-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, OITjr10aJAbz5WTFx/+rSyI2Izj7Mrp37r5DdTGcTFepJr0CBCsscTqC5bZrEvbt 8Opx1duWb4fmVHAqtwJYEQ== 0000872323-99-000034.txt : 19991201 0000872323-99-000034.hdr.sgml : 19991201 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000872323-99-000034 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: NSAR-B PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 19990930 FILED AS OF DATE: 19991130 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HARRIS ASSOCIATES INVESTMENT TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000872323 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [] STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 0430 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: NSAR-B SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-06279 FILM NUMBER: 99766550 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: HARRIS ASSOCIATES LP STREET 2: TWO N LASALLE ST STE 500 CITY: CHICAGO STATE: 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N010300 Y 070 N020300 Y 070 O010300 Y 070 O020300 N 070 P010300 Y 070 P020300 N 070 Q010300 N PAGE 21 070 Q020300 N 070 R010300 Y 070 R020300 Y 071 A000300 370124 071 B000300 4661866 071 C000300 541714 071 D000300 68 072 A000300 12 072 B000300 1194 072 C000300 4645 072 D000300 0 072 E000300 34 072 F000300 7252 072 G000300 0 072 H000300 0 072 I000300 772 072 J000300 108 072 K000300 0 072 L000300 217 072 M000300 47 072 N000300 -96 072 O000300 0 072 P000300 0 072 Q000300 0 072 R000300 31 072 S000300 16 072 T000300 0 072 U000300 0 072 V000300 0 072 W000300 43 072 X000300 8390 072 Y000300 0 072 Z000300 -2517 072AA000300 0 072BB000300 11003 072CC010300 82350 072CC020300 0 072DD010300 0 072DD020300 0 072EE000300 4508 073 A010300 0.0000 073 A020300 0.0000 073 B000300 0.0874 073 C000300 0.0000 074 A000300 1 074 B000300 3325 074 C000300 10000 074 D000300 0 074 E000300 0 074 F000300 430376 074 G000300 0 PAGE 22 074 H000300 0 074 I000300 0 074 J000300 2055 074 K000300 0 074 L000300 499 074 M000300 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000400 Y 048 000400 0.750 048 A010400 0 048 A020400 0.000 048 B010400 0 048 B020400 0.000 048 C010400 0 048 C020400 0.000 048 D010400 0 048 D020400 0.000 048 E010400 0 048 E020400 0.000 048 F010400 0 048 F020400 0.000 048 G010400 0 048 G020400 0.000 048 H010400 0 048 H020400 0.000 048 I010400 0 048 I020400 0.000 048 J010400 0 048 J020400 0.000 048 K010400 0 048 K020400 0.000 049 000400 N 050 000400 N 051 000400 N 052 000400 N 053 A000400 N 055 A000400 N 055 B000400 N PAGE 24 056 000400 Y 057 000400 N 058 A000400 N 059 000400 Y 060 A000400 Y 060 B000400 Y 061 000400 500 066 A000400 Y 066 B000400 N 066 C000400 N 066 D000400 N 066 E000400 Y 066 F000400 N 066 G000400 N 067 000400 Y 068 A000400 N 068 B000400 N 069 000400 N 070 A010400 Y 070 A020400 Y 070 B010400 Y 070 B020400 N 070 C010400 Y 070 C020400 N 070 D010400 Y 070 D020400 N 070 E010400 N 070 E020400 N 070 F010400 N 070 F020400 N 070 G010400 N 070 G020400 N 070 H010400 N 070 H020400 N 070 I010400 N 070 I020400 N 070 J010400 Y 070 J020400 N 070 K010400 Y 070 K020400 N 070 L010400 Y 070 L020400 N 070 M010400 Y 070 M020400 N 070 N010400 Y 070 N020400 Y 070 O010400 Y 070 O020400 N 070 P010400 Y 070 P020400 N 070 Q010400 N PAGE 25 070 Q020400 N 070 R010400 Y 070 