically, the slowdown in China could actually improve investment prospects in some other areas, as production costs decline with less competition for commodities like steel, copper and oil. Moreover, still-abundant Chinese capital may also flow to these areas as investment opportunities diminish within China itself.

While our crystal ball is especially cloudy due to the uncertainty of a possible new era, the silver lining is that mixed markets generally have provided a good environment for bottom-up stock pickers like the portfolio managers and analysts at Wasatch Advisors. So far this year, we’ve continued our efforts at tire-kicking around the globe — visiting companies in Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Egypt, Ethiopia, Israel, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia, Japan and New Zealand.

WASATCH

Almost 20 years ago, we — at small, Salt Lake City-based Wasatch Advisors — became global investors. One of the reasons, even back then, was we were beginning to see that, despite their size, our U.S. small-cap companies were being affected by international competitors. Fortunately, our stepped-up global research efforts gave us a ringside seat to witness the massive progress made by emerging economies over the last two decades.

I recall my first trip to Beijing. There were few paved roads, and bicycles were the primary means of transportation. Current visitors to Beijing find little remaining evidence of that era, even though it was less than 20 years ago.

One result of being global investors has been that our broad perspective has helped us more readily anticipate trouble spots. For example, our emerging-market portfolios have been underweight in China as we’ve worried about excessive stock valuations in the face of an economy in transition from export-led growth to consumer-led growth.

Our bottom-up analyses of companies around the world also helped us identify Japan as having a potentially rewarding investment environment. And despite stock-market volatility similar to most countries, Japan’s Nikkei 225 was one of the few stock-market indices that were still positive (on a total-return basis) for the year to date through September 30, 2015.

As for our outlook, we believe opportunities in emerging markets have narrowed — with the best opportunities being in places like India, Mexico and Taiwan, where the political environments are fairly good and the economies are not overly dependent on commodity exports. Naturally, our outlook is being reflected in our emerging-market-focused portfolios and in our other international portfolios that include some emerging-market exposure. This means we’re increasing our country concentrations among emerging markets — but we’re still maintaining broad diversification across companies.

With sincere thanks for your continued investment and for your trust,

 

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Sam Stewart

 

Information in this report regarding market or economic trends, or the factors influencing historical or future performance, reflects the opinions of management as of the date of this report. These statements should not be relied upon for any other purpose. Past performance is no guarantee of future results, and there is no guarantee that the market forecasts discussed will be realized.

CFA® is a trademark owned by CFA Institute.

Wasatch Advisors is the investment advisor to Wasatch Funds.

The financial crisis of 2007-08, also known as the Global Financial Crisis and 2008 financial crisis, is considered by many economists to have been the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

Gross domestic product (GDP) is a basic measure of a country’s economic performance, and is the market value of all final goods and services made within the borders of a country in a year.

A credit rating is an assessment of the credit worthiness of individuals, corporations and countries. It is based upon the history of borrowing and repayment, as well as the availability of assets and extent of liabilities. Ratings are issued by S&P or Moody’s and typically range from AAA (highest) to D (lowest). Ratings and credit quality may change over time. For information on the rating agency’s methodology visit: http://www.standardandpoors.com/home/en/us and http://www.moodys.com.

Valuation is the process of determining the current worth of an asset or company.

The Nikkei 225 Stock Index is a price-weighted index of the 225 top Japanese companies (called the First Section) that are listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE).

You cannot invest directly in this or any index.

 

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WASATCH CORE GROWTH FUND (WGROX / WIGRX) Management Discussion   SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

The Wasatch Core Growth Fund is managed by a team of Wasatch portfolio managers led by JB Taylor and Paul Lambert.

 

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JB Taylor

Lead Portfolio Manager

  

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Paul Lambert Portfolio Manager

  

OVERVIEW

 

The Wasatch Core Growth Fund — Investor Class returned 10.87% for the 12 months ended September 30, 2015, outperforming the Russell 2000 Index, which

returned 1.25%, and the Russell 2000 Growth Index, which returned 4.04%.

In the most recent quarter, markets saw a dramatic reversal of fortune after enjoying a long-running string of success. Weak economic data from China stoked fears of a contagion affecting a fragile U.S. economy. Adding to the market woes was the sudden emergence of pharmaceutical pricing as a potential hot button in the upcoming election. This news had an immediate impact on the Russell 2000 and Russell 2000 Growth indices, given their large and growing weight in biotech and the long run of outperformance from that industry. The indices and the biotech industry were all down double-digits in the most recent quarter, with the indices giving back most of the gains earned in the previous three quarters. However, biotech still delivered a double-digit return for the 12-month period.

The energy sector was, by far, the biggest detractor from performance for both the Fund and the Russell 2000 Index over the past year. Unlike biotech, energy has suffered a prolonged period of underperformance, and the average energy stock in the Index was down -55%. The sector represents less than 4% of the Index, but the steep drop in stock prices magnified its impact. The Fund was underweight in energy and our stocks were down significantly less, so the sector aided performance relative to the Index.

With scientific knowledge exploding and technology increasingly changing the way we conduct business and interact with the world, it is not surprising that two of the best-performing sectors for the Index and the Fund were health care and information technology. The Fund’s outperformance was even more broad-based, as the financials, industrials and consumer-discretionary sectors were also areas of strength. Together, these five sectors make up the majority of our holdings and we are pleased to report that the Fund outperformed the Index in all of them.

DETAILS OF THE YEAR

Merger and acquisition activity increased significantly during the period after several years of anemic deal flow. The Fund saw four of its holdings acquired at significant premiums: Polypore International, Inc., Life Time Fitness, Inc., Dealertrack Technologies, Inc. and IPC Healthcare, Inc. We worked diligently to redeploy the proceeds from these transactions into new opportunities like fast casual

restaurant chain Zoe’s Kitchen, Inc., discount retailer Five Below, Inc. and growing regional banks like Eagle Bancorp, Inc. and South State Corp.

Transportation provided an interesting contrast in performance among its sub-industries. Trucking stocks were down double-digits on worries of a weakening U.S. economy. Airline stocks, by contrast, were up over 80% during the period. This radical divergence in price performance doesn’t make much sense to us, especially given the tailwind that lower fuel prices provided to both industries. Our view is that the trucking stocks are becoming even more interesting long-run investments as the well-run public trucking companies continue to gain share from the large number of small truckers. The Fund was overweight in these industries, owning two truckers and two small-cap airlines. While, on average, our positions in Knight Transportation, Inc., Spirit Airlines, Inc. and Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. fell, our large holding in Allegiant Travel Co. significantly improved our returns and was the Fund’s top contributor to performance. Allegiant’s “ultra low cost carrier” business model continues to take market share, and the company benefits from lower oil prices disproportionately compared to its competitors.

A handful of holdings experienced stock-price declines due to weak earnings. Retailers Mattress Firm Holding Corp. and Zumiez, Inc. traded down after management reported lower-than-expected earnings. Despite the short-term weakness, our theses for owning both companies remain intact. Online photo library Shutterstock, Inc. also guided lower due to competitive pressures, and it also experienced some management turnover. We thought the sell-off was overdone and added to our position opportunistically during the period.

OUTLOOK

We believe the U.S economy remains stuck in a low-growth pattern. Our discussions with companies owned in the Fund suggest a U.S. economy that is decelerating but not in decline. Given the severity of the 2008 downturn, this has been a very disappointing recovery and suggests a stock market vulnerable to a growth shock or a significant rise in interest rates. Conversely, such a low-growth backdrop can create opportunity for growth investors, as companies enjoying strong organic growth stand out in a low-growth environment. The Fund’s companies have delivered consistent mid-teens sales growth to drive earnings. We believe this kind of sustainable organic growth has the potential to provide better long-run returns versus larger companies, which have been far more dependent on short-lived sources of earnings growth such as cost cutting and stock repurchases.

Thank you for the opportunity to manage your assets.

 

   Current and future holdings are subject to risk.
 

 

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WASATCH CORE GROWTH FUND (WGROX / WIGRX) Portfolio Summary   SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS

 

        1 YEAR        5 YEARS        10 YEARS  

Core Growth (WGROX) — Investor

       10.87%           14.94%           7.36%   

Core Growth (WIGRX) — Institutional

       10.94%           15.01%           7.39%   

Russell 2000® Index

       1.25%           11.73%           6.55%   

Russell 2000® Growth Index

       4.04%           13.26%           7.67%   

Data shows past performance, which is not indicative of future performance. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. To obtain the most recent month-end performance data available, please visit www.WasatchFunds.com. The Advisor may absorb certain Fund expenses, without which total return would have been lower. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate and shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

As of the January 31, 2015 prospectus, the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses for the Wasatch Core Growth Fund — Investor Class: 1.18% / Institutional Class: 1.18%, Net: 1.12%. The expense ratio shown elsewhere in this report may be different. Net expenses are based on Fund expenses, net of waivers and reimbursements. See the prospectus for additional information regarding Fund expenses.

Wasatch Funds will deduct a 2.00% redemption proceeds fee on Fund shares held 60 days or less. Performance data does not reflect the deduction of fees, including sales charges, or the taxes you would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Fees and taxes, if reflected, would reduce the performance quoted. Wasatch does not charge any sales fees. For more complete information including charges, risks and expenses, read the prospectus carefully.

Performance for the Institutional Class prior to 1/31/2012 is based on the performance of the Investor Class. Performance of the Fund’s Institutional Class prior to 1/31/2012 uses the actual expenses of the Fund’s Investor Class without any adjustments. For any such period of time, the performance of the Fund’s Institutional Class would have been substantially similar to, yet higher than, the performance of the Fund’s Investor Class, because the shares of both classes are invested in the same portfolio of securities, but the classes bear different expenses.

Investing in small cap funds will be more volatile and loss of principal could be greater than investing in large cap or more diversified funds. Investing in foreign securities, especially in emerging markets, entails special risks, such as currency fluctuations and political uncertainties, which are described in more detail in the prospectus.

TOP 10 EQUITY HOLDINGS*

 

Company   % of Net
Assets
 
Allegiant Travel Co.     3.6%   
Cimpress N.V.     2.9%   
Tyler Technologies, Inc.     2.7%   
Credit Acceptance Corp.     2.7%   
SEI Investments Co.     2.6%   
Company   % of Net
Assets
 
Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc.     2.5%   
Waste Connections, Inc.     2.4%   
Spirit Airlines, Inc.     2.4%   
ICON plc (Ireland)     2.2%   
Seattle Genetics, Inc.     2.2%   
 

 

* As of September 30, 2015, there were 67 holdings in the Fund. Foreign currency contracts, written options and repurchase agreements, if any, are not included in the number of holdings. Portfolio holdings are subject to change at any time. References to specific securities should not be construed as recommendations by the Funds or their Advisor. Current and future holdings are subject to risk.

SECTOR BREAKDOWN**

 

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** Excludes securities sold short and options written, if any.

 

   Also includes Other Assets & Liabilities.
 

GROWTH OF A HYPOTHETICAL $10,000 INVESTMENT

 

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Past performance does not predict future performance. The graph above does not reflect the deduction of fees, sales charges, or taxes that you would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Wasatch does not charge any sales fees. The Russell 2000 Index is an unmanaged total return index of the smallest 2,000 companies in the Russell 3000 Index, as ranked by total market capitalization. The Russell 2000 Index is widely regarded in the industry as accurately capturing the universe of small company stocks. The Russell 2000 Growth Index is an unmanaged total return index that measures the performance of those Russell 2000 Index companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. You cannot invest directly in these or any indices.

 

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WASATCH EMERGING INDIA FUND (WAINX) Management Discussion   SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

The Wasatch Emerging India Fund is managed by a team of Wasatch portfolio managers led by Ajay Krishnan.

 

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Ajay Krishnan, CFA

Lead Portfolio Manager

  

OVERVIEW

 

The Wasatch Emerging India Fund gained 12.51% in the 12 months ended September 30, 2015. The Fund outperformed its benchmark, the MSCI India Investable Market Index, which declined -4.29%.

After sweeping into power in 2014 on a tide of optimism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) faced the realities inherent in governing a diverse nation

of 1.2 billion people. Key elements of their reform agenda stalled in the upper house of parliament, where the BJP lacks a majority. Given the strong gains in Indian equities during the run-up to Mr. Modi’s election, investors seemed to adopt a wait-and-see attitude for most of the fiscal year.

As the price of oil continued its retreat from the highs of 2013, India remained one of the world’s greatest beneficiaries. Because India imports about 80% of its oil, crude’s steep decline has brought down the country’s inflation rate, as well as its current-account and fiscal deficits. The improved backdrop helped put India’s currency on firmer footing and boosted inflows of foreign capital. Those improvements, in turn, enabled the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to implement a series of interest-rate cuts to stimulate economic growth. The RBI also was able to relax limits on foreign ownership of India’s debt that were designed to protect its currency from foreign-capital outflows.

During the latter part of the year, weak economic data in China weighed on world stock markets and raised concerns about the health of the global economy. In addition, fears of weaker Chinese demand for oil and other natural resources sent commodity prices lower. These developments impacted India much less than its emerging-market peers. Shipments to China account for less than 10% of India’s exports, the lowest among major Asian economies. Also, as a significant importer of commodities, India has been benefiting from lower prices for oil, industrial commodities and agricultural products.

Our focus on what we believe are high-quality, long-duration businesses helped the Fund post returns ahead of the Index in every sector in which it held investments. With energy stocks faring poorly this year, our lack of investments in the energy sector also helped Fund performance.

DETAILS OF THE YEAR

Our strongest contributor to Fund performance for the year was Marksans Pharma Ltd. This manufacturer of branded and generic drugs exports its products to the U.S., Europe and other countries. The company is one of only a few in India with the technology to manufacture the soft-gelatin capsules commonly known as softgels or liquid gels. Marksans has been benefiting from its new-product offerings, as well as from increased consumer demand for softgel formulations.

Another strong stock in the Fund was Amara Raja Batteries Ltd. The company makes lead-acid storage batteries for industrial and automotive applications. Lower prices for lead and other commodities have been helping Amara Raja by reducing its cost of raw materials.

Our greatest detractor from Fund performance for the year was online travel agency MakeMyTrip Ltd. Although aggressive discounting by a competitor has resulted in slowing sales growth and wider-than-expected losses for MakeMyTrip, it remains India’s leading online travel agency both in airline-ticket sales and hotel bookings. We believe the company’s margins will expand once competition abates, and we continue to own it in the Fund.

Kaveri Seed Co. Ltd., our second-largest detractor, produces and sells agricultural seeds in India. Citing drought conditions and other seasonal factors, the company reported a 5.4% year-over-year drop in consolidated earnings per share and a 20% decrease in sales in its most-recent quarter. Although the company’s share price declined on the news, we consider these normal fluctuations in the company’s business. Going forward, we think Kaveri’s shift from regular varietals to higher-yielding hybrid seeds presents attractive long-term prospects.

OUTLOOK

According to government data, India’s consumer-price index rose just 3.66% in August as oil dipped below $40 per barrel and global food prices fell. Additionally, a recent study found that Indians are spending a smaller share of their earnings on food and more on discretionary consumer items. Over a longer horizon, we believe affordable food costs will continue to play a key role in India’s transition from an agricultural to a consumer economy. Agriculture now accounts for just 18% of India’s economy, compared to approximately 50% in the 1950s.

We expect additional improvements in farming to drive a shift in agricultural acreage away from food production, and toward cash crops such as cotton. Already a large grower of cotton, India has a natural cost advantage over other major producers. As electric-power and transportation infrastructure in rural India improve, we believe the country’s cotton industry holds the promise of future inroads into textile manufacturing.

In the meantime, we look for government spending on infrastructure projects to kick-start a new cycle of capital investment. While the jobs those projects create would provide much of the immediate benefit, we expect the expansion in discretionary incomes to fuel increased demand for consumer goods and services. The final phase of the cycle — though still at least 12 to 18 months away in our view — would be higher capital expenditures and additional job creation from companies seeking to meet increased consumer demand.

Thank you for the opportunity to manage your assets.

 

   Current and future holdings are subject to risk.
 

 

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WASATCH EMERGING INDIA FUND (WAINX) Portfolio Summary   SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS

 

        1 YEAR      5 YEARS     

SINCE INCEPTION

4/26/11

Emerging India

         12.51%        N/A          10.40%  

MSCI India IMI

         -4.29%        N/A          -1.29%  

Data shows past performance, which is not indicative of future performance. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. To obtain the most recent month-end performance data available, please visit www.WasatchFunds.com. The Advisor may absorb certain Fund expenses, without which total return would have been lower. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate and shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

As of the January 31, 2015 prospectus, the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses for the Wasatch Emerging India Fund are 2.57%. The Net Expenses are 1.95%. The expense ratio shown elsewhere in this report may be different. Net Expenses are based on Fund expenses, net of waivers and reimbursements. See the prospectus for additional information regarding Fund expenses.

Wasatch Funds will deduct a 2.00% redemption proceeds fee on Fund shares held 60 days or less. Performance data does not reflect the deduction of fees, including sales charges, or the taxes you would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Fees and taxes, if reflected, would reduce the performance quoted. Wasatch does not charge any sales fees. For more complete information including charges, risks and expenses, read the prospectus carefully.

Investing in small cap funds will be more volatile and loss of principal could be greater than investing in large cap or more diversified funds. Investing in foreign securities, especially in emerging markets, entails special risks, such as currency fluctuations and political uncertainties, which are described in more detail in the prospectus.

TOP 10 EQUITY HOLDINGS*

 

Company   % of Net
Assets
 
Marksans Pharma Ltd. (India)     4.1%   
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (India)     3.4%   
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A     3.1%   
Natco Pharma Ltd. (India)     3.1%   
HCL Technologies Ltd. (India)     2.9%   
Company   % of Net
Assets
 
Bajaj Finance Ltd. (India)     2.7%   
Repco Home Finance Ltd. (India)     2.7%   
MakeMyTrip Ltd. (India)     2.5%   
Lupin Ltd. (India)     2.3%   
Caplin Point Laboratories Ltd. (India)     2.3%   
 

 

* As of September 30, 2015, there were 76 holdings in the Fund. Foreign currency contracts, written options and repurchase agreements, if any, are not included in the number of holdings. Portfolio holdings are subject to change at any time. References to specific securities should not be construed as recommendations by the Funds or their Advisor. Current and future holdings are subject to risk.

SECTOR BREAKDOWN**

 

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Past performance does not predict future performance. The graph above does not reflect the deduction of fees, sales charges, or taxes that you would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Wasatch does not charge any sales fees. ††Inception: April 26, 2011. The MSCI India IMI (Investable Market Index) is designed to measure the performance of the large-, mid- and small-cap segments of the Indian market. The Index covers approximately 99% of the free-float adjusted market capitalization of the Indian equity universe. You cannot invest directly in this or any index.

 

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WASATCH EMERGING MARKETS SELECT FUND (WAESX / WIESX) Management Discussion   SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

The Wasatch Emerging Markets Select Fund is managed by a team of Wasatch portfolio managers led by Ajay Krishnan and Roger Edgley.

 

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Ajay Krishnan, CFA

Lead Portfolio Manager

  

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Roger Edgley, CFA

Portfolio Manager

  

OVERVIEW

 

For the 12 months ended September 30, 2015, the Wasatch Emerging Markets Select Fund —  Investor Class declined -18.81%. The Fund fell slightly less than its benchmark, the

MSCI Emerging Markets Index, which lost -19.28%.

In stark contrast to data showing healthy employment gains and steady growth in the U.S., progress in most of the world’s other developed economies remained anemic. Japan slipped into and out of recession, while Europe also continued to tread a path between recession and expansion. China lowered its growth target for 2015 to around 7%, down from the 7.4% growth recorded in 2014 — the country’s weakest expansion in over 20 years. During the Fund’s fiscal year, weaker conditions in these major importing countries created headwinds for exporters in emerging markets.

As the year progressed, investors focused increasingly on China. Stock markets in Shanghai and Hong Kong surged for much of the year, fueled largely by speculation and a sharp increase in the outstanding balance of margin loans. The Fund failed to benefit from most of the gains in these markets, due to a scarcity of companies with the quality metrics and fundamental growth characteristics we seek.

In August, however, weak economic data in China raised concerns about the health of the global economy and sent Chinese and world equity markets lower. Because China is a large consumer of oil and other natural resources, the impact of falling demand from China was felt especially hard in commodity-exporting countries such as Brazil.

In this environment, our focus on what we believe are high-quality, long-duration businesses serving secular demand growth in their home countries helped the Fund decline slightly less than its benchmark during the year. Because these companies tend to be driven largely by political and economic progress in the countries in which they operate, they also tend to be less sensitive to global economic developments.

DETAILS OF THE YEAR

Our strongest contributor to Fund performance for the year was Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico S.A.B. de C.V. The company develops, operates and maintains airports in Mexico under contracts with the government. Grupo Aeroportuario has been benefiting from increasing air travel in Mexico as it adds capacity to its existing airports at favorable costs per passenger.

Indian drug maker Lupin Ltd. was our second-largest contributor. The company markets its branded and generic

pharmaceuticals primarily in India, the U.S. and Japan. Lupin’s stock rebounded from weakness in July after the company announced it had agreed to acquire U.S. peer GAVIS Pharmaceuticals, LLC.* The acquisition is expected to broaden Lupin’s U.S. pipeline and to be accretive to earnings in its first full year.

Our greatest detractor from Fund performance for the year was Qualicorp S.A. The company offers insurance and benefits packages to corporations and affinity groups in Brazil. Qualicorp’s share price slumped on speculation that Brazil’s government is considering measures to stimulate sales of individual health-insurance plans. With general investment conditions in Brazil deteriorating, we sold the stock to seek better opportunities elsewhere.

International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) was our second-largest detractor. Based in the Philippines, ICTSI holds concessions to develop and operate shipping terminals and ports throughout the world. Slowing global trade has impacted both the company and its stock price.

OUTLOOK

We expect worsening political situations and low commodity prices to impact business conditions in a number of countries — and to bring about a narrowing of opportunities in emerging markets. While companies linked to the commodity supply chain are likely to suffer, we believe others will do well. For example, net importers of oil such as India and the Philippines stand to benefit from the falling price of crude. We believe well-situated businesses in these and other countries with stable or improving government policies have the potential to generate attractive investment returns over time.

Even in countries where the investment backdrop is unfavorable, we do not anticipate completely liquidating the Fund’s holdings as we did in Russia last year. For two main reasons, this is especially true in major emerging markets such as Brazil and South Africa. First, we view the poor investment environments in these countries as less dire and more temporary. Second, we think the companies in the Fund are likely to hold their own and benefit significantly when conditions improve.

As far as China is concerned, we believe it remains an attractive place to invest. While geographic regions tied to mining, heavy industry and manufacturing have been slowing, the rest of the country has been experiencing robust growth. Overall, China continues to be both a manufacturing powerhouse and a world leader in innovation. On the negative side, overinvestment has resulted in intense competition in a number of industries. As a result, competitive advantages have been more fleeting and long-duration growth companies have been less common in China than in other countries.

Thank you for the opportunity to manage your assets.

 

* As of September 30, 2015, the Wasatch Emerging Markets Select Fund was not invested in privately held GAVIS Pharmaceuticals, LLC.

 

   Current and future holdings are subject to risk.
 

 

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WASATCH EMERGING MARKETS SELECT FUND (WAESX / WIESX)  Portfolio Summary   SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS

 

      1 YEAR    5 YEARS   

SINCE INCEPTION

12/13/12

Emerging Markets Select (WAESX) — Investor

       -18.81%      N/A        -6.10%  

Emerging Markets Select (WIESX) — Institutional

       -18.67%      N/A        -5.76%  

MSCI Emerging Markets Index

       -19.28%      N/A        -6.98%  

Data shows past performance, which is not indicative of future performance. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. To obtain the most recent month-end performance data available, please visit www.WasatchFunds.com. The Advisor may absorb certain Fund expenses, without which total return would have been lower. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate and shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

As of the January 31, 2015 prospectus, the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses for the Wasatch Emerging Markets Select Fund are Investor Class — Gross: 1.88%, Net: 1.69% / Institutional Class —  Gross: 1.71%, Net: 1.51%. The expense ratio shown elsewhere in this report may be different. Net Expenses are based on Fund expenses, net of waivers and reimbursements. See the prospectus for additional information regarding Fund expenses.

Wasatch Funds will deduct a 2.00% redemption proceeds fee on Fund shares held 60 days or less. Performance data does not reflect the deduction of fees, including sales charges, or the taxes you would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Fees and taxes, if reflected, would reduce the performance quoted. Wasatch does not charge any sales fees. For more complete information including charges, risks and expenses, read the prospectus carefully.

Investing in foreign securities, especially in emerging markets, entails special risks, such as currency fluctuations and political uncertainties, which are described in more detail in the prospectus. Investing in small cap funds will be more volatile and loss of principal could be greater than investing in large cap or more diversified funds. Being non-diversified, the Fund can invest a larger portion of its assets in the securities of a limited number of companies than a diversified fund. Non-diversification increases the risk of loss to the Fund if the values of these securities decline.

TOP 10 EQUITY HOLDINGS*

 

Company   % of Net
Assets
 
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico S.A.B. de C.V., Class B (Mexico)     5.4%   
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (India)     5.1%   
Lupin Ltd. (India)     4.6%   
HCL Technologies Ltd. (India)     4.2%   
Asian Paints Ltd. (India)     3.7%   
Company   % of Net
Assets
 
Universal Robina Corp. (Philippines)     3.7%   
Medytox, Inc. (Korea)     3.6%   
Grupo Financiero Interacciones S.A. de C.V., Class O (Mexico)     3.5%   
Axis Bank Ltd. (India)     3.5%   
Gentera S.A.B. de C.V. (Mexico)     3.4%   
 

 

* As of September 30, 2015, there were 33 holdings in the Fund. Foreign currency contracts, written options and repurchase agreements, if any, are not included in the number of holdings. Portfolio holdings are subject to change at any time. References to specific securities should not be construed as recommendations by the Funds or their Advisor. Current and future holdings are subject to risk.

SECTOR BREAKDOWN**

 

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** Excludes securities sold short and options written, if any.

 

  † Also includes Other Assets & Liabilities.
 

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Past performance does not predict future performance. The graph above does not reflect the deduction of fees, sales charges, or taxes that you would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Wasatch does not charge any sales fees. ††Inception: December 13, 2012. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index designed to measure the equity market performance of emerging markets. You cannot invest directly in this or any index.

 

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WASATCH EMERGING MARKETS SMALL CAP FUND (WAEMX)  Management Discussion   SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

The Wasatch Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund is managed by a team of Wasatch portfolio managers led by Roger Edgley, Andrey Kutuzov and Scott Thomas.

 

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Roger Edgley, CFA

Lead Portfolio Manager

 

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Andrey Kutuzov, CFA

Associate Portfolio
Manager

 

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Scott Thomas, CFA

Associate Portfolio
Manager

OVERVIEW

The Wasatch Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund declined -12.65% for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2015, and outperformed its benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap Index, which decreased -15.23%.

This has been one of the most difficult periods for emerging markets we can think of. Perceptions of the challenges within emerging markets (both political and economic) have clearly caused broad outflows in bonds and equities, and have caused investors to question the whole basis for emerging markets as an asset class. While the classification brackets are subject to change and the logic can be questioned, emerging markets are still a huge chunk of the world’s economy and population.

DETAILS OF THE YEAR

While China continues to dominate the conversation in emerging markets, there are interesting developments in other markets as well, and we are finding many attractive opportunities. However, we believe opportunities in emerging markets have narrowed — with the best opportunities being in places like India, Korea, Mexico and Taiwan, where the political and macro environments are fairly good and the economies are not overly dependent on commodity exports.

Returns from the Fund’s holdings in India, up more than 20%, significantly outperformed the benchmark’s holdings, which were up just over 4%. The Fund is also significantly overweight here at approximately 18%, while the benchmark is at approximately 10%. India is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. Currently, we view India as one of the most attractive of the emerging markets. India’s economy and financial markets are well-positioned and the reforms and new initiatives taking place under Prime Minister Narendra Modi seem to be positive. As a significant importer of oil, India stands to benefit from the lower price of crude. In addition, we believe favorable demographics and an expanding middle class will likely drive increasing consumer demand. Lower inflation should also contribute to currency stability.

The number of interesting and high-quality potential investments in India is broad-based. Wasatch’s investment team has been investing in India for over 10 years. On

average, team members visit India two times per year and meet approximately 50 companies each visit. As a result, the Fund has been and we expect will continue to be overweight relative to the Index. Five of the Fund’s top 10 contributors for the year were from India, with Britannia Industries Ltd., which manufactures and sells bakery and dairy products, as the top contributor.

Korea is another market where we believe we can find attractive small-cap investments in the current environment. Performance was only slightly positive for the year and the Fund was underweight versus the benchmark, detracting slightly from performance relative to the Index. Korea has a supportive macro environment with moderate gross domestic product (GDP) growth, a strong current-account position, currency stability versus the U.S. dollar, and a central bank that has provided stimulus to the economy. Corporate governance has been improving and a next generation of entrepreneurs has created a new class of companies. This has been particularly evident in health care, e-commerce and technology. Companies have been increasingly focusing on returns on capital and becoming more shareholder-friendly. We have been increasing our position in Korea over the past year. Hanssem Co. Ltd., which specializes in kitchen furnishings, was one of the Fund’s top contributors for the year.

We have spent and will continue to spend time in China, and we have visited many Chinese companies. We have had challenges finding companies that meet our investment criteria. As a result, we’re comfortable with a portfolio weighting in China well below the benchmark weighting. The Fund’s holdings in China underperformed those in the benchmark and detracted from performance. Biostime International Holdings Ltd., China Animal Healthcare Ltd. and China Singyes Solar Technologies Holdings Ltd. were notable detractors.

OUTLOOK

We expect weak commodity prices and difficult political situations to pose additional challenges for a number of emerging markets, including Brazil, Indonesia, Russia, South Africa and Turkey. The Fund currently holds no investments in Russia, and we’ve recently reduced exposure to each of the other countries mentioned.

As we have said, we see a “narrowing” of the investable markets we believe are attractive in emerging markets. However, we are finding many companies with attractive stock valuations. Given the relatively full valuations around the world, we believe companies with the best prospects for top-line and bottom-line growth are the most likely to be rewarded in the stock market. If we choose individual companies and countries correctly, we believe we can structure a sound and well-diversified portfolio for the Fund, even within a narrower set of countries. Our outlook is brighter for India, Korea, Taiwan and Mexico. We believe favorable demographics and expanding middle classes are likely to drive increasing consumer demand in each of these countries.

We thank our shareholders for their support through a difficult period.

 

   Current and future holdings are subject to risk.
 

 

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WASATCH EMERGING MARKETS SMALL CAP FUND (WAEMX)  Portfolio Summary   SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS

 

        1 YEAR      5 YEARS     

SINCE INCEPTION

10/1/07

Emerging Markets Small Cap

         -12.65%            0.73%            2.72%  

MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap Index

         -15.23%            -2.43%            -1.06%  

MSCI Emerging Markets Index

         -19.28%            -3.58%            -2.80%  

Data shows past performance, which is not indicative of future performance. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. To obtain the most recent month-end performance data available, please visit www.WasatchFunds.com. The Advisor may absorb certain Fund expenses, without which total return would have been lower. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate and shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

As of the January 31, 2015 prospectus, the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses for the Wasatch Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund are 2.02%. The Net Expenses are 1.95%. The expense ratio shown elsewhere in this report may be different. Net Expenses are based on Fund expenses, net of waivers and reimbursements. See the prospectus for additional information regarding Fund expenses.

Wasatch Funds will deduct a 2.00% redemption proceeds fee on Fund shares held 60 days or less. Performance data does not reflect the deduction of fees, including sales charges, or the taxes you would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Fees and taxes, if reflected, would reduce the performance quoted. Wasatch does not charge any sales fees. For more complete information including charges, risks and expenses, read the prospectus carefully.

Investing in foreign securities, especially in emerging markets, entails special risks, such as currency fluctuations and political uncertainties, which are described in more detail in the prospectus. Investing in small cap funds will be more volatile and loss of principal could be greater than investing in large cap or more diversified funds.

TOP 10 EQUITY HOLDINGS*

 

Company   % of Net
Assets
 
Poya Co. Ltd. (Taiwan)     1.8%   
BGF Retail Co. Ltd. (Korea)     1.8%   
D&L Industries, Inc. (Philippines)     1.8%   
Medytox, Inc. (Korea)     1.7%   
Hanssem Co. Ltd. (Korea)     1.7%   
Company   % of Net
Assets
 
Britannia Industries Ltd. (India)     1.6%   
Marksans Pharma Ltd. (India)     1.6%   
Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte S.A.B. de C.V. (Mexico)     1.6%   
Voltronic Power Technology Corp. (Taiwan)     1.5%   
Security Bank Corp. (Philippines)     1.4%   
 

 

* As of September 30, 2015, there were 121 holdings in the Fund. Foreign currency contracts, written options and repurchase agreements, if any, are not included in the number of holdings. Portfolio holdings are subject to change at any time. References to specific securities should not be construed as recommendations by the Funds or their Advisor. Current and future holdings are subject to risk.

SECTOR BREAKDOWN**

 

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** Excludes securities sold short and options written, if any.

 

   Also includes Other Assets & Liabilities.
 

GROWTH OF A HYPOTHETICAL $10,000 INVESTMENT

 

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Past performance does not predict future performance. The graph above does not reflect the deduction of fees, sales charges, or taxes that you would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Wasatch does not charge any sales fees. ††Inception: October 1, 2007. The MSCI Emerging Markets and Emerging Markets Small Cap indices are free float-adjusted market capitalization indices designed to measure the equity market performance of emerging markets. You cannot invest directly in these or any indices.

 

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WASATCH FRONTIER EMERGING SMALL COUNTRIES  FUND (WAFMX)  Management Discussion   SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

The Wasatch Frontier Emerging Small Countries Fund is managed by a team of Wasatch portfolio managers led by Laura Geritz.

 

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Laura Geritz, CFA

Lead Portfolio Manager

  

OVERVIEW

 

The Wasatch Frontier Emerging Small Countries Fund declined -14.88% for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2015, and outperformed the MSCI Frontier Emerging Markets Index, which fell
-24.82%.

The past year was one of the most challenging periods for frontier markets we have encountered. The tailspin in China’s stock market and its currency devaluation forced the world

to come to grips with China’s economic slowdown and the possibility of slower global growth.

DETAILS OF THE YEAR

Given the broader downturn in the market, most sectors detracted from the performance of the Fund and the benchmark over the past 12 months. Health care was an exception for the Fund. We were overweight in health care and our holdings had a positive return, while the benchmark’s group had a negative return. One of the largest detractors from the Fund’s absolute performance was the financials sector. Our financial stocks were down double-digits, but slightly outperformed those in the Index. The Fund’s lower average weighting of 13.2% compared to 51.1% for the benchmark added significantly to relative outperformance. We have historically been underweight in financials, whereas over half the benchmark is in financials.

Within financials, the following holdings weighed on the Fund’s performance: Zenith Bank plc, Kenya Commercial Bank Ltd., and Guaranty Trust Bank plc. However, The Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam JSC was up nicely during the period after the Vietnamese government announced it would lift foreign ownership limits. As a country, we believe Vietnam has attractive macroeconomic characteristics for growth and the potential to benefit from a favorable environment, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement. We believe this Vietnamese bank will continue to be a significant beneficiary.

The consumer-staples sector detracted from the Fund’s absolute performance mainly due to several breweries, including East African Breweries Ltd., which was impacted by regulatory pressure in Tanzania; Nigerian Breweries plc; and Guinness Nigeria plc.

We consider East African Breweries to be one of the highest-quality sub-Saharan African companies. It is the dominant beer and spirits company in Kenya, and has significant market share in neighboring Tanzania and Uganda. The company’s high barriers to entry in distribution and brand recognition pose a significant moat to competitors. The company has been one of the largest beneficiaries in East Africa as consumers in the region gravitate toward branded alcoholic beverages.

Our exposure to the materials sector hurt the Fund’s absolute performance. However, performance relative to the Index in the sector was helped by the better overall return of our materials stocks. The Fund benefited from strong results in some of its materials holdings in Bangladesh led by Berger Paints Bangladesh Ltd., the leading producer of paints in the country with a dominant market position, a strong distribution network, and an established and well-known brand that has been around since the nation’s inception in 1970. Given these dynamics, we believe it is one of Bangladesh’s best companies and, internally at Wasatch, we consider it to be one of the “World’s Best Growth Companies.”

On a country basis, Bangladesh was the main source of strength for the Fund. The Fund was significantly overweight in Bangladesh compared to the benchmark and our holdings had a positive return, while the benchmark’s holdings were down. Our performance in Bangladesh was largely due to our holdings in Olympic Industries Ltd., a biscuit manufacturer; Square Pharmaceuticals Ltd., a manufacturer of generic pharmaceuticals; and Marico Bangladesh Ltd., a fast-moving consumer-goods company. Pakistan also contributed to performance relative to the Index. The Fund was overweight in Pakistan and our holdings outperformed, helped by two cement companies — Lucky Cement Ltd. and Kohat Cement Co. Ltd.

Our holdings in Kenya and Nigeria were sources of weakness in the Fund during the 12-month period. The Fund’s performance in Kenya was hurt most by East African Breweries, which is our largest Kenyan holding. The company continues to face regulatory pressure from authorities in neighboring Tanzania due to its virtual monopoly. Nigeria was the Fund’s largest detractor from absolute performance as the country continues to confront Boko Haram. However, Nigeria also underwent a presidential election that saw the first truly democratic transition in the government since the country’s independence in 1960 — one of the many positive macro developments we witnessed in frontier markets during this year. Many frontier markets remain bright spots of positive change and growth in a growth-challenged world.

OUTLOOK

As the world adjusts to the new normal of China’s slowing growth, various markets that relied on China will have to make major structural changes to their economies. Many frontier markets have been relatively immune to this phenomenon as illustrated by Bangladesh — its companies and by extension its economy are largely driven by local demand.

We are firmly committed to our approach of finding the World’s Best Growth Companies, and we believe that the long-tail, durable growth we have been able to find in frontier markets is attractive.

Thank you for trusting us as stewards of your hard-earned capital.

 

   Current and future holdings are subject to risk.
 

 

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WASATCH FRONTIER EMERGING SMALL COUNTRIES FUND (WAFMX)  Portfolio  Summary   SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS

 

        1 YEAR      5 YEARS     

SINCE INCEPTION

1/31/12

Frontier Emerging Small Countries

         -14.88%        N/A          9.97%  

MSCI Frontier Emerging Markets Index

         -24.82%        N/A          2.19%  

MSCI Frontier Markets Index

         -24.19%        N/A          6.65%  

Data shows past performance, which is not indicative of future performance. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. To obtain the most recent month-end performance data available, please visit www.WasatchFunds.com. The Advisor may absorb certain Fund expenses, without which total return would have been lower. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate and shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

As of the January 31, 2015 prospectus, the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses for the Wasatch Frontier Emerging Small Countries Fund are 2.24%. The expense ratio shown elsewhere in this report may be different. See the prospectus for additional information regarding Fund expenses.

Wasatch Funds will deduct a 2.00% redemption proceeds fee on Fund shares held 60 days or less. Performance data does not reflect the deduction of fees, including sales charges, or the taxes you would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Fees and taxes, if reflected, would reduce the performance quoted. Wasatch does not charge any sales fees. For more complete information including charges, risks and expenses, read the prospectus carefully.

Investing in small cap funds will be more volatile and loss of principal could be greater than investing in large cap or more diversified funds. Investing in foreign securities, especially in frontier and emerging markets, entails special risks, such as currency fluctuations and political uncertainties, which are described in more detail in the prospectus.

TOP 10 EQUITY HOLDINGS*

 

Company   % of Net
Assets
 
Square Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (Bangladesh)     3.9%   
Vietnam Dairy Products JSC (Vietnam)     3.9%   
East African Breweries Ltd. (Kenya)     3.2%   
Nestlé Nigeria plc (Nigeria)     3.1%   
Tanzania Breweries Ltd. (Tanzania,
United Republic of)
    3.1%   
Company   % of Net
Assets
 
Lucky Cement Ltd. (Pakistan)     3.0%   
Nigerian Breweries plc (Nigeria)     3.0%   
Kuwait Foods Americana (Kuwait)     2.6%   
Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam JSC (Vietnam)     2.4%   
Olympic Industries Ltd. (Bangladesh)     2.3%   
 

 

* As of September 30, 2015, there were 125 holdings in the Fund. Foreign currency contracts, written options and repurchase agreements, if any, are not included in the number of holdings. Portfolio holdings are subject to change at any time. References to specific securities should not be construed as recommendations by the Funds or their Advisor. Current and future holdings are subject to risk.

SECTOR BREAKDOWN**

 

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** Excludes securities sold short and options written, if any.

 

 † Also includes Other Assets & Liabilities.
 

GROWTH OF A HYPOTHETICAL $10,000 INVESTMENT

 

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Past performance does not predict future performance. The graph above does not reflect the deduction of fees, sales charges, or taxes that you would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Wasatch does not charge any sales fees. ††Inception: January 31, 2012. The MSCI Frontier Emerging Markets and MSCI Frontier Markets indices are free float-adjusted market capitalization indices designed to measure the equity market performance of the global frontier and emerging markets. You cannot invest directly in these or any indices.

 

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WASATCH GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND (WAGOX)  Management Discussion   SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

The Wasatch Global Opportunities Fund is managed by a team of Wasatch portfolio managers led by JB Taylor and Ajay Krishnan.

 

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JB Taylor

Lead Portfolio Manager

  

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Ajay Krishnan, CFA

Lead Portfolio Manager

  

OVERVIEW

 

The Wasatch Global Opportunities Fund fell -3.88%
during the 12 months ended September 30, 2015, performing roughly in line with the benchmark MSCI AC

World Small Cap Index, which declined -3.28%.

We’ve all heard the expression, “When America sneezes, the world catches a cold.” It seems the same can now be said about China. That should come as no surprise because China is the second-largest economy in the world, as measured by gross-domestic product (GDP).

During the latter part of the Fund’s fiscal year, global stock markets declined significantly. While the news coming out of China reflected real economic concerns, the main triggers for the declines mostly had to do with ill-conceived government actions: China’s leadership initially encouraged excessive speculation in Chinese shares through massive openings of brokerage accounts, lower margin requirements and monetary stimulus by the People’s Bank of China (the country’s central bank).

Once Chinese markets turned down, the government’s first response was to intervene to support stock prices — a strategy that was soon abandoned, creating even more uncertainty. Next came the government’s effort to intentionally devalue the Chinese yuan against other major currencies. In yet another flip-flop, the central bank later cut its holdings of dollar-denominated U.S. Treasury securities and used the proceeds to prop up the yuan.

So if ill-conceived government actions were the main triggers that set off stock-market avalanches around the world, what have been the underlying conditions that have made markets vulnerable in the first place? We believe these conditions have included slower economic growth, which depresses corporate prospects, and central-bank policies that have encouraged investors to put their money into riskier assets.

DETAILS OF THE YEAR

Our greatest detractor from Fund performance for the year was Qualicorp S.A. The company offers insurance and benefits packages to corporations and affinity groups in Brazil. Qualicorp’s share price slumped on speculation that Brazil’s government is considering measures to stimulate sales of individual health-insurance plans. With general investment conditions in Brazil deteriorating, we sold the stock to seek better opportunities elsewhere.

Another large detractor from Fund performance was online travel agency MakeMyTrip Ltd. Although aggressive

discounting by a competitor has resulted in slowing sales growth and wider-than-expected losses for MakeMyTrip, it remains India’s leading online travel agency both in airline-ticket sales and hotel bookings. We believe the company’s margins will expand once competition abates, and we continue to own it in the Fund.

On the positive side of the ledger, our top contributor was Allegiant Travel Co., which rebounded from its low several months ago. Over the past year, the stock has been on a roller coaster, but has ultimately climbed higher. Early in the period, Allegiant rose based on good revenue and earnings growth, partially due to the lower price of oil. Then, the stock declined due to a backup in the price of crude and the threat of a pilot strike. More recently, the stock has recovered its losses as oil has shown some renewed weakness, and as investors have recognized Allegiant’s competitive advantages and ability to work through its labor disputes.

Medytox, Inc., a Korean health-care company, was also a strong contributor to performance for the year. Medytox develops dermal fillers and biopharmaceuticals for cosmetic applications, and therapeutic applications for the treatment of muscular disorders. The company’s stock soared on optimism that its second-generation botulinum toxin may offer an attractive alternative to BOTOX® Cosmetic for reducing wrinkles and aging of the face.

OUTLOOK

Regarding ongoing events in China, we think there are a few red flags. First, if China’s economic growth is slowing more than previously expected, this will adversely affect many companies in developed and emerging markets — although some other companies will benefit as production costs decline due to less competition for oil and minerals. Second, the possibility that China will resume its devaluation of the yuan could lead to competitive currency devaluations as other countries seek to maintain export competitiveness. Third, the recent rout in commodity prices could continue because demand growth is slowing, and modern technology is making it increasingly easy to scale production up and down.

Based on the macro themes described above, we believe opportunities in emerging markets have narrowed —  with the best opportunities being in places like India, Mexico and Taiwan, where the political environments are fairly good and the economies are not overly dependent on commodity exports.

In developed markets, where we invest the majority of the Fund’s assets, we have the largest weighting in the United States, although the weighting is significantly below that of the benchmark. We continue to look for new opportunities in the U.S. due to the relative strength of the economy and the prevalence of companies that are performing well. But our U.S. weighting has been held back by the generally high valuations we’ve been finding. Among other developed markets, our largest weightings are in Japan, the United Kingdom and Germany — where stocks are generally less well-researched than those in the U.S.

Thank you for the opportunity to manage your assets.

 

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WASATCH GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND (WAGOX)  Portfolio Summary   SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS

 

        1 YEAR      5 YEARS     

SINCE INCEPTION

11/17/08

Global Opportunities

         -3.88%        8.54%          17.70%  

MSCI AC World Small Cap Index

         -3.28%        8.14%          15.37%  

Data shows past performance, which is not indicative of future performance. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. To obtain the most recent month-end performance data available, please visit www.WasatchFunds.com. The Advisor may absorb certain Fund expenses, without which total return would have been lower. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate and shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

As of the January 31, 2015 prospectus, the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses for the Wasatch Global Opportunities Fund are 1.78%. The expense ratio shown elsewhere in this report may be different. See the prospectus for additional information regarding Fund expenses.

Wasatch Funds will deduct a 2.00% redemption proceeds fee on Fund shares held 60 days or less. Performance data does not reflect the deduction of fees, including sales charges, or the taxes you would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Fees and taxes, if reflected, would reduce the performance quoted. Wasatch does not charge any sales fees. For more complete information including charges, risks and expenses, read the prospectus carefully.

Investing in small and micro cap funds will be more volatile and loss of principal could be greater than investing in large cap or more diversified funds. Investing in foreign securities, especially in emerging markets, entails special risks, such as currency fluctuations and political uncertainties, which are described in more detail in the prospectus.

TOP 10 EQUITY HOLDINGS*

 

Company   % of Net
Assets
 
SMS Co. Ltd. (Japan)     3.2%   
Allegiant Travel Co.     3.2%   
Patrizia Immobilien AG (Germany)     2.8%   
Medytox, Inc. (Korea)     2.4%   
TWi Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Taiwan)     2.4%   
Company   % of Net
Assets
 
Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc.     2.3%   
Knight Transportation, Inc.     2.0%   
IPG Photonics Corp.     2.0%   
Rightmove plc (United Kingdom)     2.0%   
Next Co. Ltd. (Japan)     1.9%   
 

 

* As of September 30, 2015, there were 87 holdings in the Fund. Foreign currency contracts, written options and repurchase agreements, if any, are not included in the number of holdings. Portfolio holdings are subject to change at any time. References to specific securities should not be construed as recommendations by the Funds or their Advisor. Current and future holdings are subject to risk.

SECTOR BREAKDOWN**

 

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** Excludes securities sold short and options written, if any.

 

Also includes Other Assets & Liabilities.
 

GROWTH OF A HYPOTHETICAL $10,000 INVESTMENT

 

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Past performance does not predict future performance. The graph above does not reflect the deduction of fees, sales charges, or taxes that you would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Wasatch does not charge any sales fees. ††Inception: November 17, 2008. The MSCI AC (All Country) World Small Cap Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index designed to measure the performance of small capitalization securities in developed and emerging markets. You cannot invest directly in this or any index.

 

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WASATCH INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND (WAIGX)  Management Discussion   SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

The Wasatch International Growth Fund is managed by a team of Wasatch portfolio managers led by Roger Edgley, Linda Lasater and Kabir Goyal.

 

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Roger Edgley, CFA

Lead Portfolio

Manager

 

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Linda Lasater, CFA

Associate Portfolio

Manager

 

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Kabir Goyal, CFA

Associate Portfolio Manager

OVERVIEW

The Wasatch International Growth Fund gained 4.83% for the 12 months ended September 30, 2015. Over the same period, the Fund’s benchmark, the MSCI AC World Ex-U.S.A. Small Cap Index, declined -6.42%.

Over the past 12 months, the financial markets faced growing uncertainties. Central bank policy moves, especially those in the U.S. and China, weighed heavily on the markets. In the latter part of the period, investors were particularly concerned about the slowdown in China’s economy, China’s surprise devaluation of the yuan and the Volkswagen emission scandal. Our core and largest-weighted markets including Japan, the United Kingdom (U.K.) and Europe have been experiencing mixed macro developments, but we remain optimistic given the positive advances we have been seeing at a company level. We believe we have populated the Fund with high-quality long-duration growth companies that have the ability to grow over a full market cycle, despite any macroeconomic challenges they may face. Market weakness provided us with opportunities to strengthen positions in our highest-conviction stocks and upgrade the quality of our portfolio with new investments.

DETAILS OF THE YEAR

Japan contributed the most to the Fund’s performance over the past 12 months. Relative to the Index, the Fund was overweight in Japan and our holdings significantly outperformed. The extent of the economic recovery in Japan continues to be debatable, but the overall trend has been positive. The fundamental changes taking place across corporate Japan have resulted in an increased pool of interesting companies that fit our investment criteria. We believe our focus on companies with experienced, high-caliber leadership, innovative or proprietary products or platforms, and outstanding business models has the potential to continue to drive outperformance relative to the benchmark. Two of the Fund’s top 10 contributors to performance were from Japan — Ryohin Keikaku Co. Ltd., which sells knitwear, food and household items, and Nihon M&A Center, Inc., which provides merger and acquisition advisory services to small and medium-size enterprises.

In the U.K., solid domestic demand has been supported by economic data including inflation, employment and wage-growth numbers. There is concern that the strengthening currency could dampen economic activity, particularly for exporters. While a broad-based economic recovery is favorable for companies in general, we believe our holdings are market leaders in their respective categories and are capable of driving organic growth over the long term. For example, Domino’s Pizza Group plc, another of the Fund’s top contributors for the year, continues to grow organically through innovation and strong execution. The company is leveraging the Internet and technology to drive the customer proposition and efficiencies throughout the organization. This is resulting in strong same-store sales, margin expansion and cash generation.

Finally, in Europe, the economic recovery is becoming more entrenched. Growth across the eurozone has been improving, corporate earnings are rising and government debt ratios appear to have stabilized. The recovery has been driven not only by Germany and France, but also by peripheral countries like Spain, Italy and Portugal. Furthermore, with improving consumer sentiment and lower oil prices, household spending and retail sales have started to trend positively, which should further support the economic trajectory.

Germany was a top-contributing country within the Fund led by Patrizia Immobilien AG. Patrizia continues to transform itself from a pure residential property owner in Germany to a pan-European full-service real estate asset manager.

Detractors from performance were also broad-based across geographies and sectors. We sold companies that fell short of our expectations. Among them were several energy holdings. We have kept holdings that, in our opinion, are high-quality companies and leaders in their respective industries. We remain constructive on their prospects over the long term.

OUTLOOK

We are excited about the quality of the companies in the Fund and the opportunities we see for them. Many of our companies offer services that are in high demand that allow them to execute their strategies throughout any economic environment. Furthermore, we believe that improving economic conditions in Japan, Europe and the U.K. are providing a broader pool of investment candidates.

In Japan, we believe the fundamental corporate changes from governance and management perspectives will help drive long-term growth for our companies and increase shareholder value. In Europe, we are seeing a more cyclical recovery, but because the environment has been difficult for such a long period of time, particularly in the peripheral countries, the competitive landscape has improved and the high-quality companies we target have been reaping the benefits of their discipline and strong execution. Finally, in the U.K., the recovery is further along than in other developed regions. We are starting to see compelling opportunities in certain sectors, particularly industrials, which have been impacted by currency and exposure to emerging markets.

Thank you for the opportunity to manage your assets.

 

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AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS

 

        1 YEAR      5 YEARS      10 YEARS

International Growth

         4.83%            9.13%            8.06%  

MSCI AC World Ex-U.S.A. Small Cap Index

         -6.42%            3.85%            5.13%  

MSCI World Ex-U.S.A. Small Cap Index

         -3.71%            5.74%            4.23%  

Data shows past performance, which is not indicative of future performance. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. To obtain the most recent month-end performance data available, please visit www.WasatchFunds.com. The Advisor may absorb certain Fund expenses, without which total return would have been lower. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate and shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

As of the January 31, 2015 prospectus, the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses for the Wasatch International Growth Fund are 1.46%. The expense ratio shown elsewhere in this report may be different. See the prospectus for additional information regarding Fund expenses.

Wasatch Funds will deduct a 2.00% redemption proceeds fee on Fund shares held 60 days or less. Performance data does not reflect the deduction of fees, including sales charges, or the taxes you would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Fees and taxes, if reflected, would reduce the performance quoted. Wasatch does not charge any sales fees. For more complete information including charges, risks and expenses, read the prospectus carefully.

Investing in foreign securities, especially in frontier and emerging markets, entails special risks, such as currency fluctuations and political uncertainties, which are described in more detail in the prospectus. Investing in small cap funds will be more volatile and loss of principal could be greater than investing in large cap or more diversified funds.

TOP 10 EQUITY HOLDINGS*

 

Company   % of Net
Assets
 
Patrizia Immobilien AG (Germany)     3.2%   
Domino’s Pizza Group plc (United Kingdom)     2.9%   
Domino’s Pizza Enterprises Ltd. (Australia)     2.8%   
Nihon M&A Center, Inc. (Japan)     2.8%   
Ai Holdings Corp. (Japan)     2.5%   
Company   % of Net
Assets
 
Rightmove plc (United Kingdom)     2.4%   
SMS Co. Ltd. (Japan)     2.3%   
Abcam plc (United Kingdom)     2.2%   
CTS Eventim AG & Co KGaA (Germany)     2.0%   
Medytox, Inc. (Korea)     2.0%   
 

 

* As of September 30, 2015, there were 83 holdings in the Fund. Foreign currency contracts, written options and repurchase agreements, if any, are not included in the number of holdings. Portfolio holdings are subject to change at any time. References to specific securities should not be construed as recommendations by the Funds or their Advisor. Current and future holdings are subject to risk.

SECTOR BREAKDOWN**

 

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** Excludes securities sold short and options written, if any.

 

   Also includes Other Assets & Liabilities.
 

GROWTH OF A HYPOTHETICAL $10,000 INVESTMENT

 

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Past performance does not predict future performance. The graph above does not reflect the deduction of fees, sales charges, or taxes that you would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Wasatch does not charge any sales fees. The MSCI AC (All Country) World Ex-U.S.A. Small Cap Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index designed to measure the performance of small capitalization securities in developed markets, excluding the United States, and in emerging markets. The MSCI World Ex-U.S.A. Small Cap Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index designed to measure the performance of small capitalization securities in developed markets, excluding the United States. You cannot invest directly in these or any indices.

 

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WASATCH INTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND (WAIOX)  Management Discussion   SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

The Wasatch International Opportunities Fund is managed by a team of Wasatch portfolio managers led by Laura Geritz and Jared Whatcott.

 

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Laura Geritz, CFA

Portfolio Manager

  

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Jared Whatcott, CFA

Associate Portfolio Manager

  

OVERVIEW

 

The Wasatch International Opportunities
Fund fell -1.44% for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2015. Over the same time
period, the
Fund’s benchmark,
the MSCI AC

World Ex-U.S.A. Small Cap Index, lost -6.42%.

Late in the Fund’s fiscal year, just as concerns over Greece began to subside, and developed markets began to take comfort in improving economic data from Europe, China’s muddled handling of its currency and stock markets left global investors disconcerted about the country’s future prospects, its policy responses, and its impact on world economics. The U.S. Federal Reserve’s decision to leave interest rates unchanged, despite reasonably strong domestic economic indicators, further upset global markets and revived debate on the timing of U.S. rate increases. Emerging markets bore the brunt of these concerns, as global investors are estimated to have sold $19 billion worth of emerging-market equities in the third calendar quarter of 2015, the worst sell-off since 2008. As a result, developed-country stocks in the Index held up much better over the latest three-month period than emerging-market stocks, but lagged the more insulated frontier stocks.

DETAILS OF THE YEAR

Given recent increases to our company weights in Japan, the Fund ended the fiscal year with nearly half of its invested assets in developed markets, which is still well under the Index weight of over 78%. As we’ve continued to find and add what we consider to be high-quality, undiscovered micro-cap companies with strong market positions in less-traveled parts of the globe, the portion of the Fund invested in frontier markets has crept up to 10%. The remainder of the Fund is invested in strong, growing companies in the emerging world that we believe have the potential to outperform over time.

The biggest contributor from a country perspective was Japan. Our Japanese holdings significantly outperformed those in the Index. The latest trip to Japan by several members of the international team resulted in us increasing our exposure to Japan, including adding to some companies that we believe are high-quality innovators like Next Co. Ltd., a top online real estate company taking share in a resurgent Japanese market, and SMS Co Ltd., a website operator for senior-care recruitment that also has the potential to disrupt the enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems for nursing facilities in the country. This proved to be beneficial as both

Next and SMS made notable contributions to the Fund’s performance for the 12-month period.

Our decision to remain underweight in China turned out to be a plus. With stocks in Hong Kong and China in free-fall, we benefited from our smaller weight in a few select companies.

By the end of the period, the Fund had eliminated its holdings in Canada. Our lack of exposure to Canada contributed to relative performance. Canada was a weak-performing country within the benchmark, mainly due to the energy and materials sectors, where prices have been hit on concerns of lower demand from China coupled with excess supply.

Malaysia and Indonesia detracted significantly from the Fund’s performance. In Malaysia, the Fund’s overweight position was detrimental and we underperformed the Index in this country. In Indonesia, our stocks underperformed those in the Index and an overweight position hurt.

On a sector basis, the consumer-discretionary sector contributed the most to the Fund’s performance versus the Index. Besides Japanese company Next, which we already mentioned, we also saw strong performance from Poya Co. Ltd., an operator of department stores in Taiwan.

Industrials also contributed favorably to the Fund’s performance over the fiscal year. Electrical-equipment providers Amara Raja Batteries Ltd., a battery producer in India, and Voltronic Power Technology Corp., a Taiwanese power-product manufacturer, were two of the Fund’s top contributors.

The health-care sector detracted from the Fund’s performance — weighed down by Indonesian pharmaceutical company PT Kimia Farma Persero Tbk. Nevertheless, we are excited about the opportunities we see for our health-care holdings over the coming years.

Finally, the financials sector detracted the most from the Fund’s performance. Relative to the Index, the Fund’s performance in the sector was hurt by a substantially underweight position and the underperformance of our financial stocks.

OUTLOOK

From a valuation perspective, the Fund is now near the most attractive levels on a price-to-book and price-to-sales basis we’ve seen in the last three or four years. We are cognizant of equity valuations and expect to trim positions as prices rise and reduce our projected-return calculations. We also expect to add to positions when we see our favorite long-term holdings pull back.

While we can’t know what surprises the global markets have in store for us, we do have confidence that our investment process will continue to point us to companies that have the potential to thrive over time. We are optimistic about the positioning of the Fund, and excited about the great opportunities we have continued to uncover as we have traveled the globe in search of emerging World’s Best Growth Companies.

Thank you for the privilege of managing your money.

 

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AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS

 

        1 YEAR      5 YEARS      10 YEARS

International Opportunities

         -1.44%            7.98%            8.72%  

MSCI AC World Ex-U.S.A. Small Cap Index

         -6.42%            3.85%            5.13%  

MSCI World Ex-U.S.A. Small Cap Index

         -3.71%            5.74%            4.23%  

Data shows past performance, which is not indicative of future performance. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. To obtain the most recent month-end performance data available, please visit www.WasatchFunds.com. The Advisor may absorb certain Fund expenses, without which total return would have been lower. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate and shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

As of the January 31, 2015 prospectus, the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses for the Wasatch International Opportunities Fund are 2.41%. The Net Expenses are 2.25%. The expense ratio shown elsewhere in this report may be different. Net Expenses are based on Fund expenses, net of waivers and reimbursements. See the prospectus for additional information regarding Fund expenses.

Wasatch Funds will deduct a 2.00% redemption proceeds fee on Fund shares held 60 days or less. Performance data does not reflect the deduction of fees, including sales charges, or the taxes you would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Fees and taxes, if reflected, would reduce the performance quoted. Wasatch does not charge any sales fees. For more complete information including charges, risks and expenses, read the prospectus carefully.

Investing in foreign securities, especially in frontier and emerging markets, entails special risks, such as currency fluctuations and political uncertainties, which are described in more detail in the prospectus. Investing in micro cap funds will be more volatile and loss of principal could be greater than investing in large cap or more diversified funds.

TOP 10 EQUITY HOLDINGS*

 

Company   % of Net
Assets
 
Next Co. Ltd. (Japan)     2.4%   
Ikyu Corp. (Japan)     2.1%   
Gurunavi, Inc. (Japan)     2.1%   
Jalux, Inc. (Japan)     1.8%   
Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines, Inc. (Philippines)     1.7%   
Company   % of Net
Assets
 
Doutor Nichires Holdings Co. Ltd. (Japan)     1.7%   
Axial Retailing, Inc. (Japan)     1.6%   
Voltronic Power Technology Corp. (Taiwan)     1.5%   

Famous Brands Ltd. (South Africa)

    1.5%   
Wawel S.A. (Poland)     1.5%   
 

 

* As of September 30, 2015, there were 164 holdings in the Fund. Foreign currency contracts, written options and repurchase agreements, if any, are not included in the number of holdings. Portfolio holdings are subject to change at any time. References to specific securities should not be construed as recommendations by the Funds or their Advisor. Current and future holdings are subject to risk.

SECTOR BREAKDOWN**

 

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** Excludes securities sold short and options written, if any.

 

  † Also includes Other Assets & Liabilities.
 

GROWTH OF A HYPOTHETICAL $10,000 INVESTMENT

 

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Past performance does not predict future performance. The graph above does not reflect the deduction of fees, sales charges, or taxes that you would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Wasatch does not charge any sales fees. The MSCI AC (All Country) World Ex-U.S.A. Small Cap Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index designed to measure the performance of small capitalization securities in developed markets, excluding the United States, and in emerging markets. The MSCI World Ex-U.S.A. Small Cap Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index designed to measure the performance of small capitalization securities in developed markets, excluding the United States. You cannot invest directly in these or any indices.

 

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WASATCH LARGE CAP VALUE FUND (FMIEX / WILCX)  Management Discussion   SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

The Wasatch Large Cap Value Fund is managed by a team of Wasatch portfolio managers led by David Powers.

 

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David Powers, CFA

Lead Portfolio Manager

  

OVERVIEW

 

The Wasatch Large Cap Value Fund — Investor Class lost -6.61% and lagged the -4.42% decline of the Russell 1000 Value Index for the 12 months ended September 30, 2015. The Fund’s holdings in the financials and energy sectors were among the biggest detractors from performance relative to the Index.

The U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) has appeared poised to begin a tightening cycle for some time, as the economy

continues to display modest growth, with improvements in key indicators in areas such as employment and housing. In addition, consumers have been supported by declining energy costs. However, wage gains have been well below levels of past recoveries, and market expectations for the timing of the first Fed rate hike have been consistently pushed back. Longer-term U.S. Treasury yields declined over the period.

Against a weakening global economic backdrop, most leading central banks overseas engaged in extraordinary efforts to stimulate growth. The period also saw elevated geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainty, with the continued threat in Iraq and Syria from militant fundamentalists with territorial ambitions and ongoing strife in Ukraine. Markets were rattled in mid-2015 by the prospect of Greece leaving the European Union. The Greece crisis was replaced in headlines late in the period by China’s devaluation of the yuan, which sparked fears over the prospect of a global currency war and contributed to further financial market volatility.

DETAILS OF THE YEAR

The leading individual contributor to the Fund’s performance in the 12-month period was consumer electronics icon Apple, Inc. Apple shares benefited from new products and a successful iPhone update cycle. In addition, China has become a sizable and growing market for the company’s products. Apple continues to use its enormous cash reserves to support shareholder-friendly measures such as dividend increases and share buybacks. Within health care, medical device manufacturer Medtronic plc was a standout performer. Medtronic has a number of enormous, established business lines including pacemakers, spinal and cardiovascular implants, and insulin pumps. The company is at the forefront of researching and developing new therapies, and has benefited in recent quarters from increased utilization rates in the wake of the Affordable Care Act. Another significant contributor was real estate investment trust (REIT) EPR Properties. EPR holds entertainment- and leisure-related properties including theaters, casinos and golf courses, and has shown the ability to consistently identify attractive investment opportunities. Shares for EPR and other REITs benefited over the period as expectations eased with respect to the ultimate upward trajectory for interest rates.

The great majority of the Fund’s leading detractors for the period came from the energy sector, led by integrated oil and gas giants Chevron Corp. and Suncor Energy, Inc. One of the Fund’s standouts from last year, LyondellBasell Industries N.V. lagged badly in the most recent 12-month period. Lyondell is a petrochemical refiner and manufacturer of specialized plastics used in a wide range of products. Lyondell uses natural gas in its production process. Most of its competitors rely on oil-based manufacturing and benefited over the period from falling input costs. Eaton Corp. plc was another leading detractor, as industrial stocks were hampered by a slowing global growth outlook. Eaton is a provider of electrical and mechanical systems with substantial cyclical exposure to European markets. We view the stock as inexpensive at current levels and we added to the position on weakness. Eastman Chemical Co. is a commodity and specialty chemical company with a vast line of products used in a wide variety of industrial production processes, ranging from adhesives to plastics to paint additives. The company’s results are heavily tied to the overall global economic climate, and have suffered from softening demand outside the U.S., especially in China. The rise in the dollar has also weighed on the company’s results.

OUTLOOK

Developments around China and emerging markets more broadly have contributed to an investor preference for domestically oriented stocks. This has not been helpful to the Fund’s recent results, as we have seen better value and stronger balance sheets in companies with exposure to international markets.

There is a tremendous amount of stimulus in the global economic system, yet growth remains weak, contributing to the ongoing elevated levels of market volatility. If the overall commodities complex and in particular oil prices stabilize, we could see a recovery in market sentiment.

In the meantime, with the Fed likely on hold for a bit longer, cyclical stocks stand to benefit from reduced concern over higher interest rates, while the earnings outlook for lender-focused franchises within financials would be constrained. More broadly, stocks in aggregate are not inexpensive in view of lowered growth prospects, and we do not see a compelling case to heavily weight any particular segment of the market.

Against this backdrop, the Fund continues to display a higher quality profile than would likely be seen at the earlier stages of a market cycle, with a tilt toward companies featuring larger market capitalizations, higher profitability and stronger balance sheets. The broad emphasis on quality we are seeing in the Fund is an outcome of applying our value-based process, and we believe it has the Fund well-positioned for the longer term.

We thank you for your continued investment.

