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, 2016

Item 1. Report to Shareholders

Institutional Africa & Middle East Fund October 31, 2016

Highlights

● Stocks in Africa and the Middle East declined in the 12-month period ended October 31, 2016.
 

● Your fund underperformed its benchmark for the full year. We attribute this to an underweighting in some commodity-related companies that rebounded sharply, particularly in January and February, as prices recovered from early-year lows.
 

● We have been defensively increasing our oil-related exposure to a neutral stance so that we can benefit from any continued improvement in asset values tied to the fortunes of oil-exporting economies. However, global supply/demand dynamics are likely to weigh on oil prices for some time, so we remain cautious over the sustainability of this year’s oil rally.
 

● As we look forward, we have a more positive view of Africa and the Middle East. As commodity prices stabilize, most of the countries have adapted to the “new normal” of lower prices. Also, there’s plenty of evidence of economic and political transformation throughout the region.

The views and opinions in this report were current as of October 31, 2016. 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 Africa & Middle East Fund

Dear Investor

Stocks in Africa and the Middle East declined in the 12-month period ended October 31, 2016. Most Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) economies and equity markets were pressured by lower oil prices, though a sharp rebound from 13-year lows in early 2016 brought some relief. Egyptian stocks rose sharply over the last year, particularly in the last six months, and volatility was high as the country—which historically has benefited from lower oil prices—is more closely tied to the health of Gulf countries providing financial assistance. South African stocks rose modestly in dollar terms, although currency volatility, inflation, political uncertainty, and credit rating downgrades have been weighing on the economy. In sub-Saharan Africa, Kenyan shares performed well, but Nigerian stocks plunged amid oil price weakness and a steep currency devaluation.

Performance Comparison

Your fund returned -1.09% in the last six months and -3.82% in the year ended October 31, 2016. As shown in the Performance Comparison table, the fund was essentially in line with its benchmark in the second half of our fiscal year but underperformed for the full year. We attribute our 12-month underperformance to an underweighting in some commodity-related companies that rebounded sharply, particularly in January and February, as prices recovered from early-year lows. While we still believe that oil is only one factor in our investment universe, it remains a major factor for most Gulf and a few African countries whose economies depend on oil exports.

For most of 2016, we have been defensively increasing our oil-related exposure to a neutral stance so that we can benefit from any continued improvement in asset values tied to the fortunes of oil-exporting economies. A meaningful agreement to cut production when OPEC meets in late November could provide support for oil prices, but global supply/demand dynamics are likely to weigh on oil prices for some time, so we remain cautious over the sustainability of this year’s oil rally.

Portfolio Review

Gulf Cooperation Council

Saudi Arabia
Stocks in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia returned about -7.5% in the last six months and about -9.5% over the last year. The economy has been struggling amid lower oil prices, forcing the government to reduce spending by cutting public sector wages and bonuses and subsidies to various companies. In addition, the government rolled out its Saudi Vision 2030 initiative earlier this year, highlighting the need for the country to reduce its dependence on oil and develop other segments of the economy, such as health care and education. Near the end of our reporting period, the Saudis successfully issued $17.5 billion in sovereign debt to bolster their financial situation.

Our allocation to Saudi Arabia increased from 19% to 20% of assets in the last six months, but this masks some changes we made. For example, we eliminated Saudi Airlines Catering and Al Rajhi Bank. We eliminated the former, as the lower oil price environment has caused a slower pace of fleet expansion at Saudi Arabian airlines and a worsening outlook for revenues. The latter we sold in favor of National Commercial Bank (NCB), which is Saudi Arabia’s largest bank. NCB rallied sharply near the end of our reporting period, helped by the Saudi sovereign bond issuance that improved the country’s overall liquidity picture. Other banks, such as Banque Saudi Fransi and Saudi British Bank, lagged and are still cheap relative to their return on equity profiles. (Please refer to the fund’s portfolio of investments for a complete list of holdings and the amount each represents in the portfolio.)