R020400 N 071 A000400 45738 071 B000400 49281 071 C000400 58791 071 D000400 81 072 A000400 12 072 B000400 1228 072 C000400 1135 072 D000400 0 072 E000400 7 072 F000400 464 072 G000400 0 072 H000400 0 072 I000400 82 072 J000400 50 072 K000400 0 072 L000400 29 072 M000400 35 072 N000400 23 072 O000400 0 072 P000400 0 072 Q000400 0 072 R000400 24 072 S000400 13 072 T000400 0 072 U000400 0 072 V000400 0 072 W000400 11 072 X000400 729 072 Y000400 0 072 Z000400 1641 072AA000400 6246 072BB000400 2 072CC010400 0 072CC020400 690 072DD010400 855 072DD020400 0 072EE000400 830 073 A010400 0.2118 073 A020400 0.0000 073 B000400 0.2053 073 C000400 0.0000 074 A000400 1 074 B000400 1507 074 C000400 1500 074 D000400 18327 074 E000400 3272 074 F000400 35806 074 G000400 0 PAGE 26 074 H000400 0 074 I000400 0 074 J000400 0 074 K000400 0 074 L000400 414 074 M000400 2 074 N000400 60829 074 O000400 268 074 P000400 38 074 Q000400 0 074 R010400 0 074 R020400 0 074 R030400 0 074 R040400 205 074 S000400 0 074 T000400 60318 074 U010400 3846 074 U020400 0 074 V010400 15.68 074 V020400 0.00 074 W000400 0.0000 074 X000400 3135 074 Y000400 0 075 A000400 0 075 B000400 61803 076 000400 0.00 024 000500 Y 025 A000501 ICHIYOSHI SECURITIES 025 B000501 foreign 025 C000501 E 025 D000501 4362 025 D000502 0 025 D000503 0 025 D000504 0 025 D000505 0 025 D000506 0 025 D000507 0 025 D000508 0 028 A010500 76725 028 A020500 0 028 A030500 0 028 A040500 10681 028 B010500 63916 028 B020500 0 028 B030500 0 028 B040500 104070 028 C010500 13217 028 C020500 0 028 C030500 0 028 C040500 14161 028 D010500 15206 PAGE 27 028 D020500 0 028 D030500 0 028 D040500 12983 028 E010500 23886 028 E020500 0 028 E030500 0 028 E040500 18119 028 F010500 9724 028 F020500 0 028 F030500 0 028 F040500 7958 028 G010500 202674 028 G020500 0 028 G030500 0 028 G040500 167972 028 H000500 0 037 000500 Y 038 000500 9 039 000500 N 040 000500 N 041 000500 N 045 000500 Y 046 000500 N 047 000500 Y 048 000500 1.250 048 A010500 0 048 A020500 0.000 048 B010500 0 048 B020500 0.000 048 C010500 0 048 C020500 0.000 048 D010500 0 048 D020500 0.000 048 E010500 0 048 E020500 0.000 048 F010500 0 048 F020500 0.000 048 G010500 0 048 G020500 0.000 048 H010500 0 048 H020500 0.000 048 I010500 0 048 I020500 0.000 048 J010500 0 048 J020500 0.000 048 K010500 0 048 K020500 0.000 049 000500 N 050 000500 N 051 000500 N 052 000500 N PAGE 28 053 A000500 N 055 A000500 N 055 B000500 Y 056 000500 Y 057 000500 N 058 A000500 N 059 000500 Y 060 A000500 Y 060 B000500 Y 061 000500 500 066 A000500 Y 066 B000500 N 066 C000500 N 066 D000500 Y 066 E000500 N 066 F000500 N 066 G000500 N 067 000500 N 068 A000500 N 068 B000500 Y 069 000500 N 070 A010500 Y 070 A020500 Y 070 B010500 Y 070 B020500 N 070 C010500 Y 070 C020500 N 070 D010500 Y 070 D020500 N 070 E010500 Y 070 E020500 N 070 F010500 N 070 F020500 N 070 G010500 N 070 G020500 N 070 H010500 N 070 H020500 N 070 I010500 N 070 I020500 N 070 J010500 Y 070 J020500 N 070 K010500 Y 070 K020500 Y 070 L010500 Y 070 L020500 Y 070 M010500 Y 070 M020500 Y 070 N010500 Y 070 N020500 Y 070 O010500 Y 070 O020500 Y PAGE 29 070 P010500 Y 070 P020500 N 070 Q010500 N 070 Q020500 N 070 R010500 Y 070 R020500 N 071 A000500 175083 071 B000500 125384 071 C000500 99728 071 D000500 126 072 A000500 12 072 B000500 606 072 C000500 3906 072 D000500 0 072 E000500 2 072 