 

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WASATCH LARGE CAP VALUE FUND (FMIEX / WILCX) — Portfolio Summary   SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS

 

        1 YEAR        5 YEARS        10 YEARS  

Large Cap Value (FMIEX) — Investor

       -6.61%           7.52%           5.47%   

Large Cap Value (WILCX) — Institutional

       -6.50%           7.62%           5.52%   

Russell 1000® Value Index

       -4.42%           12.29%           5.71%   

Data shows past performance, which is not indicative of future performance. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. To obtain the most recent month-end performance data available, please visit www.WasatchFunds.com. The Advisor may absorb certain Fund expenses, without which total return would have been lower. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate and shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

As of the January 31, 2015 prospectus, the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses for the Wasatch Large Cap Value Fund are Investor Class  — Gross: 1.12%, Net: 1.10% / Institutional Class — Gross: 1.25%, Net: 0.98%. The expense ratio shown elsewhere in this report may be different. Net Expenses are based on Fund expenses, net of waivers and reimbursements. See the prospectus for additional information regarding Fund expenses.

Wasatch Funds will deduct a 2.00% redemption proceeds fee on Fund shares held 60 days or less. Performance data does not reflect the deduction of fees, including sales charges, or the taxes you would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Fees and taxes, if reflected, would reduce the performance quoted. Wasatch does not charge any sales fees. For more complete information including charges, risks and expenses, read the prospectus carefully.

Performance for the Institutional Class prior to 1/31/2012 is based on the performance of the Investor Class. Performance of the Fund’s Institutional Class prior to 1/31/2012 uses the actual expenses of the Fund’s Investor Class without any adjustments. For any such period of time, the performance of the Fund’s Institutional Class would have been substantially similar to, yet higher than, the performance of the Fund’s Investor Class, because the shares of both classes are invested in the same portfolio of securities, but the classes bear different expenses.

Investments in value stocks can perform differently from the market as a whole and from other types of stocks and can continue to be undervalued by the market for long periods of time. Loss of principal is a risk of investing.

TOP 10 EQUITY HOLDINGS*

 

Company   % of Net
Assets
 
General Electric Co.     4.9%   
Johnson & Johnson     4.7%   
Citigroup, Inc.     4.5%   
JPMorgan Chase & Co.     4.3%   
Wells Fargo & Co.     4.3%   
Company   % of Net
Assets
 
American International Group, Inc.     4.3%   
Cisco Systems, Inc.     4.3%   
Pfizer, Inc.     4.2%   
Procter & Gamble Co. (The)     3.8%   
Duke Energy Corp.     3.6%   
 

 

* As of September 30, 2015, there were 34 holdings in the Fund. Foreign currency contracts, written options and repurchase agreements, if any, are not included in the number of holdings. Portfolio holdings are subject to change at any time. References to specific securities should not be construed as recommendations by the Funds or their Advisor. Current and future holdings are subject to risk.

SECTOR BREAKDOWN**

 

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Past performance does not predict future performance. The graph above does not reflect the deduction of fees, sales charges, or taxes that you would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Wasatch does not charge any sales fees. The Russell 1000 Value Index measures the performance of Russell 1000 Index companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values. You cannot invest directly in these or any indices.

 

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WASATCH LONG/SHORT FUND (FMLSX / WILSX) Management Discussion   SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

The Wasatch Long/Short Fund is managed by a team of Wasatch portfolio managers led by Michael Shinnick and Ralph Shive.

 

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Michael Shinnick

Lead Portfolio Manager

  

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Ralph Shive, CFA

Portfolio Manager

  

OVERVIEW

 

The period saw the world’s leading central banks engage in extraordinary efforts to stimulate growth against the backdrop of a weakening global economy and heightened geopolitical risks.

The prospect of Greece leaving the European Union dominated headlines for much of the period, but was replaced in August by China’s efforts to maintain acceptable growth rates. China’s devaluation of the yuan sparked fears over the prospect of a global currency war breaking out among export-focused economies, leading to elevated financial market volatility. After stabilizing and gaining in the first half of 2015, oil prices resumed their declines in the wake of China’s concerns.

In the U.S., where the Federal Reserve has appeared poised to begin a tightening cycle, the economy continued to display modest growth, with improvements in key indicators in areas such as employment and housing. In addition, consumers continued to benefit from declining energy costs. However, wage gains have remained well below levels of past recoveries.

For the 12 months ended September 30, 2015, the Wasatch Long/Short Fund — Investor Class lost -19.33% and lagged the -0.61% return of the S&P 500 Index. The most significant detractor from the Fund’s performance relative to the Index was overweight exposure to cyclical areas of the market that suffered from the deteriorating global growth outlook, in particular energy-related issues. The short side of the Fund’s portfolio contributed positively to performance, as our short positions were down an average of -4.6%.

DETAILS OF THE YEAR

Leading contributors within the long portfolio included a pair of retailers, Target Corp. and Chico’s FAS, Inc. Within information technology, consumer-electronics icon Apple, Inc. and electronic-transaction processor Global Payments, Inc. provided positive contributions. Real estate investment trusts were one of the better performing areas of the market and Iron Mountain, Inc., Investors Real Estate Trust and American Campus Communities, Inc. all added to performance in the Fund’s long portfolio.

During the period, we moved aggressively to increase the short portfolio and we expect to continue to see more short opportunities as valuations are high in many areas of the market. Short positions that worked well for the Fund included computer-networking company Arista Networks, Inc., specialty grocery store chain Sprouts Farmers Market,

Inc., apparel retailer Men’s Wearhouse, Inc., and luxury-brand retailer Tiffany & Co.

On the downside, our two largest oil and gas exploration and production positions, Denbury Resources, Inc. and Bill Barrett Corp., were the leading detractors for the 12-month period. Both saw their shares suffer severely as oil prices dropped more than 50% during the year on both oversupply from OPEC and demand concerns stemming largely from slowing growth in China. We continue to believe that Denbury Resources, Bill Barrett, and Unit Corp., another leading detractor from the energy sector, have the financial wherewithal to navigate the downturn and generate strong cash flows until commodity prices recover. Outside of energy, significant detractors included low-cost retailing giant Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., semiconductor and mobile-technology company QUALCOMM, Inc., and computer-technology multinational Oracle Corp. We continue to hold these companies based on their below-market valuations and ability to generate steady cash flows to provide strong dividends and major share buyback programs.

With respect to recent changes in the Fund, we have eliminated a number of long positions with gains, including Apple, CNA Financial Corp., Ventas, Inc. and Plum Creek Timber Co., Inc. On the buy side, a significant new position was taken in Whole Foods Market, Inc. We believed the stock had fallen to an attractive valuation, not only on an absolute basis but also relative to its more highly levered peer Kroger Co., which we continue to hold in the short portfolio.

OUTLOOK

The macroeconomic backdrop has been much as we expected, featuring sluggish growth and very low interest rates supported by global quantitative easing. This has led us to maintain a preference for companies displaying high cash earnings yields and/or substantial tangible assets. While we retain our conviction in the soundness of this focus, the Fund’s performance has been disappointing in recent quarters for our shareholders and for us as managers.

While we understand and share this frustration, our disappointment has recently changed to excitement based on the observation that our energy-related stocks have been trading at multi-decade lows in relation to the overall market. As a result, we believe the potential is there for extraordinary returns on many of these issues once commodity prices return to more normal levels. Together, we believe our energy and deep value holdings are composed of attractive companies trading at historically low valuations. Finally, we expect to continue to see abundant opportunities to short stocks, and have moved aggressively to take advantage.

We remain confident that the Long/Short Fund is well-positioned to over time play a valuable role in our shareholders’ investment portfolios.

Thank you for your continued confidence and investment in the Fund.

 

   Current and future holdings are subject to risk.
 

 

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WASATCH LONG/SHORT FUND (FMLSX / WILSX) Portfolio Summary   SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS

 

        1 YEAR        5 YEARS        10 YEARS  

Long/Short (FMLSX) — Investor

       -19.33%           2.78%           3.79%   

Long/Short (WILSX) — Institutional

       -19.19%           2.85%           3.82%   

S&P 500® Index

       -0.61%           13.34%           6.80%   

Citigroup U.S. Domestic 3-Month Treasury Bills Index

       0.02%           0.06%           1.26%   

Data shows past performance, which is not indicative of future performance. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. To obtain the most recent month-end performance data available, please visit www.WasatchFunds.com. The Advisor may absorb certain Fund expenses, without which total return would have been lower. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate and shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

As of the January 31, 2015 prospectus, the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses for the Wasatch Long/Short Fund are — Investor Class: 1.53% / Institutional Class: 1.42%, Net: 1.42%. The expense ratio shown elsewhere in this report may be different. Net Expenses are based on Fund expenses, net of waivers and reimbursements. Expenses include dividend expense on short sales and interest expense. See the prospectus for additional information regarding Fund expenses.

Wasatch Funds will deduct a 2.00% redemption proceeds fee on Fund shares held 60 days or less. Performance data does not reflect the deduction of fees, including sales charges, or the taxes you would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Fees and taxes, if reflected, would reduce the performance quoted. Wasatch does not charge any sales fees. For more complete information including charges, risks and expenses, read the prospectus carefully.

Performance for the Institutional Class prior to 12/13/2012 is based on the performance of the Investor Class. Performance of the Fund’s Institutional Class prior to 12/13/2012 uses the actual expenses of the Fund’s Investor Class without any adjustments. For any such period of time, the performance of the Fund’s Institutional Class would have been substantially similar to, yet higher than, the performance of the Fund’s Investor Class, because the shares of both classes are invested in the same portfolio of securities, but the classes bear different expenses.

The Fund makes short sales of securities, which involve the risk that losses may exceed the original amount invested. Equity investing involves risks, including potential loss of the principal amount invested.

TOP 10 EQUITY HOLDINGS*

 

Company   % of Net
Assets
 
Iron Mountain, Inc.     5.0%   
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.     4.5%   
Loews Corp.     4.4%   
QUALCOMM, Inc.     4.4%   
Oracle Corp.     4.0%   
Company   % of Net
Assets
 
Express Scripts Holding Co.     3.6%   
Mosaic Co. (The)     3.5%   
EMC Corp.     3.5%   
Verizon Communications, Inc.     3.2%   
Halliburton Co.     3.2%   
 

 

* As of September 30, 2015, there were 40 long and 17 short holdings in the Fund. Foreign currency contracts, written options and repurchase agreements, if any, are not included in the number of holdings. Portfolio holdings are subject to change at any time. References to specific securities should not be construed as recommendations by the Funds or their Advisor. Current and future holdings are subject to risk.

SECTOR BREAKDOWN**

 

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** Excludes securities sold short and options written, if any.

 

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Past performance does not predict future performance. The graph above does not reflect the deduction of fees, sales charges, or taxes that you would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Wasatch does not charge any sales fees. The S&P 500 Index includes 500 of the United States’ largest stocks from a broad variety of industries. The Index is unmanaged and is a commonly used measure of common stock total return performance. The Citigroup U.S. Domestic 3-Month Treasury Bills Index tracks the performance of U.S. Treasury bills with a remaining maturity of three months. U.S. Treasury bills, which are short-term loans to the U.S. government, are full-faith-and-credit obligations of the U.S. Treasury and are generally regarded as being free of any risk of default. You cannot invest directly in these or any indices.

 

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WASATCH MICRO CAP FUND (WMICX)  Management Discussion   SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

The Wasatch Micro Cap Fund is managed by a team of Wasatch portfolio managers led by Dan Chace.

 

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Dan Chace, CFA

Lead Portfolio Manager

  

OVERVIEW

 

The Wasatch Micro Cap Fund gained 2.45% during the 12 months ended September 30, 2015. The Fund finished ahead of its benchmark, the Russell Microcap Index, which rose 1.65%. After lagging during the previous fiscal year, small-company stocks and micro caps outperformed the stocks of larger companies.

Both the Index and the Fund carried gains of approximately 17% into the final quarter of the fiscal year. At that

time, we noted our concerns about overvaluation in the markets. “For equity markets, valuations remain elevated,” we wrote in our June 30, 2015 commentary. “Unlike the Internet bubble — when reasonably valued stocks unrelated to the bubble were relatively plentiful — today the overvaluation is more widespread.”

Over the following three months, those concerns came to the forefront of investors’ attention. Alongside a multi-year run in equities and lofty valuations, stocks corrected sharply. Though slowing economic growth in China had been hanging over the market for some time, China’s surprise devaluation of the yuan on August 11th rattled investors. The move sparked fears that China’s slowdown was worse than believed and raised doubts about the Chinese government’s ability and confidence to manage it. Micro-cap stocks sold off along with other risk assets, although both the Index and the Fund held on to enough of their earlier gains to finish in positive territory for the fiscal year.

Aside from China, conflicting signals from the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) provided an additional source of uncertainty. That the Fed will increase rates is widely expected. The timing of that increase and whether the economy is strong enough to withstand it is a question mark, however. While the U.S. economy has improved — with unemployment declining and the housing market doing better — corporate-profit growth has been slowing.

Looking past the macroeconomic issues and into the Fund, our bottom-up approach focuses on investing in companies that we believe can grow earnings over the next three to five years at a steady clip, regardless of what the macro environment looks like. We believe this approach is particularly timely given the uncertainty embedded in today’s global economy.

DETAILS OF THE YEAR

Our strongest contributor to performance for the year was Cempra, Inc., a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing antibiotics for the treatment of bacterial infectious diseases. Cempra’s share price rose on optimism surrounding its lead drug candidate, Solithromycin, which is currently in Phase 3 development for the treatment of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia. In addition, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted Fast Track designation to the drug, a positive sign.

Technology company Ellie Mae, Inc. was our second-largest contributor. The company provides on-demand software and services for the U.S. residential-mortgage industry. Ellie Mae’s strong operating performance in the depressed originations market of 2014 confirmed its position as the software provider of choice for mortgage lenders. The company’s rapidly expanding customer base has driven upward revisions in its revenue guidance for 2015.

Our greatest detractor from Fund performance for the year was online travel agency MakeMyTrip Ltd. Although aggressive discounting by a competitor has resulted in slowing sales growth and wider-than-expected losses for MakeMyTrip, it remains India’s leading online agency both in airline-ticket sales and hotel bookings. We believe the company’s margins will expand once competition abates, and we continue to own it in the Fund.

Oil prices weakened further during the fiscal year, impacting the bottom lines of crude producers. These included Comstock Resources, Inc. and Northern Oil and Gas, Inc., two other detractors from Fund performance. We liquidated the Fund’s position in Comstock early in the year because we expected its highly levered business model to face difficulties in an environment of low energy prices. Since then, the company’s stock price has declined significantly. Northern Oil and Gas, which we believed was better positioned to ride out crude’s steep drop, was sold later in the year when oil prices showed few signs of near-term recovery.

OUTLOOK

Looking forward, we don’t expect any immediate improvement in the global economic environment or the volatility in equities. Although we think moderate growth in both the U.S. economy and employment will persist, we are cognizant of the challenges emerging around the world.

One issue confronting investors has been the strength of the U.S. dollar and the exceptional weakness of some currencies, especially in emerging markets. The fear is that a debt crisis may emerge somewhere in the world, especially in countries and companies that have borrowed heavily in dollars. Continued weakness in commodities also appears to reflect expectations of slowing global growth. And expanding high-yield spreads suggest increased stress in the U.S. economy.

Consequently, we have been working to position the Fund toward stable growth companies that we believe are likely to be more insulated from macroeconomic headwinds. These include companies operating in growth markets, and companies with innovative products and services that have the potential to expand despite the uncertainty. We continue to screen for new ideas that fit these characteristics. As a result, the Fund’s portfolio turnover is likely to increase somewhat in the coming quarters.

Thank you for the opportunity to manage your assets.

 

   Current and future holdings are subject to risk.
 

 

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WASATCH MICRO CAP FUND (WMICX) Portfolio Summary   SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS

 

        1 YEAR      5 YEARS      10 YEARS

Micro Cap

         2.45%            11.17%            5.06%  

Russell Microcap® Index

         1.65%            12.35%            4.88%  

Russell 2000® Index

         1.25%            11.73%            6.55%  

Data shows past performance, which is not indicative of future performance. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. To obtain the most recent month-end performance data available, please visit www.WasatchFunds.com. The Advisor may absorb certain Fund expenses, without which total return would have been lower. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate and shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

As of the January 31, 2015 prospectus, the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses for the Wasatch Micro Cap Fund are 1.90%. The expense ratio shown elsewhere in this report may be different. See the prospectus for additional information regarding Fund expenses.

Wasatch Funds will deduct a 2.00% redemption proceeds fee on Fund shares held 60 days or less. Performance data does not reflect the deduction of fees, including sales charges, or the taxes you would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Fees and taxes, if reflected, would reduce the performance quoted. Wasatch does not charge any sales fees. For more complete information including charges, risks and expenses, read the prospectus carefully.

Investing in micro cap funds will be more volatile and loss of principal could be greater than investing in large cap or more diversified funds. Investing in foreign securities, especially in emerging markets, entails special risks, such as currency fluctuations and political uncertainties, which are described in more detail in the prospectus.

TOP 10 EQUITY HOLDINGS*

 

Company   % of Net
Assets
 
LGI Homes, Inc.     2.6%   
Ultimate Software Group, Inc.     2.6%   
Tyler Technologies, Inc.     2.5%   
City Union Bank Ltd. (India)     2.2%   
CareTrust REIT, Inc.     2.1%   
Company   % of Net
Assets
 
SPS Commerce, Inc.     2.1%   
ICON plc (Ireland)     2.0%   
Natco Pharma Ltd. (India)     1.9%   
Ensign Group, Inc. (The)     1.9%   
Installed Building Products, Inc.     1.9%   
 

 

* As of September 30, 2015, there were 90 holdings in the Fund. Foreign currency contracts, written options and repurchase agreements, if any, are not included in the number of holdings. Portfolio holdings are subject to change at any time. References to specific securities should not be construed as recommendations by the Funds or their Advisor. Current and future holdings are subject to risk.

SECTOR BREAKDOWN**

 

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** Excludes securities sold short and options written, if any.

 

Also includes Other Assets & Liabilities.
 

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Past performance does not predict future performance. The graph above does not reflect the deduction of fees, sales charges, or taxes that you would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Wasatch does not charge any sales fees. The Russell Microcap Index is an unmanaged total return index of the smallest 1,000 securities in the small-cap Russell 2000 Index along with the next smallest 1,000 companies, based on a ranking of all U.S. equities by market capitalization. The Russell 2000 Index is an unmanaged total return index of the smallest 2,000 companies in the Russell 3000 Index, as ranked by total market capitalization. The Russell 2000 Index is widely regarded in the industry as accurately capturing the universe of small company stocks. You cannot invest directly in these or any indices.

 

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WASATCH MICRO CAP VALUE FUND (WAMVX) Management Discussion   SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

The Wasatch Micro Cap Value Fund is managed by a team of Wasatch portfolio managers led by Brian Bythrow.

 

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Brian Bythrow, CFA

Lead Portfolio Manager

  

OVERVIEW

 

The Wasatch Micro Cap Value Fund gained 9.99% in the 12 months ended September 30, 2015. The Fund outperformed its benchmark, the Russell Microcap Index, which rose 1.65%. With respect to market environment and investor risk appetite, the Fund’s fiscal year broke down roughly into three phases: (1) the first quarter, (2) the two middle quarters, and (3) the final quarter.

During the first quarter, investors demonstrated a robust appetite for risk and drove the Index to a double-digit gain. The biotechnology component of the Index, which serves as a reasonable proxy for risk-taking, surged about 24%. The Fund lagged its benchmark during this period, as the higher-quality, less-speculative companies we seek to own in the Fund did not seem as exciting to investors.

Over the following two quarters, the environment for equities remained positive, but less aggressively so. The Index posted low-single-digit gains in each quarter, and the returns of its red-hot biotechnology component cooled to the mid-teens. As risk appetite moderated, the Fund began to outperform.

In the final quarter of the fiscal year, stocks fell as investors became risk-averse. Weak manufacturing data in China raised doubts about the health of the global economy and weighed on world equity markets. Conflicting signals from the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) on when it would start raising interest rates added to the uncertain environment. The Index suffered a double-digit loss for the three months, while its biotechnology stocks declined approximately -29% as a group. The Fund fell much less than the Index during this period, finishing substantially ahead of its benchmark for the full year.

We believe the Fund’s performance over the past 12 months is a direct reflection of our investment approach. When selecting investments for the Fund, we seek innovative micro-cap companies that can differentiate themselves from competitors and gain market share — even under difficult business conditions. At the same time, we generally seek to avoid commodity producers and cyclicals. As the year progressed, investor appetite for risk subsided and our greater focus on innovators and defensive growers increasingly benefited the Fund.

In addition, the Fund’s value mandate largely prevented us from owning the biotechnology stocks that added volatility to the Index. Over the fiscal year, biotechnology stocks represented about 11% of the Index, but less than 3% of the Fund. Nevertheless, our health-care stocks outgained the health-care positions in the Index and were the Fund’s greatest source of outperformance relative to its benchmark. The information-technology sector was another area in which the Fund outperformed significantly.

DETAILS OF THE YEAR

Our strongest contributor to Fund performance for the year was Nobilis Health Corp. In connection with its physician partners, Nobilis develops, owns and operates outpatient-surgery centers in the Dallas and Houston markets. The company began the fiscal year largely unnoticed by investors, with its shares listed only on the Toronto Stock Exchange. When Nobilis received its U.S. listing, however, analyst coverage increased and the company’s stock price rose. Solid operating results and the company’s attractive valuation relative to its peers also helped lift the stock.

Another health-care company, iRadimed Corp., was our second-best contributor. iRadimed makes non-magnetic intravenous (IV) equipment for use in magnetic-resonance imaging (MRI). The exit of its main competitor left iRadimed as the dominant player in the markets it serves. With the stock more than tripling in price during the fiscal year, we trimmed the Fund’s position.

Our greatest detractor from Fund performance for the year was MusclePharm Corp. The company sells sports-nutrition products in the U.S. and internationally. MusclePharm’s share price declined as the company reported wider-than-expected losses. When higher spending to support the company’s ambitious marketing initiatives further delayed its move to profitability, we sold the stock to seek better opportunities elsewhere.

Emerald Oil, Inc. and Comstock Resources, Inc. were our second- and third-largest detractors, respectively. Because small, leveraged energy companies such as these require high oil prices to remain profitable, both were hurt by steep declines in the price of crude. We sold the Fund’s holdings of both companies when it became apparent that OPEC had no immediate plans to address the global oversupply of oil. Since then, the stocks of both companies have declined significantly.

OUTLOOK

Given the high level of global economic uncertainty, we believe world stock markets are likely to remain volatile in the near term. With corporate-earnings growth slowing in the U.S. and equity valuations high by historical standards, we’ve been trimming holdings we consider most vulnerable to bouts of market weakness.

While much attention has been focused on China, recent manufacturing data in the U.S. has been soft as well. We believe sluggishness in both countries may reflect broader weakness in the global economy. The Fed’s reluctance to normalize interest rates is another reason for caution, in our view.

Europe appears to be a pocket of strength, and we continue to research companies there. To the extent that fresh economic weakness in the U.S. causes the greenback to depreciate, we believe emerging markets would stand to benefit from inflows of foreign capital. Meanwhile, we would view a further downturn in global equities as an opportunity to reinvest the Fund’s substantial cash position at more-attractive valuations.

Thank you for the opportunity to manage your assets.

 

   Current and future holdings are subject to risk.
 

 

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WASATCH MICRO CAP VALUE FUND (WAMVX) Portfolio Summary   SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS

 

        1 YEAR        5 YEARS        10 YEARS  

Micro Cap Value

       9.99%           12.74%           9.52%   

Russell Microcap® Index

       1.65%           12.35%           4.88%   

Russell 2000® Index

       1.25%           11.73%           6.55%   

Data shows past performance, which is not indicative of future performance. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. To obtain the most recent month-end performance data available, please visit www.WasatchFunds.com. The Advisor may absorb certain Fund expenses, without which total return would have been lower. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate and shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

As of the January 31, 2015 prospectus, the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses for the Wasatch Micro Cap Value Fund are 2.02%. The Net Expenses are 1.95%. The expense ratio shown elsewhere in this report may be different. Net Expenses are based on Fund expenses, net of waivers and reimbursements. See the prospectus for additional information regarding Fund expenses.

Wasatch Funds will deduct a 2.00% redemption proceeds fee on Fund shares held 60 days or less. Performance data does not reflect the deduction of fees, including sales charges, or the taxes you would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Fees and taxes, if reflected, would reduce the performance quoted. Wasatch does not charge any sales fees. For more complete information including charges, risks and expenses, read the prospectus carefully.

Investing in micro cap funds will be more volatile and loss of principal could be greater than investing in large cap or more diversified funds. Investments in value stocks can perform differently from the market as a whole and from other types of stocks and can continue to be undervalued by the market for long periods of time. Investing in foreign securities, especially in emerging markets, entails special risks, such as currency fluctuations and political uncertainties, which are described in more detail in the prospectus.

TOP 10 EQUITY HOLDINGS*

 

Company   % of Net
Assets
 
Synergetics USA, Inc.     1.6%   
LHC Group, Inc.     1.6%   
Atlas Financial Holdings, Inc.     1.4%   
Allegiant Travel Co.     1.4%   
Marksans Pharma Ltd. (India)     1.3%   
Company   % of Net
Assets
 
LGI Homes, Inc.     1.3%   
EPAM Systems, Inc.     1.3%   
AVG Technologies N.V.     1.2%   
Nobilis Health Corp. PIPE     1.2%   
Kingstone Cos., Inc.     1.2%   
 

 

* As of September 30, 2015, there were 114 holdings in the Fund. Foreign currency contracts, written options and repurchase agreements, if any, are not included in the number of holdings. Portfolio holdings are subject to change at any time. References to specific securities should not be construed as recommendations by the Funds or their Advisor. Current and future holdings are subject to risk.

SECTOR BREAKDOWN**

 

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** Excludes securities sold short and options written, if any.

 

   Also includes Other Assets & Liabilities.
 

GROWTH OF A HYPOTHETICAL $10,000 INVESTMENT

 

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Past performance does not predict future performance. The graph above does not reflect the deduction of fees, sales charges, or taxes that you would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Wasatch does not charge any sales fees. The Russell Microcap Index is an unmanaged total return index of the smallest 1,000 securities in the small-cap Russell 2000 Index along with the next smallest 1,000 companies, based on a ranking of all U.S. equities by market capitalization. The Russell 2000 Index is an unmanaged total return index of the smallest 2,000 companies in the Russell 3000 Index, as ranked by total market capitalization. The Russell 2000 Index is widely regarded in the industry as accurately capturing the universe of small company stocks. You cannot invest directly in these or any indices.

 

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WASATCH SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND (WAAEX)  Management Discussion   SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

The Wasatch Small Cap Growth Fund is managed by a team of Wasatch portfolio managers led by Jeff Cardon and JB Taylor.

 

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Jeff Cardon, CFA

Lead Portfolio Manager

  

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JB Taylor

Portfolio Manager

  

OVERVIEW

 

The Wasatch Small Cap Growth Fund returned 0.39% for the 12 months ended September 30 2015, underperforming the Russell 2000 Growth Index, which returned

4.04%. The Russell 2000 Index returned 1.25%.

In the most recent quarter, markets saw a dramatic reversal of fortune after enjoying a long running string of success. Weak economic data from China stoked fears of a contagion affecting a fragile U.S. economy. Adding to the market woes was the sudden emergence of pharmaceutical pricing as a potential hot button in the upcoming election. This news had an immediate impact on the Russell 2000 Growth Index given its large biotech weighting and long string of outperformance from that industry. Both the Index and the biotech industry were down double digits in the quarter, but biotech stocks still delivered double-digit returns for the 12-month period.

The energy sector was, by far, the biggest detractor from performance for both the Fund and the Index over the past year. Unlike biotech, energy has suffered a prolonged period of underperformance, and it was down over 50% for the year. Energy represents a much smaller weight in the small cap indices and the Fund, but the magnitude of the decline was meaningful to performance.

With scientific knowledge exploding and technology increasingly changing the way we conduct business and interact with the world, it is not surprising that two of the best performing sectors for the Index and the Fund were health care and information technology. Stock selection in the industrials sector was strong, making it the largest contributor to the Fund’s performance relative to the Index.

DETAILS OF THE YEAR

IPC Healthcare, Inc. was a large contributor to performance over the past year. The stock gained over 40% on the announcement that the company would be acquired by Team Health Holdings, Inc.* for $1.6 billion in cash.

Transportation provided an interesting contrast in performance among its sub-industries. Trucking stocks in the Russell 2000 Growth Index were down -24% for the 12 months on worries of a weakening U.S. economy. Airline stocks, by contrast, were up 85% during the period. This radical divergence in price performance doesn’t make much sense to us, especially given the tailwind that lower fuel prices provided to both industries. Our view is that the trucking stocks are becoming even more interesting long run investments as the well run public trucking companies continue to gain share from the large number of small

truckers. We own two transportation stocks among our top 10 holdings. Knight Transportation, Inc. is a trucking company that we believe is superbly run and has the potential to be one of the market share winners. Allegiant Travel Co. is an ultra-low cost airline taking market share from higher cost competitors. Knight Transportation was down -12% during the period while Allegiant Travel was up 78% and was the Fund’s biggest contributor to performance.

Two retailers were among our worst performers. Zumiez, Inc. and Mattress Firm Holding Corp. both wrestled with earnings weakness during the period. Zumiez is a specialty retailer of action sports apparel and equipment. The company experienced weak demand during the important back-to-school season, but we believe that Zumiez is an extremely well-run company that should grow earnings at a 15-plus% clip over the next five years. Mattress Firm is the leading specialty retailer of mattresses in the country and is taking share from furniture and department stores. The company cited weakness in the oil patch states as contributing to lower forward guidance, but our long-term thesis remains intact.

Two other retailers in the Fund, Monro Muffler Brake, Inc. and O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. were up significantly. Broadly speaking, both companies serve the automobile parts and service industry. This industry is far less cyclical than the typical retailer, and this stable demand profile was attractive to investors in a time of rising economic concerns.

The Fund’s international holdings performed similarly to our domestic holdings, with most of the weakness resulting from our energy-related holdings. On the positive side, German online pet supplies retailer zooplus AG and Indian bank HDFC Bank Ltd. were the largest international contributors to performance.

OUTLOOK

We believe the U.S economy remains stuck in a low-growth pattern. Our discussions with companies owned in the Fund suggest a U.S. economy that is decelerating but not in decline. Given the severity of the 2008 downturn, this has been a very disappointing recovery and suggests a stock market vulnerable to a growth shock or a significant rise in interest rates. Conversely, such a low growth backdrop can create opportunity for growth investors, as companies enjoying strong organic growth stand out in a low growth environment. The Fund’s companies have delivered consistent mid-teens sales growth to drive earnings. We believe this kind of sustainable organic growth has the potential to provide better long run returns versus larger companies, which have been far more dependent on short-lived sources of earnings growth such as cost cutting and stock repurchases.

Thank you for the opportunity to manage your assets.

 

* As of September 30, 2015, the Wasatch Small Cap Growth Fund was not invested in Team Health Holdings, Inc.

 

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WASATCH SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND (WAAEX)  Portfolio Summary   SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS

 

        1 YEAR      5 YEARS      10 YEARS

Small Cap Growth

         0.39%            11.20%            6.90%  

Russell 2000® Growth Index

         4.04%            13.26%            7.67%  

Russell 2000® Index

         1.25%            11.73%            6.55%  

Data shows past performance, which is not indicative of future performance. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. To obtain the most recent month-end performance data available, please visit www.WasatchFunds.com. The Advisor may absorb certain Fund expenses, without which total return would have been lower. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate and shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

As of the January 31, 2015 prospectus, the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses for the Wasatch Small Cap Growth Fund are 1.21%. The expense ratio shown elsewhere in this report may be different. Expenses include direct expenses paid to the Advisor as well as indirect expenses incurred by the Fund as a result of its investments in other investment companies (each an “Acquired Fund”), before any expense reimbursements by the Advisor. See the prospectus for additional information regarding Fund expenses.

Wasatch Funds will deduct a 2.00% redemption proceeds fee on Fund shares held 60 days or less. Performance data does not reflect the deduction of fees, including sales charges, or the taxes you would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Fees and taxes, if reflected, would reduce the performance quoted. Wasatch does not charge any sales fees. For more complete information including charges, risks and expenses, read the prospectus carefully.

Investing in small cap funds will be more volatile and loss of principal could be greater than investing in large cap or more diversified funds. Investing in foreign securities, especially in emerging markets, entails special risks, such as currency fluctuations and political uncertainties, which are described in more detail in the prospectus.

TOP 10 EQUITY HOLDINGS*

 

Company   % of Net
Assets
 
Ultimate Software Group, Inc.     5.4%   
Knight Transportation, Inc.     3.3%   
Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc.     3.2%   
Allegiant Travel Co.     2.8%   
ICON plc (Ireland)     2.7%   
Company   % of Net
Assets
 
ExamWorks Group, Inc.     2.2%   
Monro Muffler Brake, Inc.     2.1%   
O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.     2.0%   
Seattle Genetics, Inc.     1.9%   
FleetMatics Group plc     1.9%   
 

 

* As of September 30, 2015, there were 101 holdings in the Fund. Foreign currency contracts, written options and repurchase agreements, if any, are not included in the number of holdings. Portfolio holdings are subject to change at any time. References to specific securities should not be construed as recommendations by the Funds or their Advisor. Current and future holdings are subject to risk.

SECTOR BREAKDOWN**

 

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** Excludes securities sold short and options written, if any.

 

   Also includes Other Assets & Liabilities.
 

GROWTH OF A HYPOTHETICAL $10,000 INVESTMENT

 

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Past performance does not predict future performance. The graph above does not reflect the deduction of fees, sales charges, or taxes that you would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Wasatch does not charge any sales fees. The Russell 2000 Growth Index is an unmanaged total return index that measures the performance of those Russell 2000 Index companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. The Russell 2000 Index is an unmanaged total return index of the smallest 2,000 companies in the Russell 3000 Index, as ranked by total market capitalization. The Russell 2000 Index is widely regarded in the industry as accurately capturing the universe of small company stocks. You cannot invest directly in these or any indices.

 

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WASATCH SMALL CAP VALUE FUND (WMCVX / WICVX)  Management Discussion   SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

The Wasatch Small Cap Value Fund is managed by a team of Wasatch portfolio managers led by Jim Larkins.

 

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Jim Larkins

Lead Portfolio Manager

  

OVERVIEW

 

Small-cap value stocks finished the 12-month period ended September 30, 2015 with a loss of -1.60%, as gauged by the Fund’s benchmark, the Russell 2000 Value Index. The Wasatch Small Cap Value Fund — Investor Class returned 2.99%, outperforming the benchmark by a wide margin. The Fund has also outpaced the benchmark in the three-, five- and 10-year periods.

We believe there are three important

reasons for this strong long-term track record. First, we have maintained our longstanding discipline of buying what we consider to be high-quality companies at value prices through our “Fallen Angels” strategy, which seeks to identify growth companies that temporarily fall into value territory due to short-term factors. This approach has helped us capture meaningful upside in a number of stocks over time, especially since we invested at valuations we saw as attractively low. Second, we have taken steps to concentrate the Fund by targeting a total number of holdings between 50 and 60 stocks. We believe this puts us in the best position to capitalize on the potential outperformance of our best ideas, as we have found that smaller positions usually have little impact on overall performance — either positively or negatively. Third, but not least, we have been very aggressive in selling positions when our investment thesis has proven incorrect. We believe these aspects of our approach have helped put the Fund in a strong position to capture opportunities within the small-cap asset class.

DETAILS OF THE YEAR

Consistent with our bottom-up approach, stock selection was the primary driver of the Fund’s outperformance of the Index over the past 12 months. Our results were particularly strong within two traditional growth sectors — information technology and consumer discretionary — which help illustrate the potential benefits of our emphasis on faster-growing companies within the value universe. In the consumer-discretionary sector, Skechers, Inc. delivered a substantial gain and was the leading contributor to the Fund’s performance. We started buying the stock four years ago when Skechers was struggling with inventory problems after its Shape-Ups product line went from boom to bust. The stock was deeply depressed at the time, but we saw the potential for the company to exit the down cycle and resume its growth with higher profit margins. This thesis has indeed come to fruition, and we have elected to hold a significant position, rather than selling, since the company’s results have continued to accelerate. Within information technology, our top performers included software company Ebix, Inc., business-services provider Cimpress N.V. (formerly known as Vistaprint) and outsourcing company EPAM Systems, Inc.

Outside of these two sectors, home health care company LHC Group, Inc. was a substantial contributor to the Fund’s results. The Fund had owned the stock in the past, and we decided to visit LHC Group’s headquarters in the autumn of 2014 as part of a routine trip to see other companies in the area. While there, we learned that LHC was just completing four years of heavy system and process implementations that had weighed on profits and growth. We reinitiated a position soon after our visit on the belief that these investments would soon pay off. The profits and growth we expected have indeed come through, as home health care is taking market share by reducing costs for consumers. We have added to our position as the company’s fundamentals have improved, and LHC Group is now among the largest investments in the Fund.

On the negative side, our positions in the energy sector detracted from the Fund’s results. Energy stocks came under broad-based pressure due to uncertainty about the direction of oil prices, weighing on our positions in Northern Oil and Gas, Inc., Comstock Resources, Inc. and Ultra Petroleum Corp. We sold all three stocks due to weak market outlooks and high debt levels.

In terms of portfolio activity, we maintained our longstanding approach of rotating into areas where we saw value and taking profits in stocks where risks were rising. This strategy led us to increase our weighting in the financials sector, which has long been our largest sector underweight versus the benchmark. We believe many regional banks are now in a stronger position to generate growth than they were just two to three years ago, yet this hasn’t been fully reflected in their valuations. We therefore began boosting the Fund’s weighting in this group during the latter half of the period, increasing our existing positions and adding new banks to the portfolio. At the same time as we raised the Fund’s weighting in financials, we sought to take profits in areas where we no longer saw as favorable of a risk/reward profile, such as energy and industrials.

OUTLOOK

We hold a fairly cautious outlook on the broader market, since recent events have raised some legitimate questions about the direction of global growth. We are therefore keeping a close eye on economic developments and the possible impact they may have on our current and prospective holdings. We believe our disciplined approach, together with our emphasis on companies with solid balance sheets, long-run revenue opportunities and healthy competitive positions, have the potential to continue to add value even if broader market conditions remain volatile in the months ahead.

Thank you for the opportunity to manage your assets.

 

   Current and future holdings are subject to risk.
 

 

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WASATCH SMALL CAP VALUE FUND (WMCVX / WICVX)  Portfolio Summary   SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS

 

        1 YEAR      5 YEARS      10 YEARS

Small Cap Value (WMCVX) — Investor

         2.99%            13.73%            6.48%  

Small Cap Value (WICVX) — Institutional

         2.97%            13.84%            6.53%  

Russell 2000® Value Index

         -1.60%            10.17%            5.35%  

Russell 2000® Index

         1.25%            11.73%            6.55%  

Data shows past performance, which is not indicative of future performance. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. To obtain the most recent month-end performance data available, please visit www.WasatchFunds.com. The Advisor may absorb certain Fund expenses, without which total return would have been lower. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate and shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

As of the January 31, 2015 prospectus, the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses for the Wasatch Small Cap Value Fund are Investor Class  — 1.20% / Institutional Class — Gross: 1.44%, Net: 1.15%. The expense ratio shown elsewhere in this report may be different. Net Expenses are based on Fund expenses, net of waivers and reimbursements. See the prospectus for additional information regarding Fund expenses.

Wasatch Funds will deduct a 2.00% redemption proceeds fee on Fund shares held 60 days or less. Performance data does not reflect the deduction of fees, including sales charges, or the taxes you would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Fees and taxes, if reflected, would reduce the performance quoted. Wasatch does not charge any sales fees. For more complete information including charges, risks and expenses, read the prospectus carefully.

Performance for the Institutional Class prior to 1/31/2012 is based on the performance of the Investor Class. Performance of the Fund’s Institutional Class prior to 1/31/2012 uses the actual expenses of the Fund’s Investor Class without any adjustments. For any such period of time, the performance of the Fund’s Institutional Class would have been substantially similar to, yet higher than, the performance of the Fund’s Investor Class, because the shares of both classes are invested in the same portfolio of securities, but the classes bear different expenses.

Investing in small cap funds will be more volatile and loss of principal could be greater than investing in large cap or more diversified funds. Investments in value stocks can perform differently from the market as a whole and from other types of stocks and can continue to be undervalued by the market for long periods of time. Investing in foreign securities, especially in emerging markets, entails special risks, such as currency fluctuations and political uncertainties, which are described in more detail in the prospectus.

TOP 10 EQUITY HOLDINGS*

 

Company   % of Net
Assets
 
Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A     3.6%   
LHC Group, Inc.     3.5%   
AVG Technologies N.V.     3.5%   
Ensign Group, Inc. (The)     3.1%   
Allegiant Travel Co.     3.0%   
Company   % of Net
Assets
 
CareTrust REIT, Inc.     2.8%   
LGI Homes, Inc.     2.8%   
Customers Bancorp, Inc.     2.7%   

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. Class A

    2.7%   
Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.     2.7%   
 

 

* As of September 30, 2015, there were 57 holdings in the Fund. Foreign currency contracts, written options and repurchase agreements, if any, are not included in the number of holdings. Portfolio holdings are subject to change at any time. References to specific securities should not be construed as recommendations by the Funds or their Advisor. Current and future holdings are subject to risk.

SECTOR BREAKDOWN**

 

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** Excludes securities sold short and options written, if any.

 

   Also includes Other Assets & Liabilities.
 

GROWTH OF A HYPOTHETICAL $10,000 INVESTMENT

 

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Past performance does not predict future performance. The graph above does not reflect the deduction of fees, sales charges, or taxes that you would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Wasatch does not charge any sales fees. The Russell 2000 Value Index measures the performance of those Russell 2000 Index companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values. The Russell 2000 Index is an unmanaged total return index of the smallest 2,000 companies in the Russell 3000 Index, as ranked by total market capitalization. The Russell 2000 Index is widely regarded in the industry as accurately capturing the universe of small company stocks. You cannot invest directly in these or any indices.

 

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WASATCH STRATEGIC INCOME FUND (WASIX)  Management Discussion   SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

The Wasatch Strategic Income Fund is managed by a team of Wasatch portfolio managers led by Sam Stewart.

 

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Samuel S. Stewart, Jr. PhD, CFA

Lead Portfolio Manager

  

OVERVIEW

 

Over the past few years, I’ve often commented that the performance of the Wasatch Strategic Income Fund
was too good to continue as we enjoyed a near uninterrupted run
of positive results and, as of June 30, 2015, trailing three-year returns of over 15% annualized. Referring to the
quarter ended June 30, I said, “While [the loss we experienced for the quarter] was disappointing, it wasn’t unexpected”. . . after a long string of

positive results. Sadly, last quarter’s loss was a mere prelude to the final three months of the Fund’s fiscal year, which ended September 30, 2015, and may best be described as a disaster.

The last two quarters of the Fund’s fiscal year resulted in disappointing annual performance. The Fund’s -9.54% loss for the 12-month period caused it to fall short of the S&P 500’s -0.61% return (our stock benchmark) and the 2.94% gain of the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (our bond benchmark) for the year.

In over 40 years of managing money, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a quarter as bad as the last three-month period was for the Fund. While the Fund’s -11.55% loss was bad, I have seen quarters with greater losses. What made the last three months unprecedented was that almost every stock in the portfolio declined in price. Visa, Inc. was virtually alone as a stock that made a positive contribution to the Fund’s return.

DETAILS OF THE YEAR

Along with Visa, CVS Health Corp. was one of the bright spots for the year. Each company contributed 0.74 of a percentage point to the Fund’s overall return. We sold CVS, a pharmaceutical services provider, when we felt the stock had become overpriced compared to our estimate of fair value.

The most straightforward explanation for the Fund’s performance would be that most of our holdings suffered a business reversal during the year. However, that simply did not happen. We can identify a couple of our holdings that suffered genuine business reversals. For example, the prospects for shipping-container lessor TAL International Group, Inc. dimmed due to China weakness sparking fears of a decline in global trade. TAL’s 64% stock-price decline seems like an over-reaction to me, especially given that nearly all of TAL’s containers are on long-term leases. Nonetheless, the company’s stock decline was almost certainly due to weaker business prospects.

On the other hand, we can also identify several holdings that had positive business developments. For example, the business prospects for NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. actually brightened during the year as the company made progress toward spinning off its European holdings. However, NorthStar’s 23% stock-price decline over the past 12 months did not reflect this improvement.

Most companies in the Fund, as expected, had a year of business as usual.

One way to assess the evolution of our companies’ business prospects is to see what happened to analysts’ earnings estimates. As expected, some estimates fell, while others rose. This made no difference to the market, which marked down almost all of our stocks.

Another way is to examine our companies’ actions regarding dividends. If a company were facing business uncertainty, it would be unusual for it to increase its dividend. Yet, on average, our companies significantly increased their dividends.

Excessively high valuation could be one possible cause for the meltdowns in many of our stocks. If stocks are richly priced, it doesn’t take much to send them into a downward spiral. However, excessive valuation didn’t seem to be the problem. As of June 30, the Fund’s forward price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) was 12, well below the market’s P/E of 15.

I have pondered the question of what did actually happen at length and discussed it with peers. My conclusion is that over the past three months our dividend-oriented portfolio — heavy with financial stocks — acted as a canary in the coal mine for a potential recession. I believe that the unanticipated slowing in China further heightened fears of a potential recession.

OUTLOOK

Should we be worried? Perhaps. But given the solid operating performance of most of our holdings, I believe we should give more weight to what actually happened than to fears of what might happen.

Although I certainly don’t know what the future will bring, I can say that both the continued steady performance of the general economy and our companies is inconsistent with the dire forecast embedded in our results of the last three months.

To keep things in perspective, our three-year track record remains on or above target. As of September 30, 2015, the Fund’s three-year average annual return was 9.79%. It lies between the 12.40% return of our stock benchmark and the 1.71% return of our bond benchmark. This is right on our goal.

As a reminder, the bulk of my personal retirement savings are invested in the Wasatch Strategic Income Fund alongside of yours. The recent poor results have weighed on me personally as I’m sure they have on you. I will continue to be vigilant in overseeing our holdings and replacing more risky securities with those I believe are less risky. I don’t want to give back any more of the gains we’ve accumulated over the past three years.

I’m deeply appreciative that you’ve entrusted your hard-earned savings into my care. I will do all in my power to ensure that they have found a good home.

 

   Current and future holdings are subject to risk.
 

 

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WASATCH STRATEGIC INCOME FUND (WASIX)  Portfolio Summary   SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS

 

        1 YEAR        5 YEARS       

SINCE INCEPTION

2/1/06

 

Strategic Income

       -9.54%           11.56%           6.26%   

S&P 500® Index

       -0.61%           13.34%           6.53%   

Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index

       2.94%           3.10%           4.74%   

Data shows past performance, which is not indicative of future performance. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. To obtain the most recent month-end performance data available, please visit www.WasatchFunds.com. The Advisor may absorb certain Fund expenses, without which total return would have been lower. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate and shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

As of the January 31, 2015 prospectus, the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses for the Wasatch Strategic Income Fund are 1.02%. The Net Expenses are 1.01%. The expense ratio shown elsewhere in this report may be different. Expenses include direct expenses paid to the Advisor as well as indirect expenses incurred by the Fund as a result of its investments in other investment companies (each an “Acquired Fund”), before any expense reimbursements by the Advisor. Net Expenses are based on Fund expenses, net of waivers and reimbursements. See the prospectus for additional information regarding Fund expenses.

Wasatch Funds will deduct a 2.00% redemption proceeds fee on Fund shares held 60 days or less. Performance data does not reflect the deduction of fees, including sales charges, or the taxes you would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Fees and taxes, if reflected, would reduce the performance quoted. Wasatch does not charge any sales fees. For more complete information including charges, risks and expenses, read the prospectus carefully.

The Fund has a concentration in the financials sector. Investing in concentrated funds can be more volatile and loss of principal could be greater than investing in more diversified funds. The financials sector can be significantly affected by various market factors, which are described in more detail in the prospectus.

With respect to the Fund’s assets invested in fixed income securities, you are subject, but not limited to, the same interest rate, inflation and credit risk associated with the underlying fixed-income securities owned by the Fund. Return of principal is not guaranteed. Investing in small cap funds will be more volatile and loss of principal could be greater than investing in large cap or more diversified funds. Investing in foreign securities, especially in emerging markets, entails special risks, such as currency fluctuations and political uncertainties, which are described in more detail in the prospectus.

TOP 10 EQUITY HOLDINGS*

 

Company   % of Net
Assets
 
MFA Financial, Inc.     4.6%   
NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.     4.2%   
Blackstone Group L.P.     3.9%   
Medallion Financial Corp.     3.8%   
CBS Corp., Class B     3.8%   
Company   % of Net
Assets
 
KKR & Co. L.P.     3.8%   
Suncor Energy, Inc. (Canada)     3.7%   
Starwood Property Trust, Inc.     3.7%   
Magellan Midstream Partners L.P.     3.4%   
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. Class A     3.2%   
 

 

* As of September 30, 2015, there were 39 holdings in the Fund. Foreign currency contracts, written options and repurchase agreements, if any, are not included in the number of holdings. Portfolio holdings are subject to change at any time. References to specific securities should not be construed as recommendations by the Funds or their Advisor. Current and future holdings are subject to risk.

SECTOR BREAKDOWN**

 

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** Excludes securities sold short and options written, if any.

 

   Also includes Other Assets & Liabilities.
 

GROWTH OF A HYPOTHETICAL $10,000 INVESTMENT

 

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Past performance does not predict future performance. The graph above does not reflect the deduction of fees, sales charges, or taxes that you would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Wasatch does not charge any sales fees. ††Inception: February 1, 2006. The S&P 500 Index represents 500 of the United States’ largest stocks from a broad variety of industries. The Index is unmanaged and is a commonly used measure of common stock total return performance. The Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index covers the U.S. investment grade fixed rate bond market, including government and corporate securities, agency mortgage pass-through securities, and asset-backed securities. You cannot invest directly in these or any indices.

 

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WASATCH ULTRA GROWTH FUND (WAMCX)  Management Discussion   SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

The Wasatch Ultra Growth Fund is managed by a team of Wasatch portfolio managers led by John Malooly.

 

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John Malooly, CFA

Lead Portfolio Manager

  

OVERVIEW

 

Low interest rates, benign inflation and an improving U.S. economy provided a favorable environment for equities for most of the Fund’s fiscal year, which ended September 30, 2015. For the 12-month period, the Wasatch Ultra Growth Fund gained 4.02%. The Fund performed in line with its benchmark, the Russell 2000 Growth Index, which rose 4.04%.

Although the large-cap averages

finished slightly down for the year, small-cap stocks eked out gains. Given the slow pace of economic expansion, investors likely viewed small companies as the only attractive source of earnings growth. In addition, small companies tend to be more focused on domestic markets and may have been perceived as somewhat insulated from international events and less sensitive to currency fluctuations.

These perceptions were tested during the latter part of the year when weak economic data from China raised doubts about the health of the global economy. China’s surprise move in August to devalue its currency seemed to be the tipping point that unnerved investors. Small-cap stocks sold off along with the rest of the market, but the major small-cap averages — as well as the
Fund — held on to enough of their earlier gains to finish the year in the plus column.

Stocks of health-care and information-technology companies benefiting from growth and innovation have driven the Index for several years. Health-care companies have developed new treatments with improved outcomes at lower cost. Information-technology companies have been helping their customers do things “better, faster and cheaper”. While health care and information technology continue to represent a substantial part of our opportunity set, we’ve also added a number of consumer companies that we believe offer attractive long-term prospects.

We generally seek consumer companies that either benefit from using the Internet themselves, or sell products that are not economical to distribute via e-commerce. In what proved to be a volatile year for equities, we were pleased that our consumer-discretionary stocks were the Fund’s top-performing group. We attribute their strong gains to the in-depth analysis and deep due-diligence of the Wasatch investment team.

DETAILS OF THE YEAR

Our strongest contributor to performance for the year was Cempra, Inc., a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing antibiotics for the treatment of bacterial infectious diseases. We locked in profits when Cempra’s share price rose on optimism surrounding its lead drug candidate, Solithromycin, which is in Phase 3 development for the treatment of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia.

FleetMatics Group Ltd. was our second-best contributor. The company offers solutions to help service and distribution industries manage commercial vehicle fleets and improve the productivity of their mobile workforces. FleetMatics has been benefiting from better-than-expected earnings driven in part by new products it was able to introduce with minimal disruption of its business.

Our greatest detractor from Fund performance for the year was online travel agency MakeMyTrip Ltd. Although aggressive discounting by a competitor resulted in slowing sales growth and wider-than-expected losses, MakeMyTrip remains India’s leading online travel agency both in airline-ticket sales and hotel bookings. We believe the company’s margins will expand once competition abates, and we continue to own it in the Fund.

Application-software provider Amber Road, Inc. was our second-greatest detractor. The company provides global trade management (GTM) solutions in the U.S. and internationally. Amber Road’s shares tumbled after it lost a large customer that had the scale to bring its GTM services in-house. When the company was unable to replace the lost business and continued to execute poorly, we sold the stock to seek better opportunities elsewhere.

OUTLOOK

We expect volatility in world financial markets to continue. Absent other developments, investors are likely to remain focused on China and the Federal Reserve for direction. Though this year’s moves in Chinese equities have been exaggerated in relation to the fundamentals, limitations in the government’s ability to control China’s economy and stock market are becoming apparent.

With the Federal Reserve delaying a much-anticipated interest-rate hike, U.S. monetary policy is still a source of uncertainty. Although equity investors typically regard interest-rate hikes negatively, current thinking appears to have shifted toward viewing the Fed’s hesitation as reflecting fragility in the U.S. and global economies. Whether investors would actually welcome an increase in rates remains to be seen.

While we are aware of the macro environment, we believe the key long-term driver of markets and stock prices is earnings growth and we are focusing our attention here. We are striving to create and maintain a portfolio of companies that have the characteristics to capture market share. We expect several major investment trends to persist and present opportunities for bottom-up stock picking.

First, we think recent increases to the minimum wage will reinforce demand for technologies to replace human capital. Second, we anticipate a continued favorable environment for medical-device, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies whose products enable health-care providers to bring down costs with better outcomes for patients. Third, we believe the stocks of innovative companies using disruptive technologies to take market share from competitors have the potential to perform well over time.

Thank you for the opportunity to manage your assets.

 

   Current and future holdings are subject to risk.
 

 

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WASATCH ULTRA GROWTH FUND (WAMCX)  Portfolio Summary   SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS

 

        1 YEAR      5 YEARS      10 YEARS

Ultra Growth

         4.02%            10.16%            5.01%  

Russell 2000® Growth Index

         4.04%            13.26%            7.67%  

Data shows past performance, which is not indicative of future performance. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. To obtain the most recent month-end performance data available, please visit www.WasatchFunds.com. The Advisor may absorb certain Fund expenses, without which total return would have been lower. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate and shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

As of the January 31, 2015 prospectus, the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses for the Wasatch Ultra Growth Fund are 1.49%. The expense ratio shown elsewhere in this report may be different. Expenses include direct expenses paid to the Advisor as well as indirect expenses incurred by the Fund as a result of its investments in other investment companies (each an “Acquired Fund”), before any expense reimbursements by the Advisor. See the prospectus for additional information regarding Fund expenses.

Wasatch Funds will deduct a 2.00% redemption proceeds fee on Fund shares held 60 days or less. Performance data does not reflect the deduction of fees, including sales charges, or the taxes you would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Fees and taxes, if reflected, would reduce the performance quoted. Wasatch does not charge any sales fees. For more complete information including charges, risks and expenses, read the prospectus carefully.

Investing in small cap funds will be more volatile and loss of principal could be greater than investing in large cap or more diversified funds. Investing in foreign securities, especially in emerging markets, entails special risks, such as currency fluctuations and political uncertainties, which are described in more detail in the prospectus.

TOP 10 EQUITY HOLDINGS*

 

Company   % of Net
Assets
 
FleetMatics Group plc     3.1%   
Greenspring Global Partners II-B, L.P.     3.0%   
LGI Homes, Inc.     2.6%   
Ultimate Software Group, Inc.     2.6%   
Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc.     2.6%   
Company   % of Net
Assets
 
Balchem Corp.     2.5%   
AtriCure, Inc.     2.4%   
Seattle Genetics, Inc.     2.3%   
Proto Labs, Inc.     2.0%   
SPS Commerce, Inc.     2.0%   
 

 

* As of September 30, 2015, there were 93 holdings in the Fund. Foreign currency contracts, written options and repurchase agreements, if any, are not included in the number of holdings. Portfolio holdings are subject to change at any time. References to specific securities should not be construed as recommendations by the Funds or their Advisor. Current and future holdings are subject to risk.

SECTOR BREAKDOWN**

 

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** Excludes securities sold short and options written, if any.

 

  † Also includes Other Assets & Liabilities.
 

GROWTH OF A HYPOTHETICAL $10,000 INVESTMENT

 

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Past performance does not predict future performance. The graph above does not reflect the deduction of fees, sales charges, or taxes that you would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Wasatch does not charge any sales fees. The Russell 2000 Growth Index is an unmanaged total return index that measures the performance of those Russell 2000 Index companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. The Russell 2000 Index is an unmanaged total return index of the smallest 2,000 companies in the Russell 3000 Index, as ranked by total market capitalization. You cannot invest directly in these or any indices.

 

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WASATCH WORLD INNOVATORS FUND (WAGTX) — Management Discussion   SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

The Wasatch World Innovators Fund is managed by a team of Wasatch portfolio managers led by Sam Stewart and Josh Stewart.

 

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Samuel S. Stewart, Jr. PhD, CFA

Lead Portfolio Manager

  

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Josh Stewart

Portfolio Manager

  

OVERVIEW

 

The Wasatch World Innovators Fund returned 0.32% for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2015 and outperformed the -6.21% loss of the MSCI All Country World Investable Market Index. Global

equity markets moved from relative stability during most of the Fund’s fiscal year to broad-based volatility and ultimately a moderate sell-off late in the year.

We think the high valuations of many global assets are the root causes for stalling equity prices. High valuations make investors jittery and magnify every little piece of information that emanates from the U.S. Federal Reserve, China or whatever the headline du jour might be. The good news about flat and down market periods is that as long as companies execute their strategies and grow profits, then these periods mean better prices for investors.

DETAILS OF THE YEAR

In the Fund, we’ve seen dramatic improvements in the prices we’re paying for our companies. Not only has our weighted-average price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple dropped from about 27 times trailing earnings the previous year to 21 times, but that more-recent figure puts us below the benchmark’s P/E of 22 times — which is the first time we’ve had a below-benchmark P/E since we implemented the World Innovators strategy. Unfortunately, some of the P/E improvements have come from falling share prices. But we’ve also rotated into some less-expensive stocks as we’ve been on red alert since about mid-2014 when international markets first started hinting at danger and investor sentiment began moving toward “risk-off” defensive behavior.

Additions to the Fund and weighting changes in existing investments have favored companies that reflect classic quality characteristics — strong returns on investment, positive free cash flow and net-cash balance sheets. We continue to execute our strategy of investing in innovative companies taking market share. But recently when given the option between a rapid sales grower relying on external funding and a moderate grower chipping away market share one customer at a time funded with internal cash flow, we’ve favored the latter. As a result, we’re glad to report that along with better valuations, we’ve maintained or improved upon our quality metrics.

At the company level, long-term holding Abcam plc (United Kingdom) was the Fund’s top contributor to performance for the fiscal year. The stock continued to rise and recover from its sell-off the previous year. Abcam is like the

Amazon.com* for antibodies and other consumables used by life-science research labs around the world. Abcam has consistently grown sales at double-digit rates. In 2014, however, after a year of British pound strengthening, the company — which is based in Cambridge, England — reported the first single-digit annual sales growth in its history, mostly due to currency-translation effects. As other investors sold on disappointment over growth that was down from double digits, we rightly chose to add to our position, focusing on the business quality and potential to gain market share over the long run.

Another strong contributor to performance for the year was MarketAxess Holdings, Inc., a longstanding financial position in the Fund. MarketAxess enables computerized, networked trading. Until recently, financial instruments were traded via auctions, either on the floor of an exchange or, less formally, over the phone. MarketAxess has established a centralized system to modernize trading and permit the electronic submission of trades. While we continue to be impressed with the company, we exited our position on valuation concerns.

Foremost among our mistakes for the fiscal year were our investments in Ocwen Financial Corp. and its sister company Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. Ocwen grew dramatically in the wake of the 2007–2009 mortgage crisis by buying mortgage-servicing rights from banks that wanted to exit the servicing business. Eventually, Ocwen became the largest servicer of subprime mortgages in the U.S. And for homeowners unable or unwilling to make mortgage payments, Ocwen would outsource to Altisource much of the work required to deal with the situations. The stocks of both companies declined on charges of improprieties related to refinancings and widespread conflicts of interest. We sold the stocks when it appeared to us that the companies were not likely to resolve their challenges anytime soon.

Another poor performer for year was Kroton Educacional S.A., the largest private for-profit school operator in Brazil. The company made progress integrating the recently acquired second-largest player Anhanguera Educacional. But Brazil’s well-reported economic problems overwhelmed Kroton’s integration progress as investors became concerned about reductions in government support for education.

OUTLOOK

As always, we remain aware of macro themes that cause swings in investor sentiment. But above all, we spend our time focused on uncovering what we believe are the best companies — big and small — from around the world. And we invest the Fund’s assets in the ones we think the market has temporarily underpriced. We’re extremely pleased both as managers and shareholders that our strategy has delivered on Wasatch’s long-term goal to outperform in tough markets.

Finally, thank you for the opportunity you’ve given us to manage your savings, which we’ll do our best to protect and grow.

 

* As of September 30, 2015, the Wasatch World Innovators Fund held 1.3% of its net assets in Amazon.com, Inc.

 

   Current and future holdings are subject to risk.
 

 

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WASATCH WORLD INNOVATORS FUND (WAGTX)  Portfolio Summary   SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS

 

        1 YEAR      5 YEARS      10 YEARS

World Innovators

         0.32%            11.81%            7.91%  

MSCI AC World IMI

         -6.21%            6.99%            4.84%  

Data shows past performance, which is not indicative of future performance. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. To obtain the most recent month-end performance data available, please visit www.WasatchFunds.com. The Advisor may absorb certain Fund expenses, without which total return would have been lower. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate and shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

As of the January 31, 2015 prospectus, the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses for the Wasatch World Innovators Fund are 1.74%. The expense ratio shown elsewhere in this report may be different. Expenses include direct expenses paid to the Advisor as well as indirect expenses incurred by the Fund as a result of its investments in other investment companies (each an “Acquired Fund”), before any expense reimbursements by the Advisor. See the prospectus for additional information regarding Fund expenses.

Wasatch Funds will deduct a 2.00% redemption proceeds fee on Fund shares held 60 days or less. Performance data does not reflect the deduction of fees, including sales charges, or the taxes you would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Fees and taxes, if reflected, would reduce the performance quoted. Wasatch does not charge any sales fees. For more complete information including charges, risks and expenses, read the prospectus carefully.

Investing in small cap funds will be more volatile and loss of principal could be greater than investing in large cap or more diversified funds. Investing in foreign securities, especially in emerging markets, entails special risks, such as currency fluctuations and political uncertainties, which are described in more detail in the prospectus.

TOP 10 EQUITY HOLDINGS*

 

Company   % of Net
Assets
 
Mekonomen AB (Sweden)     3.8%   
Abcam plc (United Kingdom)     3.2%   
Discover Financial Services     3.1%   
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A     3.1%   
Capital One Financial Corp.     2.9%   
Company   % of Net
Assets
 
Advanced Medical Solutions Group plc (United Kingdom)     2.8%   
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.     2.8%   
Activision Blizzard, Inc.     2.8%   
DiaSorin S.p.A. (Italy)     2.3%   
World Fuel Services Corp.     2.2%   
 

 

* As of September 30, 2015, there were 82 holdings in the Fund. Foreign currency contracts, written options and repurchase agreements, if any, are not included in the number of holdings. Portfolio holdings are subject to change at any time. References to specific securities should not be construed as recommendations by the Funds or their Advisor. Current and future holdings are subject to risk.

SECTOR BREAKDOWN**

 

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** Excludes securities sold short and options written, if any.

 

   Also includes Other Assets & Liabilities.
 

GROWTH OF A HYPOTHETICAL $10,000 INVESTMENT

 

LOGO

Past performance does not predict future performance. The graph above does not reflect the deduction of fees, sales charges, or taxes that you would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Wasatch does not charge any sales fees. The MSCI AC World IMI (All Country World Investable Market Index) is designed to measure the equity market performance of large, mid and small cap securities across developed and emerging markets throughout the world. You cannot invest directly in this or any index.

 

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WASATCH-1ST SOURCE INCOME FUND (FMEQX)  Management Discussion   SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

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Paul Gifford, CFA

Lead Portfolio Manager

  

OVERVIEW

 

The Wasatch-1st Source Income Fund returned 1.87% for the year ended September 30, 2015. During
this time, the Barclays Capital U.S. Government/Credit Bond Index returned 2.68%. Longer-term U.S. Treasuries continued their excellent performance in 2015 as the yield on the 10-year Treasury note declined 0.45 of a percentage point and the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond declined 0.34 of

a percentage point. In 2015, the Federal Reserve (Fed) met every six weeks to decide whether to maintain or raise the federal funds target rate (target rate), which added volatility and resulted in a yield on the two-year U.S. Treasury note that ended the 12-month period higher by 0.06 of a percentage point.

DETAILS OF THE YEAR

Meetings of the Fed and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) controlled the direction of the bond markets for what felt like the third consecutive year. Every meeting was drafted as the most important Fed meeting to date and every meeting came back with no change in the 0% to 0.25% target rate, a range it has been in since December 2008.

Central banks around the globe continued to push easy monetary policy. The Fed ended its third round of quantitative easing in October 2014 after buying more than $3.5 trillion in U.S. Treasuries and agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS) since 2009. Still, the Fed plans to remain “broadly accommodative” by reinvesting proceeds from Treasury securities that have matured and prepayments from agency mortgage-backed securities. The European Central Bank (ECB) began a bond-buying program in March 2015 with similar intent to drive investors into riskier assets by keeping bond yields low for an extended period of time and with the additional goal of driving up inflation.

The year 2015 will be known as a year of negative bond yields as illustrated by the target rates and government bonds that fell below zero percent over the past 12 months. The ECB’s target rate of 0.05% has been maintained there since September 2014 and with the bond-buying program it has driven France’s 5-year bond to a yield as low as -0.023%, Germany’s 7-year bond to a yield of -0.097% and the Netherlands 5-year bond to a yield of -0.008%. The target rate of Japan’s central bank was between 0% and 0.10% and Japan’s 5-year bond reached a negative yield of -0.003%. Sweden’s central bank had a target rate of -0.35% and its 5-year bond dropped to -0.081%. The target rate in Switzerland is -0.75% and its 10-year bond yield was as low as -0.299%. Yields have risen from these levels, but continued to remain among the lowest of all major sovereign nations.

In the latter part of the 12-month period, investors fled emerging-market bonds as China devalued its currency and its growth outlook weakened. U.S. Treasury yields declined and the Fed pointed to emerging markets as a reason for the

hesitant decision to keep rates in the 0% to 0.25% range. The International Monetary Fund recommended throughout the year that central banks around the developed world, specifically the Fed, refrain from increasing their benchmark interest rate as this would likely increase corporate failures in emerging economies.

OUTLOOK

We believe the Fed needs to provide a methodical plan for raising rates. Given the stable and growing domestic economy, we think the Fed should move away from its zero-interest rate policy (even if that means a 0.125% increase to a target rate of 0.25%). We also think the first rate increase should take place between December 2015 and March 2016.

For the Fund, we will continue to focus on three major areas of the fixed-income market, but we will add to other fixed-income areas where we believe we can pick up yield, add diversification, and improve the Fund’s long-term return potential.

U.S. Treasuries and government agency bonds have been at the core of the Fund as they have provided price stability and liquidity. These securities provide the Fund with the highest credit quality at Aaa/AA+ by Moody’s and S&P. We have used callable agency bonds to pick up additional yield relative to their benchmark Treasury maturity or more importantly to their benchmark bullet agency maturity. As of September 30, 2015, 22% of the Fund was allocated to these securities — a notable year-over-year decline as we have found other fixed-income segments more attractive.

