N-CSR 1 arigl_ncsr.htm CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
 
 

Investment Company Act File Number: 811-05833

T. Rowe Price Institutional International Funds, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
 
100 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202

(Address of principal executive offices)
 
David Oestreicher
100 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202

(Name and address of agent for service)
 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (410) 345-2000
 
 
Date of fiscal year end: October 31
 
 
Date of reporting period: October 31, 2013





Item 1. Report to Shareholders

T. Rowe Price Annual Report
Institutional Global Growth
Equity Fund
October 31, 2013

Highlights

  • Global equity markets posted impressive gains over the past 12 months; within this general upward trend, emerging markets lagged as a result of concerns about the impact of future Fed tapering.
     
  • The fund returned 23.53% in the reporting period but slightly trailed its benchmark as a result of its overweight allocation to emerging markets.
     
  • Emerging markets valuations are attractive, and we continue to find opportunities among high-quality companies that we believe are poised for long-term earnings growth.
     
  • Market sentiment toward the growth potential of the developed world seems excessively positive, and we are taking a relatively cautious view given current valuation levels.

The views and opinions in this report were current as of October 31, 2013. They are not guarantees of performance or investment results and should not be taken as investment advice. Investment decisions reflect a variety of factors, and the managers reserve the right to change their views about individual stocks, sectors, and the markets at any time. As a result, the views expressed should not be relied upon as a forecast of the fund’s future investment intent. The report is certified under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which requires mutual funds and other public companies to affirm that, to the best of their knowledge, the information in their financial reports is fairly and accurately stated in all material respects.

Manager’s Letter
T. Rowe Price Institutional Global Growth Equity Fund

Dear Investor

Global developed stock markets posted very strong gains over the past 12 months as central banks continued their highly accommodative monetary policies. However, emerging markets returns significantly lagged their developed-market counterparts. Emerging markets economic data started to weaken, which was then compounded by a summer sell-off triggered by fears about the U.S. Federal Reserve starting to reduce the pace of its asset purchases. Your fund posted strong gains, but relative results lagged as a result of our overweight exposure to emerging markets. However, we continue to believe that market sentiment toward many developed-market stocks is overly optimistic given the earnings growth outlook. Separately, we believe that emerging markets have been painted with a broad brush, with poor sentiment depressing valuations in many areas where fundamentals remain strong. As a result, we remain overweight in emerging markets stocks, with our positions focused on those areas where we see a meaningful disconnect between fundamentals and valuation.

This report marks the five-year anniversary of your fund’s inception. I would like to thank all of the shareholders who have invested in the fund since its launch in October 2008—a truly unique period for global stock markets. As a point of note, as of November 1, 2013, your fund’s name changed to the T. Rowe Price Institutional Global Growth Equity Fund, and its primary benchmark is now the MSCI All Country World Index. The fund’s investment process has not changed.


Your fund returned 10.15% and 23.53% for the 6- and 12-month periods ended October 31, 2013, respectively. The fund narrowly lagged the MSCI All Country World Index for the full year and trailed the Lipper Global Multi-Cap Growth Funds Average. The fund performed in line with the MSCI All Country World Index Large Cap, its former benchmark, for the 12-month period. The fund’s longer-term relative performance remained strong. Based on cumulative total return, Lipper ranked the Institutional Global Growth Equity Fund 159 of 232, 96 of 174, and 14 of 120 global multi-cap growth funds for the 1-, 3-, and 5-year periods ended October 31, 2013, respectively. (Results will vary for other periods. Past performance cannot guarantee future results.)

Our overweight position in emerging markets, which dramatically underperformed developed equity markets during the reporting period, accounted for the majority of our underperformance versus the MSCI All Country World Index. Although we reduced our allocation to some emerging markets, notably Brazil, in response to a weakening growth and earnings backdrop, in general, we think that emerging markets stock valuations are very attractive in terms of our stock-by-stock earnings projections.

Market Review

Developed equity markets posted strong returns in the 12-month reporting period amid favorable monetary policies. Japan’s central bank was particularly aggressive, as the Japanese prime minister’s “Abenomics” policies included a massive quantitative easing effort that led to a sharp devaluation in the yen and an increase in the country’s exports. Japanese stocks leaped early in 2013 and returned over 34% in the reporting period.

The eurozone continued to very slowly recover from the sovereign debt crisis, but many fiscal and structural challenges, including high levels of national debt and arcane labor laws, remain. The European Central Bank cut its main lending rate by 0.25 percentage points to 0.50% in May and to 0.25% shortly after our reporting period ended in an effort to stimulate stronger growth. Markets in the peripheral eurozone countries posted huge gains—for example, equities in Greece returned 75% during the reporting period.

Although the U.S. economy is in a healthier position than at the beginning of the reporting period, U.S. policymakers have remained somewhat cautious amid periodic political standoffs about fiscal policy and the government budget. The Fed has continued its monthly purchases of $85 billion in Treasury and agency mortgage-backed securities to try to keep long-term interest rates low and stimulate economic growth.

In May, the Fed suggested that it would begin to taper its bond-buying program if economic conditions continued to improve. The comment drove stocks lower and triggered turmoil for many emerging markets as currencies bore the brunt of widespread selling. Emerging markets stocks recovered some of their lost ground late in the reporting period as the Fed unexpectedly maintained the pace of its purchases and investors pushed out expectations of tapering until early 2014.

Portfolio Strategy Review

Our emphasis remains on applying fundamental research to identify stocks with the best prospects for long-term earnings growth. Our process concentrates on bottom-up company research instead of top-down macro analysis. Our positioning at the sector level remains mostly neutral, with the exceptions being overweight positions in financials and information technology and underweights in energy and materials.

In terms of regional positioning, we maintain a significant overweight to emerging markets, particularly to non-BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) countries. We significantly reduced our allocation to South American markets over the course of the reporting period as an absence of structural reforms in Brazil and Argentina dampened growth expectations. Our conviction in the long-term potential of many emerging markets stocks remains high. However, we recognize the importance of selectivity at the company level given the current headwinds from a strengthening dollar, rising interest rates, and decreases in the prices of energy and metals. We remain confident that the quality of our holdings in this area will ultimately matter more than the ebbs and flows of market sentiment.


During the 12-month reporting period, our overweight allocation to emerging markets was the largest factor in our relative underperformance as investor sentiment toward developing countries abruptly turned negative when fears of an impending Fed taper began to dominate the markets. Our stock selection in the financials and consumer discretionary sectors also weighed on relative results. We had significant exposure to emerging markets stocks within these sectors.