Health care companies are positioned to do well over the long term, considering the demographic and economic features of Saudi society and the government’s interest in developing non-energy sectors. A new portfolio holding is Bupa Arabia for Cooperative Insurance, which is Saudi Arabia’s largest health insurer and has, in our opinion, a superior product offering and customer service platform. Our position in hospital operator Al Mouwasat Medical Services produced good returns over the last year. The company recently reported strong third-quarter earnings, and we believe it is well positioned to benefit from the buildout of private hospitals in the kingdom.

United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Stocks in the UAE returned -3% and 1% in the 6- and 12-month periods ended October 31, 2016, respectively. This was the best-performing market in the GCC over the last year, helped by its status as a tourist destination and a “safe haven” in a generally unstable Middle East. The Dubai property market is slowly recovering after a tough two-year stretch, and our stake in Emaar Properties was one of our better performers over the last year, helped by encouraging second-quarter financial results. The company, which also develops property in Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Morocco, and Egypt, is the parent company of Emaar Malls, which owns and operates shopping malls in Dubai. Emaar Malls was a strong 12-month performer.

Although the share price performance of our UAE bank investments was disappointing over the last year, we believe UAE banks generally have better fundamentals than their counterparts in other Gulf countries, and we believe there could be some consolidation in the period ahead. In the last six months, shares of First Gulf Bank sagged on news that the company is merging with National Bank of Abu Dhabi. However, the company recently reported strong third-quarter financial results, and we believe First Gulf is best positioned for a tough macro environment. We expect earnings to improve after the merger is completed in the first quarter of 2017. Our other bank investments are Emirates NBD and Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, which is successfully executing a strategy of conservatively growing, stabilizing asset quality in a macro downturn, and increasing shareholder returns.

Other notable UAE holdings include logistics and transportation company Aramex; global ports operator DP World; and Lamprell, a leading provider of fabrication, engineering, and contracting services to the oil and gas and renewable energy industries. Aramex was one of our best performers in our 6- and 12-month reporting periods. Postal service company Australia Post took a 4.5% stake in Aramex earlier this year, and the two companies formed a global e-commerce joint venture with an emphasis on Asia. DP World was lackluster over the last year but remains one of our highest-conviction holdings. The company reported surprisingly strong financial results in the first half of 2016, and we expect the company’s financial performance to improve further once trade volumes in Dubai pick up—hopefully starting in 2017. Shares of Lamprell, which we purchased in the first half of our fiscal year, were disappointing over the last six months, but we think of the company as a “deep value” play that should perform well over the next few years—as long as oil does not return to the lows we saw in early 2016.

Oman, Kuwait, and Qatar
These Gulf markets declined over the last year, hurt by weak oil prices and pressure on government budgets. In the last six months, we eliminated our only Omani holding, Bank Muscat, as economic growth is flagging due to tax increases and subsidy reductions and as credit risks are increasing. In Kuwait, we maintained a position in only one company, National Bank of Kuwait, which is the largest and highest-quality bank in the country.

In Qatar, our position in logistics and freight forwarding company Gulf Warehousing fared poorly over the last year, but the company is seeing a pickup in recurring revenues, which we expect to continue in the years leading up to the 2022 World Cup soccer tournament. Our investments in Qatar National Bank and integrated telecom operator Ooredoo performed much better. The former, which is the most profitable and most conservative Qatari bank, should benefit from the continued buildout of the country’s infrastructure ahead of the World Cup and from its regional expansion into Turkey, Egypt, and sub-Saharan Africa. The latter has an attractive dividend yield and is trading at a very cheap valuation that reflects challenging business conditions in several countries and currency exchange headwinds. We eliminated a very small position in Qatar Electricity & Water, a defensive investment that lagged as oil prices rebounded from early-year lows.