The Fund’s largest exposure was to corporate bonds, which ended the year at 46% of total assets. This was a slight increase over last year, largely due to increased allocation to strong BBB credits. We believe that in this modestly growing economy, lower-rated investment-grade bonds should be an outperforming part of the corporate bond sector. With a 12% allocation, the Fund is underweight in BBB credits relative to the benchmark’s 14.6% weight, but we expect to increase the Fund’s weighting in that segment as opportunities arise. The average credit rating on our corporate bonds is A2/A.

Agency mortgage-backed securities are the Fund’s third-largest fixed-income sector and ended the fiscal year at around 18% of the Fund — down slightly from the previous year. We like the additional government-guaranteed yield that this sector provides, but are being defensive by owning MBS with a high weighted-average coupon.

We expect to continue to utilize taxable municipals, commercial MBS, agency-backed securities, and preferred stocks to provide yield and diversification for the Fund.

Thank you for entrusting us to manage your assets.

 

 

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WASATCH-1ST SOURCE INCOME  FUND (FMEQX)  Portfolio Summary   SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS

 

        1 YEAR        5 YEARS        10 YEARS  

Income

       1.87%           1.56%           3.21%   

Barclays Capital U.S. Intermediate Government/Credit Bond Index

       2.68%           2.42%           4.17%   

Data shows past performance, which is not indicative of future performance. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. To obtain the most recent month-end performance data available, please visit www.WasatchFunds.com. The Advisor may absorb certain Fund expenses, without which total return would have been lower. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate and shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

As of the January 31, 2015 prospectus, the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses for the Wasatch-1st Source Income Fund are 0.71%. The expense ratio shown elsewhere in this report may be different. Expenses include direct expenses paid to the Advisor as well as indirect expenses incurred by the Fund as a result of its investments in other investment companies (each an “Acquired Fund”). See the prospectus for additional information regarding Fund expenses.

Wasatch Funds will deduct a 2.00% redemption proceeds fee on Fund shares held 60 days or less. Performance data does not reflect the deduction of fees, including sales charges, or the taxes you would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Fees and taxes, if reflected, would reduce the performance quoted. Wasatch does not charge any sales fees. For more complete information including charges, risks and expenses, read the prospectus carefully.

Investments in fixed income funds are subject to the same interest rate, inflation, credit and other risks associated with the underlying bonds. Return of principal is not guaranteed.

TOP 10 FIXED INCOME HOLDINGS*

 

Holding   Maturity
Date
    % of Net
Assets
 
U.S. Treasury Note, 3.625%     8/15/19        4.1%   
U.S. Treasury Note, 3.250%     12/31/16        3.0%   
Federal Home Loan Bank,
Series 0000, 1.750%
    11/8/22        1.8%   
Federal Farm Credit Banks, 2.290%     4/14/22        1.8%   
U.S. Treasury Note, 3.625%     2/15/20        1.5%   
Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust, Series 2007-A8, Class A8, 5.650%     9/20/19        1.5%   
Holding   Maturity
Date
    % of Net
Assets
 
Federal National Mortgage Assoc., Series AL2525, 3.500%     6/1/32        1.5%   
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., 2.500%     5/27/16        1.4%   
BB&T Corp., MTN, 2.150%     3/22/17        1.4%   
Federal Farm Credit Banks, 1.970%     4/21/21        1.4%   
 

 

* As of September 30, 2015, there were 146 holdings in the Fund. Repurchase agreements, if any, are not included in the number of holdings. Portfolio holdings are subject to change at any time. References to specific securities should not be construed as recommendations by the Funds or their Advisor. Current and future holdings are subject to risk.

INVESTMENTS & CASH**

 

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** Excludes options written, if any.

 

   Also includes Other Assets & Liabilities.
 

GROWTH OF A HYPOTHETICAL $10,000 INVESTMENT

 

LOGO

Past performance does not predict future performance. The graph above does not reflect the deduction of fees, sales charges, or taxes that you would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Wasatch does not charge any sales fees. The Barclays Capital U.S. Intermediate Government/Credit Bond Index is an unmanaged index considered representative of the performance of government and corporate bonds with maturities of less than 10 years. You cannot invest directly in this or any index.

 

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WASATCH-HOISINGTON U.S. TREASURY FUND (WHOSX)  Management Discussion   SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

LOGO

 

Van Hoisington

Lead Portfolio Manager

  

OVERVIEW

 

A sharp slowdown in economic activity and continuing signs of global turmoil led to a solid rally in the long end of the U.S. Treasury bond market over the summer quarter. Wage growth eased as employment gains slowed substantially. In addition, commodity prices fell and inflationary pressures lessened in the face of tepid demand growth. The 30-year Treasury bond yield closed the 12-month period

ended September 30, 2015 at 2.85%, down from 3.12% on June 30, 2015. On September 30, 2014, the long Treasury yield stood at 3.20%.

For the Wasatch-Hoisington U.S. Treasury Fund’s fiscal year ended September 30, 2015, the Fund returned 10.09% compared to a return of 2.94% for its benchmark, the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index.

DETAILS OF THE YEAR

The Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank’s tracking model, in early October, indicates that real gross domestic product (GDP) grew at slightly less than a 1% annual rate in the third calendar quarter of 2015, compared to the final official estimate of 3.9% for the second quarter. Although third-quarter numbers will undergo many more revisions, a pattern of weakness is apparent in a variety of different developments. In the September meeting, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) lowered its nominal and inflation projections for 2015, 2016 and 2017. At the end of 2014, the FOMC was expecting nominal GDP to grow by 4.1% for the 2015 calendar year. With almost nine months of actual data, the Fed estimates the figure will be 2.5%. In 2014, the actual growth in nominal GDP was 3.9%, down from 4.1% in 2013.

As the Fund’s fiscal year was ending, faltering in the labor markets was quite pronounced. Nonfarm payroll jobs increased by an average 167,000 per month in the third calendar quarter, down from an average monthly gain of 213,000 in the first half of 2015. For the first nine months of 2015, the average monthly job gain was 198,000, or 62,000 per month less than in 2014. A new cycle low in the unemployment rate has little meaning since the labor force participation rate is at a four-decade low.

Growth in the high-value-added industrial sector fell 1.1% over the first eight months of 2015, with the non-automotive sector contracting 1.5%. Even though September production had not been reported as this commentary was being written, complete results are likely to worsen as manufacturing and mining job losses in the final two months of the third quarter offset construction gains that moderated significantly in recent months.

OUTLOOK

The domestic and global economies continue to be hampered by the serious structural impediment to growth emanating from extreme over-indebtedness. Estimates

indicate that public and private debt is presently $60 trillion greater than in 2008. Over this same time, global GDP gained only $12 trillion. Public and private debt relative to GDP is above the deleterious impact range of 250% to 275% in the United States, China, the eurozone, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Japan.

Important cyclical U.S. indicators now also signal softer growth. Cumulative inventory investment in the past six months reached the highest level in 17 years. The highly prescient real after-tax corporate profits fell 1.6% over the past eight quarters. Such a drop has regularly presaged severe slumps in economic activity and often recessions since 1948. Both top-line and core durable goods indicators fell sharply over the past 12 months, which along with poorer profits, point to a decline in capital spending. Although consumer spending has remained firm thus far in 2015, increasing consumer borrowing rather than better income was the sustaining factor. The household saving rate recently dropped to 4.6%, a level at or below that of the economy when it entered the last two recessions as well as the Great Depression in 1929. The trade sector, reflecting poor business conditions in major foreign trading partners and a strong dollar, has pared U.S. growth this year. Given the long lags involved, the highly potent foreign trade multiplier could remain negative for another two years. Although petroleum-drilling activity has fallen sharply, production of oil and gas continued to increase until recently. Thus, the main production declines in this sector lie ahead.

The weakness in top-line growth evident thus far in 2015 is likely to persist. Both the growth in real GDP and the rate of increase in the major price indices are likely to be slower than in 2014 and support a downward trend in long-term Treasury bond yields. Long-term government bond yields in the United States remain higher than in Europe and Japan.

On an annual basis, the 30-year Treasury bond yield has moved in the same direction as the inflation rate almost 80% of the time. At the close of the Fund’s fiscal year, the bond yield was slightly higher than on December 31, 2014. Thus, value-oriented and patient investors who are prepared for the volatility inherent in the long end of the Treasury bond market are presented with an opportunity to add to their positions in this market as new funds become available.

Thank you for the opportunity to manage your assets.

 

 

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WASATCH-HOISINGTON U.S. TREASURY FUND (WHOSX)  Portfolio Summary   SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS

 

        1 YEAR        5 YEARS        10 YEARS  

U.S. Treasury

       10.09%           7.03%           7.59%   

Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index

       2.94%           3.10%           4.64%   

Data shows past performance, which is not indicative of future performance. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. To obtain the most recent month-end performance data available, please visit www.WasatchFunds.com. The Advisor may absorb certain Fund expenses, without which total return would have been lower. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate and shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

As of the January 31, 2015 prospectus, the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses for the
Wasatch-Hoisington U.S. Treasury Fund are 0.70%.
The expense ratio shown elsewhere in this report may be different. See the prospectus for additional information regarding Fund expenses.

Wasatch Funds will deduct a 2.00% redemption proceeds fee on Fund shares held 60 days or less. Performance data does not reflect the deduction of fees, including sales charges, or the taxes you would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Fees and taxes, if reflected, would reduce the performance quoted. Wasatch does not charge any sales fees. For more complete information including charges, risks and expenses, read the prospectus carefully.

Investments in fixed income funds are subject to the same interest rate, inflation, credit and other risks associated with the underlying bonds. Return of principal is not guaranteed.

TOP U.S. TREASURY HOLDINGS*

 

Holding   Maturity
Date
    % of Net
Assets
 
U.S. Treasury Bond, 2.500%     2/15/45        39.0%   
U.S. Treasury Bond, 2.875%     8/15/45        13.7%   
U.S. Treasury Bond, 2.875%     5/15/43        13.5%   
U.S. Treasury Bond, 3.125%     8/15/44        12.4%   
Holding   Maturity
Date
    % of Net
Assets
 
U.S. Treasury Strip, principal only     5/15/44        9.9%   
U.S. Treasury Bond, 3.750%     11/15/43        6.5%   
U.S. Treasury Bond, 3.125%     2/15/42        2.6%   
U.S. Treasury Bond, 2.750%     11/15/42        0.6%   
 

 

* As of September 30, 2015, there were 8 holdings in the Fund. Repurchase agreements, if any, are not included in the number of holdings. Portfolio holdings are subject to change at any time. References to specific securities should not be construed as recommendations by the Funds or their Advisor. Current and future holdings are subject to risk.

INVESTMENTS & CASH

 

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Also includes Other Assets & Liabilities.
 

GROWTH OF A HYPOTHETICAL $10,000 INVESTMENT

 

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Past performance does not predict future performance. The graph above does not reflect the deduction of fees, sales charges, or taxes that you would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Wasatch does not charge any sales fees. The Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index covers the U.S. investment grade fixed rate bond market, including government and corporate securities, agency mortgage pass-through securities, and asset-backed securities. You cannot invest directly in this or any index.

 

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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), commonly called the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or “ObamaCare,” is a United States federal statute signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010.

An asset-backed security is backed by a loan, lease or receivables against assets other than real estate and mortgage-backed securities. For investors, asset-backed securities are an alternative to investing in corporate debt.

A bullet bond is a debt instrument whose entire face value is paid at once on the maturity date. Bullet bonds are non-callable. Bullet bonds cannot be redeemed early by an issuer, so they pay a relatively low rate of interest because of the issuer’s exposure to interest-rate risk. Both corporations and governments issue bullet bonds. Bullet bonds come in a variety of maturities, from short- to long-term.

A Consumer Price Index (CPI) is an inflationary indicator that measures the change in the cost of a fixed basket of products and services, including housing, electricity, food, and transportation.

A corporate bond is a debt security issued by a corporation for the purpose of raising money to expand its business.

A credit rating is an assessment of the credit worthiness of individuals and corporations. It is based upon the history of borrowing and repayment, as well as the availability of assets and extent of liabilities. Ratings are issued by S&P or Moody’s and typically range from AAA (highest) to D (lowest). The credit quality of the investments in a Fund’s portfolio does not apply to the safety or stability of the Fund. Ratings and portfolio credit quality may change over time. Unrated securities do not necessarily indicate low quality. The Funds themselves have not been rated by an independent rating agency. For information on the rating agency’s methodology visit: http://www.standardandpoors.com/home/en/us and http://www.moodys.com.

Earnings growth is a measure of growth in a company’s net income over a specific period, often one year.

Earnings-per-share or EPS is the portion of a company’s profit allocated to each outstanding share of common stock. EPS growth rates help investors identify companies that are increasing or decreasing in profitability.

The Federal Funds Target Rate (also known as the Fed Funds Target Rate) is set by a committee within the Federal Reserve system called The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). The FOMC usually meets every six weeks, and it is at these meetings that the FOMC votes on whether or not to make changes to the Federal Funds Target Rate.

The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), a compo-nent of the Federal Reserve system, is charged under United States law with overseeing the nation’s open market operations. Open market operations are the means of imple-menting monetary policy by which a central bank controls the short term interest rate and the supply of base money in an economy, and thus indirectly the total money supply.

Government agency bonds are debt securities issued by a U.S. government-sponsored agency.

The Great Recession was the steep decline in economic activity during the late 2000s, which is generally considered the largest downturn since the Great Depression. The term “Great Recession” applies to the U.S. recession, which officially lasted from December 2007 to June 2009, and the ensuing global recession in 2009. The economic slump began when the bubble in the U.S. housing market burst and large amounts of mortgage-backed securities and derivatives lost significant value.

Gross domestic product (GDP) is a basic measure of a country’s economic performance and is the market value of all final goods and services made within the borders of a country in a year.

The high-yield spread is the percentage difference in current yields of various classes of high-yield bonds (often junk bonds) compared against investment-grade corporate bonds, Treasury bonds or another benchmark bond measure.

An initial public offering (IPO) is a company’s first sale of stock to the public.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an international organization established in 1945 that aims to promote international trade and monetary cooperation, and stabilization of the world’s currencies. The IMF maintains a monetary pool from which member nations can draw in order to correct a deficit in their balance of payments. It is a specialized agency of the United Nations.

Mortgage-backed securities are debt issues backed by a pool of mortgages. Investors receive payments from the interest and principal payments made on the underlying mortgages. Agency mortgage-backed securities are issued by government-sponsored enterprises such as Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. Commercial mortgage-backed securities are mortgages backed by commercial rather than residential real estate.

OPEC is an acronym for the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. OPEC was founded in 1960. It is a collective of countries that export large amounts of petroleum and was formed to establish oil-exporting policies and set prices.

The price-to-book ratio is used to compare a company’s book value to its current market price.

The price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple, also known as the P/E ratio, is the price of a stock divided by its earnings per share.

The price-to-sales ratio is a stock’s capitalization divided by the company’s sales over the trailing 12 months. The value is the same whether the calculation is done for the whole company or on a per-share basis.

Quantitative easing is a government monetary policy used to increase the money supply by buying government

 

 

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securities or other securities from the market. Quantitative easing increases the money supply by flooding financial institutions with capital in an effort to promote increased lending and liquidity.

Return on assets (ROA) measures a company’s profitability by showing how many dollars of earnings a company derives from each dollar of assets it controls.

Return on capital is a measure of how effectively a company uses the money, owned or borrowed, that has been invested in its operations.

“Risk-off” is when investors become more cautious and take money out of the market, not being willing to risk it, thus risk off.

The S&P 500 Index includes 500 of the United States’ largest stocks from a broad variety of industries. The Index is unmanaged but is a commonly used measure of common stock total return performance.

The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) is the largest stock exchange in Canada. The exchange was established in 1852 and formally incorporated in 1878. The exchange is located on Bay Street in Toronto and is owned and operated by the TMX Group.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement is a free trade agreement currently being negotiated by nine countries: The United States, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam.

Valuation is the process of determining the current worth of an asset or company.

The weighted average coupon (WAC) is the weighted-average gross interest rates of the pool of mortgages that underlie a mortgage-backed security (MBS) at the time the securities were issued. A mortgage-backed security’s current WAC can differ from its original WAC as the underlying mortgages pay down at different speeds. In the weighted-average calculation, the principal balance of each underlying mortgage is used as the weighting factor.

World’s Best Growth Companies are defined by Wasatch as companies that we believe possess an identifiable, sustain-

able competitive advantage, are well managed, underfollowed, undervalued and are producing above average earnings growth relative to their industry and country of origin.

Pertaining to the use of MSCI information. Source: MSCI. The MSCI information may only be used for your internal use, may not be reproduced or redisseminated in any form and may not be used as a basis for or a component of any financial instruments or products or indices. None of the MSCI information is intended to constitute investment advice or a recommendation to make (or refrain from making) any kind of investment decision and may not be relied on as such. Historical data and analysis should not be taken as an indication or guarantee of any future performance analysis, forecast or prediction. The MSCI information is provided on an “as is” basis and the user of this information assumes the entire risk of any use made of this information. MSCI, each of its affiliates and each other person involved in or related to compiling, computing or creating any MSCI information (collectively, the “MSCI Parties”) expressly disclaims all warranties (including, without limitation, any warranties or originality, accuracy, completeness, timeliness, non-infringement, merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose) with respect to this information. Without limiting any of the foregoing, in no event shall any MSCI Party have any liability for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, punitive, consequential (including, without limitation, lost profits) or any other damages. (www.msci.com)

Pertaining to the use of Russell information. Frank Russell Company is the source and owner of the Russell Index data contained or reflected in this material and all trademarks and copyrights related thereto. This is a presentation of Wasatch Advisors, Inc. The presentation may contain confidential information and unauthorized use, disclosure, copying, dissemination or redistribution is strictly prohibited. Frank Russell Company is not responsible for the formatting or configuration of this material or for any inaccuracy in Wasatch Advisors, Inc.’s presentation thereof.

 

 

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EXPENSE EXAMPLE

As a shareholder of Wasatch Funds, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including redemption fees and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees and other fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in a Wasatch Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The example is based on an investment of $1,000.00 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire six-month period ended September 30, 2015.

ACTUAL EXPENSES

The first line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses, based upon the actual total return of the fund during the most recent six-month period ended September 30, 2015. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600.00 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

In addition, the Funds charge a $12.50 IRA annual maintenance fee and a $15.00 fee for redemptions paid by wire. To the extent these fees apply to your account, your expenses paid during the period would be higher and your ending account value would be lower than the amounts shown in the table below.

HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLE FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES

The second line of the table on the next page provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a 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 a Wasatch Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

In addition, the Funds charge a $12.50 IRA annual maintenance fee and a $15.00 fee for redemptions paid by wire. To the extent these fees apply to your account, your expe-nses paid during the period would be higher and your ending account value would be lower than the amounts shown in the table on the next page. If another fund’s fees differ from those listed above, your expenses paid and your ending account value could be higher or lower than those of 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.

A Fund’s annualized expense ratio may vary as a result of various factors including expenses that are not reimbursable under the contractual agreement between the Fund and the Advisor such as interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, other investment related costs, dividend expense on short sales, and extraordinary expenses. The Long/Short Fund —  Investor Class and the Income Fund have no contractual limitation on expenses.

 

 

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    Account Value     

Expenses

Paid
During Period*

     Annualized
Expense
Ratio*
 
Fund/Class and Return   Beginning of Period
April 1, 2015
     End of Period
September 30, 2015
       

Core Growth Fund — Investor Class

          

Actual

    $1,000.00         $940.80         $5.69         1.17%   

Hypothetical (5% before expenses)

    $1,000.00         $1,019.20         $5.92         1.17%   

Core Growth Fund — Institutional Class

          

Actual

    $1,000.00         $940.90         $5.45         1.12%   

Hypothetical (5% before expenses)

    $1,000.00         $1,019.45         $5.67         1.12%   

Emerging India Fund

          

Actual

    $1,000.00         $984.00         $9.70         1.95%   

Hypothetical (5% before expenses)

    $1,000.00         $1,015.29         $9.85         1.95%   

Emerging Markets Select Fund — Investor Class

          

Actual

    $1,000.00         $823.50         $7.77         1.70%   

Hypothetical (5% before expenses)

    $1,000.00         $1,016.55         $8.59         1.70%   

Emerging Markets Select Fund — Institutional Class

          

Actual

    $1,000.00         $823.70         $6.90         1.51%   

Hypothetical (5% before expenses)

    $1,000.00         $1,017.50         $7.64         1.51%   

Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund

          

Actual

    $1,000.00         $891.80         $9.25         1.95%   

Hypothetical (5% before expenses)

    $1,000.00         $1,015.29         $9.85         1.95%   

Frontier Emerging Small Countries Fund

          

Actual

    $1,000.00         $935.80         $10.97         2.26%   

Hypothetical (5% before expenses)

    $1,000.00         $1,013.74         $11.41         2.26%   

Global Opportunities Fund

          

Actual

    $1,000.00         $909.30         $8.62         1.80%   

Hypothetical (5% before expenses)

    $1,000.00         $1,016.04         $9.10         1.80%   

International Growth Fund

          

Actual

    $1,000.00         $1,000.70         $7.47         1.49%   

Hypothetical (5% before expenses)

    $1,000.00         $1,017.60         $7.54         1.49%   

International Opportunities Fund

          

Actual

    $1,000.00         $971.60         $11.12         2.25%   

Hypothetical (5% before expenses)

    $1,000.00         $1,013.79         $11.36         2.25%   

Large Cap Value Fund — Investor Class

          

Actual

    $1,000.00         $924.50         $5.31         1.10%   

Hypothetical (5% before expenses)

    $1,000.00         $1,019.55         $5.57         1.10%   

Large Cap Value Fund — Institutional Class

          

Actual

    $1,000.00         $925.10         $4.83         1.00%   

Hypothetical (5% before expenses)

    $1,000.00         $1,020.06         $5.06         1.00%   

Long/Short Fund — Investor Class

          

Actual

    $1,000.00         $843.70         $7.63         1.65%   

Hypothetical (5% before expenses)

    $1,000.00         $1,016.80         $8.34         1.65%   

Long/Short Fund — Institutional Class

          

Actual

    $1,000.00         $844.50         $6.89         1.49%   

Hypothetical (5% before expenses)

    $1,000.00         $1,017.60         $7.54         1.49%   

Micro Cap Fund

          

Actual

    $1,000.00         $873.90         $8.93         1.90%   

Hypothetical (5% before expenses)

    $1,000.00         $1,015.54         $9.60         1.90%   

Micro Cap Value Fund

          

Actual

    $1,000.00         $979.50         $9.68         1.95%   

Hypothetical (5% before expenses)

    $1,000.00         $1,015.29         $9.85         1.95%   

Small Cap Growth Fund

          

Actual

    $1,000.00         $871.00         $5.72         1.22%   

Hypothetical (5% before expenses)

    $1,000.00         $1,018.95         $6.17         1.22%   

 

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    Account Value     

Expenses

Paid
During Period*

     Annualized
Expense
Ratio*
 
Fund/Class and Return   Beginning of Period
April 1, 2015
     End of Period
September 30, 2015
       

Small Cap Value Fund — Investor Class

          

Actual

    $1,000.00         $909.90         $5.79         1.21%   

Hypothetical (5% before expenses)

    $1,000.00         $1,019.00         $6.12         1.21%   

Small Cap Value Fund — Institutional Class

          

Actual

    $1,000.00         $910.40         $5.51         1.15%   

Hypothetical (5% before expenses)

    $1,000.00         $1,019.30         $5.82         1.15%   

Strategic Income Fund

          

Actual

    $1,000.00         $862.50         $4.48         0.96%   

Hypothetical (5% before expenses)

    $1,000.00         $1,020.26         $4.86         0.96%   

Ultra Growth Fund

          

Actual

    $1,000.00         $884.00         $6.19         1.31%   

Hypothetical (5% before expenses)

    $1,000.00         $1,018.50         $6.63         1.31%   

World Innovators Fund

          

Actual

    $1,000.00         $971.60         $8.65         1.75%   

Hypothetical (5% before expenses)

    $1,000.00         $1,016.29         $8.85         1.75%   

Income Fund

          

Actual

    $1,000.00         $1,002.00         $3.66         0.73%   

Hypothetical (5% before expenses)

    $1,000.00         $1,021.41         $3.70         0.73%   

U.S. Treasury Fund

          

Actual

    $1,000.00         $941.30         $3.41         0.70%   

Hypothetical (5% before expenses)

    $1,000.00         $1,021.56         $3.55         0.70%   

*Expenses are equal to a fund’s annualized expense ratio as indicated above multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year divided by the number of days in the full fiscal year (183/365).

 

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Shares          Value  
             
  COMMON STOCKS 89.8%  
  Airlines 5.9%  
  191,656      Allegiant Travel Co.   $ 41,445,610   
  583,686      Spirit Airlines, Inc.*     27,608,348   
   

 

 

 
      69,053,958   
   

 

 

 
  Apparel Retail 0.6%  
  485,770      Zumiez, Inc.*     7,592,585   
   

 

 

 
  Application Software 7.4%  
  225,201      ANSYS, Inc.*     19,849,216   
  200,845      Globant S.A.* (Luxembourg)     6,143,849   
  207,328      Tyler Technologies, Inc.*     30,956,144   
  113,932      Ultimate Software Group, Inc.*     20,394,967   
  431,531      Zendesk, Inc.*     8,505,476   
   

 

 

 
      85,849,652   
   

 

 

 
  Asset Management & Custody Banks 3.7%  
  623,385      SEI Investments Co.     30,065,859   
  801,433      WisdomTree Investments, Inc.     12,927,114   
   

 

 

 
      42,992,973   
   

 

 

 
  Automotive Retail 1.1%  
  184,053      Monro Muffler Brake, Inc.     12,432,780   
   

 

 

 
  Biotechnology 4.2%  
  1,908,420      Abcam plc (United Kingdom)     16,786,812   
  1,326,004      Sangamo BioSciences, Inc.*     7,478,663   
  651,027      Seattle Genetics, Inc.*     25,103,601   
   

 

 

 
      49,369,076   
   

 

 

 
  Building Products 1.0%  
  359,052      Trex Co., Inc.*     11,967,203   
   

 

 

 
  Consumer Finance 5.1%  
  157,107      Credit Acceptance Corp.*     30,929,655   
  1,856,400      Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd. (India)     6,801,205   
  402,155      PRA Group, Inc.*     21,282,042   
   

 

 

 
      59,012,902   
   

 

 

 
  Data Processing & Outsourced Services 0.8%  
  256,790      ExlService Holdings, Inc.*     9,483,255   
   

 

 

 
  Distributors 1.0%  
  163,176      Pool Corp.     11,797,625   
   

 

 

 
  Diversified Banks 1.9%  
  6,656,038      City Union Bank Ltd. (India)     9,336,311   
  1,100,909      Yes Bank Ltd. (India)     12,301,102   
   

 

 

 
      21,637,413   
   

 

 

 
  Diversified Capital Markets 1.8%  
  628,720      HFF, Inc., Class A     21,225,587   
   

 

 

 
  Diversified Support Services 2.0%  
  726,462      Copart, Inc.*     23,900,600   
   

 

 

 
  Environmental & Facilities Services 2.4%  
  567,199      Waste Connections, Inc.     27,554,527   
   

 

 

 
  Food Distributors 0.7%  
  179,301      United Natural Foods, Inc.*     8,697,891   
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Facilities 1.8%  
  496,969      Ensign Group, Inc. (The)     21,185,788   
   

 

 

 
  Health Care REITs 1.3%  
  1,326,731      CareTrust REIT, Inc.     15,058,397   
   

 

 

 
Shares          Value  
             
  Health Care Services 3.4%  
  508,666      ExamWorks Group, Inc.*   $ 14,873,394   
  319,161      MEDNAX, Inc.*     24,508,373   
   

 

 

 
      39,381,767   
   

 

 

 
  Homebuilding 1.3%  
  589,986      Installed Building Products, Inc.*     14,914,846   
   

 

 

 
  Homefurnishing Retail 1.4%  
  379,827      Mattress Firm Holding Corp.*     15,861,576   
   

 

 

 
  Internet Retail 1.7%  
  155,634      Blue Nile, Inc.*     5,219,965   
  454,756      MakeMyTrip Ltd.* (India)     6,252,895   
  236,771      Wayfair, Inc., Class A*     8,301,191   
   

 

 

 
      19,774,051   
   

 

 

 
  Internet Software & Services 7.2%  
  448,282      Cimpress N.V.*     34,118,743   
  870,722      Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc.*     28,733,826   
  444,943      Envestnet, Inc.*     13,334,942   
  268,137      Shutterstock, Inc.*     8,108,463   
   

 

 

 
      84,295,974   
   

 

 

 
  IT Consulting & Other Services 3.0%  
  335,413      EPAM Systems, Inc.*     24,994,977   
  151,928      Luxoft Holding, Inc.*     9,615,523   
   

 

 

 
      34,610,500   
   

 

 

 
  Life Sciences Tools & Services 3.9%  
  1,147,000      Divi’s Laboratories Ltd. (India)     19,616,242   
  358,224      ICON plc* (Ireland)     25,423,157   
   

 

 

 
      45,039,399   
   

 

 

 
  Oil & Gas Equipment & Services 1.0%  
  107,359      Dril-Quip, Inc.*     6,250,441   
  298,022      TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Co. ASA (Norway)     5,501,789   
   

 

 

 
      11,752,230   
   

 

 

 
  Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing 0.7%  
  244,641      World Fuel Services Corp.     8,758,148   
   

 

 

 
  Personal Products 1.2%  
  336,654      Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A     13,897,077   
   

 

 

 
  Regional Banks 6.9%  
  346,902      Eagle Bancorp, Inc.*     15,784,041   
  340,636      Independent Bank Corp.     15,703,319   
  204,209      South State Corp.     15,697,546   
  340,992      Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.*     17,874,801   
  444,763      Webster Financial Corp.     15,846,906   
   

 

 

 
      80,906,613   
   

 

 

 
  Research & Consulting Services 1.6%  
  274,977      CEB, Inc.     18,791,928   
   

 

 

 
  Restaurants 1.4%  
  410,739      Zoe’s Kitchen, Inc.*     16,220,083   
   

 

 

 
  Semiconductors 3.3%  
  250,484      Cavium, Inc.*     15,372,203   
  301,196      Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.     15,421,235   
  183,180      Power Integrations, Inc.     7,724,701   
   

 

 

 
      38,518,139   
   

 

 

 
  Specialized Consumer Services 0.4%  
  533,899      LifeLock, Inc.*     4,676,955   
   

 

 

 
  Specialized Finance 0.6%  
  230,065      CRISIL Ltd. (India)     6,458,380   
   

 

 

 
 

 

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Shares          Value  
             
  Specialty Chemicals 2.1%  
  406,646      Balchem Corp.   $ 24,711,877   
   

 

 

 
  Specialty Stores 1.2%  
  322,333      Five Below, Inc.*     10,823,942   
  88,512      Hibbett Sports, Inc.*     3,098,805   
   

 

 

 
      13,922,747   
   

 

 

 
  Systems Software 1.5%  
  852,032      Infoblox, Inc.*     13,615,471   
  137,467      Qualys, Inc.*     3,912,311   
   

 

 

 
      17,527,782   
   

 

 

 
  Trucking 3.3%  
  627,240      Knight Transportation, Inc.     15,053,760   
  375,268      Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.*     22,891,348   
   

 

 

 
      37,945,108   
   

 

 

 
  Total Common Stocks
(cost $774,625,411)
    1,046,777,392   
   

 

 

 
  PREFERRED STOCKS 0.4%  
  Systems Software 0.4%  
  209,500      DocuSign, Inc., Series F Pfd.* *** †     4,000,004   
   

 

 

 
  Total Preferred Stocks
(cost $4,000,004)
    4,000,004   
   

 

 

 
Principal
Amount
         Value  
             
  SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 10.2%  
  Repurchase Agreement 10.2%  
  $119,120,957      Repurchase Agreement dated 9/30/15, 0.00% due 10/1/15 with State Street Bank and Trust Co. collateralized by $121,660,000 of United States Treasury Notes 1.375% due 9/30/20; value $121,507,925; repurchase proceeds: $119,120,957 (cost $119,120,957)   $ 119,120,957   
   

 

 

 
  Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $119,120,957)
    119,120,957   
   

 

 

 
  Total Investments
(cost $897,746,372) 100.4%§
    1,169,898,353   
  Liabilities less Other Assets (0.4%)     (4,768,876
   

 

 

 
  NET ASSETS 100.0%   $ 1,165,129,477   
   

 

 

 
 

*Non-income producing.

 

***Security was fair valued under procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees (see Note 13).

 

†Security purchased in a private placement transaction or under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933 (see Note 9).

 

§The aggregate amount of foreign securities fair valued pursuant to a systematic valuation model as a percent of net assets was 6.59%.

 

REIT Real Estate Investment Trust.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

  

   

   

   

  

  

At September 30, 2015, Wasatch Core Growth Fund’s investments, excluding short-term investments, were in the following countries (unaudited):

 

Country   %  

India

    5.8   

Ireland

    2.4   

Luxembourg

    0.6   

Norway

    0.5   

United Kingdom

    1.6   

United States

    89.1   
 

 

 

 

TOTAL

    100.0
 

 

 

 
 

 

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Shares          Value  
             
  COMMON STOCKS 96.0%  
  Agricultural Products 0.7%  
  65,011      Kaveri Seed Co. Ltd. (India)   $ 422,481   
   

 

 

 
  Air Freight & Logistics 1.2%  
  6,779      Blue Dart Express Ltd. (India)     777,263   
   

 

 

 
  Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods 0.8%  
  2,393      Page Industries Ltd. (India)     481,980   
   

 

 

 
  Auto Parts & Equipment 3.1%  
  2,393      Bosch Ltd. (India)     707,684   
  12,480      WABCO India Ltd. (India)     1,303,410   
   

 

 

 
      2,011,094   
   

 

 

 
  Building Products 1.3%  
  68,965      Kajaria Ceramics Ltd. (India)     839,600   
   

 

 

 
  Cable & Satellite 0.9%  
  364,854      Dish TV India Ltd.* (India)     593,146   
   

 

 

 
  Commodity Chemicals 3.3%  
  198,207      Berger Paints India Ltd. (India)     665,325   
  131,101      Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. (India)     958,691   
  48,959      Supreme Industries Ltd. (India)     462,535   
   

 

 

 
      2,086,551   
   

 

 

 
  Construction Machinery & Heavy Trucks 2.0%  
  4,603      Eicher Motors Ltd. (India)     1,251,508   
   

 

 

 
  Consumer Finance 8.8%  
  21,982      Bajaj Finance Ltd. (India)     1,728,880   
  157,533      Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd. (India)     577,146   
  153,115      Repco Home Finance Ltd. (India)     1,722,978   
  39,469      Shriram City Union Finance Ltd. (India)     1,018,803   
  94,327      SKS Microfinance Ltd.* (India)     585,019   
   

 

 

 
      5,632,826   
   

 

 

 
  Data Processing & Outsourced Services 1.1%  
  351,140      Vakrangee Ltd. (India)     685,728   
   

 

 

 
  Department Stores 0.2%  
  18,683      V-Mart Retail Ltd. (India)     140,891   
   

 

 

 
  Diversified Banks 7.1%  
  181,253      Axis Bank Ltd. (India)     1,380,534   
  336,065      City Union Bank Ltd. (India)     471,393   
  511,048      DCB Bank Ltd.* (India)     1,115,440   
  10,096      HDFC Bank Ltd. ADR (India)     616,765   
  66,069      IndusInd Bank Ltd. (India)     949,341   
   

 

 

 
      4,533,473   
   

 

 

 
  Diversified Chemicals 1.6%  
  17,868      BASF India Ltd. (India)     297,192   
  81,789      Pidilite Industries Ltd. (India)     710,539   
   

 

 

 
      1,007,731   
   

 

 

 
  Diversified Real Estate Activities 0.4%  
  243,649      Delta Corp. Ltd. (India)     286,007   
   

 

 

 
  Electric Utilities 0.8%  
  358,259      OPG Power Ventures plc* (India)     512,284   
   

 

 

 
  Electrical Components & Equipment 2.7%  
  82,147      Amara Raja Batteries Ltd. (India)     1,296,795   
  28,872      V-Guard Industries Ltd. (India)     398,698   
   

 

 

 
      1,695,493   
   

 

 

 
Shares          Value  
             
  Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals 2.7%  
  13,992      Bayer CropScience Ltd. (India)   $ 778,695   
  137,686      UPL Ltd. (India)     966,496   
   

 

 

 
      1,745,191   
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Facilities 1.0%  
  27,806      Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd. (India)     610,381   
   

 

 

 
  Heavy Electrical Equipment 0.6%  
  88,044      TD Power Systems Ltd. (India)     403,755   
   

 

 

 
  Housewares & Specialties 1.7%  
  128,196      LA Opala RG Ltd. (India)     1,088,407   
   

 

 

 
  Industrial Machinery 3.4%  
  38,563      AIA Engineering Ltd. (India)     585,542   
  42,652      Cummins India Ltd. (India)     706,014   
  8,219      FAG Bearings India Ltd. (India)     507,345   
  21,018      SKF India Ltd. (India)     404,992   
   

 

 

 
      2,203,893   
   

 

 

 
  Internet Retail 2.5%  
  117,549      MakeMyTrip Ltd.* (India)     1,616,299   
   

 

 

 
  Internet Software & Services 0.2%  
  8,055      Just Dial Ltd. (India)     121,451   
   

 

 

 
  IT Consulting & Other Services 8.5%  
  32,002      Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A*     2,003,645   
  123,905      HCL Technologies Ltd. (India)     1,863,607   
  92,762      Persistent Systems Ltd. (India)     941,060   
  70,162      Tech Mahindra Ltd. (India)     599,098   
   

 

 

 
      5,407,410   
   

 

 

 
  Life & Health Insurance 2.2%  
  179,375      Max India Ltd. (India)     1,398,249   
   

 

 

 
  Life Sciences Tools & Services 1.7%  
  64,340      Divi’s Laboratories Ltd. (India)     1,100,357   
  4,043      Syngene International Ltd.* (India)     19,833   
   

 

 

 
      1,120,190   
   

 

 

 
  Marine Ports & Services 0.9%  
  204,923      Gujarat Pipavav Port Ltd.* (India)     579,094   
   

 

 

 
  Packaged Foods & Meats 2.9%  
  29,011      Britannia Industries Ltd. (India)     1,367,636   
  3,132      GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Ltd. (India)     288,570   
  1,920      Nestlé India Ltd. (India)     186,450   
   

 

 

 
      1,842,656   
   

 

 

 
  Personal Products 5.4%  
  126,612      Bajaj Corp. Ltd. (India)     865,143   
  31,526      Colgate-Palmolive India Ltd. (India)     463,571   
  271,006      Dabur India Ltd. (India)     1,140,637   
  35,954      Godrej Consumer Products Ltd. (India)     668,549   
  3,062      Procter & Gamble Hygiene & Health Care Ltd. (India)     294,829   
   

 

 

 
      3,432,729   
   

 

 

 
  Pharmaceuticals 16.4%  
  66,895      Caplin Point Laboratories Ltd. (India)     1,471,993   
  76,523      Cipla Ltd. (India)     743,760   
  134,902      Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (India)     2,164,651   
  48,094      Lupin Ltd. (India)     1,493,875   
  1,657,210      Marksans Pharma Ltd. (India)     2,622,602   
  52,599      Natco Pharma Ltd. (India)     1,976,000   
   

 

 

 
      10,472,881   
   

 

 

 
 

 

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Shares

         Value  
             
  Publishing 0.4%  
  52,664      D.B. Corp. Ltd. (India)   $ 262,483   
   

 

 

 
  Restaurants 0.9%  
  22,222      Jubilant Foodworks Ltd. (India)     546,055   
   

 

 

 
  Specialized Finance 2.1%  
  26,910      Credit Analysis & Research Ltd. (India)     459,309   
  10,586      CRISIL Ltd. (India)     297,170   
  9,241      ICRA Ltd. (India)     576,549   
   

 

 

 
      1,333,028   
   

 

 

 
  Specialty Chemicals 0.9%  
  44,918      Asian Paints Ltd. (India)     576,652   
   

 

 

 
  Thrifts & Mortgage Finance 3.9%  
  199,915      Gruh Finance Ltd. (India)     814,005   
  26,528      Housing Development Finance Corp. Ltd. (India)     491,194   
  66,170      Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd. (India)     802,730   
  54,403      LIC Housing Finance Ltd. (India)     389,811   
   

 

 

 
      2,497,740   
   

 

 

 
  Wireless Telecommunication Services 1.7%  
  470,157      Idea Cellular Ltd. (India)     1,067,015   
   

 

 

 
  Total Common Stocks
(cost $46,237,158)
    61,283,615   
   

 

 

 
  CORPORATE BONDS 0.0%  
  Air Freight & Logistics 0.0%  
  532,980      Blue Dart Express Ltd., 9.30%, 11/20/17 (India)     8,688   
  304,560      Blue Dart Express Ltd., 9.40%, 11/20/18 (India)     4,779   
  228,420      Blue Dart Express Ltd., 9.50%, 11/20/19 (India)     3,591   
   

 

 

 
      17,058   
   

 

 

 
  Total Corporate Bonds
(cost $9,200)
    17,058   
   

 

 

 
Principal
Amount
         Value  
             
  SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 3.6%  
  Repurchase Agreement 3.6%  
  $ 2,268,300      Repurchase Agreement dated 9/30/15, 0.00% due 10/1/15 with State Street Bank and Trust Co. collateralized by $2,240,000 of United States Treasury Notes 2.125% due 1/31/21; value: $2,317,889; repurchase proceeds: $2,268,300 (cost $2,268,300)   $ 2,268,300   
   

 

 

 
  Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $2,268,300)
    2,268,300   
   

 

 

 
  Total Investments
(cost $48,514,658) 99.6%§
    63,568,973   
  Other Assets less Liabilities 0.4%     280,916   
   

 

 

 
  NET ASSETS 100.0%   $ 63,849,889   
   

 

 

 
 

*Non-income producing.

 

§The aggregate amount of foreign securities fair valued pursuant to a systematic valuation model as a percent of net assets was 86.34%.

 

ADR American Depositary Receipt.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

  

   

  

  

At September 30, 2015, Wasatch Emerging India Fund’s investments, excluding short-term investments, were in the following countries (unaudited):

 

Country   %  

India

    96.7   

United States

    3.3   
 

 

 

 

TOTAL

    100.0
 

 

 

 
 

 

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Shares          Value  
             
  COMMON STOCKS 91.2%  
  Airport Services 5.4%  
  235,624      Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico S.A.B. de C.V., Class B (Mexico)   $ 2,046,810   
   

 

 

 
 

Asset Management & Custody

Banks 1.5%

 
  612,262      Value Partners Group Ltd. (Hong Kong)     579,966   
   

 

 

 
  Biotechnology 3.6%  
  3,717      Medytox, Inc. (Korea)     1,344,576   
   

 

 

 
  Construction & Engineering 3.1%  
  105,662      Promotora y Operadora de Infraestructura S.A.B. de C.V.* (Mexico)     1,156,380   
   

 

 

 
  Consumer Finance 5.4%  
  9,223      Bajaj Finance Ltd. (India)     725,387   
  797,806      Gentera S.A.B. de C.V. (Mexico)     1,302,152   
   

 

 

 
      2,027,539   
   

 

 

 
  Diversified Banks 9.9%  
  171,598      Axis Bank Ltd. (India)     1,306,995   
  244,801      Kasikornbank Public Co. Ltd. (Thailand)     1,151,949   
  327,999      National Bank of Ras Al-Khaimah PSC
(United Arab Emirates)
    629,644   
  1,105,612      PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia Persero Tbk (Indonesia)     654,628   
   

 

 

 
      3,743,216   
   

 

 

 
  Diversified Capital Markets 3.5%  
  229,933      Grupo Financiero Interacciones S.A. de C.V., Class O (Mexico)     1,309,842   
   

 

 

 
  Drug Retail 1.9%  
  72,393      Raia Drogasil S.A. (Brazil)     711,662   
   

 

 

 
 

Fertilizers & Agricultural

Chemicals 1.9%

 
  102,225      UPL Ltd. (India)     717,575   
   

 

 

 
  Food Retail 5.6%  
  57,477      BIM Birlesik Magazalar A.S. (Turkey)     1,018,550   
  174,165      President Chain Store Corp. (Taiwan)     1,086,212   
   

 

 

 
      2,104,762   
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Facilities 4.8%  
  2,274,287      Bangkok Dusit Medical Services Public Co. Ltd. (Thailand)     1,159,232   
  257,748      Life Healthcare Group Holdings Ltd.
(South Africa)
    663,000   
   

 

 

 
      1,822,232   
   

 

 

 
  Industrial Machinery 1.4%  
  133,315      Weg S.A. (Brazil)     517,855   
   

 

 

 
  Internet Retail 1.1%  
  25,264      Vipshop Holdings Ltd. ADR* (China)     424,435   
   

 

 

 
  Internet Software & Services 2.8%  
  11,798      MercadoLibre, Inc. (Brazil)     1,074,326   
   

 

 

 
  IT Consulting & Other Services 4.2%  
  105,047      HCL Technologies Ltd. (India)     1,579,971   
   

 

 

 
  Life & Health Insurance 3.3%  
  124,123      Discovery Ltd. (South Africa)     1,234,821   
   

 

 

 
  Marine Ports & Services 3.2%  
  760,493      International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (Philippines)     1,219,877   
   

 

 

 
  Multi-Line Insurance 1.2%  
  72,772      BB Seguridade Participacoes S.A. (Brazil)     453,933   
   

 

 

 
Shares          Value  
             
  Multi-Sector Holdings 2.9%  
  40,461      GT Capital Holdings, Inc. (Philippines)   $ 1,097,557   
   

 

 

 
  Packaged Foods & Meats 5.2%  
  335,136      Universal Robina Corp. (Philippines)     1,377,910   
  400,901      Vitasoy International Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong)     598,863   
   

 

 

 
      1,976,773   
   

 

 

 
  Pharmaceuticals 9.6%  
  120,185      Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (India)     1,928,501   
  55,363      Lupin Ltd. (India)     1,719,661   
   

 

 

 
      3,648,162   
   

 

 

 
  Restaurants 1.6%  
  207,500      Alsea S.A.B. de C.V. (Mexico)     611,748   
   

 

 

 
  Specialty Chemicals 3.7%  
  108,426      Asian Paints Ltd. (India)     1,391,959   
   

 

 

 
 

Wireless Telecommunication

Services 4.4%

 
  422,626      Idea Cellular Ltd. (India)     959,144   
  1,568,887      PT Tower Bersama Infrastructure Tbk* (Indonesia)     701,589   
   

 

 

 
      1,660,733   
   

 

 

 
 

Total Common Stocks

(cost $34,714,915)

    34,456,710   
   

 

 

 
Principal
Amount
         Value  
             
  SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 9.3%  
  Repurchase Agreement 9.3%  
  $3,519,811      Repurchase Agreement dated 9/30/15, 0.00% due 10/1/15 with State Street Bank and Trust Co. collateralized by $3,470,000 of United States Treasury Bonds 2.125% due 1/31/21; value: $3,590,659; repurchase proceeds: $3,519,811 (cost $3,519,811)   $ 3,519,811   
   

 

 

 
  Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $3,519,811)
    3,519,811   
   

 

 

 
  Total Investments
(cost $38,234,726) 100.5%§
    37,976,521   
  Liabilities less Other Assets (0.5%)     (180,401
   

 

 

 
  NET ASSETS 100.0%   $ 37,796,120   
   

 

 

 
 

*Non-income producing.

 

§The aggregate amount of foreign securities fair valued pursuant to a systematic valuation model as a percent of net assets was 62.67%.

 

ADR American Depositary Receipt.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

  

   

  

  

 

 

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At September 30, 2015, Wasatch Emerging Markets Select Fund’s investments, excluding short-term investments, were in the following countries (unaudited):

 

Country   %  

Brazil

    8.0   

China

    1.2   

Hong Kong

    3.4   

India

    30.0   

Indonesia

    3.9   

Korea

    3.9   

Mexico

    18.7   

Philippines

    10.7   

South Africa

    5.5   

Taiwan

    3.2   

Thailand

    6.7   

Turkey

    3.0   

United Arab Emirates

    1.8   
 

 

 

 

TOTAL

    100.0
 

 

 

 

    

 

 

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Shares          Value  
             
  COMMON STOCKS 97.3%  
  Airport Services 2.4%  
  3,069,798      Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte S.A.B. de C.V.* (Mexico)   $ 15,232,618   
  1,060,525      TAV Havalimanlari Holding A.S. (Turkey)     8,328,652   
   

 

 

 
      23,561,270   
   

 

 

 
  Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods 0.9%  
  2,943,743      China Lilang Ltd. (China)     2,524,388   
  748,198      Makalot Industrial Co. Ltd. (Taiwan)     6,174,359   
   

 

 

 
      8,698,747   
   

 

 

 
  Application Software 0.4%  
  348,865      Linx S.A. (Brazil)     3,859,320   
   

 

 

 
  Asset Management & Custody Banks 2.1%  
  701,115      CETIP S.A. — Mercados Organizados (Brazil)     5,799,438   
  4,256,545      Peregrine Holdings Ltd. (South Africa)     8,886,373   
  6,692,422      Value Partners Group Ltd. (Hong Kong)     6,339,409   
   

 

 

 
      21,025,220   
   

 

 

 
  Auto Parts & Equipment 0.7%  
  630,430      Cub Elecparts, Inc. (Taiwan)     7,371,724   
   

 

 

 
  Automotive Retail 0.4%  
  312,824      Kolao Holdings (Korea)     3,588,451   
   

 

 

 
  Biotechnology 3.3%  
  123,049      Cell Biotech Co. Ltd. (Korea)     6,244,494   
  98,699      China Biologic Products, Inc.* (China)     8,865,144   
  46,650      Medytox, Inc. (Korea)     16,875,020   
   

 

 

 
      31,984,658   
   

 

 

 
  Building Products 1.4%  
  11,705,625      China Lesso Group Holdings Ltd. (China)     9,400,910   
  377,556      Kajaria Ceramics Ltd. (India)     4,596,479   
   

 

 

 
      13,997,389   
   

 

 

 
  Casinos & Gaming 0.4%  
  46,709,540      Melco Crown Philippines Resorts Corp.* (Philippines)     3,734,140   
   

 

 

 
  Catalog Retail 0.2%  
  395,221      Momo.com, Inc. (Taiwan)     2,342,788   
   

 

 

 
  Commodity Chemicals 1.1%  
  3,174,592      Berger Paints India Ltd. (India)     10,656,204   
   

 

 

 
  Construction Materials 0.9%  
  12,600,770      Dongpeng Holdings Co. Ltd. (China)     4,229,259   
  521,333      Siam City Cement Public Co. Ltd. (Thailand)     4,883,681   
   

 

 

 
      9,112,940   
   

 

 

 
  Consumer Finance 7.5%  
  79,659      Bajaj Finance Ltd. (India)     6,265,164   
  5,101,495      Credito Real S.A.B. de C.V. (Mexico)     9,957,416   
  1,798,760      Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd. (India)     6,590,032   
  915,120      Repco Home Finance Ltd. (India)     10,297,695   
  357,046      Shriram City Union Finance Ltd. (India)     9,216,336   
  1,061,173      SKS Microfinance Ltd.* (India)     6,581,424   
  12,308,649      Srisawad Power 1979 Public Co. Ltd. (Thailand)     12,462,952   
  5,523,225      Unifin Financiera SAPI de C.V. SOFOM* (Mexico)     12,291,749   
   

 

 

 
      73,662,768   
   

 

 

 
Shares          Value  
             
  Department Stores 1.8%  
  1,793,636      Poya Co. Ltd. (Taiwan)   $ 17,895,191   
   

 

 

 
  Diversified Banks 1.8%  
  8,929,023      EastWest Banking Corp.* (Philippines)     3,822,317   
  4,784,684      Security Bank Corp. (Philippines)     14,063,833   
   

 

 

 
      17,886,150   
   

 

 

 
  Diversified Capital Markets 0.7%  
  1,220,809      Grupo Financiero Interacciones S.A. de C.V., Class O (Mexico)     6,954,491   
   

 

 

 
  Diversified Chemicals 1.2%  
  1,409,818      Pidilite Industries Ltd. (India)     12,247,752   
   

 

 

 
  Diversified Support Services 1.0%  
  93,979      KEPCO Plant Service & Engineering Co. Ltd. (Korea)     9,619,057   
   

 

 

 
  Drug Retail 1.2%  
  1,828,461      Clicks Group Ltd. (South Africa)     11,865,452   
   

 

 

 
  Electrical Components & Equipment 2.6%  
  638,767      Amara Raja Batteries Ltd. (India)     10,083,746   
  1,154,710      Voltronic Power Technology Corp. (Taiwan)     15,026,390   
   

 

 

 
      25,110,136   
   

 

 

 
  Electronic Components 1.1%  
  560,200      Partron Co. Ltd. (Korea)     4,465,220   
  3,236,066      Sunny Optical Technology Group Co. Ltd. (China)     6,474,302   
   

 

 

 
      10,939,522   
   

 

 

 
  Electronic Equipment & Instruments 1.8%  
  4,568,461      Chroma ATE, Inc. (Taiwan)     7,819,262   
  3,181,614      PAX Global Technology Ltd. (China)     3,316,986   
  6,130,144      Wasion Group Holdings Ltd. (China)     6,357,158   
   

 

 

 
      17,493,406   
   

 

 

 
  Electronic Manufacturing Services 0.5%  
  6,604,722      Hana Microelectronics Public Co. Ltd. (Thailand)     5,140,747   
   

 

 

 
  Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals 2.3%  
  204,903      Bayer CropScience Ltd. (India)     11,403,446   
  1,540,823      UPL Ltd. (India)     10,815,904   
   

 

 

 
      22,219,350   
   

 

 

 
  Food Retail 1.8%  
  102,618      BGF Retail Co. Ltd. (Korea)     17,527,452   
   

 

 

 
  Footwear 0.5%  
  115,405      CCC S.A. (Poland)     4,983,786   
   

 

 

 
  Gas Utilities 0.8%  
  12,389,006      Towngas China Co. Ltd. (China)     7,647,127   
   

 

 

 
  General Merchandise Stores 0.9%  
  1,347,760      Taiwan FamilyMart Co. Ltd. (Taiwan)     8,415,980   
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Equipment 1.5%  
  199,850      InBody Co. Ltd. (Korea)     6,589,827   
  144,643      Osstem Implant Co. Ltd.* (Korea)     7,987,989   
   

 

 

 
      14,577,816   
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Facilities 1.0%  
  5,936,931      Phoenix Healthcare Group Co. Ltd. (China)     9,690,822   
   

 

 

 
 

 

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Shares          Value  
             
  Health Care Supplies 0.3%  
  376,477      Access Bio, Inc. KDR* (Korea)   $ 2,985,494   
   

 

 

 
  Highways & Railtracks 1.4%  
  8,456,968      PT Jasa Marga Persero Tbk (Indonesia)     2,794,175   
  16,633,890      Yuexiu Transport Infrastructure Ltd. (China)     10,542,290   
   

 

 

 
      13,336,465   
   

 

 

 
  Home Furnishings 2.6%  
  67,809      Hanssem Co. Ltd. (Korea)     16,418,163   
  9,269,014      Man Wah Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong)     9,068,295   
   

 

 

 
      25,486,458   
   

 

 

 
  Home Improvement Retail 0.4%  
  18,963,386      Home Product Center Public Co. Ltd. (Thailand)     3,578,983   
   

 

 

 
  Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines 1.6%  
  24,003,460      Bloomberry Resorts Corp. (Philippines)     2,681,657   
  16,457,575      Minor International Public Co. Ltd. (Thailand)     13,036,376   
   

 

 

 
      15,718,033   
   

 

 

 
  Hypermarkets & Super Centers 2.2%  
  191,366      Al Meera Consumer Goods Co. (Qatar)     13,144,322   
  5,118,152      Robinsons Retail Holdings, Inc. (Philippines)     8,005,726   
   

 

 

 
      21,150,048   
   

 

 

 
  Industrial Machinery 0.7%  
  387,502      Cummins India Ltd. (India)     6,414,280   
   

 

 

 
  Internet Retail 1.7%  
  776,331      B2W Cia Digital* (Brazil)     2,900,457   
  1,294,374      Interpark Holdings Corp. (Korea)     14,007,826   
   

 

 

 
      16,908,283   
   

 

 

 
  Internet Software & Services 1.9%  
  404,236      Addcn Technology Co. Ltd. (Taiwan)     3,634,486   
  961,876      PChome Online, Inc. (Taiwan)     11,089,294   
  580,512      SouFun Holdings Ltd. ADR (China)     3,831,379   
   

 

 

 
      18,555,159   
   

 

 

 
  IT Consulting & Other Services 3.0%  
  829,087      EOH Holdings Ltd. (South Africa)     8,902,854   
  541,230      Mindtree Ltd. (India)     12,512,279   
  819,689      Persistent Systems Ltd. (India)     8,315,651   
   

 

 

 
      29,730,784   
   

 

 

 
  Leisure Products 1.7%  
  1,024,647      Giant Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Taiwan)     7,471,360   
  1,779,274      Merida Industry Co. Ltd. (Taiwan)     9,608,244   
   

 

 

 
      17,079,604   
   

 

 

 
  Life & Health Insurance 0.9%  
  1,147,051      Max India Ltd. (India)     8,941,399   
   

 

 

 
  Life Sciences Tools & Services 0.2%  
  313,617      Syngene International Ltd.* (India)     1,538,462   
   

 

 

 
  Marine Ports & Services 2.1%  
  1,833,292      Gujarat Pipavav Port Ltd.* (India)     5,180,718   
  5,510,332      International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (Philippines)     8,838,910   
  6,868,874      Westports Holdings Berhad (Malaysia)     6,637,574   
   

 

 

 
      20,657,202   
   

 

 

 
  Movies & Entertainment 0.7%  
  95,132      Loen Entertainment, Inc. (Korea)     6,439,524   
   

 

 

 
Shares          Value  
             
  Oil & Gas Equipment & Services 0.6%  
  3,654,528      Gulf Marine Services plc (United Arab Emirates)   $ 6,359,327   
   

 

 

 
  Oil & Gas Exploration & Production 0.5%  
  683,603      Parex Resources, Inc.* (Colombia)     4,732,321   
   

 

 

 
  Other Diversified Financial Services 0.8%  
  490,434      PSG Group Ltd. (South Africa)     7,876,153   
   

 

 

 
  Packaged Foods & Meats 4.0%  
  333,662      Britannia Industries Ltd. (India)     15,729,485   
  3,463,586      Namchow Chemical Industrial Co. Ltd. (Taiwan)     7,432,345   
  1,394,616      Ulker Biskuvi Sanayi A.S. (Turkey)     8,828,852   
  4,901,610      Vitasoy International Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong)     7,321,995   
   

 

 

 
      39,312,677   
   

 

 

 
  Pharmaceuticals 6.2%  
  13,017,213      China Animal Healthcare Ltd.* *** (China)     873,390   
  692,700      Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (India)     11,115,135   
  1,957,282      Lee’s Pharmaceutical Holdings Ltd. (China)     2,532,584   
  9,906,602      Marksans Pharma Ltd. (India)     15,677,599   
  349,737      Natco Pharma Ltd. (India)     13,138,662   
  1,674,834      TTY Biopharm Co. Ltd. (Taiwan)     4,888,490   
  1,888,936      TWi Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* (Taiwan)     12,314,651   
   

 

 

 
      60,540,511   
   

 

 

 
  Property & Casualty Insurance 0.3%  
  1,975,993      Qualitas Controladora S.A.B. de C.V.* ** (Mexico)     2,713,702   
   

 

 

 
  Real Estate Development 0.6%  
  3,560,478      Corporation Inmobiliaria Vesta S.A.B. de C.V. (Mexico)     5,567,225   
   

 

 

 
  Real Estate Operating Companies 1.1%  
  6,536,992      Parque Arauco S.A. (Chile)     11,220,438   
   

 

 

 
  Regional Banks 1.0%  
  2,351,224      Bank of Chongqing Co. Ltd. (China)     1,625,715   
  1,493,986      Banregio Grupo Financiero S.A.B. de C.V. (Mexico)     7,957,131   
   

 

 

 
      9,582,846   
   

 

 

 
  Reinsurance 0.5%  
  13,550,909      Thaire Life Assurance Public Co. Ltd. (Thailand)     4,928,282   
   

 

 

 
  Research & Consulting Services 0.2%  
  294,272      Sporton International, Inc. (Taiwan)     1,711,044   
   

 

 

 
  Restaurants 0.9%  
  3,165,085      Alsea S.A.B. de C.V. (Mexico)     9,331,243   
   

 

 

 
  Semiconductor Equipment 2.6%  
  199,047      Hermes Microvision, Inc. (Taiwan)     7,587,470   
  152,285      ISC Co. Ltd. (Korea)     3,267,221   
  312,442      Koh Young Technology, Inc. (Korea)     9,061,933   
  17,600,316      Xinyi Solar Holdings Ltd. (China)     6,063,032   
   

 

 

 
      25,979,656   
   

 

 

 
  Semiconductors 3.0%  
  1,038,226      ASPEED Technology, Inc. (Taiwan)     9,220,397   
  527,412      eMemory Technology, Inc. (Taiwan)     5,219,946   
  121,204      LEENO Industrial, Inc. (Korea)     4,528,699   
  1,122,831      Silergy Corp. (Taiwan)     10,972,227   
   

 

 

 
      29,941,269   
   

 

 

 
 

 

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Shares          Value  
             
  Specialized Finance 0.5%  
  2,902,713      Chailease Holding Co. Ltd. (Taiwan)   $ 4,563,973   
   

 

 

 
  Specialty Chemicals 2.8%  
  81,543,000      D&L Industries, Inc. (Philippines)     17,462,205   
  277,348      Frutarom Industries Ltd. (Israel)     10,492,115   
   

 

 

 
      27,954,320   
   

 

 

 
  Specialty Stores 0.9%  
  89,012      Hotel Shilla Co. Ltd. (Korea)     8,675,904   
   

 

 

 
  Systems Software 0.5%  
  173,166      Tata Elxsi Ltd. (India)     4,981,547   
   

 

 

 
  Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals 1.8%  
  1,219,533      Ennoconn Corp. (Taiwan)     11,826,723   
  911,433      TSC Auto ID Technology Co. Ltd. (Taiwan)     6,093,299   
   

 

 

 
      17,920,022   
   

 

 

 
  Textiles 1.3%  
  799,009      Eclat Textile Co. Ltd. (Taiwan)     12,687,188   
   

 

 

 
  Trading Companies &
Distributors 1.0%
 
  415,395      iMarketKorea, Inc. (Korea)     10,320,405   
   

 

 

 
  Wireless Telecommunication
Services 0.6%
 
  12,273,101      PT Tower Bersama Infrastructure Tbk* (Indonesia)     5,488,394   
   

 

 

 
  Total Common Stocks
(cost $891,437,088)
    954,718,481   
   

 

 

 
  WARRANTS 0.0%  
  Consumer Finance 0.0%  
  587,195      Srisawad Power 1979 Public Co. Ltd., expiring 6/11/20* (Thailand)     132,663   
   

 

 

 
  Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines 0.0%  
  967,830      Minor International Public Co. Ltd., expiring 11/3/17* (Thailand)     78,930   
   

 

 

 
  Total Warrants
(cost $0)
    211,593   
   

 

 

 
  Total Investments
(cost $891,437,088) 97.3%§
    954,930,074   
  Other Assets less Liabilities 2.7%     26,436,653   
   

 

 

 
  NET ASSETS 100.0%   $ 981,366,727   
   

 

 

 
 

*Non-income producing.

 

**Common units.

 

***Security was fair valued under procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees (see Note 13).

 

§The aggregate amount of foreign securities fair valued pursuant to a systematic valuation model as a percent of net assets was 80.57%.

 

ADR American Depositary Receipt.