In the financials sector, our commercial banks holdings in India and Indonesia particularly hurt our performance during the reporting period. We continue to see emerging markets financials as an attractive way to benefit from relatively high economic growth rates, low market penetration for financial products, and higher lending margins when compared with developed countries. However, we are selective about our holdings in the sector—we sold Banco Santander Brasil as a result of Brazil’s lack of progress on structural reforms that would benefit its banking industry and a worse-than-expected credit cycle in Brazil. We continue to like the outlook for well-run emerging markets commercial banks in Asia, however, with our positions including Indonesia’s Bank Central Asia. Given our preference for higher-growth emerging markets companies, we have held an underweight position in financial companies in developed countries. This follows our concerns about the impact of tighter regulations on many developed-world banks, but many of these stocks rallied rapidly during the period. (Please refer to the portfolio of investments for a complete list of holdings and the amount each represents in the portfolio.)

Our positions in emerging markets consumer discretionary stocks drove our relative underperformance in that sector. Auto parts manufacturer Hyundai Mobis (South Korea) and Hong Kong-based luxury hotel operator Shangri-La Asia detracted; we eliminated both positions during the reporting period. Our current positioning in the consumer discretionary sector retains a bias toward online retail via Amazon.com (U.S.), which benefited performance. We also saw strength from indirect exposure to emerging markets via our holdings in Las Vegas Sands and Richemont.


Stock selection in the energy sector contributed positively to the fund’s relative performance. Increasing supply and falling demand continue to present headwinds for the energy market, but companies with exposure to the booming U.S. shale oil and gas industry fared well. Anadarko Petroleum (U.S.) has invested wisely in its U.S. shale business and its energy assets in Africa; the company outperformed and has a low valuation relative to its peers in the exploration and production industry. Cabot Oil & Gas (U.S.) generated strong gains, and we subsequently eliminated the position.

Our Chinese utilities proved to be an area of strong stock selection. Chinese government spending on infrastructure and clean energy projects boosted gas transmission and distribution company Beijing Enterprises. Wind energy specialist China Longyuan Power also outperformed.

Stock selection in health care also provided a boost to relative performance. Within health care, we focus on pharmaceutical manufacturers with strong product pipelines and on medical technology companies with pricing power in their product segments. Pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences (U.S.) outperformed after it posted better-than-expected quarterly earnings as a result of strong results from its HIV treatments. Canada-based Valeant Pharmaceuticals International also posted healthy returns during the reporting period.

Investment Outlook

The broad upswing in equity markets has masked considerable volatility and suggests that many investors have an increasingly optimistic view of the future. While we maintain a bullish medium- to long-term outlook, we are concerned that sentiment is too positive in many cases in the near term.

Most notably, market expectations about the economic trajectory in both the U.S. and Europe appear very optimistic. While the U.S. economy is clearly improving, the country faces major fiscal hurdles that may dampen growth in the coming quarters. European markets have rallied significantly as investors bought discounted shares of companies and on indications that economic conditions have merely stopped getting worse. However, the massive unemployment levels in periphery countries and a still-fractious political structure should temper assumptions that a dramatic cyclical upswing is soon to follow.

Conversely, emerging markets continue to face broadly negative market sentiment. While we agree that concern about specific areas of emerging markets is warranted, there are numerous fertile opportunities in developing countries that now sell at attractive valuations. As a result, we have been reallocating our exposure away from markets such as Brazil, where the fundamental story has deteriorated, and into countries and companies where structural advantages have not become impaired. We continue to find exceptional opportunity in the Philippines and in some high-quality Indonesian banks.

Given our concerns that developed market sentiment may be overshooting reality, we are positioned with a relatively cautious view of current stock valuations in mind, while maintaining a focus on stocks with company-specific advantages and still-reasonable valuations. In emerging markets, we strive to identify and purchase companies with visible and durable earnings growth, which we believe remains the key to capturing returns in the developing world. In the long run, profits and cash flow drive stock prices, and we believe we have positioned the portfolio to benefit from a return to market expectations shaped by company-specific fundamentals as opposed to macro-level sentiment.

As always, thank you for investing with T. Rowe Price.

Respectfully submitted,

 
R. Scott Berg
Chairman of the fund’s Investment Advisory Committee

November 18, 2013

The committee chairman has day-to-day responsibility for managing the portfolio and works with committee members in developing and executing the fund’s investment program.

Risks of International Investing

Funds that invest overseas generally carry more risk than funds that invest strictly in U.S. assets. Funds investing in a single country or in a limited geographic region tend to be riskier than more diversified funds. Risks can result from varying stages of economic and political development; differing regulatory environments, trading days, and accounting standards; and higher transaction costs of non-U.S. markets. Non-U.S. investments are also subject to currency risk, or a decline in the value of a foreign currency versus the U.S. dollar, which reduces the dollar value of securities denominated in that currency.

Glossary

Lipper averages: The average of available mutual fund performance returns in categories defined by Lipper Inc.

MSCI All Country World Index: A capitalization-weighted index of stocks from developed and emerging markets worldwide.

MSCI All Country World Index Large Cap: A capitalization-weighted index of large-cap stocks from developed and emerging markets worldwide.

Note: MSCI makes no express or implied warranties or representations and shall have no liability whatsoever with respect to any MSCI data contained herein. The MSCI data may not be further redistributed or used as a basis for other indices or any securities or financial products. This report is not approved, reviewed, or produced by MSCI.

Portfolio Highlights


Performance and Expenses
T. Rowe Price Institutional Global Growth Equity Fund

Performance Comparison

This chart shows the value of a hypothetical $1 million investment in the fund over the past 10 fiscal year periods or since inception (for funds lacking 10-year records). The result is compared with benchmarks, which may include a broad-based market index and a peer group average or index. Market indexes do not include expenses, which are deducted from fund returns as well as mutual fund averages and indexes.


Fund Expense Example

As a mutual fund shareholder, you may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, such as redemption fees or sales loads, and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and service (12b-1) fees, and other fund expenses. The following example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the most recent six-month period and held for the entire period.

Actual Expenses
The first line of the following table (Actual) provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information on this line, together with your account balance, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number on the first line under the heading “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The information on the second line of the table (Hypothetical) is based on hypothetical account values and expenses derived from the fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed 5% per year rate of return before expenses (not the fund’s actual return). You may compare the ongoing costs of investing in the fund with other funds by contrasting this 5% hypothetical example and the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. 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 should also be aware that the expenses shown in the table highlight only your ongoing costs and do not reflect any transaction costs, such as redemption fees or sales loads. 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. To the extent a fund charges transaction costs, however, the total cost of owning that fund is higher.