South Africa
In dollar terms, the South African market returned roughly 3% in the last six months and about 2% over the last year. The economy has been sluggish, hurt by high inflation, central bank interest rate increases to help shore up a volatile rand, sovereign credit rating downgrades adding upward pressure to interest rates, and political uncertainty. President Jacob Zuma remains unpopular, and the finance minister was recently accused of fraud, but the government dropped the charges at the end of our reporting period. However, we believe that the economy and corporate earnings are in the process of bottoming and that the interest rate cycle is nearing a peak. There is the potential for at least one credit rating agency to downgrade the sovereign rating to below investment grade, but that possibility is largely reflected in current equity valuations, and we would likely take advantage of market volatility as a buying opportunity.

We increased our South Africa exposure slightly over the last six months. It remains our largest country allocation, but it is still our largest underweight versus the benchmark. We purchased several companies with attractive valuations and high dividend yields, including Foschini, Telkom, Sasol, and Barclays Africa. Fashion retailer Foschini has been under pressure due to weak consumer trends and heavy discounting. As the consumer environment improves, we believe Foschini will benefit. Telecommunication services company Telkom’s cost-cutting efforts are going well, and its revenue is holding up in a generally tough environment. Energy and chemicals company Sasol’s valuation reflects weak oil prices, but recently announced cost-cutting measures are encouraging. Finally, if the economy is bottoming and interest rates are peaking, we believe Barclays Africa offers good capital appreciation potential, underpinned with a very attractive yield.

Sub-Saharan Africa
We continue to have small investments in countries such as Uganda and Botswana, but most of our sub-Saharan stocks are in Kenya and Nigeria. Kenyan shares rose about 10% over the last year. Economic growth remains robust and is not based on commodity production. However, the country’s level of debt is climbing. In the last six months, we eliminated Equity Group Holdings and KCB (Kenya Commercial Bank), as the Kenyan president signed legislation that caps lending rates and sets a floor on deposit rates. We believe this will hurt banks’ profits and eventually slow economic growth. We purchased ARM Cement, which operates in Kenya and Tanzania, after the company was forced to seek an infusion of capital from the private equity arm of the UK government. We maintained a position in Safaricom, which was one of the fund’s top performers over the last year. This mobile phone service and money transfer service provider is used by almost the entire Kenyan adult population.

Nigerian stocks returned -38% over the last year. A major reason for such dismal performance was the steep devaluation of the Nigerian naira in June. Pressure had been building on the currency due to factors such as a severe recession, low oil prices, a dollar shortage, and shortages of various goods. The devaluation was not a surprise to us—in fact, we were visiting the country right around the time of the devaluation—so we took advantage of the situation and added Guaranty Trust Bank at an undeniably attractive valuation. We also purchased low-cost cement producer Dangote Cement, which is aggressively expanding into several nearby countries, and Nestle Foods Nigeria. We maintained positions in Nigerian Breweries and SEPLAT Petroleum Development, both of which declined over the last year. While we are optimistic that a recovery will eventually take root, we expect the macro situation to remain uncertain for some time, as inflation is very high, the naira is not yet truly floating freely, and it will take some time for the effects of the devaluation to be fully felt throughout the economy.

Egypt
In dollar terms, the Egyptian stock market returned roughly 17% in the last six months and about 19% over the last year. The economy remains sluggish and heavily dependent on Gulf financial assistance, but in August, the International Monetary Fund agreed to provide a $12 billion loan package. In exchange, Egypt needs to implement various economic reforms and reduce government spending. The central bank officially devalued the Egyptian pound by 13% back in March, and immediately after our reporting period ended, it allowed the pound to float freely while boosting interest rates to attract investment capital.

In the last six months, we added a small position in Global Telecom Holding, which has operations in several countries in the region. The company is in the midst of a turnaround following four years of losses, and we expect profit margins to improve. We also expect an acquisition in Pakistan to improve the company’s performance and competitiveness. We maintained our investment in Commercial International Bank Egypt—a top performer in the second half of our fiscal year—but eliminated property company Emaar Misr for Development.