F000500 1330 072 G000500 0 072 H000500 0 072 I000500 159 072 J000500 256 072 K000500 0 072 L000500 38 072 M000500 35 072 N000500 43 072 O000500 0 072 P000500 0 072 Q000500 0 072 R000500 40 072 S000500 13 072 T000500 0 072 U000500 0 072 V000500 0 072 W000500 58 072 X000500 1972 072 Y000500 0 072 Z000500 2542 072AA000500 14307 072BB000500 0 072CC010500 34579 072CC020500 0 072DD010500 1558 072DD020500 0 072EE000500 0 073 A010500 0.2049 073 A020500 0.0000 073 B000500 0.0000 073 C000500 0.0000 074 A000500 7 074 B000500 2405 074 C000500 7000 074 D000500 0 PAGE 30 074 E000500 0 074 F000500 146376 074 G000500 0 074 H000500 0 074 I000500 0 074 J000500 197 074 K000500 0 074 L000500 1091 074 M000500 3 074 N000500 157079 074 O000500 1135 074 P000500 169 074 Q000500 0 074 R010500 0 074 R020500 0 074 R030500 0 074 R040500 409 074 S000500 0 074 T000500 155366 074 U010500 12292 074 U020500 0 074 V010500 12.64 074 V020500 0.00 074 W000500 0.0000 074 X000500 5563 074 Y000500 0 075 A000500 0 075 B000500 110167 076 000500 0.00 024 000600 N 025 D000601 0 025 D000602 0 025 D000603 0 025 D000604 0 025 D000605 0 025 D000606 0 025 D000607 0 025 D000608 0 028 A010600 103856 028 A020600 0 028 A030600 0 028 A040600 61349 028 B010600 74321 028 B020600 0 028 B030600 0 028 B040600 33728 028 C010600 49543 028 C020600 0 028 C030600 0 028 C040600 33442 028 D010600 53849 PAGE 31 028 D020600 0 028 D030600 0 028 D040600 34323 028 E010600 32753 028 E020600 0 028 E030600 0 028 E040600 50052 028 F010600 25731 028 F020600 0 028 F030600 0 028 F040600 40860 028 G010600 340053 028 G020600 0 028 G030600 0 028 G040600 253754 028 H000600 0 037 000600 Y 038 000600 4 039 000600 N 040 000600 N 041 000600 N 045 000600 Y 046 000600 N 047 000600 Y 048 000600 0.000 048 A010600 1000000 048 A020600 1.000 048 B010600 500000 048 B020600 0.950 048 C010600 500000 048 C020600 0.900 048 D010600 500000 048 D020600 0.850 048 E010600 0 048 E020600 0.000 048 F010600 0 048 F020600 0.000 048 G010600 0 048 G020600 0.000 048 H010600 0 048 H020600 0.000 048 I010600 0 048 I020600 0.000 048 J010600 0 048 J020600 0.000 048 K010600 2500000 048 K020600 0.800 049 000600 N 050 000600 N 051 000600 N 052 000600 N PAGE 32 053 A000600 N 055 A000600 N 055 B000600 N 056 000600 Y 057 000600 N 058 A000600 N 059 000600 Y 060 A000600 N 060 B000600 N 061 000600 500 066 A000600 Y 066 B000600 N 066 C000600 N 066 D000600 Y 066 E000600 N 066 F000600 N 066 G000600 N 067 000600 N 068 A000600 N 068 B000600 N 069 000600 N 070 A010600 Y 070 A020600 Y 070 B010600 Y 070 B020600 N 070 C010600 Y 070 C020600 N 070 D010600 Y 070 D020600 N 070 E010600 N 070 E020600 N 070 F010600 N 070 F020600 N 070 G010600 N 070 G020600 N 070 H010600 N 070 H020600 N 070 I010600 N 070 I020600 N 070 J010600 Y 070 J020600 N 070 K010600 Y 070 K020600 N 070 L010600 Y 070 L020600 Y 070 M010600 Y 070 M020600 N 070 N010600 Y 070 N020600 N 070 O010600 Y 070 O020600 N PAGE 33 070 P010600 Y 070 P020600 N 070 Q010600 N 070 Q020600 N 070 R010600 Y 070 R020600 N 071 A000600 1114254 071 B000600 968958 071 C000600 1438039 071 D000600 67 072 A000600 12 072 B000600 6489 072 C000600 27145 072 D000600 0 072 E000600 75 072 F000600 15358 072 G000600 0 072 H000600 0 072 I000600 1956 072 J000600 212 072 K000600 0 072 L000600 473 072 M000600 67 072 N000600 71 072 O000600 0 072 P000600 0 072 Q000600 0 072 R000600 