 

Financial Highlights
T. Rowe Price Institutional Global Growth Equity Fund


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

Portfolio of Investments
T. Rowe Price Institutional Global Growth Equity Fund
October 31, 2013


 

 




 




 

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities
T. Rowe Price Institutional Global Growth Equity Fund
October 31, 2013
($000s, except shares and per share amounts)


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

Statement of Operations
T. Rowe Price Institutional Global Growth Equity Fund
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
T. Rowe Price Institutional Global Growth Equity Fund
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Notes to Financial Statements
T. Rowe Price Institutional Global Growth Equity Fund
October 31, 2013

T. Rowe Price Institutional International Funds, Inc. (the corporation), is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act). The Institutional Global Growth Equity Fund (the fund), formerly the Institutional Global Large-Cap Equity Fund, is a diversified, open-end management investment company established by the corporation. The fund commenced operations on October 27, 2008. The fund seeks long-term growth of capital through investments primarily in the common stocks of large-cap companies throughout the world, including the U.S.

NOTE 1 - SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Preparation The accompanying financial statements were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), which require the use of estimates made by management. Management believes that estimates and valuations are appropriate; however, actual results may differ from those estimates, and the valuations reflected in the accompanying financial statements may differ from the value ultimately realized upon sale or maturity.

Investment Transactions, Investment Income, and Distributions Income and expenses are recorded on the accrual basis. Dividends received from mutual fund investments are reflected as dividend income; capital gain distributions are reflected as realized gain/loss. Dividend income and capital gain distributions are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income tax-related interest and penalties, if incurred, would be recorded as income tax expense. Investment transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Realized gains and losses are reported on the identified cost basis. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income distributions are declared and paid annually. Capital gain distributions, if any, are generally declared and paid by the fund annually.

Currency Translation Assets, including investments, and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar values each day at the prevailing exchange rate, using the mean of the bid and asked prices of such currencies against U.S. dollars as quoted by a major bank. Purchases and sales of securities, income, and expenses are translated into U.S. dollars at the prevailing exchange rate on the date of the transaction. The effect of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on realized and unrealized security gains and losses is reflected as a component of security gains and losses.

Credits The fund earns credits on temporarily uninvested cash balances held at the custodian, which reduce the fund’s custody charges. Custody expense in the accompanying financial statements is presented before reduction for credits.

Redemption Fees A 2% fee is assessed on redemptions of fund shares held for 90 days or less to deter short-term trading and to protect the interests of long-term shareholders. Redemption fees are withheld from proceeds that shareholders receive from the sale or exchange of fund shares. The fees are paid to the fund and are recorded as an increase to paid-in capital. The fees may cause the redemption price per share to differ from the net asset value per share.

New Accounting Guidance On May 1, 2013, the fund adopted new accounting guidance, issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, that requires an entity to disclose information about offsetting and related arrangements to enable users of its financial statements to understand the effect of those arrangements on its financial position. Adoption had no effect on the fund’s net assets or results of operations.

NOTE 2 - VALUATION

The fund’s financial instruments are valued, and its net asset value (NAV) per share is computed at the close of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4 p.m. ET, each day the NYSE is open for business.

Fair Value The fund’s financial instruments are reported at fair value, which GAAP defines as the price 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 T. Rowe Price Valuation Committee (the Valuation Committee) has been established by the fund’s Board of Directors (the Board) to ensure that financial instruments are appropriately priced at fair value in accordance with GAAP and the 1940 Act. Subject to oversight by the Board, the Valuation Committee develops and oversees pricing-related policies and procedures and approves all fair value determinations. Specifically, the Valuation Committee establishes procedures to value securities; determines pricing techniques, sources, and persons eligible to effect fair value pricing actions; oversees the selection, services, and performance of pricing vendors; oversees valuation-related business continuity practices; and provides guidance on internal controls and valuation-related matters. The Valuation Committee reports to the fund’s Board; is chaired by the fund’s treasurer; and has representation from legal, portfolio management and trading, operations, and risk management.

Various valuation techniques and inputs are used to determine the fair value of financial instruments. GAAP establishes the following fair value hierarchy that categorizes the inputs used to measure fair value:

Level 1 – quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical financial instruments that the fund can access at the reporting date

Level 2 – inputs other than Level 1 quoted prices that are observable, either directly or indirectly (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar financial instruments in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar financial instruments in inactive markets, interest rates and yield curves, implied volatilities, and credit spreads)

Level 3 – unobservable inputs

Observable inputs are developed using market data, such as publicly available information about actual events or transactions, and reflect the assumptions that market participants would use to price the financial instrument. Unobservable inputs are those for which market data are not available and are developed using the best information available about the assumptions that market participants would use to price the financial instrument. GAAP requires valuation techniques to maximize the use of relevant observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. When multiple inputs are used to derive fair value, the financial instrument is assigned to the level within the fair value hierarchy based on the lowest-level input that is significant to the fair value of the financial instrument. Input levels are not necessarily an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with financial instruments at that level but rather the degree of judgment used in determining those values.

Valuation Techniques Equity securities listed or regularly traded on a securities exchange or in the over-the-counter (OTC) market are valued at the last quoted sale price or, for certain markets, the official closing price at the time the valuations are made. OTC Bulletin Board securities are valued at the mean of the closing bid and asked prices. A security that is listed or traded on more than one exchange is valued at the quotation on the exchange determined to be the primary market for such security. Listed securities not traded on a particular day are valued at the mean of the closing bid and asked prices for domestic securities and the last quoted sale or closing price for international securities.

For valuation purposes, the last quoted prices of non-U.S. equity securities may be adjusted to reflect the fair value of such securities at the close of the NYSE. If the fund determines that developments between the close of a foreign market and the close of the NYSE will, in its judgment, materially affect the value of some or all of its portfolio securities, the fund will adjust the previous quoted prices to reflect what it believes to be the fair value of the securities as of the close of the NYSE. In deciding whether it is necessary to adjust quoted prices to reflect fair value, the fund reviews a variety of factors, including developments in foreign markets, the performance of U.S. securities markets, and the performance of instruments trading in U.S. markets that represent foreign securities and baskets of foreign securities. The fund may also fair value securities in other situations, such as when a particular foreign market is closed but the fund is open. The fund uses outside pricing services to provide it with quoted prices and information to evaluate or adjust those prices. The fund cannot predict how often it will use quoted prices and how often it will determine it necessary to adjust those prices to reflect fair value. As a means of evaluating its security valuation process, the fund routinely compares quoted prices, the next day’s opening prices in the same markets, and adjusted prices.