UK companies operating in Africa and the Middle East
Over the last year, we continued to invest in certain UK companies with significant operations in African and Middle Eastern countries. The UK equity market proved to be very volatile in the last six months, as the country unexpectedly voted in a late-June referendum to leave the European Union. Nevertheless, the rebound in commodity prices since early 2016 proved beneficial for metals and mining companies Anglo American, Centamin, and Petra Diamonds. We reduced our net exposure to the UK from 8% to 5% of fund assets in the last six months, in part by eliminating Investec, which has significant banking operations in South Africa, and by slashing our position in Hikma Pharmaceuticals, which operates in the Middle East and North Africa.

Outlook

While we are disappointed with the fund’s underperformance over the last year, we have not been surprised by the challenges facing African and Middle Eastern economies, and as we look forward, we have a more positive view of Africa and the Middle East. As commodity prices stabilize, most of the countries have adapted to the new normal of lower prices. Also, there’s plenty of evidence of economic and political transformation throughout the region, opening up an abundance of attractive long-term investment opportunities, and positive longer-term factors—attractive demographics, rising urbanization and infrastructure investment, and a strong asset base in natural resources—remain in place.

We are encouraged that governments and businesses in the GCC are enacting policies to adapt to the reality of lower oil prices—especially with Saudi Arabia’s drive to diversify its economy in the years ahead. In the near term, the Saudi government’s austerity measures are likely to affect the performance of companies that previously thrived due to subsidies and government spending. In response, we expect to place greater focus on businesses with strong management teams and viable business models that do not depend significantly on public grants and subsidies. We continue to like investment opportunities in the UAE, especially given Dubai’s diversified economy and increasing tourism. Following the unexpected victory of Donald Trump in the early-November U.S. presidential election, the likelihood of rising interest rates has increased in the GCC, where currencies are pegged to the U.S. dollar. This is a plus for the margins of GCC financials, as higher rates enable them to make more profitable loans.

In Africa, Nigeria is challenged by a mix of low oil prices, high inflation, and recession, but the currency is now at a more realistic level, and the equity market has not been this cheap for 10 years. In contrast, oil-importing countries such as Egypt and Morocco are benefiting from low oil prices. In addition, these oil importers are implementing reforms so that fuel costs are tied to world oil prices, rather than using a fixed domestic cost. In South Africa, the potential for political upheaval or a credit rating downgrade could weigh on the market, but with the economy in the process of bottoming, either event could create a valuable buying opportunity. Given the significant volatility of the rand, we have divided our South African investments into two general camps: domestic companies that benefit from rand strength, and domestic-listed stocks of companies that have significant operations in countries outside Africa and would benefit from rand weakness versus the currencies of those countries. Rising U.S. interest rates and a stronger U.S. dollar following Trump’s election victory could have a big negative impact on South African interest rates and the rand, given the country’s budget and trade deficits and high reliance on external funding.

As always, we would like to remind our investors that this fund has a high risk/return profile. Because of its narrow geographic focus and relatively small number of holdings, the fund can be extremely volatile and should represent only a small portion of a long-term investor’s well-diversified portfolio.

Respectfully submitted,

Oliver Bell
Portfolio manager

November 16, 2016

The portfolio manager 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

Investing in the securities of non-U.S. issuers involves special risks not typically associated with investing in U.S. issuers. International securities tend to be more volatile and less liquid than investments in U.S. securities and may lose value because of adverse local, political, social, or economic developments overseas or due to changes in the exchange rates between foreign currencies and the U.S. dollar. In addition, international investments are subject to settlement practices and regulatory and financial reporting standards that differ from those of the U.S.

The risks of international investing are heightened for securities of issuers in emerging market countries. Emerging market countries tend to have economic structures that are less diverse and less mature and political systems that are less stable than those of developed countries. In addition to all of the risks of investing in international developed markets, emerging markets are more susceptible to governmental interference, local taxes being imposed on international investments, restrictions on gaining access to sales proceeds, and less liquid and less efficient trading markets.

Frontier markets generally have smaller economies and less mature capital markets than emerging markets. As a result, the risks of investing in emerging market countries are magnified in frontier market countries. Frontier markets are more susceptible to abrupt changes in currency values, less mature markets and settlement practices, and lower trading volumes that could lead to greater price volatility and illiquidity.