29 072 S000600 29 072 T000600 0 072 U000600 0 072 V000600 0 072 W000600 87 072 X000600 18282 072 Y000600 0 072 Z000600 15427 072AA000600 301413 072BB000600 0 072CC010600 18463 072CC020600 0 072DD010600 3492 072DD020600 0 072EE000600 50704 073 A010600 0.0491 073 A020600 0.0000 073 B000600 0.7128 073 C000600 0.0000 074 A000600 1 074 B000600 23073 074 C000600 59921 074 D000600 0 PAGE 34 074 E000600 0 074 F000600 1548463 074 G000600 0 074 H000600 0 074 I000600 891 074 J000600 15180 074 K000600 0 074 L000600 3189 074 M000600 30 074 N000600 1650748 074 O000600 7551 074 P000600 1365 074 Q000600 0 074 R010600 0 074 R020600 0 074 R030600 0 074 R040600 2923 074 S000600 0 074 T000600 1638909 074 U010600 78332 074 U020600 0 074 V010600 20.92 074 V020600 0.00 074 W000600 0.0000 074 X000600 50549 074 Y000600 0 075 A000600 0 075 B000600 1576331 076 000600 0.00 024 000700 N 025 D000701 0 025 D000702 0 025 D000703 0 025 D000704 0 025 D000705 0 025 D000706 0 025 D000707 0 025 D000708 0 028 A010700 0 028 A020700 0 028 A030700 0 028 A040700 0 028 B010700 0 028 B020700 0 028 B030700 0 028 B040700 0 028 C010700 0 028 C020700 0 028 C030700 0 028 C040700 0 028 D010700 0 PAGE 35 028 D020700 0 028 D030700 0 028 D040700 0 028 E010700 22921 028 E020700 0 028 E030700 0 028 E040700 47 028 F010700 3017 028 F020700 0 028 F030700 0 028 F040700 93 028 G010700 25938 028 G020700 0 028 G030700 0 028 G040700 140 028 H000700 0 037 000700 Y 038 000700 2 039 000700 N 040 000700 N 041 000700 N 045 000700 Y 046 000700 N 047 000700 Y 048 000700 1.000 048 A010700 0 048 A020700 0.000 048 B010700 0 048 B020700 0.000 048 C010700 0 048 C020700 0.000 048 D010700 0 048 D020700 0.000 048 E010700 0 048 E020700 0.000 048 F010700 0 048 F020700 0.000 048 G010700 0 048 G020700 0.000 048 H010700 0 048 H020700 0.000 048 I010700 0 048 I020700 0.000 048 J010700 0 048 J020700 0.000 048 K010700 0 048 K020700 0.000 049 000700 N 050 000700 N 051 000700 N 052 000700 N PAGE 36 053 A000700 Y 053 B000700 Y 055 A000700 N 055 B000700 N 056 000700 Y 057 000700 N 058 A000700 N 059 000700 Y 060 A000700 Y 060 B000700 Y 061 000700 500 066 A000700 Y 066 B000700 N 066 C000700 N 066 D000700 Y 066 E000700 N 066 F000700 N 066 G000700 N 067 000700 N 068 A000700 N 068 B000700 N 069 000700 N 070 A010700 Y 070 A020700 Y 070 B010700 Y 070 B020700 N 070 C010700 Y 070 C020700 N 070 D010700 Y 070 D020700 N 070 E010700 N 070 E020700 N 070 F010700 N 070 F020700 N 070 G010700 N 070 G020700 N 070 H010700 N 070 H020700 N 070 I010700 N 070 I020700 N 070 J010700 Y 070 J020700 N 070 K010700 Y 070 K020700 N 070 L010700 Y 070 L020700 Y 070 M010700 Y 070 M020700 Y 070 N010700 Y 070 N020700 N 070 O010700 Y PAGE 37 070 O020700 N 070 P010700 Y 070 P020700 N 070 Q010700 N 070 Q020700 N 070 R010700 Y 070 R020700 N 071 A000700 27010 071 B000700 1595 071 C000700 22067 071 D000700 7 072 A000700 12 072 B000700 24 072 C000700 65 072 D000700 0 072 E000700 0 072 F000700 18 072 G000700 0 072 H000700 0 072 I000700 8 072 J000700 10 072 K000700 0 072 L000700 2 072 M000700 5 072 N000700 17 072 O000700 0 072 P000700 0 072 Q000700 0 072 R000700 10 072 S000700 2 072 T000700 0 072 U000700 0 072 V000700 0 072 W000700 0 072 X000700 72 072 Y000700 15 072 Z000700 32 072AA000700 0 072BB000700 85 072CC010700 0 072CC020700 1794 072DD010700 0 072DD020700 0 072EE000700 0 073 A010700 0.0000 073 