Actively traded domestic equity securities generally are categorized in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. Non-U.S. equity securities generally are categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy despite the availability of quoted prices because, as described above, the fund evaluates and determines whether those quoted prices reflect fair value at the close of the NYSE or require adjustment. OTC Bulletin Board securities, certain preferred securities, and equity securities traded in inactive markets generally are categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

Investments in mutual funds are valued at the mutual fund’s closing NAV per share on the day of valuation and are categorized in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. Forward currency exchange contracts are valued using the prevailing forward exchange rate and are categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. Assets and liabilities other than financial instruments, including short-term receivables and payables, are carried at cost, or estimated realizable value, if less, which approximates fair value.

Thinly traded financial instruments and those for which the above valuation procedures are inappropriate or are deemed not to reflect fair value are stated at fair value as determined in good faith by the Valuation Committee. The objective of any fair value pricing determination is to arrive at a price that could reasonably be expected from a current sale. Financial instruments fair valued by the Valuation Committee are primarily private placements, restricted securities, warrants, rights, and other securities that are not publicly traded.

Subject to oversight by the Board, the Valuation Committee regularly makes good faith judgments to establish and adjust the fair valuations of certain securities as events occur and circumstances warrant. For instance, in determining the fair value of an equity investment with limited market activity, such as a private placement or a thinly traded public company stock, the Valuation Committee considers a variety of factors, which may include, but are not limited to, the issuer’s business prospects, its financial standing and performance, recent investment transactions in the issuer, new rounds of financing, negotiated transactions of significant size between other investors in the company, relevant market valuations of peer companies, strategic events affecting the company, market liquidity for the issuer, and general economic conditions and events. In consultation with the investment and pricing teams, the Valuation Committee will determine an appropriate valuation technique based on available information, which may include both observable and unobservable inputs. The Valuation Committee typically will afford greatest weight to actual prices in arm’s length transactions, to the extent they represent orderly transactions between market participants; transaction information can be reliably obtained; and prices are deemed representative of fair value. However, the Valuation Committee may also consider other valuation methods such as market-based valuation multiples; a discount or premium from market value of a similar, freely traded security of the same issuer; or some combination. Fair value determinations are reviewed on a regular basis and updated as information becomes available, including actual purchase and sale transactions of the issue. Because any fair value determination involves a significant amount of judgment, there is a degree of subjectivity inherent in such pricing decisions and fair value prices determined by the Valuation Committee could differ from those of other market participants. Depending on the relative significance of unobservable inputs, including the valuation technique(s) used, fair valued securities may be categorized in Level 2 or 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

Valuation Inputs The following table summarizes the fund’s financial instruments, based on the inputs used to determine their fair values on October 31, 2013:

There were no material transfers between Levels 1 and 2 during the year.

NOTE 3 - DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

During the year ended October 31, 2013, the fund invested in derivative instruments. As defined by GAAP, a derivative is a financial instrument whose value is derived from an underlying security price, foreign exchange rate, interest rate, index of prices or rates, or other variable; it requires little or no initial investment and permits or requires net settlement. The fund invests in derivatives only if the expected risks and rewards are consistent with its investment objectives, policies, and overall risk profile, as described in its prospectus and Statement of Additional Information. The fund may use derivatives for a variety of purposes, such as seeking to hedge against declines in principal value, increase yield, invest in an asset with greater efficiency and at a lower cost than is possible through direct investment, or to adjust credit exposure. The risks associated with the use of derivatives are different from, and potentially much greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in the instruments on which the derivatives are based. The fund at all times maintains sufficient cash reserves, liquid assets, or other SEC-permitted asset types to cover its settlement obligations under open derivative contracts.

The fund values its derivatives at fair value, as described in Note 2, and recognizes changes in fair value currently in its results of operations. Accordingly, the fund does not follow hedge accounting, even for derivatives employed as economic hedges. Generally, the fund accounts for its derivatives on a gross basis. It does not offset the fair value of derivative liabilities against the fair value of derivative assets on its financial statements, nor does it offset the fair value of derivative instruments against the right to reclaim or obligation to return collateral.

As of October 31, 2013, the fund held foreign exchange derivatives with a fair value of $9,000, included in Unrealized gain on forward currency exchange contracts, and $3,000, included in Unrealized loss on forward currency exchange contracts, on the accompanying Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Additionally, during the year ended October 31, 2013, the fund recognized $117,000 of realized gain on Foreign Currency Transactions and a $6,000 change in unrealized gain/loss on Foreign Currency Transactions related to its investments in foreign exchange derivatives; such amounts are included on the accompanying Statement of Operations.

Counterparty Risk and Collateral The fund invests in derivatives, such as bilateral swaps, forward currency exchange contracts, or options, that are transacted and settle directly with a counterparty (bilateral derivatives), and thereby expose the fund to counterparty risk. To mitigate this risk, the fund has entered into master netting arrangements (MNAs) with certain counterparties that permit net settlement under specified conditions and, for certain counterparties, also provide collateral agreements. MNAs may be in the form of International Swaps and Derivatives Association master agreements (ISDAs) or foreign exchange letter agreements (FX letters).

MNAs govern the ability to offset amounts the fund owes a counterparty against amounts the counterparty owes the fund (net settlement). Both ISDAs and FX letters generally allow net settlement in the event of contract termination and permit termination by either party prior to maturity upon the occurrence of certain stated events, such as failure to pay or bankruptcy. In addition, ISDAs specify other events, the occurrence of which would allow one of the parties to terminate. For example, a downgrade in credit rating of a counterparty would allow the fund to terminate while a decline in the fund’s net assets of more than a certain percentage would allow the counterparty to terminate. Upon termination, all bilateral derivatives with that counterparty would be liquidated and a net amount settled. ISDAs typically include collateral agreements whereas FX letters do not. Collateral requirements are determined based on the net aggregate unrealized gain or loss on all bilateral derivatives with each counterparty, subject to minimum transfer amounts that typically range from $100,000 to $250,000. Any additional collateral required due to changes in security values is transferred the next business day.

Collateral may be in the form of cash or debt securities issued by the U.S. government or related agencies. Cash and currencies posted by the fund are reflected as cash deposits in the accompanying financial statements and generally are restricted from withdrawal by the fund; securities posted by the fund are so noted in the accompanying Portfolio of Investments; both remain in the fund’s assets. Collateral pledged by counterparties is not included in the fund’s assets because the fund does not obtain effective control over those assets. For bilateral derivatives, collateral posted or received by the fund is held in a segregated account by the fund’s custodian. As of October 31, 2013, no collateral was pledged by either the fund or counterparties for bilateral derivatives.