Glossary

Return on equity (ROE): A valuation measure calculated by dividing the company’s current fiscal year net income by shareholders’ equity (i.e., the company’s book value). ROE measures how much a company earns on each dollar that common stock investors have put into the company. It indicates how effectively and efficiently a company and its management are using stockholder investments.

S&P Emerging/Frontier ME & Africa BMI ex IL: An index that includes all of the daily priced, free-float market cap that S&P covers across the Middle East and Africa, excluding Israel.

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 Africa & Middle East Fund

Growth of $1 Million

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Financial Highlights
T. Rowe Price Institutional Africa & Middle East Fund

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Portfolio of Investments^‡
T. Rowe Price Institutional Africa & Middle East Fund
October 31, 2016

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities
T. Rowe Price Institutional Africa & Middle East Fund
October 31, 2016
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Statement of Operations
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
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Notes to Financial Statements
T. Rowe Price Institutional Africa & Middle East Fund
October 31, 2016

T. Rowe Price Institutional International Funds, Inc. (the corporation), is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act). The Institutional Africa & Middle East Fund (the fund) is a nondiversified, open-end management investment company established by the corporation. The fund seeks long-term growth of capital by investing primarily in the common stocks of companies located (or with primary operations) in Africa and the Middle East.

NOTE 1 - SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Preparation The fund is an investment company and follows accounting and reporting guidance in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 (ASC 946). The accompanying financial statements were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), including, but not limited to, ASC 946. GAAP requires 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. Income distributions are declared daily and paid annually. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Capital gain distributions 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.

Redemption FeesA 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 In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a new rule, Investment Company Reporting Modernization, which, among other provisions, amends Regulation S-X to require standardized, enhanced disclosures, particularly related to derivatives, in investment company financial statements. Compliance with the guidance is required for financial statements filed with the SEC on or after August 1, 2017; adoption will have 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. However, the NAV per share may be calculated at a time other than the normal close of the NYSE if trading on the NYSE is restricted, if the NYSE closes earlier, or as may be permitted by the SEC.

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) is an internal committee that has been delegated certain responsibilities 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 Board and has representation from legal, portfolio management and trading, operations, risk management, and the fund’s treasurer.

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 equity securities listed on a domestic exchange 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. 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, 2016:

There were no material transfers between Levels 1 and 2 during the year ended October 31, 2016.

NOTE 3 - 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 and Frontier Markets The fund may invest, either directly or through investments in T. Rowe Price institutional funds, in securities of companies located in, issued by governments of, or denominated in or linked to the currencies of emerging and frontier market countries; at period-end, approximately 64% of the fund’s net assets were invested in emerging markets and 30% in frontier markets. Emerging markets, and to a greater extent frontier markets, generally have economic structures that are less diverse and mature, and political systems that are less stable, than developed countries. These 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. Such securities are often subject to greater price volatility, less liquidity, and higher rates of inflation than U.S. securities. Investing in frontier markets is significantly riskier than investing in other countries, including emerging markets.

Participation Notes The fund may invest in participation notes, through which a counterparty provides exposure to common stock, in the form of an unsecured interest, in markets where direct investment by the fund is not possible or preferable. Participation notes provide the economic benefit of common stock ownership to the fund, while legal ownership and voting rights are retained by the counterparty. Although participation notes are usually structured with a defined maturity or termination date, early redemption may be possible. Risks associated with participation notes include the possible failure of a counterparty to perform in accordance with the terms of the agreement, inability to transfer or liquidate the notes, potential delays or an inability to redeem before maturity under certain market conditions, and no legal recourse against the issuer of the underlying common stock.

Other Purchases and sales of portfolio securities other than short-term securities aggregated $135,367,000 and $113,899,000, respectively, for the year ended October 31, 2016.