 

KDR Korean Depositary Receipt.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

  

  

   

   

  

  

  

At September 30, 2015, Wasatch Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund’s investments, excluding short-term investments, were in the following countries (unaudited):

 

Country   %  

Brazil

    1.3   

Chile

    1.2   

China

    8.8   

Colombia

    0.5   

Hong Kong

    2.4   

India

    21.2   

Indonesia

    0.9   

Israel

    1.1   

Korea

    15.6   

Malaysia

    0.7   

Mexico

    7.3   

Philippines

    6.1   

Poland

    0.5   

Qatar

    1.4   

South Africa

    3.9   

Taiwan

    20.0   

Thailand

    4.6   

Turkey

    1.8   

United Arab Emirates

    0.7   
 

 

 

 

TOTAL

    100.0
 

 

 

 
 

 

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Shares          Value  
             
  COMMON STOCKS 93.4%  
  Advertising 0.0%  
  110,600      Wpp Scangroup Ltd. (Kenya)   $ 31,691   
   

 

 

 
  Agricultural & Farm Machinery 0.5%  
  894,400      Millat Tractors Ltd. (Pakistan)     5,345,430   
   

 

 

 
  Air Freight & Logistics 1.3%  
  5,440,896      Agility Public Warehousing Co. KSC (Kuwait)     10,090,441   
  3,381,784      Aramex PJSC (United Arab Emirates)     2,906,045   
   

 

 

 
      12,996,486   
   

 

 

 
  Automobile Manufacturers 0.4%  
  403,600      Indus Motor Co. Ltd. (Pakistan)     3,876,477   
   

 

 

 
  Brewers 14.7%  
  1,321,873      Carlsberg Brewery Malaysia Berhad (Malaysia)     3,596,623   
  7,270,554      Delta Corp. Ltd. (Zimbabwe)     6,034,560   
  12,426,342      East African Breweries Ltd. (Kenya)     33,174,931   
  4,825,690      Florida Ice & Farm Co. S.A.***
(Costa Rica)
    6,201,817   
  262,581      Guinness Anchor Berhad (Malaysia)     822,606   
  1,074,765      Guinness Ghana Breweries Ltd.* (Ghana)     624,333   
  10,748,081      Guinness Nigeria plc (Nigeria)     8,431,898   
  2,256,243      Lion Brewery Ceylon plc (Sri Lanka)     9,900,005   
  303,177      Murree Brewery Co. Ltd. (Pakistan)     3,168,885   
  5,600      Namibia Breweries Ltd. (Namibia)     8,089   
  41,600,816      Nigerian Breweries plc (Nigeria)     30,472,354   
  140,000      Phoenix Beverages Ltd. (Mauritius)     1,581,028   
  1,216      Societe de Limonaderies et Brasseries
(Ivory Coast)
    347,888   
  79,340      Societe Des Brasseries du Maroc (Morocco)     15,075,771   
  4,522,446      Tanzania Breweries Ltd.
(Tanzania, United Republic of)
    31,615,248   
  6,852      Union de Cervecerias Peruanas Backus y Johnston S.A.A. (Peru)     27,731   
   

 

 

 
      151,083,767   
   

 

 

 
  Commodity Chemicals 2.0%  
  138,050      Berger Paints Bangladesh Ltd. (Bangladesh)     3,811,109   
  6,300,185      Chevron Lubricants Lanka plc‡‡
(Sri Lanka)
    16,534,452   
  27,000      Paints & Chemical Industries Co. S.A.E. (Egypt)     155,171   
   

 

 

 
      20,500,732   
   

 

 

 
  Construction Materials 7.7%  
  3,629,560      Bamburi Cement Co. Ltd. (Kenya)     5,823,936   
  610,981      Heidelberger Cement Bangladesh Ltd. (Bangladesh)     5,011,312   
  5,457,592      Kohat Cement Co. Ltd. (Pakistan)     9,951,388   
  18,685,462      Lafarge Africa plc (Nigeria)     9,162,695   
  3,450,000      Lafarge Cement Zambia plc (Zambia)     6,623,539   
  6,165,336      Lucky Cement Ltd. (Pakistan)     30,981,588   
  565,333      Siam City Cement Public Co. Ltd. (Thailand)     5,295,859   
  1,710,600      Tanzania Portland Cement Co. Ltd.* (Tanzania, United Republic of)     2,684,692   
  11,548,669      Tokyo Cement Co. Lanka plc‡‡ (Sri Lanka)     4,086,578   
   

 

 

 
      79,621,587   
   

 

 

 
  Consumer Finance 0.8%  
  15,260,188      Letshego Holdings Ltd. (Botswana)     4,482,299   
  24,753,100      People’s Leasing & Finance plc
(Sri Lanka)
    3,860,283   
   

 

 

 
      8,342,582   
   

 

 

 
  Department Stores 0.1%  
  2,951,376      Parkson Retail Asia Ltd. (Malaysia)     663,114   
   

 

 

 
Shares          Value  
             
  Distillers & Vintners 2.2%  
  1,104,832      Distell Group Ltd. (South Africa)   $ 13,914,573   
  4,230,100      Distilleries Co. of Sri Lanka plc (Sri Lanka)     8,243,294   
   

 

 

 
      22,157,867   
   

 

 

 
  Diversified Banks 7.1%  
  12,895,610      Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam JSC (Vietnam)     24,679,113   
  10,426,300      Barclays Bank of Kenya Ltd. (Kenya)     1,314,491   
  2,422,735      BBVA Banco Continental S.A. (Peru)     2,269,119   
  120,144      BLOM Bank SAL (Lebanon)     1,129,354   
  659,681      BLOM Bank SAL GDR (Lebanon)     6,334,337   
  4,578,100      CAL Bank Ltd. (Ghana)     1,020,054   
  20,087,183      Commercial Bank of Ceylon plc (Sri Lanka)     22,638,334   
  1,126,700      Ghana Commercial Bank Ltd. (Ghana)     1,108,768   
  1,039,300      Hatton National Bank plc (Sri Lanka)     1,574,028   
  9,370,595      Kenya Commercial Bank Ltd. (Kenya)     4,212,819   
  2,337,427      MCB Bank Ltd. (Pakistan)     5,101,061   
  285,948      Military Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Vietnam)     191,134   
  202,000      National Microfinance Bank plc
(Tanzania, United Republic of)
    264,657   
  126,092,227      Stanbic Bank Uganda Ltd. (Uganda)     1,127,043   
   

 

 

 
      72,964,312   
   

 

 

 
  Food Retail 1.4%  
  1,500,000      Cargills Ceylon plc (Sri Lanka)     1,804,671   
  7,807,103      Choppies Enterprises Ltd. (Botswana)     3,106,837   
  24,353,700      OK Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe)     1,461,222   
  3,588,143      Philippine Seven Corp. (Philippines)     7,486,813   
   

 

 

 
      13,859,543   
   

 

 

 
  Footwear 0.1%  
  76,514      Bata Shoe Co. Bangladesh Ltd. (Bangladesh)     1,351,723   
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Facilities 1.1%  
  273,000      Al Noor Hospitals Group plc (United Kingdom)     3,449,807   
  653,429      NMC Health plc (United Arab Emirates)     8,253,706   
   

 

 

 
      11,703,513   
   

 

 

 
  Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines 0.5%  
  5,403,866      Central Plaza Hotel Public Co. Ltd. (Thailand)     5,583,275   
   

 

 

 
  Household Products 1.1%  
  25,907      Colgate Palmolive Pakistan Ltd. (Pakistan)     335,277   
  1,038,070      Unilever Ghana Ltd.* (Ghana)     2,122,949   
  38,054,859      Unilever Nigeria plc (Nigeria)     8,880,613   
   

 

 

 
      11,338,839   
   

 

 

 
  Hypermarkets & Super Centers 1.8%  
  245,043      PriceSmart, Inc. (Costa Rica)     18,951,626   
   

 

 

 
  Industrial Conglomerates 0.5%  
  4,298,185      Hemas Holdings plc (Sri Lanka)     2,585,603   
  3,684,458      Innscor Africa Ltd. (Zimbabwe)     2,173,830   
   

 

 

 
      4,759,433   
   

 

 

 
  Industrial Gases 0.2%  
  106,525      Linde Bangladesh Ltd. (Bangladesh)     1,794,249   
   

 

 

 
  Integrated Telecommunication Services 1.6%  
  379,784      Sonatel (Senegal)     16,750,726   
   

 

 

 
  Life & Health Insurance 0.2%  
  3,450,849      Enterprise Group Ltd. (Ghana)     2,013,758   
   

 

 

 
 

 

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Shares          Value  
             
  Marine Ports & Services 1.5%  
  450,953      DP World Ltd. (United Arab Emirates)   $ 9,590,109   
  3,791,066      International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (Philippines)     6,081,102   
   

 

 

 
      15,671,211   
   

 

 

 
  Multi-Line Insurance 0.8%  
  1,285,510      Bao Viet Holdings (Vietnam)     2,672,009   
  3,161,249      Botswana Insurance Holdings Ltd. (Botswana)     4,420,861   
  2,824      Wafa Assurance (Morocco)     1,058,502   
   

 

 

 
      8,151,372   
   

 

 

 
  Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing 0.1%  
  124,955      Attock Petroleum Ltd. (Pakistan)     599,627   
   

 

 

 
  Packaged Foods & Meats 18.3%  
  10,448,645      Agthia Group PJSC (United Arab Emirates)     22,834,367   
  27,765,415      Cadbury Nigeria plc (Nigeria)     3,204,881   
  15,581      Centrale Laitiere* (Morocco)     1,830,989   
  6,651,700      Dairibord Holdings Ltd.* *** (Zimbabwe)     553,421   
  281,032      Delice Holding (Tunisia)     2,104,296   
  104,300      Dutch Lady Milk Industries Berhad (Malaysia)     1,116,887   
  134,189     

Edita Food Industries-REG S GDR* (Egypt)

    2,430,829   
  1,638,172      FAN Milk Ltd. (Ghana)     3,193,784   
  2,382,300      Grupo Herdez S.A.B. de C.V. (Mexico)     6,299,848   
  19,241,094      Juhayna Food Industries (Egypt)     19,732,439   
  7,049      Ledo dd (Croatia)     8,757,460   
  517,172      National Foods Holdings (Zimbabwe)     1,550,223   
  480,831      Nestlé Lanka plc (Sri Lanka)     6,975,963   
  74,400      Nestlé Malaysia Berhad (Malaysia)     1,220,324   
  7,307,628      Nestlé Nigeria plc (Nigeria)     31,941,858   
  31,286      Nestlé Pakistan Ltd. (Pakistan)     3,015,854   
  6,069,937      Olympic Industries Ltd. (Bangladesh)     23,615,755   
  6,238,929      PT Indofood CBP Sukses Makmur Tbk (Indonesia)     5,290,686   
  27,790      Rafhan Maize Products Co. Ltd. (Pakistan)     2,367,370   
  8,953,150      Vietnam Dairy Products JSC (Vietnam)     39,858,934   
   

 

 

 
      187,896,168   
   

 

 

 
  Personal Products 1.0%  
  464,396      Marico Bangladesh Ltd. (Bangladesh)     10,252,240   
   

 

 

 
  Pharmaceuticals 9.5%  
  3,089,170      Abbott Laboratories Pakistan Ltd. (Pakistan)     19,367,374   
  1,007,563      DHG Pharmaceutical JSC (Vietnam)     2,980,889   
  1,213,542      Egyptian International Pharmaceutical Industrial Co. (Egypt)     12,243,832   
  52,471      GlaxoSmithKline Bangladesh Ltd. (Bangladesh)     1,417,114   
  15,978,026      GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Nigeria plc (Nigeria)     2,963,705   
  1,854,050      GlaxoSmithKline Pakistan Ltd. (Pakistan)     3,797,364   
  226,144      Hikma Pharmaceuticals plc (United Kingdom)     7,813,927   
  1,513,628      Searle Company Ltd. (The)* (Pakistan)     5,839,451   
  12,554,179      Square Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (Bangladesh)     40,370,301   
  300,000      Traphaco JSC (Vietnam)     1,080,717   
   

 

 

 
      97,874,674   
   

 

 

 
  Restaurants 2.6%  
  3,522,202      Kuwait Foods Americana (Kuwait)     26,617,268   
   

 

 

 
  Soft Drinks 1.2%  
  39,139,610      Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines, Inc. (Philippines)     3,433,299   
  804,830      Societe Frigorifique et Brasserie de Tunis (Tunisia)     9,198,992   
   

 

 

 
      12,632,291   
   

 

 

 
Shares          Value  
             
  Specialty Chemicals 0.9%  
  3,698,992      Akzo Nobel Pakistan Ltd.†† (Pakistan)   $ 8,603,542   
  863,988      Chemical and Allied Products plc (Nigeria)     164,767   
   

 

 

 
      8,768,309   
   

 

 

 
  Steel 0.6%  
  4,877,505      Hoa Phat Group JSC (Vietnam)     6,608,047   
   

 

 

 
  Technology Distributors 1.5%  
  7,747,718      FPT Corp. (Vietnam)     15,346,564   
   

 

 

 
  Tobacco 6.0%  
  598,500      British American Tobacco Bangladesh Co. Ltd. (Bangladesh)     22,668,689   
  1,341,941      British American Tobacco Kenya Ltd. (Kenya)     10,253,608   
  1,257,442      Ceylon Tobacco Co. plc (Sri Lanka)     8,503,085   
  629,487      Eastern Co. (Egypt)     17,283,850   
  307,345      Pakistan Tobacco Co. Ltd. (Pakistan)     2,980,901   
   

 

 

 
      61,690,133   
   

 

 

 
  Wireless Telecommunication Services 4.1%  
  103,918,426      Dialog Axiata plc (Sri Lanka)     8,103,603   
  14,570,739      Econet Wireless Zimbabwe Ltd. (Zimbabwe)     3,890,387   
  5,042,489      GrameenPhone Ltd. (Bangladesh)     18,490,747   
  81,157,938      Safaricom Ltd. (Kenya)     11,768,075   
   

 

 

 
      42,252,812   
   

 

 

 
  Total Common Stocks
(cost $970,220,337)
    960,051,446   
   

 

 

 
  PARTICIPATION NOTES 2.0%  
  Health Care Facilities 0.4%  
  137,695      Mouwasat Medical Services Co., HSBC Bank plc, 3/5/2018 (Saudi Arabia)     4,516,095   
   

 

 

 
  Hypermarkets & Super
Centers 0.7%
 
  305,376      Abdullah Al Othaim Markets, HSBC Bank, 7/31/17, Series 0012 (Saudi Arabia)     7,471,035   
   

 

 

 
  Restaurants 0.9%  
  350,052      Herfy Food Services Co., HSBC Bank, 7/6/17, Series 0000 (Saudi Arabia)     8,797,387   
   

 

 

 
  Total Participation Notes
(cost $23,765,157)
    20,784,517   
   

 

 

 
 

 

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Principal
Amount
         Value  
             
  SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 2.3%   
  Repurchase Agreement 2.3%  
  $23,472,377      Repurchase Agreement dated 9/30/15, 0.00% due 10/1/15 with State Street Bank and Trust Co. collateralized by $23,975,000 of United States Treasury Notes 1.375% due 9/30/20; value: $23,945,031; repurchase proceeds: $23,472,377 (cost $23,472,377)   $ 23,472,377   
   

 

 

 
  Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $23,472,377)
    23,472,377   
   

 

 

 
  Total Investments
(cost $1,017,457,871) 97.7%§
    1,004,308,340   
  Other Assets less Liabilities 2.3%     23,364,720   
   

 

 

 
  NET ASSETS 100.0%   $ 1,027,673,060   
   

 

 

 
 

*Non-income producing.

 

***Security was fair valued under procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees (see Note 13).

 

‡‡Affiliated company (see Note 8).

 

§The aggregate amount of foreign securities fair valued pursuant to a systematic valuation model as a percent of net assets was 48.89%.

 

GDR Global Depositary Receipt.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

  

   

  

   

  

  

At September 30, 2015, Wasatch Frontier Emerging Small Countries Fund’s investments, excluding short-term investments, were in the following countries (unaudited):

 

Country   %  

Bangladesh

    13.1   

Botswana

    1.2   

Costa Rica

    2.6   

Croatia

    0.9   

Egypt

    5.3   

Ghana

    1.0   

Indonesia

    0.5   

Ivory Coast

    <0.1   

Kenya

    6.8   

Kuwait

    3.8   

Lebanon

    0.8   

Malaysia

    0.8   

Mauritius

    0.2   

Mexico

    0.6   

Morocco

    1.8   

Namibia

    <0.1   

Nigeria

    9.7   

Pakistan

    10.7   

Peru

    0.2   

Philippines

    1.7   

Saudi Arabia

    2.1   

Senegal

    1.7   

South Africa

    1.4   

Sri Lanka

    9.7   

Tanzania, United Republic of

    3.5   

Thailand

    1.1   

Tunisia

    1.2   

Uganda

    0.1   

United Arab Emirates

    4.5   

United Kingdom

    1.2   

Vietnam

    9.5   

Zambia

    0.7   

Zimbabwe

    1.6   
 

 

 

 

TOTAL

    100.0 % 
 

 

 

 
 

 

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Shares          Value  
             
  COMMON STOCKS 99.9%  
  Air Freight & Logistics 0.8%  
  62,245      Echo Global Logistics, Inc.*   $ 1,220,002   
   

 

 

 
  Airlines 4.7%  
  22,923      Allegiant Travel Co.     4,957,099   
  49,710      Spirit Airlines, Inc.*     2,351,283   
   

 

 

 
      7,308,382   
   

 

 

 
  Airport Services 1.8%  
  560,425      Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte S.A.B. de C.V.* (Mexico)     2,780,880   
   

 

 

 
  Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods 1.3%  
  74,245      Salvatore Ferragamo Italia S.p.A. (Italy)     1,979,635   
   

 

 

 
  Application Software 4.4%  
  52,118      Aveva Group plc (United Kingdom)     1,608,187   
  37,445      Globant S.A.* (Luxembourg)     1,145,443   
  16,139      Ultimate Software Group, Inc.*     2,889,042   
  61,740      Zendesk, Inc.*     1,216,895   
   

 

 

 
      6,859,567   
   

 

 

 
  Auto Parts & Equipment 1.5%  
  72,700      Cub Elecparts, Inc. (Taiwan)     850,093   
  28,420      Linamar Corp. (Canada)     1,487,786   
   

 

 

 
      2,337,879   
   

 

 

 
  Biotechnology 6.0%  
  184,331      Abcam plc (United Kingdom)     1,621,409   
  10,379      Medytox, Inc. (Korea)     3,754,466   
  240,087      Sangamo BioSciences, Inc.*     1,354,091   
  68,094      Seattle Genetics, Inc.*     2,625,704   
   

 

 

 
      9,355,670   
   

 

 

 
  Building Products 0.9%  
  43,651      Trex Co., Inc.*     1,454,888   
   

 

 

 
  Construction & Engineering 0.9%  
  132,203      Promotora y Operadora de Infraestructura S.A.B. de C.V.* (Mexico)     1,446,848   
   

 

 

 
  Consumer Finance 6.3%  
  9,823      Bajaj Finance Ltd. (India)     772,577   
  886,812      Credito Real S.A.B. de C.V. (Mexico)     1,730,935   
  127,860      Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd. (India)     468,435   
  36,114      PRA Group, Inc.*     1,911,153   
  45,561      Shriram City Union Finance Ltd. (India)     1,176,054   
  2,362,250      Srisawad Power 1979 Public Co. Ltd. (Thailand)     2,391,863   
  616,897      Unifin Financiera SAPI de C.V. SOFOM* (Mexico)     1,372,883   
   

 

 

 
      9,823,900   
   

 

 

 
  Diversified Chemicals 0.6%  
  104,535      Pidilite Industries Ltd. (India)     908,145   
   

 

 

 
  Diversified Real Estate Activities 2.8%  
  184,954      Patrizia Immobilien AG* (Germany)     4,419,536   
   

 

 

 
  Diversified Support Services 1.0%  
  47,176      Copart, Inc.*     1,552,090   
   

 

 

 
  Drug Retail 1.2%  
  16,470      Cosmos Pharmaceutical Corp. (Japan)     1,938,588   
   

 

 

 
  Electrical Components & Equipment 0.6%  
  77,386      Voltronic Power Technology Corp. (Taiwan)     1,007,034   
   

 

 

 
Shares          Value  
             
  Electronic Manufacturing Services 2.0%  
  40,042      IPG Photonics Corp.*   $ 3,041,991   
   

 

 

 
  Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals 0.7%  
  162,976      UPL Ltd. (India)     1,144,020   
   

 

 

 
  General Merchandise Stores 1.1%  
  34,592      Seria Co. Ltd. (Japan)     1,707,823   
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Facilities 2.3%  
  41,464      Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd. (India)     910,193   
  38,581      Ensign Group, Inc. (The)     1,644,708   
  393,090      Life Healthcare Group Holdings Ltd. (South Africa)     1,011,138   
   

 

 

 
      3,566,039   
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Services 1.0%  
  53,669      ExamWorks Group, Inc.*     1,569,282   
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Supplies 1.0%  
  5,083      Sartorius Stedim Biotech (France)     1,512,354   
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Technology 1.4%  
  109,180      M3, Inc. (Japan)     2,170,798   
   

 

 

 
  Homefurnishing Retail 0.7%  
  27,797      Mattress Firm Holding Corp.*     1,160,803   
   

 

 

 
  Household Products 1.0%  
  69,255      Pigeon Corp. (Japan)     1,619,009   
   

 

 

 
  Industrial Machinery 0.7%  
  423,132      Rotork plc (United Kingdom)     1,057,322   
   

 

 

 
  Internet Retail 3.3%  
  103,825      MakeMyTrip Ltd.* (India)     1,427,594   
  57,480      Vipshop Holdings Ltd. ADR* (China)     965,664   
  34,078      Wayfair, Inc., Class A*     1,194,775   
  52,917      Yoox S.p.A.* (Italy)     1,592,717   
   

 

 

 
      5,180,750   
   

 

 

 
  Internet Software & Services 12.0%  
  17,301      Cimpress N.V.*     1,316,779   
  108,034      Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc.*     3,565,122   
  112,431      Dip Corp. (Japan)     1,854,543   
  69,435      Envestnet, Inc.*     2,080,967   
  101,598      Gurunavi, Inc. (Japan)     1,678,503   
  20,415      MercadoLibre, Inc. (Brazil)     1,858,990   
  294,571      SMS Co. Ltd. (Japan)     4,983,965   
  20,745      SPS Commerce, Inc.*     1,408,378   
   

 

 

 
      18,747,247   
   

 

 

 
  IT Consulting & Other Services 1.7%  
  100,927      HCL Technologies Ltd. (India)     1,518,003   
  128,081      Tech Mahindra Ltd. (India)     1,093,657   
   

 

 

 
      2,611,660   
   

 

 

 
  Leisure Products 1.3%  
  362,478      Merida Industry Co. Ltd. (Taiwan)     1,957,415   
   

 

 

 
  Life & Health Insurance 0.7%  
  134,822      Max India Ltd. (India)     1,050,953   
   

 

 

 
  Life Sciences Tools & Services 1.3%  
  73,631      Fluidigm Corp.*     597,147   
  7,320      Syngene International Ltd.* (India)     35,909   
  9,841      Tecan Group AG (Switzerland)     1,384,580   
   

 

 

 
      2,017,636   
   

 

 

 
  Marine Ports & Services 1.4%  
  1,314,633      International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (Philippines)     2,108,752   
   

 

 

 
 

 

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Shares          Value  
             
  Packaged Foods & Meats 1.4%  
  44,700      Calbee, Inc. (Japan)   $ 1,447,215   
  7,661      GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Ltd. (India)     705,853   
   

 

 

 
      2,153,068   
   

 

 

 
  Personal Products 0.7%  
  26,255      Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A     1,083,806   
   

 

 

 
  Pharmaceuticals 9.5%  
  72,918      Caplin Point Laboratories Ltd. (India)     1,604,526   
  39,356      Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.*     1,575,814   
  36,801      Ipsen S.A. (France)     2,282,183   
  62,818      Lupin Ltd. (India)     1,951,225   
  1,705,607      Marksans Pharma Ltd. (India)     2,699,192   
  28,009      Natco Pharma Ltd. (India)     1,052,222   
  567,238      TWi Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* (Taiwan)     3,698,028   
   

 

 

 
      14,863,190   
   

 

 

 
  Publishing 3.8%  
  371,200      Next Co. Ltd. (Japan)     2,937,588   
  54,939      Rightmove plc (United Kingdom)     3,039,307   
   

 

 

 
      5,976,895   
   

 

 

 
  Regional Banks 2.7%  
  19,467      Signature Bank*     2,677,880   
  28,888      Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.*     1,514,309   
   

 

 

 
      4,192,189   
   

 

 

 
  Restaurants 2.6%  
  207,063      Domino’s Pizza Group plc (United Kingdom)     2,786,869   
  32,415      Zoe’s Kitchen, Inc.*     1,280,068   
   

 

 

 
      4,066,937   
   

 

 

 
  Semiconductor Equipment 0.3%  
  13,400      Hermes Microvision, Inc. (Taiwan)     510,794   
   

 

 

 
  Semiconductors 2.3%  
  26,309      Cavium, Inc.*     1,614,583   
  9,523      U-Blox AG* (Switzerland)     1,916,780   
   

 

 

 
      3,531,363   
   

 

 

 
  Specialty Chemicals 1.8%  
  74,943      Frutarom Industries Ltd. (Israel)     2,835,104   
   

 

 

 
  Trading Companies &
Distributors 2.6%
 
  167,400      MISUMI Group, Inc. (Japan)     1,728,421   
  99,934      MonotaRO Co. Ltd. (Japan)     2,290,502   
   

 

 

 
      4,018,923   
   

 

 

 
  Trucking 3.1%  
  127,966      Knight Transportation, Inc.     3,071,184   
  28,499      Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.*     1,738,439   
   

 

 

 
      4,809,623   
   

 

 

 
 

Wireless Telecommunication

Services 0.7%

 
  2,597,842      PT Tower Bersama Infrastructure Tbk* (Indonesia)     1,161,726   
   

 

 

 
  Total Common Stocks
(cost $135,542,502)
    155,820,516   
   

 

 

 
Shares          Value  
             
  WARRANTS 0.0%  
  Consumer Finance 0.0%  
  96,800      Srisawad Power 1979 Public Co. Ltd., expiring 6/11/20* (Thailand)   $ 21,870   
   

 

 

 
  Total Warrants
(cost $0)
    21,870   
   

 

 

 
Principal
Amount
         Value  
             
  SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 0.5%  
  Repurchase Agreement 0.5%  
  $685,704      Repurchase Agreement dated 9/30/15, 0.00% due 10/1/15 with State Street Bank and Trust Co. collateralized by $680,000 of United States Treasury Bonds 2.125% due 1/31/21; value: $703,645; repurchase proceeds: $685,704 (cost $685,704)   $ 685,704   
   

 

 

 
  Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $685,704)
    685,704   
   

 

 

 
  Total Investments
(cost $136,228,206) 100.4%§
    156,528,090   
  Liabilities less Other Assets (0.4%)     (560,198
   

 

 

 
  NET ASSETS 100.0%   $ 155,967,892   
   

 

 

 
 

*Non-income producing.

 

§The aggregate amount of foreign securities fair valued pursuant to a systematic valuation model as a percent of net assets was 54.37%.

 

ADR American Depositary Receipt.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

  

   

  

  

At September 30, 2015, Wasatch Global Opportunities Fund’s investments, excluding short-term investments, were in the following countries (unaudited):

 

Country   %  

Brazil

    1.2   

Canada

    1.0   

China

    0.6   

France

    2.4   

Germany

    2.8   

India

    11.9   

Indonesia

    0.7   

Israel

    1.8   

Italy

    2.3   

Japan

    15.6   

Korea

    2.4   

Luxembourg

    0.7   

Mexico

    4.7   

Philippines

    1.4   

South Africa

    0.7   

Switzerland

    2.1   

Taiwan

    5.2   

Thailand

    1.6   

United Kingdom

    6.5   

United States

    34.4   
 

 

 

 

TOTAL

    100.0
 

 

 

 
 

 

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Shares          Value  
             
  COMMON STOCKS 99.1%  
  Aerospace & Defense 0.7%  
  2,572,058      Senior plc (United Kingdom)   $ 9,796,645   
   

 

 

 
  Apparel, Accessories & Luxury
Goods 2.2%
 
  767,100      Moncler S.p.A. (Italy)     13,732,642   
  562,882      Salvatore Ferragamo Italia S.p.A. (Italy)     15,008,430   
   

 

 

 
      28,741,072   
   

 

 

 
  Application Software 3.4%  
  697,722      Aveva Group plc (United Kingdom)     21,529,368   
  1,258,856      Computer Modelling Group Ltd. (Canada)     10,674,179   
  3,703,489      Diligent Corp.* (New Zealand)     12,295,086   
   

 

 

 
      44,498,633   
   

 

 

 
  Asset Management & Custody
Banks 1.9%
 
  301,356      Alaris Royalty Corp. (Canada)     6,080,346   
  14,699,844      ARA Asset Management Ltd. (Singapore)     13,623,868   
  5,961,167      Value Partners Group Ltd. (Hong Kong)     5,646,726   
   

 

 

 
      25,350,940   
   

 

 

 
  Auto Parts & Equipment 1.3%  
  326,269      Linamar Corp. (Canada)     17,080,165   
   

 

 

 
  Biotechnology 4.1%  
  3,263,052      Abcam plc (United Kingdom)     28,702,403   
  71,085      Medytox, Inc. (Korea)     25,714,057   
   

 

 

 
      54,416,460   
   

 

 

 
  Consumer Finance 0.6%  
  291,067      Shriram City Union Finance Ltd. (India)     7,513,237   
   

 

 

 
  Data Processing & Outsourced
Services 1.0%
 
  341,300      GMO Payment Gateway, Inc. (Japan)     13,210,602   
   

 

 

 
  Diversified Real Estate Activities 3.2%  
  1,769,716      Patrizia Immobilien AG* (Germany)     42,287,943   
   

 

 

 
  Diversified Support Services 1.5%  
  194,381      KEPCO Plant Service & Engineering Co. Ltd. (Korea)     19,895,529   
   

 

 

 
  Drug Retail 3.2%  
  137,024      Ain Pharmaciez, Inc. (Japan)     6,997,393   
  176,937      Cosmos Pharmaceutical Corp. (Japan)     20,826,227   
  328,473      Sugi Holdings Co. Ltd. (Japan)     14,749,729   
   

 

 

 
      42,573,349   
   

 

 

 
  Electrical Components &
Equipment 2.6%
 
  1,458,482      Amara Raja Batteries Ltd. (India)     23,023,986   
  867,309      Voltronic Power Technology Corp. (Taiwan)     11,286,404   
   

 

 

 
      34,310,390   
   

 

 

 
  Electronic Equipment &
Instruments 4.8%
 
  1,310,013      Ai Holdings Corp. (Japan)     32,443,256   
  1,707,279      Halma plc (United Kingdom)     18,672,242   
  406,625      Renishaw plc (United Kingdom)     12,428,673   
   

 

 

 
    63,544,171   
   

 

 

 
  Forest Products 0.5%  
  192,008      Stella-Jones, Inc. (Canada)     6,183,284   
   

 

 

 
Shares          Value  
             
  General Merchandise Stores 4.0%  
  2,564,292      B&M European Value Retail S.A. (United Kingdom)   $ 12,655,087   
  102,769      Ryohin Keikaku Co. Ltd. (Japan)     20,935,130   
  381,295      Seria Co. Ltd. (Japan)     18,824,709   
   

 

 

 
    52,414,926   
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Supplies 1.8%  
  78,649      Sartorius Stedim Biotech (France)     23,400,571   
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Technology 3.4%  
  1,580,907      EMIS Group plc (United Kingdom)     25,117,570   
  987,356      M3, Inc. (Japan)     19,631,343   
   

 

 

 
    44,748,913   
   

 

 

 
  Household Products 1.5%  
  845,951      Pigeon Corp. (Japan)     19,776,221   
   

 

 

 
  Human Resource & Employment
Services 0.4%
 
  162,865      Benefit One, Inc. (Japan)     2,761,851   
  342,043      Pasona Group, Inc. (Japan)     2,893,384   
   

 

 

 
    5,655,235   
   

 

 

 
  Hypermarkets & Super Centers 0.8%  
  1,789,702      Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentacion S.A.* (Spain)     10,830,596   
   

 

 

 
  Industrial Machinery 1.1%  
  6,026,591      Rotork plc (United Kingdom)     15,059,241   
   

 

 

 
  Internet Retail 1.5%  
  633,915      Yoox S.p.A.* (Italy)     19,079,832   
   

 

 

 
  Internet Software & Services 9.3%  
  1,305,775      Auto Trader Group plc* (United Kingdom)     6,719,970   
  631,990      carsales.com Ltd. (Australia)     4,350,884   
  225,177      Criteo S.A. ADR* (France)     8,453,144   
  1,064,944      Dip Corp. (Japan)     17,566,185   
  922,507      Gurunavi, Inc. (Japan)     15,240,760   
  1,293,400      Infomart Corp. (Japan)     14,670,083   
  902,936      Kakaku.com, Inc. (Japan)     14,671,402   
  1,774,700      SMS Co. Ltd. (Japan)     30,026,864   
  52,237      XING AG (Germany)     11,220,140   
   

 

 

 
    122,919,432   
   

 

 

 
  Investment Banking &
Brokerage 0.8%
 
  255,437      Avanza Bank Holding AB (Sweden)     10,470,196   
   

 

 

 
  Leisure Products 0.6%  
  1,330,952      Merida Industry Co. Ltd. (Taiwan)     7,187,264   
   

 

 

 
  Life & Health Insurance 2.0%  
  1,470,248      Discovery Ltd. (South Africa)     14,626,571   
  1,555,458      Max India Ltd. (India)     12,124,980   
   

 

 

 
    26,751,551   
   

 

 

 
  Life Sciences Tools & Services 2.3%  
  634,676      Divi’s Laboratories Ltd. (India)     10,854,366   
  133,065      Tecan Group AG (Switzerland)     18,721,583   
   

 

 

 
    29,575,949   
   

 

 

 
  Marine Ports & Services 0.4%  
  3,169,344      International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (Philippines)     5,083,822   
   

 

 

 
  Movies & Entertainment 2.0%  
  711,588      CTS Eventim AG & Co KGaA (Germany)     26,385,062   
   

 

 

 
 

 

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Shares          Value  
             
  Oil & Gas Equipment & Services 1.4%  
  304,639      Pason Systems, Inc. (Canada)   $ 4,277,075   
  223,197      ShawCor Ltd. (Canada)     4,673,740   
  502,358      TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Co. ASA (Norway)     9,274,040   
   

 

 

 
      18,224,855   
   

 

 

 
  Oil & Gas Storage &
Transportation 0.6%
 
  155,504      Gaztransport Et Technigaz S.A. (France)     8,065,158   
   

 

 

 
  Packaged Foods & Meats 3.1%  
  509,619      Calbee, Inc. (Japan)     16,499,517   
  16,513,449      Vitasoy International Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong)     24,667,688   
   

 

 

 
      41,167,205   
   

 

 

 
  Pharmaceuticals 5.2%  
  1,027,700      Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (India)     16,490,579   
  347,594      Ipsen S.A. (France)     21,555,750   
  5,777,068      Lee’s Pharmaceutical Holdings Ltd. (China)     7,475,118   
  174,894      Sawai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (Japan)     10,180,912   
  2,038,839      TWi Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* (Taiwan)     13,291,923   
   

 

 

 
      68,994,282   
   

 

 

 
  Property & Casualty Insurance 0.6%  
  5,374,656      Qualitas Controladora S.A.B. de C.V.* ** (Mexico)     7,381,207   
   

 

 

 
  Publishing 4.2%  
  2,899,971      Next Co. Ltd. (Japan)     22,949,675   
  581,010      Rightmove plc (United Kingdom)     32,142,334   
   

 

 

 
      55,092,009   
   

 

 

 
  Research & Consulting Services 3.3%  
  66,832      Bertrandt AG (Germany)     6,976,963   
  844,025      Nihon M&A Center, Inc. (Japan)     36,902,224   
   

 

 

 
      43,879,187   
   

 

 

 
  Restaurants 6.1%  
  244,000      Create Restaurants Holdings, Inc. (Japan)     5,055,174   
  1,303,573      Domino’s Pizza Enterprises Ltd. (Australia)     37,053,710   
  2,831,329      Domino’s Pizza Group plc (United Kingdom)     38,106,961   
   

 

 

 
      80,215,845   
   

 

 

 
  Semiconductor Equipment 1.4%  
  246,490      Hermes Microvision, Inc. (Taiwan)     9,395,949   
  412,791      ISC Co. Ltd. (Korea)     8,856,286   
   

 

 

 
      18,252,235   
   

 

 

 
  Semiconductors 1.2%  
  79,855      U-Blox AG* (Switzerland)     16,073,135   
   

 

 

 
  Specialty Chemicals 4.7%  
  428,291      Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (Denmark)     23,947,873   
  177,246      Frutarom Industries Ltd. (Israel)     6,705,242   
  2,037,410      Hexpol AB (Sweden)     22,754,689   
  79,970      SK Kaken Co. Ltd. (Japan)     7,809,861   
   

 

 

 
      61,217,665   
   

 

 

 
  Textiles 1.2%  
  956,274      Eclat Textile Co. Ltd. (Taiwan)     15,184,345   
   

 

 

 
Shares          Value  
             
  Trading Companies &
Distributors 3.2%
 
  1,713,915      MISUMI Group, Inc. (Japan)   $ 17,696,338   
  1,055,976      MonotaRO Co. Ltd. (Japan)     24,203,128   
   

 

 

 
      41,899,466   
   

 

 

 
  Total Common Stocks
(cost $1,055,659,080)
    1,304,387,825   
   

 

 

 
Principal
Amount
         Value  
             
  SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 0.9%  
  Repurchase Agreement 0.9%  
  $12,275,005      Repurchase Agreement dated 9/30/15, 0.00% due 10/1/15 with State Street Bank and Trust Co. collateralized by $12,540,000 of United States Treasury Notes 1.375% due 9/30/20; value: $12,524,325; repurchase proceeds: $12,275,005 (cost $12,275,005)   $ 12,275,005   
   

 

 

 
  Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $12,275,005)
    12,275,005   
   

 

 

 
  Total Investments
(cost $1,067,934,085) 100.0%§
    1,316,662,830   
  Liabilities less Other Assets (<0.1%)     (567,742
   

 

 

 
  NET ASSETS 100.0%   $ 1,316,095,088   
   

 

 

 
 

*Non-income producing.

 

**Common units.

 

§The aggregate amount of foreign securities fair valued pursuant to a systematic valuation model as a percent of net assets was 90.63%.

 

ADR American Depositary Receipt.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

  

  

   

  

  

At September 30, 2015, Wasatch International Growth Fund’s investments, excluding short-term investments, were in the following countries (unaudited):

 

Country   %  

Australia

    3.2   

Canada

    3.8   

China

    0.6   

Denmark

    1.8   

France

    4.7   

Germany

    6.7   

Hong Kong

    2.3   

India

    5.4   

Israel

    0.5   

Italy

    3.7   

Japan

    31.2   

Korea

    4.2   

Mexico

    0.6   

New Zealand

    0.9   

Norway

    0.7   

Philippines

    0.4   

Singapore

    1.0   

South Africa

    1.1   

Spain

    0.8   

Sweden

    2.5   

Switzerland

    2.7   

Taiwan

    4.3   

United Kingdom

    16.9   
 

 

 

 

TOTAL

    100.0
 

 

 

 
 

 

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Shares          Value  
             
  COMMON STOCKS 94.9%  
  Aerospace & Defense 0.2%  
  25,705      Avon Rubber plc (United Kingdom)   $ 355,505   
  110,720      SWISSPORT Tanzania Ltd.*
(Tanzania, United Republic of)
    379,319   
   

 

 

 
    734,824   
   

 

 

 
  Air Freight & Logistics 1.6%  
  338,660      Allcargo Global Logistics Ltd. (India)     1,545,802   
  832,296      Freightways Ltd. (New Zealand)     2,959,156   
  12,834      ID Logistics Group* (France)     1,665,725   
  104,300      Yusen Logistics Co. Ltd. (Japan)     1,072,427   
   

 

 

 
    7,243,110   
   

 

 

 
  Apparel Retail 0.5%  
  804,622      Apranga PVA (Lithuania)     2,408,792   
   

 

 

 
  Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods 1.5%  
  117,976      Delta-Galil Industries Ltd. (Israel)     3,537,382   
  388,488      Makalot Industrial Co. Ltd. (Taiwan)     3,205,922   
   

 

 

 
    6,743,304   
   

 

 

 
  Application Software 0.8%  
  204,775      Linx S.A. (Brazil)     2,265,324   
  233,075      Logo Yazilim Sanayi Ve Ticaret AS (Turkey)     1,266,607   
   

 

 

 
    3,531,931   
   

 

 

 
  Asset Management & Custody Banks 0.4%  
  923,100      Peregrine Holdings Ltd. (South Africa)     1,927,153   
   

 

 

 
  Auto Parts & Equipment 0.4%  
  450,000      Hu Lane Associate, Inc. (Taiwan)     1,726,330   
   

 

 

 
  Automotive Retail 0.3%  
  59,200      Mekonomen AB (Sweden)     1,370,790   
   

 

 

 
  Brewers 4.0%  
  362,475      Carlsberg Brewery Malaysia Berhad (Malaysia)     986,241   
  17,933,940      International Breweries plc (Nigeria)     1,621,951   
  64,408      Kopparbergs Bryggeri AB (Sweden)     1,444,703   
  197,574      Olvi Oyj, Class A (Finland)     4,875,264   
  160,100      Royal UNIBREW A/S (Denmark)     5,992,478   
  290,700      Sechaba Breweries Ltd. (Botswana)     784,999   
  1,227,502      Turk Tuborg Bira ve Malt Sanayii A.S.* (Turkey)     2,445,231   
   

 

 

 
    18,150,867   
   

 

 

 
  Building Products 0.1%  
  1,111,666      PT Surya Toto Indonesia Tbk (Indonesia)     508,407   
   

 

 

 
  Cable & Satellite 0.2%  
  5,000,000      Hum Network Ltd. (Pakistan)     784,324   
   

 

 

 
  Commodity Chemicals 4.0%  
  967,254      Berger Paints India Ltd. (India)     3,246,797   
  400,083      Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. (India)     2,925,653   
  141,954      SAMHWA Paints Industrial Co. Ltd. (Korea)     1,717,304   
  134,965      Sniezka S.A. (Poland)     1,841,830   
  350,857      Supreme Industries Ltd. (India)     3,314,688   
  155,700      Tikkurila Oyj (Finland)     2,586,736   
  1,273,500      Yung Chi Paint & Varnish Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Taiwan)     2,459,776   
   

 

 

 
    18,092,784   
   

 

 

 
Shares          Value  
             
  Communications Equipment 0.2%  
  6,700      Ericsson Nikola Tesla (Croatia)   $ 1,028,371   
   

 

 

 
  Construction Materials 0.4%  
  144,928      Misr Cement Co. (Egypt)     1,573,282   
   

 

 

 
  Consumer Finance 0.6%  
  54,600      KRUK S.A. (Poland)     2,505,255   
   

 

 

 
  Data Processing & Outsourced Services 0.1%  
  663,646      My EG Services Berhad (Malaysia)     425,335   
   

 

 

 
  Department Stores 0.5%  
  1,883,557      Parkson Retail Asia Ltd. (Malaysia)     423,197   
  195,251      Poya Co. Ltd. (Taiwan)     1,948,028   
   

 

 

 
    2,371,225   
   

 

 

 
  Distillers & Vintners 1.9%  
  2,015,680      Capevin Holdings Ltd. (South Africa)     1,402,077   
  73      Grand Marnier (France)     399,733   
  35,911      Jinro Distillers Co. Ltd. (Korea)     1,199,760   
  39,621      Laurent-Perrier (France)     3,416,989   
  51,794      Muhak Co. Ltd.* (Korea)     2,057,027   
   

 

 

 
    8,475,586   
   

 

 

 
  Diversified Banks 0.8%  
  6,220,800      CRDB Bank plc
(Tanzania, United Republic of)
    1,051,200   
  1,714,801      Hatton National Bank plc (Sri Lanka)     2,597,080   
   

 

 

 
    3,648,280   
   

 

 

 
  Diversified Support Services 1.1%  
  193,263      Credit Corp. Group Ltd. (Australia)     1,388,004   
  181,400      Prestige International, Inc. (Japan)     1,803,661   
  422,800      Vicom Ltd. (Singapore)     1,781,891   
   

 

 

 
    4,973,556   
   

 

 

 
  Drug Retail 1.5%  
  1,330,808      Green Cross Health Ltd. (New Zealand)     1,893,294   
  94,400      Kusuri No Aoki Co. Ltd. (Japan)     4,993,951   
   

 

 

 
    6,887,245   
   

 

 

 
  Electrical Components & Equipment 2.6%  
  309,840      Amara Raja Batteries Ltd. (India)     4,891,217   
  535,720      Voltronic Power Technology Corp. (Taiwan)     6,971,393   
   

 

 

 
    11,862,610   
   

 

 

 
  Electronic Equipment & Instruments 1.0%  
  42,100      Isra Vision AG (Germany)     2,354,488   
  450,000      Smart Metering Systems plc (United Kingdom)     2,294,692   
   

 

 

 
    4,649,180   
   

 

 

 
  Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals 0.2%  
  256,787      Rallis India Ltd. (India)     857,548   
   

 

 

 
  Food Distributors 0.5%  
  8,606,200      Premier Marketing Public Co. Ltd. (Thailand)     2,347,469   
   

 

 

 
 

 

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Shares          Value  
             
  Food Retail 6.7%  
  9,805,820      7-Eleven Malaysia Holdings Berhad, Class B (Malaysia)   $ 3,300,671   
  220,344      Axial Retailing, Inc. (Japan)     7,238,437   
  5,543,800      BreadTalk Group Ltd. (Singapore)     4,418,832   
  3,345,000      Choppies Enterprises Ltd. (Botswana)     1,331,143   
  4,415,100      Convenience Retail Asia Ltd. (Hong Kong)     2,270,928   
  25,300      Daikokutenbussan Co. Ltd. (Japan)     869,619   
  2,432,810      Philippine Seven Corp. (Philippines)     5,076,162   
  90,070      Rami Levi Chain Stores Hashikma Marketing 2006 Ltd. (Israel)     3,846,860   
  3,399,000      Sheng Siong Group Ltd. (Singapore)     1,972,081   
   

 

 

 
    30,324,733   
   

 

 

 
  General Merchandise Stores 1.1%  
  98,972      Seria Co. Ltd. (Japan)     4,886,293   
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Distributors 0.0%  
  1,478,600      PT Enseval Putera Megatrading Tbk (Indonesia)     211,950   
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Equipment 0.3%  
  55,000      Vieworks Co. Ltd. (Korea)     1,547,779   
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Facilities 6.4%  
  35,536,611      Asiri Hospital Holdings plc (Sri Lanka)     5,397,344   
  538,000      Capio AB* (Sweden)     3,248,581   
  211,422      Instituto de Diagnostico S.A. (Chile)     868,593   
  366,900      MD Medical Group Investments plc GDR (Russia)     1,779,465   
  430,957      NMC Health plc (United Arab Emirates)     5,443,579   
  515,356      Raffles Medical Group Ltd. (Singapore)     1,635,989   
  8,846,957      Religare Health Trust** (Singapore)     5,909,811   
  1,882,978      Shifa International Hospitals Ltd. (Pakistan)     4,780,500   
   

 

 

 
      29,063,862   
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Technology 1.0%  
  147,600      EMIS Group plc (United Kingdom)     2,345,080   
  109,300      Nexus AG (Germany)     2,185,149   
   

 

 

 
      4,530,229   
   

 

 

 
  Home Improvement Retail 0.8%  
  46,159      Arcland Sakamoto Co. Ltd. (Japan)     994,181   
  333,400      DCM Holdings Co. Ltd. (Japan)     2,439,201   
   

 

 

 
      3,433,382   
   

 

 

 
  Household Products 0.7%  
  5,076,580      DSG International Thailand Public Co. Ltd. (Thailand)     665,781   
  493,300      Jyothy Laboratories Ltd. (India)     2,401,716   
   

 

 

 
      3,067,497   
   

 

 

 
  Human Resource & Employment Services 0.7%  
  685,000      104 Corp. (Taiwan)     3,005,004   
   

 

 

 
  Industrial Conglomerates 0.7%  
  57,383,777      Expolanka Holdings plc (Sri Lanka)     3,330,127   
   

 

 

 
  Industrial Machinery 1.1%  
  461,712      CKD Corp. (Japan)     3,817,502   
  79,300      Yushin Precision Equipment Co. Ltd. (Japan)     1,350,129   
   

 

 

 
      5,167,631   
   

 

 

 
  Internet Retail 3.8%  
  440,700      Ikyu Corp. (Japan)     9,614,279   
  591,286      Trade Me Group Ltd. (New Zealand)     1,387,658   
  2,161,368      Webjet Ltd. (Australia)     6,411,234   
   

 

 

 
      17,413,171   
   

 

 

 
Shares          Value  
             
  Internet Software & Services 7.1%  
  246,064      Addcn Technology Co. Ltd. (Taiwan)   $ 2,212,361   
  201,400      Dip Corp. (Japan)     3,322,081   
  580,799      Gurunavi, Inc. (Japan)     9,595,394   
  215,600      Infomart Corp. (Japan)     2,445,392   
  272,980      PChome Online, Inc. (Taiwan)     3,147,137   
  345,900      SMS Co. Ltd. (Japan)     5,852,421   
  26,252      XING AG (Germany)     5,638,745   
   

 

 

 
      32,213,531   
   

 

 

 
  IT Consulting & Other Services 0.8%  
  349,494      EOH Holdings Ltd. (South Africa)     3,752,916   
   

 

 

 
  Leisure Products 0.7%  
  175,368      Samchuly Bicycle Co. Ltd. (Korea)     3,053,870   
   

 

 

 
  Marine 0.3%  
  6,906,640      2GO Group, Inc.* (Philippines)     1,167,361   
   

 

 

 
  Marine Ports & Services 0.7%  
  1,255,700      Asian Terminals, Inc. (Philippines)     310,298   
  272,600      Gateway Distriparks Ltd. (India)     1,497,141   
  32,469      Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (Greece)     545,578   
  38,367      Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A. (Greece)     992,602   
   

 

 

 
      3,345,619   
   

 

 

 
  Multi-Line Insurance 0.7%  
  1,379,800      Botswana Insurance Holdings Ltd. (Botswana)     1,929,587   
  8,160,671      British-American Investments Co. Kenya Ltd. (Kenya)     1,309,448   
   

 

 

 
      3,239,035   
   

 

 

 
  Multi-Sector Holdings 0.0%  
  109,305      Sefalana Holding Co. Ltd. (Botswana)     135,310   
   

 

 

 
  Office Services & Supplies 0.6%  
  2,301,800      Riverstone Holdings Ltd. (Singapore)     2,585,838   
   

 

 

 
  Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing 1.0%  
  64,100      BP Castrol KK (Japan)     637,097   
  9,294      Hankook Shell Oil Co. Ltd. (Korea)     4,046,639   
   

 

 

 
      4,683,736   
   

 

 

 
  Packaged Foods & Meats 9.6%  
  71,120      Agro Tech Foods Ltd. (India)     639,257   
  7,950      Atlantic Grupa (Croatia)     975,433   
  1,293,927      Cloetta AB, Class B* (Sweden)     3,694,294   
  1,262,907      Clover Industries Ltd. (South Africa)     1,692,593   
  81,100      Dutch Lady Milk Industries Berhad (Malaysia)     868,452   
  744,300      Grupo Herdez S.A.B. de C.V. (Mexico)     1,968,256   
  38,600      Kotobuki Spirits Co. Ltd. (Japan)     1,269,934   
  20,245      Kri-Kri Milk Industry S.A. (Greece)     40,706   
  283,061      Pinar Sut Mamulleri Sanayii A.S. (Turkey)     1,871,387   
  7,503,000      PT Tiga Pilar Sejahtera Food Tbk (Indonesia)     743,604   
  3,626,000      PT Ultrajaya Milk Industry & Trading Co. Tbk* (Indonesia)     983,228   
  46,454,981      RFM Corp. (Philippines)     3,976,240   
  105,800      Rokko Butter Co. Ltd. (Japan)     1,627,521   
  11,374      S&B Foods, Inc. (Japan)     461,613   
  2,363,435      TAT Gida Sanayi A.S.* (Turkey)     4,998,682   
  269,681      Vigor Alimentos S.A. (Brazil)     621,757   
  3,743,120      Vitasoy International Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong)     5,591,450   
  188,100      Warabeya Nichiyo Co. Ltd. (Japan)     3,275,233   
  1,100,000      Watt’s Alimentos S.A. (Chile)     1,469,521   
  19,788      Wawel S.A. (Poland)     6,627,033   
   

 

 

 
      43,396,194   
   

 

 

 
 

 

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Shares          Value  
             
  Personal Products 1.1%  
  5,826,550      Karex Berhad (Malaysia)   $ 4,307,461   
  104,832      Sarantis S.A. (Greece)     818,547   
   

 

 

 
      5,126,008   
   

 

 

 
  Pharmaceuticals 2.0%  
  2,572,177      Lee’s Pharmaceutical Holdings Ltd. (China)     3,328,215   
  50,179,400      PT Kimia Farma Persero Tbk (Indonesia)     2,194,391   
  7,837,000      PT Tempo Scan Pacific Tbk (Indonesia)     819,285   
  175,500      Renata Ltd. (Bangladesh)     2,818,606   
   

 

 

 
      9,160,497   
   

 

 

 
  Publishing 2.9%  
  846,129      Morningstar Japan KK (Japan)     2,016,864   
  1,389,979      Next Co. Ltd. (Japan)     10,999,960   
   

 

 

 
      13,016,824   
   

 

 

 
  Real Estate Services 0.2%  
  106,700      Century 21 Real Estate of Japan Ltd. (Japan)     972,554   
   

 

 

 
  Regional Banks 0.4%  
  302,800      Banregio Grupo Financiero S.A.B. de C.V. (Mexico)     1,612,746   
   

 

 

 
  Research & Consulting Services 0.3%  
  28,401      Nihon M&A Center, Inc. (Japan)     1,241,741   
   

 

 

 
  Restaurants 10.8%  
  10,800      Amiyaki Tei Co. Ltd. (Japan)     424,136   
  68,048      AmRest Holdings SE* (Poland)     2,933,695   
  29,500      B-R31 Ice Cream Co. Ltd. (Japan)     1,026,366   
  5,908,278      Berjaya Food Berhad (Malaysia)     2,889,791   
  932,500      Collins Foods Ltd. (Australia)     2,128,681   
  165,980      Domino’s Pizza Enterprises Ltd. (Australia)     4,717,937   
  497,300      Doutor Nichires Holdings Co. Ltd. (Japan)     7,625,068   
  450,900      Fairwood Holdings Ltd. (Hong Kong)     1,276,368   
  696,953      Famous Brands Ltd. (South Africa)     6,796,155   
  137,600      Hiday Hidaka Corp. (Japan)     3,488,721   
  153,972,000      Hop Hing Group Holdings Ltd. (China)     2,292,455   
  107,000      KFC Holdings Japan Ltd. (Japan)     2,011,409   
  30,000      Kura Corp. (Japan)     952,130   
  1,867,437      Restaurant Brands New Zealand Ltd. (New Zealand)     4,705,042   
  13,900      Saint Marc Holdings Co. Ltd. (Japan)     424,847   
  2,269,963      Spur Corp. Ltd. (South Africa)     5,404,869   
   

 

 

 
      49,097,670   
   

 

 

 
  Soft Drinks 2.6%  
  1,987,900      Corp. Lindley S.A.* (Peru)     1,596,756   
  89,370,320      Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines, Inc. (Philippines)     7,839,502   
  2,429,313      Seven-Up Bottling Co. plc (Nigeria)     2,316,418   
   

 

 

 
      11,752,676   
   

 

 

 
  Specialized Finance 0.1%  
  17,121      Korea Ratings Corp. (Korea)     595,111   
   

 

 

 
  Specialized REITs 0.5%  
  1,932,270      National Storage REIT (Australia)     2,073,624   
   

 

 

 
  Specialty Chemicals 0.8%  
  6,229,947      Chemical and Allied Products plc (Nigeria)     1,188,086   
  673,719      DuluxGroup Ltd. (Australia)     2,543,654   
   

 

 

 
      3,731,740   
   

 

 

 
Shares          Value  
             
  Specialty Stores 0.9%  
  165,300      Komehyo Co. Ltd. (Japan)   $ 3,956,621   
   

 

 

 
  Tobacco 0.3%  
  5,249      Karelia Tobacco Co., Inc. S.A. (Greece)     1,423,893   
   

 

 

 
  Trading Companies & Distributors 1.8%  
  442,100      Jalux, Inc. (Japan)     8,320,492   
   

 

 

 
  Total Common Stocks
(cost $399,414,814)
    430,464,823   
   

 

 

 
Principal
Amount
         Value  
  SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 5.1%  
  Repurchase Agreement 5.1%  
  $23,124,583      Repurchase Agreement dated 9/30/15, 0.00% due 10/1/15 with State Street Bank and Trust Co. collateralized by $22,795,000 of United States Treasury Notes 2.125% due 1/31/21; value: $23,587,628; repurchase proceeds: $23,124,583 (cost $23,124,583)   $ 23,124,583   
   

 

 

 
  Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $23,124,583)
    23,124,583   
   

 

 

 
  Total Investments
(cost $422,539,397) 100.0%§
    453,589,406   
  Liabilities less Other Assets (<0.1%)     (94,280
   

 

 

 
  NET ASSETS 100.0%   $ 453,495,126   
   

 

 

 
 

*Non-income producing.

 

**Common units.

 

§The aggregate amount of foreign securities fair valued pursuant to a systematic valuation model as a percent of net assets was 74.29%.

 

GDR Global Depositary Receipt.

 

REIT Real Estate Investment Trust.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

  

  

   

  

  

  

 

 

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At September 30, 2015, Wasatch International Opportunities Fund’s investments, excluding short-term investments, were in the following countries (unaudited):

 

Country   %  

Australia

    4.5   

Bangladesh

    0.6   

Botswana

    1.0   

Brazil

    0.7   

Chile

    0.5   

China

    1.3   

Croatia

    0.5   

Denmark

    1.4   

Egypt

    0.4   

Finland

    1.7   

France

    1.3   

Germany

    2.4   

Greece

    0.9   

Hong Kong

    2.1   

India

    4.9   

Indonesia

    1.3   

Israel

    1.7   

Japan

    25.8   

Kenya

    0.3   

Korea

    3.3   

Lithuania

    0.6   

Malaysia

    3.1   

Mexico

    0.8   

New Zealand

    2.5   

Nigeria

    1.2   

Pakistan

    1.3   

Peru

    0.4   

Philippines

    4.3   

Poland

    3.2   

Russia

    0.4   

Singapore

    4.2   

South Africa

    4.9   

Sri Lanka

    2.6   

Sweden

    2.3   

Taiwan

    5.7   

Tanzania, United Republic of

    0.3   

Thailand

    0.7   

Turkey

    2.4   

United Arab Emirates

    1.3   

United Kingdom

    1.2   
 

 

 

 

TOTAL

    100.0
 

 

 

 

    

 

 

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Shares          Value  
             
  COMMON STOCKS 99.3%  
  Communications Equipment 4.3%  
  400,808      Cisco Systems, Inc.   $ 10,521,210   
   

 

 

 
  Computer & Electronics Retail 1.0%  
  61,716      GameStop Corp., Class A     2,543,316   
   

 

 

 
  Department Stores 2.1%  
  102,533      Macy’s, Inc.     5,261,994   
   

 

 

 
  Diversified Banks 13.2%  
  224,762      Citigroup, Inc.     11,150,443   
  174,400      JPMorgan Chase & Co.     10,633,168   
  206,130      Wells Fargo & Co.     10,584,775   
   

 

 

 
      32,368,386   
   

 

 

 
  Diversified Chemicals 2.2%  
  83,692      Eastman Chemical Co.     5,416,546   
   

 

 

 
  Diversified REITs 1.5%  
  199,306      Select Income REIT     3,788,807   
   

 

 

 
  Electric Utilities 6.6%  
  123,760      Duke Energy Corp.     8,903,295   
  265,964      Great Plains Energy, Inc.     7,186,347   
   

 

 

 
      16,089,642   
   

 

 

 
  Electrical Components & Equipment 3.0%  
  143,841      Eaton Corp. plc     7,379,043   
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Equipment 2.0%  
  73,926      Medtronic plc     4,948,606   
   

 

 

 
  Household Products 3.8%  
  130,147      Procter & Gamble Co. (The)     9,362,775   
   

 

 

 
  Hypermarkets & Super Centers 3.1%  
  116,419      Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.     7,548,608   
   

 

 

 
  Industrial Conglomerates 4.8%  
  472,357      General Electric Co.     11,912,844   
   

 

 

 
  Integrated Oil & Gas 8.5%  
  90,218      Chevron Corp.     7,116,396   
  126,820      Royal Dutch Shell plc ADR (Netherlands)     6,010,000   
  286,841      Suncor Energy, Inc. (Canada)     7,664,391   
   

 

 

 
      20,790,787   
   

 

 

 
  Integrated Telecommunication Services 3.0%  
  169,279      Verizon Communications, Inc.     7,365,329   
   

 

 

 
  Investment Banking & Brokerage 2.7%  
  38,075      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)     6,615,912   
   

 

 

 
  Multi-Line Insurance 4.3%  
  186,193      American International Group, Inc.     10,579,486   
   

 

 

 
  Oil & Gas Equipment & Services 2.2%  
  151,565      Halliburton Co.     5,357,823   
   

 

 

 
  Oil & Gas Exploration & Production 1.0%  
  387,624      Encana Corp. (Canada)     2,496,299   
   

 

 

 
  Other Diversified Financial Services 2.8%  
  175,469      Voya Financial, Inc.     6,802,933   
   

 

 

 
  Pharmaceuticals 10.9%  
  123,070      Johnson & Johnson     11,488,585   
  325,228      Pfizer, Inc.     10,215,411   
  24,513      Shire plc ADR (Ireland)     5,030,803   
   

 

 

 
      26,734,799   
   

 

 

 
Shares          Value  
             
  Regional Banks 3.2%  
  89,049      PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.   $ 7,943,171   
   

 

 

 
  Semiconductors 1.8%  
  145,389      Intel Corp.     4,382,025   
   

 

 

 
  Specialized REITs 3.2%  
  152,020      EPR Properties     7,839,671   
   

 

 

 
  Systems Software 4.5%  
  124,252      Microsoft Corp.     5,499,394   
  152,084      Oracle Corp.     5,493,274   
   

 

 

 
      10,992,668   
   

 

 

 
  Technology Hardware, Storage &
Peripherals 3.6%
 
  61,979      Apple, Inc.     6,836,284   
  74,910      Hewlett-Packard Co.     1,918,445   
   

 

 

 
      8,754,729   
   

 

 

 
  Total Common Stocks
(cost $232,455,269)
    243,797,409   
   

 

 

 

Principal

Amount

         Value  
             
  SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 0.6%  
  Repurchase Agreement 0.6%  
  $1,470,547      Repurchase Agreement dated 9/30/15, 0.00% due 10/1/15 with State Street Bank and Trust Co. collateralized by $1,450,000 of United States Treasury Notes 2.125% due 1/31/21; value: $1,500,419; repurchase proceeds: $1,470,547 (cost $1,470,547)   $ 1,470,547   
   

 

 

 
  Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $1,470,547)
    1,470,547   
   

 

 

 
  Total Investments
(cost $233,925,816) 99.9%
    245,267,956   
  Other Assets less Liabilities 0.1%     313,027   
   

 

 

 
  NET ASSETS 100.0%   $ 245,580,983   
   

 

 

 
 

ADR American Depositary Receipt.

 

REIT Real Estate Investment Trust.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

  

  

  

At September 30, 2015, Wasatch Large Cap Value Fund’s investments, excluding short-term investments, were in the following countries (unaudited):

 

Country   %  

Canada

    4.2   

Ireland

    2.0   

Netherlands

    2.5   

United States

    91.3   
 

 

 

 

TOTAL

    100.0
 

 

 

 
 

 

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Shares          Value  
             
  COMMON STOCKS 94.5%  
  Advertising 2.6%  
  1,384,935      Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The)††   $ 26,493,807   
   

 

 

 
  Air Freight & Logistics 1.6%  
  166,306      United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B††     16,412,739   
   

 

 

 
  Airlines 3.0%  
  569,406      United Continental Holdings, Inc.* ††     30,206,988   
   

 

 

 
  Automobile Manufacturers 1.8%  
  613,738      General Motors Co.††     18,424,415   
   

 

 

 
  Automotive Retail 2.4%  
  739,844      CST Brands, Inc.††     24,903,149   
   

 

 

 
  Communications Equipment 6.6%  
  842,156      Cisco Systems, Inc.††     22,106,595   
  846,249      QUALCOMM, Inc.††     45,468,959   
   

 

 

 
      67,575,554   
   

 

 

 
  Diversified Banks 1.5%  
  307,920      Citigroup, Inc.††     15,275,911   
   

 

 

 
  Diversified REITs 1.5%  
  1,916,168      Investors Real Estate Trust     14,831,140   
   

 

 

 
  Electrical Components & Equipment 1.1%  
  257,147      Emerson Electric Co.     11,358,183   
   

 

 

 
  Environmental & Facilities Services 1.7%  
  434,257      Republic Services, Inc.††     17,891,388   
   

 

 

 
  Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals 3.5%  
  1,160,945      Mosaic Co. (The)††     36,116,999   
   

 

 

 
  Food Retail 1.4%  
  465,927      Whole Foods Market, Inc.     14,746,590   
   

 

 

 
  General Merchandise Stores 2.7%  
  357,669      Target Corp.††     28,134,243   
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Equipment 3.2%  
  263,000      Medtronic plc     17,605,220   
  157,900      Stryker Corp.     14,858,390   
   

 

 

 
      32,463,610   
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Services 3.6%  
  457,298      Express Scripts Holding Co.* ††     37,022,846   
   

 

 

 
  Hypermarkets & Super
Centers 4.5%
 
  707,327      Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.††     45,863,083   
   

 

 

 
  Insurance Brokers 1.6%  
  185,255      Aon plc     16,415,446   
   

 

 

 
  Integrated Telecommunication Services 3.2%  
  762,463      Verizon Communications, Inc.††     33,174,765   
   

 

 

 
  Marine 3.0%  
  501,310      Kirby Corp.* ††     31,056,154   
   

 

 

 
  Multi-Line Insurance 4.4%  
  1,260,041      Loews Corp.††     45,537,882   
   

 

 

 
  Oil & Gas Drilling 1.4%  
  1,231,945      Unit Corp.*     13,871,701   
   

 

 

 
  Oil & Gas Equipment &
Services 3.2%
 
  915,919      Halliburton Co.††     32,377,737   
   

 

 

 
Shares          Value  
             
  Oil & Gas Exploration & Production 5.5%  
  5,653,316      Bill Barrett Corp.* †† ‡‡   $ 18,655,943   
  7,307,093      Denbury Resources, Inc.††     17,829,307   
  1,563,523      Southwestern Energy Co.* ††     19,841,107   
   

 

 

 
      56,326,357   
   

 

 

 
  Pharmaceuticals 3.6%  
  208,035      Novartis AG ADR (Switzerland)     19,122,577   
  435,500      Zoetis, Inc.††     17,933,890   
   

 

 

 
      37,056,467   
   

 

 

 
  Property & Casualty
Insurance 0.5%
 
  140,553      XL Group plc     5,104,885   
   

 

 

 
  Residential REITs 2.0%  
  554,435      American Campus Communities, Inc.††     20,092,724   
   

 

 

 
  Restaurants 1.3%  
  136,491      McDonald’s Corp.††     13,448,458   
   

 

 

 
  Specialized REITs 6.5%  
  1,650,742      Iron Mountain, Inc.††     51,206,017   
  721,074      Outfront Media, Inc.     14,998,339   
   

 

 

 
      66,204,356   
   

 

 

 
  Steel 2.4%  
  1,405,583      Steel Dynamics, Inc.     24,147,916   
   

 

 

 
  Systems Software 6.7%  
  616,256      Microsoft Corp.††     27,275,490   
  1,137,706      Oracle Corp.††     41,093,941   
   

 

 

 
      68,369,431   
   

 

 

 
  Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals 4.2%  
  1,483,691      EMC Corp.††     35,845,974   
  1,909,991      Silicon Graphics International Corp.* ‡‡     7,506,265   
   

 

 

 
      43,352,239   
   

 

 

 
  Trading Companies & Distributors 2.3%  
  1,622,225      NOW, Inc.* ††     24,008,930   
   

 

 

 
  Total Common Stocks
(cost $1,182,218,410)
    968,266,093   
   

 

 

 
Principal
Amount
         Value  
             
  SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 5.1%   
  Repurchase Agreement 5.1%  
  $52,286,876      Repurchase Agreement dated 9/30/15, 0.00% due 10/1/15 with State Street Bank and Trust Co. collateralized by $51,545,000 of United States Treasury Notes 2.125% due 1/31/21; value: $53,337,323; repurchase proceeds: $52,286,876 (cost $52,286,876)   $ 52,286,876   
   

 

 

 
  Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $52,286,876)
    52,286,876   
   

 

 

 
  Total Investments
(cost $1,234,505,286) 99.6%
    1,020,552,969   
  Other Assets less Liabilities 0.4%     4,430,919   
   

 

 

 
  NET ASSETS 100.0%   $ 1,024,983,888   
   

 

 

 
 

 

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Shares          Value  
             
  SECURITIES SOLD SHORT 25.7%  
  Apparel Retail 1.5%  
  361,998      Men’s Wearhouse, Inc. (The)   $ 15,392,155   
   

 

 

 
  Communications Equipment 1.1%  
  181,413      Arista Networks, Inc.*     11,100,662   
   

 

 

 
  Data Processing & Outsourced Services 1.9%  
  421,139      Syntel, Inc.*     19,081,808   
   

 

 

 
  Department Stores 2.3%  
  2,564,476      JC Penney Co., Inc.*     23,823,982   
   

 

 

 
  Diversified Support Services 0.4%  
  113,967      Healthcare Services Group, Inc.     3,840,688   
   

 

 

 
  Electric Utilities 1.3%  
  459,746      Exelon Corp.     13,654,456   
   

 

 

 
  Food Distributors 2.0%  
  518,380      Sysco Corp.     20,201,269   
   

 

 

 
  Food Retail 2.3%  
  650,642      Kroger Co. (The)     23,468,657   
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Equipment 2.0%  
  66,850      Inogen, Inc.*     3,245,567   
  536,522      Zeltiq Aesthetics, Inc.*     17,184,800   
   

 

 

 
      20,430,367   
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Technology 1.3%  
  572,767      Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A*     13,408,475   
   

 

 

 
  Home Entertainment Software 1.8%  
  267,767      Electronic Arts, Inc.*     18,141,214   
   

 

 

 
  Housewares & Specialties 2.6%  
  544,222      Jarden Corp.*     26,601,571   
   

 

 

 
  Oil & Gas Exploration & Production 0.4%  
  412,944      Synergy Resources Corp.*     4,046,851   
   

 

 

 
  Property & Casualty Insurance 1.3%  
  355,987      First American Financial Corp.     13,908,412   
   

 

 

 
  Specialized REITs 1.9%  
  225,804      American Tower Corp.     19,866,236   
   

 

 

 
  Specialty Stores 1.6%  
  208,462      Tiffany & Co.     16,097,436   
   

 

 

 
  Total Securities Sold Short
(proceeds $274,609,852)
    263,064,239   
   

 

 

 
 

*Non-income producing.

 

††All or a portion of this security has been designated as collateral for short sales (see Note 3).

 

‡‡Affiliated company (see Note 8).

 

ADR American Depositary Receipt.