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts The fund is subject to foreign currency exchange rate risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives. It uses forward currency exchange contracts (forwards) primarily to protect its non-U.S. dollar-denominated securities from adverse currency movements relative to the U.S. dollar. A forward involves an obligation to purchase or sell a fixed amount of a specific currency on a future date at a price set at the time of the contract. Although certain forwards may be settled by exchanging only the net gain or loss on the contract, most forwards are settled with the exchange of the underlying currencies in accordance with the specified terms. Forwards are valued at the unrealized gain or loss on the contract, which reflects the net amount the fund either is entitled to receive or obligated to deliver, as measured by the difference between the forward exchange rates at the date of entry into the contract and the forward rates at the reporting date. Appreciated forwards are reflected as assets, and depreciated forwards are reflected as liabilities on the accompanying Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Risks related to the use of forwards include the possible failure of counterparties to meet the terms of the agreements; that anticipated currency movements will not occur, thereby reducing the fund’s total return; and the potential for losses in excess of the fund’s initial investment. During the year ended October 31, 2013, the fund’s exposure to forwards, based on underlying notional amounts, was generally between 2% and 4% of net assets.

NOTE 4 - OTHER INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS

Consistent with its investment objective, the fund engages in the following practices to manage exposure to certain risks and/or to enhance performance. The investment objective, policies, program, and risk factors of the fund are described more fully in the fund’s prospectus and Statement of Additional Information.

Emerging Markets At October 31, 2013, approximately 25% of the fund’s net assets were invested, either directly or through investments in T. Rowe Price institutional funds, in securities of companies located in emerging markets, securities issued by governments of emerging market countries, or securities denominated in or linked to the currencies of emerging market countries. Emerging market securities are often subject to greater price volatility, less liquidity, and higher rates of inflation than U.S. securities. In addition, emerging markets may be subject to greater political, economic, and social uncertainty, and differing regulatory environments that may potentially impact the fund’s ability to buy or sell certain securities or repatriate proceeds to U.S. dollars.

Restricted Securities The fund may invest in securities that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. Prompt sale of such securities at an acceptable price may be difficult and may involve substantial delays and additional costs.

Other Purchases and sales of portfolio securities other than short-term securities aggregated $127,286,000 and $122,056,000, respectively, for the year ended October 31, 2013.

NOTE 5 - FEDERAL INCOME TAXES

No provision for federal income taxes is required since the fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code and distribute to shareholders all of its taxable income and gains. Distributions determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations may differ in amount or character from net investment income and realized gains for financial reporting purposes. Financial reporting records are adjusted for permanent book/tax differences to reflect tax character but are not adjusted for temporary differences.

The fund files U.S. federal, state, and local tax returns as required. The fund’s tax returns are subject to examination by the relevant tax authorities until expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, which is generally three years after the filing of the tax return but which can be extended to six years in certain circumstances. Tax returns for open years have incorporated no uncertain tax positions that require a provision for income taxes.

Reclassifications between income and gain relate primarily to the character of income on passive foreign investment companies. For the year ended October 31, 2013, the following reclassifications were recorded to reflect tax character (there was no impact on results of operations or net assets):

Distributions during the years ended October 31, 2013 and October 31, 2012, were characterized for tax purposes as follows:

At October 31, 2013, the tax-basis cost of investments and components of net assets were as follows:

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is attributable to the deferral of losses from wash sales for tax purposes. The fund intends to retain realized gains to the extent of available capital loss carryforwards. Net realized capital losses may be carried forward indefinitely to offset future realized capital gains. During the year ended October 31, 2013, the fund utilized $1,351,000 of capital loss carryforwards.

NOTE 6 - FOREIGN TAXES

The fund is subject to foreign income taxes imposed by certain countries in which it invests. Additionally, certain foreign currency transactions are subject to tax and capital gains realized upon disposition of securities issued in or by certain foreign countries and are subject to capital gains tax imposed by those countries. All taxes are computed in accordance with the applicable foreign tax law, and, to the extent permitted, capital losses are used to offset capital gains. Taxes attributable to income are accrued by the fund as a reduction of income. Taxes incurred on the purchase of foreign currencies are recorded as realized loss on foreign currency transactions. Current and deferred tax expense attributable to capital gains is reflected as a component of realized or change in unrealized gain/loss on securities in the accompanying financial statements. At October 31, 2013, the fund had no deferred tax liability attributable to foreign securities and $179,000 of foreign capital loss carryforwards, including $126,000 that expire in 2020, and $53,000 that expire in 2021.

NOTE 7 - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

The fund is managed by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (Price Associates), a wholly owned subsidiary of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (Price Group). The investment management agreement between the fund and Price Associates provides for an annual investment management fee equal to 0.65% of the fund’s average daily net assets. The fee is computed daily and paid monthly.

The fund is also subject to a contractual expense limitation through February 28, 2015. During the limitation period, Price Associates is required to waive its management fee and reimburse the fund for any expenses, excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, and extraordinary expenses, that would otherwise cause the fund’s ratio of annualized total expenses to average net assets (expense ratio) to exceed its expense limitation of 0.75%. The fund is required to repay Price Associates for expenses previously reimbursed and management fees waived to the extent its net assets grow or expenses decline sufficiently to allow repayment without causing the fund’s expense ratio to exceed its expense limitation. However, no repayment will be made more than three years after the date of a reimbursement or waiver. Pursuant to this agreement, management fees in the amount of $169,000 were waived during the year ended October 31, 2013. Including these amounts, management fees waived and expenses previously reimbursed by Price Associates in the amount of $609,000 remain subject to repayment by the fund at October 31, 2013.

In addition, the fund has entered into service agreements with Price Associates and a wholly owned subsidiary of Price Associates (collectively, Price). Price Associates computes the daily share price and provides certain other administrative services to the fund. T. Rowe Price Services, Inc., provides shareholder and administrative services in its capacity as the fund’s transfer and dividend-disbursing agent. For the year ended October 31, 2013, expenses incurred pursuant to these service agreements were $116,000 for Price Associates and less than $1,000 for T. Rowe Price Services, Inc. The total amount payable at period-end pursuant to these service agreements is reflected as Due to Affiliates in the accompanying financial statements.