NOTE 4 - 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, 2016, 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, 2016 and October 31, 2015, were characterized for tax purposes as follows:

At October 31, 2016, 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. Because the fund is required to use capital loss carryforwards that do not expire before those with expiration dates, all or a portion of its capital loss carryforwards subject to expiration could ultimately go unused. The fund’s available capital loss carryforwards as of October 31, 2016, expire as follows: $3,543,000 in fiscal 2017, and $13,535,000 in fiscal 2019; $16,730,000 have no expiration. Further, $8,539,000 of the fund’s available capital loss carryforwards are subject to certain limitations on amount or timing of use related to an ownership change.

NOTE 5 - 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 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, 2016, the fund had no deferred tax liability attributable to foreign securities and no foreign capital loss carryforwards.

NOTE 6 - 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). Price Associates has entered into a sub-advisory agreement(s) with one or more of its wholly owned subsidiaries, to provide investment advisory services to the fund. The investment management agreement between the fund and Price Associates provides for an annual investment management fee equal to 1.00% of the fund’s average daily net assets. The fee is computed daily and paid monthly.

In addition, the fund has entered into service agreements with Price Associates and a wholly owned subsidiary of Price Associates (collectively, Price). Price Associates provides certain accounting and 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, 2016, expenses incurred pursuant to these service agreements were $60,000 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 Government Reserve Fund, the T. Rowe Price Treasury Reserve Fund, or the T. Rowe Price Short-Term 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.

The fund may participate in securities purchase and sale transactions with other funds or accounts advised by Price Associates (cross trades), in accordance with procedures adopted by the fund’s Board and Securities and Exchange Commission rules, which require, among other things, that such purchase and sale cross trades be effected at the independent current market price of the security. During the year ended October 31, 2016, the fund had no purchases or sales cross trades with other funds or accounts advised by Price Associates.

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 Africa & Middle East Fund

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the portfolio of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the T. Rowe Price Institutional Africa & Middle East Fund (one of the portfolios comprising T. Rowe Price Institutional International Funds, Inc., hereafter referred to as the “Fund”) at October 31, 2016, 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, 2016 by correspondence with the custodian, and confirmation of the underlying fund by correspondence with the transfer agent, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Baltimore, Maryland
December 15, 2016

Tax Information (Unaudited) for the Tax Year Ended 10/31/16

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.

The fund’s distributions to shareholders included:

● $2,101,000 from short-term capital gains,
 

● $3,940,000 from long-term capital gains, subject to a long-term capital gains tax rate of not greater than 20%.

For taxable non-corporate shareholders, $3,008,000 of the fund’s income represents qualified dividend income subject to a long-term capital gains tax rate of not greater than 20%.

The fund will pass through foreign source income of $3,970,000 and foreign taxes paid of $346,000.

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 corporate website. To access it, please visit the following Web page:

https://www3.troweprice.com/usis/corporate/en/utility/policies.html

Scroll down to the section near the bottom of the page that says, “Proxy Voting Policies.” Click on the Proxy Voting Policies link in the shaded box.

Each fund’s most recent annual proxy voting record is available on our website and through the SEC’s website. To access it through T. Rowe Price, visit the website location shown above, and scroll down to the section near the bottom of the page that says, “Proxy Voting Records.” Click on the Proxy Voting Records link in the shaded box.