 

REIT Real Estate Investment Trust.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

  

   

  

  

  

  

At September 30, 2015, Wasatch Long/Short Fund’s investments, excluding short-term investments and securities sold short, were in the following countries (unaudited):

 

Country   %  

Switzerland

    2.0   

United States

    98.0   
 

 

 

 

TOTAL

    100.0
 

 

 

 

At September 30, 2015, Wasatch Long/Short Fund’s securities sold short were in the following country (unaudited):

 

Country   %  

United States

    100.0   
 

 

 

 

TOTAL

    100.0
 

 

 

 
 

 

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Shares          Value  
             
  COMMON STOCKS 92.3%  
  Air Freight & Logistics 0.8%  
  117,168      Echo Global Logistics, Inc.*   $ 2,296,493   
   

 

 

 
  Apparel Retail 1.0%  
  167,365      Zumiez, Inc.*     2,615,915   
   

 

 

 
  Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods 1.8%  
  10,155      Page Industries Ltd. (India)     2,045,342   
  166,409      Superior Uniform Group, Inc.     2,983,713   
   

 

 

 
      5,029,055   
   

 

 

 
  Application Software 11.1%  
  349,990      Diligent Corp.* (New Zealand)     1,161,920   
  58,097      Ellie Mae, Inc.*     3,867,517   
  249,716      Exa Corp.*     2,579,566   
  114,622      Globant S.A.* (Luxembourg)     3,506,287   
  35,826      Interactive Intelligence Group, Inc.*     1,064,391   
  120,179      PROS Holdings, Inc.*     2,660,763   
  46,417      Tyler Technologies, Inc.*     6,930,522   
  39,117      Ultimate Software Group, Inc.*     7,002,334   
  110,814      Workiva, Inc.*     1,683,265   
   

 

 

 
      30,456,565   
   

 

 

 
  Asset Management & Custody Banks 2.3%  
  15,534      Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc.     2,889,945   
  137,477      Pzena Investment Management, Inc., Class A     1,223,545   
  188,366      Silvercrest Asset Management Group, Inc.     2,036,237   
   

 

 

 
      6,149,727   
   

 

 

 
  Automotive Retail 1.5%  
  61,597      Monro Muffler Brake, Inc.     4,160,877   
   

 

 

 
  Biotechnology 3.3%  
  278,787      Abcam plc (United Kingdom)     2,452,262   
  148,904      Argos Therapeutics, Inc.*     722,184   
  176,227      ChemoCentryx, Inc.*     1,066,173   
  250,157      Cytokinetics, Inc.*     1,673,550   
  48,381      Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.*     1,141,308   
  129,918      Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     750,926   
  210,359      Sangamo BioSciences, Inc.*     1,186,425   
   

 

 

 
      8,992,828   
   

 

 

 
  Data Processing & Outsourced Services 1.5%  
  114,225      ExlService Holdings, Inc.*     4,218,329   
   

 

 

 
  Diversified Banks 2.2%  
  4,218,211      City Union Bank Ltd. (India)     5,916,813   
   

 

 

 
  Diversified Capital Markets 0.8%  
  63,723      HFF, Inc., Class A     2,151,289   
   

 

 

 
  Electronic Equipment & Instruments 0.9%  
  21,086      Mesa Laboratories, Inc.     2,348,980   
   

 

 

 
  Electronic Manufacturing Services 1.0%  
  36,316      IPG Photonics Corp.*     2,758,927   
   

 

 

 
  Environmental & Facilities Services 0.7%  
  185,549      Heritage-Crystal Clean, Inc.*     1,905,588   
   

 

 

 
  Food Distributors 1.0%  
  185,952      Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. (The)*     2,633,080   
   

 

 

 
  General Merchandise Stores 0.2%  
  33,986      Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.*     549,554   
   

 

 

 
Shares          Value  
             
  Health Care Equipment 4.6%  
  76,423      Abaxis, Inc.   $ 3,361,848   
  209,478      AtriCure, Inc.*     4,589,663   
  46,813      Entellus Medical, Inc.*     843,570   
  151,770      Novadaq Technologies, Inc.* (Canada)     1,582,961   
  71,920      Oxford Immunotec Global plc*     970,920   
  142,380      Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.*     1,254,368   
   

 

 

 
      12,603,330   
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Facilities 1.9%  
  123,265      Ensign Group, Inc. (The)     5,254,787   
   

 

 

 
  Health Care REITs 2.1%  
  510,134      CareTrust REIT, Inc.     5,790,021   
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Services 0.3%  
  31,782      ExamWorks Group, Inc.*     929,306   
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Technology 0.4%  
  52,886      HealthStream, Inc.*     1,153,444   
   

 

 

 
  Homebuilding 4.4%  
  199,825      Installed Building Products, Inc.*     5,051,576   
  259,888      LGI Homes, Inc.*     7,066,355   
   

 

 

 
      12,117,931   
   

 

 

 
  Industrial Machinery 2.4%  
  191,470      Arcam AB* (Sweden)     3,370,193   
  46,181      Proto Labs, Inc.*     3,094,127   
   

 

 

 
      6,464,320   
   

 

 

 
  Internet Retail 1.3%  
  258,154      MakeMyTrip Ltd.* (India)     3,549,618   
   

 

 

 
  Internet Software & Services 7.1%  
  55,331      Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc.*     1,825,923   
  167,950      Envestnet, Inc.*     5,033,461   
  173,301      Reis, Inc.     3,925,268   
  174,000      SMS Co. Ltd. (Japan)     2,943,976   
  83,193      SPS Commerce, Inc.*     5,647,973   
   

 

 

 
      19,376,601   
   

 

 

 
  Leisure Products 1.3%  
  117,222      Malibu Boats, Inc.*     1,638,764   
  144,993      MCBC Holdings, Inc.*     1,879,109   
   

 

 

 
      3,517,873   
   

 

 

 
  Life Sciences Tools & Services 2.4%  
  122,614      Fluidigm Corp.*     994,400   
  76,996      ICON plc* (Ireland)     5,464,406   
   

 

 

 
      6,458,806   
   

 

 

 
  Managed Health Care 2.0%  
  79,148      HealthEquity, Inc.*     2,338,823   
  417,436      Trupanion, Inc.*     3,151,642   
   

 

 

 
      5,490,465   
   

 

 

 
  Oil & Gas Equipment & Services 0.8%  
  157,619      Pason Systems, Inc. (Canada)     2,212,942   
   

 

 

 
  Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing 0.3%  
  384,242      Amyris, Inc.*     772,326   
   

 

 

 
  Pharmaceuticals 7.8%  
  14,323      Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     254,090   
  96,749      Akorn, Inc.*     2,757,830   
  165,043      Auris Medical Holding AG* (Switzerland)     587,553   
  163,308      Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.*     2,586,799   
  127,152      Cempra, Inc.*     3,539,912   
  111,933      Egalet Corp.*     1,475,277   
  68,934      Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.*     2,760,117   
  139,989      Natco Pharma Ltd. (India)     5,259,003   
  65,582      Phibro Animal Health Corp., Class A     2,074,359   
   

 

 

 
      21,294,940   
   

 

 

 
 

 

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Shares          Value  
             
  Publishing 1.5%  
  523,000      Next Co. Ltd. (Japan)   $ 4,138,897   
   

 

 

 
  Regional Banks 4.8%  
  282,404      Avenue Financial Holdings, Inc.*     3,727,733   
  125,319      Customers Bancorp, Inc.*     3,220,698   
  199,010      People’s Utah Bancorp     3,245,853   
  60,017      Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.     2,965,440   
   

 

 

 
      13,159,724   
   

 

 

 
  Research & Consulting
Services 1.0%
 
  175,257      Franklin Covey Co.*     2,814,627   
   

 

 

 
  Restaurants 1.2%  
  83,103      Zoe’s Kitchen, Inc.*     3,281,737   
   

 

 

 
  Semiconductor Equipment 1.3%  
  364,281      PDF Solutions, Inc.*     3,642,810   
   

 

 

 
  Semiconductors 2.1%  
  55,867      NVE Corp.     2,711,784   
  69,423      Power Integrations, Inc.     2,927,568   
   

 

 

 
      5,639,352   
   

 

 

 
  Specialty Stores 2.0%  
  205,890      DavidsTea, Inc.* (Canada)     3,224,237   
  60,752      Hibbett Sports, Inc.*     2,126,928   
   

 

 

 
      5,351,165   
   

 

 

 
  Systems Software 4.8%  
  116,402      AVG Technologies N.V.*     2,531,744   
  70,258      FleetMatics Group plc*     3,448,965   
  260,782      Infoblox, Inc.*     4,167,296   
  283,766      TubeMogul, Inc.*     2,985,218   
   

 

 

 
      13,133,223   
   

 

 

 
  Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals 1.5%  
  290,211      Intevac, Inc.*     1,334,970   
  1,129,520      USA Technologies, Inc.*     2,812,505   
   

 

 

 
      4,147,475   
   

 

 

 
  Thrifts & Mortgage Finance 1.6%  
  1,050,006      Gruh Finance Ltd. (India)     4,275,369   
   

 

 

 
  Trading Companies & Distributors 0.6%  
  163,840      CAI International, Inc.*     1,651,507   
   

 

 

 
  Trucking 0.7%  
  61,233      Saia, Inc.*     1,895,161   
   

 

 

 
  Total Common Stocks
(cost $182,746,791)
    252,301,777   
   

 

 

 
Principal
Amount
         Value  
             
  SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 3.2%  
  Repurchase Agreement 3.2%  
  $8,784,540      Repurchase Agreement dated 9/30/15, 0.00% due 10/1/15 with State Street Bank and Trust Co. collateralized by $8,660,000 of United States Treasury Bonds 2.125% due 1/31/21; value: $8,961,126; repurchase proceeds: $8,784,540 (cost $8,784,540)   $ 8,784,540   
   

 

 

 
  Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $8,784,540)
    8,784,540   
   

 

 

 
  Total Investments
(cost $191,531,331) 95.5%§
    261,086,317   
  Other Assets less Liabilities 4.5%     12,224,526   
   

 

 

 
  NET ASSETS 100.0%   $ 273,310,843   
   

 

 

 
 

*Non-income producing.

 

§The aggregate amount of foreign securities fair valued pursuant to a systematic valuation model as a percent of net assets was 11.55%.

 

REIT Real Estate Investment Trust.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

  

   

  

  

At September 30, 2015, Wasatch Micro Cap Fund’s investments, excluding short-term investments, were in the following countries (unaudited):

 

Country   %  

Canada

    2.8   

India

    8.3   

Ireland

    2.2   

Japan

    2.8   

Luxembourg

    1.4   

New Zealand

    0.5   

Sweden

    1.3   

Switzerland

    0.2   

United Kingdom

    1.0   

United States

    79.5   
 

 

 

 

TOTAL

    100.0
 

 

 

 
 

 

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Shares          Value  
             
  COMMON STOCKS 84.4%  
  Advertising 0.6%  
  305,000      InternetQ plc* (United Kingdom)   $ 1,000,703   
   

 

 

 
  Airlines 1.4%  
  10,000      Allegiant Travel Co.     2,162,500   
   

 

 

 
  Alternative Carriers 1.3%  
  100,000      inContact, Inc.*     751,000   
  220,000      ORBCOMM, Inc.*     1,227,600   
   

 

 

 
      1,978,600   
   

 

 

 
  Application Software 2.6%  
  66,000      Ebix, Inc.     1,647,360   
  37,000      ESI Group* (France)     1,031,935   
  42,000      Globant S.A.* (Luxembourg)     1,284,780   
   

 

 

 
      3,964,075   
   

 

 

 
  Asset Management & Custody Banks 1.3%  
  97,000      Medallion Financial Corp.     735,260   
  15,221      River and Mercantile Group plc (United Kingdom)     53,965   
  55,759      Silvercrest Asset Management Group, Inc.     602,755   
  6,000      Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.     603,000   
   

 

 

 
      1,994,980   
   

 

 

 
  Auto Parts & Equipment 1.3%  
  30,000      Gentherm, Inc.*     1,347,600   
  56,920      Unique Fabricating, Inc.     631,812   
   

 

 

 
      1,979,412   
   

 

 

 
  Automotive Retail 1.4%  
  53,000      Mekonomen AB (Sweden)     1,227,228   
  45,985      Yellow Hat Ltd. (Japan)     997,030   
   

 

 

 
      2,224,258   
   

 

 

 
  Biotechnology 1.6%  
  130,000      Abcam plc (United Kingdom)     1,143,504   
  80,000      Sangamo BioSciences, Inc.*     451,200   
  40,000      Vitrolife AB (Sweden)     809,084   
   

 

 

 
      2,403,788   
   

 

 

 
  Brewers 1.2%  
  900,000      Turk Tuborg Bira ve Malt Sanayii A.S.* (Turkey)     1,792,835   
   

 

 

 
  Building Products 2.1%  
  29,000      Caesarstone Sdot-Yam Ltd. (Israel)     881,600   
  29,000      Patrick Industries, Inc.*     1,145,210   
  34,000      Trex Co., Inc.*     1,133,220   
   

 

 

 
      3,160,030   
   

 

 

 
  Commercial Printing 0.6%  
  150,000      InnerWorkings, Inc.*     937,500   
   

 

 

 
  Commodity Chemicals 0.9%  
  111,000      Trecora Resources*     1,378,620   
   

 

 

 
  Communications Equipment 1.7%  
  180,000      ShoreTel, Inc.*     1,344,600   
  245,000      Telit Communications plc* (United Kingdom)     1,253,039   
   

 

 

 
      2,597,639   
   

 

 

 
  Construction & Engineering 0.7%  
  55,643      NV5 Holdings, Inc.*     1,032,734   
   

 

 

 
  Construction Materials 0.6%  
  2,706,000      Dongpeng Holdings Co. Ltd. (China)     908,228   
   

 

 

 
  Consumer Finance 0.6%  
  24,000      Encore Capital Group, Inc.*     888,000   
   

 

 

 
Shares          Value  
             
  Diversified Banks 0.9%  
  1,000,000      City Union Bank Ltd. (India)   $ 1,402,683   
   

 

 

 
  Electrical Components & Equipment 0.3%  
  500,000      Revolution Lighting Technologies, Inc.*     475,000   
   

 

 

 
  Electronic Equipment & Instruments 1.1%  
  58,000      Optex Co. Ltd. (Japan)     1,072,121   
  86,000      SuperCom Ltd.* (Israel)     688,000   
   

 

 

 
      1,760,121   
   

 

 

 
  Electronic Manufacturing Services 1.0%  
  86,000      Fabrinet*     1,576,380   
   

 

 

 
  Environmental & Facilities Services 0.6%  
  305,000      Hudson Technologies, Inc.*     905,850   
   

 

 

 
  Food Distributors 0.7%  
  76,000      Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. (The)*     1,076,160   
   

 

 

 
  General Merchandise Stores 0.8%  
  26,000      Seria Co. Ltd. (Japan)     1,283,632   
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Distributors 0.5%  
  2,300,000      Universal Health International Group Holding Ltd. (China)     759,523   
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Equipment 2.6%  
  75,000      AtriCure, Inc.*     1,643,250   
  340,000      Bovie Medical Corp.*     673,200   
  70,000      iRadimed Corp.*     1,705,200   
   

 

 

 
      4,021,650   
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Facilities 2.1%  
  42,000      Ensign Group, Inc. (The)     1,790,460   
  2,199,943      Religare Health Trust** (Singapore)     1,469,573   
   

 

 

 
      3,260,033   
   

 

 

 
  Health Care REITs 0.9%  
  120,000      CareTrust REIT, Inc.     1,362,000   
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Services 4.5%  
  34,000      Air Methods Corp.*     1,159,060   
  900,000      GHP Specialty Care AB* (Sweden)     687,232   
  55,000      LHC Group, Inc.*     2,462,350   
  73,000      National Research Corp., Class A     871,620   
  350,000      Nobilis Health Corp. PIPE*     1,820,461   
   

 

 

 
      7,000,723   
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Supplies 2.7%  
  150,000      Cerus Corp.*     681,000   
  15,000      Guerbet (France)     1,067,361   
  375,000      Synergetics USA, Inc.*     2,463,750   
   

 

 

 
      4,212,111   
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Technology 2.0%  
  90,000      Nexus AG (Germany)     1,799,299   
  32,000      Software Service, Inc. (Japan)     1,259,010   
   

 

 

 
      3,058,309   
   

 

 

 
  Home Improvement Retail 1.0%  
  41,000      Hornbach Baumarkt AG (Germany)     1,534,248   
   

 

 

 
  Homebuilding 2.4%  
  64,000      Installed Building Products, Inc.*     1,617,920   
  74,000      LGI Homes, Inc.*     2,012,060   
   

 

 

 
      3,629,980   
   

 

 

 
 

 

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Shares          Value  
             
  Homefurnishing Retail 1.4%  
  47,000      Kirkland’s, Inc.   $ 1,012,380   
  53,000      Select Comfort Corp.*     1,159,640   
   

 

 

 
      2,172,020   
   

 

 

 
  Hotel & Resort REITs 0.7%  
  90,000      Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.     1,050,300   
   

 

 

 
  Human Resource & Employment Services 0.4%  
  169,999      Creek & River Co. Ltd. (Japan)     603,796   
   

 

 

 
  Industrial Machinery 2.3%  
  67,000      CKD Corp. (Japan)     553,966   
  31,000      Hy-Lok Corp. (Korea)     893,516   
  42,000      John Bean Technologies Corp.     1,606,500   
  33,000      Yushin Precision Equipment Co. Ltd. (Japan)     561,844   
   

 

 

 
      3,615,826   
   

 

 

 
  Internet Software & Services 0.7%  
  134,600      IntraLinks Holdings, Inc.*     1,115,834   
   

 

 

 
  IT Consulting & Other Services 2.6%  
  26,000      EPAM Systems, Inc.*     1,937,520   
  96,000      Perficient, Inc.*     1,481,280   
  500,000      Sysorex Global Holdings Corp.*     515,000   
   

 

 

 
      3,933,800   
   

 

 

 
  Leisure Products 1.4%  
  36,700      Malibu Boats, Inc.*     513,066   
  52,000      MCBC Holdings, Inc.*     673,920   
  67,000      Nautilus, Inc.*     1,005,000   
   

 

 

 
      2,191,986   
   

 

 

 
  Life Sciences Tools & Services 1.1%  
  41,000      INC Research Holdings, Inc., Class A*     1,640,000   
   

 

 

 
  Mortgage REITs 1.7%  
  260,000      Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.††     1,653,600   
  51,000      Colony Capital, Inc., Class A     997,560   
   

 

 

 
      2,651,160   
   

 

 

 
  Packaged Foods & Meats 2.1%  
  30,400      John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc.     1,558,304   
  3,000,000      Kawan Food BHD (Malaysia)     1,647,642   
   

 

 

 
      3,205,946   
   

 

 

 
  Personal Products 0.8%  
  30,000      Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A     1,238,400   
   

 

 

 
  Pharmaceuticals 5.5%  
  29,000      Cempra, Inc.*     807,360   
  20,000      Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.*     800,800   
  700,000      Lee’s Pharmaceutical Holdings Ltd. (China)     905,750   
  1,300,000      Marksans Pharma Ltd. (India)     2,057,303   
  160,000      Moberg Pharma AB* (Sweden)     917,214   
  48,000      Natco Pharma Ltd. (India)     1,803,229   
  190,000      TWi Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* (Taiwan)     1,238,678   
   

 

 

 
      8,530,334   
   

 

 

 
  Property & Casualty Insurance 3.3%  
  140,000      1347 Property Insurance Holdings, Inc.*     1,022,000   
  120,000      Atlas Financial Holdings, Inc.*     2,220,000   
  208,365      Kingstone Cos., Inc.     1,806,525   
   

 

 

 
      5,048,525   
   

 

 

 
  Regional Banks 4.8%  
  107,000      Blue Hills Bancorp, Inc.     1,481,950   
  68,000      Customers Bancorp, Inc.*     1,747,600   
  51,000      First of Long Island Corp. (The)     1,378,530   
  111,000      Investar Holding Corp.     1,719,390   
  69,000      People’s Utah Bancorp     1,125,390   
   

 

 

 
      7,452,860   
   

 

 

 
Shares          Value  
             
  Research & Consulting Services 0.8%  
  75,000      Franklin Covey Co.*   $ 1,204,500   
   

 

 

 
  Residential REITs 0.4%  
  50,000      Bluerock Residential Growth REIT, Inc.     599,000   
   

 

 

 
  Restaurants 0.6%  
  400,000      Collins Foods Ltd. (Australia)     913,107   
   

 

 

 
  Semiconductor Equipment 0.3%  
  49,000      PDF Solutions, Inc.*     490,000   
   

 

 

 
  Semiconductors 1.5%  
  302,724      GigOptix, Inc.*     529,767   
  140,000      Pixelworks, Inc.*     505,400   
  96,000      Tower Semiconductor Ltd.* (Israel)     1,235,520   
   

 

 

 
      2,270,687   
   

 

 

 
  Soft Drinks 0.7%  
  12,000,000      Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines, Inc. (Philippines)     1,052,632   
   

 

 

 
  Specialty Chemicals 0.5%  
  70,000      Ferro Corp.*     766,500   
   

 

 

 
  Systems Software 1.2%  
  85,000      AVG Technologies N.V.*     1,848,750   
   

 

 

 
  Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals 1.2%  
  28,000      KONA I Co. Ltd. (Korea)     1,042,222   
  300,000      USA Technologies, Inc.*     747,000   
   

 

 

 
      1,789,222   
   

 

 

 
  Textiles 0.5%  
  2,022,000      Best Pacific International Holdings Ltd. (China)     834,869   
   

 

 

 
  Thrifts & Mortgage Finance 1.8%  
  39,000      Anchor BanCorp Wisconsin, Inc.*     1,661,010   
  9,000      BofI Holding, Inc.*     1,159,470   
   

 

 

 
      2,820,480   
   

 

 

 
  Trading Companies & Distributors 0.6%  
  40,000      iMarketKorea, Inc. (Korea)     993,792   
   

 

 

 
  Trucking 1.5%  
  58,000      Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc.*     1,067,200   
  42,000      Saia, Inc.*     1,299,900   
   

 

 

 
      2,367,100   
   

 

 

 
 

Total Common Stocks

(cost $104,236,134)

    130,123,731   
   

 

 

 
  PREFERRED STOCKS 2.0%  
  Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing 0.8%  
  500,000      Vertex Energy, Inc., Pfd.* *** †     1,310,000   
   

 

 

 
  Pharmaceuticals 1.2%  
  105,263      Acetylon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Series B Pfd.* *** †     1,801,050   
   

 

 

 
  Total Preferred Stocks
(cost $1,954,999)
    3,111,050   
   

 

 

 
  WARRANTS 0.0%  
  Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing 0.0%  
  250,000      Vertex Energy, Inc., expiring 12/24/20* *** †     42,019   
   

 

 

 
  Total Warrants
(cost $95,000)
    42,019   
   

 

 

 
 

 

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Principal
Amount
         Value  
             
  SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 12.9%   
  Repurchase Agreement 12.9%  
  $19,808,193      Repurchase Agreement dated 9/30/15, 0.00% due 10/1/15 with State Street Bank and Trust Co. collateralized by $20,230,000 of United States Treasury Notes 1.375% due 9/30/20; value: $20,204,713; repurchase proceeds: $19,808,193††
(cost $19,808,193)
  $ 19,808,193   
   

 

 

 
  Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $19,808,193)
    19,808,193   
   

 

 

 
  Total Investments
(cost $126,094,326) 99.3%§
    153,084,993   
  Other Assets less Liabilities 0.7%     1,083,871   
   

 

 

 
  NET ASSETS 100.0%   $ 154,168,864   
   

 

 

 
 

*Non-income producing.

 

**Common units.

 

***Security was fair valued under procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees (see Note 13).

 

†Security purchased in a private placement transaction or under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933 (see Note 9).

 

††All or a portion of this security has been designated as collateral for forward foreign currency exchange contracts. As of September 30, 2015, the contracts were no longer held; therefore, the collateral will be subsequently released.

 

§The aggregate amount of foreign securities fair valued pursuant to a systematic valuation model as a percent of net assets was 21.37%.

 

PIPE Private Investment in a Public Equity.

 

REIT Real Estate Investment Trust.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

  

  

   

   

     

   

  

  

  

At September 30, 2015, Wasatch Micro Cap Value Fund’s investments, excluding short-term investments, were in the following countries (unaudited):

 

Country   %  

Australia

    0.7   

China

    2.6   

France

    1.6   

Germany

    2.5   

India

    3.9   

Israel

    2.1   

Japan

    4.8   

Korea

    2.2   

Luxembourg

    1.0   

Malaysia

    1.2   

Philippines

    0.8   

Singapore

    1.1   

Sweden

    2.7   

Taiwan

    0.9   

Turkey

    1.3   

United Kingdom

    2.6   

United States

    68.0   
 

 

 

 

TOTAL

    100.0
 

 

 

 
 

 

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Shares          Value  
             
  COMMON STOCKS 93.8%  
  Aerospace & Defense 1.6%  
  684,060      HEICO Corp., Class A   $ 31,063,165   
   

 

 

 
  Air Freight & Logistics 2.9%  
  36,319,023      Aramex PJSC (United Arab Emirates)     31,209,777   
  1,357,122      Echo Global Logistics, Inc.*     26,599,591   
   

 

 

 
      57,809,368   
   

 

 

 
  Airlines 2.8%  
  257,301      Allegiant Travel Co.     55,641,341   
   

 

 

 
  Apparel Retail 1.0%  
  1,309,779      Zumiez, Inc.*     20,471,846   
   

 

 

 
  Application Software 8.0%  
  206,316      Globant S.A.* (Luxembourg)     6,311,206   
  286,105      HubSpot, Inc.*     13,266,689   
  325,401      Paylocity Holding Corp.*     9,758,776   
  608,498      Ultimate Software Group, Inc.*     108,927,227   
  1,070,236      Zendesk, Inc.*     21,094,352   
   

 

 

 
      159,358,250   
   

 

 

 
  Automotive Retail 4.1%  
  621,656      Monro Muffler Brake, Inc.     41,992,863   
  162,913      O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.*     40,728,250   
   

 

 

 
      82,721,113   
   

 

 

 
  Biotechnology 5.5%  
  2,124,073      Abcam plc (United Kingdom)     18,683,735   
  1,162,454      Argos Therapeutics, Inc.* ‡‡     5,637,902   
  1,357,191      ChemoCentryx, Inc.*     8,211,006   
  360,606      Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.*     8,506,695   
  533,310      Exact Sciences Corp.*     9,594,247   
  286,136      Flexion Therapeutics, Inc.*     4,251,981   
  987,182      Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     5,705,912   
  2,064,571      Sangamo BioSciences, Inc.*     11,644,180   
  996,987      Seattle Genetics, Inc.*     38,443,819   
   

 

 

 
      110,679,477   
   

 

 

 
  Consumer Finance 0.6%  
  3,305,639      Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd. (India)     12,110,713   
   

 

 

 
  Data Processing & Outsourced Services 1.5%  
  822,058      ExlService Holdings, Inc.*     30,358,602   
   

 

 

 
  Diversified Banks 2.6%  
  565,550      HDFC Bank Ltd. ADR (India)     34,549,449   
  1,566,515      Yes Bank Ltd. (India)     17,503,591   
   

 

 

 
      52,053,040   
   

 

 

 
  Diversified Capital Markets 0.7%  
  437,341      HFF, Inc., Class A     14,764,632   
   

 

 

 
  Diversified Support Services 1.8%  
  1,124,516      Copart, Inc.*     36,996,576   
   

 

 

 
  Drug Retail 0.7%  
  119,229      Cosmos Pharmaceutical Corp. (Japan)     14,033,754   
   

 

 

 
  Electronic Manufacturing Services 1.7%  
  438,553      IPG Photonics Corp.*     33,316,871   
   

 

 

 
  Environmental & Facilities Services 0.1%  
  103,023      Tetra Tech, Inc.     2,504,489   
   

 

 

 
  Food Distributors 1.3%  
  1,897,093      Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. (The)* ‡‡     26,862,837   
   

 

 

 
Shares          Value  
             
  Health Care Equipment 2.1%  
  597,388      Abaxis, Inc.   $ 26,279,098   
  117,978      DexCom, Inc.*     10,129,591   
  593,260      Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.*     5,226,621   
   

 

 

 
      41,635,310   
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Facilities 1.3%  
  594,026      Ensign Group, Inc. (The)     25,323,328   
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Services 2.2%  
  1,517,267      ExamWorks Group, Inc.*     44,364,887   
   

 

 

 
  Homefurnishing Retail 1.6%  
  751,690      Mattress Firm Holding Corp.*     31,390,574   
   

 

 

 
  Industrial Machinery 1.2%  
  371,805      Proto Labs, Inc.*     24,910,935   
   

 

 

 
  Internet Retail 4.7%  
  828,553      Blue Nile, Inc.* ‡‡     27,789,668   
  2,036,490      MakeMyTrip Ltd.* (India)     28,001,737   
  678,309      Wayfair, Inc., Class A*     23,781,514   
  113,995      zooplus AG* (Germany)     14,427,411   
   

 

 

 
      94,000,330   
   

 

 

 
  Internet Software & Services 7.8%  
  500,859      Angie’s List, Inc.*     2,524,330   
  138,930      Cimpress N.V.*     10,573,962   
  1,926,066      Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc.*     63,560,178   
  278,678      Demandware, Inc.*     14,402,079   
  1,044,959      Envestnet, Inc.*     31,317,421   
  305,818      Shutterstock, Inc.*     9,247,936   
  356,041      SPS Commerce, Inc.*     24,171,624   
   

 

 

 
      155,797,530   
   

 

 

 
  IT Consulting & Other Services 1.0%  
  300,808      Luxoft Holding, Inc.*     19,038,138   
   

 

 

 
  Life Sciences Tools & Services 5.5%  
  143,081      Bio-Techne Corp.     13,229,269   
  2,003,520      Divi’s Laboratories Ltd. (India)     34,264,632   
  1,233,101      Fluidigm Corp.*     10,000,449   
  752,549      ICON plc* (Ireland)     53,408,402   
   

 

 

 
      110,902,752   
   

 

 

 
  Managed Health Care 1.2%  
  612,868      HealthEquity, Inc.*     18,110,249   
  804,065      Trupanion, Inc.*     6,070,691   
   

 

 

 
      24,180,940   
   

 

 

 
  Oil & Gas Drilling 0.1%  
  343,142      Seadrill Ltd.*     2,024,538   
   

 

 

 
  Oil & Gas Equipment & Services 0.9%  
  156,123      Dril-Quip, Inc.*     9,089,481   
  110,894      Exterran Holdings, Inc.     1,996,092   
  78,835      Oceaneering International, Inc.     3,096,639   
  414,825      RPC, Inc.     3,671,201   
   

 

 

 
      17,853,413   
   

 

 

 
  Oil & Gas Exploration & Production 0.4%  
  456,863      EP Energy Corp., Class A*     2,352,844   
  450,479      Northern Oil and Gas, Inc.*     1,991,117   
  437,069      WPX Energy, Inc.*     2,893,397   
   

 

 

 
      7,237,358   
   

 

 

 
  Packaged Foods & Meats 1.3%  
  286,067      GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Ltd. (India)     26,357,039   
   

 

 

 
 

 

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Shares          Value  
             
  Personal Products 0.7%  
  945,654      Colgate-Palmolive India Ltd. (India)   $ 13,905,268   
   

 

 

 
  Pharmaceuticals 2.6%  
  1,363,036      Auris Medical Holding AG* (Switzerland)     4,852,408   
  922,297      Cempra, Inc.*     25,676,749   
  518,229      Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.*     20,749,889   
   

 

 

 
      51,279,046   
   

 

 

 
  Regional Banks 3.6%  
  344,973      Bank of Hawaii Corp.     21,902,336   
  563,318      Eagle Bancorp, Inc.*     25,630,969   
  653,991      Glacier Bancorp, Inc.     17,258,822   
  150,488      Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.*     7,888,581   
   

 

 

 
      72,680,708   
   

 

 

 
  Research & Consulting Services 0.8%  
  721,261      Stantec, Inc. (Canada)     15,795,616   
   

 

 

 
  Restaurants 3.3%  
  1,491,986      Jubilant Foodworks Ltd. (India)     36,662,175   
  883,565      Papa Murphy’s Holdings, Inc.* ‡‡     12,970,734   
  416,860      Zoe’s Kitchen, Inc.*     16,461,802   
   

 

 

 
      66,094,711   
   

 

 

 
  Semiconductors 4.3%  
  538,853      Cavium, Inc.*     33,069,408   
  327,364      Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.     16,761,037   
  715,110      Power Integrations, Inc.     30,156,189   
  161,235      Silicon Laboratories, Inc.*     6,697,702   
   

 

 

 
      86,684,336   
   

 

 

 
  Specialty Stores 1.1%  
  481,752      Five Below, Inc.*     16,177,232   
  147,974      Hibbett Sports, Inc.*     5,180,570   
   

 

 

 
      21,357,802   
   

 

 

 
  Systems Software 4.4%  
  754,194      FleetMatics Group plc*     37,023,383   
  1,229,162      Infoblox, Inc.*     19,642,009   
  585,371      Qualys, Inc.*     16,659,659   
  711,894      TubeMogul, Inc.*     7,489,125   
  426,883      VASCO Data Security International, Inc.*     7,274,086   
   

 

 

 
      88,088,262   
   

 

 

 
  Trading Companies & Distributors 1.5%  
  475,868      MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A     29,042,224   
   

 

 

 
  Trucking 3.3%  
  2,749,883      Knight Transportation, Inc.††     65,997,192   
   

 

 

 
  Total Common Stocks
(cost $1,411,949,047)
    1,876,688,311   
   

 

 

 
  PREFERRED STOCKS 1.8%  
  Biotechnology 0.0%  
  677,966      Nanosys, Inc., Series D Pfd.* *** †     136,135   
  161,519      Nanosys, Inc., Series E Pfd.* *** †     135,886   
   

 

 

 
      272,021   
   

 

 

 
  Oil & Gas Equipment & Services 0.6%  
  5,818,582      Drilling Info Holdings, Inc., Series B Pfd.* *** †     12,432,564   
   

 

 

 
Shares          Value  
             
  Systems Software 1.2%  
  1,114,610      DataStax, Inc., Series E Pfd.* *** †   $ 8,000,002   
  33,296      DocuSign, Inc., Series B Pfd. * *** †     635,724   
  9,974      DocuSign, Inc., Series B-1 Pfd. * *** †     190,435   
  23,905      DocuSign, Inc., Series D Pfd. * *** †     456,420   
  618,152      DocuSign, Inc., Series E Pfd. * *** †     11,802,438   
  157,124      DocuSign, Inc., Series F Pfd.* *** †     2,999,984   
   

 

 

 
      24,085,003   
   

 

 

 
  Total Preferred Stocks
(cost $37,534,915)
    36,789,588   
   

 

 

 
  LIMITED PARTNERSHIP INTEREST 0.3%   
  Asset Management & Custody Banks 0.3%  
  Greenspring Global Partners II-B, L.P.* *** †     3,165,480   
  Greenspring Global Partners III-B, L.P.* *** †     1,662,383   
   

 

 

 
      4,827,863   
   

 

 

 
  Total Limited Partnership Interest
(cost $4,715,091)
    4,827,863   
   

 

 

 
Principal
Amount
         Value  
             
  SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 4.4%   
  Repurchase Agreement 4.4%  
  $87,423,697      Repurchase Agreement dated 9/30/15, 0.00% due 10/1/15 with State Street Bank and Trust Co. collateralized by $89,165,000 of United States Treasury Notes 2.125% due 1/31/21; value: $3,492,356; United States Treasury Notes 1.375% due 9/30/20; value: $85,682,763; repurchase proceeds: $87,423,697†† (cost $87,423,697)   $ 87,423,697   
   

 

 

 
  Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $87,423,697)
    87,423,697   
   

 

 

 
  Total Investments
(cost $1,541,622,750) 100.3%§
    2,005,729,459   
  Liabilities less Other Assets (0.3%)     (5,141,826
   

 

 

 
  NET ASSETS 100.0%   $ 2,000,587,633   
   

 

 

 
 

*Non-income producing.

 

***Security was fair valued under procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees (see Note 13).

 

†Security purchased in a private placement transaction or under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933 (see Note 9).

 

††All or a portion of this security has been designated as collateral for purchase commitments (see Note 10).

 

‡‡Affiliated company (see Note 8).

 

§The aggregate amount of foreign securities fair valued pursuant to a systematic valuation model as a percent of net assets was 9.64%.

 

ADR American Depositary Receipt.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

  

   

   

   

  

   

  

  

 

 

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At September 30, 2015, Wasatch Small Cap Growth Fund’s investments, excluding short-term investments, were in the following countries (unaudited):

 

Country   %  

Canada

    0.8   

Germany

    0.8   

India

    10.6   

Ireland

    2.8   

Japan

    0.7   

Luxembourg

    0.3   

Switzerland

    0.3   

United Arab Emirates

    1.6   

United Kingdom

    1.0   

United States

    81.1   
 

 

 

 

TOTAL

    100.0
 

 

 

 

    

 

 

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Shares          Value  
             
  COMMON STOCKS 96.4%  
  Aerospace & Defense 2.7%  
  162,809      HEICO Corp., Class A   $ 7,393,157   
   

 

 

 
  Airlines 3.0%  
  38,734      Allegiant Travel Co.     8,376,228   
   

 

 

 
  Application Software 3.6%  
  239,377      Ebix, Inc.     5,974,850   
  134,602      Globant S.A.* (Luxembourg)     4,117,475   
   

 

 

 
      10,092,325   
   

 

 

 
  Asset Management & Custody Banks 1.1%  
  29,100      Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.     2,924,550   
   

 

 

 
  Auto Parts & Equipment 2.0%  
  107,006      Dorman Products, Inc.*     5,445,535   
   

 

 

 
  Building Products 1.0%  
  88,463      Caesarstone Sdot-Yam Ltd. (Israel)     2,689,275   
   

 

 

 
  Computer & Electronics Retail 1.0%  
  68,516      GameStop Corp., Class A     2,823,544   
   

 

 

 
  Consumer Finance 4.1%  
  24,029      Credit Acceptance Corp.*     4,730,589   
  64,997      PRA Group, Inc.*     3,439,641   
  122,543      Shriram City Union Finance Ltd. (India)     3,163,171   
   

 

 

 
      11,333,401   
   

 

 

 
  Diversified Banks 2.5%  
  2,552,010      City Union Bank Ltd. (India)     3,579,661   
  307,077      Yes Bank Ltd. (India)     3,431,151   
   

 

 

 
      7,010,812   
   

 

 

 
  Diversified Support Services 1.6%  
  136,892      Copart, Inc.*     4,503,747   
   

 

 

 
  Electronic Manufacturing Services 1.8%  
  271,187      Fabrinet*     4,970,858   
   

 

 

 
  Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals 0.8%  
  380,259      Intrepid Potash, Inc.*     2,106,635   
   

 

 

 
  Footwear 4.9%  
  61,940      Deckers Outdoor Corp.*     3,596,236   
  74,811      Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A*     10,030,659   
   

 

 

 
      13,626,895   
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Facilities 3.1%  
  201,641      Ensign Group, Inc. (The)     8,595,956   
   

 

 

 
  Health Care REITs 2.8%  
  684,712      CareTrust REIT, Inc.     7,771,481   
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Services 4.7%  
  98,051      Air Methods Corp.*     3,342,559   
  218,495      LHC Group, Inc.*     9,782,021   
   

 

 

 
      13,124,580   
   

 

 

 
  Homebuilding 2.8%  
  281,870      LGI Homes, Inc.*     7,664,045   
   

 

 

 
  Homefurnishing Retail 3.7%  
  232,187      Kirkland’s, Inc.     5,001,308   
  237,961      Select Comfort Corp.*     5,206,587   
   

 

 

 
      10,207,895   
   

 

 

 
  Hotel & Resort REITs 2.6%  
  607,299      Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.     7,087,179   
   

 

 

 
Shares          Value  
             
  Internet Software & Services 2.3%  
  84,138      Cimpress N.V.*   $ 6,403,743   
   

 

 

 
  IT Consulting & Other Services 3.5%  
  53,755      EPAM Systems, Inc.*     4,005,823   
  89,041      Luxoft Holding, Inc.*     5,635,405   
   

 

 

 
      9,641,228   
   

 

 

 
  Life Sciences Tools & Services 1.0%  
  38,026      ICON plc* (Ireland)     2,698,705   
   

 

 

 
  Mortgage REITs 6.2%  
  949,169      Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.     6,036,715   
  273,865      Colony Capital, Inc., Class A     5,356,800   
  858,899      MFA Financial, Inc.     5,849,102   
   

 

 

 
      17,242,617   
   

 

 

 
  Oil & Gas Equipment & Services 0.8%  
  169,223      Geospace Technologies Corp.*     2,336,970   
   

 

 

 
  Oil & Gas Exploration & Production 0.8%  
  1,086,218      Gran Tierra Energy, Inc.* (Colombia)     2,313,644   
   

 

 

 
  Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing 1.4%  
  105,136      World Fuel Services Corp.     3,763,869   
   

 

 

 
  Personal Products 2.7%  
  180,055      Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A     7,432,670   
   

 

 

 
  Pharmaceuticals 2.9%  
  154,636      Egalet Corp.*     2,038,103   
  3,707,803      Marksans Pharma Ltd. (India)     5,867,748   
   

 

 

 
      7,905,851   
   

 

 

 
  Regional Banks 11.5%  
  239,208      Avenue Financial Holdings, Inc.*     3,157,546   
  293,901      Customers Bancorp, Inc.*     7,553,256   
  116,419      MidSouth Bancorp, Inc.     1,362,102   
  178,417      People’s Utah Bancorp     2,909,981   
  150,328      Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.     7,427,706   
  88,551      Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.     4,348,740   
  141,617      Webster Financial Corp.     5,045,814   
   

 

 

 
      31,805,145   
   

 

 

 
  Research & Consulting Services 1.2%  
  214,023      Franklin Covey Co.*     3,437,209   
   

 

 

 
  Semiconductor Equipment 1.6%  
  435,382      PDF Solutions, Inc.*     4,353,820   
   

 

 

 
  Semiconductors 2.5%  
  202,284      Diodes, Inc.*     4,322,809   
  378,402      Sigma Designs, Inc.*     2,607,190   
   

 

 

 
      6,929,999   
   

 

 

 
  Systems Software 3.5%  
  443,264      AVG Technologies N.V.*     9,640,992   
   

 

 

 
  Technology Distributors 1.3%  
  351,561      Electro Rent Corp.     3,649,203   
   

 

 

 
  Trucking 3.4%  
  133,864      Knight Transportation, Inc.     3,212,736   
  39,252      Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.*     2,394,372   
  81,510      Saia, Inc.*     2,522,734   
  82,761      Universal Truckload Services, Inc.     1,288,589   
   

 

 

 
      9,418,431   
   

 

 

 
  Total Common Stocks
(cost $224,021,507)
    266,722,194   
   

 

 

 
 

 

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Shares          Value  
             
  LIMITED PARTNERSHIP INTEREST 1.3%  
  Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation 1.3%  
  119,053      Delek Logistics Partners L.P.   $ 3,595,401   
   

 

 

 
  Total Limited Partnership Interest
(cost $5,184,560)
    3,595,401   
   

 

 

 
Principal
Amount
         Value  
             
  SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 3.1%  
  Repurchase Agreement 3.1%  
  $8,564,540      Repurchase Agreement dated 9/30/15, 0.00% due 10/1/15 with State Street Bank and Trust Co. collateralized by $8,445,000 of United States Treasury Notes 2.125% due 1/31/21; value: $8,738,650; repurchase proceeds: $8,564,540 (cost $8,564,540)   $ 8,564,540   
   

 

 

 
  Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $8,564,540)
    8,564,540   
   

 

 

 
  Total Investments
(cost $237,770,607) 100.8%§
    278,882,135   
  Liabilities less Other Assets (0.8%)     (2,286,873
   

 

 

 
  NET ASSETS 100.0%   $ 276,595,262   
   

 

 

 
 

*Non-income producing.

 

§The aggregate amount of foreign securities fair valued pursuant to a systematic valuation model as a percent of net assets was 5.80%.

 

REIT Real Estate Investment Trust.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

  

   

  

  

At September 30, 2015, Wasatch Small Cap Value Fund’s investments, excluding short-term investments, were in the following countries (unaudited):

 

Country   %  

Colombia

    0.9   

India

    5.9   

Ireland

    1.0   

Israel

    1.0   

Luxembourg

    1.5   

United States

    89.7   
 

 

 

 

TOTAL

    100.0
 

 

 

 
 

 

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Shares          Value  
             
  COMMON STOCKS 83.1%  
  Asset Management & Custody Banks 11.2%  
  162,237      American Capital Senior Floating Ltd.   $ 1,799,208   
  17,000      Ameriprise Financial, Inc.     1,855,210   
  101,500      FS Investment Corp.     945,980   
  449,050      Medallion Financial Corp.     3,403,799   
  134,379      NorthStar Asset Management Group, Inc.     1,929,683   
   

 

 

 
      9,933,880   
   

 

 

 
  Automotive Retail 0.5%  
  8,300      Penske Automotive Group, Inc.     402,052   
   

 

 

 
  Broadcasting 3.8%  
  85,100      CBS Corp., Class B     3,395,490   
   

 

 

 
  Cable & Satellite 2.1%  
  32,700      Comcast Corp., Class A     1,859,976   
   

 

 

 
  Consumer Finance 6.2%  
  37,030      Capital One Financial Corp.     2,685,416   
  53,200      Discover Financial Services     2,765,868   
   

 

 

 
      5,451,284   
   

 

 

 
  Data Processing & Outsourced Services 6.3%  
  30,200      MasterCard, Inc., Class A     2,721,624   
  40,440      Visa, Inc., Class A     2,817,050   
   

 

 

 
      5,538,674   
   

 

 

 
  Diversified REITs 4.8%  
  303,100      NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.     3,743,285   
  355,714      Star Asia Financial Ltd.* *** †     533,571   
   

 

 

 
      4,276,856   
   

 

 

 
  Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals 2.8%  
  29,000      Monsanto Co.     2,474,860   
   

 

 

 
  Integrated Oil & Gas 3.7%  
  123,785      Suncor Energy, Inc. (Canada)     3,306,307   
   

 

 

 
  Integrated Telecommunication Services 1.0%  
  20,200      Verizon Communications, Inc.     878,902   
   

 

 

 
  Mortgage REITs 25.1%  
  60,000      American Capital Mortgage Investment Corp.     884,400   
  264,000      Capstead Mortgage Corp.     2,610,960   
  130,491      Colony Capital, Inc., Class A     2,552,404   
  183,200      Great Ajax Corp.     2,266,184   
  600,000      MFA Financial, Inc.     4,086,000   
  150,000      New Residential Investment Corp.     1,965,000   
  159,200      Starwood Property Trust, Inc.     3,266,784   
  289,000      Two Harbors Investment Corp.     2,548,980   
  153,568      ZAIS Financial Corp.     2,057,811   
   

 

 

 
      22,238,523   
   

 

 

 
  Office REITs 2.0%  
  85,000      Gramercy Property Trust, Inc.     1,765,450   
   

 

 

 
  Oil & Gas Exploration & Production 0.6%  
  98,492      Evolution Petroleum Corp.     546,631   
   

 

 

 
  Personal Products 5.2%  
  33,274      Herbalife Ltd.*     1,813,433   
  68,500      Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A     2,827,680   
   

 

 

 
      4,641,113   
   

 

 

 
Shares          Value  
             
  Railroads 2.1%  
  32,600      Canadian National Railway Co. (Canada)   $ 1,848,846   
   

 

 

 
  Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals 1.9%  
  15,600      Apple, Inc.     1,720,680   
   

 

 

 
  Trading Companies & Distributors 3.8%  
  114,200      TAL International Group, Inc.*     1,561,114   
  8,430      W.W. Grainger, Inc.     1,812,534   
   

 

 

 
      3,373,648   
   

 

 

 
  Total Common Stocks
(cost $76,674,884)
    73,653,172   
   

 

 

 
  EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS 0.9%  
  Asset Management & Custody Banks 0.9%  
  12,500      PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals Portfolio     829,375   
   

 

 

 
  Total Exchange-Traded Funds
(cost $360,108)
    829,375   
   

 

 

 
  LIMITED PARTNERSHIP INTEREST 11.1%  
  Asset Management & Custody Banks 7.7%  
  109,500      Blackstone Group L.P.     3,467,865   
  201,000      KKR & Co. L.P.     3,372,780   
   

 

 

 
      6,840,645   
   

 

 

 
  Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation 3.4%  
  49,582      Magellan Midstream Partners L.P.     2,980,374   
   

 

 

 
  Total Limited Partnership Interest
(cost $11,432,482)
    9,821,019   
   

 

 

 
Principal
Amount
         Value  
             
  CORPORATE BONDS 0.0%  
  Gold 0.0%  
  $206,604      Redcorp Ventures Ltd., 13.00%, 7/11/12, Series D* *** † §§ (Canada)   $ 804   
   

 

 

 
  Total Corporate Bonds
(cost $152,583)
    804   
   

 

 

 
 

 

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Principal
Amount
  
  
        Value   
             
  SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 3.4%  
  Repurchase Agreement 3.4%  
  $ 3,032,863      Repurchase Agreement dated 9/30/15, 0.00% due 10/1/15 with State Street Bank and Trust Co. collateralized by $2,990,000 of United States Treasury Notes 2.125% due 1/31/21; value: $3,093,968; repurchase proceeds: $3,032,863 (cost $3,032,863)   $ 3,032,863   
   

 

 

 
  Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $3,032,863)
    3,032,863   
   

 

 

 
  Total Investments
(cost $91,652,920) 98.5%
    87,337,233   
  Other Assets less Liabilities 1.5%     1,323,690   
   

 

 

 
  NET ASSETS 100.0%   $ 88,660,923   
   

 

 

 
 

*Non-income producing.

 

***Security was fair valued under procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees (see Note 13).

 

†Security purchased in a private placement transaction or under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933 (see Note 9).

 

§§In default.

 

REIT Real Estate Investment Trust.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

  

   

   

  

  

  

At September 30, 2015, Wasatch Strategic Income Fund’s investments, excluding short-term investments, were in the following countries (unaudited):

 

Country   %  

Canada

    6.1   

United States

    93.9   
 

 

 

 

TOTAL

    100.0
 

 

 

 
 

 

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Shares          Value  
             
  COMMON STOCKS 92.2%  
  Air Freight & Logistics 1.1%  
  56,079      Echo Global Logistics, Inc.*   $ 1,099,148   
   

 

 

 
  Application Software 8.8%  
  94,652      Exa Corp.*     977,755   
  37,296      Globant S.A.* (Luxembourg)     1,140,885   
  24,367      Interactive Intelligence Group, Inc.*     723,944   
  44,694      Paylocity Holding Corp.*     1,340,373   
  24,323      QLIK Technologies, Inc.*     886,573   
  14,001      Ultimate Software Group, Inc.*     2,506,319   
  42,128      Zendesk, Inc.*     830,343   
   

 

 

 
      8,406,192   
   

 

 

 
  Biotechnology 7.9%  
  83,574      Argos Therapeutics, Inc.*     405,334   
  19,052      Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     276,825   
  84,974      ChemoCentryx, Inc.*     514,093   
  226,041      Cytokinetics, Inc.*     1,512,214   
  17,871      Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.*     421,577   
  16,638      Exact Sciences Corp.*     299,318   
  5,060      Flexion Therapeutics, Inc.*     75,192   
  95,791      Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     553,672   
  244,503      Sangamo BioSciences, Inc.*     1,378,997   
  56,318      Seattle Genetics, Inc.*     2,171,622   
   

 

 

 
      7,608,844   
   

 

 

 
  Building Products 1.3%  
  15,795      Caesarstone Sdot-Yam Ltd. (Israel)     480,168   
  22,323      Trex Co., Inc.*     744,026   
   

 

 

 
      1,224,194   
   

 

 

 
  Diversified Banks 2.9%  
  1,048,081      City Union Bank Ltd. (India)     1,470,125   
  122,051      Yes Bank Ltd. (India)     1,363,748   
   

 

 

 
      2,833,873   
   

 

 

 
  Electronic Manufacturing Services 1.9%  
  23,441      IPG Photonics Corp.*     1,780,813   
   

 

 

 
  Environmental & Facilities Services 1.3%  
  25,556      Waste Connections, Inc.     1,241,511   
   

 

 

 
  Food Distributors 0.6%  
  43,002      Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. (The)*     608,908   
   

 

 

 
  Footwear 1.9%  
  13,890      Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A*     1,862,371   
   

 

 

 
  General Merchandise Stores 0.2%  
  11,965      Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.*     193,474   
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Equipment 6.0%  
  103,505      AtriCure, Inc.*     2,267,794   
  49,546      Entellus Medical, Inc.*     892,819   
  88,590      Novadaq Technologies, Inc.* (Canada)     923,994   
  73,852      Oxford Immunotec Global plc*     997,002   
  71,967      Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.*     634,029   
   

 

 

 
      5,715,638   
   

 

 

 
  Homebuilding 3.4%  
  28,692      Installed Building Products, Inc.*     725,334   
  92,322      LGI Homes, Inc.*     2,510,235   
   

 

 

 
      3,235,569   
   

 

 

 
  Industrial Machinery 3.2%  
  63,000      Arcam AB* (Sweden)     1,108,906   
  29,136      Proto Labs, Inc.*     1,952,112   
   

 

 

 
      3,061,018   
   

 

 

 
Shares          Value  
             
  Internet Retail 1.9%  
  91,178      MakeMyTrip Ltd.* (India)   $ 1,253,698   
  16,655      Wayfair, Inc., Class A*     583,924   
   

 

 

 
      1,837,622   
   

 

 

 
  Internet Software & Services 11.3%  
  21,769      Cimpress N.V.*     1,656,838   
  75,169      Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc.*     2,480,577   
  37,418      Cvent, Inc.*     1,259,490   
  27,424      Demandware, Inc.*     1,417,272   
  46,829      Reis, Inc.     1,060,677   
  44,595      SciQuest, Inc.*     445,950   
  19,192      Shutterstock, Inc.*     580,366   
  28,084      SPS Commerce, Inc.*     1,906,623   
  91,388      Xtera Communications, Inc.* *** †     914   
   

 

 

 
      10,808,707   
   

 

 

 
  IT Consulting & Other Services 1.7%  
  16,311      Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A*     1,021,231   
  9,668      Luxoft Holding, Inc.*     611,888   
   

 

 

 
      1,633,119   
   

 

 

 
  Life Sciences Tools & Services 1.6%  
  46,713      Fluidigm Corp.*     378,842   
  16,347      ICON plc* (Ireland)     1,160,147   
   

 

 

 
      1,538,989   
   

 

 

 
  Managed Health Care 1.4%  
  26,757      HealthEquity, Inc.*     790,669   
  71,667      Trupanion, Inc.*     541,086   
   

 

 

 
      1,331,755   
   

 

 

 
  Oil & Gas Equipment & Services 0.2%  
  2,358      Core Laboratories N.V.     235,328   
   

 

 

 
  Oil & Gas Exploration & Production 0.2%  
  18,589      EP Energy Corp., Class A*     95,733   
  20,479      WPX Energy, Inc.*     135,571   
   

 

 

 
      231,304   
   

 

 

 
  Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing 0.3%  
  144,050      Amyris, Inc.*     289,541   
   

 

 

 
  Packaged Foods & Meats 1.3%  
  13,674      GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Ltd. (India)     1,259,866   
   

 

 

 
  Pharmaceuticals 5.5%  
  20,530      Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*     364,202   
  112,091      Auris Medical Holding AG* (Switzerland)     399,044   
  71,810      Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.*     1,137,470   
  30,172      Cempra, Inc.*     839,989   
  86,868      Egalet Corp.*     1,144,920   
  34,900      Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc.*     1,397,396   
   

 

 

 
      5,283,021   
   

 

 

 
  Regional Banks 2.4%  
  83,652      Avenue Financial Holdings, Inc.*     1,104,206   
  45,797      Customers Bancorp, Inc.*     1,176,983   
   

 

 

 
      2,281,189   
   

 

 

 
  Restaurants 1.9%  
  46,033      Jubilant Foodworks Ltd. (India)     1,131,157   
  16,943      Zoe’s Kitchen, Inc.*     669,079   
   

 

 

 
      1,800,236   
   

 

 

 
  Semiconductor Equipment 1.8%  
  174,405      PDF Solutions, Inc.*     1,744,050   
   

 

 

 
 

 

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Shares          Value  
             
  Semiconductors 4.8%   
  22,558      Cavium, Inc.*   $ 1,384,384   
  20,591      Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.     1,054,259   
  14,675      NVE Corp.     712,325   
  34,760      Power Integrations, Inc.     1,465,829   
   

 

 

 
      4,616,797   
   

 

 

 
  Specialized Consumer Services 0.5%   
  52,963      LifeLock, Inc.*     463,956   
   

 

 

 
  Specialized Finance 0.7%  
  22,618      CRISIL Ltd. (India)     634,932   
   

 

 

 
  Specialty Chemicals 3.0%  
  39,512      Balchem Corp.     2,401,144   
  468,099      EcoSynthetix, Inc.* (Canada)     462,424   
   

 

 

 
      2,863,568   
   

 

 

 
  Specialty Stores 1.3%  
  48,380      DavidsTea, Inc.* (Canada)     757,631   
  15,224      Five Below, Inc.*     511,222   
   

 

 

 
      1,268,853   
   

 

 

 
  Systems Software 8.4%  
  61,254      FleetMatics Group plc*     3,006,959   
  85,126      Infoblox, Inc.*     1,360,314   
  5,798      NetSuite, Inc.*     486,452   
  49,946      Qualys, Inc.*     1,421,463   
  126,699      TubeMogul, Inc.*     1,332,873   
  28,472      VASCO Data Security International, Inc.*     485,163   
   

 

 

 
      8,093,224   
   

 

 

 
  Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals 0.5%  
  105,948      Intevac, Inc.*     487,361   
   

 

 

 
  Trucking 1.0%  
  38,441      Knight Transportation, Inc.     922,584   
   

 

 

 
  Total Common Stocks
(cost $74,414,576)
    88,497,555   
   

 

 

 
  PREFERRED STOCKS 1.7%  
  Biotechnology 0.1%  
  169,492      Nanosys, Inc., Series D Pfd.* *** †     34,034   
  40,380      Nanosys, Inc., Series E Pfd.* *** †     33,972   
   

 

 

 
      68,006   
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Technology 0.6%  
  253,064      Data Sciences International, Inc., Series B Pfd.* *** †     574,126   
   

 

 

 
  Oil & Gas Equipment & Services 1.0%  
  435,920      Drilling Info Holdings, Inc., Series B Pfd.* *** †     931,430   
   

 

 

 
  Total Preferred Stocks
(cost $2,171,238)
    1,573,562   
   

 

 

 
Shares          Value  
             
  LIMITED PARTNERSHIP INTEREST 4.7%  
  Asset Management & Custody Banks 4.7%  
  Greenspring Global Partners II-B, L.P.* *** †   $ 2,848,919   
  Greenspring Global Partners III-B, L.P.* *** †     1,662,383   
   

 

 

 
      4,511,302   
   

 

 

 
  Total Limited Partnership Interest
(cost $4,393,786)
    4,511,302   
   

 

 

 

Principal

Amount

         Value  
             
  SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 1.6%  
  Repurchase Agreement 1.6%  
  $1,582,068      Repurchase Agreement dated 9/30/15, 0.00% due 10/1/15 with State Street Bank and Trust Co. collateralized by $1,620,000 of United States Treasury Notes 1.375% due 9/30/20; value: $1,617,975; repurchase proceeds: $1,582,068†† (cost $1,582,068)   $ 1,582,068   
   

 

 

 
  Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $1,582,068)
    1,582,068   
   

 

 

 
  Total Investments
(cost $82,561,668) 100.2%§
    96,164,487   
  Liabilities less Other Assets (0.2%)     (149,195
   

 

 

 
  NET ASSETS 100.0%   $ 96,015,292   
   

 

 

 
 

*Non-income producing.

 

***Security was fair valued under procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees (see Note 13).

 

†Security purchased in a private placement transaction or under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933 (see Note 9).

 

††All or a portion of this security has been designated as collateral for purchase commitments (see Note 10).

 

§The aggregate amount of foreign securities fair valued pursuant to a systematic valuation model as a percent of net assets was 5.95%.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

  

   

   

   

   

  

At September 30, 2015, Wasatch Ultra Growth Fund’s investments, excluding short-term investments, were in the following countries (unaudited):

 

Country   %  

Canada

    2.3   

India

    7.5   

Ireland

    1.2   

Israel

    0.5   

Luxembourg

    1.2   

Sweden

    1.2   

Switzerland

    0.4   

United States

    85.7   
 

 

 

 

TOTAL

    100.0
 

 

 

 
 

 

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Shares          Value  
             
  COMMON STOCKS 90.2%  
  Aerospace & Defense 1.9%  
  252,743      Avon Rubber plc (United Kingdom)   $ 3,495,484   
   

 

 

 
  Alternative Carriers 2.1%  
  767,227      Gamma Communications plc (United Kingdom)     3,979,933   
   

 

 

 
  Application Software 0.3%  
  11,723      Cresco Ltd. (Japan)     165,975   
  44,534      Fukui Computer Holdings, Inc. (Japan)     306,068   
   

 

 

 
      472,043   
   

 

 

 
  Asset Management & Custody Banks 2.9%  
  34,290      Ameriprise Financial, Inc.     3,742,068   
  122,075      NorthStar Asset Management Group, Inc.     1,752,997   
   

 

 

 
      5,495,065   
   

 

 

 
  Automotive Retail 5.9%  
  303,000      Mekonomen AB (Sweden)     7,016,038   
  40,000      Penske Automotive Group, Inc.     1,937,600   
  95,876      Yellow Hat Ltd. (Japan)     2,078,749   
   

 

 

 
      11,032,387   
   

 

 

 
  Biotechnology 5.1%  
  683,945      Abcam plc (United Kingdom)     6,016,105   
  180,800      Bioventix plc (United Kingdom)     3,023,032   
  64,655      OPKO Health, Inc.*     543,749   
   

 

 

 
      9,582,886   
   

 

 

 
  Broadcasting 2.9%  
  90,100      CBS Corp., Class B     3,594,990   
  70,152      Discovery Communications, Inc.*     1,826,057   
   

 

 

 
      5,421,047   
   

 

 

 
  Cable & Satellite 1.6%  
  51,182      Comcast Corp., Class A     2,911,232   
   

 

 

 
  Communications Equipment 0.3%  
  18,223      EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. (Belgium)     470,755   
   

 

 

 
  Computer & Electronics Retail 0.2%  
  69,467      FTGroup Co. Ltd. (Japan)     373,264   
   

 

 

 
  Construction Machinery & Heavy Trucks 0.3%  
  53,594      Morita Holdings Corp. (Japan)     494,914   
   

 

 

 
  Consumer Electronics 1.9%  
  741,454      Sprue Aegis plc (United Kingdom)     3,545,568   
   

 

 

 
  Consumer Finance 8.9%  
  74,500      Capital One Financial Corp.     5,402,740   
  111,000      Discover Financial Services     5,770,890   
  49,000      Encore Capital Group, Inc.*     1,813,000   
  35,300      PRA Group, Inc.*     1,868,076   
  232,000      SLM Corp.*     1,716,800   
   

 

 

 
      16,571,506   
   

 

 

 
  Data Processing & Outsourced Services 4.1%  
  42,150      MasterCard, Inc., Class A     3,798,558   
  54,980      Visa, Inc., Class A     3,829,907   
   

 

 

 
      7,628,465   
   

 

 

 
  Education Services 1.6%  
  644,000      Kroton Educacional S.A. (Brazil)     1,248,363   
  53,415      TAL Education Group ADR* (China)     1,717,292   
   

 

 

 
      2,965,655   
   

 

 

 
Shares          Value  
             
  Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals 1.5%  
  33,200      Monsanto Co.   $ 2,833,288   
   

 

 

 
  Food Retail 1.9%  
  49,469      Arcs Co. Ltd. (Japan)     932,214   
  441,449      Majestic Wine plc (United Kingdom)     2,518,545   
   

 

 

 
      3,450,759   
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Distributors 0.7%  
  38,577      Dvx, Inc. (Japan)     340,328   
  5,000      McKesson Corp.     925,150   
   

 

 

 
      1,265,478   
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Equipment 2.9%  
  95,600      DiaSorin S.p.A. (Italy)     4,182,963   
  121,416      Nikkiso Co. Ltd. (Japan)     812,685   
  72      Sorin S.p.A.* (Italy)     208   
  20,002      Techno Medica Co. Ltd. (Japan)     413,330   
   

 

 

 
      5,409,186   
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Services 0.5%  
  34,286      BML, Inc. (Japan)     954,938   
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Supplies 2.8%  
  2,273,388      Advanced Medical Solutions Group plc (United Kingdom)     5,280,365   
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Technology 2.6%  
  64,002      Computer Programs and Systems, Inc.     2,696,404   
  55,451      Software Service, Inc. (Japan)     2,181,668   
   

 

 

 
      4,878,072   
   

 

 

 
  Home Entertainment Software 5.6%  
  169,692      Activision Blizzard, Inc.††     5,241,786   
  183,127      Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.*     5,261,239   
   

 

 

 
      10,503,025   
   

 

 

 
  Home Improvement Retail 0.5%  
  39,599      Arcland Sakamoto Co. Ltd. (Japan)     852,891   
   

 

 

 
  Homebuilding 0.3%  
  7,886      Token Corp. (Japan)     593,354   
   

 

 

 
  Household Appliances 0.5%  
  65,953      SodaStream International Ltd.* (Israel)     907,513   
   

 

 

 
  Human Resource & Employment Services 0.9%  
  241,646      Creek & River Co. Ltd. (Japan)     858,270   
  65,323      WDB Holdings Co. Ltd. (Japan)     756,865   
   

 

 

 
      1,615,135   
   

 

 

 
  Hypermarkets & Super Centers 1.1%  
  14,216      Costco Wholesale Corp.     2,055,207   
   

 

 

 
  Industrial Machinery 1.2%  
  26,314      Arcam AB* (Sweden)     463,170   
  53,797      Fukushima Industries Corp. (Japan)     1,090,974   
  44,406      SLM Solutions Group AG* (Germany)     730,415   
   

 

 

 
      2,284,559   
   

 

 

 
  Internet Retail 3.9%  
  4,748      Amazon.com, Inc.*     2,430,454   
  62,573      Oisix, Inc.* (Japan)     1,136,340   
  2,325      Priceline Group, Inc. (The)*     2,875,699   
  68,009      Rakuten, Inc. (Japan)     869,756   
   

 

 

 
      7,312,249   
   

 

 

 
  Internet Software & Services 3.3%  
  20,800      Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. ADR* (China)     1,226,576   
  6,015      Alphabet, Inc., Class A*     3,839,796   
  292,017      NetGem S.A. (France)     717,609   
 

 

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Shares          Value  
             
  Internet Software & Services (continued)  
  6,528      Xtera Communications, Inc.* *** †   $ 65   
  13,744      Zillow Group, Inc., Class A*     394,865   
   

 

 

 
      6,178,911   
   

 

 

 
  IT Consulting & Other Services 3.1%  
  91,614      Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A*     5,735,952   
   

 

 

 
  Leisure Products 1.8%  
  1,383,283      Photo-Me International plc (United Kingdom)     3,288,953   
   

 

 

 
  Life Sciences Tools & Services 1.3%  
  17,490      Tecan Group AG (Switzerland)     2,460,756   
   

 

 

 
  Movies & Entertainment 0.5%  
  22,331      Viacom, Inc., Class B     963,583   
   

 

 

 
  Oil & Gas Equipment & Services 0.3%  
  5,100      Core Laboratories N.V.     508,980   
   

 

 

 
  Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing 2.2%  
  115,900      World Fuel Services Corp.     4,149,220   
   

 

 

 
  Personal Products 2.9%  
  33,601      Herbalife Ltd.*     1,831,254   
  85,200      Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A     3,517,056   
   

 

 

 
      5,348,310   
   

 

 

 
  Pharmaceuticals 1.8%  
  19,163      Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.* (Canada)     3,418,296   
   

 

 

 
  Publishing 0.9%  
  80,871      New York Times Co. (The)     955,087   
  81,433      Next Co. Ltd. (Japan)     644,441   
   

 

 

 
      1,599,528   
   

 

 

 
  Real Estate Services 0.6%  
  27,774      Century 21 Real Estate of Japan Ltd. (Japan)     253,156   
  6,500      Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.     934,505   
   

 

 

 
      1,187,661   
   

 

 

 
  Semiconductors 1.6%  
  137,000      ARM Holdings plc (United Kingdom)     1,968,829   
  250,000      Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Taiwan)     1,001,919   
   

 

 

 
      2,970,748   
   

 

 

 
  Specialty Stores 0.6%  
  26,706      Fenix Outdoor International AG (Sweden)     1,061,045   
   

 

 

 
  Systems Software 0.9%  
  21,000      Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.* (Israel)     1,665,930   
   

 

 

 
  Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals 0.5%  
  6,814      Apple, Inc.     751,584   
  156,800      Asetek A/S* (Norway)     199,558   
   

 

 

 
      951,142   
   

 

 

 
  Wireless Telecommunication Services 1.0%  
  146,600      MTN Group Ltd. (South Africa)     1,885,037   
   

 

 

 
  Total Common Stocks
(cost $154,031,350)
    168,010,275   
   

 

 

 
Shares          Value  
             
  LIMITED PARTNERSHIP INTEREST 0.1%   
  Asset Management & Custody Banks 0.1%  
  Greenspring Global Partners II-B, L.P.* *** †   $ 316,546   
   

 

 

 
  Total Limited Partnership Interest
(cost $321,292)
    316,546   
   

 

 

 
Principal
Amount
         Value  
  SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 7.8%  
  Repurchase Agreement 7.8%  
  $14,459,758      Repurchase Agreement dated 9/30/15, 0.00% due 10/1/15 with State Street Bank and Trust Co. collateralized by $14,255,000 of United States Treasury Notes 2.125% due 1/31/21; value: $14,750,675; repurchase proceeds: $14,459,758†† (cost $14,459,758)   $ 14,459,758   
   

 

 

 
  Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $14,459,758)
    14,459,758   
   

 

 

 
  Total Investments
(cost $168,812,400) 98.1%§
    182,786,579   
  Other Assets less Liabilities 1.9%     3,485,444   
   

 

 

 
  NET ASSETS 100.0%   $ 186,272,023   
   

 

 

 
 

*Non-income producing.