The fund may invest in the T. Rowe Price Reserve Investment Fund, the T. Rowe Price Government Reserve Investment Fund, or the T. Rowe Price Short-Term Reserve Fund (collectively, the Price Reserve Investment Funds), open-end management investment companies managed by Price Associates and considered affiliates of the fund. The Price Reserve Investment Funds are offered as short-term investment options to mutual funds, trusts, and other accounts managed by Price Associates or its affiliates and are not available for direct purchase by members of the public. The Price Reserve Investment Funds pay no investment management fees.

As of October 31, 2013, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., or its wholly owned subsidiaries owned 500,000 shares of the fund, representing 8% of the fund’s net assets.

NOTE 8 - SUBSEQUENT EVENT

Effective November 1, 2013, the T. Rowe Price Institutional Global Large-Cap Equity Fund was renamed the T. Rowe Price Institutional Global Growth Equity Fund and its investment objective was revised in order to reflect a more active management style.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors of T. Rowe Price Institutional International Funds, Inc. and
Shareholders of T. Rowe Price Institutional Global Growth Equity Fund (formerly known
as T. Rowe Price Institutional Global Large-Cap Equity Fund)

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the portfolio of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of T. Rowe Price Institutional Global Growth Equity Fund (one of the portfolios comprising T. Rowe Price Institutional International Funds, Inc., hereafter referred to as the “Fund”) (formerly known as T. Rowe Price Institutional Global Large-Cap Equity Fund) at October 31, 2013, and the results of its operations, the changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein, 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 October 31, 2013 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, and confirmation of the underlying funds by correspondence with the transfer agent, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Baltimore, Maryland
December 13, 2013

Tax Information (Unaudited) for the Tax Year Ended 10/31/13

We are providing this information as required by the Internal Revenue Code. The amounts shown may differ from those elsewhere in this report because of differences between tax and financial reporting requirements.

For taxable non-corporate shareholders, $1,691,000 of the fund’s income represents qualified dividend income subject to the 15% rate category.

For corporate shareholders, $578,000 of the fund’s income qualifies for the dividends-received deduction.

The fund will pass through foreign source income of $1,430,000 and foreign taxes paid of $111,000.

Information on Proxy Voting Policies, Procedures, and Records

A description of the policies and procedures used by T. Rowe Price funds and portfolios to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available in each fund’s Statement of Additional Information. You may request this document by calling 1-800-225-5132 or by accessing the SEC’s website, sec.gov.

The description of our proxy voting policies and procedures is also available on our website, troweprice.com. To access it, click on the words “Social Responsibility” at the top of our corporate homepage. Next, click on the words “Conducting Business Responsibly” on the left side of the page that appears. Finally, click on the words “Proxy Voting Policies” on the left side of the page that appears.

Each fund’s most recent annual proxy voting record is available on our website and through the SEC’s website. To access it through our website, follow the directions above to reach the “Conducting Business Responsibly” page. Click on the words “Proxy Voting Records” on the left side of that page, and then click on the “View Proxy Voting Records” link at the bottom of the page that appears.

How to Obtain Quarterly Portfolio Holdings

The fund files a complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The fund’s Form N-Q is available electronically on the SEC’s website (sec.gov); hard copies may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room, 100 F St. N.E., Washington, DC 20549. For more information on the Public Reference Room, call 1-800-SEC-0330.

About the Fund’s Directors and Officers

Your fund is overseen by a Board of Directors (Board) that meets regularly to review a wide variety of matters affecting or potentially affecting the fund, including performance, investment programs, compliance matters, advisory fees and expenses, service providers, and business and regulatory affairs. The Board elects the fund’s officers, who are listed in the final table. At least 75% of the Board’s members are independent of T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (T. Rowe Price), and its affiliates; “inside” or “interested” directors are employees or officers of T. Rowe Price. The business address of each director and officer is 100 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202. The Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the fund directors and is available without charge by calling a T. Rowe Price representative at 1-800-638-5660.

Independent Directors
Name (Year of Birth)
Year Elected* [Number of T. Rowe
Price Portfolios Overseen]
      Principal Occupation(s) and Directorships of Public Companies and Other Investment Companies During the Past Five Years
 
William R. Brody (1944)
2009 [157]
  President and Trustee, Salk Institute for Biological Studies (2009 to present); Director, Novartis, Inc. (2009 to present); Director, IBM (2007 to present); President and Trustee, Johns Hopkins University (1996 to 2009); Chairman of Executive Committee and Trustee, Johns Hopkins Health System (1996 to 2009)
   
Anthony W. Deering (1945)
1991 [157]
Chairman, Exeter Capital, LLC, a private investment firm (2004 to present); Director and Member of the Advisory Board, Deutsche Bank North America (2004 to present); Director, Under Armour (2008 to present); Director, Vornado Real Estate Investment Trust (2004 to 2012)
 
Donald W. Dick, Jr. (1943)
1989 [157]
Principal, EuroCapital Partners, LLC, an acquisition and management advisory firm (1995 to present)
 
Bruce W. Duncan (1951)
2013 [157]
President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director, First Industrial Realty Trust, owner and operator of industrial properties (2009 to present); Chairman of the Board (2005 to present), Interim Chief Executive Officer (2007), and Director (1999 to present), Starwood Hotels & Resorts, hotel and leisure company; Senior Advisor, Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts & Co. LP, a global investment firm (2008 to 2009); Trustee, Starwood Lodging Trust, a real estate investment trust and former subsidiary of Starwood (1995 to 2006)
 
Robert J. Gerrard, Jr. (1952)
2012 [157]
Advisory Board Member, Pipeline Crisis/Winning Strategies (1997 to present); Chairman of Compensation Committee and Director, Syniverse Holdings, Inc. (2008 to 2011); Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Scripps Networks, LLC (1997 to 2009)
 
Karen N. Horn (1943)
2003 [157]
Limited Partner and Senior Managing Director, Brock Capital Group, an advisory and investment banking firm (2004 to present); Director, Eli Lilly and Company (1987 to present); Director, Simon Property Group (2004 to present); Director, Norfolk Southern (2008 to present); Director, Fannie Mae (2006 to 2008)
 
Paul F. McBride (1956)
2013 [157]
Former Company Officer and Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Corporate Initiatives (2004 to 2010)
 
Theo C. Rodgers (1941)
2005 [157]
Founder and President, A&R Development Corporation (1977 to present) and A&R Management, Inc. (1984 to present)
 