A020700 0.0000 073 B000700 0.0000 073 C000700 0.0000 074 A000700 0 074 B000700 192 074 C000700 250 PAGE 38 074 D000700 0 074 E000700 0 074 F000700 23514 074 G000700 0 074 H000700 0 074 I000700 0 074 J000700 13 074 K000700 0 074 L000700 246 074 M000700 11 074 N000700 24226 074 O000700 214 074 P000700 3 074 Q000700 0 074 R010700 0 074 R020700 0 074 R030700 0 074 R040700 56 074 S000700 0 074 T000700 23953 074 U010700 2609 074 U020700 0 074 V010700 9.18 074 V020700 0.00 074 W000700 0.0000 074 X000700 1647 074 Y000700 0 075 A000700 0 075 B000700 20917 076 000700 0.00 SIGNATURE KRISTI L. ROWSELL TITLE TREASURER EX-99 2 CONTROL LETTER To the Board of Trustees of the Harris Associates Investment Trust: In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of the HARRIS ASSOCIATES INVESTMENT TRUST, comprised of The Oakmark Fund, The Oakmark Select Fund, The Oakmark Small Cap Fund, The Oakmark Equity and Income Fund, The Oakmark Global Fund, The Oakmark International Fund and The Oakmark International Small Cap Fund ("the Funds"), for the year ended September 30, 1999, we considered its internal control, including control activities for safeguarding securities, in order to determine our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the requirements of Form N-SAR, not to provide assurance on internal control. The management of the Funds is responsible for establishing and maintaining internal control. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to assess the expected benefits and related costs of controls. Generally, controls that are relevant to an audit pertain to the entity's objective of preparing financial statements for external purposes that are fairly presented in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. Those controls include the safeguarding of assets against unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition. Because of inherent limitations in internal control, error or fraud may occur and not be detected. Also, projection of any evaluation of internal control to future periods is subject to the risk that it may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the effectiveness of the design and operation may deteriorate. Our consideration of internal control would not necessarily disclose all matters in internal control that might be material weaknesses under standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. A material weakness is a condition in which the design or operation of one or more of the internal control components does not reduce to a relatively low level the risk that misstatements caused by error or fraud in amounts that would be material in relation to the financial statements being audited may occur and not be detected within a timely period by employees in the normal course of performing their assigned functions. However, we noted no matters involving internal control, including controls for safeguarding securities, that we consider to be material weaknesses as defined above as of September 30, 1998. This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and Board of Trustees of Harris Associates Investment Trust and the Securities and Exchange Commission. ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP Chicago, Illinois October 25, 1999 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----