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, M.D., Ph.D. (1944) 2009 [186]	President and Trustee, Salk Institute for Biological Studies (2009 to present); Director, BioMed Realty Trust (2013 to 2016); Chairman of the Board, Mesa Biotech, a molecular diagnostic company (March 2016 to present); Director, Radiology Partners, an integrated radiology practice management company (June 2016 to present); Director, Novartis, Inc. (2009 to 2014); Director, IBM (2007 to present)
Anthony W. Deering (1945) 1991 [186]	Chairman, Exeter Capital, LLC, a private investment firm (2004 to present); Director, Brixmor Real Estate Investment Trust (2012 to present); Director and Advisory Board Member, Deutsche Bank North America (2004 to present); Director, Under Armour (2008 to present); Director, Vornado Real Estate Investment Trust (2004 to 2012)
Bruce W. Duncan (1951) 2013 [186]	Chief Executive Officer and Director (2009 to present), Chairman of the Board (January 2016 to present), and President (2009 to September 2016), First Industrial Realty Trust, an owner and operator of industrial properties; Chairman of the Board (2005 to May 2016) and Director (1999 to May 2016), Starwood Hotels & Resorts, a hotel and leisure company; Director, Boston Properties (May 2016 to present)
Robert J. Gerrard, Jr. (1952) 2012 [186]	Advisory Board Member, Pipeline Crisis/Winning Strategies, a collaborative working to improve opportunities for young African Americans (1997 to present)
Paul F. McBride (1956) 2013 [186]	Advisory Board Member, Vizzia Technologies (2015 to present)
Cecilia E. Rouse, Ph.D. (1963) 2012 [186]	Dean, Woodrow Wilson School (2012 to present); Professor and Researcher, Princeton University (1992 to present); Director, MDRC, a nonprofit education and social policy research organization (2011 to present); Member of National Academy of Education (2010 to present); Research Associate of Labor Program (2011 to present) and Board Member (2015 to present), National Bureau of Economic Research (2011 to present); Chair of Committee on the Status of Minority Groups in the Economic Profession (2012 to present) and Vice President (2015 to present), American Economic Association
John G. Schreiber (1946) 2001 [186]	Owner/President, Centaur Capital Partners, Inc., a real estate investment company (1991 to present); Cofounder, Partner, and Cochairman of the Investment Committee, Blackstone Real Estate Advisors, L.P. (1992 to 2015); Director, General Growth Properties, Inc. (2010 to 2013); Director, Blackstone Mortgage Trust, a real estate financial company (2012 to 2016); Director and Chairman of the Board, Brixmor Property Group, Inc. (2013 to present); Director, Hilton Worldwide (2013 to present); Director, Hudson Pacific Properties (2014 to 2016)
Mark R. Tercek (1957) 2009 [186]	President and Chief Executive Officer, The Nature Conservancy (2008 to present)
*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 [186]	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., and T. Rowe Price Services, Inc.; Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Director, and President, T. Rowe Price International and T. Rowe Price Trust Company; Chairman of the Board, all funds
Brian C. Rogers, CFA, CIC (1955) 2006 [131]	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. Rowe1 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	Company’s Representative and Vice President, Price Hong Kong; Vice President, Price Singapore; Director and Vice President, T. Rowe Price International; Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
Paulina Amieva (1981) Vice President	Vice President, T. Rowe Price and T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
Malik S. Asif (1981) Vice President	Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International; formerly, student, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business (to 2012)
Harishankar Balkrishna (1983) Vice President	Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International
Sheena L. Barbosa (1983) Vice President	Vice President, Price Hong Kong and T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
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
R. Scott Berg, CFA (1972) Executive Vice President	Vice President, T. Rowe Price and T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
Steven E. Boothe, CFA (1977) Vice President	Vice President, T. Rowe Price and T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
Peter I. Botoucharov (1965) Vice President	Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International; formerly, Director, EMEA Macroeconomic Research and Strategy (to 2012)
Tala Boulos (1984) Vice President	Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International; formerly, Vice President, CEEMEA Corporate Credit Research, Deutsche Bank (to 2013)
Darrell N. Braman (1963) Vice President and Secretary	Vice President, Price Hong Kong, Price Singapore, T. Rowe Price, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., T. Rowe Price International, T. Rowe Price Investment Services, Inc., and T. Rowe Price Services, Inc.
Carolyn Hoi Che Chu (1974) Vice President	Vice President, Price Hong Kong and T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
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
Richard de los Reyes (1975) Vice President	Vice President, T. Rowe Price, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price Trust Company
Michael Della Vedova (1969) Vice President	Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International
Shawn T. Driscoll (1975) Vice President	Vice President, T. Rowe Price, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price Trust Company
Bridget A. Ebner (1970) Vice President	Vice President, T. Rowe Price and T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