Cecilia E. Rouse, Ph.D. (1963)
2012 [157]
Dean, Woodrow Wilson School (2012 to present); Professor and Researcher, Princeton University (1992 to present); Director, MDRC (2011 to present); Member, National Academy of Education (2010 to present); Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research’s Labor Studies Program (1998 to 2009 and 2011 to present); Member, President’s Council of Economic Advisors (2009 to 2011); Member, The MacArthur Foundation Network on the Transition to Adulthood and Public Policy (2000 to 2008); Member, National Advisory Committee for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Scholars in Health Policy Research Program (2008); Director and Member, National Economic Association (2006 to 2008); Member, Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management Policy Council (2006 to 2008); Member, Hamilton Project’s Advisory Board at The Brookings Institute (2006 to 2008); Chair of Committee on the Status of Minority Groups in the Economic Profession, American Economic Association (2006 to 2008 and 2012 to present)
 
John G. Schreiber (1946)
2001 [157]
Owner/President, Centaur Capital Partners, Inc., a real estate investment company (1991 to present); Cofounder and Partner, Blackstone Real Estate Advisors, L.P. (1992 to present); Director, General Growth Properties, Inc. (2010 to present); Director, BXMT (formerly Capital Trust, Inc.), a real estate investment company (2012 to present); Director and Chairman of the Board, Brixmor Property Group, Inc. (2013 to present)
 
Mark R. Tercek (1957)
2009 [157]
President and Chief Executive Officer, The Nature Conservancy (2008 to present); Managing Director, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (1984 to 2008)
 
*Each independent director serves until retirement, resignation, or election of a successor.
 
Inside Directors
 
Name (Year of Birth)
Year Elected* [Number of T. Rowe
Price Portfolios Overseen]
Principal Occupation(s) and Directorships of Public Companies and Other Investment Companies During the Past Five Years
 
Edward C. Bernard (1956)
2006 [157]
Director and Vice President, T. Rowe Price; Vice Chairman of the Board, Director, and Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.; Chairman of the Board, Director, and President, T. Rowe Price Investment Services, Inc.; Chairman of the Board and Director, T. Rowe Price Retirement Plan Services, Inc., T. Rowe Price Savings Bank, and T. Rowe Price Services, Inc.; Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, and Director, T. Rowe Price International; Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Director, and President, T. Rowe Price Trust Company; Chairman of the Board, all funds
 
Brian C. Rogers, CFA, CIC (1955)
2006 [105]
Chief Investment Officer, Director, and Vice President, T. Rowe Price; Chairman of the Board, Chief Investment Officer, Director, and Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.; Vice President, T. Rowe Price Trust Company
 
*Each inside director serves until retirement, resignation, or election of a successor.

Officers
 
Name (Year of Birth)
Position Held With Institutional International Funds
      Principal Occupation(s)
 
Ulle Adamson, CFA (1979)
Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International
 
Roy H. Adkins (1970)
Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International
   
Christopher D. Alderson (1962)
President
  Director and President–International Equity, T. Rowe Price International; Company’s Representative, Director, and Vice President, Price Hong Kong; Director and Vice President, Price Singapore; Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
 
Paulina Amieva (1981)
Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International
 
Malik S. Asif (1981)
Vice President
Employee, T. Rowe Price; formerly student, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business (to 2012); Investment Consultant–Middle East and North Africa Investment Team, International Finance Corporation–The World Bank Group (to 2010); and Equity Research Associate, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. (to 2009)
 
Peter J. Bates, CFA (1974)
Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price and T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
 
Oliver D.M. Bell, IMC (1969)
Executive Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International; formerly Head of Global Emerging Markets Research, Pictet Asset Management Ltd. (to 2011) and Portfolio Manager of Africa and Middle East portfolios and other emerging markets strategies, Pictet Asset Management Ltd. (to 2009)
 
R. Scott Berg, CFA (1972)
Executive Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price and T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
 
Peter I. Botoucharov (1965)
Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price International; formerly Director–EMEA Macroeconomic Research and Strategy (to 2012); and Global Source, Independent Financial Advisor (to 2010)
 
Brian J. Brennan, CFA (1964)
Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., T. Rowe Price International, and T. Rowe Price Trust Company
 
Carolyn Hoi Che Chu (1974)
Vice President
Vice President, Price Hong Kong and T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.; formerly Director, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Co-head of credit and convertibles research team in Hong Kong (to 2010)
 
Archibald Ciganer Albeniz, CFA (1976)
Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International
 
Richard N. Clattenburg, CFA (1979)
Executive Vice President
Vice President, Price Singapore, T. Rowe Price, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International
 
Michael J. Conelius, CFA (1964)
Executive Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., T. Rowe Price International, and T. Rowe Price Trust Company
 
José Costa Buck (1972)
Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International
 
Richard de los Reyes (1975)
Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price and T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
 
Michael Della Vedova (1969)
Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International; formerly Cofounder and Partner, Four Quarter Capital (to 2009)
 
Shawn T. Driscoll (1975)
Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price and T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
 
Bridget A. Ebner (1970)
Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price and T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
 
Mark J.T. Edwards (1957)
Executive Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International
 
David J. Eiswert, CFA (1972)
Executive Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International
 
Roger L. Fiery III, CPA (1959)
Vice President
Vice President, Price Hong Kong, Price Singapore, T. Rowe Price, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., T. Rowe Price International, and T. Rowe Price Trust Company
 
Mark S. Finn, CFA, CPA (1963)
Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price Trust Company
 
John R. Gilner (1961)
Chief Compliance Officer
Chief Compliance Officer and Vice President, T. Rowe Price; Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price Investment Services, Inc.
 
Gregory S. Golczewski (1966)
Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price and T. Rowe Price Trust Company
 
Paul D. Greene II (1978)
Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price and T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
 
M. Campbell Gunn (1956)
Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International
 
Gregory K. Hinkle, CPA (1958)
Treasurer
Vice President, T. Rowe Price, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price Trust Company
 
Stefan Hubrich, Ph.D., CFA (1974)
Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price and T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
 
Leigh Innes, CFA (1976)
Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International
 
Randal S. Jenneke (1971)
Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International; formerly Senior Portfolio Manager, Australian Equities (to 2010)
   
Yoichiro Kai (1973)
Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International; formerly Japanese Financial/Real Estate Sector Analyst/Portfolio Manager, Citadel Investment Group, Asia Limited (to 2009)
 
Andrew J. Keirle (1974)
Executive Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International
 
Ian D. Kelson (1956)
Executive Vice President
Director and President–International Fixed Income, T. Rowe Price International; Vice President, T. Rowe Price and T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
 
Christopher J. Kushlis, CFA (1976)
Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International
 
Mark J. Lawrence (1970)
Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International
 
David M. Lee, CFA (1962)
Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price and T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
 
Patricia B. Lippert (1953)
Secretary
Assistant Vice President, T. Rowe Price and T. Rowe Price Investment Services, Inc.
 