 

***Security was fair valued under procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees (see Note 13).

 

†Security purchased in a private placement transaction or under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933 (see Note 9).

 

††All or a portion of this security has been designated as collateral for purchase commitments (see Note 10).

 

§The aggregate amount of foreign securities fair valued pursuant to a systematic valuation model as a percent of net assets was 29.86%.

 

ADR American Depositary Receipt.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

  

   

   

   

   

  

  

At September 30, 2015, Wasatch World Innovators Fund’s investments, excluding short-term investments, were in the following countries (unaudited):

 

Country   %  

Belgium

    0.3   

Brazil

    0.7   

Canada

    2.0   

China

    1.8   

France

    0.4   

Germany

    0.4   

Israel

    1.5   

Italy

    2.5   

Japan

    9.6   

Norway

    0.1   

South Africa

    1.1   

Sweden

    5.1   

Switzerland

    1.5   

Taiwan

    0.6   

United Kingdom

    19.7   

United States

    52.7   
 

 

 

 

TOTAL

    100.0
 

 

 

 
 

 

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Principal
Amount
         Value  
             
  ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES 7.1%  
  $1,000,000      Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP, LLC, 2.50%, 7/20/21, Series 2015-1A, Class A   $ 1,008,636   
  500,000      Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP, LLC, 2.63%, 12/20/21, Series 2015-2A, Class A     505,601   
  1,500,000      Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust,
5.65%, 9/20/19, Series 2007-A8, Class A8
    1,630,432   
  267,685      Cronos Containers Program I Ltd.,
3.27%, 11/18/29, Series 2014-2A, Class A (Bermuda)
    272,314   
  1,250,000      GE Capital Credit Card Master Note Trust,
2.22%, 1/15/22, Series 2012-2, Class A
    1,270,256   
  1,000,000      Hertz Vehicle Financing, LLC,
1.83%, 8/25/19, Series 2013-1A, Class A2
    996,879   
  585,000      World Financial Network Credit Card Master Trust, 1.76%, 5/17/21, Series 2012-B, Class A     590,414   
  1,400,000      World Financial Network Credit Card Master Trust, 3.14%, 1/17/23, Series 2012-A, Class A     1,465,342   
   

 

 

 
  Total Asset-Backed Securities
(cost $7,754,133)
    7,739,874   
   

 

 

 
  COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS 18.1%  
  1,000,000      Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust, 5.784%, 4/10/49, Series 2007-2, Class A4†††     1,037,615   
  336,426      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,
1.50%, 9/15/22, Series 3760, Class BA
    337,730   
  656,598      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,
1.50%, 7/15/23, Series 4221, Class HJ
    658,685   
  40,921      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,
1.50%, 4/15/24, Series 3780, Class TA
    41,275   
  60,701      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,
2.431%, 12/1/32, Series 847527†††
    64,722   
  60,043      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,
2.472%, 5/1/31, Series 847292†††
    63,417   
  13,802      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,
2.48%, 8/1/33, Series 847281†††
    14,338   
  168,782      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,
3.022%, 1/1/25, Series 775629†††
    176,987   
  104,620      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,
3.063%, 5/1/25, Series 775617†††
    111,008   
  363,738      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,
3.50%, 6/15/25, Series 4057, Class VB
    389,356   
  710,000      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,
3.50%, 7/15/45, Series 4495, Class JC
    705,951   
  468,743      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,
4.00%, 11/15/38, Series 3740, Class AB
    495,473   
  39,119      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,
5.50%, 10/1/25, Series C90925
    43,338   
  160,545      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,
5.50%, 8/1/29, Series C46102
    179,845   
  254,464      Federal National Mortgage Assoc.,
2.034%, 12/1/35, Series 848390†††
    266,893   
  367,789      Federal National Mortgage Assoc.,
2.055%, 1/1/35, Series 825245†††
    388,113   
  91,411      Federal National Mortgage Assoc.,
2.16%, 11/1/34, Series 782320†††
    96,803   
  1,000,000      Federal National Mortgage Assoc.,
2.42%, 4/1/22
    1,021,423   
  74,607      Federal National Mortgage Assoc.,
2.434%, 2/1/21, Series 313380†††
    76,344   
Principal
Amount
         Value  
             
  COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS (continued)  
  $      49,824      Federal National Mortgage Assoc.,
2.758%, 1/1/18, Series 57735†††
  $ 49,960   
  1,029,134      Federal National Mortgage Assoc.,
3.00%, 1/1/28, Series AB7546
    1,076,639   
  112,968      Federal National Mortgage Assoc.,
3.50%, 6/25/23, Series 2003-46, Class LD
    117,811   
  1,495,374      Federal National Mortgage Assoc.,
3.50%, 6/1/32, Series AL2525
    1,589,619   
  953,659      Federal National Mortgage Assoc.,
3.50%, 5/1/33, Series AB9412
    1,009,610   
  104,110      Federal National Mortgage Assoc.,
3.875%, 1/25/39, Series 2009-2, Class WJ
    110,144   
  11,064      Federal National Mortgage Assoc.,
4.00%, 10/25/32, Series 2003-28, Class GA
    11,113   
  512,000      Federal National Mortgage Assoc.,
4.00%, 9/25/33, Series 2014-67, Class VK
    558,985   
  57,293      Federal National Mortgage Assoc.,
4.079%, 7/1/19, Series 070377†††
    59,779   
  784,404      Federal National Mortgage Assoc.,
4.55%, 10/1/33
    800,349   
  186,031      Federal National Mortgage Assoc.,
5.50%, 5/25/23, Series 2003-42, Class EK
    205,370   
  346,169      Federal National Mortgage Assoc.,
8.206%, 11/25/44, Series 2014-73, Class US†††
    352,377   
  394,003      Government National Mortgage Assoc.,
1.625%, 9/20/34, Series 81054†††
    410,554   
  196,072      Government National Mortgage Assoc.,
1.75%, 1/20/30, Series 80364†††
    203,444   
  469,449      Government National Mortgage Assoc.,
1.75%, 6/20/30, Series 80416†††
    482,491   
  134,618      Government National Mortgage Assoc.,
2.125%, 7/20/34, Series 80987†††
    139,663   
  297,874      Government National Mortgage Assoc.,
3.00%, 8/20/38, Series 2010-47, Class CG
    303,164   
  222,123      Government National Mortgage Assoc.,
3.00%, 12/20/38, Series 2010-89, Class PA
    224,973   
  565,068      Government National Mortgage Assoc.,
3.00%, 5/20/39, Series 2010-68, Class YE
    585,984   
  259,874      Government National Mortgage Assoc.,
3.50%, 1/20/37, Series 2009-31, Class PD
    261,685   
  587,736      Government National Mortgage Assoc.,
3.50%, 7/20/40, Series 2012-10, Class LA
    619,276   
  58,122      Government National Mortgage Assoc.,
4.00%, 6/20/38, Series 2009-69, Class WC
    58,843   
  404,204      Government National Mortgage Assoc.,
4.00%, 9/20/38, Series 2009-108, Class WG
    421,267   
  346,066      Government National Mortgage Assoc.,
4.00%, 3/20/39, Series 2009-31, Class TA
    363,779   
  352,484      Government National Mortgage Assoc.,
4.00%, 4/16/39, Series 2009-110, Class AB
    377,839   
  309,087      Government National Mortgage Assoc.,
4.00%, 8/20/39, Series 2009-69, Class PV
    332,819   
  186,589      Government National Mortgage Assoc.,
4.50%, 2/20/38, Series 2009-55, Class NP
    199,454   
  304,658      Government National Mortgage Assoc.,
4.50%, 3/20/39, Series 2009-14, Class AG
    330,015   
  268,545      Government National Mortgage Assoc.,
5.00%, 7/20/34, Series 2004-105, Class MC
    278,789   
  34,837      Government National Mortgage Assoc.,
5.00%, 8/20/39, Series 004513
    36,766   
  460,861      Government National Mortgage Assoc.,
8.268%, 4/20/45, Series 2015-53, Class US, INV FL†††
    474,381   
  982,431      LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust,
5.858%, 7/15/40, Series 2007-C6, Class A4†††
    1,024,116   
 

 

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Principal
Amount
         Value  
             
  COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS (continued)  
  $    330,343      RBSCF Trust, 6.15%, 2/16/51, Series 2010-RR3, Class WBTA†††   $ 338,215   
  200,000      RBSCF Trust, 5.692%, 4/16/49, Series 2010-RR4, Class MSCA†††     207,695   
   

 

 

 
  Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations
(cost $19,512,085)
    19,786,284   
   

 

 

 
  CORPORATE BONDS 45.3%  
  Aerospace & Defense 0.9%  
  1,000,000      Lockheed Martin Corp., 3.35%, 9/15/21     1,036,200   
   

 

 

 
  Air Freight & Logistics 0.6%  
  620,000      United Parcel Service, Inc., 5.50%, 1/15/18     681,002   
   

 

 

 
  Automotive Retail 0.7%  
  775,000      AutoZone, Inc., 5.50%, 11/15/15     779,231   
   

 

 

 
  Beverages — Non-alcoholic 1.2%  
  500,000      PepsiAmericas, Inc., 5.00%, 5/15/17     530,860   
  750,000      PepsiCo, Inc., 5.00%, 6/1/18     820,970   
   

 

 

 
      1,351,830   
   

 

 

 
  Cable & Satellite 0.7%  
  750,000      DIRECTV Holdings, LLC / DIRECTV Financing Co., Inc., 5.20%, 3/15/20     819,275   
   

 

 

 
  Construction Machinery & Heavy Trucks 1.4%  
  500,000      Caterpillar Financial Services Corp.,
5.85%, 9/1/17 MTN
    542,802   
  1,000,000      John Deere Capital Corp., 2.25%, 4/17/19     1,016,295   
   

 

 

 
      1,559,097   
   

 

 

 
  Consumer Finance 0.9%  
  1,000,000      American Express Credit Corp.,
2.25%, 8/15/19 MTN
    1,003,500   
   

 

 

 
  Cosmetics & Toiletries 0.4%  
  337,806      Procter & Gamble — ESOP,
9.36%, 1/1/21, Series A
    406,829   
   

 

 

 
  Diversified Banks 5.6%  
  750,000      Bank of America Corp., 2.60%, 1/15/19     757,620   
  500,000      Bank of America Corp., 3.75%, 7/12/16, Series 1     509,962   
  500,000      Bank of America Corp., 5.875%, 1/5/21     572,614   
  1,250,000      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The),
4.00%, 3/3/24
    1,286,577   
  1,000,000      US Bancorp, 2.20%, 11/15/16 MTN     1,014,545   
  1,125,000      US Bancorp, 3.00%, 3/15/22 MTN     1,151,608   
  700,000      Wachovia Corp., 5.75%, 2/1/18 MTN     765,975   
   

 

 

 
      6,058,901   
   

 

 

 
  Diversified Financial Services 3.4%  
  1,000,000      General Electric Capital Corp.,
4.65%, 10/17/21 MTN
    1,124,788   
  1,350,000      General Electric Capital Corp.,
5.40%, 2/15/17 MTN
    1,427,614   
  1,000,000      General Electric Capital Corp.,
5.625%, 5/1/18 MTN
    1,107,060   
   

 

 

 
      3,659,462   
   

 

 

 
  Diversified Financial Services 1.5%  
  750,000      Franklin Resources, Inc., 4.625%, 5/20/20     833,701   
  750,000      New York Life Global Funding,
2.15%, 6/18/19
    756,425   
   

 

 

 
      1,590,126   
   

 

 

 
Principal
Amount
         Value  
             
  CORPORATE BONDS (continued)  
  Electric Utilities 1.0%  
  $ 1,000,000      TECO Finance, Inc., 6.572%, 11/1/17   $ 1,099,459   
   

 

 

 
  Enterprise Software & Services 2.1%  
  1,000,000      CA, Inc., 5.375%, 12/1/19     1,094,864   
  1,250,000      Oracle Corp., 2.50%, 10/15/22     1,221,192   
   

 

 

 
      2,316,056   
   

 

 

 
  Finance — Auto Loans 0.4%  
  400,000      Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC,
6.625%, 8/15/17
    431,823   
   

 

 

 
  Finance — Credit Card 1.0%  
  975,000      American Express Co., 6.15%, 8/28/17     1,057,865   
   

 

 

 
  Finance — Other Services 0.5%  
  500,000      Sun Canada Financial Co., 7.25%, 12/15/15     506,456   
   

 

 

 
  Financial Services 0.5%  
  500,000      Northern Trust Corp., 3.95%, 10/30/25     523,660   
   

 

 

 
  Instruments — Scientific 0.7%  
  700,000      Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.,
4.70%, 5/1/20
    759,438   
   

 

 

 
  Integrated Telecommunication
Services 0.9%
 
  66,549      Ameritech Capital Funding, 9.10%, 6/1/16     69,500   
  870,000      AT&T, Inc., 5.50%, 2/1/18     942,682   
   

 

 

 
      1,012,182   
   

 

 

 
  Investment Banking & Brokerage 1.0%  
  1,000,000      Morgan Stanley, 5.50%, 7/24/20 MTN     1,122,653   
   

 

 

 
  Medical Instruments 1.1%  
  1,100,000      Medtronic, Inc., 4.45%, 3/15/20     1,209,505   
   

 

 

 
  Medical — Health Maintenance Organizations 2.0%  
  1,000,000      Anthem, Inc., 4.35%, 8/15/20     1,072,435   
  1,000,000      Coventry Health Care, Inc., 5.95%, 3/15/17     1,063,265   
   

 

 

 
      2,135,700   
   

 

 

 
  Movies & Entertainment 1.3%  
  1,000,000      Walt Disney Co. (The), 2.75%, 8/16/21     1,024,832   
  350,000      Walt Disney Co. (The), 6.00%, 7/17/17, Series C MTN     381,630   
   

 

 

 
      1,406,462   
   

 

 

 
  Multimedia 0.8%  
  800,000      NBCUniversal Media, LLC, 5.15%, 4/30/20     902,999   
   

 

 

 
  Office Furnishings 0.5%  
  500,000      Steelcase, Inc., 6.375%, 2/15/21     557,660   
   

 

 

 
  Oil Companies — Integrated 2.7%  
  750,000      ConocoPhillips, 5.75%, 2/1/19     842,579   
  1,000,000      Exxon Mobil Corp., 1.819%, 3/15/19     1,008,341   
  1,000,000      Phillips 66, 4.30%, 4/1/22     1,047,816   
   

 

 

 
      2,898,736   
   

 

 

 
  Other Diversified Financial Services 1.3%  
  1,350,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co., 4.35%, 8/15/21     1,454,859   
   

 

 

 
  Pharmaceuticals 2.2%  
  745,000      AstraZeneca plc, 5.90%, 9/15/17 (United Kingdom)     811,716   
  725,000      Pharmacia Corp., 6.50%, 12/1/18     833,278   
  575,000      Pharmacia Corp., 6.75%, 12/15/27     730,346   
   

 

 

 
      2,375,340   
   

 

 

 
 

 

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Principal
Amount
         Value  
             
  CORPORATE BONDS (continued)  
  Railroads 1.0%  
  $ 1,000,000      Union Pacific Corp., 5.70%, 8/15/18   $ 1,120,274   
   

 

 

 
  Regional Banks 3.3%  
  1,500,000      BB&T Corp., 2.15%, 3/22/17 MTN     1,519,780   
  1,200,000      Fifth Third Bancorp, 5.45%, 1/15/17     1,255,583   
  750,000      SunTrust Banks, Inc., 3.50%, 1/20/17     768,412   
   

 

 

 
      3,543,775   
   

 

 

 
  Restaurants 0.5%  
  500,000      Yum! Brands, Inc., 5.30%, 9/15/19     552,364   
   

 

 

 
  Semiconductor Equipment 0.9%  
  250,000      Applied Materials, Inc., 2.65%, 6/15/16     253,444   
  700,000      Applied Materials, Inc., 4.30%, 6/15/21     750,934   
   

 

 

 
      1,004,378   
   

 

 

 
  Specialty Chemicals 1.3%  
  1,150,000      Lubrizol Corp., 8.875%, 2/1/19     1,406,450   
   

 

 

 
  Steel 1.0%  
  1,000,000      Nucor Corp., 5.75%, 12/1/17     1,078,185   
   

 

 

 
  Total Corporate Bonds
(cost $49,055,977)
    49,421,732   
   

 

 

 
  MUNICIPAL BONDS 3.1%  
  650,000      Arizona State Transportation Board Highway Revenue, 5.00%, 7/1/23     672,529   
  695,000      City of Westminster, Colorado 2.415%, 12/1/19, Series B     700,748   
  595,609      Minnesota Housing Finance Agency,
2.70%, 9/1/41
    594,787   
  415,000      Richmond Joint Powers Financing Authority, 8.25%, 7/1/19, Class B     462,252   
  500,000      State of Louisiana, 5.00%, 7/15/26, Series C     588,380   
  310,000      Township of Robbinsville,
4.00%, 7/15/23, Series B
    331,932   
   

 

 

 
  Total Municipal Bonds
(cost $3,234,327)
    3,350,628   
   

 

 

 
Shares          Value  
             
  EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS 0.8%  
  Asset Management & Custody Banks 0.8%  
  9,000      iShares S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index Fund ETF   $ 347,400   
  25,000      Market Vectors Preferred Securities
ex Financials ETF
    489,750   
   

 

 

 
      837,150   
   

 

 

 
  Total Exchange-Traded Funds
(cost $881,693)
    837,150   
   

 

 

 
Principal
Amount
         Value  
             
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY SECURITIES 13.4%  
  $1,500,000      Federal Farm Credit Banks, 1.97%, 4/21/21   $ 1,506,212   
  2,000,000      Federal Farm Credit Banks, 2.29%, 4/14/22     2,000,208   
  1,000,000      Federal Farm Credit Banks, 2.35%, 4/14/22     1,000,233   
  1,050,000      Federal Farm Credit Banks, 2.60%, 10/6/22     1,079,148   
  1,000,000      Federal Home Loan Bank, 1.04%, 5/29/18     996,766   
  1,000,000      Federal Home Loan Bank, 1.15%, 11/28/17     1,004,356   
  1,000,000      Federal Home Loan Bank, 1.50%, 12/30/22##     1,001,639   
  2,000,000      Federal Home Loan Bank, 1.75%, 11/8/22, Series 0000##     2,001,502   
  1,500,000      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.,
2.50%, 5/27/16
    1,521,280   
  420,143      New Valley Generation IV, 4.687%, 1/15/22     459,469   
  800,000      Tennessee Valley Authority, 3.875%, 2/15/21     887,020   
  1,000,000      Tennessee Valley Authority, 6.25%, 12/15/17, Series E     1,116,232   
   

 

 

 
  Total U.S. Government Agency Securities
(cost $14,454,286)
    14,574,065   
   

 

 

 
  U.S. TREASURY NOTES 8.6%  
  3,125,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 3.25%, 12/31/16     3,232,828   
  4,100,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 3.625%, 8/15/19     4,477,860   
  1,500,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 3.625%, 2/15/20     1,647,872   
   

 

 

 
  Total U.S. Treasury Notes
(cost $9,228,304)
    9,358,560   
   

 

 

 
Shares          Value  
             
  PREFERRED STOCKS 1.0%  
  Consumer Finance 0.3%  
  12,000      Capital One Financial Corp., 6.70%, Series D Pfd.§§§   $ 318,000   
   

 

 

 
  Diversified Banks 0.7%  
  20,000      Bank of America Corp., 6.625%, Series W Pfd.§§§     515,200   
  12,000      Citigroup, Inc., 6.875%, Series L Pfd.§§§     319,320   
   

 

 

 
      834,520   
   

 

 

 
  Total Preferred Stocks
(cost $1,145,092)
    1,152,520   
   

 

 

 
 

 

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Principal
Amount
         Value  
             
  SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 1.9%  
  Repurchase Agreement 1.9%  
  $2,029,446      Repurchase Agreement dated 9/30/15, 0.00% due 10/1/15 with State Street Bank and Trust Co. collateralized by $2,005,000 of United States Treasury Notes 2.125% due 1/31/21; value: $2,074,718; repurchase proceeds: $2,029,446 (cost $2,029,446)   $ 2,029,446   
   

 

 

 
  Total Short-Term Investments (cost $2,029,446)     2,029,446   
   

 

 

 
  Total Investments
(cost $107,295,343) 99.3%
    108,250,259   
  Other Assets less Liabilities 0.7%     708,627   
   

 

 

 
  NET ASSETS 100.0%   $ 108,958,886   
   

 

 

 
 

†††Variable rate securities.

 

§§§Perpetual maturity. Callable any time after first call date. Maturity date is next call date.

 

##Step bond. The rate shown is as of September 30, 2015 and will reset at a future date.

 

ESOP Employee Stock Ownership Plan.

 

ETF Exchange-Traded Fund.

 

MTN Medium Term Note.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

  

   

   

  

  

  

  

At September 30, 2015, Wasatch-1st Source Income Fund’s investments, excluding short-term investments, were in the following countries (unaudited):

 

Country   %  

Bermuda

    0.2   

United Kingdom

    0.8   

United States

    99.0   
 

 

 

 

TOTAL

    100.0
 

 

 

 
 

 

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Principal
Amount
         Value  
             
  U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS 98.2%   
  $139,000,000      U.S. Treasury Bond, 2.50%, 2/15/45   $ 127,963,261   
  2,000,000      U.S. Treasury Bond, 2.75%, 11/15/42     1,947,188   
  44,400,000      U.S. Treasury Bond, 2.875%, 5/15/43     44,257,787   
  45,000,000      U.S. Treasury Bond, 2.875%, 8/15/45     44,977,725   
  8,000,000      U.S. Treasury Bond, 3.125%, 2/15/42     8,419,376   
  39,000,000      U.S. Treasury Bond, 3.125%, 8/15/44     40,817,985   
  18,100,000      U.S. Treasury Bond, 3.75%, 11/15/43     21,310,397   
  77,000,000      U.S. Treasury Strip, principal only, 5/15/44     32,389,665   
   

 

 

 
  Total U.S. Government Obligations
(cost $324,376,092)
    322,083,384   
   

 

 

 
Principal
Amount
         Value  
             
  SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 1.4%  
  Repurchase Agreement 1.4%  
  $4,582,570      Repurchase Agreement dated 9/30/15, 0.00% due 10/1/15 with State Street Bank and Trust Co. collateralized by $4,685,000 of United States Treasury Notes 1.375% due 9/30/20; value: $4,679,144; repurchase proceeds: $4,582,570 (cost $4,582,570)   $ 4,582,570   
   

 

 

 
  Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $4,582,570)
    4,582,570   
   

 

 

 
  Total Investments
(cost $328,958,662) 99.6%
    326,665,954   
  Other Assets less Liabilities 0.4%     1,194,963   
   

 

 

 
  NET ASSETS 100.0%   $ 327,860,917   
   

 

 

 
  See Notes to Financial Statements.   
 

 

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WASATCH FUNDS — Statements of Assets and Liabilities  

 

 

 

        CORE
GROWTH
FUND
         
EMERGING
INDIA
FUND
    

EMERGING
MARKETS
SELECT

FUND

 

Assets:

          

Investments, at cost

          

Unaffiliated issuers

     $ 778,625,415       $ 46,246,358       $ 34,714,915   

Affiliated issuers1

                         

Repurchase agreements

       119,120,957         2,268,300         3,519,811   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     $ 897,746,372       $ 48,514,658       $ 38,234,726   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Investments, at market value

          

Unaffiliated issuers

     $ 1,050,777,396       $ 61,300,673       $ 34,456,710   

Affiliated issuers1

                         

Repurchase agreements

       119,120,957         2,268,300         3,519,811   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
       1,169,898,353         63,568,973         37,976,521   

Cash

       2,658,212                   

Foreign currency on deposit (cost of $0, $944,650, $0, $562,822, $16,570,230, $48, $226,054 and $445,053, respectively)

               948,708           

Receivable for investment securities sold

       7,836,963                   

Capital shares receivable

       752,399         9,228         6,777   

Interest and dividends receivable

       404,489         22,916         21,053   

Prepaid expenses and other assets

       31,325         12,022         7,608   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Assets

       1,181,581,741         64,561,847         38,011,959   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities:

          

Bank overdraft of foreign currency (cost of $0, $0, $62, $0, $0, $0, $0 and $0, respectively)

                       63   

Payable for securities purchased

       13,392,860                   

Capital shares payable

       437,981         38,029         38,130   

Payable to Advisor

       984,712         64,423         24,888   

Accrued fund administration fees

       16,715         587         267   

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

       212,364         48,028         36,463   

Foreign capital gains taxes payable

       1,407,632         560,851         116,028   

Line of credit payable

                         

Other payables

               40           
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

       16,452,264         711,958         215,839   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Assets

     $ 1,165,129,477       $ 63,849,889       $ 37,796,120   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Assets Consist of:

          

Capital stock

     $ 201,409       $ 207,875       $ 45,083   

Paid-in-capital in excess of par

       767,762,103         49,754,741         45,905,172   

Undistributed net investment income (loss)

       (8,200,589      (1,394,746      (277,867

Undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency translations

       134,621,429         784,327         (7,500,611

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and foreign currency translations

       270,745,125         14,497,692         (375,657
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Assets

     $ 1,165,129,477       $ 63,849,889       $ 37,796,120   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Assets

          

Investor Class

       1,014,515,147         63,849,889         18,526,614   

Institutional Class

       150,614,330                 19,269,506   

Capital Stock Issued and Outstanding (Unlimited number of shares authorized,
$.01 par value)

          

Investor Class

       17,543,616         20,787,487         2,218,050   

Institutional Class

       2,597,329                 2,290,284   

NET ASSET VALUE, REDEMPTION PRICE AND OFFERING PRICE PER SHARE

          

Investor Class

     $ 57.83       $ 3.07       $ 8.35   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Institutional Class

     $ 57.99       $       $ 8.41   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

1  See Note 8 for information on affiliated issuers.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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EMERGING
MARKETS
SMALL CAP
FUND
    FRONTIER
EMERGING
SMALL COUNTRIES
FUND
    GLOBAL
OPPORTUNITIES
FUND
    INTERNATIONAL
GROWTH
FUND
    INTERNATIONAL
OPPORTUNITIES
FUND
 
       
       
$ 891,437,088      $ 962,323,198      $ 135,542,502      $ 1,055,659,080      $ 399,414,814   
         31,662,296                        
         23,472,377        685,704        12,275,005        23,124,583   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
$ 891,437,088      $ 1,017,457,871      $ 136,228,206      $ 1,067,934,085      $ 422,539,397   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
       
$ 954,930,074      $ 951,611,391      $ 155,842,386      $ 1,304,387,825      $ 430,464,823   
         29,224,572                        
         23,472,377        685,704        12,275,005        23,124,583   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  954,930,074        1,004,308,340        156,528,090        1,316,662,830        453,589,406   
         5,309,168        1,204,075                 
  562,822        16,566,410        47        224,951        445,046   
  29,472,237        21,354,383        7,518        2,871,599        17,947   
  315,902        852,989        20,778        501,262        675,442   
  625,153        2,316,337        95,739        2,394,584        1,103,831   
  38,892        28,536        13,536        36,623        17,935   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  985,945,080        1,050,736,163        157,869,783        1,322,691,849        455,849,607   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
       
                                
  636,378        10,462,108        1,204,110        3,000,052        1,266,549   
  627,049        2,322,889        22,875        1,722,486        123,464   
  1,301,907        1,445,768        199,012        1,356,021        595,212   
  14,377        15,173        2,165        19,889        6,194   
  333,563        579,748        64,739        498,313        234,519   
  870,195        8,237,417        408,990               128,543   
  794,884                               
                                

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  4,578,353        23,063,103        1,901,891        6,596,761        2,354,481   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
$ 981,366,727      $ 1,027,673,060      $ 155,967,892      $ 1,316,095,088      $ 453,495,126   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
       
$ 4,103,007      $ 3,705,563      $ 444,216      $ 472,095      $ 1,657,210   
  954,585,806        1,081,050,861        119,321,339        1,088,806,978        399,145,296   
  (13,624,992     1,547,031        (2,258,540     (4,649,406     (710,582
  (26,331,986     (37,177,189     18,571,740        (17,218,701     22,486,109   
  62,634,892        (21,453,206     19,889,137        248,684,122        30,917,093   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
$ 981,366,727      $ 1,027,673,060      $ 155,967,892      $ 1,316,095,088      $ 453,495,126   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
       
  981,366,727        1,027,673,060        155,967,892        1,316,095,088        453,495,126   
                                
       
  410,300,730        370,556,323        44,421,593        47,209,464        165,721,038   
                                
       
$ 2.39      $ 2.77      $ 3.51      $ 27.88      $ 2.74   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
$      $      $      $      $   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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LARGE CAP
VALUE

FUND

     LONG/SHORT
FUND
     MICRO
CAP
FUND
 

Assets:

          

Investments, at cost

          

Unaffiliated issuers

     $ 232,455,269       $ 1,083,841,914       $ 182,746,791   

Affiliated issuers1

               98,376,496           

Repurchase agreements

       1,470,547         52,286,876         8,784,540   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     $ 233,925,816       $ 1,234,505,286       $ 191,531,331   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Investments, at market value

          

Unaffiliated issuers

     $ 243,797,409       $ 942,103,885       $ 252,301,777   

Affiliated issuers1

               26,162,208           

Repurchase agreements

       1,470,547         52,286,876         8,784,540   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
       245,267,956         1,020,552,969         261,086,317   

Cash

               71,756         95,019   

Foreign currency on deposit (cost of $0, $0, $16,958, $9,481, $7, $0, $20 and $0, respectively)

                       17,045   

Receivable for investment securities sold

       2,427,229         11,034,011         14,383,490   

Receivable from broker for securities sold short

               270,028,416           

Capital shares receivable

       10,596         190,630         2,752   

Interest and dividends receivable

       250,273         1,648,581         94,479   

Prepaid expenses and other assets

       13,468         46,171         13,971   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Assets

       247,969,522         1,303,572,534         275,693,073   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities:

          

Securities sold short, at value (proceeds of $0, $274,609,852, $0, $0, $0, $0, $0 and $0, respectively)

               263,064,239           

Payable for securities purchased

       647,864         1,588,215         1,881,384   

Capital shares payable

       1,383,954         12,237,731         27,082   

Dividends payable to shareholders

       15,547                   

Payable to Advisor

       189,260         1,022,006         413,606   

Accrued fund administration fees

       4,048         17,813         3,917   

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

       147,866         315,873         56,241   

Foreign capital gains taxes payable

                         

Dividends payable on securities sold short

               342,769           
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

       2,388,539         278,588,646         2,382,230   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Assets

     $ 245,580,983       $ 1,024,983,888       $ 273,310,843   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Assets Consist of:

          

Capital stock

     $ 277,694       $ 828,922       $ 379,095   

Paid-in-capital in excess of par

       215,231,768         1,163,478,575         163,760,254   

Undistributed net investment income (loss)

       (17,753      330,202         (764,789

Undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments, options and foreign currency translations

       18,747,134         62,752,893         40,379,170   

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and foreign currency translations

       11,342,140         (202,406,704      69,557,113   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Assets

     $ 245,580,983       $ 1,024,983,888       $ 273,310,843   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Assets

          

Investor Class

       244,055,823         616,191,755         273,310,843   

Institutional Class

       1,525,160         408,792,133           

Capital Stock Issued and Outstanding (Unlimited number of shares authorized,
$.01 par value)

          

Investor Class

       27,596,831         49,860,921         37,909,511   

Institutional Class

       172,602         33,031,279           

NET ASSET VALUE, REDEMPTION PRICE AND OFFERING PRICE PER SHARE

          

Investor Class

     $ 8.84       $ 12.36       $ 7.21   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Institutional Class

     $ 8.84       $ 12.38       $   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

1  See Note 8 for information on affiliated issuers.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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MICRO CAP
VALUE

FUND

   

SMALL CAP
GROWTH

FUND

   

SMALL CAP
VALUE

FUND

    STRATEGIC
INCOME
FUND
    ULTRA
GROWTH
FUND
 
       
       
$ 106,286,133      $ 1,361,180,905      $ 229,206,067      $ 88,620,057      $ 80,979,600   
         93,018,148                        
  19,808,193        87,423,697        8,564,540        3,032,863        1,582,068   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
$ 126,094,326      $ 1,541,622,750      $ 237,770,607      $ 91,652,920      $ 82,561,668   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
       
$ 133,276,800      $ 1,845,044,621      $ 270,317,595      $ 84,304,370      $ 94,582,419   
         73,261,141                        
  19,808,193        87,423,697        8,564,540        3,032,863        1,582,068   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  153,084,993        2,005,729,459        278,882,135        87,337,233        96,164,487   
  800,328                      7,453          

 

9,407

  

    7               24          
  907,711        196,666        3,496,717        1,532,871        190,929   
                                
  28,552        1,735,259        181,223        7,125        42   
  120,207        220,056        486,439        609,366        4,118   
  13,982        52,077        17,584        11,731        9,988   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  154,965,180        2,007,933,524        283,064,098        89,505,803        96,369,564   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
       

 

  

                           
  139,096               5,734,251        461,608        187,927   
  225,372        1,251,227        156,841        271,739        31,499   
                       19,568          
  218,345        1,725,694        236,463        53,907        83,350   
  2,149        30,496        3,927        1,091        1,211   
  52,383        697,857        82,165        36,967        50,285   
  158,971        3,640,617        255,189                 
                                

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  796,316        7,345,891        6,468,836        844,880        354,272   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
$ 154,168,864      $ 2,000,587,633      $ 276,595,262      $ 88,660,923      $ 96,015,292   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
       
$ 536,422      $ 435,224      $ 472,117      $ 84,529      $ 53,166   
  112,275,909        1,249,827,151        264,748,765        91,574,762        74,870,115   
  22,777        (12,167,564     1,323,863        98,362        1,796,075   
 
 
    
14,513,847
 
  
    303,652,607        (30,805,865     1,219,047        7,143,798   

 

26,819,909

  

    458,840,215        40,856,382        (4,315,777     12,152,138   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
$ 154,168,864      $ 2,000,587,633      $ 276,595,262      $ 88,660,923      $ 96,015,292   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
       
  154,168,864        2,000,587,633        257,654,762        88,660,923        96,015,292   
                18,940,500                 
       
  53,642,247        43,522,443        43,992,940        8,452,886        5,316,619   
                3,218,736                 
       
$ 2.87      $ 45.97      $ 5.86      $ 10.49      $ 18.06   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
$      $      $ 5.88      $      $   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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        WORLD
INNOVATORS
FUND
     INCOME
FUND
     U.S.
TREASURY
FUND
 

Assets:

          

Investments, at cost

          

Unaffiliated issuers

     $ 154,352,642       $ 105,265,897       $ 324,376,092   

Repurchase agreements

       14,459,758         2,029,446         4,582,570   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     $ 168,812,400       $ 107,295,343       $ 328,958,662   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Investments, at market value

          

Unaffiliated issuers

     $ 168,326,821       $ 106,220,813       $ 322,083,384   

Repurchase agreements

       14,459,758         2,029,446         4,582,570   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
       182,786,579         108,250,259         326,665,954   

Foreign currency on deposit (cost of $177, $0 and $0, respectively)

       177                   

Receivable for investment securities sold

       3,606,131                   

Capital shares receivable

       20,864         84,099         324,134   

Interest and dividends receivable

       191,197         754,789         1,555,944   

Prepaid expenses and other assets

       14,377         6,072         26,127   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Assets

       186,619,325         109,095,219         328,572,159   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities:

          

Payable for securities purchased

       487                   

Capital shares payable

       34,223         23,198         430,642   

Dividends payable to shareholders

               28,542         74,461   

Payable to Advisor

       236,323         48,601         132,029   

Accrued fund administration fees

       2,839         1,384         4,489   

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

       73,430         34,608         69,621   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

       347,302         136,333         711,242   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Assets

     $ 186,272,023       $ 108,958,886       $ 327,860,917   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Assets Consist of:

          

Capital stock

     $ 92,336       $ 107,018       $ 177,975   

Paid-in-capital in excess of par

       155,962,612         107,911,937         314,090,542   

Undistributed net investment income (loss)

       (854,667      33,864         (20,881

Undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency translations

       17,274,408         (48,849      15,905,989   

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and foreign currency translations

       13,797,334         954,916         (2,292,708
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Assets

     $ 186,272,023       $ 108,958,886       $ 327,860,917   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Assets

          

Investor Class

       186,272,023         108,958,886         327,860,917   

Capital Stock Issued and Outstanding (Unlimited number of shares authorized,
$.01 par value)

          

Investor Class

       9,233,647         10,701,769         17,797,520   

NET ASSET VALUE, REDEMPTION PRICE AND OFFERING PRICE PER SHARE

          

Investor Class

     $ 20.17       $ 10.18       $ 18.42   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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        CORE
GROWTH
FUND
     EMERGING
INDIA
FUND
     EMERGING
MARKETS
SELECT
FUND
 

Investment Income:

          

Interest

     $       $ 2,335 1     $   

Dividends2

          

Unaffiliated issuers

       9,449,153         366,099         804,291   

Affiliated issuers3

                         
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investment income

       9,449,153         368,434         804,291   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Expenses:

          

Investment advisory fees

       10,688,626         961,961         691,808   

Shareholder servicing fees — Investor Class

       1,094,792         134,643         72,121   

Shareholder servicing fees — Institutional Class

       13,028                 14,059   

Fund administration fees

       147,653         8,872         7,599   

Fund accounting fees

       94,841         29,882         20,203   

Reports to shareholders — Investor Class

       88,219         16,676         7,019   

Reports to shareholders — Institutional Class

       15,305                 8,333   

Custody fees

       112,966         131,963         77,877   

Federal and state registration fees — Investor Class

       22,039         20,458         16,082   

Federal and state registration fees — Institutional Class

       11,723                 15,056   

Legal fees

       42,470         2,200         5,704   

Trustees’ fees

       84,337         4,843         5,038   

Interest

       20,393         3,092         3,208   

Audit fees

       30,051         27,651         64,648   

Other expenses

       51,447         20,568         27,704   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses before reimbursement

       12,517,890         1,362,809         1,036,459   

Reimbursement of expenses by Advisor

       (8,615      (109,168      (154,653
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Expenses

       12,509,275         1,253,641         881,806   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

       (3,060,122      (885,207      (77,515
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):

          

Net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency translations

          

Unaffiliated issuers

       134,651,115         1,404,976         (4,968,701

Realized foreign capital gains taxes

                         

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
on investments and foreign currency translations

       (39,221,978      4,977,535         (4,671,524

Change in deferred foreign capital gains taxes

       (1,407,632      (21,244      45,707   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net gain (loss) on investments

       94,021,505         6,361,267         (9,594,518
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

     $ 90,961,383       $ 5,476,060       $ (9,672,033
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

1  Net of $70 in foreign withholding taxes.

 

2  Net of $143,550, $0, $80,620, $1,829,756, $3,082,611, $66,972, $1,300,311 and $885,149 in foreign withholding taxes, respectively.

 

3  See Note 8 for information on affiliated issuers.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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EMERGING
MARKETS
SMALL CAP
FUND
    FRONTIER
EMERGING
SMALL COUNTRIES
FUND
    GLOBAL
OPPORTUNITIES
FUND
    INTERNATIONAL
GROWTH
FUND
    INTERNATIONAL
OPPORTUNITIES
FUND
 
       
$      $ 138      $      $      $   
       
 
16,879,768
  
    30,649,549        1,281,472        15,894,595        7,561,590   
         1,198,405                        

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  16,879,768        31,848,092        1,281,472        15,894,595        7,561,590   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
       
  22,227,159        21,121,963        2,712,557        16,864,727        7,807,882   
  1,259,742        2,487,124        245,257        1,949,944        1,166,698   
                                
  174,414        165,977        24,877        185,816        55,361   
  124,148        124,992        34,307        125,970        64,688   
  98,693        140,605        26,532        164,811        79,362   
                                
  1,321,413        3,178,498        117,443        495,832        408,008   
  33,694        58,878        19,435        70,192        24,465   
                                
  46,044        43,440        6,403        46,719        13,354   
  116,557        109,007        15,928        114,556        30,701   
  46,103        31,258        8,614        49,639        8,019   
  27,651        37,764        29,716        27,651        30,179   
  114,926        42,226        28,807        81,471        40,196   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  25,590,544        27,541,732        3,269,876        20,177,328        9,728,913   
  (777,036     (353,665                   (711,799

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  24,813,508        27,188,067        3,269,876        20,177,328        9,017,114   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  (7,933,740     4,660,025        (1,988,404     (4,282,733     (1,455,524

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
       
       
  (8,663,125     (36,935,977     21,415,472        (14,432,781     22,684,497   
  (1,595,031     (272,291     (225,021     (1,355,001       
  (137,918,497     (155,547,957     (24,967,008    
 
    
76,535,745
 
  
    (30,512,597
  3,183,240        (931,594     23,374        826,499        297,563   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  (144,993,413     (193,687,819     (3,753,183     61,574,462        (7,530,537

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
$ (152,927,153   $ (189,027,794   $ (5,741,587   $ 57,291,729      $ (8,986,061

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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        LARGE CAP
VALUE
FUND
     LONG/SHORT
FUND
     MICRO
CAP
FUND
 

Investment Income:

          

Dividends1

          

Unaffiliated issuers

     $ 8,045,769       $ 36,253,587       $ 3,256,608   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investment income

       8,045,769         36,253,587         3,256,608   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Expenses:

          

Investment advisory fees

       2,966,653         23,062,568         5,403,854   

Shareholder servicing fees — Investor Class

       474,117         1,747,766         211,185   

Shareholder servicing fees — Institutional Class

       3,391         18,754           

Fund administration fees

       45,100         296,746         42,534   

Fund accounting fees

       33,851         170,441         39,638   

Reports to shareholders — Investor Class

       34,225         139,386         19,305   

Reports to shareholders — Institutional Class

       3,042         36,152           

Custody fees

       8,949         85,491         35,339   

Federal and state registration fees — Investor Class

       19,364         57,748         19,453   

Federal and state registration fees — Institutional Class

       9,945         31,450           

Legal fees

       13,403         88,815         10,753   

Trustees’ fees

       31,792         210,310         26,028   

Dividends on securities sold short

               4,873,643           

Interest

       7,926         1,611,675         5,974   

Audit fees

       32,203         30,297         26,574   

Other expenses

       22,776         91,875         29,902   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses before reimbursement

       3,706,737         32,553,117         5,870,539   

Reimbursement of expenses by Advisor

       (78,001                
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Expenses

       3,628,736         32,553,117         5,870,539   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

       4,417,033         3,700,470         (2,613,931
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):

          

Net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency translations

          

Unaffiliated issuers

       23,888,706         126,017,493         42,447,306   

Affiliated issuers

               (12,793,567        

Net realized gain (loss) on options written

               (1,377,491        

Net realized loss on short positions

               (2,298,097        

Realized foreign capital gains taxes

                         

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on
investments, options, securities sold short and foreign currency translations

       (44,068,657      (484,033,257      (31,053,244

Change in deferred foreign capital gains taxes

                       470,871   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net gain (loss) on investments

       (20,179,951      (374,484,919      11,864,933   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

     $ (15,762,918    $ (370,784,449    $ 9,251,002   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

1  Net of $77,086, $104,106, $31,243, $37,595, $95,490, $0, $25,428 and $0 in foreign withholding taxes, respectively.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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MICRO CAP
VALUE
FUND
    SMALL CAP
GROWTH
FUND
    SMALL CAP
VALUE
FUND
    STRATEGIC
INCOME
FUND
    ULTRA
GROWTH
FUND
 
       
       
$ 2,235,759      $ 10,871,749      $ 5,928,453      $ 3,972,665      $ 273,323   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  2,235,759        10,871,749        5,928,453        3,972,665        273,323   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
       
  2,788,024        22,985,458        2,919,175        802,258        1,082,388   
  197,877        3,405,167        327,860        154,858        170,974   
                4,168                 
  21,950        316,556        40,237        15,787        14,910   
  32,961        191,610        35,568        18,686        25,533   
  22,467        211,918        28,757        16,812        15,754   
                3,314                 
  41,847        396,862        33,230        5,121        17,774   
  18,733        56,608        28,109        21,864        17,554   
                10,330                 
  6,256        81,546        12,142        4,043        3,754   
  13,468        195,054        24,209        9,560        9,075   
                                
  8,139        48,245        5,884        2,516        2,021   
  30,421        29,574        30,051        29,716        35,574   
  23,136        100,042        28,220        10,461        27,050   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  3,205,279        28,018,640        3,531,254        1,091,682        1,422,361   
  (90,485            (9,265     (387       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  3,114,794        28,018,640        3,521,989        1,091,295        1,422,361   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  (879,035     (17,146,891     2,406,464        2,881,370        (1,149,038

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
       
  18,698,763        339,817,590        10,286,478        3,027,134        9,017,957   
                                
  272,422                               
                                
  (100,772            (34,167              
  (2,846,124     (286,889,716     (5,535,405     (15,972,843     (3,043,910
  (114,088     (3,640,617     (134,463              

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  15,910,201        49,287,257        4,582,443        (12,945,709     5,974,047   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
$ 15,031,166      $ 32,140,366      $ 6,988,907      $ (10,064,339   $ 4,825,009   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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WORLD

INNOVATORS

FUND

    

INCOME

FUND

    

U.S.

TREASURY

FUND

 

Investment Income:

          

Interest

     $       $ 2,391,128       $ 8,700,522   

Dividends1

          

Unaffiliated issuers

       2,143,061         118,755           
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investment income

       2,143,061         2,509,883         8,700,522   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Expenses:

          

Investment advisory fees

       3,196,182         601,316         1,561,066   

Shareholder servicing fees — Investor Class

       320,819         52,465         313,537   

Fund administration fees

       29,274         15,057         43,167   

Fund accounting fees

       33,817         36,487         28,934   

Reports to shareholders — Investor Class

       25,495         5,177         25,582   

Custody fees

       41,469         11,484         10,487   

Federal and state registration fees — Investor Class

       26,065         17,657         32,230   

Legal fees

       7,569         3,846         10,693   

Trustees’ fees

       19,400         9,659         24,142   

Interest

       4,204         2,390         6,149   

Audit fees

       27,651         27,897         27,651   

Other expenses

       23,068         7,408         11,085   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Expenses

       3,755,013         790,843         2,094,723   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

       (1,611,952      1,719,040         6,605,799   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):

          

Net realized gain on investments and foreign currency translations

          

Unaffiliated issuers

       20,035,191         407,021         40,074,870   

Change in unrealized depreciation on investments and foreign currency translations

       (17,578,392      (23,148      (26,646,790
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net gain on investments

       2,456,799         383,873         13,428,080   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

     $ 844,847       $ 2,102,913       $ 20,033,879   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

1  Net of $86,027, $0 and $0 in foreign withholding taxes, respectively.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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CORE GROWTH

FUND

    

EMERGING INDIA

FUND

 
     

Year Ended

September 30, 2015

    

Year Ended

September 30, 2014

    

Year Ended

September 30, 2015

    

Year Ended

September 30, 2014

 

Operations:

           

Net investment income (loss)

   $ (3,060,122    $ (6,177,677    $ (885,207    $ (176,149

Net realized gain (loss) on investments, foreign currency translations and foreign capital gains taxes

     134,651,115         27,736,790         1,404,976         364,946   

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, foreign currency translations
and deferred capital gains taxes

     (40,629,610      10,095,753         4,956,291         9,544,806   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     90,961,383         31,654,866         5,476,060         9,733,603   

Dividends paid from:

           

Investor Class

           

Net investment income

                     (29,439        

Net realized gains

     (22,822,588      (13,292,735                
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     (22,822,588      (13,292,735      (29,439        

Institutional Class

           

Net investment income

                               

Net realized gains

     (1,317,073      (446,532                
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     (1,317,073      (446,532                

Capital share transactions:

           

Investor Class

           

Shares sold

     257,284,741         115,859,006         53,513,984         24,342,312   

Shares issued to holders in reinvestment of dividends

     22,299,104         12,976,194         28,983           

Shares redeemed

     (190,917,065      (211,661,828      (39,349,330      (5,867,945

Redemption fees

     32,774         25,585         59,862         4,219   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     88,699,554         (82,801,043      14,253,499         18,478,586   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Institutional Class

           

Shares sold

     105,047,781         35,358,853                   

Shares issued to holders in reinvestment of dividends

     1,317,073         440,938                   

Shares redeemed

     (5,212,229      (6,736,116                

Redemption fees

     561         1,298                   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     101,153,186         29,064,973                   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     256,674,462         (35,820,471      19,700,120         28,212,189   

Net assets:

           

Beginning of period

     908,455,015         944,275,486         44,149,769         15,937,580   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 1,165,129,477       $ 908,455,015       $ 63,849,889       $ 44,149,769   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income (loss) included
in net assets at end of period

   $ (8,200,589    $ (5,205,477    $ (1,394,746    $ (374,508
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Capital share transactions — shares:

           

Investor Class

           

Shares sold

     4,323,060         2,145,922         17,696,899         9,809,678   

Shares issued to holders in reinvestment of dividends

     385,598         235,867         10,029           

Shares redeemed

     (3,235,178      (3,921,819      (13,093,287      (2,585,822
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

     1,473,480         (1,540,030      4,613,641         7,223,856   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Institutional Class

           

Shares sold

     1,739,883         657,897                   

Shares issued to holders in reinvestment of dividends

     22,720         7,998                   

Shares redeemed

     (86,771      (124,326                
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

     1,675,832         541,569                   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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EMERGING MARKETS

SELECT

FUND

   

EMERGING MARKETS

SMALL CAP

FUND

   

FRONTIER

EMERGING

SMALL COUNTRIES

FUND

 

Year Ended

September 30, 2015

   

Year Ended

September 30, 2014

   

Year Ended

September 30, 2015

   

Year Ended

September 30, 2014

   

Year Ended

September 30, 2015

   

Year Ended

September 30, 2014

 
         
$ (77,515   $ (13,125   $ (7,933,740   $ (4,636,032   $ 4,660,025      $ 8,757,360   

 

(4,968,701

    (599,872     (10,258,156     7,560,059        (37,208,268     16,000,201   

 

(4,625,817

    5,414,601        (134,735,257     71,426,344        (156,479,551     90,644,068   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  (9,672,033     4,801,604        (152,927,153     74,350,371        (189,027,794     115,401,629   
         
         
  (85,929     (21,719     (1,814,628            (6,526,410     (1,526,061
                       (38,681,435     (19,311,554       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  (85,929     (21,719     (1,814,628     (38,681,435     (25,837,964     (1,526,061
         
  (151,968     (64,529                            
                                       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  (151,968     (64,529                            
         
         
  7,293,767        11,991,899        180,971,456        347,159,450        490,118,465        717,734,281   
  85,177        21,418        1,494,676        32,124,819        24,103,894        1,410,893   
  (10,592,721     (17,169,685     (504,253,544     (742,856,437     (596,403,419     (239,125,817
  596        1,504        14,069        103,958        25,583        105,062   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  (3,213,181     (5,154,864     (321,773,343     (363,468,210     (82,155,477     480,124,419   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
         
  3,739,143        4,995,578                               
  151,968        63,952                               
  (11,784,081     (4,047,799                            
  4,245        82                               

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  (7,888,725     1,011,813                               

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  (21,011,836     572,305        (476,515,124     (327,799,274     (297,021,235     593,999,987   
         
  58,807,956        58,235,651        1,457,881,851        1,785,681,125        1,324,694,295        730,694,308   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
$ 37,796,120      $ 58,807,956      $ 981,366,727      $ 1,457,881,851      $ 1,027,673,060      $ 1,324,694,295   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

$

(277,867

  $ (45,607   $ (13,624,992   $ (10,619,495   $ 1,547,031      $ 6,400,383   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
         
         
  723,608        1,205,798        67,698,717        129,784,853        162,889,608        227,204,205   
  8,392        2,201        561,908        12,214,760        7,800,613        458,082   
  (1,085,598     (1,710,416     (190,175,016     (279,567,746     (198,903,713     (75,182,416

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  (353,598     (502,417     (121,914,391     (137,568,133     (28,213,492     152,479,871   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
         
  363,354        500,828                               
  14,899        6,539                               
  (1,202,260     (395,228                            

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  (824,007     112,139                               

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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     GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES
FUND
    

INTERNATIONAL GROWTH

FUND

 
      Year Ended
September 30, 2015
     Year Ended
September 30, 2014
     Year Ended
September 30, 2015
     Year Ended
September 30, 2014
 

Operations:

           

Net investment income (loss)

   $ (1,988,404    $ (1,764,940    $ (4,282,733    $ (877,249

Net realized gain (loss) on investments, foreign
currency translations and foreign capital gains taxes

     21,190,451         26,427,867         (15,787,782      15,327,889   

Net realized gain (loss) on options written

                               

Net realized loss on short positions

                               

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on
investments, options, securities sold short, foreign currency translations and deferred capital gains taxes

     (24,943,634      (16,328,571      77,362,244         (88,535,593
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     (5,741,587      8,334,356         57,291,729         (74,084,953

Dividends paid from:

           

Investor Class

           

Net investment income

     (470,408      (189,507      (284,964        

Net realized gains

     (26,548,276      (23,360,745      (8,896,949      (35,584,097
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     (27,018,684      (23,550,252      (9,181,913      (35,584,097

Institutional Class

           

Net investment income

                               

Net realized gains

                               
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                               

Capital share transactions:

           

Investor Class

           

Shares sold

     24,113,199         38,477,656         304,243,470         813,164,902   

Shares issued to holders in reinvestment of dividends

     26,821,337         23,300,598         8,765,593         32,446,727   

Shares redeemed

     (54,874,473      (74,373,069      (466,136,694      (641,869,274

Redemption fees

     3,950         14,624         26,761         81,566   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     (3,935,987      (12,580,191      (153,100,870      203,823,921   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Institutional Class

           

Shares sold

                               

Shares issued to holders in reinvestment of dividends

                               

Shares redeemed

                               

Redemption fees

                               
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

                               
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     (36,696,258      (27,796,087      (104,991,054      94,154,871   

Net assets:

           

Beginning of period

     192,664,150         220,460,237         1,421,086,142         1,326,931,271   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 155,967,892       $ 192,664,150       $ 1,316,095,088       $ 1,421,086,142   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income (loss) included
in net assets at end of period

   $ (2,258,540    $ (1,357,807    $ (4,649,406    $ (2,419,315
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Capital share transactions — shares:

           

Investor Class

           

Shares sold

     6,305,552         8,688,395         10,961,555         28,317,499   

Shares issued to holders in reinvestment of dividends

     7,229,471         5,368,811         333,419         1,128,974   

Shares redeemed

     (14,099,286      (17,155,917      (17,143,695      (22,521,529
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

     (564,263      (3,098,711      (5,848,721      6,924,944   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Institutional Class

           

Shares sold

                               

Shares issued to holders in reinvestment of dividends

                               

Shares redeemed

                               
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

                               
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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INTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
FUND
    LARGE CAP VALUE
FUND
    LONG/SHORT
FUND
 
Year Ended
September 30, 2015
    Year Ended
September 30, 2014
    Year Ended
September 30, 2015
    Year Ended
September 30, 2014
    Year Ended
September 30, 2015
    Year Ended
September 30, 2014
 
         
$ (1,455,524   $ (1,305,624   $ 4,417,033      $ 8,534,068      $ 3,700,470      $ 29,098,226   

 

22,684,497

  

    35,150,911        23,888,706        154,870,921        113,223,926        171,383,910   
                              (1,377,491     5,865,618   
                              (2,298,097     (37,870,789

 

(30,215,034

    906,191        (44,068,657     (83,122,286     (484,033,257     (43,861,459

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  (8,986,061     34,751,478        (15,762,918     80,282,703        (370,784,449     124,615,506   
         
         
                (4,717,198     (8,959,912     (13,117,322       
  (32,985,697     (18,321,459     (90,487,206     (220,160,713     (75,718,399     (35,737,283

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  (32,985,697     (18,321,459     (95,204,404     (229,120,625     (88,835,721     (35,737,283
         
                (58,397     (170,579     (10,613,371       
                (1,885,955     (3,657,318     (50,288,258     (19,002,705

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                (1,944,352     (3,827,897     (60,901,629     (19,002,705
         
         
  185,060,513        101,294,846        12,556,127        37,422,394        230,166,705        799,289,456   
  32,189,321        17,919,621        94,061,044        224,799,356        86,127,189        32,545,875   
  (61,450,925     (74,216,881     (160,845,016     (489,674,350     (1,090,754,118     (659,696,589
  8,758        15,807        3,511        17,989        43,449        24,288   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  155,807,667        45,013,393        (54,224,334     (227,434,611     (774,416,775     172,163,030   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
         
                213,244        612,575        168,746,062        322,177,847   
                1,934,190        3,810,756        58,822,477        18,483,415   
                (6,667,455     (9,439,909     (626,995,982     (167,604,694
                       27        74,853        29,540   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                (4,520,021     (5,016,551     (399,352,590     173,086,108   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  113,835,909        61,443,412        (171,656,029     (385,116,981     (1,694,291,164     415,124,656   
         
  339,659,217        278,215,805        417,237,012        802,353,993        2,719,275,052        2,304,150,396   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
$ 453,495,126      $ 339,659,217      $ 245,580,983      $ 417,237,012      $ 1,024,983,888      $ 2,719,275,052   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    
$
 
(710,582
 
  $ (20,725   $ (17,753   $ (22,352   $ 330,202      $ 20,796,346   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
         
         
  65,274,231        33,826,542        1,202,742        2,671,871        15,339,817        49,006,963   
  12,055,926        6,265,602        9,575,413        18,290,490        5,703,787        2,006,527   
  (21,478,869     (24,700,939     (15,418,721     (36,210,359     (75,345,316     (40,344,871

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  55,851,288        15,391,205        (4,640,566     (15,247,998     (54,301,712     10,668,619   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
         
                21,708        43,989        11,145,839        19,643,613   
                196,684        310,272        3,892,950        1,138,141   
                (681,797     (650,406     (44,674,081     (10,209,928

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                (463,405     (296,145     (29,635,292     10,571,826   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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WASATCH FUNDS — Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)  

 

 

 

    

MICRO CAP

FUND

    

MICRO CAP VALUE

FUND

 
     

Year Ended

September 30, 2015

    

Year Ended

September 30, 2014

    

Year Ended

September 30, 2015

    

Year Ended

September 30, 2014

 

Operations:

           

Net investment income (loss)

   $ (2,613,931    $ (5,477,220    $ (879,035    $ (2,353,762

Net realized gain on investments, foreign
currency translations and foreign capital gains taxes

     42,447,306         37,100,367         18,597,991         20,469,961   

Net realized gain on options written

                     272,422         1,322,199   

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, options, foreign currency translations and deferred capital gains taxes

     (30,582,373      (32,943,005      (2,960,212      (13,401,279
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     9,251,002         (1,319,858      15,031,166         6,037,119   

Dividends paid from:

           

Investor Class

           

Net investment income

     (57,541                        

Net realized gains

     (13,743,034              (21,640,698      (28,293,837
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     (13,800,575              (21,640,698      (28,293,837

Capital share transactions:

           

Investor Class

           

Shares sold

     8,870,349         19,894,352         18,213,412         30,540,367   

Shares issued to holders in reinvestment of dividends

     13,148,507                 21,205,896         27,559,024   

Shares redeemed

     (37,976,905      (47,941,399      (37,443,746      (43,540,916

Redemption fees

     3,154         7,491         2,428         11,225   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     (15,954,895      (28,039,556      1,977,990         14,569,700   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Institutional Class

           

Shares sold

                               

Shares redeemed

                               

Redemption fees

                               
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase

                               
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     (20,504,468      (29,359,414      (4,631,542      (7,687,018

Net assets:

           

Beginning of period

     293,815,311         323,174,725         158,800,406         166,487,424   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 273,310,843       $ 293,815,311       $ 154,168,864       $ 158,800,406   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income (loss) included in net assets at end of period

   $ (764,789    $ (4,090,280    $ 22,777       $ (680,747
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Capital share transactions — shares:

           

Investor Class

           

Shares sold

     1,119,278         2,556,405         6,134,016         9,343,898   

Shares issued to holders in reinvestment of dividends

     1,700,971                 7,655,558         8,612,195   

Shares redeemed

     (4,853,557      (6,167,148      (12,687,971      (13,712,525
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

     (2,033,308      (3,610,743      1,101,603         4,243,568   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Institutional Class

           

Shares sold

                               

Shares redeemed

                               
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase in shares outstanding

                               
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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SMALL CAP GROWTH

FUND

   

SMALL CAP VALUE

FUND

   

STRATEGIC INCOME

FUND

 

Year Ended

September 30, 2015

   

Year Ended

September 30, 2014

   

Year Ended

September 30, 2015

   

Year Ended

September 30, 2014

   

Year Ended

September 30, 2015

   

Year Ended

September 30, 2014

 
         
$ (17,146,891   $ (18,534,122   $ 2,406,464      $ (1,310,821   $ 2,881,370      $ 2,015,317   

 

339,817,590

  

    224,696,107        10,252,311        26,792,880        3,027,134        6,566,435   
                                       

 

(290,530,333

    (173,771,617     (5,669,868     (4,346,303     (15,972,843     3,882,627   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  32,140,366        32,390,368        6,988,907        21,135,756        (10,064,339     12,464,379   
         
         
                              (4,052,160     (2,306,293
  (210,961,388     (82,224,931                   (5,830,282     (993,476

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  (210,961,388     (82,224,931                   (9,882,442     (3,299,769
         
         
  306,525,902        342,634,806        42,777,490        99,914,166        67,443,100        34,399,605   
  202,491,582        77,677,538                      9,799,845        3,262,457   
  (549,309,702     (637,938,505     (57,465,289     (56,117,629     (63,607,687     (18,452,922
  63,180        67,655        12,491        35,940        14,686        4,988   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  (40,229,038     (217,558,506     (14,675,308     43,832,477        13,649,944        19,214,128   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
         
                11,214,884        409,846                 
                (2,892,431     (361,935              
                2,995                        

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                8,325,448        47,911                 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  (219,050,060     (267,393,069     639,047        65,016,144        (6,296,837     28,378,738   
         
  2,219,637,693        2,487,030,762        275,956,215        210,940,071        94,957,760        66,579,022   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
$ 2,000,587,633      $ 2,219,637,693      $ 276,595,262      $ 275,956,215      $ 88,660,923      $ 94,957,760   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

$

(12,167,564

  $ (11,643,426   $ 1,323,863      $ (1,019,565   $ 98,362      $ (126,326

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
         
         
  5,977,502        6,608,019        6,914,700        16,975,454        5,399,978        2,774,574   
  4,103,173        1,486,367                      806,797        269,033   
  (10,734,199     (12,384,521     (9,548,655     (9,716,502     (5,270,070     (1,537,984

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  (653,524     (4,290,135     (2,633,955     7,258,952        936,705        1,505,623   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
         
                1,844,006        67,540                 
                (450,381     (63,395              

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                1,393,625        4,145                 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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       ULTRA GROWTH
FUND
     WORLD INNOVATORS
FUND
 
        Year Ended
September 30, 2015
     Year Ended
September 30, 2014
     Year Ended
September 30, 2015
     Year Ended
September 30, 2014
 

Operations:

             

Net investment income (loss)

     $ (1,149,038    $ (1,339,513    $ (1,611,952    $ (2,638,098

Net realized gain (loss) on investments, foreign currency translations and foreign capital gains taxes

       9,017,957         31,334,090         20,035,191         27,258,295   

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, foreign currency translations and deferred capital gains taxes

       (3,043,910      (21,390,497      (17,578,392      (17,034,854
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

       4,825,009         8,604,080         844,847         7,585,343   

Dividends paid from:

             

Investor Class

             

Net investment income

       (50,881                        

Net realized gains

       (29,102,465      (10,009,711      (25,428,998      (14,888,675
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
       (29,153,346      (10,009,711      (25,428,998      (14,888,675

Capital share transactions:

             

Investor Class

             

Shares sold

       4,721,549         7,691,766         23,707,197         94,143,976   

Shares issued to holders in reinvestment of dividends

       28,117,008         9,777,591         23,823,818         13,963,650   

Shares redeemed

       (15,331,162      (64,930,348      (89,996,316      (114,430,418

Redemption fees

       2,527         2,841         10,860         25,794   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

       17,509,922         (47,458,150      (42,454,441      (6,296,998
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

       (6,818,415      (48,863,781      (67,038,592      (13,600,330

Net assets:

             

Beginning of period

       102,833,707         151,697,488         253,310,615         266,910,945   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

End of period

     $ 96,015,292       $ 102,833,707       $ 186,272,023       $ 253,310,615   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income (loss) included in net assets at end of period

     $ 1,796,075       $ 1,162,957       $ (854,667    $ (1,855,109
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Capital share transactions — shares:

             

Investor Class

             

Shares sold

       228,979         306,155         1,119,343         3,997,947   

Shares issued to holders in reinvestment of dividends

       1,481,402         391,104         1,171,279         595,464   

Shares redeemed

       (738,870      (2,526,727      (4,257,523      (4,922,563
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

       971,511         (1,829,468      (1,966,901      (329,152
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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INCOME
FUND
    U.S. TREASURY
FUND
 
Year Ended
September 30, 2015
    Year Ended
September 30, 2014
    Year Ended
September 30, 2015
    Year Ended
September 30, 2014
 
     
$ 1,719,040      $ 2,020,770      $ 6,605,799      $ 5,436,735   

 

407,021

  

    79,678        40,074,870        (5,386,264

 

(23,148

    132,168        (26,646,790     26,028,553   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  2,102,913        2,232,616        20,033,879        26,079,024   
     
     
  (1,693,986     (2,049,307     (6,608,427     (5,436,357
                         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  (1,693,986     (2,049,307     (6,608,427     (5,436,357
     