David J. Eiswert, CFA (1972) Executive Vice President	Vice President, T. Rowe Price, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International
Mark S. Finn, CFA, CPA (1963) Vice President	Vice President, T. Rowe Price, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price Trust Company
Quentin S. Fitzsimmons (1968) Vice President	Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International; formerly, Portfolio Manager, Royal Bank of Scotland Group (to 2015); Executive Director, Threadneedle Investment, Ltd. (to 2012)
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.
Paul D. Greene II (1978) Vice President	Vice President, T. Rowe Price and T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
Benjamin Griffiths, CFA (1977) Vice President	Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International
Amanda B. Hall, CFA (1985) Vice President	Vice President, T. Rowe Price International; formerly, student, Stanford Graduate School of Business (to 2014); Investment Analyst, Bill Gates Investments (to 2012)
Richard L. Hall (1979) Vice President	Vice President, T. Rowe Price and T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.; formerly, Financial Attaché, U.S. Department of Treasury, International Affairs Division (to 2012)
Nabil Hanano, CFA (1984) Vice President	Employee, T. Rowe Price; formerly, Senior Equity Research Associate, Raymond James (to 2012)
Steven C. Huber, CFA, FSA (1958) Vice President	Vice President, T. Rowe Price, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International
Stefan Hubrich, Ph.D., CFA (1974) Vice President	Vice President, T. Rowe Price and T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
Arif Husain, CFA (1972) Executive Vice President	Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International; formerly, Director/Head of UK and Euro Fixed Income, AllianceBernstein (to 2013)
Randal S. Jenneke (1971) Vice President	Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International
Nina P. Jones, CPA (1980) Vice President	Vice President, T. Rowe Price and T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
Yoichiro Kai (1973) Vice President	Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International
Jai Kapadia (1982) Vice President	Vice President, Price Hong Kong and T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
Andrew J. Keirle (1974) Executive Vice President	Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International
Paul J. Krug, CPA (1964) Vice President	Vice President, T. Rowe Price, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price Trust Company
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
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
Catherine D. Mathews (1963) Treasurer and Vice President	Vice President, T. Rowe Price, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price Trust Company
Jonathan H.W. Matthews, CFA (1975) Vice President	Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International
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
Eric C. Moffett (1974) Vice President	Vice President, Price Hong Kong and T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
Tobias F. Mueller (1980) Vice President	Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International
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, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International
Sridhar Nishtala (1975) Vice President	Vice President, Price Singapore 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; Chief Legal Officer, Vice President, and Secretary, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.; Vice President and Secretary, T. Rowe Price 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
Oluwaseun A. Oyegunle, CFA (1984) Vice President	Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International; formerly, student, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (to 2013); Summer Investment Analyst, T. Rowe Price International (2012); Analyst, Asset & Resource Management Limited (to 2012)
Gonzalo Pángaro, CFA (1968) Executive Vice President	Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International
John W. Ratzesberger (1975) Vice President	Vice President, T. Rowe Price, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price Trust Company; formerly, North American Head of Listed Derivatives Operation, Morgan Stanley (to 2013)
Shannon H. Rauser (1987) Assistant Secretary	Employee, T. Rowe Price
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) Vice President	Vice President, T. Rowe Price, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price Trust Company
Gabriel Solomon (1977) Vice President	Vice President, T. Rowe Price and T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
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
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, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price Trust Company
Verena Wachnitz, CFA (1978) Vice President	Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International
Dai Wang (1989) Vice President	Employee, T. Rowe Price; formerly, student, Harvard Business School (to 2014); Analyst, Goldman Sachs (to 2012)
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, CFA (1979) Vice President	Director, Responsible Officer, and Vice President, Price Hong Kong; Vice President, 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. Bruce W. Duncan qualifies as an audit committee financial expert, as defined in Item 3 of Form N-CSR. Mr. Duncan 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 $1,890,000 and $2,366,000, 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 15, 2016

 

     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 15, 2016
	By	/s/ Catherine D. Mathews
		Catherine D. Mathews
		Principal Financial Officer
Date     December 15, 2016