Christopher C. Loop, CFA (1966)
Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International
 
Anh Lu (1968)
Vice President
Vice President, Price Hong Kong and T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
 
Sebastien Mallet (1974)
Executive Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International
 
Daniel Martino, CFA (1974)
Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price and T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
 
Jonathan H.W. Matthews, CFA (1975)
Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International
 
Susanta Mazumdar (1968)
Vice President
Vice President, Price Singapore and T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
 
Raymond A. Mills, Ph.D., CFA (1960)
Executive Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., T. Rowe Price International, and T. Rowe Price Trust Company
 
Sudhir Nanda, Ph.D., CFA (1959)
Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price and T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
 
Joshua Nelson (1977)
Executive Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price and T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
 
Jason Nogueira, CFA (1974)
Executive Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price and T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
 
David Oestreicher (1967)
Vice President
Director, Vice President, and Secretary, T. Rowe Price Investment Services, Inc., T. Rowe Price Retirement Plan Services, Inc., T. Rowe Price Services, Inc., and T. Rowe Price Trust Company; Vice President and Secretary, T. Rowe Price, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International; Vice President, Price Hong Kong and Price Singapore
 
Michael D. Oh, CFA (1974)
Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price and T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
 
Kenneth A. Orchard (1975)
Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International; formerly Vice President, Moody’s Investors Service (to 2010)
 
Gonzalo Pángaro, CFA (1968)
Executive Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International
 
Timothy E. Parker, CFA (1974)
Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price and T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
 
Craig J. Pennington, CFA (1971)
Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International; formerly Global Energy Analyst, Insight Investment (to 2010)
 
Frederick A. Rizzo (1969)
Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International
 
Christopher J. Rothery (1963)
Executive Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International
 
Federico Santilli, CFA (1974)
Executive Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International
 
Sebastian Schrott (1977)
Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International
 
Deborah D. Seidel (1962)
Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., T. Rowe Price Investment Services, Inc., and T. Rowe Price Services, Inc.
 
Robert W. Sharps, CFA, CPA (1971)
Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price Trust Company
  
John C.A. Sherman (1969)
Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International
 
Robert W. Smith (1961)
Executive Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price Trust Company
 
Joshua K. Spencer, CFA (1973)
Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price and T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
 
David A. Stanley (1963)
Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International
 
Jonty Starbuck, Ph.D. (1975)
Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International
 
Taymour R. Tamaddon, CFA (1976)
Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price and T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
 
Ju Yen Tan (1972)
Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International
 
Dean Tenerelli (1964)
Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International
 
Eric L. Veiel, CFA (1972)
Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price and T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
 
Julie L. Waples (1970)
Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price
 
Christopher S. Whitehouse (1972)
Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International
 
J. Howard Woodward, CFA (1974)
Vice President
Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International
 
Ernest C. Yeung (1979)
Vice President
Vice President, Price Hong Kong and T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
 
Unless otherwise noted, officers have been employees of T. Rowe Price or T. Rowe Price International for at least 5 years.

Item 2. Code of Ethics.

The registrant has adopted a code of ethics, as defined in Item 2 of Form N-CSR, applicable to its principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions. A copy of this code of ethics is filed as an exhibit to this Form N-CSR. No substantive amendments were approved or waivers were granted to this code of ethics during the period covered by this report.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

The registrant’s Board of Directors/Trustees has determined that Mr. Anthony W. Deering qualifies as an audit committee financial expert, as defined in Item 3 of Form N-CSR. Mr. Deering is considered independent for purposes of Item 3 of Form N-CSR.

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

(a) – (d) Aggregate fees billed for the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered to, or on behalf of, the registrant by the registrant’s principal accountant were as follows:

Audit fees include amounts related to the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements and services normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings. Audit-related fees include amounts reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the registrant’s financial statements and specifically include the issuance of a report on internal controls and, if applicable, agreed-upon procedures related to fund acquisitions. Tax fees include amounts related to services for tax compliance, tax planning, and tax advice. The nature of these services specifically includes the review of distribution calculations and the preparation of Federal, state, and excise tax returns. All other fees include the registrant’s pro-rata share of amounts for agreed-upon procedures in conjunction with service contract approvals by the registrant’s Board of Directors/Trustees.

(e)(1) The registrant’s audit committee has adopted a policy whereby audit and non-audit services performed by the registrant’s principal accountant for the registrant, its investment adviser, and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant require pre-approval in advance at regularly scheduled audit committee meetings. If such a service is required between regularly scheduled audit committee meetings, pre-approval may be authorized by one audit committee member with ratification at the next scheduled audit committee meeting. Waiver of pre-approval for audit or non-audit services requiring fees of a de minimis amount is not permitted.

     (2) No services included in (b) – (d) above were approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

(f) Less than 50 percent of the hours expended on the principal accountant’s engagement to audit the registrant’s financial statements for the most recent fiscal year were attributed to work performed by persons other than the principal accountant’s full-time, permanent employees.

(g) The aggregate fees billed for the most recent fiscal year and the preceding fiscal year by the registrant’s principal accountant for non-audit services rendered to the registrant, its investment adviser, and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant were $1,828,000 and $1,333,000, respectively.

(h) All non-audit services rendered in (g) above were pre-approved by the registrant’s audit committee. Accordingly, these services were considered by the registrant’s audit committee in maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

Not applicable.

Item 6. Investments.

(a) Not applicable. The complete schedule of investments is included in 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 Management 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.

Not applicable.

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

(a) The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have evaluated the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures within 90 days of this filing and have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective, as of that date, in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in this Form N-CSR was recorded, processed, summarized, and reported timely.

(b) The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer are aware of no change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s second fiscal quarter 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) The registrant’s code of ethics pursuant to Item 2 of Form N-CSR is attached.

    (2) Separate certifications by the registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, are attached.

    (3) Written solicitation to repurchase securities issued by closed-end companies: not applicable.

(b) A certification by the registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, is attached.

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.

T. Rowe Price Institutional International Funds, Inc.
 

  By      /s/ Edward C. Bernard
Edward C. Bernard
Principal Executive Officer     
 
Date     December 13, 2013
 

     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/ Edward C. Bernard
Edward C. Bernard
Principal Executive Officer     
 
Date     December 13, 2013
 
 
By /s/ Gregory K. Hinkle
Gregory K. Hinkle
Principal Financial Officer     
 
Date     December 13, 2013