     
  19,309,510        15,034,005        263,443,321        80,288,379   
  1,594,129        1,993,127        6,348,154        5,215,126   
  (29,108,583     (30,750,807     (180,211,720     (74,727,614
  2,724        7,237        192,080        14,175   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  (8,202,220     (13,716,438     89,771,835        10,790,066   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  (7,793,293     (13,533,129     103,197,287        31,432,733   
     
  116,752,179        130,285,308        224,663,630        193,230,897   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
$ 108,958,886      $ 116,752,179      $ 327,860,917      $ 224,663,630   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

$

33,864

  

  $ 6,356      $ (20,881   $ 22,071   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     
     
  1,896,861        1,477,971        14,002,689        5,015,853   
  156,439        196,157        341,021        324,073   
  (2,856,744     (3,026,250     (9,698,391     (4,794,925

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  (803,444     (1,352,122     4,645,319        545,001   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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          Income (Loss) from
Investment Operations
                Less Distributions        
     Net Asset
Value
Beginning
of Period
    Net
Investment
Income (Loss)
    Net Realized
and Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
on Investments
    Total from
Investment
Operations
    Redemption
Fees
(See Note 2)
    Dividends
from Net
Investment
Income
    Distributions
from Net
Realized
Gains
    Total
Distributions
 

Core Growth Fund — Investor Class

  

         

Year ended 9/30/15

  $ 53.46        (0.14 )15      5.95        5.81        4             (1.44     (1.44

Year ended 9/30/14

  $ 52.49        (0.39     2.12        1.73        4             (0.76     (0.76

Year ended 9/30/13

  $ 41.41        (0.12     11.19        11.07        0.01                        

Year ended 9/30/12

  $ 32.63        (0.26     9.04        8.78        4                      

Year ended 9/30/11

  $ 29.95        (0.19     2.87        2.68        4                      

Core Growth Fund — Institutional Class

  

         

Year ended 9/30/15

  $ 53.58        0.06        5.79        5.85        4             (1.44     (1.44

Year ended 9/30/14

  $ 52.57        (0.23     2.00        1.77        4             (0.76     (0.76

Year ended 9/30/13

  $ 41.44        (0.07     11.20        11.13        4                      

Period ended 9/30/128

  $ 38.32        (0.16     3.28        3.12                               

Emerging India Fund

               

Year ended 9/30/15

  $ 2.73        (0.04     0.38        0.34        4      4             4 

Year ended 9/30/14

  $ 1.78        (— )4      0.95        0.95        4                      

Year ended 9/30/13

  $ 2.02        (0.01     (0.23     (0.24     4                      

Year ended 9/30/12

  $ 1.83        (0.01     0.21        0.20        4      (0.01            (0.01

Period ended 9/30/1110

  $ 2.00        4      (0.17     (0.17     4                      

Emerging Markets Select Fund — Investor Class

  

           

Year ended 9/30/15

  $ 10.31        (0.04     (1.89     (1.93     4      (0.03            (0.03

Year ended 9/30/14

  $ 9.56        (0.01     0.77        0.76        4      (0.01            (0.01

Period ended 9/30/1313

  $ 10.00        4      (0.44     (0.44     4                      

Emerging Markets Select Fund — Institutional Class

  

           

Year ended 9/30/15

  $ 10.37        (0.03     (1.88     (1.91     4      (0.05            (0.05

Year ended 9/30/14

  $ 9.61        4      0.78        0.78        4      (0.02            (0.02

Period ended 9/30/1314

  $ 10.00        (— )4      (0.39     (0.39     4                      

Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund

  

         

Year ended 9/30/15

  $ 2.74        (0.03     (0.32     (0.35     4      4             4 

Year ended 9/30/14

  $ 2.67        (0.01     0.14        0.13        4             (0.06     (0.06

Year ended 9/30/13

  $ 2.66        0.01        0.01        0.02        4      (0.01            (0.01

Year ended 9/30/12

  $ 2.16        0.01        0.49        0.50        4                      

Year ended 9/30/11

  $ 2.37        4      (0.21     (0.21     4      4             4 

Frontier Emerging Small Countries Fund

  

       

Year ended 9/30/15

  $ 3.32        0.02        (0.50     (0.48     4      (0.02     (0.05     (0.07

Year ended 9/30/14

  $ 2.97        0.03        0.33        0.36        4      (0.01            (0.01

Year ended 9/30/13

  $ 2.41        0.01        0.55        0.56        4      4      4      4 

Period ended 9/30/129

  $ 2.00        0.01        0.40        0.41        4                      

Global Opportunities Fund

               

Year ended 9/30/15

  $ 4.28        (0.05     (0.08     (0.13     4      (0.01     (0.63     (0.64

Year ended 9/30/14

  $ 4.58        (0.05     0.23        0.18        4      4      (0.48     (0.48

Year ended 9/30/13

  $ 4.15        (0.02     0.93        0.91        4             (0.48     (0.48

Year ended 9/30/12

  $ 3.68        (0.03     0.93        0.90        4             (0.43     (0.43

Year ended 9/30/11

  $ 3.97        (0.02     (0.13     (0.15     4             (0.14     (0.14

International Growth Fund

               

Year ended 9/30/15

  $ 26.78        (0.09     1.39        1.30        4      (0.01     (0.19     (0.20

Year ended 9/30/14

  $ 28.76        (0.02     (1.24     (1.26     4             (0.72     (0.72

Year ended 9/30/13

  $ 22.44        0.07        6.32        6.39        0.01        (0.08            (0.08

Year ended 9/30/12

  $ 17.21        0.09        5.14        5.23        4                      

Year ended 9/30/11

  $ 18.66        4      (1.46     (1.46     0.01                        

International Opportunities Fund

  

         

Year ended 9/30/15

  $ 3.09        (0.01     (0.04     (0.05     4             (0.30     (0.30

Year ended 9/30/14

  $ 2.94        (0.01     0.33        0.32        4             (0.17     (0.17

Year ended 9/30/13

  $ 2.41        (— )4      0.53        0.53        4                      

Year ended 9/30/12

  $ 2.24        4      0.44        0.44        4             (0.27     (0.27

Year ended 9/30/11

  $ 2.57        (0.01     (0.25     (0.26     4             (0.07     (0.07

Large Cap Value Fund — Investor Class

  

           

Year ended 9/30/15

  $ 12.69        0.15        (0.69     (0.54     4      (0.16     (3.15     (3.31

Year ended 9/30/14

  $ 16.57        0.21        1.49        1.70        4      (0.22     (5.36     (5.58

Year ended 9/30/13

  $ 14.31        0.22        2.37        2.59        4      (0.20     (0.13     (0.33

Year ended 9/30/12

  $ 11.85        0.20        2.46        2.66        4      (0.20            (0.20

Year ended 9/30/11

  $ 12.64        0.17        (0.79     (0.62     4      (0.17            (0.17

See Notes to Financial Highlights and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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            Ratios to Average Net Assets     Supplemental Data  
Net Asset
Value
End of
Period
    Total Return (%)1     Expenses
Net of
Waivers and
Reimbursements (%)2
    Expenses
Before
Waivers and
Reimbursements (%)2
    Net Investment
Income Net of
Waivers and
Reimbursements (%)2
    Net Investment
Income Before
Waivers and
Reimbursements (%)2
    Net Assets
End of
Period
(000s)
    Portfolio
Turnover
Rate1 3
 
             
$ 57.83        10.87        1.17 5      1.17 5      (0.29 )15      (0.29 )15    $ 1,014,515        39%   
$ 53.46        3.26        1.18 5      1.18 5      (0.64     (0.64   $ 859,086        26%   
$ 52.49        26.76        1.21 5      1.21 5      (0.39     (0.39   $ 924,304        16%   
$ 41.41        26.91        1.23 5      1.23 5      (0.70     (0.70   $ 581,371        28%   
$ 32.63        8.95        1.22        1.22        (0.57     (0.57   $ 433,294        27%   
             
$ 57.99        10.94        1.12 5      1.13 5      (0.29 )15      (0.30 )15    $ 150,614        39%   
$ 53.58        3.31        1.13 5      1.19 5      (0.59     (0.65 )5    $ 49,369        26%   
$ 52.57        26.86        1.12 5      1.32 5      (0.32     (0.52 )5    $ 19,971        16%   
$ 41.44        8.14        1.12 5      1.55 5      (0.62     (1.05   $ 9,101        28%   
             
$ 3.07        12.51        1.95 5      2.12 5      (1.38     (1.55   $ 63,850        36%   
$ 2.73        53.37        1.96 5      2.58 5      (0.76     (1.38   $ 44,150        13%   
$ 1.78        (11.88     1.95 5      2.99 5      (0.99     (2.03   $ 15,938        40%   
$ 2.02        11.42        1.95 5      3.41 5      (0.65     (2.11   $ 13,658        17%   
$ 1.83        (8.50     1.95        4.85        (0.07     (2.97   $ 10,580        2%   
             
$ 8.35        (18.81     1.70 6      2.00 6      (0.23     (0.53   $ 18,527        46%   
$ 10.31        7.92        1.69 5      1.88 5      (0.09     (0.28   $ 26,502        59%   
$ 9.56        (4.40     1.69 5      2.40 5      0.04        (0.67   $ 29,374        43%   
             
$ 8.41        (18.67     1.51 6      1.77 6      (0.06     (0.32   $ 19,270        46%   
$ 10.37        8.13        1.51 5      1.71 5      0.05        (0.15   $ 32,306        59%   
$ 9.61        (3.90     1.50 5      2.21 5      (0.18     (0.89   $ 28,861        43%   
             
$ 2.39        (12.65     1.95 5      2.01 5      (0.63     (0.69   $ 981,367        59%   
$ 2.74        4.90        1.95 5      2.02 5      (0.28     (0.35   $ 1,457,882        55%   
$ 2.67        0.85        1.95 5      2.06 5      0.21        0.09      $ 1,785,681        41%   
$ 2.66        23.15        1.95 5      2.13 5      0.29        0.11      $ 1,482,265        39%   
$ 2.16        (8.85     1.96        2.19        0.22        (0.01   $ 774,198        48%   
             
$ 2.77        (14.88     2.25 5      2.28 5      0.39        0.36      $ 1,027,673        34%   
$ 3.32        11.97        2.24 5      2.24 5      0.79        0.79      $ 1,324,694        22%   
$ 2.97        22.88        2.25 5      2.43 5      0.81        0.63      $ 730,694        13%   
$ 2.41        20.50        2.25 5      3.64 5      1.31        (0.08   $ 33,045        5%   
             
$ 3.51        (3.88     1.81 5      1.81 5      (1.10     (1.10   $ 155,968        54%   
$ 4.28        3.94        1.78 5      1.78 5      (0.83     (0.83   $ 192,664        42%   
$ 4.58        24.23        1.80 5      1.80 5      (0.70     (0.70   $ 220,460        43%   
$ 4.15        26.69        1.84 5      1.84 5      (0.61     (0.61   $ 153,582        38%   
$ 3.68        (4.21     1.94        1.94        (0.41     (0.41   $ 199,855        59%   
             
$ 27.88        4.83        1.50 5      1.50 5      (0.32     (0.32   $ 1,316,095        46%   
$ 26.78        (4.53     1.46 5      1.46 5      (0.06     (0.06   $ 1,421,086        42%   
$ 28.76        28.63        1.49 5      1.49 5      0.25        0.25      $ 1,326,931        44%   
$ 22.44        30.39        1.57 6      1.57 6      0.51        0.51      $ 434,824        44%   
$ 17.21        (7.77     1.66        1.66        (0.01     (0.01   $ 281,481        70%   
             
$ 2.74        (1.44     2.25 5      2.43 5      (0.36     (0.54   $ 453,495        25%   
$ 3.09        11.53        2.25 5      2.41 5      (0.40     (0.56   $ 339,659        38%   
$ 2.94        21.99        2.25 5      2.42 5      (0.03     (0.20   $ 278,216        49%   
$ 2.41        22.33        2.25 6      2.48 6      (0.16     (0.39   $ 194,563        41%   
$ 2.24        (10.49     2.25        2.55        (0.58     (0.88   $ 151,569        108%   
             
$ 8.84        (6.61     1.10 5      1.12 5      1.34        1.32      $ 244,056        39%   
$ 12.69        11.78        1.11 5 11      1.12 5 11      1.38        1.37      $ 409,169        53%   
$ 16.57        18.40        1.10 5      1.16 5      1.27        1.21      $ 786,910        47%   
$ 14.31        22.50        1.10 5      1.15 5      1.42        1.37      $ 1,298,365        14%   
$ 11.85        (5.08     1.10        1.11        1.24        1.23      $ 1,546,471        26%   

 

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          Income (Loss) from
Investment Operations
                Less Distributions        
     Net Asset
Value
Beginning
of Period
    Net
Investment
Income (Loss)
    Net Realized
and Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
on Investments
    Total from
Investment
Operations
    Redemption
Fees
(See Note 2)
    Dividends
from Net
Investment
Income
    Distributions
from Net
Realized
Gains
    Total
Distributions
 

Large Cap Value Fund — Institutional Class

  

           

Year ended 9/30/15

  $ 12.69        (0.04     (0.49     (0.53     4      (0.17     (3.15     (3.32

Year ended 9/30/14

  $ 16.57        0.20        1.52        1.72        4      (0.24     (5.36     (5.60

Year ended 9/30/13

  $ 14.31        0.22        2.39        2.61        4      (0.22     (0.13     (0.35

Period ended 9/30/128

  $ 13.77        0.12        0.57        0.69        4      (0.15            (0.15

Long/Short Fund — Investor Class

  

         

Year ended 9/30/15

  $ 16.29        0.02        (3.00     (2.98     4      (0.14     (0.81     (0.95

Year ended 9/30/14

  $ 15.82        0.17        0.65        0.82        4             (0.35     (0.35

Year ended 9/30/13

  $ 13.66        (0.04     2.23        2.19        4             (0.03     (0.03

Year ended 9/30/12

  $ 11.85        (0.02     1.83        1.81        4                      

Year ended 9/30/11

  $ 11.74        (0.04     0.16        0.12        4      (0.01            (0.01

Long/Short Fund — Institutional Class

  

         

Year ended 9/30/15

  $ 16.32        0.06        (3.02     (2.96     4      (0.17     (0.81     (0.98

Year ended 9/30/14

  $ 15.83        0.18        0.66        0.84        4             (0.35     (0.35

Period ended 9/30/1314

  $ 13.80        (0.01     2.07        2.06        4             (0.03     (0.03

Micro Cap Fund

  

         

Year ended 9/30/15

  $ 7.36        (0.08 )16      0.28        0.20        4      4      (0.35     (0.35

Year ended 9/30/14

  $ 7.42        (0.14     0.08        (0.06     4                      

Year ended 9/30/13

  $ 5.71        (0.10     1.81        1.71        4                      

Year ended 9/30/12

  $ 4.40        (0.09     1.40        1.31        4                      

Year ended 9/30/11

  $ 4.44        (0.06     0.02        (0.04     4                      

Micro Cap Value Fund

  

         

Year ended 9/30/15

  $ 3.02        (0.02 )17      0.31        0.29        4             (0.44     (0.44

Year ended 9/30/14

  $ 3.45        (0.04     0.18        0.14        4             (0.57     (0.57

Year ended 9/30/13

  $ 2.85        (0.03     0.91        0.88        4             (0.28     (0.28

Year ended 9/30/12

  $ 2.24        (0.04     0.65        0.61        4                      

Year ended 9/30/11

  $ 2.38        (0.04     (0.10     (0.14     4                      

Small Cap Growth Fund

  

         

Year ended 9/30/15

  $ 50.25        (0.40     0.93        0.53        4             (4.81     (4.81

Year ended 9/30/14

  $ 51.31        (0.41     1.03        0.62        4             (1.68     (1.68

Year ended 9/30/13

  $ 43.82        (0.15     10.53        10.38        4             (2.89     (2.89

Year ended 9/30/12

  $ 35.37        (0.29     10.40        10.11        4             (1.66     (1.66

Year ended 9/30/11

  $ 34.24        (0.13     1.26        1.13        4                      

Small Cap Value Fund — Investor Class

  

         

Year ended 9/30/15

  $ 5.69        0.05 18      0.12        0.17        4                      

Year ended 9/30/14

  $ 5.12        (0.02     0.59        0.57        4                      

Year ended 9/30/13

  $ 3.81        (0.01     1.32        1.31        4                      

Year ended 9/30/12

  $ 3.12        (0.03     0.72        0.69        4                      

Year ended 9/30/11

  $ 3.08        (0.02     0.06        0.04        4                      

Small Cap Value Fund — Institutional Class

  

         

Year ended 9/30/15

  $ 5.72        0.05 18      0.11        0.16        4                      

Year ended 9/30/14

  $ 5.14        (0.03     0.61        0.58                               

Year ended 9/30/13

  $ 3.82        (0.01     1.33        1.32        4                      

Period ended 9/30/128

  $ 3.68        (0.01     0.15        0.14                               

Strategic Income Fund

  

         

Year ended 9/30/15

  $ 12.63        0.30        (1.38     (1.08     4      (0.44     (0.62     (1.06

Year ended 9/30/14

  $ 11.08        0.32        1.74        2.06        4      (0.35     (0.16     (0.51

Year ended 9/30/13

  $ 9.30        0.33        1.78        2.11        4      (0.33            (0.33

Year ended 9/30/12

  $ 7.57        0.16        1.77        1.93        4      (0.20            (0.20

Year ended 9/30/11

  $ 7.51        0.25        0.06        0.31        4      (0.25            (0.25

Ultra Growth Fund

  

         

Year ended 9/30/15

  $ 23.67        (0.26     1.54        1.28        4      (0.01     (6.88     (6.89

Year ended 9/30/14

  $ 24.57        (0.06     0.80        0.74        4             (1.64     (1.64

Year ended 9/30/13

  $ 22.83        (0.15     4.96        4.81        4             (3.07     (3.07

Year ended 9/30/12

  $ 20.11        (0.08     3.98        3.90        4             (1.18     (1.18

Year ended 9/30/11

  $ 19.80        (0.17     0.48        0.31        4                      

World Innovators Fund

  

         

Year ended 9/30/15

  $ 22.62        (0.21     0.30        0.09        4             (2.54     (2.54

Year ended 9/30/14

  $ 23.15        (0.24     0.91        0.67        4             (1.20     (1.20

Year ended 9/30/13

  $ 18.55        (0.12     4.72        4.60        4                      

Year ended 9/30/12

  $ 14.71        (0.12     3.96        3.84        4                      

Year ended 9/30/11

  $ 13.65        (0.13     1.19        1.06        4                      

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            Ratios to Average Net Assets     Supplemental Data  
Net Asset
Value
End of
Period
    Total Return (%)1     Expenses
Net of
Waivers and
Reimbursements (%)2
    Expenses
Before
Waivers and
Reimbursements (%)2
    Net Investment
Income Net of
Waivers and
Reimbursements (%)2
    Net Investment
Income Before
Waivers and
Reimbursements (%)2
    Net Assets
End of
Period
(000s)
    Portfolio
Turnover
Rate1 3
 
             
$ 8.84        (6.50     0.98 5      1.44 5      1.40        0.94      $ 1,525        39%   
$ 12.69        11.95        0.98 5      1.25 5      1.52        1.25      $ 8,068        53%   
$ 16.57        18.54        0.98 5      1.35 5      1.37        1.00      $ 15,444        47%   
$ 14.31        5.02        0.98 5      1.31 5      1.44        1.11      $ 15,511        14%   
             
$ 12.36        (19.33     1.61 7      1.61 7      0.12        0.12      $ 616,192        44%   
$ 16.29        5.21        1.53 7 12      1.53 7 12      1.05        1.05      $ 1,696,707        47%   
$ 15.82        16.09        1.51 7      1.51 7      (0.22     (0.22   $ 1,479,371        47%   
$ 13.66        15.27        1.51 7      1.51 7      (0.20     (0.20   $ 1,537,220        71%   
$ 11.85        0.98        1.63 7      1.63 7      (0.44     (0.44   $ 833,298        82%   
             
$ 12.38        (19.19     1.47 7      1.47 7      0.25        0.25      $ 408,792        44%   
$ 16.32        5.33        1.42 7      1.42 7      1.18        1.18      $ 1,022,568        47%   
$ 15.83        14.99        1.39 7      1.40 7      (0.16     (0.17   $ 824,780        47%   
             
$ 7.21        2.45        1.90 5      1.90 5      (0.85 )16      (0.85 )16    $ 273,311        31%   
$ 7.36        (0.81     1.97        1.97        (1.67     (1.67   $ 293,815        26%   
$ 7.42        29.95        2.13 5      2.13 5      (1.28     (1.28   $ 323,175        17%   
$ 5.71        29.77        2.14 5      2.14 5      (1.50     (1.50   $ 289,449        25%   
$ 4.40        (0.90     2.14        2.14        (1.05     (1.05   $ 253,415        30%   
             
$ 2.87        9.99        1.96 6      2.02 6      (0.55 )17      (0.61 )17    $ 154,169        53%   
$ 3.02        3.26        2.03 5      2.09 5      (1.31     (1.37   $ 158,800        71%   
$ 3.45        33.92        2.25 5      2.25 5      (0.92     (0.92   $ 166,487        66%   
$ 2.85        27.23        2.25 5      2.31 5      (1.27     (1.33   $ 138,299        78%   
$ 2.24        (5.88     2.25        2.28        (1.21     (1.24   $ 142,795        94%   
             
$ 45.97        0.39        1.22 5      1.22 5      (0.75     (0.75   $ 2,000,588        31%   
$ 50.25        1.09        1.21 5      1.21 5      (0.75     (0.75   $ 2,219,638        23%   
$ 51.31        25.34        1.23 5      1.23 5      (0.42     (0.42   $ 2,487,031        10%   
$ 43.82        29.41        1.24 5      1.24 5      (0.73     (0.73   $ 1,824,781        20%   
$ 35.37        3.30        1.23        1.23        (0.32     (0.32   $ 1,297,982        23%   
             
$ 5.86        2.99        1.21 5      1.21 5      0.82 18      0.82 18    $ 257,655        57%   
$ 5.69        11.13        1.20 5      1.20 5      (0.52     (0.52   $ 265,521        50%   
$ 5.12        34.38        1.26 5      1.27 5      (0.21     (0.22   $ 201,581        40%   
$ 3.81        22.12        1.46 5      1.46 5      (0.73     (0.73   $ 166,330        55%   
$ 3.12        1.30        1.78        1.78        (0.65     (0.65   $ 169,401        46%   
             
$ 5.88        2.97        1.15 5      1.20 5      0.92 18      0.87 18    $ 18,941        57%   
$ 5.72        11.28        1.15 5      1.44 5      (0.49     (0.78   $ 10,436        50%   
$ 5.14        34.55        1.15 5      1.46 5      (0.11     (0.42   $ 9,359        40%   
$ 3.82        3.80        1.15 5      1.66 5      (0.42     (0.93   $ 7,243        55%   
             
$ 10.49        (9.54     0.95 5      0.95 5      2.51        2.51      $ 88,661        78%   
$ 12.63        18.94        0.95 5      0.96 5      2.59        2.58      $ 94,958        69%   
$ 11.08        23.01        0.95 5      1.06 5      3.16        3.05      $ 66,579        54%   
$ 9.30        25.61        0.95 5      1.14 5      1.74        1.55      $ 44,635        57%   
$ 7.57        3.94        0.95        1.21        2.99        2.73      $ 24,057        62%   
             
$ 18.06        4.02        1.31 5      1.31 5      (1.06     (1.06   $ 96,015        38%   
$ 23.67        2.66        1.26 5      1.26 5      (1.00     (1.00   $ 102,834        38%   
$ 24.57        24.52        1.29 5      1.29 5      (0.64     (0.64   $ 151,697        25%   
$ 22.83        20.13        1.32 5      1.32 5      (0.35     (0.35   $ 143,259        43%   
$ 20.11        1.57        1.42        1.42        (0.51     (0.51   $ 134,203        60%   
             
$ 20.17        0.32        1.76 5      1.76 5      (0.76     (0.76   $ 186,272        100%   
$ 22.62        2.69        1.73 5      1.73 5      (0.89     (0.89   $ 253,311        111%   
$ 23.15        24.80        1.77 5      1.79 5      (0.84     (0.86   $ 266,911        84%   
$ 18.55        26.10        1.85 5      1.85 5      (0.99     (0.99   $ 167,934        66%   
$ 14.71        7.77        1.95        1.95        (0.84     (0.84   $ 72,493        85%   

 

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          Income (Loss) from
Investment Operations
                Less Distributions        
     Net Asset
Value
Beginning
of Period
    Net
Investment
Income (Loss)
    Net Realized
and Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
on Investments
    Total from
Investment
Operations
    Redemption
Fees
(See Note 2)
    Dividends
from Net
Investment
Income
    Distributions
from Net
Realized
Gains
    Total
Distributions
 

Income Fund

               

Year ended 9/30/15

  $ 10.15        0.16        0.03        0.19        4      (0.16            (0.16

Year ended 9/30/14

  $ 10.13        0.17        0.02        0.19        4      (0.17            (0.17

Year ended 9/30/13

  $ 10.44        0.17        (0.31     (0.14            (0.17            (0.17

Year ended 9/30/12

  $ 10.32        0.20        0.12        0.32        4      (0.20            (0.20

Year ended 9/30/11

  $ 10.34        0.25        (0.02     0.23        4      (0.25            (0.25

U.S. Treasury Fund

               

Year ended 9/30/15

  $ 17.08        0.38        1.33        1.71        0.01        (0.38            (0.38

Year ended 9/30/14

  $ 15.33        0.45        1.75        2.20        4      (0.45            (0.45

Year ended 9/30/13

  $ 18.75        0.44        (3.08     (2.64     0.01        (0.44     (0.35     (0.79

Year ended 9/30/12

  $ 18.75        0.42        0.77        1.19        0.01        (0.42     (0.78     (1.20

Year ended 9/30/11

  $ 17.17        0.52        2.63        3.15        0.02        (0.52     (1.07     (1.59

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            Ratios to Average Net Assets     Supplemental Data  
Net Asset
Value
End of
Period
    Total Return (%)1     Expenses
Net of
Waivers and
Reimbursements (%)2
    Expenses
Before
Waivers and
Reimbursements (%)2
    Net Investment
Income Net of
Waivers and
Reimbursements (%)2
    Net Investment
Income Before
Waivers and
Reimbursements (%)2
    Net Assets
End of
Period
(000s)
    Portfolio
Turnover
Rate1 3
 
             
$ 10.18        1.87        0.72 5      0.72 5      1.57        1.57      $ 108,959        44%   
$ 10.15        1.91        0.70 5      0.70 5      1.66        1.66      $ 116,752        13%   
$ 10.13        (1.34     0.71        0.71        1.67        1.67      $ 130,285        35%   
$ 10.44        3.16        0.70 5      0.70 5      1.97        1.97      $ 139,186        48%   
$ 10.32        2.26        0.71        0.71        2.42        2.42      $ 135,617        43%   
             
$ 18.42        10.09        0.67 5      0.67 5      2.12        2.12      $ 327,861        131%   
$ 17.08        14.54        0.70 5      0.70 5      2.77        2.77      $ 224,664        28%   
$ 15.33        (14.43     0.71 5      0.71 5      2.46        2.46      $ 193,231        34%   
$ 18.75        6.66        0.72 5      0.72 5      2.33        2.33      $ 271,495        13%   
$ 18.75        22.06        0.75        0.76        3.44        3.43      $ 187,368        44%   

 

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  1 Not annualized for periods less than one year.

 

  2 Annualized for periods less than one year.

 

  3 Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis of the Fund as a whole without distinguishing between the classes of shares issued.

 

  4 Represents amounts less than $.005 per share.

 

  5 Includes interest expense of less than 0.005%.

 

  6 Includes interest expenses of more than 0.005%.

 

  7 Includes interest expense and dividend payments for securities sold short. The ratios excluding such expenses are listed below:

 

     Expenses Net of
Waivers and
Reimbursements2
   Expenses Before
Waivers and
Reimbursements2

Long/Short Fund — Investor Class

         

Year ended 9/30/15

       1.30%          1.30%  

Year ended 9/30/14

       1.27%          1.27%  

Year ended 9/30/13

       1.28%          1.28%  

Year ended 9/30/12

       1.27%          1.27%  

Year ended 9/30/11

       1.30%          1.30%  

Long/Short Fund — Institutional Class

         

Year ended 9/30/15

       1.16%          1.16%  

Year ended 9/30/14

       1.16%          1.16%  

Period ended 9/30/1314

       1.17%          1.18%  

 

  8 Institutional class inception date was January 31, 2012.

 

  9 Fund inception date was January 31, 2012.

 

10 Fund inception date was April 26, 2011.

 

11 Includes extraordinary expenses of 0.01% (see Note 7).

 

12 Includes extraordinary expenses of less than 0.01% (see Note 7).

 

13 Fund inception date was December 13, 2012.

 

14 Institutional class inception date was December 13, 2012.

 

15  Investment Income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $0.17 and $0.08 per share for the Investor Class and Institutional Class, respectively. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been as follows:

 

     Investor Class   Institutional Class

Net Investment Income

        

Net of Waivers and Reimbursements

       (0.58 )%       (0.59 )%

Net Investment Income

        

Before Waivers and Reimbursements

       (0.58 )%       (0.60 )%

 

16  Investment Income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $0.04 per share. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (1.40)%.

 

17  Investment Income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $0.01. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (1.04)% for Net Investment Income Net of Waivers and Reimbursements and (1.10)% for Net Investment Income Before Waivers and Reimbursements.

 

18  Investment Income per share reflects a large, non-recurring dividend which amounted to $0.05 and $0.05 per share for the Investor Class and Institutional Class, respectively. Excluding this non-recurring dividend, the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been as follows:

 

     Investor Class   Institutional Class

Net Investment Income

        

Net of Waivers and Reimbursements

       (0.00 )%19       0.10%  

Net Investment Income

        

Before Waivers and Reimbursements

       (0.00 )%19       0.05%  

 

19  Amount is less than 0.005%.

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1. ORGANIZATION

Wasatch Funds Trust (the “Trust”) is a Massachusetts business trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company and consists of 19 series or funds (each a “Fund” and collectively the “Funds”). The Core Growth Fund, Emerging India Fund, Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund, Frontier Emerging Small Countries Fund, Global Opportunities Fund, International Growth Fund, International Opportunities Fund, Large Cap Value Fund, Long/Short Fund, Micro Cap Fund, Micro Cap Value Fund, Small Cap Growth Fund, Small Cap Value Fund, Strategic Income Fund, Ultra Growth Fund, World Innovators Fund, Wasatch-1st Source Income Fund (“Income Fund”) (sub-advised), and Wasatch-Hoisington U.S. Treasury Fund (“U.S. Treasury Fund”) (sub-advised) are each diversified funds. The Emerging Markets Select Fund is a non-diversified fund. Each Fund maintains its own investment objective(s). The Heritage Growth Fund was liquidated on April 30, 2015.

On November 9, 2011, the Trust re-designated the shares of the Funds into Investor Class shares effective January 31, 2012, and authorized and designated a new Institutional Class of shares in the Funds. Currently five funds offer Institutional Class shares: Core Growth Fund, Large Cap Value Fund and Small Cap Value Fund, which commenced operations on January 31, 2012, as well as the Emerging Markets Select Fund and Long/Short Fund, which commenced operations on December 13, 2012. Each class of shares for each Fund has identical rights and privileges except with respect to purchase minimums, distribution and service charges, shareholder services, voting rights on matters affecting a single class of shares, and the exchange and conversion features. The Funds have entered into an investment advisory agreement with Wasatch Advisors, Inc. (the “Advisor” or “Wasatch”) as investment advisor.

The Core Growth, Emerging India, Emerging Markets Select, Emerging Markets Small Cap, Frontier Emerging Small Countries, Global Opportunities, International Growth, International Opportunities, Large Cap Value, Long/Short, Micro Cap, Micro Cap Value, Small Cap Growth, Small Cap Value, Strategic Income, Ultra Growth and World Innovators Funds are referred to herein as the “Equity Funds.”

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The following is a summary of significant policies related to investments of the Funds held at September 30, 2015. These policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”).

Valuation of Securities — All investments in securities are recorded at their estimated fair value as described in Note 14.

Foreign Currency Translations — Values of investments denominated in foreign currencies are converted into U.S. dollars using the current exchange rates each business day

(generally 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time). Purchases and sales of investments and dividend income are translated into U.S. dollars using the current prevailing exchange rate on the transaction date. The effect of changes in foreign exchange rates on realized and unrealized gains or losses on securities is reflected as a component of such gains or losses. Transactions in foreign denominated assets may involve greater risks than domestic transactions.

Investment in Securities and Related Investment Income — Security transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Gains or losses on securities sold are determined on the identified cost basis. Dividend income and distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date except that certain dividends from foreign securities may be recorded after the ex-dividend date based on when the Fund is informed of the dividend. Interest income and estimated expenses are accrued daily. Bond discount and premiums are amortized using the interest method. To the extent dividends received include return of capital or capital gain distributions; such distributions are recorded as a reduction to cost of the related security or as realized gain/loss.

Expenses — The Funds contract for various services on a collective basis. Most expenses are directly attributable to each Fund and therefore are charged accordingly. Expenses that are not directly attributable to one or more Funds are allocated among applicable Funds on an equitable and consistent basis considering such things as the nature and type of expense and the relative net assets of the Funds.

Use of Management Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported changes in net assets during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Guarantees and Indemnifications — In the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts that contain a variety of representations and warranties which provide general indemnifications. The maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Funds and/or their affiliates that have not yet occurred. Based on experience, however, the risk of loss is expected to be remote.

Redemption Fees — The Funds deduct a fee of 2.00% from redemption proceeds on shares of the Funds held 60 days or less. Redemption fees retained by the Funds are credited to additional paid-in capital.

New Accounting Pronouncements — In May 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU 2015-07 entitled Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820) — Disclosures for Investments in Certain Entities That Calculate Net Asset Value per Share (or Its Equivalent) which is intended to address the diversity in practice of how investments measured at net asset value with redemption dates in the future (including periodic redemption dates) are categorized within the fair value hierarchy. The FASB guidance allows reporting entities to exclude investments measured at net asset value (NAV) per share under the existing practical

 

 

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expedient in ASC 820 from the fair value hierarchy. ASU 2015-07 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods in fiscal years that begin after December 15, 2015. At this time, management is evaluating the implications of ASU 2015-07 and its impact to financial statements.

Other — Income, expenses, and realized and unrealized gains or losses on investments are generally allocated to each class of shares based on its relative net assets, except that each class separately bears expenses related specifically to that class, such as certain shareholder servicing fees.

3. SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS

Repurchase Agreements — The Funds may engage in repurchase transactions. Under the terms of a typical repurchase agreement, a fund takes possession of an underlying debt obligation subject to an obligation of the seller to repurchase and the fund to resell the obligation at an agreed upon price and time. The market value of the collateral must be at least equal at all times to the total amount of the repurchase obligation, including interest. Generally, in the event of counterparty default, the fund has the right to use the collateral to offset losses incurred. Refer to Note 15 (Offsetting) for more information about the offsetting of assets and liabilities.

Short Sales — The Long/Short Fund and to a lesser extent the other Equity Funds may enter into short sales whereby a fund sells a security it generally does not own (the security is borrowed), in anticipation of a decline in the security’s price. The initial amount of a short sale is recorded as a liability which is marked-to-market daily. Fluctuations in the value of the short liability are recorded as unrealized gains or losses. If a Fund shorts a security when also holding a long position in the security (a “short against the box”), as the security’s price declines, the short position increases in value, offsetting the long position’s decrease in value. The opposite effect occurs if the security’s price rises. A Fund realizes a gain or loss upon closing of the short sale (returning the security to the counterparty by way of purchase or delivery of a long position owned). Possible losses from short sales may be unlimited, whereas losses from security purchases cannot exceed the total amount invested. The Funds are liable to the buyer for any dividends payable on securities while those securities are in a short position. These dividends are an expense of the Funds. The Funds designate collateral consisting of cash, U.S. government securities or other liquid assets sufficient to collateralize the market value of short positions. Refer to Note 15 (Offsetting) for more information about the offsetting of assets and liabilities.

Participation Notes — The Frontier Emerging Small Countries and the Global Opportunities Funds may invest in Participation Notes (P-Notes). P-Notes are promissory notes that are designed to offer a return linked to the performance of a particular underlying equity security or market. P-Notes are issued by banks or broker-dealers and allow a fund to gain exposure to common stocks in markets where direct investment is not allowed, such as Saudi Arabia.

While the holder of a P-Note is entitled to receive from the bank or broker-dealer any dividends or other distributions paid on the underlying securities, the holder is not entitled to the same rights as an owner of the underlying securities, such as voting rights. Income received from P-Notes is recorded as dividend income in the Statement of Operations. P-Notes are considered general unsecured contractual obligations of the bank or broker-dealer. Risks associated with P-Notes include the possible failure of a counterparty (i.e., the issuing bank or broker-dealer) to perform in accordance with the terms of the agreement, inability to transfer or liquidate the notes, potential delays or an inability to redeem the notes before maturity under certain market conditions, and limited legal recourse against the issuer of the underlying common stock.

4. FINANCIAL DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

Foreign Currency Contracts — The Funds may enter into foreign currency contracts to settle planned purchases or sales of securities or to protect against a possible loss resulting from the adverse change in the relationship between the U.S. dollar and a foreign currency involved in an underlying transaction. Foreign currency contracts are agreements between two parties to buy and sell a currency at a set price on a future date. The market value of a foreign currency contract fluctuates with changes in currency exchange rates. Foreign currency contracts are marked-to-market daily and the change in market value is recorded by a fund as unrealized appreciation or depreciation. When a foreign currency contract is closed, the fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. These contracts may involve market risk in excess of the unrealized gain or loss reflected in the Schedule of Investments. In addition, a fund could be exposed to credit risk if a counterparty is unable or unwilling to meet the terms of the contracts or if the value of the currency changes unfavorably. In connection with these contracts, the Funds may segregate cash and/or securities in a sufficient amount as collateral in accordance with the terms of the respective contracts.

Options Transactions — The Equity Funds and the Income Fund may buy and sell put and call options and write covered put and call options, including over-the-counter options, on portfolio securities where the completion of the obligation is dependent upon the credit standing of another party. Options are a type of derivative financial instrument. The Funds may invest in derivative financial instruments, including options, in order to manage risk or gain exposure to various other investments or markets. The risk in writing a call option is that a fund gives up the opportunity for profit if the market price of the security increases. The risk in writing a put option is that a fund may incur a loss if the market price of the security decreases and the option is exercised. The risk in buying an option is that a fund pays a premium whether or not the option is exercised. A fund also has the additional risk of not being able to enter into a closing transaction if a liquid secondary market does

 

 

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not exist. Possible losses from uncovered written options may be unlimited. Option contracts are valued daily and unrealized appreciation or depreciation is recorded. A fund will realize a gain or loss upon expiration or closing of the option transaction. When an option is exercised, the proceeds on sales for a written call option, the purchase cost for a written put option, or the cost of a security for a purchased

put or call option is adjusted by the amount of premium received or paid. The Funds designate collateral consisting of cash, U.S. government securities or other liquid assets sufficient to collateralize the market value of written options. Refer to Note 15 (Offsetting) for more information about the offsetting of assets and liabilities.

 

Options written activity during the year ended September 30, 2015 was as follows:

 

     Options
Outstanding at
9/30/2014
     Written      Closed      Exercised      Expired      Options
Outstanding at
9/30/2015
 

Long/Short Fund

                

Premium amount

  $ 2,054,471       $       $ (2,054,471    $       $       $   —   

Number of contracts

    5,066                 (5,066                        

Micro Cap Value Fund

                

Premium amount

  $ 206,836       $ 125,104       $ (36,230    $ (132,836    $ (162,874    $   

Number of contracts

    830         500         (150      (650      (530        

5. PURCHASES AND SALES OF SECURITIES

Cost of investment securities purchased and proceeds from sales of investment securities, excluding U.S. government and short-term securities for the year ended September 30, 2015 are summarized below:

 

     Core
Growth
Fund
     Emerging
India
Fund
     Emerging
Markets
Select
Fund
     Emerging
Markets
Small Cap
Fund
     Frontier
Emerging
Small Countries
Fund
     Global
Opportunities
Fund
 

Purchases

  $ 451,294,768       $ 37,620,078       $ 24,310,992       $ 738,417,559       $ 401,931,377       $ 96,900,557   

Sales

    393,210,334         21,977,747         38,355,298         1,054,161,691         512,834,090         127,943,051   
     International
Growth
Fund
     International
Opportunities
Fund
     Large Cap
Value
Fund
     Long/Short
Fund
     Micro
Cap
Fund
     Micro Cap
Value
Fund
 

Purchases

  $ 611,944,738       $ 204,803,852       $ 124,709,761       $ 785,799,825       $ 91,109,836       $ 78,691,903   

Sales

    762,823,175         97,850,185         272,077,992         1,687,098,128         131,846,384         109,058,498   
     Small Cap
Growth
Fund
     Small Cap
Value
Fund
     Strategic
Income
Fund
     Ultra
Growth
Fund
     World
Innovators
Fund
     Income
Fund
 

Purchases

  $ 697,047,054       $ 161,996,178       $ 92,976,277       $ 40,315,726       $ 193,788,887       $ 31,822,371   

Sales

    979,580,846         171,676,165         84,273,085         51,547,618         277,982,757         25,776,841   

Purchases and sales of U.S. government securities in the Income Fund were $15,780,254 and $29,089,124, respectively. Purchases and sales of U.S. government securities in the U.S. Treasury Fund were $486,172,009 and $401,985,531, respectively.

6. FEDERAL INCOME TAX INFORMATION

It is each Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all taxable income to shareholders. The Funds are no longer subject to examination by tax authorities for years prior to 2012. At this time, management believes there are no uncertain tax positions which, based on their technical merit, would not be sustained upon examination and for which it is reasonably possible that the total of amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next 12 months. Accordingly, no provision for federal income or excise taxes has been made.

 

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As of September 30, 2015 the cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of securities on a tax basis were as follows:

 

      Core
Growth
Fund
     Emerging
India
Fund
     Emerging
Markets
Select
Fund
     Emerging
Markets
Small Cap
Fund
     Frontier
Emerging
Small
Countries
Fund
     Global
Opportunities
Fund
     International
Growth
Fund
 

Cost

   $ 898,369,790       $ 49,778,772       $ 38,486,886       $ 902,332,541       $ 1,017,541,133       $ 136,859,070       $ 1,068,073,673   
  

 

 

 

Gross appreciation

   $ 337,260,147       $ 15,971,440       $ 4,324,783       $ 165,941,231       $ 143,205,416       $ 30,764,580       $ 331,735,932   

Gross (depreciation)

     (65,731,584      (2,181,239      (4,835,148      (113,343,698      (156,438,209      (11,095,560      (83,146,775
  

 

 

 

Net appreciation (depreciation)

   $ 271,528,563       $ 13,790,201       $ (510,365    $ 52,597,533       $ (13,232,793    $ 19,669,020       $ 248,589,157   
  

 

 

 
      International
Opportunities
Fund
     Large Cap
Value
Fund
     Long/Short
Fund
     Micro
Cap
Fund
     Micro Cap
Value
Fund
     Small Cap
Growth
Fund
     Small Cap
Value
Fund
 

Cost

   $ 422,565,340       $ 235,316,189       $ 966,653,534       $ 191,696,207       $ 126,185,836       $ 1,541,486,221       $ 238,877,257   
  

 

 

 

Gross appreciation

   $ 75,526,286       $ 27,807,519       $ 124,220,055       $ 89,261,293       $ 34,967,922       $ 643,520,107       $ 59,040,101   

Gross (depreciation)

     (44,502,220      (17,855,752      (333,384,859      (19,871,183      (8,068,765      (179,276,869      (19,035,223
  

 

 

 

Net appreciation (depreciation)

   $ 31,024,066       $ 9,951,767       $ (209,164,804    $ 69,390,110       $ 26,899,157       $ 464,243,238       $ 40,004,878   
  

 

 

 
      Strategic
Income
Fund
     Ultra
Growth
Fund
     World
Innovators
Fund
     Income
Fund
     U.S.
Treasury
Fund
               

Cost

   $ 92,968,748       $ 81,192,824       $ 169,912,041       $ 107,334,866       $ 328,958,662         
  

 

 

       

Gross appreciation

   $ 5,882,175       $ 28,476,779       $ 23,222,303       $ 1,238,952       $ 5,340,761         

Gross (depreciation)

     (11,513,690      (13,505,116      (10,347,765      (323,559      (7,633,469      
  

 

 

       

Net appreciation (depreciation)

   $ (5,631,515    $ 14,971,663       $ 12,874,538       $ 915,393       $ (2,292,708      
  

 

 

       

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized gains is primarily attributable to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales, unrealized appreciation on passive foreign investment companies and other temporary tax adjustments.

The components of accumulated earnings on a tax basis as of September 30, 2015 were as follows:

 

     Core
Growth
Fund
     Emerging
India
Fund
     Emerging
Markets
Select
Fund
     Emerging
Markets
Small Cap
Fund
     Frontier
Emerging
Small Countries
Fund
 

Undistributed ordinary income

  $       $       $       $       $ 1,618,530   

Undistributed capital gains

    134,683,253         958,577                           
 

 

 

 

Accumulated earnings

    134,683,253         958,577                         1,618,530   

Accumulated capital and other losses

    (7,638,995      (240,970      (7,449,963      (29,088,292      (37,177,189

Other undistributed ordinary losses

            (63,912      (76,355              (59,868

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)*

    270,121,707         13,233,578         (627,816      51,766,205         (21,464,836
 

 

 

 

Total accumulated earnings

  $ 397,165,965       $ 13,887,273       $ (8,154,134    $ 22,677,913       $ (57,083,363
 

 

 

 
     Global
Opportunities
Fund
     International
Growth
Fund
     International
Opportunities
Fund
     Large Cap
Value
Fund
     Long/Short
Fund
 

Undistributed ordinary income

  $       $       $       $       $ 672,971   

Undistributed capital gains

    18,765,769                 22,512,052         20,137,507         69,510,993   
 

 

 

 

Accumulated earnings

    18,765,769                 22,512,052         20,137,507         70,183,964   

Accumulated capital and other losses

    (1,814,716      (21,731,308      (699,607      (2,206        

Other undistributed ordinary losses

    (6,989              (9,926      (15,547      (342,769

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)*

    19,258,273         248,547,323         30,890,101         9,951,767         (209,164,804
 

 

 

 

Total accumulated earnings

  $ 36,202,337       $ 226,816,015       $ 52,692,620       $ 30,071,521       $ (139,323,609
 

 

 

 

 

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     Micro
Cap
Fund
     Micro Cap
Value
Fund
     Small Cap
Growth
Fund
     Small Cap
Value
Fund
     Strategic
Income
Fund
 

Undistributed ordinary income

  $       $ 1,928,982       $       $ 1,281,073       $   

Undistributed capital gains

    40,544,046         12,699,325         305,128,196                 2,658,710   
 

 

 

 

Accumulated earnings

    40,544,046         14,628,307         305,128,196         1,281,073         2,658,710   

Accumulated capital and other losses

    (765,970              (15,398,444      (29,656,425        

Other undistributed ordinary losses

                                    (25,473

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)*

    69,393,419         26,728,226         460,595,506         39,749,732         (5,631,604
 

 

 

 

Total accumulated earnings

  $ 109,171,495       $ 41,356,533       $ 750,325,258       $ 11,374,380       $ (2,998,367
 

 

 

 
     Ultra
Growth
Fund
     World
Innovators
Fund
     Income
Fund
     U.S.
Treasury
Fund
        

Undistributed ordinary income

  $       $       $ 62,406       $ 53,580      

Undistributed capital gains

    7,303,385         18,376,506                 15,905,989      
 

 

 

    

Accumulated earnings

    7,303,385         18,376,506         62,406         15,959,569      

Accumulated capital and other losses

    (1,183,037      (1,024,842      (9,326           

Other undistributed ordinary losses

                    (28,542      (74,461   

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)*

    14,971,663         12,865,412         915,393         (2,292,708   
 

 

 

    

Total accumulated earnings

  $ 21,092,011       $ 30,217,076       $ 939,931       $ 13,592,400      
 

 

 

    

 

* On investments, securities sold short, derivatives and foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities.

Dividends from net investment income and net realized gains, if any, are declared and paid at least annually for all Funds, except for dividends from net investment income in four funds. The Income Fund declares and pays dividends monthly. The Large Cap Value, Strategic Income and U.S. Treasury Funds declare and pay dividends quarterly. The amount of dividends and distributions from net investment income and net realized gains are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. The Funds may utilize earnings and profits distributed to shareholders on redemption of shares as part of the dividends paid deduction (tax equalization).

To the extent these book and tax differences are permanent in nature, such amounts are reclassified at the end of the fiscal year among additional paid-in capital, undistributed net investment income (loss), and undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments, options and foreign currency translations.

Accordingly, at September 30, 2015, reclassifications were recorded as follows:

 

     Core
Growth
Fund
     Emerging
India
Fund
     Emerging
Markets
Select
Fund
     Emerging
Markets
Small Cap
Fund
     Frontier
Emerging
Small Countries
Fund
 

Increase (decrease) paid-in-capital in excess of par

  $ (97,162    $       $ (8,600    $ (2,741,657    $   

Increase (decrease) undistributed net investment income

    65,010         (105,592      83,152         6,742,871         (2,986,967

Increase (decrease) undistributed net realized gain (loss)

    32,152         105,592         (74,552      (4,001,214      2,986,967   
     Global
Opportunities
Fund
     International
Growth
Fund
     International
Opportunities
Fund
     Large Cap
Value
Fund
     Long/Short
Fund
 

Increase (decrease) paid-in-capital in excess of par

  $ (266,571    $ (2,453,565    $ (1,006,274    $ 3,675,046       $ 45,462,046   

Increase (decrease) undistributed net investment income

    1,558,079         2,337,606         765,667         363,161         (435,921

Increase (decrease) undistributed net realized gain (loss)

    (1,291,508      115,959         240,607         (4,038,207      (45,026,125
     Micro
Cap
Fund
     Micro Cap
Value
Fund
     Small Cap
Growth
Fund
     Small Cap
Value
Fund
     Strategic
Income
Fund
 

Increase (decrease) paid-in-capital in excess of par

  $ (5,952,755    $       $ (16,539,077    $       $ (12

Increase (decrease) undistributed net investment income

    5,996,963         1,582,559         16,622,753         (63,036      1,395,478   

Increase (decrease) undistributed net realized gain (loss)

    (44,208      (1,582,559      (49,072      63,036         (1,395,466
     Ultra
Growth
Fund
     World
Innovators
Fund
     Income
Fund
     U.S.
Treasury
Fund
        

Increase (decrease) paid-in-capital in excess of par

  $ (1,477,849    $ (2,439,603    $       $ 12,011,190      

Increase (decrease) undistributed net investment income

    1,833,037         2,612,394         2,454         (40,324   

Increase (decrease) undistributed net realized gain (loss)

    (338,991      (154,377      (2,454      (11,970,866   

 

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Capital loss carryforwards are available through the date specified below to offset future realized net capital gains for federal income tax purposes. Future capital loss carryover utilization in any given year may be subject to Internal Revenue Code limitations. To the extent future gains are offset by capital loss carryforwards, such gains will not be distributed.

On December 22, 2010, The Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Modernization Act”) was signed by the President of the United States of America. Under the Modernization Act, a Fund will be permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period. Post-enactment losses that are carried forward will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses rather than being considered all short-term as under previous law. However, any losses incurred during those future taxable years will be required to be utilized prior to the losses incurred in pre-enactment taxable years, which carry an expiration date. As a result of this ordering rule, pre-enactment capital loss carryforwards may be more likely to expire unused.

Capital loss carryforwards as of September 30, 2015 are as follows:

 

                         Non-expiring  
Fund   2016      2017      2018      Short Term      Long Term  

Emerging Markets Select Fund

  $   —       $   —       $       $ 6,196,368       $ 1,160,824   

Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund

                            21,052,031           

Small Cap Value Fund

                    20,161,340                   

The Funds have elected to defer losses incurred from November 1, 2014 through September 30, 2015 in accordance with federal income tax rules. These losses are treated as having arisen on the first day of the following fiscal year. The Funds have elected to defer losses as follows:

 

Fund    Post-October
Capital Losses
     Late-Year Ordinary
Losses
 

Core Growth Fund

   $       $ 7,638,995   

Emerging India Fund

             240,970   

Emerging Markets Select Fund

             92,771   

Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund

             8,036,261   

Frontier Emerging Small Countries Fund

     37,177,189           

Global Opportunities Fund

             1,814,716   

International Growth Fund

     17,079,113         4,652,195   

International Opportunities Fund

             699,607   

Large Cap Value Fund

             2,206   

Micro Cap Fund

             765,970   

Small Cap Growth Fund

             15,398,444   

Small Cap Value Fund

     9,495,085           

Ultra Growth Fund

             1,183,037   

World Innovators Fund

             1,024,842   

Income Fund

     9,326           

During the tax year ended September 30, 2015, the Funds used capital loss carryforwards in the following amounts:

 

Fund    Amount Used  

Emerging India Fund

   $ 698,466   

Small Cap Value Fund

     20,270,083   

Income Fund

     348,245   

U.S. Treasury Fund

     11,690,902   

The tax character of distributions paid during the year ended September 30, 2015 was as follows:

 

2015  

Core

Growth

Fund

    

Emerging

India

Fund

    

Emerging

Markets

Select

Fund

    

Emerging

Markets

Small Cap

Fund

    

Frontier

Emerging

Small Countries

Fund

 

Ordinary Income

  $       $ 29,439       $ 237,897       $ 1,814,628       $ 11,253,991   

Capital Gain

    24,139,661                                 14,583,973   
 

 

 

 

Total

  $ 24,139,661       $ 29,439       $ 237,897       $ 1,814,628       $ 25,837,964   
 

 

 

 

 

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2015  

Global

Opportunities

Fund

    

International

Growth

Fund

    

International

Opportunities

Fund

    

Large Cap

Value

Fund

    

Long/Short

Fund

 

Ordinary Income

  $       $       $       $ 9,564,501       $ 23,730,693   

Capital Gain

    27,018,684         9,181,913         32,985,697         87,584,255         126,006,657   
 

 

 

 

Total

  $ 27,018,684       $ 9,181,913       $ 32,985,697       $ 97,148,756       $ 149,737,350   
 

 

 

 
2015  

Micro

Cap

Fund

    

Micro Cap

Value

Fund

    

Small Cap

Growth

Fund

    

Small Cap

Value

Fund

    

Strategic

Income

Fund

 

Ordinary Income

  $       $       $       $       $ 2,614,478   

Capital Gain

    13,800,575         21,640,698         210,961,388                 7,267,964   
 

 

 

 

Total

  $ 13,800,575       $ 21,640,698       $ 210,961,388       $       $ 9,882,442   
 

 

 

 
2015  

Ultra

Growth

Fund

    

World

Innovators

Fund

    

Income

Fund

    

U.S.

Treasury

Fund

        

Ordinary Income

  $       $       $ 1,693,986       $ 6,608,427      

Capital Gain

    29,153,346         25,428,998                      
 

 

 

    

Total

  $ 29,153,346       $ 25,428,998       $ 1,693,986       $ 6,608,427      
 

 

 

    

The tax character of distributions paid during the year ended September 30, 2014 was as follows:

 

2014  

Core

Growth

Fund

    

Emerging

India

Fund

    

Emerging

Markets

Select

Fund

    

Emerging

Markets

Small Cap

Fund

    

Frontier

Emerging

Small Countries

Fund

 

Ordinary Income

  $       $       $ 86,248       $       $ 1,526,061   

Capital Gain

    13,739,267                         38,681,425           
 

 

 

 

Total

  $ 13,739,267       $       $ 86,248       $ 38,681,425       $ 1,526,061   
 

 

 

 
2014  

Global

Opportunities

Fund

    

International

Growth

Fund

    

International

Opportunities

Fund

    

Large Cap

Value

Fund

    

Long/Short

Fund

 

Ordinary Income

  $       $       $       $ 11,919,583       $ 14,828,654   

Capital Gain

    23,550,252         35,584,097         18,321,459         221,028,939         39,911,334   
 

 

 

 

Total

  $ 23,550,252       $ 35,584,097       $ 18,321,459       $ 232,948,522       $ 54,739,988   
 

 

 

 
2014  

Micro

Cap

Fund

    

Micro Cap

Value

Fund

    

Small Cap

Growth

Fund

    

Small Cap

Value

Fund

    

Strategic

Income

Fund

 

Ordinary Income

  $       $ 3,014,418       $ 12,739,948       $       $ 2,280,004   

Capital Gain

            25,279,419         69,484,983                 1,019,765   
 

 

 

 

Total

  $       $ 28,293,837       $ 82,224,931       $       $ 3,299,769   
 

 

 

 
2014  

Ultra

Growth

Fund

    

World

Innovators

Fund

    

Income

Fund

    

U.S.

Treasury

Fund

        

Ordinary Income

  $       $       $ 2,049,307       $ 5,436,357      

Capital Gain

    10,009,711         14,888,675                      
 

 

 

    

Total

  $ 10,009,711       $ 14,888,675       $ 2,049,307       $ 5,436,357      
 

 

 

    

The tax character of distributions paid may differ from that shown in the Statements of Changes in Net Assets due to short-term gains being treated as ordinary income for tax purposes.

 

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7. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Investment Advisory Fees, Expense Limitations — As the Funds’ investment advisor, the Advisor receives a monthly fee calculated on average daily net assets. The Advisor has contractually agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse certain Funds should a Fund’s operating expenses exceed a specified annual limitation through at least January 31, 2016. If operating expenses are less than the specified expense limit for the Fund, the Advisor shall be entitled to recoup the fees waived or reduced to the extent that the operating expenses and the amounts reimbursed do not exceed such expense limit for the Fund, under the period of the agreement (currently through January 31, 2016). Such reimbursement shall be paid only while the expense limitation agreement is in effect and only if such amount paid, together with all other amounts reimbursed under this agreement in the fiscal year, do not cause the Fund to exceed the expense limitation. All amounts not recovered at the end of the period expire on January 31, 2016. Ordinary operating expenses exclude any interest, dividend expense on short sales/interest expense, taxes, brokerage commissions, other investment-related costs and extraordinary expenses, such as litigation and other expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Funds’ business. In late October 2013, it was discovered that the Long/Short Fund and Large Cap Value Fund had a 12b-1 receivable on the books which dated back to 2008 prior to the conversion of the 1st Source Funds to Wasatch Funds. It was determined that the amount should be written off as an extraordinary expense and posted to other expenses. The balance for the Large Cap Value Fund was $70,993 and the Long/Short Fund was $8,622. The impact of these write-offs is reflected in the Financial Highlights. Investment advisory fees and fees waived, if any, for the year ended September 30, 2015 are disclosed in the Statements of Operations. Investment advisory fee and expense limitation annual rates are shown below.

 

Fund   

Advisory

Fee

    

Expense

Limitation

Investor Class

    

Expense

Limitation

Institutional Class

    

Contractual Expense

Limitation/

Reimbursement

Recoverable

Expiration Date

    

Reimbursement

Recoverable

 

Core Growth Fund

     1.00%         1.50%         1.12%         1/31/2016       $ 28,565   

Emerging India Fund

     1.50%         1.95%         N/A            1/31/2016         212,496   

Emerging Markets Select Fund

     1.25%         1.69%         1.50%         1/31/2016         250,974   

Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund

     1.75%         1.95%         N/A            1/31/2016         1,933,325   

Frontier Emerging Small Countries Fund

     1.75%         2.25%         N/A            1/31/2016         373,661   

Global Opportunities Fund

     1.50%         1.95%         N/A            1/31/2016           

International Growth Fund

     1.25%         1.75%         N/A            1/31/2016           

International Opportunities Fund

     1.95%         2.25%         N/A            1/31/2016         1,107,582   

Large Cap Value Fund

     0.90%         1.10%         0.98%         1/31/2016         96,154   

Long/Short Fund

     1.10%         N/A            1.17%         1/31/2016           

Micro Cap Fund

     1.75%         1.95%         N/A            1/31/2016           

Micro Cap Value Fund

     1.75%         1.95%         N/A            1/31/2016         186,841   

Small Cap Growth Fund

     1.00%         1.50%         N/A            1/31/2016           

Small Cap Value Fund

     1.00%         1.50%         1.15%         1/31/2016         27,728   

Strategic Income Fund

     0.70%         0.95%         N/A            1/31/2016         10,415   

Ultra Growth Fund

     1.00%         1.50%         N/A            1/31/2016           

World Innovators Fund

     1.50%         1.95%         N/A            1/31/2016           

Income Fund

     0.55%         N/A            N/A            N/A         N/A   

U.S. Treasury Fund

     0.50%         0.75%         N/A            1/31/2016           

Affiliated Trades — Certain Funds are permitted to purchase or sell securities from or to certain related affiliated funds under specified conditions outlined in the procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees (the “Board”). The procedures have been designed to ensure that any purchase or sale of securities by the Funds from or to another fund (or funds) that are, or could be, considered an affiliate by virtue of having a common investment advisor (or affiliated investment advisors), common Trustees and/or common officers complies with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Further, each transaction is effected at the current market price, as that term is defined under the procedures. During the year ended September 30, 2015, the Funds had no purchases or sales of securities pursuant to Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act.

Institutional Class Legal Fees — As disclosed in the annual report dated September 30, 2011, the Board approved a multi-class plan pursuant to which the Board has established and designated two classes for each series known as Investor Class shares and Institutional Class shares. The Advisor paid the legal costs associated with the establishment and designation of the new share classes for existing funds.

Payments by Advisor — During the 2012 fiscal year, the Advisor discovered a trade allocation error involving several of the Wasatch Funds. In August 2012, the Advisor reimbursed the Global Opportunities Fund $1,167, the Micro Cap Fund $1,074, the Micro Cap Value Fund $1,282, the Small Cap Growth Fund $46,199, the Ultra Growth Fund $940 and the World Innovators Fund $437 as reimbursement for the error plus interest.

During the 2013 and 2014 fiscal years, the Advisor paid certain audit, legal and/or printing fees of the Core Growth, Emerging Markets Small Cap, Large Cap Value, Long/Short (Institutional Class), Small Cap Growth, Small Cap Value, Strategic Income and World Innovators Funds. The Advisor does not intend to be reimbursed for these amounts.

 

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On February 20, 2013, the Advisor discovered a trade error involving the Frontier Emerging Small Countries Fund. The Advisor reimbursed the Fund $4,421. On October 16, 2014, the Advisor discovered a trade error involving the Ultra Growth Fund. The Advisor reimbursed the Fund $12,267.

The impact of the payments detailed above is reflected in the net expense ratios in the Financial Highlights.

10% Shareholders — As of September 30, 2015, the Funds had individual shareholder accounts and/or omnibus shareholder accounts (comprised of a group of individual shareholders), which individually amounted to more than 10% of the total shares outstanding of the Fund as detailed below:

 

Fund   Number of
Accounts
    Percent of Shares
Outstanding
 

Core Growth Fund

    2        53.45

Emerging India Fund

    2        57.50

Emerging Markets Select Fund

    2        76.76

Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund

    2        57.72

Frontier Emerging Small Countries Fund

    2        80.33

Global Opportunities Fund

    2        62.38

International Growth Fund

    3        64.57

International Opportunities Fund

    2        73.97

Large Cap Value Fund

    2        71.41

Long/Short Fund

    2        78.11

Micro Cap Fund

    2        26.50

Micro Cap Value Fund

    2        47.45

Small Cap Growth Fund

    2        53.50

Small Cap Value Fund

    2        39.71

Strategic Income Fund

    2        42.72

Ultra Growth Fund

    2        27.91

World Innovators Fund

    2        36.51

Income Fund

    1        85.45

U.S. Treasury Fund

    4        67.08

Affiliated Interests — As of September 30, 2015, Wasatch Advisors, Inc. and its affiliates, and the retirement plans of Wasatch Advisors, Inc. and its affiliates, held shares of the Funds which may be redeemed at any time as detailed below:

 

Fund   Number of
Accounts*
    Percent of Shares
Outstanding
 

Core Growth Fund

    18        0.70

Emerging India Fund

    21        14.65

Emerging Markets Select Fund

    16        12.58

Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund

    16        0.64

Frontier Emerging Small Countries Fund

    23        0.67

Global Opportunities Fund

    21        2.92

International Growth Fund

    14        0.52

International Opportunities Fund

    25        2.10

Large Cap Value Fund

    11        0.46

Long/Short Fund

    10        0.37

Micro Cap Fund

    12        0.86

Micro Cap Value Fund

    14        2.38

Small Cap Growth Fund

    21        1.66

Small Cap Value Fund

    10        1.53

Strategic Income Fund

    9        10.35

Ultra Growth Fund

    7        2.23

World Innovators Fund

    8        1.86

Income Fund

    3        0.01

U.S. Treasury Fund

    6        0.66

 

* Multiple accounts with the same beneficial owner are treated as one account.

 

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8. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

If a Fund’s holding represents ownership of 5% or more of the voting securities of a company, the company is deemed to be an affiliate as defined by the 1940 Act. The following Funds conducted transactions during the year ended September 30, 2015 with an “affiliated company” as so defined:

 

     Share Activity      Dividends
Credited to
Income for the

period ended
9/30/2015
     Gain (Loss)
Realized on
Sale of Shares
for the

period ended
9/30/2015
 
      Balance
9/30/2014
     Purchases/
Additions
     Sales/
Reductions
     Balance
9/30/2015
       

Frontier Emerging Small Countries Fund

                 

Akzo Nobel Pakistan Ltd.

             3,698,992                 3,698,992       $ 153,471       $   

Chevron Lubricants Lanka plc

     5,300,185         1,000,000                 6,300,185         942,680           

Tokyo Cement Co. Lanka plc

             11,548,669                 11,548,669         102,254           

 

 

International Growth Fund

                 

Diligent Corp.*

     4,679,359                 975,870         3,703,489       $       $ (2,352,767

 

 

Long/Short Fund

                 

Bill Barrett Corp.

     3,843,259         2,483,757         673,700         5,653,316       $       $ (8,578,276

Silicon Graphics International Corp.**

     2,820,938                 910,947         1,909,991                 (4,215,291

 

 

Micro Cap Fund

                 

Goldwater Bank, N.A.*

     154,000                 154,000               $       $ (1,532,300

 

 

Small Cap Growth Fund

                 

Argos Therapeutics, Inc.

     642,332         520,122                 1,162,454       $       $   

Blue Nile, Inc.

     786,591         41,962                 828,553                   

Cempra, Inc.*

     1,752,428                 830,131         922,297                 21,214,115   

Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. (The)

     1,423,495         473,598                 1,897,093                   

Echo Global Logistics, Inc.*

     1,383,181         192,631         218,690         1,357,122                 1,266,682   

IPC Healthcare, Inc.*

     1,030,019                 1,030,019                         14,824,512   

Knight Transportation, Inc.*

     4,784,182         97,390         2,131,689         2,749,883         710,444         24,811,133   

Papa Murphy’s Holdings, Inc.

             883,565                 883,565                   

SciQuest, Inc.*

     1,615,954                 1,615,954                         (3,969,271

 

* This security was deemed to no longer meet the criteria of an affiliated company at the reporting date.

 

** On September 1, 2015, a Schedule 13D was filed for Silicon Graphics International Corp. (“the Company”) on behalf of the Advisor and the Wasatch Long/Short Fund, including the portfolio managers Michael L. Shinnick and Ralph C. Shive (“Reporting Persons”).

9. RESTRICTED SECURITIES

The Funds may own investments that were purchased through private placement transactions or under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) and cannot be sold without prior registration under the Securities Act or may be limited due to certain restrictions. These securities are generally deemed to be illiquid and are valued at fair value as determined by a designated Pricing Committee of the Advisor (“Pricing Committee”), comprised of personnel of the Advisor, with oversight by the Board of Trustees and in accordance with Board-approved Pricing Policies and Procedures. If and when such securities are registered, the costs of registering such securities are paid by the issuer. At September 30, 2015 the Funds held the following restricted securities:

 

      Security
Type
   Acquisition
Date
   Cost      Fair
Value
     Value as Percent
of Net Assets
 

Core Growth Fund

              

DocuSign, Inc., Series F

   Preferred Stock    4/30/15    $ 4,000,004       $ 4,000,004         0.34
              
         $ 4,000,004       $ 4,000,004         0.34

 

 

Micro Cap Value Fund

              

Acetylon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Series B

   Preferred Stock    2/3/11 - 5/25/12    $ 499,999       $ 1,801,050         1.17

Vertex Energy, Inc.

   Preferred Stock    6/22/15      1,455,000         1,310,000         0.85

Vertex Energy, Inc.

   Warrants    6/22/15      95,000         42,019         0.03
              
         $ 2,049,999       $ 3,153,069         2.05

 

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      Security
Type
   Acquisition
Date
   Cost      Fair
Value
     Value as Percent
of Net Assets
 

Small Cap Growth Fund

              

DataStax, Inc., Series E

   Preferred Stock    8/12/14    $ 8,000,002       $ 8,000,002         0.40

DocuSign, Inc., Series B

   Preferred Stock    3/3/14      437,257         635,724         0.03

DocuSign, Inc., Series B-1

   Preferred Stock    3/3/14      130,983         190,435         0.01

DocuSign, Inc., Series D

   Preferred Stock    3/3/14      313,930         456,420         0.02

DocuSign, Inc., Series E

   Preferred Stock    3/3/14      8,117,819         11,802,438         0.59

DocuSign, Inc., Series F

   Preferred Stock    4/30/15      2,999,984         2,999,984         0.15

Drilling Info Holdings, Inc., Series B

   Preferred Stock    9/5/13      15,350,001         12,432,564         0.62

Greenspring Global Partners II-B, L.P.

   LP Interest    10/10/03 - 7/16/15      3,212,943         3,165,480         0.16

Greenspring Global Partners III-B, L.P.

   LP Interest    3/16/06 - 2/23/15      1,502,148         1,662,383         0.08

Nanosys, Inc., Series D

   Preferred Stock    11/8/05      2,000,000         136,135         0.01

Nanosys, Inc., Series E

   Preferred Stock    8/13/10      184,939         135,886         0.01
              
         $ 42,250,006       $ 41,617,451         2.08

 

 

Strategic Income Fund

              

Redcorp Ventures Ltd.

   Corporate Bonds    7/5/07    $ 152,583       $ 804         0.00

Star Asia Financial Ltd.

   Common Stock    2/22/07 - 5/11/15      572,597         533,571         0.60
              
         $ 725,180       $ 534,375         0.60

 

 

Ultra Growth Fund

              

Data Sciences International, Inc., Series B

   Preferred Stock    1/20/06    $ 475,001       $ 574,126         0.60

Drilling Info Holdings, Inc., Series B

   Preferred Stock    9/5/13      1,150,001         931,430         0.97

Greenspring Global Partners II-B, L.P.

   LP Interest    10/10/03 - 7/16/15      2,891,638         2,848,919         2.97

Greenspring Global Partners III-B, L.P.

   LP Interest    3/16/06 - 2/23/15      1,502,148         1,662,383         1.73

Nanosys, Inc., Series D

   Preferred Stock    11/8/05      500,001         34,034         0.03

Nanosys, Inc., Series E

   Preferred Stock    8/13/10      46,235         33,972         0.04

Xtera Communications, Inc.

   Common Stock    9/3/03      99,065         914         0.00
                                
         $ 6,664,089       $ 6,085,778         6.34

 

 

World Innovators Fund

              

Greenspring Global Partners II-B, L.P.

   LP Interest    10/10/03 - 7/16/15    $ 321,292       $ 316,546         0.17

Xtera Communications, Inc.

   Common Stock    9/3/03      7,076         65         0.00
                                
         $ 328,368       $ 316,611         0.17

10. PURCHASE COMMITMENTS

In September 2003, the Small Cap Growth, Ultra Growth and World Innovators Funds entered into subscription agreements to acquire limited partnership interests in Greenspring Global Partners II-B, L.P. The remaining commitment amounts at September 30, 2015 were $50,000, $45,000 and $5,000, respectively.

In December 2005, the Small Cap Growth and Ultra Growth Funds entered into subscription agreements to acquire limited partnership interests in Greenspring Global Partners III-B, L.P. The remaining commitment amounts at September 30, 2015 were $60,000 per Fund.

Securities held by the Funds have been designated to meet these purchase commitments as indicated in the Schedules of Investments.

11. LINE OF CREDIT

Effective May 22, 2015, the Funds in the Trust renewed and amended agreements for two open lines of credit totaling $300,000,000, one of which is $200,000,000 uncommitted, and the other of which is $100,000,000 committed, with State Street Bank and Trust Company (together, the “Line”). The agreements, as amended, have no change in the total amounts available on the Line, an increase of $100,000,000 uncommitted and a decrease of $100,000,000 committed. The Funds incur commitment fees on the undrawn portion of the committed part of the Line, and interest expense to the extent of amounts drawn (borrowed) under the entire Line. Interest is based on the higher of (a) the federal funds rate in effect on the date of borrowing, plus a margin, or (b) the overnight London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) in effect on the date of borrowing, plus a margin. Commitment fees are pro-rated among the Funds based upon relative average net assets. Interest expense is charged directly to a Fund based upon actual amounts borrowed by that Fund.

 

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For the year ended September 30, 2015, the following Funds had borrowings:

 

    

Average Daily

Borrowings

    

Number of

Days

Outstanding

    

Interest

Expense

    

Weighted

Average

Annualized

Interest Rate

    

Balance at

9/30/2015

 

Emerging India Fund

  $ 965,544         53       $ 1,998         1.41    $   

Emerging Markets Select Fund

    909,729         48         1,743         1.44        

Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund

    5,175,050         74         14,672         1.38      794,884   

Frontier Emerging Small Countries Fund

    9,586,973         16         6,020         1.41        

Global Opportunities Fund

    1,789,895         73         5,015         1.38        

International Growth Fund

    15,860,562         35         21,274         1.38        

International Opportunities Fund

    1,011,490         3         121         1.44        

Large Cap Value Fund

    4,731,183         10         1,804         1.37        

Strategic Income Fund

    1,605,177         6         390         1.46        

Ultra Growth Fund

    156,417         4         25         1.45        

Income Fund

    480,646         15         275         1.37        

12. PRINCIPAL RISKS

Market and Credit Risk — In the normal course of business the Funds trade financial instruments and enter into financial transactions where risk of loss exists due to changes in the market (market risk) or the failure of the other party to a transaction to perform (credit risk). Similar to credit risk, the Funds may be exposed to counterparty risk, or the risk that an institution or other entity with which the Funds have unsettled or open transactions will default. The potential loss could exceed the value of the financial assets recorded in the financial statements. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Funds to credit risk, consist principally of cash due from counterparties and investments. The extent of the Funds’ exposure to credit and counterparty risks with respect to these financial assets approximates their carrying value as recorded in the Funds’ Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Non-Diversification Risk — A non-diversified fund can invest a larger portion of its assets in the stocks of a limited number of companies than a diversified fund, which means it may have more exposure to the price movements of a single security or small group of securities than funds that diversify their investments among many companies. The Emerging Markets Select Fund is non-diversified.

Inflation Risk — Inflation risk is the possibility that inflation will reduce the purchasing power of a currency, and subsequently reduce the value of a security or asset, and may result in rising interest rates. Inflation is the overall upward price movement of goods and services in an economy that causes the value of a currency to decline.

Interest Rate Risk — Interest rate risk is the risk that fixed income securities will decline in value because of changes in interest rates. A rise in interest rates typically causes a fall in values. Interest rate risk should be modest for shorter-term securities, moderate for intermediate-term securities and high for longer-term securities. Generally, an increase in the average maturity of a fund will make it more sensitive to interest rate risk. The interest rate is the amount charged, expressed as a percentage of principal, by a lender to a borrower for the use of assets.

Foreign Currency Risk — If a fund invests directly in foreign currencies or in securities that trade in, and receive

revenues in, foreign currencies, or in derivatives that provide exposure to foreign currencies, it will be subject to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar. This also includes the risk associated with higher transaction costs, delayed settlements, currency controls and adverse economic developments related to foreign investments.

Region Risk — The Funds, except the U.S. Treasury Fund, invest in equity and fixed income securities of non-U.S. issuers. Because certain foreign markets are illiquid, market prices may not necessarily represent realizable value. Although the Funds maintain diversified investment portfolios, political or economic developments within a particular country or region may have an adverse effect on the ability of domiciled issuers to meet their obligations. These risks are exaggerated for securities of issuers tied economically to emerging and frontier market countries. Additionally, political or economic developments may have an adverse effect on the liquidity and volatility of portfolio securities and currency holdings.

Shareholder Concentration Risk — A significant portion of the net assets of the Frontier Emerging Small Countries Fund and International Opportunities Fund are owned by a group of shareholders advised by a common investment advisor. If these shareholders simultaneously redeems on the advice of their investment advisor, Fund expenses may increase and performance may be materially affected. However, the Advisor has contractually agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse both the Frontier Emerging Small Countries Fund and the International Opportunities Fund should their operating expenses exceed 2.25% through at least January 31, 2016. The Emerging Markets Select Fund also has a significant portion of net assets concentrated in relatively few related accounts. The Advisor has contractually agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse the Emerging Markets Select Fund should the operating expenses exceed 1.69% for the Investor Class and 1.50% for the Institutional Class through at least January 31, 2016.

13. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS AND INVESTMENTS

The fair value of a financial instrument is the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Funds use various methods to

 

 

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measure the fair value of their investments on a recurring basis. U.S. GAAP established a hierarchy that prioritizes inputs to valuation methods. The three levels of inputs are:

 

    Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Funds have the ability to access.

 

    Level 2 — Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. The inputs may include quoted prices for the identical investment on an inactive market, prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, default rates and similar data.

 

    Level 3 — Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Funds’ own assumptions about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and would be based on the best information available.

The availability of observable inputs can vary from security to security and is affected by a wide variety of factors, including, for example, the type of security, whether a security is new and not yet established in the marketplace, the liquidity of markets, and other characteristics particular to the security. To the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment. Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3.

Equity Securities (common and preferred stock) —  Securities are valued as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”)(generally 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time) on the valuation date. Equity securities and listed warrants are valued using a commercial pricing service at the last quoted sales price taken from the primary market in which each security trades and, with respect to equity securities traded on the National Association of Securities Dealer Automated Quotation system (“NASDAQ”), such securities are valued using the NASDAQ Official Closing Price (“NOCP”) or last sales price if no NOCP is available. If there are no sales on the primary exchange or market on a day, then the security shall be valued at the mean of the last bid and ask price on the primary exchange or market as provided by a pricing service. If the mean cannot be calculated or there is no trade activity on a day, then the security shall be valued at the previous trading day’s price as provided by a pricing service. In some instances, particularly on foreign exchanges, an official close or evaluated price may be used if the pricing service is unable to provide the last trade or most recent mean price. To the extent that these securities are actively traded and valuation adjustments are not applied, they are categorized in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. Additionally, a fund’s investments are valued at fair value by the Pricing Committee if the Advisor determines that an event impacting the value of an investment occurred between the closing time of a security’s primary

market or exchange (for example, a foreign exchange or market) and the time the fund’s share price is calculated. Significant events include, but are not limited to the following: significant fluctuations in domestic markets, foreign markets or foreign currencies; occurrences not directly tied to the securities markets such as natural disasters, armed conflicts or significant governmental actions; and major announcements affecting a single issuer or an entire market or market sector. In responding to a significant event, the Pricing Committee determines the fair value of affected securities by considering factors including, but not limited to: index options and futures traded subsequent to the close; American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”), Global Depositary Receipts (“GDRs”) or other related receipts; currency spot or forward markets that trade after pricing of the foreign exchange; other derivative securities traded after the close such as Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipts (“SPDRs”) and other exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”); and alternative market quotes on the affected securities. When applicable, the Funds use a systematic fair valuation model provided by an independent third party to assist in adjusting the valuation of foreign securities. When a Fund uses this fair value pricing method, the values assigned to the Fund’s foreign securities may not be the quoted or published prices of the investments on their primary markets or exchanges, and the securities are categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. These valuation procedures apply equally to long or short equity positions in a fund.

Participation Notes — Investments are valued at the market price of the underlying security. Counterparty risk is regularly reviewed and considered for valuation.

Corporate Debt Securities — Investments are valued at current market value by a pricing service, or by using the last sale or bid price based on observable inputs. Observable inputs may include benchmark yields, reported trades, broker/dealer quotes, issuer spreads, two-sided markets, benchmark securities, bids, offers and reference data including market research publications. Although most corporate bonds are categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, in instances where observable inputs are not available, they are categorized as Level 3.

Short-Term Notes — Investments maturing in 60 days or less at the time of purchase, are generally valued at amortized cost, unless it is determined that the amortized cost method would not represent fair value, in which case the securities are marked-to-market. To the extent the inputs are observable and timely, the values would be categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

Asset-Backed Securities — Investments are priced using the closing bid as supplied by a pricing service based on observable inputs. Observable inputs may include benchmark yields, reported trades, broker/dealer quotes, issuer spreads, two-sided markets, benchmark securities, bids, offers and reference data including market research publications, new issue data, monthly payment information and collateral performance. Although most asset-backed securities are categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, in instances where observable inputs are not available, they are categorized as Level 3.

 

 

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U.S. Government Issuers — Investments are priced using the closing bid as supplied by a pricing service based on observable inputs. Observable inputs may include benchmark yields, reported trades, broker/dealer quotes, issuer spreads, two-sided markets, benchmark securities, bids, offers and reference data including market research publications. Although most U.S. government bonds are categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, in instances where observable inputs are not available, they are categorized as Level 3.

Derivative Instruments — Listed derivatives that are actively traded are valued based on quoted prices from the exchange and are categorized in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. Exchange-traded options are valued at the last sale price in the market where they are principally traded. If there are no sales on the primary exchange or market on a given day, then the option is valued at the mean of the last bid price and ask price on the primary exchange or market as provided by a pricing service. Forward foreign currency contracts are valued at the market rate provided by the pricing service.

Restricted Securities — If market quotations are not readily available for the Funds’ investments in securities such as restricted securities, private placements, securities for which trading has been halted or other illiquid securities, these investments are valued at fair value in accordance with

Board-approved Pricing Policies and Procedures by the Pricing Committee with oversight by the Board of Trustees. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received upon the sale of an asset, or paid to transfer a liability, in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. For each applicable investment that is fair valued, the Pricing Committee considers, to the extent applicable, various factors including, but not limited to, the financial condition of the company or limited partnership, operating results, prices paid in follow-on rounds, comparable companies in the public market, the nature and duration of the restrictions for holding the securities, a stated net asset value (NAV) for the partnership, if applicable, and other relevant factors. Depending on the relative significance of valuation inputs, these instruments may be classified in either Level 2 or Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

When the last day of the reporting period is a non- business day, certain foreign markets may be open on days the NYSE is closed, which could result in differences between the value of a fund’s portfolio securities on the last business day and the last calendar day of the reporting period. Any significant security valuation changes due to an open foreign market are adjusted and reflected by the fund for financial reporting purposes.

 

The following is a summary of the fair valuations according to the inputs used as of September 30, 2015 in valuing the Funds’ assets and liabilities:

 

Fund    Category   

Quoted Prices

in Active Markets

for Identical

Investments

(Level 1)

    

Significant Other

Observable Inputs

(Level 2)

    

Significant

Unobservable

Inputs

(Level 3)

    

Value at

9/30/2015

 

Core Growth Fund

  

        

Assets

              

Common Stocks

   Biotechnology    $ 32,582,264       $ 16,786,812       $   —       $ 49,369,076   
   Consumer Finance      52,211,697         6,801,205                 59,012,902   
   Diversified Banks              21,637,413                 21,637,413   
   Life Sciences Tools & Services      25,423,157         19,616,242                 45,039,399   
   Oil & Gas Equipment & Services      6,250,441         5,501,789                 11,752,230   
   Specialized Finance              6,458,380                 6,458,380   
   Other      853,507,992                         853,507,992   

Preferred Stocks

                        4,000,004         4,000,004   

Short-Term Investments

                119,120,957                 119,120,957   
     

 

 

 
      $ 969,975,551       $ 195,922,798       $ 4,000,004       $ 1,169,898,353   
     

 

 

 

Emerging India Fund

              

Assets

              

Common Stocks

   Commodity Chemicals    $ 958,691       $ 1,127,860       $       $ 2,086,551   
   Department Stores      140,891                         140,891   
   Diversified Banks      616,765         3,916,708                 4,533,473   
   Electric Utilities      512,284                         512,284   
   Internet Retail      1,616,299                         1,616,299   
   IT Consulting & Other Services      2,003,645         3,403,765                 5,407,410   
   Life Sciences Tools & Services      19,833         1,100,357                 1,120,190   
   Packaged Foods & Meats      288,570         1,554,086                 1,842,656   
   Other              44,023,861                 44,023,861   

Corporate Bonds

                17,058                 17,058   

Short-Term Investments

                2,268,300                 2,268,300   
     

 

 

 
      $ 6,156,978       $ 57,411,995       $       $ 63,568,973   
     

 

 

 

 

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Fund    Category   

Quoted Prices

in Active Markets

for Identical

Investments

(Level 1)

    

Significant Other

Observable Inputs

(Level 2)

    

Significant

Unobservable

Inputs

(Level 3)

    

Value at

9/30/2015

 

Emerging Markets Select Fund

              

Assets

              

Common Stocks

   Airport Services    $ 2,046,810       $       $       $ 2,046,810   
   Construction & Engineering      1,156,380                         1,156,380   
   Consumer Finance      1,302,152         725,387                 2,027,539   
   Diversified Capital Markets      1,309,842                         1,309,842   
   Drug Retail      711,662                         711,662   
   Industrial Machinery      517,855                         517,855   
   Internet Retail      424,435                         424,435   
   Internet Software & Services      1,074,326                         1,074,326   
   Multi-Line Insurance      453,933                         453,933   
   Restaurants      611,748                         611,748   
   Other              24,122,180                 24,122,180   

Short-Term Investments

                3,519,811                 3,519,811   
     

 

 

 
      $ 9,609,143       $ 28,367,378       $       $ 37,976,521   
     

 

 

 

Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund

              

Assets

              

Common Stocks

   Airport Services    $ 15,232,618       $ 8,328,652       $       $ 23,561,270   
   Application Software      3,859,320                         3,859,320   
   Asset Management & Custody Banks      5,799,438         15,225,782                 21,025,220   
   Biotechnology      8,865,144         23,119,514                 31,984,658   
   Consumer Finance      22,249,165         51,413,603                 73,662,768   
   Diversified Capital Markets      6,954,491                         6,954,491   
   Internet Retail      2,900,457         14,007,826                 16,908,283   
   Internet Software & Services      3,831,379         14,723,780                 18,555,159   
   Life Sciences Tools & Services      1,538,462                         1,538,462   
   Oil & Gas Equipment & Services      6,359,327                         6,359,327   
   Oil & Gas Exploration & Production      4,732,321                         4,732,321   
   Pharmaceuticals              59,667,121         873,390         60,540,511   
   Property & Casualty Insurance      2,713,702                         2,713,702   
   Real Estate Development      5,567,225                         5,567,225   
   Real Estate Operating Companies      11,220,438                         11,220,438   
   Regional Banks      7,957,131         1,625,715                 9,582,846   
   Restaurants      9,331,243                         9,331,243   
   Other              646,621,237                 646,621,237   

Warrants

        211,593                         211,593   
     

 

 

 
      $ 119,323,454       $ 834,733,230       $ 873,390       $ 954,930,074   
     

 

 

 

 

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Fund    Category   

Quoted Prices

in Active Markets

for Identical

Investments

(Level 1)

    

Significant Other

Observable Inputs

(Level 2)

    

Significant

Unobservable

Inputs

(Level 3)

    

Value at

9/30/2015

 

Frontier Emerging Small Countries Fund

              

Assets

              

Common Stocks

   Advertising    $ 31,691       $       $       $ 31,691   
   Brewers      61,739,665         89,344,102                 151,083,767   
   Commodity Chemicals      155,171         20,345,561                 20,500,732   
   Construction Materials      60,151,721         19,469,866                 79,621,587   
   Consumer Finance      4,482,299         3,860,283                 8,342,582   
   Department Stores      663,114                         663,114   
   Diversified Banks      14,908,575         58,055,737                 72,964,312   
   Food Retail      13,859,543                         13,859,543   
   Footwear      1,351,723                         1,351,723   
   Household Products      11,003,562         335,277                 11,338,839   
   Hypermarkets & Super Centers      18,951,626                         18,951,626   
   Industrial Conglomerates      4,759,433                         4,759,433   
   Industrial Gases      1,794,249                         1,794,249   
   Integrated Telecommunication Services      16,750,726                         16,750,726   
   Life & Health Insurance      2,013,758                         2,013,758   
   Multi-Line Insurance      1,058,502         7,092,870                 8,151,372   
   Packaged Foods & Meats      51,495,971         136,400,197                 187,896,168   
   Personal Products      10,252,240                         10,252,240   
   Pharmaceuticals      81,723,465         16,151,209                 97,874,674   
   Soft Drinks      12,632,291                         12,632,291   
   Specialty Chemicals      8,768,309                         8,768,309   
   Tobacco      39,021,444         22,668,689                 61,690,133   
   Wireless Telecommunication Services      22,381,134         19,871,678                 42,252,812   
   Other              126,505,765                 126,505,765   

Participation Notes

                20,784,517                 20,784,517   

Short-Term Investments

                23,472,377                 23,472,377   
     

 

 

 
      $ 439,950,212       $ 564,358,128       $       $ 1,004,308,340   
     

 

 

 

Global Opportunities Fund

              

Assets

              

Common Stocks

   Air Freight & Logistics    $ 1,220,002       $       $       $ 1,220,002   
   Airlines      7,308,382                         7,308,382   
   Airport Services      2,780,880                         2,780,880   
   Application Software      5,251,380         1,608,187                 6,859,567   
   Auto Parts & Equipment      1,487,786         850,093                 2,337,879   
   Biotechnology      3,979,795         5,375,875                 9,355,670   
   Building Products      1,454,888                         1,454,888   
   Construction & Engineering      1,446,848                         1,446,848   
   Consumer Finance      5,014,971         4,808,929                 9,823,900   
   Diversified Support Services      1,552,090                         1,552,090   
   Electronic Manufacturing Services      3,041,991                         3,041,991   
   Health Care Facilities      1,644,708         1,921,331                 3,566,039   
   Health Care Services      1,569,282                         1,569,282   
   Homefurnishing Retail      1,160,803                         1,160,803   
   Internet Retail      3,588,033         1,592,717                 5,180,750   
   Internet Software & Services      10,230,236         8,517,011                 18,747,247   
   Life Sciences Tools & Services      633,056         1,384,580                 2,017,636   
   Packaged Foods & Meats      705,853         1,447,215                 2,153,068   
   Personal Products      1,083,806                         1,083,806   
   Pharmaceuticals      1,575,814         13,287,376                 14,863,190   
   Regional Banks      4,192,189                         4,192,189   
   Restaurants      1,280,068         2,786,869                 4,066,937   
   Semiconductors      1,614,583         1,916,780                 3,531,363   
   Trucking      4,809,623                         4,809,623   
   Other              41,696,486                 41,696,486   

Warrants

        21,870                         21,870   

Short-Term Investments

                685,704                 685,704   
     

 

 

 
   $ 68,648,937       $ 87,879,153       $       $ 156,528,090   
     

 

 

 

 

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Fund    Category   

Quoted Prices

in Active Markets

for Identical

Investments

(Level 1)

    

Significant Other

Observable Inputs

(Level 2)

    

Significant

Unobservable

Inputs

(Level 3)

    

Value at

9/30/2015

 

International Growth Fund

              

Assets

              

Common Stocks

   Application Software    $ 10,674,179       $ 33,824,454       $       $ 44,498,633   
   Asset Management & Custody Banks      19,704,214         5,646,726                 25,350,940   
   Auto Parts & Equipment      17,080,165                         17,080,165   
   Forest Products      6,183,284                         6,183,284   
   Health Care Technology      25,117,570         19,631,343                 44,748,913   
   Internet Software & Services      8,453,144         114,466,288                 122,919,432   
   Oil & Gas Equipment & Services      8,950,815         9,274,040                 18,224,855   
   Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation      8,065,158                         8,065,158   
   Property & Casualty Insurance      7,381,207                         7,381,207   
   Other              1,009,935,238                 1,009,935,238   

Short-Term Investments

                12,275,005                 12,275,005   
     

 

 

 
   $ 111,609,736       $ 1,205,053,094       $       $ 1,316,662,830   
     

 

 

 

International Opportunities Fund

              

Assets

              

Common Stocks

   Aerospace & Defense    $ 734,824       $       $       $ 734,824   
   Air Freight & Logistics      1,665,725         5,577,385                 7,243,110   
   Apparel Retail      2,408,792                         2,408,792   
   Application Software      3,531,931                         3,531,931   
   Brewers      9,550,197         8,600,670                 18,150,867   
   Building Products      508,407                         508,407   
   Commodity Chemicals      2,925,653         15,167,131                 18,092,784   
   Communications Equipment      1,028,371                         1,028,371   
   Construction Materials      1,573,282                         1,573,282   
   Department Stores      423,197         1,948,028                 2,371,225   
   Distillers & Vintners      1,599,493         6,876,093                 8,475,586   
   Diversified Banks      3,648,280                         3,648,280   
   Drug Retail      1,893,294         4,993,951                 6,887,245   
   Electronic Equipment & Instruments      2,294,692         2,354,488                 4,649,180   
   Food Retail      6,407,305         23,917,428                 30,324,733   
   Health Care Distributors      211,950                         211,950   
   Health Care Facilities      2,648,058         26,415,804                 29,063,862   
   Health Care Technology      2,345,080         2,185,149                 4,530,229   
   Industrial Conglomerates      3,330,127                         3,330,127   
   Marine      1,167,361                         1,167,361   
   Marine Ports & Services      1,807,439         1,538,180                 3,345,619   
   Multi-Line Insurance      1,309,448         1,929,587                 3,239,035   
   Multi-Sector Holdings      135,310                         135,310   
   Office Services & Supplies      2,585,838                         2,585,838   
   Packaged Foods & Meats      5,722,725         37,673,469                 43,396,194   
   Personal Products      818,547         4,307,461                 5,126,008   
   Pharmaceuticals      2,818,606         6,341,891                 9,160,497   
   Regional Banks      1,612,746                         1,612,746   
   Restaurants      10,306,069         38,791,601                 49,097,670   
   Soft Drinks      11,752,676                         11,752,676   
   Specialized Finance      595,111                         595,111   
   Specialty Chemicals      1,188,086         2,543,654                 3,731,740   
   Other              148,754,233                 148,754,233   

Short-Term Investments

                23,124,583                 23,124,583   
     

 

 

 
      $ 90,548,620       $ 363,040,786       $       $ 453,589,406   
     

 

 

 

Large Cap Value Fund

              

Assets

              

Common Stocks

      $ 243,797,409       $       $       $ 243,797,409   

Short-Term Investments

                1,470,547                 1,470,547   
     

 

 

 
      $ 243,797,409       $ 1,470,547       $       $ 245,267,956   
     

 

 

 

 

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Fund    Category   

Quoted Prices

in Active Markets

for Identical

Investments

(Level 1)

    

Significant Other

Observable Inputs

(Level 2)

    

Significant

Unobservable

Inputs

(Level 3)

    

Value at

9/30/2015

 

Long/Short Fund

              

Assets

              

Common Stocks

      $ 968,266,093       $       $       $ 968,266,093   

Short-Term Investments

                52,286,876                 52,286,876   
     

 

 

 
      $ 968,266,093       $ 52,286,876       $       $ 1,020,552,969   
     

 

 

 

Liabilities

              

Securities Sold Short

      $ (263,064,239    $       $       $ (263,064,239
     

 

 

 
      $ (263,064,239    $       $       $ (263,064,239
     

 

 

 

Micro Cap Fund

              

Assets

              

Common Stocks

   Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods    $ 2,983,713       $ 2,045,342       $       $ 5,029,055   
   Application Software      29,294,645         1,161,920                 30,456,565   
   Biotechnology      6,540,566         2,452,262                 8,992,828   
   Diversified Banks              5,916,813                 5,916,813   
   Industrial Machinery      3,094,127         3,370,193                 6,464,320   
   Internet Software & Services      16,432,625         2,943,976                 19,376,601   
   Pharmaceuticals      16,035,937         5,259,003                 21,294,940   
   Publishing              4,138,897                 4,138,897   
   Thrifts & Mortgage Finance              4,275,369                 4,275,369   
   Other      146,356,389                         146,356,389   

Short-Term Investments

                8,784,540                 8,784,540   
     

 

 

 
      $ 220,738,002       $ 40,348,315       $       $ 261,086,317   
     

 

 

 

Micro Cap Value Fund

              

Assets

              

Common Stocks

   Advertising    $       $ 1,000,703       $       $ 1,000,703   
   Application Software      2,932,140         1,031,935                 3,964,075   
   Asset Management & Custody Banks      1,941,015         53,965                 1,994,980   
   Automotive Retail              2,224,258                 2,224,258   
   Biotechnology      451,200         1,952,588                 2,403,788   
   Construction Materials              908,228                 908,228   
   Diversified Banks              1,402,683                 1,402,683   
   Electronic Equipment & Instruments      688,000         1,072,121                 1,760,121   
   General Merchandise Stores              1,283,632                 1,283,632   
   Health Care Distributors              759,523                 759,523   
   Health Care Facilities      1,790,460         1,469,573                 3,260,033   
   Health Care Services      5,180,262         1,820,461                 7,000,723   
   Health Care Supplies      3,144,750         1,067,361                 4,212,111   
   Health Care Technology              3,058,309                 3,058,309   
   Home Improvement Retail              1,534,248                 1,534,248   
   Human Resource & Employment Services              603,796                 603,796   
   Industrial Machinery      1,606,500         2,009,326                 3,615,826   
   Packaged Foods & Meats      1,558,304         1,647,642                 3,205,946   
   Pharmaceuticals      1,608,160         6,922,174                 8,530,334   
   Restaurants              913,107                 913,107   
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals      747,000         1,042,222                 1,789,222   
   Trading Companies & Distributors              993,792                 993,792   
   Other      73,704,293                         73,704,293   

Preferred Stocks

                        3,111,050         3,111,050   

Warrants

                        42,019         42,019   

Short-Term Investments

                19,808,193                 19,808,193   
     

 

 

 
   $ 95,352,084       $ 54,579,840       $ 3,153,069       $ 153,084,993   
     

 

 

 

 

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Fund    Category   

Quoted Prices

in Active Markets

for Identical

Investments

(Level 1)

    

Significant Other

Observable Inputs

(Level 2)

    

Significant

Unobservable

Inputs

(Level 3)

    

Value at

9/30/2015

 

Small Cap Growth Fund

              

Assets

              

Common Stocks

   Air Freight & Logistics    $ 26,599,591       $ 31,209,777       $       $ 57,809,368   
   Biotechnology      91,995,742         18,683,735                 110,679,477   
   Consumer Finance              12,110,713                 12,110,713   
   Diversified Banks      34,549,449         17,503,591                 52,053,040   
   Drug Retail              14,033,754                 14,033,754   
   Internet Retail      79,572,919         14,427,411                 94,000,330   
   Life Sciences Tools & Services      76,638,120         34,264,632                 110,902,752   
   Personal Products              13,905,268                 13,905,268   
   Restaurants      29,432,536         36,662,175                 66,094,711   
   Other      1,345,098,898                         1,345,098,898   

Preferred Stocks

                        36,789,588         36,789,588   

Limited Partnership Interest

                        4,827,863         4,827,863   

Short-Term Investments

                87,423,697                 87,423,697   
     

 

 

 
   $ 1,683,887,255       $ 280,224,753       $   41,617,451       $ 2,005,729,459   
     

 

 

 

Small Cap Value Fund

              

Assets

              

Common Stocks

   Consumer Finance    $ 8,170,230       $ 3,163,171       $       $ 11,333,401   
   Diversified Banks              7,010,812                 7,010,812   
   Pharmaceuticals      2,038,103         5,867,748                 7,905,851   
   Other      240,472,130                         240,472,130   

Limited Partnership Interest

        3,595,401                         3,595,401   

Short-Term Investments

                8,564,540                 8,564,540   
     

 

 

 
   $ 254,275,864       $ 24,606,271       $       $ 278,882,135   
     

 

 

 

Strategic Income Fund

              

Assets

              

Common Stocks

   Diversified REITs    $ 3,743,285       $ 533,571       $       $ 4,276,856   
   Other      69,376,316                         69,376,316   

Exchange-Traded Funds

        829,375                         829,375   

Limited Partnership Interest

        9,821,019                         9,821,019   

Corporate Bonds

                        804         804   

Short-Term Investments

                3,032,863                 3,032,863   
     

 

 

 
      $ 83,769,995       $ 3,566,434       $ 804       $ 87,337,233   
     

 

 

 

Ultra Growth Fund

              

Assets

              

Common Stocks

   Diversified Banks    $       $ 2,833,873       $       $ 2,833,873   
   Industrial Machinery      1,952,112         1,108,906                 3,061,018   
   Internet Software & Services      10,807,793                 914         10,808,707   
   Restaurants      669,079         1,131,157                 1,800,236   
   Specialized Finance              634,932                 634,932   
   Other      69,358,789                         69,358,789   

Preferred Stocks

                        1,573,562         1,573,562   

Limited Partnership Interest

                        4,511,302         4,511,302   

Short-Term Investments

                1,582,068                 1,582,068   
     

 

 

 
      $ 82,787,773       $ 7,290,936       $ 6,085,778       $ 96,164,487   
     

 

 

 

 

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Fund    Category   

Quoted Prices

in Active Markets

for Identical

Investments

(Level 1)

    

Significant Other

Observable Inputs

(Level 2)

    

Significant

Unobservable

Inputs

(Level 3)

    

Value at

9/30/2015

 

World Innovators Fund

              

Assets

              

Common Stocks

   Alternative Carriers    $       $ 3,979,933       $       $ 3,979,933   
   Application Software              472,043                 472,043   
   Automotive Retail      1,937,600         9,094,787                 11,032,387   
   Biotechnology      3,566,781         6,016,105                 9,582,886   
   Communications Equipment              470,755                 470,755   
   Computer & Electronics Retail              373,264                 373,264   
   Construction Machinery & Heavy Trucks              494,914                 494,914   
   Consumer Electronics              3,545,568                 3,545,568   
   Food Retail              3,450,759                 3,450,759   
   Health Care Distributors      925,150         340,328                 1,265,478   
   Health Care Equipment              5,409,186                 5,409,186   
   Health Care Services              954,938                 954,938   
   Health Care Technology      2,696,404         2,181,668                 4,878,072   
   Home Improvement Retail              852,891                 852,891   
   Homebuilding              593,354                 593,354   
   Human Resource & Employment Services              1,615,135                 1,615,135   
   Industrial Machinery      730,415         1,554,144                 2,284,559   
   Internet Retail      5,306,153         2,006,096                 7,312,249   
   Internet Software & Services      5,461,237         717,609         65         6,178,911   
   Leisure Products              3,288,953                 3,288,953   
   Life Sciences Tools & Services              2,460,756                 2,460,756   
   Publishing      955,087         644,441                 1,599,528   
   Real Estate Services      934,505         253,156                 1,187,661   
   Semiconductors              2,970,748                 2,970,748   
   Wireless Telecommunication Services              1,885,037                 1,885,037   
   Other      89,870,310                         89,870,310   

Limited Partnership Interest

                        316,546         316,546   

Short-Term Investments

                14,459,758                 14,459,758   
     

 

 

 
      $ 112,383,642       $ 70,086,326       $ 316,611       $ 182,786,579   
     

 

 

 

Income Fund

           

Assets

              

Asset-Backed Securities

      $       $ 7,739,874       $   —       $ 7,739,874   

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

                19,786,284                 19,786,284   

Corporate Bonds

                49,421,732                 49,421,732   

Municipal Bonds

                3,350,628                 3,350,628   

Exchange-Traded Funds

        837,150                         837,150   

U.S. Government Agency Securities

                14,574,065                 14,574,065   

U.S. Treasury Notes

                9,358,560                 9,358,560   

Preferred Stocks

        1,152,520                         1,152,520   

Short-Term Investments

                2,029,446                 2,029,446   
     

 

 

 
      $ 1,989,670       $ 106,260,589       $       $ 108,250,259   
     

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Fund

              

Assets

              

U.S. Government Obligations

      $       $ 322,083,384       $       $ 322,083,384   

Short-Term Investments

                4,582,570                 4,582,570   
     

 

 

 
      $       $ 326,665,954       $       $ 326,665,954   
     

 

 

 

If the securities of an Asset Class are all the same level, the asset class is shown in total. If the securities of an Asset Class cross levels, the level with the smallest number of categories and with multiple levels within a category is displayed by category. The remaining categories that do not cross levels are combined into the “Other” category.

 

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The valuation techniques used by the Funds to measure fair value for the year ended September 30, 2015 maximized the use of observable inputs and minimized the use of unobservable inputs.

The Funds’ policy is to recognize transfers between levels at the end of the reporting period. The table below shows the significant transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 due to fair valuation in certain foreign markets pursuant to a systematic valuation model.

 

Fund   

Transfers Out

Of Level 1 at

Market Value

    

Transfers Into

Level 2 at

Market Value

 

Core Growth Fund

   $ 66,993,719       $ 66,993,719   

Emerging India Fund

     44,986,684         44,986,684   

Emerging Markets Select Fund

     18,624,412         18,624,412   

Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund

     463,183,239         463,183,239   

Frontier Emerging Small Countries Fund

     414,157,588         414,157,588   

Global Opportunities Fund

     36,253,872         36,253,872   

International Growth Fund

     807,257,387         807,257,387   

International Opportunities Fund

     204,196,988         204,196,988   

Micro Cap Fund

     21,110,708         21,110,708   

Micro Cap Value Fund

     15,021,712         15,021,712   

Small Cap Growth Fund

     175,668,738         175,668,738   

Small Cap Value Fund

     7,010,812         7,010,812   

Ultra Growth Fund

     4,599,961         4,599,961   

World Innovators Fund

     19,817,960         19,817,960   

There was a transfer of $873,390 from Level 1 to Level 3 in the Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund. A holding was suspended from trading by the Hong Kong Exchange due to their inability to publish the 2014 annual report as required by the exchange listing rules. As of September 30, 2015, the security remains halted. There was a transfer of $971,041 from Level 3 to Level 2 in the Micro Cap Value Fund due to a change in pricing strategy on a PIPE. This transfer amount represents the beginning of the period value for Nobilis Health Corp. PIPE, which transferred to Level 2 during the period in order to properly represent the activity on the Level 3 rollforward presented below.

The following is a reconciliation of the fair valuations using significant observable inputs (Level 3) for the Funds during the year ended September 30, 2015:

 

Fund  

Market Value

Beginning

Balance

9/30/2014

   

Purchases

at Cost

   

Sales

(Proceeds)

   

Accrued

Discounts

(Premiums)

   

Realized

Gain/

(Loss)

   

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

   

Transfers

in at

Market

Value

   

Transfers

out at

Market

Value

   

Market

Value

Ending

Balance

9/30/2015

   

Net Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation) on

Investments Held

at 9/30/2015

 

Core Growth Fund

  

Preferred Stocks

  $      $ 4,000,004      $      $   —      $      $   —      $      $      $ 4,000,004      $   
 

 

 

 
           4,000,004                                                  4,000,004          
 

 

 

 

Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund

                   

Common Stocks

                                              873,390               873,390          
 

 

 

 
                                              873,390               873,390          
 

 

 

 

Micro Cap Fund

  

Common Stocks

    32,340               (7,700            (1,532,300     1,507,660                               
 

 

 

 
    32,340               (7,700            (1,532,300     1,507,660                               
 

 

 

 

Micro Cap Value Fund

  

Common Stocks

    1,186,508               (139,318            (779,686     703,537               (971,041              

Preferred Stocks

    1,366,314        1,455,000                             289,736                      3,111,050        289,736   

Warrants

    4,150        95,000                             (57,131                   42,019        (52,981
 

 

 

 
    2,556,972        1,550,000        (139,318            (779,686     936,142               (971,041     3,153,069        236,755   
 

 

 

 

Small Cap Growth Fund

  

Preferred Stocks

    32,900,050        2,999,984                             889,554                      36,789,588        889,554   

Limited Partnership Interest

    4,515,675        115,000        (768,900            734,297        231,791                      4,827,863        231,791   
 

 

 

 
    37,415,725        3,114,984        (768,900            734,297        1,121,345                      41,617,451        1,121,345   
 

 

 

 

Strategic Income Fund

  

Corporate Bonds

    1,125                                    (321                   804        (321
 

 

 

 
    1,125                                    (321                   804        (321
 

 

 

 

 

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Fund  

Market Value

Beginning

Balance

9/30/2014

   

Purchases

at Cost

   

Sales

(Proceeds)

   

Accrued

Discounts

(Premiums)

   

Realized

Gain/

(Loss)

   

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

   

Transfers

in at

Market

Value

   

Transfers

out at

Market

Value

   

Market

Value

Ending

Balance

9/30/2015

   

Net Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation) on

Investments Held

at 9/30/2015

 

Ultra Growth Fund

  

Common Stocks

  $ 914      $      $      $   —      $      $      $   —      $   —      $ 914      $   

Preferred Stocks

    2,018,982               (195            (999,805     554,580                      1,573,562        (442,979

Limited Partnership Interest

    4,198,989        105,000        (716,593            700,397        223,509                      4,511,302        223,509   
 

 

 

 
    6,218,885        105,000        (716,788            (299,408     778,089                      6,085,778        (219,470
 

 

 

 

World Innovators Fund

  

Common Stocks

    65                                                         65          

Limited Partnership Interest

    316,673        10,000        (52,306            33,892        8,287                      316,546        8,287   
 

 

 

 
    316,738        10,000        (52,306            33,892        8,287                      316,611        8,287   
 

 

 

 

QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION ABOUT LEVEL 3 FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

 

Fund   Description  

Fair Value

at 9/30/2015

    Valuation Technique   Unobservable Input   Range
(Average)
 

Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund

 

Common Stock: Pharmaceuticals

  $ 873,390     

Discount on last trade

 

Discount for lack of marketability

    90%   

Micro Cap Value Fund

 

Direct Venture Capital Investments: Pharmaceuticals

  $ 1,801,050     

Probability of warrant exercise

Probability of no warrant exercise

 

Exercise price Remaining value

   

 

*

*

  

  

Micro Cap Value Fund

 

Warrant in Public Equity: Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing

  $ 42,019     

Discount to cost

 

Cost

Discount for lack of marketability

   

 

50%

12%

  

  

Small Cap Growth Fund

 

Direct Venture Capital Investments: Biotechnology

  $ 272,022     

Market comparable companies

 

EV/R** multiple

Discount for lack of marketability

   

 

1.1 -2.5(1.7)

20%

  

  

Small Cap Growth Fund

 

Direct Venture Capital Investments: Oil & Gas Equipment & Services

  $ 12,432,564     

Market comparable companies

 

EV/R** multiple

Discount for lack of marketability

   

 

2.7 -10.5(5.6)

20%

  

  

Ultra Growth Fund

 

Direct Venture Capital Investments: Biotechnology

  $ 68,006     

Market comparable companies

 

EV/R** multiple

Discount for lack of marketability

   

 

1.1 -2.5(1.7)

20%

  

  

Ultra Growth Fund

 

Direct Venture Capital Investments: Health Care Technology

  $ 574,126     

Probability of strategic buyer†

Probability of financial buyer†

 

Offer proceeds

Offer proceeds

   

 

100%

100%

  

  

Ultra Growth Fund

 

Direct Venture Capital Investments: Oil & Gas Equipment & Services

  $ 931,430     

Market comparable companies

 

EV/R** multiple

Discount for lack of marketability

   

 

2.7 - 10.5(5.6)

20%

  

  

 

* The exercise price of the warrant will be within a range; the actual price is not set at this time. As such, this valuation is directionally sensitive to the determination of the exercise price within the range.

 

** Enterprise-Value-To-Revenue Multiple (“EV/R”)  —  A measure of the value of a stock that compares a company’s enterprise value to its revenue.

 

The valuation is sensitive to the adjustment of the probabilities between a strategic and financial buyer.

Changes in EV/R multiples may change the fair value of an investment. Generally, a decrease in this multiple will result in a decrease in the fair value of an investment.

The Funds’ other Level 3 investments have been valued using observable inputs, unadjusted third-party transactions and quotations, unadjusted historical third party information or the unadjusted NAV of an investment in private investment companies. No unobservable inputs internally developed by the Funds have been applied to these investments, thus they have been excluded from the above table.

14. OFFSETTING

Each Fund is party to various netting arrangements. The FASB requires disclosure about certain netting arrangements and similar agreements to enable users of a Fund’s financial statements to evaluate the effect or potential effect of netting arrangements on the Fund’s financial position. The scope of the disclosure is limited to derivative instruments, repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements, and securities borrowing and securities lending transactions.

 

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The following tables present information about financial instruments that were subject to enforceable netting arrangements as of September 30, 2015:

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS

 

         Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities  
Fund   Counterparty    Gross Asset Amounts
Presented in Statements
of Assets and Liabilities
     Financial
Instrument
     Collateral
Received1
    Net Amount
(Not Less
Than 0)
 

Core Growth Fund

  State Street Bank and Trust Co.    $ 119,120,957       $   —       $ (119,120,957   $   —   

Emerging India Fund

  State Street Bank and Trust Co.      2,268,300                 (2,268,300       

Emerging Markets Select Fund

  State Street Bank and Trust Co.      3,519,811                 (3,519,811       

Frontier Emerging Small Countries Fund

  State Street Bank and Trust Co.      23,472,377                 (23,472,377       

Global Opportunities Fund

  State Street Bank and Trust Co.      685,704                 (685,704       

International Growth Fund

  State Street Bank and Trust Co.      12,275,005                 (12,275,005       

International Opportunities Fund

  State Street Bank and Trust Co.      23,124,583                 (23,124,583       

Large Cap Value Fund

  State Street Bank and Trust Co.      1,470,547                 (1,470,547       

Long/Short Fund

  State Street Bank and Trust Co.      52,286,876                 (52,286,876       

Micro Cap Fund

  State Street Bank and Trust Co.      8,784,540                 (8,784,540       

Micro Cap Value Fund

  State Street Bank and Trust Co.      19,808,193                 (19,808,193       

Small Cap Growth Fund

  State Street Bank and Trust Co.      87,423,697                 (87,423,697       

Small Cap Value Fund

  State Street Bank and Trust Co.      8,564,540                 (8,564,540       

Strategic Income Fund

  State Street Bank and Trust Co.      3,032,863                 (3,032,863       

Ultra Growth Fund

  State Street Bank and Trust Co.      1,582,068                 (1,582,068       

World Innovators Fund

  State Street Bank and Trust Co.      14,459,758                 (14,459,758       

Income Fund

  State Street Bank and Trust Co.      2,029,446                 (2,029,446       

U.S. Treasury Fund

  State Street Bank and Trust Co.      4,582,570                 (4,582,570       

SECURITIES BORROWED FOR SHORT SALES

 

  

    
         Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities  
Fund   Counterparty   

Gross Liability Amounts

Presented in Statements

of Assets and Liabilities

    

Financial

Instrument

    

Collateral

Pledged2

   

Net Amount

(Not Less

Than 0)

 

Long/Short Fund

  JPMorgan Chase    $ 263,064,239       $       $ (263,064,239   $   

 

1  Repurchase agreements are classified as short-term investments in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. The market value of the collateral received is greater than the amounts indicated in the table. For further information, see Note 3 and the Schedules of Investments.

 

2  The market value of the collateral received is greater than the amounts indicated in the table. For further information, see Note 3 — Securities and Other Investments “Short Sales” and the Schedules of Investments.

15. FAIR VALUE OF DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS*

The following is a summary of the fair valuations of the Funds’ derivative instruments categorized by risk exposure:

WASATCH LONG/SHORT FUND

The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statement of Operations for the year ended September 30, 2015:

 

    Derivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments under Statement 133  
     Interest Rate
Contracts
    Foreign Exchange
Contracts
    Credit
Contracts
    Equity
Contracts
    Other
Contracts
    Total  

Realized Gain (Loss) on Derivatives Recognized in Income

           

Net realized gain (loss) on options written

  $      $      $      $ (1,377,491   $      $ (1,377,491
 

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives Recognized in Income

           

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, options, securities sold short and foreign currency translations

  $   —      $   —      $   —      $ 1,010,459      $   —      $ 1,010,459   
 

 

 

 

 

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The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statement of Operations for the year ended September 30, 2015:

 

     Derivatives not accounted for as hedging and non-hedging instruments under Statement 133  
      Interest Rate
Contracts
     Foreign Exchange
Contracts
     Credit
Contracts
     Equity
Contracts
     Other
Contracts
     Total  

Realized Gain (Loss) on Derivatives Recognized in Income

                 

Net realized gain (loss) on options written

   $       $       $       $ 272,422       $       $ 272,422   

Net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency translations

             414,810 1                               414,810   
  

 

 

 
   $       $ 414,810       $       $ 272,422       $       $ 687,232   
  

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives Recognized in Income

                 

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, options, securities sold short and foreign
currency translations

   $   —       $       $   —       $ (10,336    $   —       $ (10,336
  

 

 

 

 

* See Note 4 — Financial Derivative Instruments for additional information.

 

Derivative accounted for as hedging instrument under Statement 133.

For the year ended September 30, 2015, the average monthly balance of outstanding derivative financial instruments was as follows:

 

    

Micro Cap

Value Fund

 

Forward currency contracts:

 

Average number of contracts — U.S. dollars purchased

    1 

Average U.S. dollar amounts purchased

  $ 959,279   

Average number of contracts — U.S. dollars sold

    1 

Average U.S. dollar amounts sold

  $ 994,554   

Option contracts:

 

Average number of call contracts written

    130   

Average value of call contracts written

  $ 30,544   

 

1  Amount represents less than 0.05.

16. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Management has evaluated the possibility of subsequent events and has determined that there are no additional events that would require adjustment to or additional disclosure in the Funds’ financial statements.

 

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WASATCH FUNDS — Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm   SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

 

 

 

To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders of

Wasatch Funds Trust:

In our opinion, the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Wasatch Core Growth Fund, Wasatch Emerging India Fund, Wasatch Emerging Markets Select Fund, Wasatch Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund, Wasatch Frontier Emerging Small Countries Fund, Wasatch Global Opportunities Fund, Wasatch International Growth Fund, Wasatch International Opportunities Fund, Wasatch Large Cap Value Fund, Wasatch Long/Short Fund, Wasatch Micro Cap Fund, Wasatch Micro Cap Value Fund, Wasatch Small Cap Growth Fund, Wasatch Small Cap Value Fund, Wasatch Strategic Income Fund, Wasatch Ultra Growth Fund, Wasatch World Innovators Fund, Wasatch-1st Source Income Fund, and Wasatch-Hoisington U.S. Treasury Fund (hereafter referred to as the “Funds”) at September 30, 2015, the results of each of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in each of their net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at September 30, 2015 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Kansas City, Missouri

November 24, 2015

 

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WASATCH FUNDS Supplemental Information  

 

 

 

MANAGEMENT OF THE COMPANY

Management Information. The business affairs of Wasatch Funds are overseen by its Board of Trustees. The Board consists of five Independent Trustees and one Interested Trustee. Three of the Independent Trustees and the Interested Trustee were elected by shareholders to serve until their successors are qualified, appointed or elected in accordance with the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws. Two Independent Trustees have been appointed by the elected Independent Trustees to serve until his or her successor is qualified, appointed or elected in accordance with the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and By-Laws.

The Trustees and executive officers of Wasatch Funds and their principal occupations for at least the last five years are set forth below. The Advisor retains proprietary rights to the Trust name.

 

Name, Address

and Age

 

Position(s)

Held with
Wasatch Funds

 

Term of Office1

and Length of

Time Served

 

Principal Occupation(s)

during Past 5 Years

  Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex
Overseen
by Trustee
 

Other Directorships

Held by Trustee

during Past 5 Years2

Independent Trustees

         

James U. Jensen, J.D., MBA

505 Wakara Way

3rd Floor

Salt Lake City, UT 84108

Age 71

  Trustee and Chairman of the Board  

Indefinite

Served as Chairman of the Board since 2004 and Trustee since 1986

  Chief Executive Officer of Clearwater Law & Governance Group (an operating law firm board governance consulting company) April 2008 to present; Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board of Intelisum, Inc. (a company pursuing computer and measurement technology and products) 2001 - 2008; Consultant on corporate growth and technology transfer since 2004; Vice President, Corporate Development, Legal Affairs and General Counsel, and Secretary, NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from 1991 to 2004.   19   Director and Board Chairman of Agricon Global Corporation (formerly known as Bayhill Capital Corporation (telephone communications) since December 2007 to February 2014; Trustee, Northern Lights Fund Trust III (30 portfolios) since 2012.

D. James Croft, Ph.D.

505 Wakara Way

3rd Floor

Salt Lake City, UT 84108

Age 73

  Trustee and Chairman of the Governance and Nominating Committee  

Indefinite

Served as Trustee since 2005

  Consultant to the mortgage industry on issues of mortgage quality, identification of mortgage fraud, strategic planning and client development since 2004; Founder & Executive Director, Mortgage Asset Research Institute, from 1990 to 2004.   19   None.

Miriam M. Allison

505 Wakara Way

3rd Floor

Salt Lake City, UT 84108

Age 68

  Trustee and Chairman of the Audit Committee  

Indefinite

Served as Trustee since 2010

  Rancher since 2004. From 2001 to 2005, Chairman of UMB Fund Services, Inc.   19   Director, Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc. (27 portfolios) since 2006.

Heikki Rinne

505 Wakara Way

3rd Floor

Salt Lake City, UT 84108

Age 63

  Trustee  

Indefinite

Served as Trustee since October 2012

  Chief Executive Officer of the Halton Group Ltd. (an indoor environmental control manufacturing and technology company) since 2002.   19   None.

Kristen M. Fletcher

505 Wakara Way

3rd Floor

Salt Lake City, UT 84108

Age 62

  Trustee  

Indefinite

Served as Trustee since October 2014

  Trustee, Youth Sports Alliance since 2015; Director, Utah Symphony/Utah Opera since 2005; Director, Woodlands Commercial Bank 2009 - 2012; Chairman and CEO, ABN AMRO, Inc. and U.S. Country Representative, ABN AMRO Bank, NV from 2002 - 2004.   19   Trustee, Youth Sports Alliance since 2015; Director Utah Symphony/Utah Opera since 2005; Director, Woodlands Commercial Bank 2009 - 2012.

 

Interested Trustee

         

Samuel S. Stewart, Jr.,

Ph.D. CFA3

505 Wakara Way

3rd Floor

Salt Lake City, UT 84108

Age 73

  President and Trustee  

Indefinite

Served as President and Trustee since 1986

  Chairman of the Board for the Advisor since 1975; Chief Investment Officer of the Advisor from 2004 to June 2009; Director of Research of the Advisor from 1975 to 2004; Chairman of the Board of Wasatch Funds from 1986 to 2004.   19   None.

 

 

1  A Trustee may serve until his/her death, resignation, removal or retirement. Each Independent Trustee shall retire as Trustee at the end of the calendar year in which he/she attains the age of 75 years.

 

2  Directorships are those held by a Trustee in any company with a class of securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or subject to the requirements of Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act or any company registered as an investment company under the 1940 Act.

 

3  Dr. Stewart is an Interested Trustee because he serves as the Chairman of the Board of the Advisor.

 

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Name, Address

and Age

 

Position(s)

Held with

Trust

 

Term of Office and

Length of Time Served

 

Principal Occupation(s)

during Past 5 Years

Officers

     

Daniel D. Thurber

505 Wakara Way

3rd Floor

Salt Lake City, UT 84108

Age 46

  Vice President  

Indefinite

Served as Vice President since February 2007

  General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Director of Compliance for the Advisor since 2006.

Russell L. Biles

505 Wakara Way

3rd Floor

Salt Lake City, UT 84108

Age 48

  Chief Compliance Officer, Vice President and Secretary  

Indefinite

Served as Chief Compliance Officer and Vice President since February 2007 and Secretary since November 2008

  Chief Compliance Officer and Vice President for Wasatch Funds since February 2007; Secretary for Wasatch Funds since November 2008; Counsel for the Advisor since October 2006.

Cindy B. Firestone CPA

505 Wakara Way

3rd Floor

Salt Lake City, UT 84108

Age 58

  Treasurer  

Indefinite

Served as Treasurer since May 2009

  Treasurer for Wasatch Funds since May 2009; Assistant Treasurer for Wasatch Funds from November 2008 to May 2009; Internal Auditor for the Advisor from December 2002 to August 2011.

David Corbett

505 Wakara Way

3rd Floor

Salt Lake City, UT 84108

Age 43

  Assistant Vice President  

Indefinite

Served as Assistant Vice President since August 2012

  Assistant Vice President for Wasatch Funds since August 2012; Director of Mutual Fund Services for the Advisor since June 2007.

 

Additional information about the Funds’ trustees is provided in the Statement of Additional Information and is available without charge, upon request, by calling 800.551.1700.

ADDITIONAL TAX INFORMATION

The Funds hereby designate the following amounts or maximum amounts allowable as long term capital gain dividends for the purpose of the dividends paid deduction. The amounts designated here include the utilization of earnings and profits distributed to shareholders on the redemption of shares.

 

Fund    Amount  

Core Growth Fund

   $ 24,139,661   

Frontier Emerging Small Countries Fund

     14,583,973   

Global Opportunities Fund

     27,018,684   

International Growth Fund

     9,181,913   

International Opportunities Fund

     32,985,697   

Large Cap Value Fund

     91,295,666   

Long/Short Fund

     171,032,782   

Micro Cap Fund

     13,800,575   

Micro Cap Value Fund

     21,640,698   

Small Cap Growth Fund

     210,961,388   

Strategic Income Fund

     7,267,964   

Ultra Growth Fund

     29,153,346   

World Innovators Fund

     25,428,998   

U.S. Treasury Fund

     11,970,866   

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2015, certain dividends paid by each Fund may be subject to a maximum tax rate of 20% as provided for by the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003. To the extent dividends are paid during the calendar year 2015, complete information will be reported on shareholders’ 2015 Form 1099-DIV.

The amount designated as qualified dividend income for the year ended September 30, 2015 will be at the highest amount permitted by law.

Corporate shareholders should note for the year ended September 30, 2015, the percentage of the Funds’ investment income (i.e., net investment income plus short-term capital gains) that qualified for the corporate dividends received deductions are as follows:

 

Fund    Percentage  

Emerging Markets Select Fund

     1

Frontier Emerging Small Countries Fund

     2

Large Cap Value Fund

     92

Long/Short Fund

     100

Strategic Income Fund

     53

Income Fund

     3

The Funds may elect to pass-through to shareholders the income tax credit for taxes paid to foreign countries. The foreign taxes paid eligible for pass-through on September 30, 2015 are as follows:

 

Fund    Amount  

Frontier Emerging Small Countries Fund

   $ 3,040,779   

If elected, the pass-through of the foreign tax credit will affect only those persons who are shareholders on the dividend record date in December 2015. These shareholders will receive more detailed information along with their 2015 Form 1099-DIV.

 

 

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WASATCH FUNDS — Supplemental Information (continued)   SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

PROXY VOTING POLICIES, PROCEDURES AND RECORD

A description of the policies and procedures that Wasatch Advisors uses to vote proxies related to the Funds’ portfolio securities is set forth in the Funds’ Statement of Additional Information which is available without charge, upon request, on the Funds’ website at www.WasatchFunds.com or by calling 800.551.1700 and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) website at www.sec.gov.

Wasatch Funds’ proxy voting record is available without charge on the Funds’ website at www.WasatchFunds.com and the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov no later than August 31 for the prior 12 months ending June 30.

QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS DISCLOSURE ON FORM N-Q

The Funds file their complete schedules of investments with the SEC for their first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Funds’ Form N-Q filings are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, and may be viewed at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. (information on the operation of the Public Reference room may be obtained by calling 800.SEC.0330).

 

 

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WASATCH FUNDS — Service Providers   SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 (UNAUDITED)

 

 

 

INVESTMENT ADVISOR

Wasatch Advisors, Inc.

505 Wakara Way, 3rd Floor

Salt Lake City, UT 84108

SUB-ADVISOR FOR THE WASATCH-1ST SOURCE INCOME FUND

1st Source Corporation Investment Advisors, Inc.

100 North Michigan Street

South Bend, IN 46601

SUB-ADVISOR FOR THE U.S. TREASURY FUND

Hoisington Investment Management Co.

6836 Bee Caves Road

Building 2, Suite 100

Austin, TX 78746

ADMINISTRATOR AND FUND ACCOUNTANT

State Street Bank and Trust Company

801 Pennsylvania Avenue

Kansas City, MO 64105

DISTRIBUTOR

ALPS Distributors, Inc.

1290 Broadway, Suite 1100

Denver, CO 80203

TRANSFER AGENT

UMB Fund Services, Inc.

235 West Galena Street

Milwaukee, WI 53212

CUSTODIAN

State Street Bank and Trust Company

801 Pennsylvania Avenue

Kansas City, MO 64105

LEGAL COUNSEL TO WASATCH FUNDS AND INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES

Chapman and Cutler, LLP

111 West Monroe Street

Chicago, IL 60603

INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

1100 Walnut Street, Suite 1300

Kansas City, MO 64106

 
CONTACT WASATCH  

 

 

 

 

 

 

TELEPHONE

800.551.1700

M - F, 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. CT

Automated Line, 24 Hours

U.S. MAIL

Wasatch Funds

P.O. Box 2172

Milwaukee, WI 53201-2172

OVERNIGHT DELIVERY

Wasatch Funds

235 West Galena Street

Milwaukee, WI 53212

ONLINE

www.WasatchFunds.com

shareholderservice@wasatchfunds.com

 

 

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Item 2: Code of Ethics.

 

(a)

Wasatch Funds Trust (the “Registrant”) has adopted a Code of Ethics that applies to the Registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer.

 

(b)

No disclosures are required by this Item 2(b).

 

(c)

There have been no amendments to the Registrant’s Code of Ethics during the reporting period for this form N-CSR.

 

(d)

There have been no waivers granted by the Registrant to individuals covered by the Registrant’s Code of Ethics during the reporting period for this Form N-CSR.

 

(e)

Not applicable.

 

(f)

A copy of the Registrant’s Code of Ethics is attached as an exhibit to this Form N-CSR.

Item 3: Audit Committee Financial Expert.

 

(a) (1)

The Board of Trustees of the Registrant has determined that the Registrant has at least one member serving on the Registrant’s Audit Committee that possesses the attributes identified in Instruction 2(b) of Item 3 to Form N-CSR to qualify as “audit committee financial expert.”

 

  (2)

The name of the audit committee financial expert is Miriam M. Allison. Ms. Allison is deemed to be “independent” as that term is defined in Item 3(a)(2) of Form N-CSR.

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

 

(a)

Audit Fees - The aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by the independent registered public accounting firm for the audit of the Registrant’s annual financial statements or services normally provided in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for the last two fiscal years ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 were $426,189 and $484,862, respectively.

 

(b)

Audit Related Fees – During the fiscal years ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, the Registrant was not billed any fees by the independent registered public accounting firm for assurance and related services rendered by the independent registered public accounting firm to the Registrant that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the Registrant’s financial statements and are not reported under paragraph (a) of this Item 4.

During the fiscal years ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, no fees for assurance and related services that relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Registrant were billed by the independent registered public accounting firm to the Registrant’s investment adviser (the “Advisor”) or any other entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Advisor that provides ongoing services to the Registrant.

 

(c)

Tax Fees - The aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by the independent registered public accounting firm to the Registrant for tax compliance, tax advice, tax planning and tax return preparation for the last two fiscal years ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 were $105,965 and $106,750, respectively. These services consisted of the independent registered public accounting firm reviewing the Registrant’s excise tax returns, distribution requirements and RIC tax returns, as well as consultations regarding the liquidation of a series of the Trust.

During the fiscal years ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, no fees for tax compliance, tax advice or tax planning services that relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Registrant were billed by the independent registered public accounting firm to the Advisor or any other entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Advisor that provides ongoing services to the Registrant.


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(d)

All Other Fees – The aggregate fees billed for products and services provided by the independent registered public accounting firm to the Registrant, other than the services reported in paragraph (a) – (c) of this Item 4, for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 were $0 and $1,772, respectively.

During the fiscal years ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, no fees for other services that relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Registrant were billed by the independent registered public accounting firm to the Advisor or any other entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Advisor that provides ongoing services to the Registrant.

 

(e)

Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures

(1)        Pursuant to the registrant’s Audit Committee Charter, the Audit Committee shall evaluate the independence of the independent public accountants, including evaluating whether the independent public accountants provide audit services or consulting services to the Registrant or consulting services to the Advisor, and to receive the specific representations of the independent registered public accounting firm as to their independence. Specifically, the Audit Committee will be responsible for evaluating the provision of non-audit services to the Registrant as required by Section 201 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, any pre-approval requests submitted by the independent registered public accounting firm as required by Section 202 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act or as otherwise required under Section 2-01 of Regulation S-X, and shall monitor the conflict of interest requirements in Section 206 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and the prohibitions on improper influence on the conduct of audits in Section 303 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Audit Committee shall pre-approve any engagement of the independent registered public accounting firm to provide any services (other than prohibited non-audit services) including the fees and other compensation to be paid to the independent registered public accounting firm.

The independent registered public accounting firm is authorized by the Audit Committee to provide non-audit services to the extent allowable under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 for the Registrant provided that (i) the fees payable with respect to such services do not exceed $5,000 in any calendar quarter and (ii) such fees are ratified by the Audit Committee at its next meeting. The fees payable with respect to non-audit services may be increased by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the Audit Committee.

(2)        There were no pre-approval requirements waived for the services provided to the Registrant described in paragraphs (b)-(d) of Item 4 by the Audit Committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X (the “De Minimis Rule”). There were no fees billed for services provided to the Advisor described in paragraphs (b)-(d) of Item 4 that were required to be pre-approved by the Audit Committee as described in paragraph (e)(1) of Item 4.

 

(f)

No disclosures are required by this Item 4(f).

 

(g)

For the fiscal years ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, the aggregate non-audit fees billed by the independent registered public accounting firm for services rendered to the Registrant and the Advisor and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Advisor that provided ongoing services to the Registrant were approximately $0 and $1,772, respectively.

 

(h)

No disclosures are required by this Item 4(h).

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

Not applicable.


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Item 6. Schedule of Investments.

 

(a)

Schedule of Investments is included as a part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.

 

(b) Not applicable.

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

Not applicable.

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

Not applicable.

Item 9. Purchases 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 have been no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Registrant’s board of trustees, where those changes were implemented after the Registrant last provided disclosure in response to this item.

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

 

(a)

The Registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers have concluded that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) are effective, as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this Form N-CSR based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act) and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934).

 

(b)

There were no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the Registrant’s second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 12. Exhibits.

 

(a)(1)

Code of Ethics is attached hereto.

 

(a)(2)

The certifications required by Rule 30a-2(a) of the 1940 Act are attached hereto.

 

(a)(3)

Not applicable.

 

(b)

The certifications required by Rule 30a-2(b) of the 1940 Act and Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto.


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SIGNATURES

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

WASATCH FUNDS TRUST

 

By:   /s/ Samuel S. Stewart, Jr.
  Samuel S. Stewart, Jr.
  President (principal executive officer) of Wasatch Funds Trust
Date:       December 3, 2015

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/ Samuel S. Stewart, Jr.
  Samuel S. Stewart, Jr.
  President (principal executive officer) of Wasatch Funds Trust
Date:   December 3, 2015
By:   /s/ Cindy B. Firestone
  Cindy B. Firestone
  Treasurer (principal financial officer) of Wasatch Funds Trust
Date:       December 3, 2015